Yu Buzhu's sitting posture is a standard military sitting posture, I don't want the officer to like to lean on the chair, but his back is straight, a clean and neat posture, and his speech is also very crisp, nodding and saying: "Yes, blocking Xigu Pass is the order of the general!" ”

Xue Huai'an and Chu Huan glanced at each other, but Yu Buqu had already asked, "Lord Xue, do you know why Ben is going to blockade Xigu Pass?" ”

Xue Huai'an said with a smile: "The old general's approach is naturally reasonable. ”

Yu Buqu's face showed a solemn expression, and said: "After you leave the customs, you should also see the situation in the northwest. ”

"Yes!" Xue Huai'an frowned and said: "Old general, the situation in the northwest does not seem to be optimistic, on the road to come, there are refugees everywhere with their families and mouths, although I have never seen it in person, but I heard that there are many chaotic people who are bandits, taking the opportunity to loot!" ”

Yu Buqu nodded and said, "When the war is in turmoil, this is also a common thing, and it is not strange. In addition to asking the state officials to requisition materials, another major event is to let them calm the people, and severely punish the lawbreakers who take the opportunity to riot. He is worthy of being a veteran who came out of the iron-blooded battlefield, the tiger is still mighty, and there is a murderous aura between his words.

"Exactly." Yu Buqu hurriedly bowed his head and said: "The people are safe!" ”

Yu Buqu said: "Northwest Kyushu, the land of three states was fought by the Western Liang people, and the remaining six states are not peaceful, and the people's hearts fluctuate, lest the Western Liang people continue to attack." The people don't care about whether they discuss peace or not, they only know that after the Xiliang people invaded, they burned and looted, like beasts, occupied three states, corpses and bones like mountains, and their hearts were worried that the Xiliang people would continue to invade, and many people wanted to escape into the pass, according to Ben Jiang, after the Xiliang people invaded, nearly 100,000 people had poured into the pass, if it was not for the timely closure of the pass, this number of soldiers was more than ten times! ”

Yu Bu sighed: "The small people are weak, but they are very afraid of the Xiliang people. ”

"What you see now is much more settled than before." Yu Buqu also sighed: "When the general first came to the northwest, the army and the people were chaotic, the soldiers were not soldiers, the people were not the people, there was chaos everywhere, a large number of refugees dragged their families to the Guannai, and everywhere you could see people who took the opportunity to loot and kill, and the sand was scattered. The old man knew at that time that in such a situation, he would destroy himself without the Xiliang people calling. The people were terrified, and they couldn't blame them, but the general could not help but calm the people's minds as soon as possible, lest the situation deteriorate to the greatest extent. ”

Chu Huan finally asked: "Old general, is the blockade of Xigu Pass also considering that the influx of refugees from the northwest into the pass will cause a huge panic in the pass?" ”

Yu Buqu looked at Chu Huan and nodded, "This is one of the reasons. You are right, if the Xigu Pass is not blocked, there will be a flood of refugees pouring into the pass, which will definitely cause a shock in the pass. After a pause, he said: "But this is only one of the reasons, and there are many other reasons that make Ben pay attention to ordering the blockade of Xigu Pass." ”

Xue Huai'an asked, "What else does the old general have to worry about?" ”

"Ben will know that in addition to the northwest, the Jianghuai Tianmen Demon Dao is raging, and the remnants of the Hebei Qingtian King are not dead, this is a big disaster. Once a large number of refugees poured into the pass, uprooted from their hometowns, and had no food and clothing, they would have been worried that the Tianmen demons would take the opportunity to bewitch, you need to know that these people have no masters, if the Tianmen demons are bewitched, the people may not be fooled, and when the time comes, the huge number of people who will pour into the customs will be a huge threat to the empire! Yu Buqu said: "The two of you don't know, the Tianmen demon has infiltrated into the northwest, not long ago, Xinzhou almost caused a disaster, but fortunately, he noticed it in time and extinguished it in time, otherwise if this fire burns, the consequences will be really unimaginable." ”

Chu Huan frowned and said, "Old general, Tianmen Dao has already begun to make up his mind in the northwest?" ”

"Ben Jiang had heard about Tianmen Dao a long time ago, but he didn't take it to heart at that time, he just thought it was just some demon Dao that confused the public, and he couldn't set off any big waves." Yu Buqu's eyes showed a chill: "But I didn't expect that in the past two years, Tianmen Dao has become a trend, causing such a catastrophe in Jianghuai." Ben Jiang talked about the passage door with people at the beginning, since the Taiping Road in the late Han Dynasty, the remnants of the Taiping Road have never disappeared, but if there is a chance, it will cause trouble in the world. ”

Xue Huai'an said: "Since the Taiping Dao Zhangjiao, this group of demons has been good at witchcraft, and the demonic arts have been handed down. A demon dao, using demon magic, can soon bewitch the people, develop a large number of believers, and a group of sub-demon daos are bewitched everywhere, which is even more harmful. In the past, I only heard that there were occasional demon paths in Jianghuai Dao, and the believers were still very rare, but the degree of development was extremely amazing......! ”

Chu Huan also sighed secretly, in fact, whether Tianmen Dao can grow is closely related to the lives of the people, if the people live and work in peace and contentment, and have more money and food, even if they believe in demon arts, they will not cause trouble with the demon Dao, not to mention leaving a stable life to rebel and make trouble, but if the people live in hardship and have nothing to sustenance, Tianmen Dao takes advantage of the void, but it can give the poor people spiritual sustenance, and it is also reasonable to be bewitched by the demon Dao and rebel.

The power of Tianmen Dao is now spreading very fast, which also proves that the empire is declining rapidly, and the people are very poor.

