Yu Wanli coughed for a while, "Brother Xian, there are many people here, it's not a place to talk, and you don't know many things!" Let's go to the house and talk about it."

Zuo Sanxiang looked around, "I've already said it, or so, I also have something to say to Dadu Hu alone!" Then he took out the secret decree in his bosom, straightened it out, and put it into his bosom in front of everyone.

returned to the Changping Metropolitan Protectorate, but it was not the two of them who spoke alone, the officers of the Metropolitan Protectorate all arrived.

Some people pressed their hands on their waists, some people sweated on their foreheads, and more looked at Yu Wanli and Zuo Sanxiang.

Zuo Sanxiang sat on the right side and bowed his head to play with the teacup in his hand, Yu Wanli cleared his throat, "Everyone, it's okay, it's me and General Zhengxi to discuss alone, why are you all here?" ”

"We have been wounded and bled for Daliang, and the court can't hide something from us!"

"Yes, we were born and died for the Great Liang, why is the court so worried about us?"

"Dadu Hu, General Zhengxi, we don't frown when we die on the battlefield, but"

Yu Wanli saw that the left three phases did not move at all, so he got up and shouted, "What's wrong?" The left one died, the right one died, what happened today? ”

As soon as Yu Wanli spoke, everyone immediately quieted down.

Zuo Sanxiang took a sip of tea and raised the teacup in front of him, "The teacup in the capital is worth more than 100 yuan, the commanders are worse, about 50 yuan, and the rest of the captains are about 10 yuan." The distance is long and the shipping cost is high, which is understandable. However, as far as someone Zuo knows, Changping Duhufu has its own porcelain kiln! By the way, I've been here for more than ten days, and I haven't gone to the walled fort guard in the west to take a walk, I'm afraid there is something to hide from me! ”

Everyone was stunned for a while, and Yu Wanli stood up again, "General Zhengxi, what do you mean?" Do you want to check the accounts of our protectorate? Or do you want to take your five thousand men and kill us? ”

Left Sanxiang put down the teacup: "What's wrong with Dadu Hu?" It seems that you are all afraid of the imperial court to check the accounts! But someone Zuo is not a civil official, don't be mistaken, I'm not interested in checking accounts or anything! It doesn't matter much to me that you make a teacup for thousands of dollars! Zuo came for the defense of the Western Regions and for the recovery of Luntai! I'm not interested in your bad debts! ”

Yu Wanli sat down again: "Lord Zuo knows the current affairs!" Haha, not bad,"

Zuo Sanxiang sneered, threw the teacup with his left hand, and stuck it on the opposite doorpost: "You think Zuo is afraid!" You will be a down-and-out scholar, and you will play with your life when you are young! Afraid of your threats? ”

As he spoke, he took out the secret decree from his bosom and unfolded it, "Look clearly, Ben Jiang has the right to cut first and then play, and he can also act cheaply!" Weigh the weight of these eight words yourself! ”

"Could it be that General Zhengxi wants to kill us all?"

"Yes, we have done something about military spending, we are thousands of miles away from home and come here to fight, what is it to get some money?"

Zuo Sanxiang took a sip, "If you really go to war, no one will blame you, but you collude with the Loulan people, Di people, and fire dragon people, and raise your own respect, then it's another matter!" If these people didn't have the guidance of the people of the Metropolitan Protectorate, would they set up an ambush? Knowing that the imperial army was coming, but not sending someone to Zhijian Slope in advance to respond, am I really a fool? ”

Yu Wanli's face changed greatly, "General Zhengxi, I misunderstood!" There are some of us who are greedy for money, but when it comes to colluding with bandits to ambush the imperial army, they will never dare! General Zhengxi, if you have any requests, just mention it! I don't pretend anymore, the treasures you saw the other day,

If you like something, you'll move out! Even if I take it all, I won't say a word, brother! ”

