For Han Qi, this battle must not only be fought, but also fought well, and the spirit of the Hedong soldiers must be beaten. Only when the battle is fought well can you sit more firmly in the center and speak with more weight. If he is defeated and lost, then Li Ze will have every reason to adjust Li Cunzhong's troops, transfer his own henchmen, and carry out a large-scale reorganization of the Hedong Army. Once it has come to this point, then the Hedong Army will no longer be the Hedong Army, but will truly become the Zuo Wuwei of the imperial court.

Now he is worried about food.

As the secretary of the military department of the imperial court, of course he knew that although the imperial court had a bumper harvest this autumn, it was not rich. In order to maintain economic stability under his rule, it is necessary to maintain the stability of grain prices. And to cut this part, there is not much left of the imperial court, but also to support Luzhou, Weizhou and other places, these places because of this year's war, almost in a state of no harvest, completely dependent on the imperial court to work for relief in support, and this state, will last until next autumn. Although grain is constantly being transported from Jiangnan, the whole situation is still in a tense state.

Li Ze's previous conversation with Li Hao dug a huge trap for him.

In just Dizhou, in two years, 50,000 troops were reserved for a year's military supplies, and this was left after completing the task of handing over the war rations to the imperial court.

So Hedong has several states, is it possible that it can't be used by Li Cunzhong's Zuo Wuwei?

If not, then, is there something wrong with Hedong in terms of governance?

If something goes wrong, is it time to make a change?

Li Ze never forgot to dig holes for them from time to time, and he was digging holes for them openly and blatantly.

Knowing that this was a trap, he Han Qi had to jump in.

He couldn't give Li Ze this excuse.

Can Hedong get the food to support an army of tens of thousands of people?

Of course you can.

The problem is that these things are not in the hands of the assassins in the states of Hedong, but in the hands of those wealthy families.

Unlike Zuo Xiaowei of Qin Zhao, after merging Li Hao's 5,000 troops, there were still only 30,000 people, and Zuo Wuwei, led by Li Cunzhong, was 40,000 people when he reported to the imperial court.

But in reality, there are more than 40,000 people.

Han Qi is very clear about this.

Because Han Qi personally did the verification of the guards, he was the most sophisticated one in his heart about the specific numbers of the guards and horses.

The household department strictly controls the allocation of military salaries, and the military salaries of 40,000 people are 40,000 people, and there will never be one more person. At present, the officials in charge of financial endowments in Hedong Prefecture are basically sent out by the household department of the imperial court, and it is absolutely impossible to dig holes in the local finances. And it is absolutely impossible to deduct the salaries of the 40,000 men to pay for part of the extra salaries of those troops.

If the soldiers know all this, I am afraid that the morale of the army will be unstable immediately.

Therefore, the salaries of these extra soldiers have always been paid by those big families in Hedong, and of course, in return, many of these big families also have children who serve in these troops.

Now, if they want to come up with a large amount of money and food to support this battle, are they willing?

That's not a small amount.

Han Qi is really sad now.

"Li De, do you have any problems?" In Han Qi's complicated eyes, Li Ze turned his head to look at Li De again.

Li De, who had not been married for many days, was radiant, his face was full of joy, and when he heard Li Ze's question, he immediately smiled and said, "Childe, of course there is no problem." Shuozhou is enough to meet the needs of our 30,000-strong army for a year's war, and Xu Ziyuan's talent in civil affairs is extremely prominent, and he has been effective in governing the local area. Since last year, the imperial court has set a very low tax standard for Shuozhou, and in such a state, if we can't accumulate a little family fund, then we are too sorry for the son. ”

Li Ze laughed.

Xu Ziyuan is now serving as Shuozhou, which is an expanded version. All the former Ulju and other places were incorporated into Shuoju. Xu Ziyuan is a assassin, and a large number of members of the Yixing Society followed Xu Ziyuan when he first entered the place. At that time, this place was the place where the Hedong Army and the Lu Long Army fought repeatedly, and it was extremely damaged, but it was precisely because of this that Xu Ziyuan drew the most beautiful picture on this piece of white paper.

A large number of cooperative groups composed of the Yixing Society were established, and one military camp after another was reclaimed with the support of Zhang Jia. Originally, the Hu people, savages and all kinds of miscellaneous Hu who wandered in these places were called into these reclamation points for tuntian, and in just two years, Shuozhou has changed its old appearance into a new look.

Even now, Zhang Jia's right military guard still maintains the tradition of Juntun. Among the 30,000 troops, 5,000 belonged to the logistics department, and hundreds of thousands of acres of land were reclaimed this year alone. In addition to training for operations, the 25,000 soldiers will also go to the cantonment points in phases and batches to help the logistics troops complete the cantonment matters.

And the right Wuwei maintained this tradition, probably because Zhang Jia was afraid of hunger before. Only when he saw that every warehouse in his jurisdiction was full could he sleep peacefully.

