When all the generals came out of the big tent, Shen Xiangdong walked in, whisked his beard and said: "General Li doesn't lead the troops with common sense, the old man has opened his eyes, it's just that General Qi is just a chess piece, General Li is so pressurous, after a long time, I'm afraid that something will go wrong." ”

Li Luo turned around and said, "In his position, plan his affairs." After doing the commander-in-chief of the army, you should do what the commander should do, the soldiers, horses, grains and grass in the army are not child's play in the hands of others, if you can't do it, you will change someone to do it, now Dagan is full of military disasters, where is there time to worry about these things. ”

"Since the old man promised General Li and his entourage in Xifu, there are some things that have to be said."

Li Luo said with a straight face: "Sir, please speak." ”

"The way of leading troops, pay attention to both rigidity and softness, the commander is good to lead by example, but his body is too rigid, and his soldiers will slowly only get used to obeying orders, and what the military orders are, the soldiers will be. There is no shortage of wise people in the army, no matter how wise the commander is, it is impossible to be comprehensive, the real famous generals, must be used by others, know how to make good use of people, so that they can strategize, and only when they are in a big war can they be relaxed; If the army is too soft, the prestige in the army will be poor, and it is easy for the generals to fail to give orders, and there will even be soldiers and generals who are not subject to control, and such a large army may break itself without a fight. The old man is foolish, the way to lead the army is to care about the relationship between rigidity and softness, does General Li think so? ”

Li Luo nodded and replied: "Mr. is reasonable, but Li Luo still can't grasp the method of relaxation." ”

Shen Xiangdong smiled slightly: "General Li has only been in the army for more than a month, and if he can be both rigid and soft, the old man will not be ashamed of himself." ”

Li Luo smiled and thanked him.

On the second day, all the former military rations and salaries were made up, and there was no arrears.

After marching hundreds of miles out of the boundary of Quanzhou, the army passed through Qiquan Mansion, the sky was not beautiful, it rained, and it was getting heavier and heavier, Li Luo ordered the whole army to camp on the high place.

The army was stationed, Li Luo was discussing the march route into Huluzhou with Liu Ce's generals, and suddenly the former army spies reported that the prefect of Qiquan asked to see Li Luo, Li Luo was stunned, looked at the generals in the tent, these people were also confused, and did not know what the local prefect was asking to see.

Dou Sheng said: "General, what is this little prefect doing in the big camp in the army?" Besides, the commander in the army is what they want to see, let the last general send someone to ask, and blast it out if there is nothing important. ”

Li Luo groaned slightly, looked at the heavy rain outside the tent, and said: "Forget it, it rains so heavily and you still come to ask for a meeting, maybe there is something important, and you can't march today, so it's okay to see him." Someone came, gave an order, and brought the prefect into the camp. ”

"Yes." Ni Qing saluted, put on a cloak and got out of the Chinese army's tent. Li Luo and the others will continue to study the mountains and rivers of Hulu Prefecture.

The work of the tea, Ni Qing has already brought it to the people, just outside the tent, Li Luo nodded and let them in, Ni Qing was quite embarrassed, Li Luo was puzzled: "Is something wrong?" ”

Ni Qing paused, shook his head slightly, and then lifted the curtain of the tent, and the rain poured into the big tent of the Chinese army with the wind, and Dou Sheng shivered.

Everyone looked fixedly, but saw a group of four people into the Chinese military tent, two men and two women, although they had umbrellas, but the rain and wind were strong, the whole body was drenched, the man was better, but the two women who followed behind him were already shivering from the cold, their clothes were wet, and their bodies were full of bumps, extremely embarrassed, and the generals couldn't help but look at it a few more times, and the woman seemed to be shy and lowered her head.

The middle-aged man who walked in the front, dressed in official uniforms and with three beards on his face, looked like a Confucian scholar, and when he entered the tent, he didn't want to have several people standing in the tent, so he was stunned for a while.

In a daze, he saw the plain boy in the handsome position walking towards him, and then he remembered that it was rumored that the coach of the Western Expedition was just a crown king's grandson, and he was about to kneel down and salute, Li Luo took a step forward, supported the prefect, and said with a smile: "Lord Prefect, there is no need to be polite." Come and give the prefect a seat. ”

Ni Qing took the chair and asked the prefect to sit down. The prefect looked uneasy, looked at the generals in the tent, and didn't dare to sit down for a while, Li Luo smiled and said, "You all sit down." ”

After all the generals sat down, the prefect sat down on a chair with half a body.

Li Luo ordered Ni Qing to bring a cup of hot tea to the prefect, but the prefect was busy saying that he didn't dare to bother. Li Luo Zhanyan asked: "The wind and rain outside are so strong, and the prefect has worked hard all the way." I don't know why the prefect is looking for Li Luo? ”

The prefect hurriedly said that it was not hard, it was not hard, and after speaking, he looked at the generals around him and did not speak. Liu Ce got up and said: "General, this route is almost studied, wait for the last few generals to go down and take a closer look, and present it to the general, I will retire first." ”

"It's raining heavily outside, so you wait first. Is there a nuisance for our military headquarters when the prefect comes? The generals are not outsiders, just say it. Li Luo asked.

"This." The prefect looked up at Li Luo, his lips squirmed for a long time and he still didn't say it.

Li Luo said with a smile: "Don't worry, if the generals in the tent are derelict in their duties, I will also ask them to go outside the tent to get drenched in the rain." ”

All the generals laughed, the prefect blushed, and he was still speechless for a long time, Li Luo was not in a hurry, and took a sip of the teacup.

