Sun Tonglin walked into the courtyard, took off the hat on his head, removed the coat on his body, saw Zhu Youzhen, hugged his fists and smiled: "Your Royal Highness, even God is helping you, the news just came from Linzi, because of the heavy rain, the Wu River flooded, Qin Zhao had to retreat for dozens of miles, which can buy us a lot of time!" ”

Zhu Youzhen smiled slightly and said, "Sun Gong, how many people have we left so far?" ”

"In one month, we have transferred about 50,000 people to Tai'an, with millions of quintals of grain and grass. It is expected that we will be able to evacuate the same number of people in the future. Just grain and grass, I'm afraid I won't be able to raise so much. Sun Tonglin said with some pride.

Of course he is very proud, this is not a task that can be easily completed, this time, he has unearthed all the potential of the Sun family, and also fully displayed the huge heritage of the Sun family in Qingzhou in front of Zhu Youzhen. These people who left, more or less, can have some relationship with his Sun family, and in the future, this will become the card in Zhu Youzhen's hand, and of course, it is also the card of his Sun family in front of Zhu Youzhen.

"Of course, grain and grass can be raised." Zhu Youzhen rubbed her hands and said lightly: "Some people who are unwilling to go with us, as well as those nearby states and counties, can always find some food." The Tang Army is coming, do you want to leave this grain for the Tang Army? Why don't we take it! ”

Sun Tonglin immediately understood what Zhu Youzhen meant, and to put it bluntly, he was going to rob it.

"Third Highness, this ......" he looked at Zhu Youzhen with a look of embarrassment.

"Well, Sun Gong is a local nobleman, and it's normal to be a little embarrassed, so I'll send someone else to do this! Tian Guofeng must like this job very much! Zhu Youzhen said.

"Forget it, don't bother General Tian, let me do this, the old man is still a little thin in Pinglu, or he can raise some more military rations." Sun Tonglin gritted his teeth and said.

I left this time, but I was afraid that I would never come back in the future. Even if you have the opportunity to come back, I am afraid that you will be drowned by the spittle of the locals.

"Sun Gong, you're thinking too much." Zhu Youzhen looked at Sun Tonglin and said: "If one day we succeed and you return with honor and benefit the township, those people will still regard you as a great benefactor and a great benevolent." If we never come back, what's the big deal about scolding! ”

"Your Highness is right!" Sun Tonglin nodded. "Next, if we want to make a difference, someone must have food, General Cao and others have trained 10,000 troops these days, and then wait for Tai'an, Pinglu and other places, these people who have left their hometowns, the best way out is still the army, and it is not difficult to train 10,000 people again. As long as the logistics and military needs can be met, His Highness will have 20,000 troops in his hands. In time, it will definitely help His Highness achieve a great cause. ”

"Munitions logistics is not too difficult." Zhu Youzhen stretched out his hand, letting the rain dripping from under the eaves wash away his hands that looked very white now, and said: "Prime Minister Jing has already made arrangements, besides, in the Qingzhou Treasury, there is still a part of the military supplies left. ”

"Your Highness, Liu Xinda of Linzi is still a very capable general, if possible, I hope Your Highness can accept him." Sun Tonglin thought for a while: "In this situation, he can hold on to the Yellow River defense line and Linzi for so long, which has fully proved his ability." ”

"Two days ago, Cao Bin also told me about it." Zhu Youzhen said: "Now there is indeed a lack of capable generals around me, and those generals who have followed me for many years have been lost in Luzhou." Now those people in Daliang avoid me one by one, hehe, there are times when they cry. ”

"So Your Highness agreed?" Sun Tonglin said happily.

"This Liu Xinda is Hou Xiyi's cronies, and he is a sworn brother, we expelled Hou Xiyi, can he be convinced?" Zhu Youzhen thought for a while and said, "Also, now that Liu Xinda is in Linzi, he is still blocking the Tang army for us, if he withdraws, how can we retreat smoothly?" ”

"Your Highness, I also have some friendship with Liu Xinda, and more importantly, Hou Xiyi was expelled by us, but Liu Xinda's family is still in Qingzhou, His Royal Highness sent someone to protect his family first, and send it to the Tianping Army first, so that I am not afraid that Liu Xinda will not serve His Highness. If His Royal Highness agrees, I will send someone to Linzi, we will have half a month at most, and we can roughly complete the retreat, and when the time comes, let Liu Xin arrange the matter of getting rid of the Tang Army by himself, if he can meet His Highness smoothly, it will also prove this person's ability, and it will be more worthy of His Highness's reuse. ”

Zhu Youzhen nodded: "Okay, let's do this way!" ”

"Then Your Highness, the old man will go to do things." Sun Tonglin arched his hand.

"Hard!" Zhu Youzhen bowed slightly.