"Tianmen Dao must be a disaster handed down from the Taiping Dao." Yu Buqu obviously hated the Heavenly Gate Dao, clenched his fists and said: "The Taiping Dao is chaotic, and the Heavenly Master Dao is misleading the country, this is the truth!" ”

Xue Huai'an was stunned, but he didn't dare to answer the conversation.

He is not a fool, the meaning of Yu Buqu's words, Xue Huai'an is naturally very clear, the so-called Heavenly Master Dao is actually directly pointing to the current Immortal Dao.

His Majesty the Emperor worships the Tao of Cultivation, and the cause of the disaster is of course because he has a new understanding of life and death from the decline of the horse, but the real reason is because of the Xuanzhen Taoism of the Immortal Dao Sect's bewitchment of the emperor, and it is precisely because of the Xuanzhen Taoism Sect's words to the emperor about the art of cultivating immortality, which made the emperor worship the Tao of cultivation, and the empire also entered a fork in the road.

Yu Buqu's sentence, that is to say, the Heavenly Gate Dao is causing trouble to the empire, and the Immortal Dao is confusing the emperor and misleading the monarch and the country, Xue Huai'an naturally does not dare to take on such a topic.

Yu Buqu also seemed to feel that he was far away, and said with a smile: "Speaking of which, no matter whether the people of Xiliang fight or not, the hearts of the people in the northwest must be stabilized." In fact, the people have a reason with the flock, a sheep is frightened, the whole flock of sheep is frightened, a sheep rushes into the pass, the back will inevitably follow, if the customs are not closed, there are naturally hundreds of people flocking into the pass, the consequence is naturally that the people in the northwest are more panicked, so it is imperative to block the Xigu Pass. In addition, the most important thing is that the northwest now needs people, the court is difficult, although the saint is generous, from the Guannei to transfer materials, grain and grass, but it is impossible to continue like this, Jianghuai and Hebei wars also need a lot of materials, the northwest needs the court assistance, but more need to get out of the predicament! ”

"What does the old general mean?" Xue Huai'an was puzzled.

"A part of the grain transported from the customs would have been used for grain planting." Yu Buqu said: "Ben Jiang also instructed the state officials that they must provide grain for the people, as long as they can stay and farm with peace of mind, and when the autumn harvest comes, Ben will Baoding will let the people in the northwest have enough food and clothing." Ben Jiang has also made a fold, and implored the Holy Lord to reduce taxes in the northwest and let the people in the northwest recuperate. If the tens of millions of people in the northwest can farm with peace of mind, the grain obtained by waiting for the autumn harvest is enough to support the grain needs of the northwest, as long as the imperial court reduces taxes, there is even enough surplus. ”

Chu Huan was a little surprised: "Is the old general preparing to farm on a large scale at this time?" ”

"There are already a lot of fields in the northwest that are still planted with grain." Yu Buqu said: "If the Xigu Pass is not blocked, the people want to take refuge in the pass, as long as the pass is sealed and the thoughts are broken, the people will settle down and farm steadily." The Western Liang people suddenly stopped their army, and even took the initiative to negotiate peace, and the general estimated that they could no longer afford to continue their eastward advance, and if they delayed farming because of this, then at least within a year or two, a large number of people in the northwest would starve to death due to lack of food. ”

Chu Huan suddenly realized: "The old general's blockade of the pass turned out to be to calm the people's hearts and encourage farming, and the officials were stupid, so that they could understand the old general's good intentions." ”

Yu Buqu waved his hand and said: "This is also a helpless thing, if it is not like this, the fields will be wasted, and when the Xiliang people really withdraw their troops, it will have already passed the season of planting, so after thinking about it, this general made this decision, in fact, it was also a gamble." ”

Chu Huan knew what Yu Buqu meant by a gamble, blockading Xigu Pass, so that the people of the northwest could not enter the pass, so they could only stay and farm in the northwest, if the Xiliang people really retreated as promised, and when the autumn harvest came, the northwest would still be able to harvest a large amount of grain, but once the Xiliang people rebelled and invaded again, then everything they had done before would be wasted.

Yu Buqu is indeed making a big gamble based on his judgment of the Xiliang people.

Xue Huai'an was a little puzzled: "Old general, they all say that there is a shortage of grain and grass in the northwest, so how can there be enough grain?" ”

Yu Buqu's face showed a look of perseverance, and said: "It's just to get through the difficulties together, the northwest is short of food, just live the days of food shortage, the food ration of the soldiers of the three armies can only make them fill their stomachs, and even if the people are strong, they must grit their teeth and stand up, and one meal a day will last ......!" ”

Chu Huan and Xue Huai'an glanced at each other, but at this time they finally found that although Yu Buqu was still in the tiger before, he was not domineering when he walked, and even his steps were a little weak. Seeing that he was dark-skinned, tired, and tall, he looked a little thin, and I was afraid that the old general really only ate one meal a day.

Chu Huan immediately remembered the leftover food from the previous time in the pavilion, and the officials of the post house carefully put it away, and immediately understood the current situation in the northwest.

At this moment, someone suddenly said outside the door: "General, there are officials in Shinshu who have come to ask to see!" ”

Yu Bu Qu said: "Let him later, Ben will go over immediately!" ”

Chu Huan knew that Yu Buqu was busy with things and couldn't delay, so he finally asked: "Old general, there is still something I want to show to the general!" ”

"Lord Chu, please speak!"

"Does the old general know about the entry letter?" Chu Huan stared at Yu Buqu and asked, "When I waited for the customs to go out, I saw someone entering the customs at Xigu Pass, and I need to use the entry letter!" ”

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