In the afternoon, An Huaman attacked again, but because of the feint, he suffered heavy casualties, and this time he only attacked twice, and then retreated.

Li Guangzhong shot a battle report with an arrow, and Meng Chong sent troops to pick it up and send it to Longshui City.

In the battle report, Li Guangzhong said that he had obtained the 212th level, and it was estimated that the number of barbarians killed and wounded in Anhua was five times that of this base. In order to express his determination at the back of the war report, he wrote sonorously: "Although I feel the murder of the barbarians, I am deeply favored by the emperor, although I am a soldier, I will not retreat!" Please rest assured! The mountains are in the people! ”

Zhao Yu sighed: "Who said that I am not a weak soldier and a mediocre general? Isn't this a loyal and warlike general? ”

At that moment, Zhao Yu asked people to take out 300 guan first, and let Meng Chong send it to the bottom of the pumping tower and send it up in a wooden barrel as a reward. In addition, he also asked Feng Shenji to replace himself and come to Yishan in the wooden barrel of the pumping tower at night, and rewarded Li Guangzhong with a pair of armor and Chen Yixin with a sharp knife instead of himself. Feng Shenji then comforted the soldiers on his behalf.

The Yishan soldiers immediately shook violently, and the next day repelled three attacks by the Anhua barbarian rebels. However, the Anhua Barbarian rebels have siege experience, and this time the beheadings are not much, but they have only obtained level 176. However, it is estimated that there are 15,600 dead and wounded in Anhuaman. Even if the Anhua barbarians have tens of thousands of troops, they can't withstand such consumption.

Feng Changqi was helpless and ordered to besiege the city first and build siege equipment. In fact, the so-called building siege equipment is just an excuse, what kind of siege equipment can be created by Anhuaman's technology? Taking a step back, even if there is this technology, high-grade siege equipment requires a large amount of refined iron and bronze as parts, where does An Huaman get these parts?

Build your own? Anhua Man has this technology and this material, and he has been building weapons for a long time. As for the tens of thousands of troops that are now surging now, there are thousands of people still fighting with bamboo spears.

On the fourth day, the Song army had already counted the smoke of the Anhua barbarians, and then deduced how many barbarians there were from the amount of other smokes. A cooking smoke is often a large iron pot, which can cook food for about twenty-five people. Of course, this is not absolute, after all, Anhuaman is a coalition army, miscellaneous, the big iron pot is not enough, and some use their own clay pots to replace them.

For this reason, it is inevitable that there will be discrepancies, but Ma Yu has already dared to pat his chest and tell Zhao Yu that the strength of the Anhua barbarian army in front of him will definitely not exceed 35,000 people!

Zhao Yu nodded, turned around, and said, "Wait a while!" Come, Matthiah! ”

Ma Yu was stunned and said, "Lord Wang, but what's the matter?" The end will feel that there is nothing wrong with it! ”

Zhao Yu shook his head and said: "As the so-called poor think about change, for four consecutive days, the Anhua barbarian rebels have been attacking Yishan without success, and if the time drags on, it will only be beneficial to our army, and they will inevitably ......."

Speaking of this, Zhao Yu suddenly stopped.

Ma Yu was strange, and looked at Zhao Yu's surprised gaze, and he couldn't help but be stunned.

The Anhua rebels were like a torrent that had been discarded, heading towards the west. It is important to know that Longshui City is located in the east! In other words, the Anhua rebels are retreating!

"Wang ...... Rajah! Anhua Man...... An Huaman actually really retreated! When Ma Yu spoke, she couldn't help but be a little incoherent.

Zhao Yu took a deep breath and said, "Go back to the yamen!" ”

After a pause, Zhao Yu said to Ma Yu: "You immediately send Meng Chong to say, let him take someone to take a boat to hang from afar to investigate, and see if the Anhua rebels are really retreating!" ”

Ma Yu hurriedly agreed.

When he arrived at the vermilion lacquer gate of the Yamen, Zhao Yu had not yet crossed the threshold, and he had already issued an order to the palace guards guarding the door.

The palace guards responded to the promise, hurriedly assigned tasks, went to various official offices and offices, and called the civil and military officials in Longshui City.

did not let Zhao Yu wait long in the council hall.

Yan Shiliang, Meng Fang, the governor of Yizhou, Zhang Hanyang, the supervisor of the soldiers and horses along the border of Yizhou, Feng Shenji, the counselor of the transfer department, Du Xiansheng, the official of Guan Gou, Peng Rui, the deputy commander of the first battalion of the forbidden army on the west road of Guangnan, Chen Guo, Ou Zhenglong, and other high-ranking civil and military officials of Yizhou gathered in the meeting hall of the yamen.

