Li Xianyuan was shocked by Xue Shao's resoluteness and toughness. He reminded Xue Shao that confidence and labor alone are far from enough. Without the strong backing support of the imperial court, the Shuofang army still has problems eating, where can they get the extra energy and manpower and material resources to open up wasteland and cultivate fields?

Li Xianyuan also expressed a layer of meaning, just to buy seeds and build new agricultural tools, we need a lot of money to turnover. Moreover, this "turnover" is not an ordinary complex and difficult, and the pig iron and seeds involved in it are all important "strategic materials" of the Tang Empire. In other words, those things are not something that can be bought with money!

Xue Shao neither refuted nor explained, but only asked Li Xianyuan to go back to Yinchuan, and asked Su Wei, Liu Youqiu and others to continue to prepare for the cultivation of wasteland. Don't worry about anything else.

Li Xianyuan saw that Xue Shaoman was full of wisdom beads, and he only had doubts in his heart, but he didn't dare to ask more, and returned to Yinzhou with Xue Shao's order to meet Liu Youqiu and others, and began to plan the general strategies and implementation steps of Yinchuan Tuntian.

Five days later, sunny, early in the morning.

The weather was still a little cold, but Xue Shao's room was full of spring.

Yue Nu was very "sexual" early in the morning, and before Xue Shao opened her eyes, she began to wake up little Xue Shao with a pair of clever mouths, and then rode on Xue Shao with a familiar car, galloping wildly.

After a fierce cloud and rain, Yuenu sweated like rain and lay on Xue Shao's body, refusing to move.

"Childe, you're getting stronger!"

Xue Shao slapped her plump, delicate and elastic buttocks, "You're getting more and more greedy!" ”

"I just want to give my son a baby......"

Xue Shao laughed, and suddenly turned over and pressed the moon slave under him, "Then you have to continue to work hard!" ”

"Wait a minute...... The moon slave hasn't eased up yet! ”

Xue Shaocai ignored it, covered his hands directly, and immediately pretended to be shocked and said, "You thief girl, are you stealing goat's milk every day?" ”

"Ah, the moon slave didn't!" The moon slave didn't react at once.

Xue Shao smiled: "Then why is this pair of things getting bigger and stiffer?" ”

“…… Hee-hee, the moon slave doesn't know either! Maybe it's the child's touch? ”

The two were having a good time, and there were a few "cooing" bird calls from the window.

Xue Shao was excited, "I'll go and see, it's like a carrier pigeon!" ”

"Oh......" Yue Nu reluctantly watched Xue Shao get up in his clothes, got into the quilt himself, and wrapped his body tightly.

Xue Shao opened the window, and sure enough, he saw four or five carrier pigeons strolling lightly outside the window, all carrying letterboxes on their feet.

Xue Shao couldn't help but feel a move in his heart, and personally went out to get the letterboxes on the legs of the carrier pigeons. One after another, some of them were the same, but in fact there were only two letters in total.

One of them was a message from Yu Hongye, saying that she had already led a caravan after receiving Xue Shao's order, and her caravan had already entered the boundary of Yanzhou when the carrier pigeon was sent, and it would arrive in Xiazhou soon.

The other letter was sent by Xue Chuyu from Daizhou and written in the ninth set of Lantian secret codes. The letter said that the Turks had a large army of 200,000 in Kouyunzhou, and its situation was very dangerous!

The words "its condition is very dangerous" made Xue Shao's heart suddenly tighten, and the little bit of love and thought of the right talent disappeared in an instant.

"Childe, what's wrong?" The moon slave nestled on the bed and asked cautiously.

"Hurry up, I have something important to do with you!" Xue Shao said as he began to change his clothes and armor.

