"The lord is so loving, and he is grateful." Song Yiming's eyes were red with emotion: "But my lord, you have to go back anyway, even if it is to encourage the people of Yongdi (Yong, Long), you have to show your face!" It doesn't take long, just a day or two. ”

"Five sons." Guo Qi shouted after listening.

"Lord, you call me." Li Wu ran in from outside the tent.

"Fifth son, will you tell this king and Yiming about the situation in Xirong now?" After Li Wu came in, Guo Qi asked; After Guo Qi asked, Li Wu blinked.

"Lord Song, Lord Song; According to the information we have now, at present, the Xirong Right Army has gathered 100,000 troops in Jincheng, Lanzhou, but due to its lack of food and grass, it should not launch a large-scale attack like our army in the next half month, and at most it will send a forward army to test it. ”

Hearing Li Wu say this, he pouted and gave Li Wu a roll of his eyes.

Song Yiming immediately said: "Lord, you have also heard, the right army of Xirong will not attack our army in the short term, you have enough time to go back to Yongcheng to have a look." ”

"Okay! This king has taken time back to Yongcheng to have a look in the past few days. Guo Qi could only reply helplessly.

"The lord is wise, and there is still something to do, so he retired first." Song Yiming bowed to Guo Qi and saluted.

After Song Yiming left, Guo Qi complained to Li Wu with some anger: "Fifth son, aren't you usually very smart!" Why don't you open your mind today? ”

"The lord and I are stupid, the lord winked at me just now, I thought the lord wanted to go back to Yongcheng!" Li Wu said with a face full of grievances.

"You're still wronged." Guo Qi rolled his eyes and said, "Okay, the matter has come to this point, and this king won't talk about you anymore; Hurry up and get ready! The day after tomorrow, our class returned to Yongcheng. ”

"Lord, how many people will we bring back to Yongcheng this time?"

"Take your guards with you."

"No! Commanded by humility. ”

Since it has been decided to return to Yongcheng, there are still many things that the army needs to prepare, and the food and clothing along the way need to be prepared; Of course, these things don't need Guo Qi to do it personally, Li Wu and the others will be ready.

On the morning of the next day, Song Yiming came to Guo Qi's Chinese army tent again, and submitted a report to Guo Qi on 'Longdi Mountain Qingzhuang returned to Yongchun ploughing', to put it bluntly, it was mainly to ask Guo Qi for people, after all, half of the population rescued from Xirong by the Western Expedition Army stayed in Longdi Mountain, and all the people left behind were young and strong, occupying a large number of people, and these young men were also the main force of the next spring ploughing.

"One hundred and fifty thousand?" Guo Qi frowned and said, "Is Yiming a little too much?" ”

"The lord is actually not much at all." Song Yiming said to Guo Qi: "There are now 200,000 young people in Longdi Mountain, not counting the more than 30,000 troops of Shangya military guards, hussar guards and local government soldiers;

Now that the main project of the Longdi Mountain defense line has almost been completed, it is a waste of food to stay so young and strong in Longdi Mountain; The transfer of these 150,000 young men and women from humble posts will not only reduce the logistical pressure on the Longdi Mountain defense line, but will also arrange for them to be cultivated in various places, so as to lay a good foundation for this year's autumn harvest. ”

Guo Qi did not immediately answer Song Yiming's words, but kept thinking; Guo Qi also understood that what Song Yiming said made sense, but Guo Qi was really reluctant to let Guo Qi put all these young men back to the place, these young men had already received some military training during this time, as long as some veterans were arranged, they would serve as the main force in the next defensive battle.

"Okay! The king agreed in principle that you should bring back the 150,000 young men, but the king also promised you that if the war worsened, these people must be gathered and sent to the front as soon as possible. Guo Qi finally agreed.

"Humble and commanded, please rest assured." Song Yiming assured Guo Qi.

"Five sons, pen and ink are waiting." Guo Qi then wrote down several warrants, and sent people to send them to Huating Pass, Zhenyi Pass, Zhenrong Pass and other places, so that the local guards could release them, and at the same time, Guo Qi also asked the defenders in various places to strengthen training and integrate the remaining 50,000 young men into the government soldiers, so as to enrich the overall strength of the Yong army.

After receiving Guo Qi's warrant, although the guards were reluctant, they could only release them, and these young men began to return to Yonglong and Erzhou one after another, joining in the sequence of spring ploughing, which made the originally pure Yongdi quickly lively.

After the evacuation of these 150,000 young people, there were only more than 30,000 Yongjun soldiers and 50,000 young men left in the entire Longdi Mountain defense line, and the city passes were also incorporated into the army at the first time, so the strength of the Yongjun army increased to 80,000; Although the number of troops has increased, the Yongjun army has also exposed many problems, but Guo Qi has not had time to solve these problems.

Because at this time, Guo Qi was returning to Yongcheng under the protection of the Qinwei Mansion.

"Lord, after the mountain pass in front, we will not be far from Huangyuan City." Song Yiming pointed to the mountain pass in front of him and said to Guo Qi.

"This path is more familiar to the king than you." Guo Qi said with a faint smile on his face.

After turning out of the mountain pass, Guo Qi didn't quite believe his eyes, and asked Song Yiming with a suspicious face: "Are you sure that you are going to Longzhou now, not Yongzhou?" ”

"My lord, you just said that you are more familiar with this road than your humble position! Why do you question yourself now? Song Yiming rode on the horse and said with a light smile.

"That's a big change, isn't it?" Guo Qi smiled happily: "When this king went west, this was still a wasteland!" It's only been a long time! and all this wasteland has become fertile land; Yiming, these are all your credits! ”

"Lord, it's ridiculous." Song Yiming said modestly.

At this moment, Guo Qi saw an old man in his fifties, carrying a plow, followed by a six or seven-year-old child leading a yellow cow on the field path.

Guo Qi got off the horse and threw the reins to Li Wu: "You wait here, Yiming, let's go over and have a look." ”

After Guo Qi finished speaking, he walked over to the old man carrying the plow, and Song Yiming followed closely behind Guo Qi.

"Uncle, you are so old, why do you still take your children to the ground in person?" Guo Qi walked up to the old man's side and asked.

The old man ploughed the oxen and said, "My two sons are both building the defense line of Longdi Mountain!" This land can only be cultivated by me. ”

"Don't you have anyone else in your house?" Guo Qi continued to ask.

"Yes! There is also an old woman and eldest daughter-in-law. The old man smiled and said, "You can't let the two mothers-in-law come to the field to be busy!"

Besides, with this ox, this land is much better, don't look at this land, there is four or five days of effort, and my old man can plough the land. ”

"Uncle, how much land does your family have?"

"Not much, this area next to the river is all over it, there is more than a hundred acres; I don't like you to say that I have the most land in our village. The old man smiled happily: "And this place is also the best." ”

"Uncle, why do you have more land than others, and the location is better than others!"

"Boy, at first glance, you are not from Yongdi." The old man boasted, "Who let us have a good prince!" I never thought that I could have so much land in my life;

The first thing to thank is our prince, and then my eldest son, that kid has once followed the army to the battlefield! He also killed a Xirong thief, although he has not officially joined the army yet, but because of his merit in killing Xirong thieves, he also enjoys the treatment of a sergeant. ”