"Lord, more than fifty big families in Donglai Mansion have been brought, and the thirteen families who betrayed us have also been sent by Tang Xian, you see......"

Zhao Xun put down the report about the Central Plains in his hand and said with a smile: "As for the more than fifty big families who follow our army, they will replace the original merchants of Lingzhou Mansion." To show their loyalty, a year and a half tax! In three years, eighty percent of taxes. Sue them that although the tax is reduced, the merchants must abide by it. In addition, the materials needed by Lingzhou Mansion can also be purchased from these people. ”

"These more than 50 households are considered to have been issued, and compared with the lost ones in Donglai Mansion, what they have gained is much more valuable than what they have lost." Wei Dong sighed. This is true, providing supplies for the army, even if it is a loss of money, as long as the loss is not very large, someone will do it. In other words, they have a protective umbrella behind them, and although they dare not say that this umbrella gives them nothing to fear, it can save them from the harassment of some people.

Zhao asked: "This is what they deserve, besides, Lingzhou Mansion is lonely, and the military needs to be transported by the navy, but there is no need to bother the navy with grain, grass and some ordinary supplies." The navy is an army, not a baggage army. And we also need someone to do it, and at the same time, we can let some people know that the people who do things for my Xiaoguo Army, my Xiaoguo Army will not forget it. ”

"As for the thirteen, leave it to Li Lingfeng to deal with." Zhao Xun said lightly. Because of the betrayal of these thirteen families, the Eighth Government Army was basically wiped out, and it was the most suitable to hand it over to the Eighth Government Army.

"Give orders to all armies, the Eighth Government Army and the Ninth Government Army will converge with our department and prepare to evacuate Qingzhou!"

"Withdrawal? Right now? ”

"Now!" Zhao Xun said in a deep voice: "Tens of thousands of troops are outside, and the logistical pressure is too great. Except for the First Army of the Young Guards Army, which remained in Lingzhou Mansion, the rest of the armies retreated to Jizhou. Now that the Guards are on the move, we don't need to stay here for long. ”

War is not simply a matter of giving orders, fighting a war is a trivial matter, and what is more troublesome is logistics and supply. It is definitely not so easy to dispatch hundreds of thousands of troops and millions of troops at every turn. Especially in this cross-border acquisition, it is even more difficult. Zhao Xun didn't want to waste the hoarded materials on this for no reason.

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"Old man Tang, you killed the envoy of the Xuzhou army?"

"Kill! There was no way around it at the time! Tang Xian said lightly, for the Xuzhou Army, now he doesn't value it anymore. After all, they are about to become enemies.

"Then why did you still order the Xuzhou spies to be cleared? Wouldn't it be better to keep them? The actions of our army can at least confuse Li Chi. Shen Yuanhe frowned and said.

Tang Xiandao: "How can I not know that this is a conspiracy of the Xiaoguo Army, since Li Chi's nephews have been moved, these people will not play a big role if they stay, but will lead the movement of our army to be discovered by them." This should be regarded as selling Cao Bin Okay, how to say, we still have to occupy Langya Mansion for a while. Lao Shen, although he planted it this time, I have to say that this Zhao Xun is reasonable. In this operation, you are in charge. ”

"It's good!" Shen Yuanhe is also unambiguous. He knew that Tang Xian was going to stay here and show up, so that the people in the south would think that Tang Xian had only reached an armistice agreement with the Xiaoguo Army, and nothing else.

"What about the goal? Yanzhou or Xuzhou? ”

"Of course it's Yanzhou, Xuzhou Li Chi's control over Xuzhou is too strong, even if he is besieged from both sides now, he has deployed heavy troops to the north to guard against the Xiaoguo army in the north. We went, and we were going to fight with it, so it was not cost-effective, and it could be regarded as Zhao Xun's intention! Alas...... In any case, it is as Zhao Xun intended! This kid ......," Tang Xian said a little sullenly.

"The target this time is Yanzhou's Dongping Mansion, which has thirteen counties under its jurisdiction, which is considered the largest province in Yanzhou, and it is also similar to Xuzhou. If the Xuzhou army is defeated by the Qi Wang army, then we can also turn south to Xuzhou. Of course, we can also ally with Li Chi. Come to think of it, with Li Chi's shrewdness, he will not see the pressure of the Xiaoguo army, even if I am hostile to it, he will not lightly move troops to attack, otherwise, Xuzhou will really be enemies on all sides. ”

"Old man Tang, have you seen Zhao Xun, how is he?"

"Sleek! Of course, if you count the rumors of his usual appearance, you have to add ruthlessness. I have to say that I am so young and have played such a big trick, I have to take it! As Zhao Xun said, we are old! Tang Xian smiled bitterly.

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The army of Xiaoguo retreated, and after three months of the battle, there was a truce with the Guards. As for whether the Xiaoguo Army and the Guards reached an armistice agreement on the condition of amnesty, outsiders do not know.