When Zhang Jia defected to Li Ze, there were only 3,000 cavalry that could be used, and the rest of the tens of thousands of people, including foot soldiers, could almost be called a burden, but it was precisely because of this that the combat effectiveness of his army was closest to Li Ze's descendant troops, because Zhang Jia's right military guard was basically formed later, and most of those officers also came from Li Ze's descendant troops. As Li De led the 5,000 rangers and transferred to the right guard as a whole, even his core 3,000 cavalry was diluted.

But Zhang Jia didn't care. Or because of some Hu blood, Zhang Jia is a typical kind of temperament who repays kindness and revenge, and is angry about Han Qi and Li Cunzhong's betrayal of him and trying to annex him, and after he slowly became stronger, he has always maintained an aggressive posture towards Hedong, and loyally fulfilled Li Ze's task of letting him contain Hedong.

Of course, he didn't forget Peng Fang, another local force trying to swallow him. At present, the relationship between the Right Wuwei and Peng Fang's Tiande Army is quite bad, and friction often breaks out in the area where the two sides meet. If Peng Fang hadn't shown his allegiance to the Zhenzhou Imperial Court now, I'm afraid that Zhang Jia would have beaten him a long time ago.

But even so, the army of the Right Wuwei unceremoniously penetrated into the Tiande Army within dozens of miles, and set up camp in a grand manner.

By the way, Peng Fang could only swallow her anger.

Because he really can't beat Zhang Jia now.

"That's good." Li Zehan said with a smile, he is naturally very clear about the situation in Shuozhou, and he specially brought it up here, just to beat someone, and heard Li De's affirmative reply: "Your marriage leave is over here, take your bride, go back to Shuozhou, and General Zhang will prepare for war." ”

"Yes!" Li De said with a smile: "The last general couldn't stay still for a long time, and he left the barracks, feeling bad. ”

The other people laughed, and Li Rui said with a smile: "Seeing that you are strong and strong, it turned out to be an illusion, but in fact, what about the weak body, if you want to hide in the barracks, is it cold?" ”

Another burst of laughter.

Li De said like a proud rooster: "My wife, but you want to go to the barracks with me and go into battle to kill the enemy together, Li Rui, you can't compare to this, I estimate that if you find a wife in the future, the most you can do is stay here and take care of the children for you." ”

"You wait, I will definitely find a wife who is both civil and military, and when the time comes, the two of us will have a fight, see who is the elder brother and who is the younger brother, and the wives of the two of us will also have a fight, and see who is the sister and who is the younger sister."

"Then I'll win." Li De said disdainfully.

In a relaxed atmosphere, Li Ze turned his gaze to Han Qi: "Han Shangshu, what are the problems over there?" Today, they are all proposed, so that we can solve them together. ”

At this time, what could Han Qi say, he could only grit his teeth and say: "Li Xiang, Li Cunzhong in Hedong, there will be no problem, Zuo Wuwei will wait for the emperor, just wait for the court to give an order, and then he can go into battle to kill the enemy." ”

Li Ze stroked his palms and laughed: "Great, in this case, the Ministry of War only needs to prepare the corresponding ordnance supplement, after the departments go back, quickly count the inventory, sort out and report, so that the Ministry of War can make unified arrangements, and the insufficient part will be placed with the general supervisor to quickly build a supplement." ”

"Understood!" Everyone stood up and answered in unison.

After the meeting, the generals immediately returned home to pack up their salutes and prepare to set off as soon as possible, but Han Qi came straight to the Yamen of the Ministry of Industry and found Xue Ping.

Although it was not early, Xue Ping was still busy in the public hall.

"What's wrong?" Han Qi's rash visit made Xue Ping a little surprised. Although the two are allies, it is actually very taboo to get together openly like this.

"I'm going to Hedong." Han Qi sighed and told Xue Ping about the events at today's meeting, "If I don't go back, I'm afraid that Li Cunzhong won't be able to suppress those people." ”

Xue Ping was a little annoyed: "Han Shangshu, the Hedong Prefectures, compared to Shuozhou, have a wider area and more people, why can't Hedong do what Shuozhou can do?" ”

"Shuozhou's policy, if we copy it to Hedong, I'm afraid that Hedong will be in chaos immediately." Han Qi sighed: "You don't know, who supported the skeleton of the Zuo Wuwei army?" If you really want to save the field, if you clear the house, the people's hearts will be scattered. ”

"If this continues, Hedong will only get weaker and weaker."

"Hedong is not weak, the key is to have everyone work together. You must know that one is prosperous, and one is lost. Han Qi shook his head and said, "I'm going this time to make them bleed heavily, if they don't want to, then I'm afraid it won't be bleeding next." Yang Kai has been eyeing him, whether it is Yushitai or Yixing Society, that one will give us a good look when he arrives in Hedong. ”

Xue Ping was stunned for a long time before he said: "Tell Li Cunzhong that this battle must be fought well, if something goes wrong, it will be over." ”