The imperial court was going to go on the expedition, and the list of accompanying civil and military forces was not finalized until the day of the expedition, and the 100,000 army, the soldiers, had to designate the route, and the armament was to be equipped...... All this is ready, the time seems to be long, and the Jingkang court has exhausted all the strength of the tired as if it is milk in order to prepare, and it is so reluctant that the vanguard troops are sent away, and the military rations have not yet been decided. In the end, the emperor simply wrote a piece of paper, asking Deng and Bei Erzhou to raise it and deliver it as soon as possible.

In any case, the emperor had earlier plans to patrol the border.

A lot of things have been prepared for more than half a year, and the court has made another effort to finally send 100,000 troops out of Tongguan.

Sending the army out of Tongguan, the officials of the court have already said that this is an unprecedented period of time for them, and the concubines at home are so busy that they are rusty.

The emperor calculated the time, and felt that when his father was there, he sent troops much more smoothly and held accountable the surrounding ministers, so some people argued: "The emperor is alive, how can the country have such a large and small detail today?" If you let the troops be dispatched, the generals will have to go to the army, and they will have to go to the army regardless of whatever, and if they don't have food or clothes, they will have to go to the army. What now? Don't you be decent and meticulous? There are also many people in the government, and there are many hands that upload and distribute scriptures, and they are meticulous ......."

The minister coaxed the emperor over, but made Yang Du sneer.

He once served as the Minister of Military Affairs, so he naturally knew why he was able to be quick at the beginning, relying on advance planning, and responding quickly once a war broke out.

But now?

The military and political affairs were all run by literati and professional bureaucrats.

They also read military books and debated first-class soldiers, but they were just talking on paper, the pace was slow, and they couldn't make a decisive decision, for example, how many waist knives do they need in the army, and what if there are 2,000 less? It can't be less, it's not okay to be less. Then let me wait, and then find the Ministry of Industry to talk about it, and when I get to the Ministry of Industry, people say you wait, I still lack iron...... All the way down, when the date came, they began to pass the buck to each other, and they had never fought, they could not predict the war in the country, and they made sufficient preparations in advance, once they were going to fight, they didn't know where the soldiers to transfer were appropriate, and they didn't know where the military rations were going. Five hundred miles away, ahhh

You must know that the biggest problem now is not that the 100,000 troops are going out, and how many things have not been done, but that the hoarded military rations are far away from the war site, and the transportation is slow, and the expenses are large, and Ding Zhuang is also difficult to mobilize for a while, so in the end, did he not decide to take advantage of the new grain to raise it in Dengzhou and Beizhou? This theoretically could be solved in an emergency, but it was not a time or place, the two states of Dengbei had been in trouble for a long time, and there were many existing armies, all of which depended on local supplies, and the grain collected by the government had to be sent to the Grand Canal under construction, and it was to be supplied to the army, and Sodin caused a shortage of labor, and a large number of fields were deserted and annexed, and the gate lords occupied a large amount of land, but the taxes were pitiful.

Ask for military rations for these two states, and there is no place not to wail and cry bitterly.

Is it useful to complain again?

An army of 100,000 has to eat and drink, but what if it collapses without a fight because of lack of food?

The court issued a death order, how much grain should be handed over in each place, how much more ding should be paid, if it can't be released, the magistrate is not a matter of resigning from his post, let alone being dismissed from office, but a matter of killing his head and punishing the crime...... In Dengzhou, the first to kill chickens and monkeys, opened a precedent, the officials were panicked for a while, what should I do? Let's take advantage of the autumn harvest to levy more. What should I do if the levy doesn't come? You have to rob it.

Baojun was also sent an additional 3,000 stone of military rations.

Is it much?

Not much. But it is like the last straw, pressing on the head, it makes people feel that it is going to collapse, in the place, how can there be a good family?

came out of the country, and the township pavilion followed to conceal it, otherwise people would not be able to live.

In the fish scale booklet, there are many people who report their death and loss, and there are many records of barren land.

If it's just these grains, you can still raise them by all means, but you still have to transport them, Suo Ding Suo is about to rebel, where can Ding Zhuang go through the road and send it to Dengzhou?

The county soldiers could not be transferred, the contradiction between Fang Buping and Shi Jingsun was there, and during the war, Baojun was already a border land, so could he take the soldiers to Dengzhou to transport grain?

Fang Buping also had a feeling that he was in danger.

Thinking about it, there is only one person in Baojun who can solve his difficulties.

Li Hu.

Li Hu's masonry and the laborers who built Wufu Temple.

Without saying a word, he went to Monk Daolin first, discussed stopping Wufu Temple first, and then said that he would transport the grain up and then talk about it, and then talk about it, and appease Monk Daolin, Fang Buping breathed a sigh of relief, Li Hu's side, there must be no problem, you want money, I will give you money, it's a big deal to delay you, right, you have no reason to refuse. But he forgot, or he didn't have military common sense, he didn't know at all, the soldiers pressed the Baishan area, which brought a huge threat to Dongxia, not to mention Li Hu's identity, that is, he was an ordinary Dongxia person, but if his heart was in Dongxia, he understood military affairs, and could think thoroughly, he would not send food to Jingkang's officers and soldiers to help Jingkang deal with Dongxia.