Suddenly, a woman behind the prefect stepped forward and knelt on the ground, bowed her head and said: "The people's daughter Ou Yumu, this is the little woman's father-in-law, Ou Qinghan, the prefect of Qiquan Mansion, who took the liberty to disturb the general and the generals today, and please atone for his sins." The sound was crisp and pleasant, and it was very light and light in response to the sound of the rain hitting the tent.

Several people in the tent were not attracted by this female voice, and they all turned their heads to look at this Ou Yucurtain, Li Luo was also a little surprised, put down the teacup and said: "Good dreams are crazy with flying flotsam, idle sorrow is strong, and it is better than fragrant mash." It is not a rainy twilight and a cloud dynasty, and it is Shaoguang again. It's kind of interesting for a girl to give this name. Don't be formal, you get up and talk. ”

"General Xie." Ou Yumu saluted, stood up, looked up at Li Luo, and said with a smile: "The general is both civil and military, and the people's daughter is really fortunate to see her today." ”

As soon as Ou Yumu raised his head, everyone saw the woman's appearance clearly, and they all exclaimed. Although it is not the appearance of a city and a country, it is also one in a thousand.

Light makeup and plain clothes, but it is difficult to hide the beautiful and refined atmosphere of the body, the cheeks are condensed and new, the nose is greasy goose fat, and the clothes on the body are wet, which is quite embarrassing, but the demeanor is generous and decent, and the view is amiable.

At this time, standing quietly under the tent, light and self-controlled, like a lily in the rain, extremely moving.

The sound of the rain outside the tent seemed to be a lot quieter, only hearing the sound of the generals' breathing, the winter cicada snorted coldly, looked at Ou Yumu carefully, and turned his head disdainfully.

Li Luo swept it, then cast his eyes on the teacup, and said warmly: "What is the matter with you and your father-in-law coming to the army today, but it doesn't hurt to say it." ”

Ou Yumu looked back at the prefect Ou Qinghan, and Ou Qinghan's face was anxious, as if he was worried and looking forward to it.

Ou Yumu bit his lip and said, "General, please atone for my father-in-law's ineffective work." This year, there has been too much rain in Qiquan Mansion, and there have been several floods, and the harvest is not good, so now we are waiting for the autumn rain to stop, and we will rush to plant some ripe and fast grain for the winter. ”

"Do the villagers still have food left? Do you have anything to eat? Li Luo asked.

"Please rest assured, it's still summer, and you can still collect some food in the wild, and the government has also sold its savings and bought grain from other states and counties, and now you can still cope with it."

"Is that the case?" Li Luo turned his head to Liu Ce and asked.

"General Hui, this is indeed the case, the spies in the army reported that there was a flood in Qiquan Mansion, and many hungry people were resettled by the government government." Liu Ce got up and replied.

"Why don't you report to Zhizhou and raise some food and silver? Since there is a flood, there must be many people who are homeless, and if this is true, will the governor of the state not care? Li Luo's tone turned slightly cold and asked Ou Yumu.

"The prefect has already reported to the governor, but the governor said that the war is tight this year, and the supply of grain and grass is stretched, so let's think of more ways for ourselves, and the governor has no other way. Fortunately, all the villagers worked together, and although there were difficulties, they could get through. ”

"That's good, so it seems that Lord Ou has a lot of prestige among the people." Li Luo looked at it, and Ou Qinghan hurriedly waved his hand, humbly saying no.

Li Luo nodded and smiled: "This year's war is indeed a little tight, no wonder Zhizhou said so, but if he can't get any grain and grass, it is also his dereliction of duty as a Zhizhou." I will send a letter of resignation to the state government as soon as possible, so that they can help you get through this difficult time as soon as possible. ”

"Thank you, General." Ou Yumu saluted and said, "It's just that we are here today, we have something else." ”

"Insatiable, the generals have promised to help you raise food to tide over the difficulties, what else is there to do? Don't hurry up and thank you for retreating, delaying the deliberations in the army, which of you can afford it! Dou Sheng heard that Ou Yumu still had something to say, and scolded loudly.

"General Dou, don't be impatient, since we have met, we can help as much as we can." Li Luo stopped Dou Sheng.

He Yan asked Ou Yumu: "Come today, do you want to borrow food from the army?" The military rations are very important, and it is inconvenient for me to make my own decisions, so I will ask the generals in charge of the grain and grass in the army to come over in a while, and if there is enough surplus food, I will leave some for you at that time, so that I can survive this time, but it will not be too much. ”

"General." Dou Sheng was about to speak, but was interrupted by Li Luo and said: "I know in my heart, General Dou doesn't need to worry, what do the generals think?" ”

Liu Ce and the rest of the generals discussed a few words, and the supply of grain and grass in the army was indeed sufficient, so he nodded and agreed. Li Luo was about to summon Qi Shaobing over, but Ou Qinghan stood up and stammered, "Great." General, we don't want food. ”

Li Luoqi said: "Don't want food? So what do you want? ”

Ou Qinghan was nervous and speechless, Li Luo shook his head secretly, Ou Yumu mustered up all his strength and said: "General, we don't want grain and grass in the army, we just want to ask the general to exempt the tribute of Qiquan Mansion, the treasury is empty, and it really can't get what the general wants." ”

"Bastard things, talking nonsense, bewitching the public, disturbing the morale of the army, someone will drag me out." Dou Sheng was angry, stood up and scolded.