The season has gradually entered November, and northern China during the Xiaoice River period is colder than usual, and the howling north wind, carrying the loess without the slightest moisture, rolls south on the Loess Plateau, sweeping Weinan Guanzhong, making the two places that were still warm dry and cold.

It has been a month since the troops left the army to send troops to Weinan, and the soldiers have been under the city of Pucheng for a month, and the army has been so tepid outside Pucheng, living in their own homes, besieging according to the drills they did in the base area, and they have not been affected by the weather at all, and they seem to regard this place as their home at all.

After the morning exercise, it was the lunch break, and the generals of the army still gathered in Lu Shi's big tent according to their habits, chatting and laughing.

According to the habit, as soon as this battle formation opened, it was originally a fierce battle, and everyone should be nervous.

However, there are accidents in everything, and this is the case with the current breaking army.

For Pucheng, everyone followed the policy of encircling the point and sending reinforcements, only besieging and not attacking. Since they only surrounded and did not attack, then everyone really seemed to have forgotten about the siege. Especially in the last battle, the elite of Zhang 15 and Zhang Cunmeng was annihilated, and the strength of the defending side was greatly damaged, and then it was easy to take Pucheng with various siege methods beyond the times to break into the army, but it was just to implement the idea and policy of besieging the city and sending reinforcements, and put this key point for the official army there and become a real bait. At the same time, that battle completely knocked out the idea of small movements of the Pucheng defenders, honestly squatting at the head of the city, watching the army shouting and training, watching people sweep the surrounding countryside, watching the land of Weinan slowly enter the army and applauding, see, their warehouses slowly became shriveled up and helpless.

And the reinforcements of the peripheral government government, after the last one-time surrender of the military households of the four county guards, not a single soldier came to harass and peep, which made everyone feel very bored.

As for He Renlong's entire army, Zhao Xing had already mastered this matter. For He Renlong's actions, not only are you not in a hurry, but you are anxious about He Renlong, why is it so slow, when is it, and you don't send Ding Zhuang over? Now, in the seven counties of the base area, the factories that have sprung up like mushrooms after the rain, the water conservancy and roads that have been built in various places, the reclamation of wasteland, and so on, etc., have caused a serious shortage of labor, and there is a need for manpower.

In the last war, nearly 6,000 Ding Zhuang were collected at once, and this time the labor market in the base area that was waiting to be fed saw a kind of hope.

At the ferry, Mr. Zhao Zi had already sent Master Zixiu to urge him several times to catch some more Ding Zhuang to enrich the population that was seriously lacking in labor.

After quickly dividing up the 6,000 Ding Zhuang, he not only gave them good treatment, but also encouraged them to carry letters home and recruit more Ding Zhuang laborers.

However, Lu Shi saw farther than them, he would never let Ding Zhuang in Weinan move in disorder, and then when the construction of Weinan Guanzhong was built in the spring, the original situation was repeated again, so when the administrative officials scattered in all directions under the protection of the garrison team, mobilized the masses, and implemented the policy, they began to publicize the beautiful scenery of Weinan in the future, so that everyone could build with peace of mind. At this moment, under the concept of caring for the old people who are inseparable from their homeland, in front of the beautiful prospects, almost no population has flowed to the original base areas, so the lack of labor in the base areas has not been alleviated at all.

So, in the minds of all the bosses, government officials, old camps, and Zhao Zixianzun who needed labor, there was an idea of a solution to the labor force - grabbing.

To put it bluntly, it is to capture the officers and soldiers, and then let these prisoners participate in local construction.

According to King Chuang, they must go through a period of transformation before they can be released into society, otherwise, the children of the landlords and heroes in those captives, or the ruffians and hooligans, will break down and affect the good and stable society that has been established with great difficulty in the base area, and the gains will outweigh the losses.

Today, representatives from all walks of life in the base areas, or simply bosses of all sizes, gathered together and strongly demanded that the army attack and capture more prisoners. Of course, they all agreed to Lu Shi's request to treat the prisoners well, and promised that once the one-year period expired according to the regulations of the army, the prisoners would be free to come and go.

In the call of all walks of life in the base area to break into the army, Mr. Zixiu, the master sent by Mr. Zhao Zi, was the most active, which made Lu Shidu begin to wonder if everyone came together this time was instigated by this master who was full of bad water.

Master Zixiu, now he is very high-spirited, standing between a group of generals and staff of the army, shouting at King Lu Shichuang, he thinks he is an old man at all.

"King Chuang, if you don't send me 3,000 Ding Zhuang over, the tax burden I pay this month will be reduced." Looking at Lu Shi's helpless wry smile, he gritted his teeth and took out a killer weapon at that time: "The salt He saltpeter needed by the former army will be cut off, you can do it." ”

Lu Shi was very angry. Coercion, absolute coercion, this kind of atmosphere cannot rise, even if Mr. Zhao Zi is here, then he has to fight for reason.