Glancing around at everyone, Zhao Yu said with a complicated face: "Anhuaman has withdrawn his troops!" Although further news has not yet returned, this king has seen it on the castle tower, and it doesn't look like a fraud! ”

Zhao Yu's words were like a depth charge, which stunned everyone in the council hall.

"Lord Wang, Anhua Man withdraws his troops? How...... How is it so child's play? Peng Rui was the first to come back to his senses and said in disbelief.

"Not really! Anhua arrogantly mobilized tens of thousands of troops to kill, and did not fire a single arrow at our Longshui City, that is, after attacking Yishan for two days, it retreated! Doesn't he Feng Changqi break the chaos of the people below? This must be a deception! "This time it was Yizhou Zhizhou Meng Fang who spoke.

Zhao Yu exhaled turbid breath and said, "Do you really see it like this?" ”

Meng Fang asked, "Doesn't the prince think so?" ”

Zhao Yu stroked the book case with his hand and said: "This king thought so at first, but after thinking about it carefully, he found that An Huaman retreated, and we were even more passive!" ”

Zhang Hanyang, the commander of the soldiers and horses along the border of Yizhou, asked: "Why did the prince listen to this sentence so hard?" Isn't it good for Anhua to retreat? Without the fetters of Anhuaman, we can have enough time to recruit soldiers, and when the time comes, taking down Anhuaman is just a matter of hand-to-hand capture! ”

Zhao Yu asked rhetorically, "Do you really think so?" ”

"Isn't it? In addition to the large number of people, what is there to pay attention to in Anhuaman? Zhang Hanyang swept away the previous atrophy and said in high spirits.

Zhao Yu sighed and shook his head, and said, "Didn't you see anything in the Rongxi defeat? We lost not only because of the cunning of the enemy! It is even more defeated in terms of location! ”

After a pause, Zhao Yu continued: "This Yizhou is either a mountain, or a water, just a few plains!" Once Anhuaman retreats back into the mountain, will we fight or not? Fighting, into the deep mountains and forests, how can our army's formation be maintained? And when it comes to fighting alone, one brute may not be enough, but what about two brute? What about the three brutes? ”

Feng Shenji's face changed, and he said, "What the prince said is very true! In this deep mountain and dense forest, there are not only enemies that can be seen, but also enemies that cannot be seen! Some streams and springs seem to be clean, but they are poisonous water, and after drinking it, they will vomit up and down and diarrhea, and at worst they will die with a whimper. Moreover, the barbarians are good at blowing arrows, which are already deep mountains and dense forests, and at night they are even darker. Even if he was pricked by a poisonous needle shot by a barbarian with a blow arrow, he didn't know where it came from, and he didn't even know that he had been poisoned by a needle. ”

Du Xiansheng said bitterly: "And we still have to fight!" This Anhua man is so lawless, not to mention killing the court officials, but also calling the king, and treating the court law as nothing. Even if we don't fight, when this matter reaches the imperial court, the imperial court will order us to send troops to attack Anhuaman, and by the way, we will be scolded for not wanting to forge ahead! ”

With a single word, you re-entrenched the atmosphere that had become a little lighter because of the withdrawal of the Anhua Barbarian rebels, and it was even more solemn than before.

"Lord Wang, why don't you lead troops to cover up and kill now! It's better than going to war in the mountains and forests! Zhang Hanyang proposed.

Chen Guo, the commander of the box soldiers, hurriedly objected: "It's not good! Who knows if this will be because An Huaman made two preparations, and while withdrawing the troops, he also left an ambush! When we get to the plains, how can we fight? It must be known that the soldiers and horses who defended the city were thrown away, and Yishan was temporarily unavailable after several bloody battles, and the number of troops that could be used was only 24,500 people! The Anhua rebels are twelve or thirteen times our strength! On the plains, how to fight? ”

Ou Zhenglong said irritably: "This is not either, that is not either, it is useless for us to talk nonsense here!" ”

Zhao Yu thought about Chen Guo's proposal, and immediately shook his head and said: "This king has seen the retreat of the Anhua barbarian rebels, although it is not orderly, but it is definitely not the kind of panic, and the morale is still there!" It is even more impossible to talk about taking advantage of the situation to cover up the killing, and sending troops is just fighting in the field, and it is difficult to win! ”

Du Xiansheng hesitated and said, "Lord Wang, didn't you let the court allocate money?" The money of the imperial court has arrived, and it is no problem to come and form one or two thousand soldiers! With these troop supplements, coupled with the recruitment forces you set before, the troops of Heyizhou, Rongzhou, Guizhou, Xiangzhou and other states, how can there be nearly 10,000 troops, I think you can take Anhuaman! ”

As soon as Zhao Yu wanted to speak, Zhao Yingwu's voice sounded outside. "Lord Wang, the palindrome of the imperial court has arrived!"