Li Hu was still thinking about whether to raise manpower and snatch food from other counties, Fang Buping came to look for him, how could he find it.

People are walking around in the state, arguing with the strategists whether to seize Jingkang's military rations.

Fang Buping found Li Yuanyang, hoping that when Li Hu was away, he could stop work and let Ding Zhuang in his hand solve the problem of transporting grain. What the? You send troops. You spie. You spie. Whom do you send troops to frighten? You send troops, that's official-forced-people-rebel, how many soldiers do you have, how many strong men do I have. Come on. ”

Fang Buping was helpless, and went back to Monk Daolin and Liu Guanglu, hoping that they could make peace.

Useless.

Monk Daolin and Li Mandarin Duck debated Buddhism for a day, the monk was very human, he guessed about the same, went back, and told Fang Buping: "Li Hu's owner is interesting, let the east be the east, let the west be the west, I don't know how to be flexible, it will take some time for him to understand the truth." ”

Liu Guanglu also came forward and asked Li Yuanyang to go.

After talking for an hour, he turned around and gloated to Fang Buping and said, "You are unlucky." Li Hu is not there. This man is too loyal. It is absolutely impossible to convince him to obey. ”

Fang Buping was going crazy.

He felt that he had fattened Li Hu by himself, and now in this situation, he refused to come out, so he immediately found Shi Jingsun and Miao Baotian, went straight to the point, and asked Li Hu for Ding.

Shi Jingsun refused, and said with a smile: "I have no military salary, no military rations, and the soldiers have no strength, so I can't walk." ”

He in turn instigated Miao Baotian: "Lao Miao go." ”

Miao Baotian didn't go either, he didn't go to Suodin in Yi County recently, because he knew that Li Hu had an armed force in his hand, hanging under Shi Jingsun's name, although there were only three or five hundred people, but if he really wanted to fight, what about the people in Li Hu's stone field? What about the local people? and the forces in their hands are at least evenly matched. The rabbit is still biting, Li Hu fights with himself, he is a lost soldier, looking at the current appearance of Beizhou, who knows what will happen in the future, when there are no soldiers in his hand, don't say that the handsome man is to blame, and it is difficult for him to save his life in the troubled times.

He said: "Li Hu is not here, we have to find him first, and persuasion is the mainstay." ”

Fang Buping clapped his hands and asked him, "Looking for?" Where to look for it, maybe you hide it, deliberately, hide for fear of getting into trouble. ”

He assured with certainty: "As soon as you use force, he panics, he comes out, and he is obedient." ”

He was a naked official.

His guarantees?

Not to mention Shi Jingsun, Miao Baotian also measured it clearly.

In order to shirk it, Miao Baotian reminded him softly: "Lord Fuzun." The emperor led an army of 100,000 and stood at Baishan Mountain, where he could see the Yuyang of Dongxia, but Li Hu was from Dongxia, and it was the Dongxia people who lent him money. If he carries grain, are you not afraid that it will be gone? Burn a fine light and lose it halfway? You better find another way, it's really not good, Lao Shi and I each sent half of the people, dressed up as a minding, and transported the grain. ”

Fang Buping immediately looked at Shi Jingsun, his eyes were full of pleading, but it was useless, Shi Jingsun also had Dongxia's money in his hand, he was afraid that the owner behind him would be unhappy, so he didn't want to think about it, so he said: "My soldiers have no pay, they have no food to eat, they really can't walk......

Fang Buping interrupted and said, "I'll give you some food." ”

Shi Jingsun sighed and said, "If you have been sick for a long time, where can you slow down after eating one or two meals?" Oh. By the way, if you ask the state army, he must be able to guide us in some way. ”

This is a clear statement, if you want to sue, you go and sue.

He is not a person, how can Miao Baotian be willing to suffer?

What if the soldiers go too much and the two sides are unbalanced, what if Shi Jingsun comes to "drive the seedlings"? There was such a rumor among the scholars, and Shi Jingsun was so close to them.

Fang Buping was dark and dizzy for a while, and then he passed.

After waking up, his brother Fang Buting had the momentum of packing up, counting silver tickets by his side. Fang Buping called out to him, and he said, "Run." Flat. Go to Cangjun, find a boat, take a boat south, and die in the ......rivers and lakes," Fang Buping interrupted: "What about home? ”

Fang Buting said in a low voice: "Abandon the official and go, according to the law, you will not be wiped out." ”

Fang Buping thought about it, it was true, sat up abruptly and said, "That's right." But he immediately lay back and tapped the edge of the bed and cried, "I am not reconciled." I am a dignified and dignified person, why can't I even call a person? Oh my God, I'm ...... What have I done? ”

The two brothers hugged their heads and cried.

While crying, he heard movement outside, and hurriedly wiped away his tears, asked what was going on, and shouted outside: "Lord Fuzun." Lord Fuzun. Li Hu is back, and he finally comes out. ”

Fang Buping almost jumped up, and he didn't know where this old man came from at this time, he ran out of the ground barefoot, and when he got to the door, he felt that he didn't like to speak, walked back and sat on the bed, tried to maintain his majesty, and said to the outside: "Let him wait, I will arrive later." ”