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As soon as he entered the front hall of the governor's mansion, Liu Ce saw a strange scene: Xu Wenjing and Fa Ji sat opposite each other on both sides of the case, seemingly calm, but a little closer probing could see that the eyes of the two revealed a deep wariness of each other, while Ye Yin sat elegantly on the side of the main case, holding the teacup in his hand, blowing the hot air coming out of the cup from time to time, obviously unwilling to stand in line and ask for trouble.

"Ahem......"

Liu Ce coughed lightly twice, and slowly came to the front of the main case, and when the three people in the hall saw Liu Ce coming, they all got up and saluted respectfully: "My subordinates have seen Lord Jundu!" ”

"Sit down......"

Liu Ce glanced at the three people in the hall, stopped and said a word, and took the lead in sitting down on the main case.

Seeing Liu Ce sit down, Xu Wenjing just wanted to report on the battle situation in Jucheng, but was preempted by Faji: "Lord Military Governor, Commander Chen sent the latest military information from Jucheng, after Yan Ke went down to Jucheng, the public order in the city has stabilized, and those Hu slaves and the rebellious slave army have all been imprisoned.

Moreover, the grain and grass in the military grain depot are enough for my 100,000 Northern Expedition soldiers for a month, which temporarily alleviates the embarrassing situation of insufficient grain and grass.

Commander Chen sat in Jucheng, waiting for the military governor to come to Jucheng in person, waiting for instructions on the next move. ”

"Hmm......" Liu Ce nodded, praising Chen Qing's strategy of taking down Jucheng so quickly, "Send the order down, order Chen Qing's troops and horses to quickly clear the obstacles to Qinghe Town, and this military governor hopes to ...... under Shuoyang City within a month."

Fa Ji said: "Lord Military Governor, my subordinates have ordered someone to convey your thoughts to Commander Chen, I believe Commander Chen knows how to do it." ”

"You understand my thoughts......" Liu Ce smiled at Fa Ji, "In addition, what do you think of the transfer of five thousand cavalry of the herdsmen to accompany the Northern Expedition sent by Chen Qing a few days ago?" ”

When Xu Wenjing heard this, he immediately got up and was about to speak, but he was picked up by Fa Ji and said: "Lord Military Governor, my subordinates think that they should be refused, now my Jizhou border army is not rich, and the 400,000 horses under my command need to eat and drink, and they are just barely solving the problem of food and clothing in the army, and then let the five thousand men and horses of the herdsmen go to war, I am afraid that logistics is a huge burden......

"Mr. Fa's words are ......" After listening to Fa Ji's words, Xu Wenjing immediately spoke out against it, and said to Liu Ce, "Lord Military Governor, my subordinates think that they should agree to Commander Chen's request and let the herdsmen send troops to the north together, not only the herdsmen, but also the Wu people.

Grain and grass are difficult, but as long as the northern Hebei region wins a complete victory, the current predicament can be reversed, and now the nobles and Hu people outside the Saiwai are shrunk in Shuoyang within a radius of dozens of miles to take refuge, you must know that the materials they carry are astronomical, just in one fell swoop to wipe out all of them and never suffer in the future, and then take their property as military salary,

And to fight as soon as possible under Shuoyang City, it is not possible to have enough cavalry, although our Jizhou army is brave and has 150,000 or 60,000 good horses, but the real cavalry is only more than 20,000 people, even if you count Xu Liao's dare battalion, it is less than 30,000, and the land in northern Hebei is mostly plains, which is conducive to cavalry combat, and it is the time to use them. ”

When Fa Ji heard this, he immediately retorted: "Military advisor, this difference is the art of war, first defeat but not victory, everything you said is too optimistic, it is all based on the victory of the Northern Expedition, imagine what kind of blow our army will suffer once the march is frustrated?"

Moreover, the northern Hunu of Hebei has been in business for a long time, how can it be so easy to capture as you said? At this time, it is reasonable to take every step to have a chance of winning.

What's more, most of the good horses in northern Hebei were obtained by our Jizhou army, and there are only tens of thousands of untamed wild horses left in the autumn wind ranch, so how can there be a large-scale cavalry battle in northern Hebei? ”

Xu Wenjing snorted coldly and asked rhetorically: "According to Mr. Fa's meaning, then what is the significance of our Northern Expedition?" Isn't it a joke to use troops in northern Hebei on such a large scale? ”

"Master Soldier!" Fa Ji was suddenly a little annoyed, "Why did you choose the Northern Expedition at this time, those soldiers who went out don't know, don't you and I know who is in charge of formulating this strategy?" ”

"Enough!" When Liu Ce saw that the two of them were about to start fighting, he hurriedly shouted to stop them from continuing to quarrel, "I just asked you if your herdsmen should send troops, not about the grain and straw of your troops!" Speaking of grain, I also want to ask, did Xu Hui and Zhang Zhaotong, who went to Youzhou and Dingzhou to urge grain, come back? ”

When Ye Yin heard this, he immediately got up and said to Liu Ce: "If you return to the military governor, I received news a few days ago that Commander Zhang has raised 100,000 stone military rations and is rushing to Jizhou, and Xu Ying's envoy has also raised 80,000 stone military rations, and it is expected that he will be able to return to Jizhou in three or five days later. ”

Liu Ce nodded with satisfaction when he heard this, and said to Xu Wenjing and Fa Ji in the hall: "Okay, now that the grain and grass problem has been solved, you don't have to fight anymore, right?" Now the military governor only asks, should this herdsman go on the Northern Expedition? ”

Fa Ji and Xu Wenjing said in unison when they heard this: "You should (shouldn't) send troops!" ”

As soon as the words fell, the two glared at each other, and then turned their faces away, and said in unison: "It's all up to the military governor." ”

"Hmph, that's interesting......"

Liu Ce looked at the two of them, a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, and then he said: "Since this is the case, the military governor will order to immediately send someone to the herdsmen's camp, and order Mufeng Mukuo to lead five thousand soldiers to Chen Qing to report, there must be no mistake." ”

"Yes!"

Xu Wenjing and Fa Ji agreed together, Xu Wenjing was snickering in his heart, it seemed that Liu Ce was still on his side, but Fa Ji did not have any strange look on his face, after all, Liu Ce's decision had his own reasons.

"Lord Commander, what should we do with those captured Hu Nu?" Xu Wenjing asked in a low voice.

Liu Ce's eyes instantly became extremely cold: "According to the established law before, all the men of the Hulan people will be killed and not one will be left, as for the other aliens, let Chen Qing carefully screen them, they have bad deeds, those who have slaughtered men in Jizhou, and those who have raped women in the Central Plains will all be sentenced to death, and our military governor's mansion does not have so much food to feed this group of animals,

As for the so-called slave army of the Central Plains, except for those who have committed many evil deeds, they will work together with the rest of the Hu people, let them forgive their sins......"

"Huh?" When Ye Yin heard this, he immediately said worriedly, "Lord Commander, will this cause dissatisfaction among them, you must know whether the next war in northern Hebei can successfully take Shuoyang and Yuyang Pass, the key is on him......"

"It's okay!" Liu Ce said proudly, "A desperate Hulan aristocratic son, his son Dong Li died in the hands of the military governor, what big waves can he make?" Is the military governor still afraid that he will not cooperate? Hmph, Ye Gongzi thinks too much......"