[There is a second watch around twelve o'clock.] 】

In the Lu family village outside Lantian County, Lu Dafang was dressed in plain linen clothes and sat in an empty courtyard.

Just after the defeat of Lingzhou, the court issued an edict ordering Lu Dafang to take up the post of governor of Gyeongju and replace Gao Zunyu's position. But the day before the edict came, Lu Dafang's brother Lu Dajun died of illness while serving in the Yongxing Military Road Transfer Division. Lu Dafang, who had no intention of participating in this war, took the opportunity to resign from the edict of Gyeongju, took leave to go home, and mourned his brother.

Still in mourning, although Lu Dafang sat opposite someone, what was placed on the stone table was not wine or other drinks, just two cups of tea.

"In order to deliver grain to Yanzhou, the people have been requisitioned and sent to Zhuangzi, and the county has said that they want eleven people."

Lu Dalin did not come out, several brothers were outside officials, and he was basically in charge of the family's industry. The county issued bills to dignitaries, and they usually dispose of it themselves. Not enough, now that Lu Dafang is at home, he has to ask him for instructions.

Lu Dafang did not interfere in his younger brother's work, and said: "How to arrange, everything is as usual." ”

"The little brother knows it." Lu Dalin replied expressionlessly, paused for a moment, and then spoke again: "Since the beginning of the year, the list of mobilizing people has not been broken. This year's summer harvest was due to a shortage of manpower, no drought or flood, and no natural disasters, but the harvest of thousands of hectares of fields on the Baiqu was reduced by 10% compared with previous years. ”

Lu Dafang was silent, slowly sipping the tea that was gradually getting colder.

"The third brother is tired of life and death!" Lu Dalin's face was gloomy, "The people who died in vain on the way are even more unknown." They have all been defeated so badly, how can this battle still be fought!? ”

Lu Dafang sighed and put down the plain porcelain teacup in his hand, "Why did the court change Xu Dezhan's military and planning side affairs of the Yanyan Road to the side affairs of Shaanxi Road, and also assigned Li Changqing [Li Ji] to the transfer of the army?" Now as long as it is about the military affairs in the northwest, Xu Dezhan can interject, who can still suppress him? The imperial court is bent on guarding Yinxia, and it is useless for anyone to say it. Han Yukun said so much in the court, but did the Son of Heaven obey a word? ”

Lu Dalin angrily clenched his fist and slammed the stone table: "Lu Huiqing is too selfish!" ”

"It's not just that selfishness is too heavy." Lu Dafang has dealt with Lu Huiqing a lot, and he knows a little about him, "It's Lu Jifu who is arrogant and ashamed." The articles of the new law, half of Tai are from his hands, why do he have to start a new stove after he has done the governor's affairs, and he will practice the law? Because he was not willing to be Xiao Gui Cao's Cao Shen at all, even if Wang Anshi was in front of him, he was also unwilling. What about Han Gang of Wang Anshi's son-in-law? Guarding Yinxia was Han Gang's advice. And to keep Yanzhou, it is his Lu Jifu's unique vision and foresight! What do you think Lu Jifu will choose? ”

"Isn't this still selfish?!" Lu Dalin cross-examined.

"There are also several kinds of selfishness, this is the heart of fame, not the heart of profit." Lu Dafang lowered his eyelids and looked at the tea in the cup, "If it is just to be a prime minister, it is enough for Lu Jifu to learn from Wang Yuyu to follow the rules and abide by his orders." At present, as long as he follows Han Yukun's words and keeps Yinzhou and Xiazhou, he can wait for the east gate of the Son of Heaven to lock the courtyard and Xuanma. But he also has to be willing! ”

"The heart of profit is only detrimental to personal morality. The heart of fame will bring disaster to the country and the people. The defeat of Lingzhou, isn't it because Wang Yuyu has a heart of fame? If he had been content with Lelro, how could he have lost what he is now? Lu Jifu attaches too much importance to fame, so he naturally takes state affairs and the people lightly! ”

Lu Dalin looked down on Lu Huiqing a lot, and his words were not very polite.

Lu Dafang has been rolling in the officialdom for a long time, although he has the same opinion about Lu Huiqing and his brother, but he feels a little more in his heart - which scholar doesn't want to leave a name in history? It's a pity that Lu Huiqing is not right-hearted.

"Lu Jifu really has bad intentions, and sooner or later he will bring about his own defeat." Lu Dafang paused for a moment, and then added: "But maybe this battle can really be won." Now who dares to guarantee that Yanzhou will be defeated? From Xingling to Yanzhou, it is a 700-mile Hanhai with almost no water source, and from Qinggangxia to Yanzhou, it is a 300-mile salt road. With this salt road, the grain road has actually been opened. ”

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"How long can Yanzhou last?"

As soon as Zhi Keshi returned to Fuzhou, he was pulled down and questioned in the small hall where he was planning major matters at home.

Look left and right, my father and several uncles have arrived, and among the brothers, there is also an uncle and grandfather. The Zhejia family is regarded as a real and unknown vassal, although it is powerful in the three states of Fulin and Feng, it is also feared by the imperial court, and almost none of the children who can serve in other states can be found. When it was time to meet, the people were all together.

Zhe Keshi is now gray-headed, and his beard is unkempt with no time to take care of. Since the age of fourteen or fifteen, every time I go to the street, there are always beautiful ladies and women who stop and turn back, and after going around a circle between Yanzhou, Xiazhou and Fuzhou within a month, I am almost the same as a beggar who is annoyed by everyone.

