The officers and men of the battalions in Yanzhou Town went north this time, and the fierce fighting lasted for more than a month, and the soldiers of the battalions of the army were exhausted, and the battalions also suffered a lot of casualties.

After the officers and men of each battalion rested in Datong Town for a few days, Liu Juntao received the casualties submitted by each battalion, and the army that went north this time suffered more than 6,000 casualties!

Although the strength of the army has always remained at more than 80,000 due to the fact that the Recruit Department of the Military Department has continuously transported the trained recruits ~ to the north, the overall combat strength of the army in Yanzhou Town has declined.

Liu Juntao also saw this, but he was not very worried.

The reason why Liu Juntao spared no effort to let the military department send recruits to Datong Town continuously was to let these recruits feel the cruelty of war in an actual combat environment, which was much more useful than training in the training camp!

At this time, the Great Khan of Warat had already led the remnants of his troops to withdraw, and the war was over, so Liu Juntao gave an order to the military headquarters to stop the movement of new recruits to the north.

During the period of garrisoning Datong Town, Xie Feng, the prefect of the city, and Xue Tong, the deputy chief soldier of Datong Town, kept coming, and they were close to Liu Juntao in the school camp in the city, and even the acting prince's mansion often sent people to invite Liu Juntao to the banquet.

Not to mention the prison army Wang Zuhe, he directly took his subordinates and brought the cover roll to live in the camp in Yanzhou Town.

Regarding everyone's actions, Liu Juntao knew very well in his heart that everyone was building a good relationship with himself.

Liu Juntao believes that after this battle, he and Yanzhou Town will definitely rise to the top, and now he is the chief military officer, even if the room for rise in the official position is not very large, but it is still very possible to add a knight and expand the land of a town.

In the future, the status of Liu Juntao and his Yanzhou Town family in the DPRK will also rise sharply, so everyone will rush to build a good relationship.

Of course, there are also many people's gratitude to Liu Juntao for leading the army to help.

On the one hand, he discussed with Xue Tong, deputy chief soldier of Datong Town, and Xie Feng, prefect of Datong, on issues such as Datong's defense and people's settlement, and then worked together in practice.

During this period, the relationship between Liu Juntao, Xue Tong and Xie Feng also deepened, and in the eyes of outsiders, the three of them were almost irreversible friends.

At the same time, Liu Juntao was also invited to the acting king's mansion twice, and during the banquet for the acting king Zhu Shiqi told a lot of his own deeds, so that the acting king Zhu Shiqi was very addicted, if it were not for Liu Juntao's excuse to be entangled in military affairs, it is estimated that the acting king Zhu Shiqi would have to leave Liu Juntao to live in the palace.

On this day, when Liu Juntao returned to the camp from the palace of the king, Wang Zuhe, the superintendent army, was already waiting in the big tent of the Chinese army, Liu Juntao said with a smile: "Wang Jianjun, is there something wrong?" ”

Wang Zuhe said with a smile: "Zongzhen, I am here to ask you for my resignation. The court has decreed that the war is over, and I will return to the court to resume my life! ”

Liu Juntao was slightly stunned when he heard this, and then said: "In this way, this town is here to wish Wang Jianjun a smooth journey, and tomorrow the Japanese town will serve wine for Wang Jianjun in the camp to see him off!" ”

Wang Zuhe laughed, and then talked with Liu Juntao, and his words were full of the meaning of being closer in the future.

Liu Juntao also understood in his heart that Wang Zuhe wanted to form an alliance with him, and when the time came, one was in the court and the other was in the locality, and the two could advance and retreat together in many things.

To put it bluntly, this is "forming a party"!

Although it is a bit taboo to say it, this is also the common practice of the ministers of the DPRK and the Central People's Republic of China.

In this regard, Liu Juntao did not refuse and immediately agreed.

Although Wang Zuhe is an internal official, and his official position is not high, after all, he is in the capital and in the inner dynasty.

In the future, Yanzhou Town will have one more way in the court, and when it encounters difficulties, it will also have multiple ways.

The next day, Liu Juntao took the generals of each battalion, as well as Liu Zi'an and Zhang Yuqing, to set up a banquet in the big tent of the Chinese army to see off Wang Zuhe, the supervising army.

When Wang Zuhe returned to Beijing, Xue Tong, the deputy chief soldier of Datong Town, came over and brought a lot of supplies to Liu Juntao.

