Li Xiaofei and Shen De Murong Ling laughed all the way back to the mansion, and Shen De sent the gold leaves and some special products brought by King Han to Li Xiaofei to his subordinates to Hongrui.

It turned out that Shen De came this time, firstly, to let Li Xiaofei lead a thousand men and horses to Lishui to build a city, and secondly, to transport 50,000 Hu military rations from Shou County to Yingchuan. Li Xiaofei calculated in his heart, the 1,000 people he brought out of Mashou County would basically be empty, and the 50,000 Hu military grain that was shipped out would have no surplus grain in the Shou County City Treasury. This was difficult, but Chen Hongyi and Liu Jian's orders could not be disobeyed, so they asked Shen De: "Is it okay to only transport 40,000 Hu?" ”

Shen De's face changed: "How can the military order allow you to bargain, 50,000 Hu is also considering that there are few people in Shou County, you have your difficulties, Lord Chen and the prince also have their difficulties, and besides, this military ration will naturally be returned when the battle is won."

Li Xiaofei nodded: "Has the imperial court decreed that Lord Chen should preside over the Northern Expedition?" ”

Shen De shook his head: "Wait for the imperial court to make an order, I'm afraid that I won't be able to catch up with any dishes, Lord Chen has already sent someone back to Jinling to ask for the decree." Now that there is chaos in the north, it is a good time for us to move north."

Li Xiaofei responded thoughtfully: "I also heard that because of the Cui family's forcible subjugation of people's hearts, all the places close to Mobei have rebelled, which is indeed a good opportunity."

Shen De slapped his thigh: "What is this, that Hou Dong in Chang'an City, when he was in the last dynasty, he actually took the internal supervisor to kill all the courtiers, it is said that he cut off Cui Hong's head and was still angry, and made up dozens of whips, and then led people to Cui Hong's mansion to kill Cui Hongmanmen, and also set fire to Chang'an City, and led the people back to Yecheng." ”

Li Xiaofei was taken aback: "Why is this Hou Dong so reckless, how can the family in the north let him go?" ”

Shen De smiled: "It's no wonder Hou Dong, Hu Jian led the troops to Luoyang, Cui Hong and the others were unrestrained, so they became more and more rampant, so Hou Dong couldn't bear it anymore and did it directly." It was useless to have any tricks and tricks, so it was just a hammer deal, the heads fell to the ground, the city was burned and people left. Only the fox Cui Ju escaped from the Manchu ministers, and now he is gathering 80,000 horses from the three families of Cui Yang and Li in Jinyang to prepare for revenge. Cui Ju sent a letter to General Chen this time, as long as we help him get revenge, he doesn't want Han Diqi and Chang'an."

Li Xiaofei shook his head: "It seems that you can't be too crazy, by the way, General Chen and King Han just go north to Luoyang and Chang'an, isn't it a bit of a snake to build a city in Lishui now?" ”

Shen De patted Li Xiaofei's head: "Stupid boy, most of Hou Dong and Hu Jian's subordinates are cavalry, although their combat strength is not strong, but once they cross Lishui to the south, there will be no peace in the Huainan area, and it is not impossible for them to take Jinling directly." If you mention going to build the city with great fanfare, you are also telling them that there are guards in this Lishui, so that they dare not cross the river."

Li Xiaofei nodded: "It's still General Chen's thoughtfulness, but what should I do if after we build the city, and the enemy army crosses the river to the south in a big way?" Of my 1,000 people, there are only about 100 people who have actually fought, and the rest are all farmers. I can't bear to let them die in vain."

Shen De looked at Murong Ling: "You and Mr. Murong take those who have fought to drag the enemy army, and the rest of the people will retreat." My thirty heavy cavalry will also be handed over to you this time, this is a treasure, and you can use it when you can't support the enemy and get carried away, thirty of them can kill thousands of them. By the way, General Chen even asked me to bring you his handsome flag, and when you arrive in Lishui, you will erect the handsome flag, and the enemy will be afraid of it for three points. ”

Li Xiaofei thanked Shen De, and then invited Shen De and thirty heavily armored cavalry to eat and rest.