What Zhi Keshi wanted to do most now was to take a bath and sleep, but the elders sat in a circle, staring at him with faint eyes, and he didn't dare to shout tired, so he stood honestly and answered his father's question: "Most of the grain hoards in Yanzhou City are now empty, and the camel teams and people can't catch up with the grain. At this time, if the western thieves come to attack, it will be great to be able to defend it for ten days. ”

There was a snap in the hall, and Zhi Kexing slapped a few cases heavily, and sighed: "Xu Dezhan shouldn't have repaired the city!" ”

"Lu Huiqing shouldn't have entrusted the military affairs to him, it is better to give it to him, to Li Xian, or even to Wang Zhongzheng than to him. Greed for great deeds,"

"With 10,000 more people building city defenses, there is not much grain and grass left."

“…… If the thieves attack the city a month later, maybe there will be a turnaround. ”

"Will the Thief let this opportunity go?"

The hall is only a core member of the Zhen family, and as a child of the Jiangmen family, no one will lack the most basic strategic vision.

"Therefore those who are good at fighting cause others but not others." "Whether the official army occupies Yanzhou or Xiazhou, they can force the western thieves to attack." Da Shen and Xu Xi only saw the occupation of Yanzhou, so that the land of Yinxia was all mine. However, regardless of whether the official army only stationed troops in Yinzhou and Xiazhou, or occupied Yanzhou and Youzhou together, the party members must drive the official army back to the south of Hengshan. Otherwise, the tens of thousands of hectares of fertile land along the Wuding River and the 10,000 acres of salt ponds in Yanzhou will not be able to be preserved in any case. ”

The side that occupies the initiative in the battle will have the balance of victory in a great tilt.

Xu Xi's occupation of Yanzhou was also a means of forcing Western Xia to attack.

But compared to Yinzhou Xiazhou, Yanzhou's position is too high. This is beneficial to the party members and reduces the superiority of the officers and soldiers. The only good thing is that after the victory, Lu Huiqing and Xu Xi can become famous. From the perspective of a bystander, the three generations of generals of the Zhe family unanimously agreed that there was no need to be a matter of face, and they insisted on occupying a position that would reduce the advantage of the enemy.

"Xiao Han Jingluo also knows that the way is wrong. Otherwise, Li Xian would not have stopped when he arrived at Jinning, but the army did not cross the river. ”

Zhi Keshi suddenly spoke again, and everyone in the hall changed their expressions when they listened.

"When?!" Zhi Kexing asked impatiently.

"It's time for the child to come back. Li Jingzhi's general banner was still in the Jinning Army, and no army crossed the river. The child asked in private, it was Taiyuan who ordered Li Jingzhi to stay on the west bank of the Yellow River and not cross the river. ”

"It looks like this battle is mostly lost." Zhi Kexing sighed, Han Gang's strategic vision is first-class among Wenchen, and he all holds the same opinion, basically, it can be said that the matter is decided.

With a weak wave of his hand, he asked Zhe Keshi to stand by the wall.

The core secret meeting of the Zhe family, and the small characters who were fortunate enough to attend the meeting could only stand and listen to the conversations of the uncles. The rules of the folding family are like this, the elders speak, and the juniors are not qualified to interject at will. Even if it is a good fit, it is valued by Guo Kui and called a general, and he will basically be the head of the next generation in the future, but there is still no special treatment.

Zhi Kezhong's eyebrows were full of anger, "A handsome man is incompetent, and he is tired of the three armies." Gao Yongneng and Qu Zhen are really wronged, and when the time comes, they will inevitably ask for guilt! ”

"It depends on luck, the western thief is late, and as soon as the people of the city are repaired, the grain and grass are hoarded. Yanzhou City is not so easy to attack. ”

"The western thieves are on the verge of extinction, where can there be a delay in time, to raise grain, grass and animal power for transportation, more than one month is more than enough. In the past few days, I don't want to attack Yanzhou, unless the Wei family and the Liang family want to go to Tokyo City to visit Fanlou. ”

"This time, it is fortunate to be able to preserve the vitality of the Western Army."

"There is no reason to win all the time in war, win or lose, just get used to it." The old man's hoarse voice sounded, and the only remaining member of the previous generation, Zhi Jichang, sat next to the current head of the family, Zhi Kexing, and did not speak, and suddenly opened his mouth. The old guy coughed twice, raised his hand and wiped his face, as if he had just woken up, "Victory and defeat are commonplace, and there is nothing to see." ”

When Sanchuankou and other three fiascos, the old guy was in the army, and he personally experienced the fall of the old Fengzhou, and saw with his own eyes that the Wang family of Fengzhou, the same town as the Zhe family, died with his own eyes, and then the Fuzhou of the Zhe family was cut off a piece of the territory that used to become the new Fengzhou. Over the years, the officials and the army have turned over, pressed and beaten the party members, and said that they were relieved and relieved, but it was nothing more than that, if they wanted to destroy Western Xia in one fell swoop, Ji Chang had never had such extravagant hopes.

He stood up, thumped his waist with his backhand, and sighed, "I'm old, I can't stand sleepy, the old man went to sleep first...... Under the eyes of his nephews, he walked a few steps towards the hall door, and suddenly turned back again, "If we really destroyed the Western Xia and defeated the Khitan, it is not necessarily a blessing for us to break the family, pay attention to a few more steps in everything, for the sake of the future...... Go with the flow! ”