The moon slave hurriedly agreed to get up, "What does the son command?" ”

Xue Shao said: "Yu Hongye is about to arrive in Xiazhou, I want you to go to meet her in person and stay by her side from now on to help her." I will write a handwritten letter for you to take and give to Liu Youqiu, so that he can fully assist Yu Hongye in setting up the business. ”

"Huh?" The moon slave was stunned, "Childe wants me to go?" ”

Xue Shao looked at Xue Shao seriously and said, "Yue Nu, Yu Hongye's shop is very important to me. If it weren't for the urgency of military affairs, I would have gone to Xiazhou in person. Now I have sent you here to represent me directly. Do you know what's going on here? ”

The moon slave suddenly woke up and nodded hurriedly.

"There are some things I have to let you know before you go." Xue Shao said, "Now we are facing a very difficult situation, the court has Pei Yan to restrain me, and Shuo Fangjun and me are by the throat. Yu Hongye is a military merchant of Helong salt and iron licensed by the imperial court, and is under the command of the Xiazhou Governor's Office, in fact, it is a living water for me to make money and live water for the Empress Dowager Wu, and it is the future food and clothing parents of the Shuofang army, and it is also the confidence and capital for me to fight against Pei Yan. Now you know how important Yu Hongye's arrival is, right? ”

"Moon Slave knows!" Yuenu raised his eyebrows and solemnly promised, "Childe just orders, what should I do?" ”

"It's very simple, help Yu Hongye do what she should do and want to do. The top priority at the moment was for her to take over the right to operate all the mines, salt wells, grain and cloth under the rule of the Xia Prefecture Governor's Office. Xue Shao said, "These businesses have been operated by people in the past. Some mines and salt wells are either controlled by families or gentry. Privately, there is no shortage of salt lords and caravans of smuggled goods. If Yu Hongye wants to quickly gain a foothold in Helong and fight for these things, it is absolutely inevitable to fight openly and secretly. Therefore, when the time comes, force may be inevitable - then you will be the embodiment of Xue Rentu, but you must not blatantly promote the relationship between you and me! ”

"Why?" The moon slave was puzzled.

Xue Shao said patiently: "The laws of the Tang Dynasty are strict, and it is clearly stipulated that generals and officials are not allowed to travel in advance and compete with their subordinates. What's more, I'm still a nobleman and a colt? Therefore, I can only serve as Yu Hongye's hidden backing, and I can't directly intervene in her business affairs. Liu Youqiu could only give Yu Hongye all kinds of convenience as much as possible, and could not directly interfere in her actual operation. In the future, you will cooperate with Yu Hongye on my behalf. Small matters can be solved by themselves, and if there are major matters that are undecided, you can ask me privately. Remember, when you get along with her, especially when you're out of the picture, you're only a personal friend. Even if others know that you are my love Ji, you can't blatantly use my banner to do things. ”

"Moon Slave understands!" Yue Nu nodded seriously, "In short, everything that Yue Nu and Yu Hongye did together is just my private matter, and it has nothing to do with Childe!" ”

Xue Shao couldn't help but smile, "If you want to say that, it's okay!" - Hurry up and prepare to leave, and I will write a letter to you to take away. ”

"Childe...... Aren't you in a hurry? The moon slave suddenly became coquettish, and pounced on Xue Shao naked, hugged him tightly, and hummed in his ear, "The moon slave is about to leave the son, and he doesn't know when he will see each other again!" ”

Xue Shao was tickled by Yue Nu's exhalation, and a warm current rose strongly in his lower abdomen.

"Then, this son will feed you now!"

"The moon slave will definitely give birth to a precious child for his son! …… Ah, lighter! ”

In the afternoon of the same day, Yuenu and Wu Ming set off with a team of 100 personal soldiers sent by Xue Shao. After Xue Shao came to Xiazhou, he raised and trained a group of henchmen and guards, with a total of 200 people. They are usually subordinate to Guo An's command and are like scouts, but they do not belong to the Shuo Fang army, but are just Xue Shao's personal troops.