At that time, he slapped the table and scolded loudly: "I'm just nobody, what can you do with me." Then he gritted his teeth at Zixiu with a hideous face: "However, if you dare not transport salt and saltpeter into the base area, I will use the military method of delaying the fighter plane to let Zhao Xing's sergeant do it." ”

"Scoundrel, absolute scoundrel, insulting Sven, insulting Sven." Master Zixiu had already screamed in pain, but seeing that King Chuang, who was no longer looking at him, was helpless, he had to turn around and make small movements, encouraging the other people who came with him to come forward and make noise. I'm on the job, and you can scare me with the sergeant, but these merchant factory owners are not in your charge, see what you do.

"By the way, I'm just a talker, you can talk to Mr. Zhao Zi if you have something, anyway, my task is to take away three thousand Ding Zhuang for emergency." Scoundrel, urgent, anyone can do it, although I just said that it is insulting to Sven, but who cares now?

In fact, it is not bad for the master to be in a hurry, the current Yichuan ferry has been busy outrageously, originally thought that the Yellow River was frozen, the trade route was going to be cut off, and the ferry was about to enter the off-season to liberate a large number of people at the beginning. In fact, this is a habit that has always been a habit, but what I didn't expect was that I didn't know which businessman, maybe he was well-informed outside the Guan, and he actually smashed out the Jurchen horse-drawn sleigh, and Erlang was even more happy when he saw it, and after a few nights of improvement, he pulled up the rope on both sides of the Yellow River and dragged it back and forth with a winch, becoming a train that was not a train, and it continued to operate in full swing on the ice of the Yellow River.

The sleigh walks on the ice like flying, the transport capacity is huge, but the gantry crane and other large equipment has become a furnishing, can not be used at all, and now the loading and unloading everything can only rely on manpower, so on the labor, this is the ferry urgently needed.

As soon as he mentioned the light and breezy but long-term vision of Zhao Zixianzun, Lu Shi became speechless, opened his mouth, sat down dejectedly, and covered his face with his hands. Even Mr. Zhao Zi began to complain, so you can imagine how short of people the base area has become. Now, it is still the off-season for ploughing, and there should be a large amount of surplus labor in the countryside.

The third uncle, who was tired from the rear, also stood up and said to his godson: "King Chuang." ”

"Dad, just talk about it." Lu Shi can be a scoundrel to anyone, but this godfather can't do it, not to mention that life is based on filial piety, this is the trend, and he has to take the lead as the king, the most important thing is that he does feel the warmth of father's love and mother's love in these two old people, and this is his greatest comfort when he feels lonely since he crossed over.

"That, that, can you send me some more men? Front-line transportation is too manpower-intensive. ”

That's true. The two armies are facing each other, especially the invading army is no longer a rogue army, and all materials must be transferred and transported from the rear of the base area, and the manpower required is more than 10 million? A soldier needs at least five laborers to worship, and an army of 40,000 people needs so much manpower?

Looking at the exhausted third uncle, Chen Che knew that the workload was huge, and Huanglong Gu Feng, who was in charge of the general logistics transfer, was even more busy, and he didn't even have time to complain to Lu Shi.

Lu Shi stood up and gave his godfather an apologetic salute: "Dad, I really don't have anyone here." ”

"I know it too, I know it too." The third uncle looked at his son distressedly, but when he said so, his expression and eyes were full of hope: "The military needs can't be delayed, Chen Che and I have already mobilized the old brothers to contribute, so you still have to think of a way, it won't work to drag it out like this." ”

Seeing the third uncle's complaint, Wu Tao stepped forward and was about to say something, but the third uncle immediately raised his eyes: "Shut up, you boys, don't you know how to worry about King Chuang?" If you don't come up with an idea, you little bunnies won't starve to death. ”

Wu Tao immediately gave a salute and hid behind people. Look at the Great Commander of the Heavenly Star who is gloating in the corner with his head shrunk, he is simply envious to death. is still a great commander and clever, as soon as he saw the third uncle enter the account, he immediately hid himself infinitely.

"And you." The third uncle immediately opened fire on the celestial star.

"What's wrong with me?" Seeing that there was no way to hide, Guo Tianxing stood up very innocently, accompanied by caution, and said with an innocent face.

"What's the matter? What you are. Grand Commander, is it the porter? This is a huge cause in the area, and you also have a share, you don't help King Chuang, your brother, you are good, and you are still hiding and idle, are you competent? ”

When meeting the third uncle, all the people have to retreat, not only the third uncle is high, but the most important thing is that the third uncle is upright and fair.

Lu Shi also saw the life-saving straw at this time, and immediately stared at Guo Tianxing with bright eyes, "Yes, Grand Commander, what can you do to solve the situation in front of you?" ”

Guo Tianxing saw that the eyes of the people in the tent looked at him together, so he looked left and right to see that there was no way out, so he straightened his chest and said loudly: "The solution is simple, since he He Renlong does not come to reinforce, then why don't we take the initiative to attack?" What are we going to do, what are we going to do? ”

The tent was silent, so his gaze turned back to look at Lu Shi.

Lu Shi was stunned for a long time, and suddenly patted his head; "yes, why did I get stuck in a fixed mindset again? It's also a fight to encircle the point and send reinforcements, but if people don't come, I can also take the initiative. ”