After the New Year, the weather began to warm up rapidly. By the beginning of February, there was no snow left around Chang'an, and although the melting snow moistened the land in Guanzhong, it also made the roads muddy, so that it became very difficult for people and horses to pass except for some main roads with solid embankments.

In the camp of Bashang, King Yong and his party returned from the outside inspection, both the mount under the crotch and the people were dotted with mud, as if they had just been salvaged from the mire, without heroic spirit, and it looked a little funny.

As soon as the team passed through the Yuanmen, Li Tong saw that the government officials of the first cadre led by Li Yuan were hurrying up, and subconsciously wanted to turn around to avoid it, but unfortunately the entourage was too blind, probably just thinking about eating a bowl of steaming soup cakes after returning to the camp, but they didn't avoid it in time, and squeezed King Yong in it.

Unable to get out in time, Li Tong had to turn over and dismount, looked at Li Yuan and the others who had already walked to the front and laughed a few times and said: "Go to the stage but there is urgent business to play, the envoy is leaving, I will return to Taiwan to inspect the matter, He Lao, Li Shangshu and others will enter the camp in person." ”

"Ministers and other things are assisted, and within their duties, how dare they call for work."

Li Yuan didn't say anything about the recent envoys who had been sent to sue him, but just responded to King Yong's words, and gave everyone around him a look, and everyone stood away in dislocation, and they were hidden into a siege.

"It's really rude for me to be muddy and watery, and you will wait in the account for a while, and let me enter the camp for a little change and then see you again."

Li Tong could feel the resentment of everyone, and pointed to the mud on his body before he said again.

When the people heard this, they could not stop it, so they could only go to the big tent first under the guidance of the battalion soldiers. Li Tong went straight to the back camp, and after getting out of the sight of the people on the stage, he said to Guo Da, who was following behind: "Ask the battalions if they need to ask in person if they have urgent military affairs, and immediately enter the account and report it." ”

After Guo Da heard this, he first nodded, and then said with some puzzlement: "If Your Highness is unwilling to discuss things with Li Shangshu and others, you can just send someone away, so why bother with it......

Li Tong sighed when he heard this, and said a little helplessly: "All the people have contributed to each other because of their talents, although they are civil and military, but since they are conferred, they should have a respect." If even I do not hold my position, how can the person who receives the matter be faithful to his duty? However, it is true that there are contradictions between the military and the government today, and it is difficult to coordinate, so they are cowardly, but they should not be forced to bend this loyalty. ”

As he spoke, the commander of the Chinese army marched forward, and said with his crossed hands: "Your Highness, the new announcement in the camp that the army led by the Yanguo Gongsu to enter the direct line has passed through Qizhou, and it will arrive in Beijing in a few days." The Hui drug Luo Ge's proton also came from the south of Gyeongju and is expected to enter Beijing in the middle of the month. ”

Hearing this, Li Tong's face was overjoyed, he slapped the mud on his robe, which had already dried most of the time, and no longer went to bathe and change clothes, turned around and walked towards the Chinese army camp, and said with a smile: "Let's go and listen to the complaints of a few villains." ”

In the big tent, Li Element and the others just sat down, and saw King Yong's rolling shutters enter, although he was a little curious in his heart, but he did not have the leisure to delve into the subsections, and when King Yong sat down in the tent, Li Element got up first and said: "Your Highness, the spring is warming, the agricultural time is urging diseases, the states are frequent, Ding Zhuang is mostly in Gyeonggi, there is no return date, if there is a delay, this spring all the officials will probably not be able to set up farming." There are also ......"

Li Yuan was also anxious by the delivery of the book from Zhuzhou, but His Royal Highness King Yongwang did not return to the stage for many days, and today he finally blocked it in the barracks of Bashang, and had an opportunity to play in person, and he opened his mouth to talk endlessly.

Li Tong sat in the middle of the seat, smiling and listening to Li Yuan's speech, in fact, he was already familiar with the relevant matters, but he avoided them for many days, and always gave his subordinates a chance to talk.

"Farming is like fire, the most unmistakable. Count the labor shortage in the states, and report to the battalions from now on, and the relevant states will collect the armor and return to the state to cultivate. The rest are civilly related, and the line will determine the priority and urgency, and deal with it in a timely and appropriate manner. ”

When Li Yuan finished speaking, Li Tong made a decision.

Since the late autumn of last year, Xingtai has gathered soldiers from all states, and the number of soldiers around Gyeonggi was as high as 90,000. If we add in the number of servants drawn up by the states, the number is even greater.

Such a large-scale mobilization of troops is also the first time since the establishment of Xingtai. As for the financial situation under the current state of Xingtai, such a large number of soldiers naturally cannot all be professional soldiers who are completely out of production. The vast majority of them are regimental training in the prefectures, and in addition to military service, they also have to undertake the official cantonments set up by the prefectures.

Now that the cold winter has passed, the agricultural time is urging, and there is no imminent war in front of us to maintain such a large scale of requisition, and it is natural for the soldiers to be released to the prefecture and county for cultivation.