Zhao Yu's spirits perked up, and he hurriedly shouted: "Send it quickly!" ”

Sensei said that Zhao Yu was gone, and several other Yizhou ** were also in good spirits, and more than a dozen eyes stared at Zhao Yingwu. Zhao Yingwu, who called the unknown situation, was numb when he was watched, what happened to my brother today? Could it be that the clothes are worn incorrectly? Or have you become handsome?

Although a thousand words flowed in his heart, Zhao Yingwu still handed over the palindrome of the imperial court to the bookcase in front of Zhao Yu. Zhao Yu hurriedly took it apart, and he was looking forward to it at first, but after a while, Zhao Yu's face showed an iron blue color that could not be completely concealed.

Meng Fang, Feng Shenji and several other civil officials had eyes, looked at each other a few times, and all exchanged views tacitly.

Peng Rui didn't have this look, and asked excitedly: "Lord Wang, how much money did the court say to allocate it?" But there's a million of them! ”

Zhao Yu raised a finger with a dark face.

Peng Rui also felt that the atmosphere was a little strange at this time, but he asked just now, so it's better not to answer now, right? After hesitating, he said, "One hundred thousand?" It's too little, isn't it? ”

Zhao Yu shook it fiercely and folded it on the bookcase, and said, "It's not a penny!" ”

The lowest unit of money stipulated by the imperial court is money, but the people have a smaller unit of 'cent', which is very much equal to one penny.

Meng Fang hesitated and said, "Lord Wang, this ...... What the hell is going on here? No matter how short of money the imperial court is, it won't be like this, right? ”

Yan Shiliang sat on the side, his eyes vaguely glancing at Meng Fang with disdain. This is a question of whether the court has money or not, it must be a good thing done by Zhang Shixun, an old fox!

Zhao Yu said with a dark face: "The palindrome said: The army in the northwest is imminent, money and food are in short supply, and the Anhua barbarians are just a disease of scabies. The husband hears that the brothers are united, and their profits are gold. 'If you work together on Quang Nam West Road, you will definitely reach the heart of a brother, although they are not brothers. However, considering that the rebellion of Anhua Barbarians required the use of soldiers, the two taxes paid this autumn and summer were halved. I hope you will encourage you! ”

"What!"

There was an uproar in the council hall, which was even more shocking than the news that Zhao Yu had just said about the withdrawal of the Anhua barbarian rebels.

Although he knew that it was impossible for Zhao Yu to lie about this matter, Meng Fang couldn't help but say, "Lord Wang, let the lower officials take a look!" ”

Zhao Yu didn't annoy Meng Fang's rude move, and threw the palindrome on the ground casually. At other times, someone would definitely dare to ** Zhao Yu for a crime of contempt for the imperial court. However, the court's palindrome was too ruthless, so that everyone in the council hall was now dissatisfied with the court. Seeing this move, many people had a trace of resentment in their hearts, and subconsciously ignored Zhao Yu's disrespectful move.

Meng Fang picked it up and looked at it at a glance, his face turned blue and pale, which made people worry about whether this Yizhou governor would have a cerebral hemorrhage.

After half a ring, Meng Fang suddenly felt a sense of powerlessness, sat down on the chair, and said weakly: "What the prince said is exactly as written in the palindrome!" ”

Although it was already known to be true, it was confirmed again that everyone in the council hall felt incredible.

"Are all the ministers in the court idiots? Are they all pigs? Don't you know the situation on Quang Nam West Road? If you don't allocate money, forget it, you still have to pay money on Guangnan West Road! Feng Shenji said hatefully.

"Pigs are smarter than they are!" Chen Guo gritted his teeth and said.

Chen Guo is a native of Yizhou, and it can be said that if the rebellion of Anhuaman is not quelled, it will have the greatest impact on Yizhou. How could Chen Guo not have any opinions in his heart about the turmoil in his hometown?

"The most important issue now is to raise money! If you don't have the money, maybe you have to change your plan for this recruitment! Du Xiansheng said weakly.

Yan Shiliang hesitated and said, "Lord Wang, there must still be money in the inner house!" ”

The others perked up and looked at Zhao Yu with hope. Oh, yes! Why didn't I remember that this master in front of me is the only brother of today's official family! When he opened his mouth, how could the official family not allocate money to come down?