Outside Qingzhou City, on the avenue in the direction of Tai'an, it was crowded with people, all kinds of carriages, mule carts, donkey carts, and ox carts were crowded together, moving slowly, and many people pushed wheelbarrows, bidding farewell to their hometown sadly in the bleak rain and cold wind, and walking forward step by step.

They can't help but go.

Go or die!

Of the two paths, they can only choose one.

Tian Guofeng rode on the horse, wiped the rain from his face, and said to Chen Fu who was standing beside him: "It's really fucking miserable, looking at their current appearance, it is much worse than Lao Tzu was at the beginning." Do you know how many people have died these days? ”

"In troubled times, human life is like ants." Chen Fu looked blank, and he didn't see any mood fluctuations at all. "We were also in exile before we followed Li Xiang, and you can never appreciate that some people walked and walked, fell headlong to the ground and never got up again, and we couldn't even bury their bodies, so we had to abandon them on the side of the road, because behind us, there were still pursuers. In comparison, they are pretty good now. ”

"What a fart!" Tian Guofeng said disapprerovingly: "These people who have left their hometowns don't know what their fate will be in the future, and those who stay behind have nothing at home, how will they live in the future?" To tell the truth, these days I have been robbing and looting, and I have been a little soft-hearted, Lao Tzu used to hate such people the most, and now he has become such a person. ”

Chen Fu turned his head, looked at Tian Guofeng, stretched out his hand and patted him on the shoulder: "The disaster in front of us is only temporary, when our army arrives, they will be able to live a good life." ”

"Can you be sure they can make a good living?" Tian Guofeng said suspiciously.

"Of course, I'm sure." Chen Fu nodded heavily: "What Zhu Youzhen doesn't want, who can only stay and suffer, will soon usher in a turning point in their lives, and their fate is many times better than those who are gone." Guofeng, you haven't been to us, if you do, you will firmly believe it. ”

"When you say that, I feel much better." Tian Guofeng grinned.

"Our task now is to get these people to Tai'an first, and then we will be stationed in Tai'an, train our troops well, and train them into a real force, a force that everyone fears." Chen Fudao.

Tian Guofeng thought for a while and said, "I've always been a little confused, why do we do this?" In fact, we have the opportunity to slaughter the Third Highness with one sword, isn't it more trouble-free and can help Li Xiang better? ”

"You're short-sighted!" Chen Fu laughed: "What is Zhu Youzhen?" Even if he is the third highness of the Great Liang, but among the Great Liang, his power is the weakest, and killing him now will not do us the slightest benefit. ”

"But when he becomes stronger, it is very bad for us." Tian Guofeng said unconvinced.

"Actually, I haven't fully thought through these things." Chen Fu thought for a while and said, "But I have a little bit of context. Xu Xiang once said that our Third Highness, we will definitely go to the south next, to fight those southern jiedu envoys, try our best to expand our territory, expand our strength, and then compete with his eldest brother and second brother, and even compete for the throne of Daliang. ”

Tian Guofeng nodded. "And then?"

"We are not familiar with the territory of the south, since the Third Highness is marching into the south in a big way, we might as well act as his knife, expand the territory, and kill the Quartet." Chen Fu grinned.

Tian Guofeng was stunned for a moment, and suddenly reacted: "We are the knives of the Third Highness, in fact, the Third Highness is also giving Li quite a knife, isn't it?" But after beating the south to pieces, it will be relatively easy for Li Xiang to clean up in the future. And you don't have to carry any infamy or anything. ”

Chen Fu coughed a few times, looked at Tian Guofeng and said: "Lao Tian, there are some things, you can't tell through it, you are a smart person, don't make things bad in your mouth." ”

"I'm not going to tell you about that!" Tian Guofeng said with a smile: "In this way, we have to work hard next, in this war to sweep the south, we must desperately expand our territory, expand our army, and make ourselves the most powerful force under Zhu Youzhen, so that when we fight against the water in the future, we can kill with one blow." ”

"That's to the point!" Chen Fu nodded and said, "Since it is a knife, of course it has to be the sharpest knife." Lao Tian, next, there will be a lot of people into our team to help us train this army, and then, we will eat Zhu Youzhen's food, take Zhu Youzhen's salary, and use Zhu Youzhen's ordnance to complete the important task of sweeping the south for the Tang Dynasty. ”

"I like it!" Tian Guofeng laughed.

"Let's go, if you understand this, you don't need to sympathize with these people in front of you, for a better future, there are always people who have to suffer. Maybe it's them, maybe it's us, no matter what they think, people like me have absolutely no regrets, even if they die on the road of the Southern Expedition, they will never complain. Lao Tian, we have a saying, called for eternity, open peace, and die without regrets. ”

"Open peace for all generations, and die without regrets!" When Tian Guofeng chewed on these words, Chen Fu was already beating his horse and galloping forward.