Zhao Xun left the First Mansion of the Young Guards and the Lingzhou Mansion to station, and the rest of the armies withdrew to Jizhou. The Langya Mansion and Gaomi Mansion captured by the Xiaoguo Army from the mouth of the Wei Army were successively returned to the Qingzhou Mansion Army, and then evacuated. In the eyes of outsiders, the Xiaoguo army did not seem to have gained any benefits in this battle, that is, it defeated the guards, which made the losses of the guards even more severe.

Cao Bin also gradually began to take over the territory from which the Xiaoguo army had withdrawn and ruled the prefectures and counties. For the original officials, they have long been wiped out by the Xiaoguo Army. Of course, it is not that he was killed, but that he was deposed, or even his house was raided. Some officials who committed heinous crimes were also brought to justice by the Xiaoguo Army as accomplices of the guards. In short, what Cao Bin inherited was relatively clean territory, and he only needed to appoint and dismiss officials.

After a big war, the people of Qingzhou provinces were also miserable, and there were not a few displaced people. According to Zhao Xun's opinion, Cao Bin reduced or exempted taxes for the people in these war zones.

Hearing that the armistice between the Xiaoguo army and the Wei army was armistice, Li Chi, Murong Cheng, and Situ Lei were all a little unwilling, but their hands couldn't reach Qingzhou, so they could only sigh. Among them, the most annoyed was Li Chi, who originally wanted to form an alliance with the Wei army and secretly assist Tang Xian. Unexpectedly, Tang Xian killed the envoy he sent, and even made a fuss about his intelligence network in Qingzhou.

Li Chi also saw the strength of the navy, and many of the material merchant ships he sent to Qingzhou to support the guards were captured by the Qingzhou navy, and the losses were not small. If you have a water army, how can you be so passive? Immediately, while fighting with the Qi Wang Army, he asked his subordinates to form the Xuzhou Water Army. In addition to the benefits of the war, he also saw the benefits brought by the navy, passing ships, they had to go there to pay taxes, which was a big income, and Li Chi, who was poor in financial resources, was naturally a little moved.

Zhao Xun, who withdrew to Jizhou, inspected all the prefectures in Jizhou and had a basic understanding of the prefectures in Jizhou.

"Let the prefectures and counties speed up the rectification of local fields, and now Qingzhou in the east, Yanzhou and Xuzhou in the south are all fighting, and there are many displaced people who have fled there. Let the prefectures and counties not intercept the entry of disaster victims. I see that the prefectures and counties that intersect with Qingzhou and Yanzhou are all blocking the entry of displaced people, what is going on? Didn't you say that we can't stop the displaced people, we have to accept them, even if we place them in the land of the five prefectures in the north and the three prefectures in the east, it is better than letting them starve to death outside! Zhao Xun frowned and said.

"Lord, all the prefectures in the south of Jizhou have just been taken by our army, and they have not yet been fully controlled, plus the land allocated to them, it will be difficult to accept too many displaced people for a while! Large-scale migration of displaced people is difficult! Pei Yi, who is in charge of the overall government affairs in Jizhou, said with a wry smile.

Zhao inquired: "I look at the prefectures and counties in the south of Jizhou, and the official road has not been rested for a long time. Otherwise, recruit displaced people to work for relief and let them build roads to support themselves. Subsequently, the tribes moved north. Now that the war has ended, the Qingzhou army does not need food and grass supplies. The grain brought from Jizhou was temporarily used for relief to the victims. ”

"Also, give decrees to the big households, landlords, and big businessmen in the prefectures and counties to let them assist. These families, each with a lot of food in their homes, should also do something for the people. People make mistakes, so I don't believe that they are all saints. Dig out all their past guilt and send it to their homes, so that they can take care of it themselves. ”

"Let our people all get their possessions, and give them a number, so that they can put the people of the world first." Zhao Xun said coldly.

It's okay if it's on weekdays, but at this moment, Zhao Xun doesn't have a good impression of these rich people who only care about themselves and don't care about others. And I don't let you donate all your family property, just support the part, and you can live countless lives. I still don't want to fix you.

"In this way, for those who are good, they will all be written in each county to remember, and they will be made as merit tablets. Merchants from all over the world can be exempted from certain taxes, and can even become official businessmen designated by the government. In this way, some people should be willing to give something! Zhao Xun said in a deep voice.

"Lord, what should we do with these 30,000 soldiers?" After the government affairs are finished, there are problems with military affairs again.

"What do you think?"

"Or stay! Wouldn't letting them fight for us reduce the losses of our army? Pei Yi said with a smile.

Li Huaiyuan said: "No! In this way, it will only make our army rely on the soldiers to fight, and eventually the soldiers under the command of our Xiaoguo army will become stronger and stronger, and the army that belongs to us will be afraid of sacrifice and will become weaker and weaker. ”

Situ Liang also nodded and said, "I agree with Lord Li's meaning!" Its function is to become a member of our army's unconventional army, but it cannot replace our Xiaoguo sergeants. Of course, if it is a conquest of the northern Zhuhu, it can be used as a vanguard. In this war, 30,000 people have been lost, and more than 13,000 have been lost, which can be said to be nearly half. But the remaining soldiers also saw the treatment of my Xiaoguo soldiers, and their gains were also a lot, although they were not as good as my Xiaoguo soldiers, but they were much stronger than them in the tribe. ”