"Brother Yelu, let me introduce you, this is Mr. Xu, who once served in my palace, and was exiled after the palace was sealed, and after knowing that I had a place to live, I came all the way to find it."

When introducing Xu Jiang to Yelumin, Zhao Yu really couldn't call Xu Chu to change his name to Xu Chu, and he always felt that it was an insult to other people's tiger idiots.

General Xu had no scruples, and bowed to Yelu Min with his fists in his fists: "Xu Chu has seen General Yelu"

Ye Lumin waved his hand and said: "No courtesy, no courtesy, Mr. Xu's loyalty is admirable, everyone will be colleagues in the future, and they will take care of each other."

Yesterday I was so happy to see Zhao Yu that I forgot about such a big thing as military rations, although Zhao Yu didn't blame him directly, Yelu Min himself still felt embarrassed, and after the competition, he followed Zhao Yu to the mansion.

At this time, Zhao Yuna still had the heart to say that it was important for him to solve the business first.

The specific situation has already been told to General Xu, and General Xu is also very frightened, he knows Zhao Yu's mind very well, and knows that Zhao Yu wants to use the land of Yanyun as a starting base, once the land of Yanyun makes trouble because of food, it will be difficult to appease it.

Seeing Zhao Yu's eyes looking at him, he said in a deep voice: "The minister just came, and he doesn't know much about the situation in the army, but after the minister has seen the data of the treasury, he can be sure that there is not much grain in the treasury in Youzhou, and it is barely acceptable to hold on until the beginning of spring, and it is impossible to supply the army."

Zhao Yu only stayed in the barracks for half a day, but General Xu had already read the information of Youzhou Mansion in this half a day, and even handled a lot of backlog of government affairs for Zhao Yu, which can no longer be described as a simple cadre.

Zhao Yu couldn't help but smile bitterly, the first thing he did when he arrived in Youzhou a few years ago was to open a warehouse and release grain, and now the reputation of the people is there, but the army is about to be unable to open the pot, I don't know if this is an unexpected joy?

"Brother Yelu, if it were the same as before, what would the army do when there was a shortage of food?"

Yelu Min spread his hands and said, "It's simple, hit the grass valley!" But now I'm afraid that His Highness won't be able to do it."

Listening to Ye Lu Min's words, Zhao Yu suddenly frowned, to put it bluntly, he went to the Great Song Dynasty to loot, and the Song Liao border army often did this, which was not an uncommon thing.

However, as Yelumin said, Zhao Yu is a Han Chinese, how can he do it to his compatriots?

Xu Jiang suddenly smiled and said: "Your Highness is benevolent, you will definitely not be able to do such a thing as fighting grass valley, but we can go to the Central Plains City to borrow grain!" ”

Xu Jiang's words stunned Zhao Yu and Xu Jiang, and said in his heart, buddy, are you okay? Not to mention that the two countries are still at war, even if Zhao Yu is there, it is impossible for the Song Dynasty to borrow grain, unless Zhao Yu returns with the land of Yanyun.

"Don't get me wrong, I didn't let His Highness surrender, what I want to say is that the Great Song Dynasty built a lot of granaries from Bianliang to the border pass for the Northern Expedition, although it is not wartime now, but as far as I know, those granaries are full"

When Xu Jiang said this, there was no need to continue, because how to implement it was not something he could control.

The nearest Great Song City to Youzhou is Zhending Mansion, but there is a cow in Zhending Mansion who is sitting in the town, Zhao Yu does not dare to go at all, this person is the old general Zong Ze.

Fighting is not Zhao Yu's strong point at all, so it's better to stay away from that bull, and he didn't really want to start a war with the Great Song Dynasty.

After pondering for a moment, his eyes suddenly lit up, and he said, "Is the Taiyuan prefect still Liu Wenguang?"

Although Xu Jiang did not express his opinion just now, his thoughts obviously coincided with Zhao Yu.

You must know that Liu Wenguang almost became Zhao Yu's father-in-law, so it should be no problem to borrow some food from him, right? Of course, this borrowing word is in quotation marks.

Yelu Min said worriedly: "If we do this, will it trigger a full-scale war between the two countries?" ”

"The Great Song army has now been transferred to Jiangnan to quell the rebellion, and it will not be transferred back in a short period of time, the most important thing is that we must grasp a degree, that is, we must do things well, and we can't overstimulate the monarchs and ministers of the Great Song Dynasty."

Xu Jiang said this for Zhao Yu, as a strategist, of course he knew when to speak for the lord.

"The closest place to Taiyuan Mansion from outside the gate is Yanmen Pass, but with the danger of Yanmen Pass, it is simply unrealistic to storm it, so we must take a detour"

"Brother Yelu, how about we play around?"

Yelu Min felt that his brain was running out of money, the lack of food in the army was a big deal, but he could provoke a war without authorization, and the same problem was not small, now looking at the posture of these two Han people, they were very keen to plunder their own Han cities, and he didn't know how to evaluate this matter.

"Your Highness, this matter is too important, do you want to report to the court first?"

"It's a long way to Beijing, how much time do you have to delay this time and forth? What if those guys in the court are arguing with each other, and it's not us who suffer in the end? In this way, we will also send a report to the court at the same time as we act, so that no matter what the outcome of the court is, it is almost time for us to return."

Yelu Min knew that Zhao Yu was going to play the first cut and then play, and after a while, he pondered for a moment before he smiled bitterly: "You are the governor of Youzhou, or you have an idea!" It's a big deal, I'll carry it with you afterwards."

Zhao Yu had long seen that Yelu Min was a person who could do great things, so he didn't carry him behind his back in many things.

smiled indifferently and said, "Let's make a secret fold!" That way, even if something happens, you can be safe."

Listening to Zhao Yu's words, Yelu Min couldn't help but be stunned, and said in his heart that this kid had already known everything...

Youzhou has more than 30,000 troops but less than 40,000, and there are still people to keep to keep the housekeepers, so the troops that can be mobilized in this operation are no more than 30,000.

If it was just a normal sneak attack, the 30,000 troops would not be needed, and it was necessary to ensure that the army returned safely with food, so these troops must all be brought with them.

According to the plan, Yelumin led 20,000 main forces to deter the Song army in the Zhending area, while Zhao Yu and Yeluhuan went straight to Taiyuan Mansion.

Although he did not approve of Zhao Yu's participation in this operation, Zhao Yu insisted on coming, because he not only wanted to control the development of the situation so as not to misfire, but also a kind of tempering for himself.

The reason why the emperors of the Great Song Dynasty never forgot the sixteen states of Yanyun, in addition to the fact that it was the inherent territory of the Central Plains, the most important thing is that because of the existence of these places, the Central Plains region is almost unsafe to defend, and although the Yanmen Pass is dangerous, it can be easily bypassed from other places.

There is also the lack of horses in the Song army, once the Liao army comes to attack, in front of the overwhelming iron cavalry, the Song army can only honestly hide in the city, which is also the main reason why Zhao Yu and Xu Jiang dare to risk going south to grab food, of course, this matter must not be publicized.

Three days later, the army set out one after another according to the predetermined plan.

After the conscription in Youzhou, there will often be various trainings, and the people of Youzhou have become accustomed to the movement of the army, and even the soldiers themselves do not know where the purpose and direction of this training is.

At the same time, Wanyan Xiyin's letter was also sent to Xiao Fengxian...