Seeing this, Liu Juntao also smiled and said: "Chief Xue Bing, as the saying goes, people are short!" Anyway, is there something going on? ”

Xue Tong laughed a little embarrassedly when he heard this, and said, "Mr. Liu, that's the case. In this battle, the soldiers of our Datong Town were severely damaged, and the soldiers of each battalion were seriously deficient, and the armament of the army was also seriously shortage, so ......"

After Liu Juntao listened, he also understood in his heart.

Xue Tong wanted Yanzhou Town to ask for help, and wanted Yanzhou Town to help Datong Town restore its military strength.

"Isn't the imperial court already ready to allocate money and grain to Datong Town?"

Xue Tong said with a wry smile: "General Liu doesn't know anything, although there is a lot of money and food allocated by the military department, most of it has to be used for the repair of various cities and fortresses in Datong Town, as well as the pensions of the fallen soldiers. I can use the money and food for the various battalions in Datong Town to restore the military strength, but in fact, there is not much! ”

Liu Juntao also understood, if Datong Town alone relied on its own strength, it is estimated that it will not be able to recover in a few years, and who can guarantee that Warat or Tatar will not go south again during this period?

Liu Juntao was about to speak, when suddenly the guards outside the tent reported: "Qiqi Town, Datong Governor Xie is visiting!" ”

Liu Juntao was stunned when he heard this, and said, "Please!" ”

After a while, Xie Feng came in, and when he saw that Xue Tong was also there, he couldn't help but pause.

Liu Juntao smiled and asked Xie Feng to sit down, and then asked Xie Feng about his intentions.

Xie Feng looked at Xue Tong, the deputy chief soldier of Datong Town, and looked a little hesitant.

Xue Tong also saw it, so he said with a smile: "Mr. Liu and Master Xie are rude, and they are going down to pay respects." ”

After Xue Tong left, Xie Fengcai said, "Chief soldier Liu, I came today because I wanted to discuss something with Lord General Bing. ”

"Mr. Xie, please speak."

Xie Feng pondered for a moment, and then said: "Here's the thing, this time the Wara thieves went south, and the people of Datong suffered a great disaster, and the people everywhere were displaced and miserable, but although the relief money and food allocated by the imperial court were large, they were far from enough. Now there is not much left in the treasury of my Datong Mansion, so I want to discuss with Mr. Liu, can I borrow some money and grain from Datong Mansion on credit? ”

Liu Juntao groaned when he heard this, and he was also thinking about the pros and cons in his heart.

However, Xie Feng looked at Liu Juntao's appearance and mistakenly thought that Liu Juntao was angry after listening to his words, so he hurriedly said: "Liu Zongbing, don't blame, there is no way to do it." I know that it is a reluctant request to borrow money and food from Mr. Liu, but I also ask Mr. Liu to support one or two for the sake of the people, and the people of Datong must be grateful for Mr. Liu's kindness! ”

Hearing this, Liu Juntao's heart was also very touched, although Xie Feng, the prefect of Datong, was a civil official, he was able to pull down his son and beg himself for the relief of the people of Datong, which shows that Xie Feng is a good official who can ask for the people's lives!

Liu Juntao immediately said: "Lord Xie is serious! Lord Xie rest assured, there is still some money and food in the army in this town, and in addition, my Yanzhou Town is also rich, and I can support some money and food in Datong Mansion. ”

Hearing this, Xie Feng was overjoyed, and he wanted to thank Liu Juntao with a big gift.

But he was supported by Liu Juntao: "Don't worry, Lord Xie, listen to what I say." ”

Xie Feng was slightly stunned, and then sat down again: "General Liu, please listen to you." ”

Liu Juntao smiled, but said to the guards outside the tent: "Go and invite the deputy chief soldier of Datong Town, General Xue back!" ”

"Order!"

Xie Feng asked suspiciously: "What does Mr. Liu mean?" ”

Liu Juntao said with a smile: "Lord Xie, don't blame, Deputy Chief Xue came here today with the same intention as adults, so I think it's better for us to talk together when both of you are here." ”

Xie Feng was slightly worried when he heard this, afraid that Xue Tong would also open his mouth to ask for money and grain at that time, and the amount of money and grain in Liu Juntao's army was limited, and there was not much money and grain that he could borrow on credit in Datong Mansion.

If you can't borrow enough money and food by then, what will happen to the people in Datong Mansion who have suffered from the war?

When Xie Feng was secretly worried, Xue Tong also walked into the Chinese army's tent with a frown.

Liu Juntao smiled and said to Xue Tong: "Deputy Chief Xue, please take a seat!" ”

Then Liu Juntao explained the intentions of the two of them, and continued: "Since both of you want to borrow money and grain from my Yanzhou Town on credit, then I just have a proposal, please consider it!" ”