There was a strange phenomenon in the Northern Song Dynasty, the emperor was rich, and the three divisions were poor.

It is not that the emperor is greedy for the country's money, but that the emperor of the Northern Song Dynasty has a unique income, first of all, Huangzhuang, but this is actually just a small head, where is the big head? It is the commercial tax and the gold, silver, and silk cloth offered by the locality. It's like the gold mine that Zhao Yu dug in Shandong, in fact, the big head was taken by the emperor, and only the small head was taken by the three envoys.

In terms of commercial taxation, there was such a will: "Those who travel silver from Sichuan and Shaanxi merchants will be sold by the officials, and every two iron dollars will be added to the treasury for 1,000 yuan, and they will be sent to the inner treasury for collection. ”

And how rich is the inner money? In the fourth year of Jingyou, the supervisor of the inner treasury received the above table: "The year spent 600,000 yuan to help the three divisions, and the cover began in the third year of Tianxi, and the edict cut the three divisions not to have fake loans." It has only been four years since the second year of the Ming Dao, and the loan money is more than 9,720,000, please apply for it with the edict of Tianxi. ”

The gist of this is to say that 600,000 yuan will be given to the three divisions every year, starting in the third year of Tianxi, when the emperor said that he would give you so much money every year, can you make a second loan! And from the second year of Ming Dao to the present, it is just a dead year, but the money borrowed by the third division is more than 9,172,000 yuan, please emperor your old man to make an order, can you not do this anymore, even if you can't bear it!

In addition, here is a digression, the three divisions borrowed the emperor's money, and never repaid it. Because as soon as the emperor shouted to repay the money, the three envoys said vigorously: All this money is for your Zhao family to govern the Great Song Dynasty, and it is not for me personally, if you want to pay it back, the emperor will find the people of the world to go!

What about the emperor? Didn't pull it out. So as a last resort, this method of "spending 600,000 yuan a year to help the three divisions" was decided. I'll give you some money every year, so you don't want to beat my little private vault again.

The dream is **, the reality is skinny, and the emperor's small treasury is actually being beaten all the time.

Zhao Yu hesitated in his heart, since Yan Wenying was demoted and Lu Yijian was demoted, Zhao Yu had a thorn in his heart, and felt that Yan Wenying and Lu Yijian were not the only ones involved in Yang Shufei's death. The younger brother asked his brother to borrow money, which was easy, but it made Zhao Yu feel awkward. To put it bluntly, it is easy for Zhao Yu to borrow money from Song Renzong, and it is easy for Song Renzong to agree to borrow, but Zhao Yu is equivalent to owing Song Renzong a favor, and it may be the love of an enemy, how ironic is this?

"No!" Zhao Yu decisively refused.

Yan Shi's conscience felt something, and his body trembled slightly, causing people to hang their heads inexplicably.

Meng Fang stood up excitedly and said, "Lord Wang, why can't you?" ”

Chen Guo echoed: "That's it! Lord Wang, there is an official family to allocate money to calm down the rebellion of the barbarians! ”

Zhao Yu said expressionlessly: "Because there is no money in the treasury!" In preparation for the pacification of Western Xia, the imperial court had already emptied its internal treasury. As far as the king knows, in addition to the money in the pile vault has not been moved, there are only 3,000 left in the inner treasury to support the palace! ”

The pile sealing library was set up by Song Taizu in order to be the sixteen states of Yanyun. These Song Taizu money has been explained, and it can only be used in the sixteen states of Yanyun. This money can be used to redeem the sixteen states of Yanyun from the Liao State, and it can also be used as military expenses for attacking the sixteen states of Yanyun.

Hearing this, Meng Fang and Chen Guo really couldn't say anything.

In order to confirm the accurate surname of this news, Zhao Yu's eyes fell on Yan Shiliang, who was hanging his head, and said: "Lieutenant Yan also knows about this matter, you can ask him, is this the case?" ”

The eyes of the others involuntarily fell on Yan Shiliang, who had no choice but to raise his head, revealing a somewhat far-fetched smile, and said, "Lord Wang...... What the prince said is exact! Precisely! ”

Du Xiansheng's eyes flashed with a different color, and he was thoughtful.

Meng Fang, Chen Guo and the others also said the same thing when they saw Yan Shiliang, the eunuch, and they couldn't fake it. Because they felt that it was impossible for Yan Shiliang to join forces with Zhao Yu. Because the official position of the horse is equivalent to the surname of the prison army, the emperor generally chooses the eunuch he trusts and does not have a good relationship with the local officials, otherwise the local officials and the horses bear the collusion, wouldn't the country be in chaos? (To be continued.) )