"Haha, who are you guys when I'm Zuo? Think Zuo is blackmailing you and wants to take advantage? Yes, Zuo is poor, and Zuo also loves money! But Zuo has a way to take it, and Zuo wants to fight with a knife and a shot on the battlefield! Yu Dadu can stop it, and all the commanders can stop it, Zuo Mou will say it again, Zuo Mou will not care about your bad military expenses. But! From now on, all the 2,000 men and horses of the Changping Protectorate will return to the barracks to prepare for war, and they are not allowed to do business anymore! Zuo came this time and brought 5,000 men and horses, not to waste the grain and grass of the imperial court, let alone replace you! ”

Yu Wan showed a difficult color, "This, I'm afraid it's a little difficult, General Zhengxi, it's not that the brothers don't buy it, but the wet poison country in the west has already requisitioned 100,000 troops to occupy Luntai." We only have 7,000 people together, and we still have to defend Gaochang City, so it's good to be able to hold Gaochang,"

The third minister on the left looked at the other Metropolitan Protector Commanders, "You think so too?" Think we can't win? ”

Cai Changgeng replied with a smile, "General Zhengxi, our army can only fight out 70,000 of them if it is one for ten, but they will have 30,000 left!" No matter how you look at it, you can't win this battle! ”

"Do you think you can't win?"

"It's not that we wait to destroy our own prestige, it's really that the disparity in strength is too big, and we understand that General Zhengxi is young and earnest, but this matter has to be considered in the long run!"

Zuo Sanxiang looked at Yu Wanli again, "Yu Daduhu, how much do you know about the combat power of the Wet Poison Country?" Their military system, weapons, and logistics, can you introduce them to my younger brother? ”

Yu Wanli touched his stomach, "I'm ashamed, brother, I don't want the brothers to die in vain, I have never fought with the army of the Wet Poison Country, I only heard that the merchants of the Wet Poison Country said that the army of their country is tall and strong, and it has conquered the land of thousands of miles in the past few decades." ”

"Most of them protect soldiers like children, it's okay, so I'm more interested, if the opponent is garbage, I don't bother to challenge! Where is the closest fortress we have to the land occupied by the Damp Poisoners? ”

"Fairy Village! Condescendingly, less than five miles away from the place controlled by the damp poisoners, you can see the cavalry of the damp poison people patrolling back and forth! "Hao Guang, the commander of the Golden Knife Battalion, has been to the fairy village

"Yes, this general seems to have been to the front, tell me, how are their cavalry equipment and horsemanship?"

Hao Guang looked at Yu Wanli, Yu Wanli waved his hand, "To put it bluntly, let General Zhengxi listen to the truth, and let us all listen to the truth!" ”

"Their armor is better than ours, full plate armor, and their helmets are covered with animal skins. Horsemanship, not as good as ours, for I have seen their horses frightened and knock over a troop of cavalry. ”

Zuo Sanxiang smiled slightly, "Everyone, if our horses are frightened and rush towards us, will this happen?" ”

"That's not it, our soldiers' riding skills are not much worse than the fire dragon people on the grassland before, and there are not a few who can stand on horseback and gallop!"

Yu Wanli's mouth twitched, "Everyone, and Commander Hao." The damp poisoners may be deliberately showing weakness, waiting for us to be fooled, they are easy to fight! ”

"It's not that there is no such possibility, there is no way to show it, to show it to be weak, and the soldiers are treacherous! Most of the guards are thoughtful, I don't think it's as good as this, I'll take the people and Commander Hao to the fairy village to see if something happens, it's also me, the general of the expedition to the west, and the merit is everyone's together, how about it? ”

"I am willing to follow the general Zhengxi to kill the enemy and make meritorious contributions!"