In the military, "trilogy" of course refers to the soldiers under it. But it also referred to something else in the Tang Dynasty, meaning the same as private soldiers. The "trilogy" is similar to that of a domestic slave and belongs to the "untouchable" people, but the status is slightly higher than that of a domestic slave. Domestic slaves are the private property of their masters, and they can be bought and sold by themselves like cattle and horses, and the subordinates are indentured and hired relationships.

Xue Shaozhi began to raise his troops from the time he served as the general of the right guard. The twenty female squads who stayed in Luoyang to protect Princess Taiping's mansion, and the two hundred newly trained soldiers after coming to Xiazhou, were all Xue Shao's songs. These people are only loyal to Xue Shao alone, and they are Xue Shao's private property, and they follow the battle when they fight, usually guarding the left and right and being responsible for handling some of Xue Shao's private affairs.

This batch of parts was personally trained by Wu Ming.

What is the condition? Few people know.

But once Guo An inadvertently leaked a sentence to Guo Yuanzhen and others, saying that the young marshal's private ministry is definitely no worse than a scout!

Now more than half of the Xue family's subordinates have gone with Yuenu and Wu Ming, which is enough to see how much Xue Shao attaches importance to Yu Hongye.

After this matter was arranged, Xue Shao immediately summoned Li Duozuo, Tang Xiujing and Guo Yuanzhen, a group of important generals, to discuss military affairs.

"Hebei is at war!" With just one sentence, Xue Shao lifted the spirits of all the generals.

"Where's the hit?" Li Duozuo asked.

"A bit unexpected, the Turks did not attack Shuodai, but Yunzhou, where Li Wenji was seated!" Xue Shao said.

"Huh?" The generals were also surprised.

Guo Yuanzhen thought for a while and said, "Could it be that the tiger is diverted from the mountain?" The mastermind of the Turks, Asd Yuanzhen, is accustomed to this technique! ”

"I also think what General Guo said is reasonable, but I think even more that it is difficult to distinguish between fiction and reality." Tang Xiujing said, "I have fought with Yuan Zhen, and his use of troops is very strange, there is reality in the void, and there is fiction in the reality. Take the last time he besieged Fengzhou, for example, today it seems to besiege the city for reinforcements, tomorrow it will be like a tiger leaving the mountain, and in two days he may launch a real onslaught as if it is inevitable. Therefore, the war in Yunzhou must be treated with caution. Whether or not to rescue the surrounding allies needs to think twice. ”

"What General Tang said may be what the old handsome Xue Rengui is currently considering." Xue Shao said, "The Turkic army of 200,000 invaded Yunzhou, and the number of troops is unprecedented. If the old marshal saves Yunzhou, it is very likely that the emptiness of the Shuo Dynasty will be transferred from the mountain and taken advantage of the void; If the old man doesn't save Yunzhou, Yunzhou is in danger of falling into the city. Once Yunzhou was broken, the two states of the Shuo Dynasty were also difficult to complete, and the governor's mansion of the prefecture was in danger. All in all, the Hebei defense line has too few troops, and the current battle situation is bound to be critical. ”

All the generals heard Xue Shao's voice - we must go to the rescue!

But everyone also knows that the northwest of Fengzhou and Xiazhou is where Shuofang's army is located. If you go to Hebei to help in the war, you can only do it unless there is an order from the imperial court. Otherwise, if you transfer troops to fight across the border without authorization, no one can afford to bear the blame!

"I know what you're worried about." Xue Shao looked at the generals, smiled mysteriously, and said, "No diamonds, no porcelain work!" - I have a plan, which can not only wave my army to help Hebei, but also justify myself and not be held accountable by the imperial court! ”

All the generals and officials were all bright-eyed, "Would you like to hear the young marshal?" ”

"Heavenly Machine, Don't Leak!" Xue Shao smiled mysteriously, suddenly slapped his thigh and stood up, and shouted: "Generals, listen to my orders!" ”

All the generals stood up in unison, and their armor shouted in unison—

"The last general will obey the order!!"