Walking on the road, Murong Ling looked at the thirty people and nodded: "It is very rare for the Central Plains to have such a cavalry, and Lord Chen deserves to be a famous general in the world."

Li Xiaofei looked at Shen De: "He rarely speaks, it's the first time to hear him praise people, it seems that this heavy armored cavalry Lord Chen has spent a lot of effort"

Shen De laughed: "What kind of effort, spending blood, do you know why there is a shortage of food?" for the corn was given to the horses of two hundred heavily armored cavalrymen, and the horses could not be broken, and the men would starve."

Li Xiaofei asked, "Don't horses eat grass?" Wouldn't it be enough to prepare more forage? I still have a lot of straw here that I can carry over."

Murong Ling smiled contemptuously: "War horses are not cattle plowing fields"

Shen De also answered: "This, eating grass can only save the life of the war horse, and the war horse has endurance and impact, and it depends on the grain to pile up." This war is the most expensive thing."

Li Xiaofei smiled embarrassedly: "I have too little knowledge, so I let the two of you laugh." It seems that this battle can be fought or not."

Shen De was unhappy: "If I don't fight, I won't have any work to do, besides, we don't want to fight this battle, it doesn't mean that others don't want to fight either." If he wants to hit you, you'll have to fight back."

As they spoke, the group arrived at the post house, and Xiang Xiaoyu had arranged the wine and meat early, Shen De still had the old rules, five catties of meat and two jars of wine, and the others were each two catties of meat and one jar of wine. Li Xiaofei beckoned Xiang Xiaoyu to come with him to eat meat and drink wine, and a few people were eating and drinking, and the issue of food came up again.

Li Xiaofei drank a jar of wine and said that there were few people in Shou County and little grain, Shen De was also dizzy and said that Li Xiaofei was stingy and did not obey the general's order, and Xiang Xiaoyu only cared about persuading him to drink and saw that the two were about to quarrel, so he smiled and said: "We can buy grain with less grain, we have many merchants in Shou County this year, and the business tax is eighty percent higher than in previous years, why not just bring 20,000 Hu corn and then bring the money to buy 50,000 Hu grain, and buy grain in various cities along the way, so we want a lot fewer people, and the consumption on the road will be much less." Our Shou County Treasury will not be emptied. How about two adults take a look at this method? ”

Shen De was stunned: "It's not easy for you to patrol the city, we didn't expect this idea, but you thought of it, it's not simple, it's not simple, come, this general respects you" As he spoke, he poured a bowl of wine for Xiang Xiaoyu.

Xiang Xiaoyu wiped his mouth after drinking: "General Shen is high below, but he has run more in the countryside and seen many businessmen coming and going, so I thought of it, I'm just a person who loves to drink and gamble."

Shen De laughed: "I just like people like you, I see, this small place in Shou County is really a hidden dragon and a crouching tiger, Li Xiaofei is very blessed, a person who is the second in the world in martial arts swears to follow to the death, and there is a resourceful Xiang Commander, yes, this kid has a wife like a flower." What a blessing."

Murong Ling handed over a bowl of wine: "I'm an unknown person, thank you general"

Li Xiaofei also picked up the wine bowl: "Master, why don't you stay in Shou County, and I will go to General Chen's?" ”

Shen De raised the jar and took a big sip and put it down: "Forget it, everyone has their own fate, you can't even hold my knife, go to General Chen's place, and hang up as soon as you go into battle." I'm a rough person, and I stay in the city every day to farm and fish and solve cases, and I'll be annoyed to death. When I was still alive, I ate, drank and gambled, and when I went into battle, I charged with my life, and I forgot if I died. “

As soon as these words came out, everyone was silent, and they couldn't help but admire this Shen De in their hearts, living so freely, even the emperor and prime minister may not be so happy with him.