Of course, Li Tong himself understands that the so-called absence of war is just an illusion. Not to mention that the situation in the Shendu court is now in danger, the Khitan rebellion in the northeast alone has shown a sign of it, although due to the limitation of time did not continue to spread to Hebei, Li Quanzhong's Khitan soldiers retreated to their clan land again, but this is only a short time.

In history, the Khitan rebellion has been eroded into a disaster, this time his fourth uncle is very clever and also gathered money and food in Youzhou, and directly gave the first pot of gold to the Khitan to do things, and then if the situation deteriorates again, it is very likely to be much more serious than in history.

But even if Li Tong understands, the key is that he can't tell everyone in Xingtai based on this. With the gathering of nearly 100,000 troops, maintaining morale was already a very difficult task.

Does he want to tell all the soldiers and soldiers, don't rush home to farm and hug your wife, Lao Tzu will soon take you thousands of miles, go to the northeast to kill thieves to serve the country, and make meritorious contributions?

In the immediate Hedong military disaster, the imperial court did not even allow the Taiwan army to participate in the war, which had greatly hurt the morale of the Taiwan army.

Before the complete reversal of face with the imperial court, Li Tong, as the head of Xingtai, first needs to consider the military and political coordination of Shaanxi Province, and it is impossible to maintain such a huge army collection scale for a long time because of an ambiguous and perhaps imperial court order.

Of course, he can't tell the soldiers of the army, if you wait, the Shendu court will collapse immediately, as long as the order of the Shendu court collapses, Lao Tzu will immediately lead you to the east to go to the king to win the title, get my fourth uncle, and give you a dragon work.

On the way to the countryside, two or three people are still confused and need to watch out for each other, and if you want tens of thousands of people to work together and work hard for a common cause, you need a reason to be righteous and bright enough.

Last year, Xingtai began to gather Jiali, which was a martial arts exercise plan that Xingtai had been planning, and it was reasonable to try the knife in the middle of the year and become bigger and stronger at the end of the year. Waiting until the Turkic Nankou Hedong, not to mention, with just a piece of paper, tens of thousands of troops can go straight to the Hedong station and kill the thieves.

But now, the imperial court does not need our western army to meet the Turks, the spring is warming, the agricultural affairs are urgent, the war is not fighting, and the soldiers of the battalion are going to ask, what are we squatting here to grind time?

In the absence of a sufficient appealing reason, it is the most rational way to disband the armies and release them to the prefectures and counties. Although Li Tong understood this, he also understood that all the armies gathered without a fight, and after they dispersed like this, it would be difficult to gather such a strong army.

Therefore, he has been delaying and not responding positively to the demands of Xingtai during this time, just waiting for some good news from all sides.

Last year, the right side of Longyou was quite peaceful, and Tubo did not bypass Qinghai to harass him, so he transferred back to the Black Tooth Changzhi and the 3,000 Longyou elite army to ensure that no matter what happens next, Xingtai can master enough contingency forces.

The Hui medicine Luo Ge clan entered the quality, which meant that the Hui Hui, the most powerful tribe in the Tiele tribes, bowed to Xingtai and was willing to obey the arrangement, and the situation in Heshuo did not deteriorate because of the silent sip into the east of the Kou River, and Xingtai did not need to use greater force to deter and maintain the original plan.

To be honest, these two points alone are not enough to boost the morale of the troops marching to Taiwan, which are already gradually declining. But at present, Li Tong really can't wait for a greater turnaround, and the farming time can't be delayed, so he can only return to farming.

Seeing that His Royal Highness King Yongwang finally stopped avoiding relevant civil affairs issues, but began to deal with them formally, Li Yuan and the others couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

These people chased after them relentlessly, and even ran to the camp to besiege His Royal Highness King Yong, but they were not unaware of the current situation between the court and Xingtai and the general trend of the world. However, it is not their duty to consider the whole picture, so they can only focus on their own affairs.

His Royal Highness King Yongwang had shirked their demands before, and even wanted to avoid them after meeting, which would not make them feel that King Yongwang was cowardly. What King Yong has done since he entered the incident, if anyone thinks King Yong is cowardly, it is really a joke.

In addition to a sense of respect, this attitude also hints to them to focus on the government affairs of the company itself, and not to imagine the trade-offs of calculating too many general trends. After all, if King Yong really wants to be free from a dilemma, with his prestige, as long as he meets face to face and hints a little, even Li Yuanyuan, who is the oldest in the industry, how dare he entangle himself with other things?

With the instruction of King Yong, the political operation of Xingtai, which had been somewhat blocked, was smoothed again, and the regimental exercises of Zhuzhou, which were arranged in various large camps around Gyeonggi, also began to return to their hometowns one after another. Of course, morale is inevitably a little low, because if you fail to participate in the war in Hedong, you naturally can't talk about any military merits. In addition, they faintly felt the imperial court's contempt for their Shaanxi army.

But although there is no additional military merit reward, the basic material is still sufficient, which can be regarded as a little compensation for the low morale, and at least he did not return empty-handed after leaving his hometown for a few months.

Just when the Zhuzhou regiment was returning home, Li Shouli, the king of Lu, who had been staying in Shaanzhou, rushed west and brought back the news that Princess Taiping was imprisoned and Shendu Feiqian was seized.