Yu Wanli is embarrassed

smiled awkwardly, "General Zhengxi is too worried, this defense of the Western Regions is the responsibility of the Changping Metropolitan Protectorate, everyone does not distinguish between you and me, if you want to go, let's go together." However, it will take another month to purchase armor, train, raise grain and grass, etc.! ”

Zuo Sanxiang knew that Yu Wanli was playing tricks, and he obviously wanted to drag it until Gaochang was short of food and let Zuo Sanxiang take people out, so he also smiled, "Okay, I, the 5,000 men and horses, have been prepared, and the Metropolitan Protectorate will send Commander Hao to go with me!" Most of the soldiers of the capital protection mansion will guard Gaochang well, and there is no need to discuss this matter anymore! Tonight, we will set camp and go to the fairy village! ”

Yu Wanli couldn't stop it anymore, so he had to pretend, "We are Changping Duhufu, and the preparation is not as good as the army of the west, but we can't lag behind, Cai Changgeng is responsible for raising grain, grass and materials, Yu Hu is responsible for training soldiers, well, Tian Heng is responsible for inspecting the soldiers!" Be sure to rush to the fairy village within ten days to support General Zhengxi! In this battle, either you don't fight, or if you want to fight, you have to go all out! ”

Zuo Sanxiang did not continue to be polite, and took Hao Guang and went back to the camp directly.

Back in the camp, Zuo Sanxiang introduced Hao Guang to everyone, and after everyone greeted him, Zuo Sanxiang spoke, "Brothers, if you stay any longer, I'm afraid you'll have to live a hungry life again!" Therefore, let's pull out the camp and go west tonight, as long as we lay down the wheel, we don't have to worry about eating and drinking in the future, there is grain, grass and wine hoarded by damp poisoners. The seeds brought by our grain and grass officer, Lord Liu, can also be sown in the new land! ”

"General Zhengxi, our task of escorting the prince has been completed, if we don't go back to restore our lives, we have to go west, right?" Wang Xiaoming wanted to go back to Yongzhou for a long time, and when he heard Zuo Sanxiang say that he would go west, he wilted.

"Yes, if you go further west, I don't know how far you have to go, and General Zhengxi only thinks about what to do if he wins, but he doesn't think about the consequences of losing!"

There was a lot of discussion, in short, there were many who were willing to go home, and very few wanted to go west.

Zuo Sanxiang looked at Hao Guang, "Commander Hao, it seems that no matter where the generals of Daliang are, their minds are still the same." It seems that someone on my left is bent on going his own way! ”

"No, I've wanted to fight for a long time, and if I continue to waste it like this, I'm afraid I'll have to retreat to Yumen Pass! Could Lord Zuo be shaken? It seems that it is also a trip for nothing! ”

Hao Guang got up to leave, but Zuo Sanxiang grabbed him, "Haha, am I a person who gave up halfway." Brothers, let me tell you the truth, Gaochang's grain and grass are not enough to supply our 5,000 troops to return to Luoyang, if we want to return to Luoyang, we must go a few hundred miles west to fight the wheel platform and seize the grain and grass and then go back! Of course, you don't believe that I can leave now, it is said that the Loulan people are regrouping again! ”

The commanders looked at each other, and the left three phases were clearly threatening them, and if they dared to return to the east without obeying the order, there was only one way out.

"Thousands of miles have gone, what are you afraid of after walking for a few hundred miles, I said you one by one, do you miss your wife! I've heard that there are Hu women over there in Luntai, and they are very good-looking! "MCA saw the opportunity to come out and support the left three phases

Zu Nayan also followed closely behind, "By the way, it's August, we go back now, we will encounter goose feathers and heavy snow before we reach Yumen Pass, we don't go to Luntai to seize the fur cloth in the wet poison man's warehouse, we will freeze to death sooner or later!" ”

"There is only a way to survive to the west! Guys, what are you hesitating about, has General Zhengxi miscalculated all the way over? Liu Jingchuan, the grain and grass official, also spoke

Liu Jingchuan's distribution and collection of grain and grass made all the generals admire, and he agreed to go west, and the rest of the people also agreed.

"Okay, then go and gather the soldiers and people, and leave at the beginning of tonight!"