Hearing Zu Yuan's disaster relief method, Emperor Chen Xu immediately summoned the ministers to discuss how to operate the specific operation, and his mood was instantly better, but the generals led by Wu Mingche were all extremely disappointed.

Although this method solves the problem of food, clothing and homelessness for the disaster victims, it still needs funds for large-scale construction and various activities, and these funds must be taken down from the Northern Expedition!

This means that the Northern Expedition will definitely be suspended, and I originally wanted to take advantage of the fact that Qi was unprepared and the reinforcements had not arrived, to sneak attack Huainan, but now that there is a pause, Gao Changgong will definitely take the opportunity to arrange a defensive line in Huainan, waiting for the Chen army to come over, and wait for work!

Such a great opportunity was wasted, so a group of generals gathered in the White Tiger Festival Hall, all of them were depressed, and even Xiao Yao was called in, saying that he often had unexpected ideas, and everyone wanted to hear his opinion.

"I said why are you so listless, the emperor didn't say that he wouldn't go on the Northern Expedition, he just postponed it, I think we will be able to move north at the beginning of next year and fight together!" Xiao Yao said that he was already familiar with these high-ranking military officials, and everyone was used to his casual way of speaking.

"Shiro, how can you be sure that the Northern Expedition will be relaunched early next year, if the grain in various places continues to fail in the second half of the year, there is no grain and grass, and the Northern Expedition is far away!" Xiao Moke said pessimistically.

"Father-in-law doesn't have to be so pessimistic, the storm seems to be serious, but in fact, it has brought some floods, drain the water in time, the fields can still be planted with some grain, and the end of the year is a good harvest! It's just that it's June now, and the Northern Expedition will definitely be impossible in the second half of the year! Xiao Yao explained.

"Alas, Shiro, you don't know, waving the Northern Expedition and recovering the Central Plains is the greatest wish of our people, originally we were all ready, just waiting for the emperor's order, crossing the river to fight with the Qi army, but now it was suddenly stopped, which has a great impact on everyone's morale." Wu Mingche sighed and said.

"Thanks to the fact that you are still generals who have been fighting for many years and are familiar with military books, in this case, we must suspend the Northern Expedition! Throughout the ages, many wars have been lost on the lack of food, and without the support of grain and grass, even if Huainan is taken, it will be taken back! Therefore, we can only wait for us to recover and then go back to the northern expedition. Xiao Yao comforted.

"We all understand this, but it's hard to accept it for a while, it's really better for people to be than the sky, a storm disaster will blow away all the hard work we have been preparing for several years, and the sky has no eyes!" Huang Faqu shook his head and said.

"In fact, we can think about it from another angle, even if the emperor decides to continue the Northern Expedition, but on the north bank, now that the reinforcements of the Qi army have arrived, and there is a famous general Gao Changgong in charge, the morale of the Qi army has risen greatly. Xiao Yao comforted with another reason.

"And you haven't heard the story of the wolf? The wolf didn't come, but shouted that the wolf was coming, deceived the trust of others, and finally led to when the wolf really came, he shouted for help, but no one believed it! Xiao Yao suddenly thought of this story.

"What do you mean?" This story really caught everyone's attention.

"Before, we shouted about the Northern Expedition, and everyone knew about it, but now we suddenly stopped it, which can also confuse the enemy to a certain extent! And we can also take advantage of this call to spread rumors to the Qi country, saying that the reason why we dare not go on the Northern Expedition is because we are afraid of Gao Changgong, saying that he is the first fierce general of the Qi country, and the most powerful person in the Gao royal family, even the emperor can't compare! This can greatly increase his prestige, and it will definitely arouse Gao Wei's jealousy, which will also help us use anti-intermediary schemes in the future! Xiao Yao said with a smile.

Wu Mingche really clapped his hands, and the disappointed expression just now disappeared instantly, and he laughed and said, "Haha, Shiro, you are really a person who has to catch mud when he falls to the ground!" The Northern Expedition has been stopped, and you can still think of using this news to calculate others! Sure enough, he is a sinister and cunning man! ”

"General Wu, pay attention to your words, are you praising me or scolding me! I comfort you like this, you still laugh at me, don't call me to the White Tiger Festival Hall next time, I can't afford to be a little soldier like me! Xiao Yao pretended to be angry and said, finally making the group of old guys laugh.

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A few days later, Chen Xu finally made up his mind to stop the Northern Expedition, but he didn't say it explicitly, just secretly asked Wu Mingche to explain, Wu Mingche was comforted by Xiao Yao, and his mood had improved, but Chen Xu assigned a new task to him, which suddenly made his mood fall back to the bottom.

"General Wu, what does the emperor think? If you don't let us go on the Northern Expedition, forget it, now let's send these soldiers to farm and repair houses, we are still not soldiers! Cheng Wenji complained with a grumbling heart.

"It's not for you to farm and repair houses, it's for you to go to disaster relief, to assist the people in post-disaster reconstruction, and to cooperate with the military and the people!" Wu Mingche was also very dissatisfied in his heart.

took the money for disaster relief, and the Northern Expedition was to be suspended, which is understandable, but the 100,000 troops who had just been recruited sent most of them to the disaster area to help and repair the houses and fields, this Wu Mingche couldn't understand it.

Most of these are new recruits, and they need training! Originally, the Northern Expedition was postponed, but Wu Mingche planned to take advantage of this time to imitate Xiao Yao's infantry battalion and train these recruits fiercely, and then a well-trained army would appear on the battlefield of the Northern Expedition.

As a result, Xu Jingcheng got inspiration from Xiao Yao's order to the infantry battalion to assist Haiyan County in fighting the disaster, and also asked a large number of soldiers of the Eastern Route Army to participate in the disaster relief operation.

At this time, Cai Jingli, the head of the household department, took the opportunity to suggest, saying that the 100,000 troops do not need to fight in the near future, and the two sides of the Yangtze River are also in a state of confrontation, so there is no need for so many soldiers, so it is better to call the recruits to rebuild after the disaster and resume production like Xu Jingcheng, killing two birds with one stone!

Chen Xu also felt justified when he heard it, so he decided on the spot that the 100,000 troops, the veterans would be left in charge of defense, and the recruits would be taken to the disaster area to help.

However, the holy order could not be disobeyed, and in the end, Wu Mingche still honestly carried out the order, and sent new recruits to various disaster areas in Wuzhou to participate in reconstruction on the grounds of military training, and even Cheng Wenji had to lead the team to set off.

And Xiao Yao's infantry battalion was composed of veterans, so he escaped the catastrophe and did not have to leave Jinling, which suddenly made Cheng Wenji, the boss, envious and jealous!

However, Xiao Yao did not let go of the infantry battalion, since he didn't have to go to the disaster area to help, then stay in Jinling to help, anyway, Jinling was also damaged to varying degrees in this typhoon, for example, several workshops of the General Commercial Bank needed drainage and repair!

So, in the name of military-civilian cooperation, Xiao Yao openly sent the infantry battalion to help the general business firm to work for nothing, Huang Wenyuan led the team to dig the waterway to dig out dung, and Zhang Dabao led the team to carry wood and stones.

These two sons of a family who are also considered to have heads and faces in Jinling were actually sent by Xiao Yao to do these inferior dirty jobs, which immediately made the people of Jinling praise Xiao Yao's infantry battalion as a good army for the people, but these two people were laughed at by those relatives and friends so much that they couldn't raise their heads, and some people even formed a group to watch.