Chapter 31: Su Mai

"Lord, we should guard the Gubei Pass now!" Wu Bifu also persuaded vaguely.

If it is an ordinary person, seeing that the local officials are also so afraid of Jeruzah's assassination, they will also give up for the time being, and wait until they are familiar with the situation, or they have enough strength to realize this plan. But Li Cunhuan is not, he looked at Li Cunxiao, and asked with a smile: "I don't know if the eldest brother is interested in going to the grassland?" ”

"Why don't you dare?" Li Cunxiao asked proudly.

Jiang Yingjie and Wu Bifu glanced at each other, and they both saw a trace of helplessness and indescribable complicated eyes in each other's eyes. In their eyes, they knew better how powerful Jeruzah was. Since the end of the rule of the Dahe clan in December of the 23rd year of the Kaiyuan Dynasty, the Yelu family has been hereditary Khitan Yili Jin. It has been two hundred and seventy-eight years now, and even the Khitan Khan is afraid of them. The accumulation of nearly three hundred years of the Yelu family is not something that can be fought against in the land of Danzhou.

"Wu Bifu, Jiang Yingjie, you carefully introduce the situation of the B room of the Baichao River." Li Cunhuan ignored the wry smile on the corner of the two people's mouths, and asked directly.

Wu Bifu and Jiang Yingjie glanced at each other, Wu Bifu shrugged, Jiang Yingjie pouted helplessly, took a step forward, pointed to the upper reaches of the Baichao River and said: "There are three small tribes of the living department of the B room here, Baichao, Chiyue, and Donglishui, Baichao is the most powerful, occupying the most fertile place in the upper reaches of the Baichao River, and there are about seven hundred warriors. Chi Yue and Dong Lishui are about the same strength, both of them are about 400 warriors. ”

Speaking of this, Jiang Yingjie paused and said: "In the past, the Khitans fought in the grass valley under the leadership of Yelu Sa, and raided from the three states of Jizhou, Danzhou, and Ruzhou. Among them, Jizhou is the most serious, followed by Danzhou, but in fact, the situation in Sanzhou is not much better. However, it is reported that Jizhou trusted Han Mengyin, the assassin, to prepare for the war and build the city wall since the beginning of spring, I am afraid that this time the Khitans will not be able to get benefits in Jizhou. In this way, the pressure on our Danzhou and Ruzhou will be even greater, and the Khitan people who can't get the benefits will want to get back the capital from us. ”

[Han Mengyin, a native of Youzhou Anci, tired of the official thistle, Confucianism, and Shun Sanzhou Thorn History. The father of Han Yanhui, the founder of the Liao State. 】

Li Cunhuan laughed when he heard this: "It's better, our enemy Khitan is newly defeated, so we can plunder the Khitan cattle and sheep." And I heard that many Han people fled to the Khitan and were captured as slaves by the Khitans, so we better rescue them and get more manpower. ”

As soon as Li Cunhuan's words fell, Wu Bifu patted his head and said: "I almost forgot one thing, can the general know Su Mai?" ”

Li Cunhuan asked suspiciously: "Sumai? What kind of wheat seed is this? ”

Wu Bifu said complacently: "I also recently learned about this, Sumai has been widely planted in the Guanzhong area since the time of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, and it is a kind of wheat that can live in winter, sowing after the autumn harvest and harvesting in late May. The upper field can harvest two stones of grain, the medium field can collect one stone and four buckets of grain, and the lower field can collect nine buckets of grain. It's just that Sumai is generally grown in the Guanzhong area. I don't know if I can adapt to the water and soil of Danzhou. ”

When Li Cunhuan heard this, he immediately understood what this wheat was, this was the winter wheat of later generations. If I am not mistaken, the dividing line for winter wheat cultivation is the Great Wall. Spring wheat is planted north of the Great Wall, and winter wheat can be grown south of the Great Wall. Li Cunhuan immediately shouted, "This thing is okay!" Bifu, this time you are personally responsible for this matter, immediately go to the treasury to pay for the money, buy enough wheat, and distribute it to the people who have migrated from Xingzhou to plant on the wasteland of Danzhou Lake. Be fast, be sure to plant wheat in the early part of the month. Do you know? In the last sentence, Li Cunhuan said very harshly.

Wu Bifu was also taken aback, but he knew that although this was a heavy burden, it was also a study of Li Cunhuan's ability. Gritted his teeth and said categorically: "Please rest assured, the lower officials will definitely handle things well!" ”

When Li Cunhuan heard this, he nodded, and immediately urged: "Okay, you can do it now, and the speed must be fast!" ”

Wu Bifu immediately arched his hand at Li Cunhuan, spread his feet and ran out of the conference hall quickly. Li Cunhuan instructed Chen Changfeng: "You try to make it as convenient as possible for Changfeng in this matter, if this wheat is sown successfully, our pressure will be much lighter." ”

Chen Changfeng, who was in charge of the money, nodded and did not speak.

Li Cunxiao sighed and said to Li Cunhuan: "Brother, I'm sorry for you!" I can't think of Lu Long......"

Li Cunhuan couldn't take care of Li Cunxiao's feelings, and hurriedly interrupted Li Cunxiao's words and said, "Big brother, be careful!" Be careful! ”

Li Cunxiao snorted coldly and muttered, "It's just a waste." But he also stopped talking.

Li Cunhuan smiled awkwardly, diverted the topic and continued: "So now let's talk about how to deal with the Khitans' beating of the grass valley this time. There are now 1,000 defenders in Gubeikou, in addition to 12 beacon towers, 7 piers, and a total of more than 300 defenders. However, if more soldiers and horses are added, the maximum number of men will be 2,000. My plan was to keep the Khitans out of Gubeikou. ”

Jiang Yingjie frowned, and said: "General, I'm afraid this is very difficult, although the Khitans are nomadic people, there are also some people who are familiar with fishing and hunting, and they can go down the Baichao River in the dark night by making a raft. It's really hard to prevent. If you camp outside the city to defend against the enemy, I am afraid it will be difficult to resist the attack of the Khitans. ”

"Smack!" Pang Kongming slapped the wooden table and shouted angrily: "You little white face, I have put up with you for a long time." You're still not a soldier? All day long, it's not that the Khitans are powerful here, that is, where the Khitans are powerful. You will grow your own majesty, and you don't want to think about who my general is? Don't look at who the eldest brother of my general's is! It's all the courage of ten thousand people, and the one-eyed dragon Li Ke is powerful enough, right? It's not like I was beaten by my general. Hum! If you say another good word about the Khitans, my old Pang will give you a hard time! ”

Pang Kongming's work, judging from the name, Kong Ming, Kong Ming, I don't know and think I'm a literati. However, Pang Kongming has different expectations from his father, he is a fierce general who seems to be thin, but has a hot temper and has a force value of more than eighty.

What he said was shame and grief at Jiang Yingjie.

When Li Cunhuan heard this, he hurriedly shouted: "Sit down, what do you know, Yingjie is just telling the enemy." I know if he is cowardly, where is your reckless nonsense, apologize to Yingjie quickly! ”

Pang Kongming can not listen to anyone's words, but he is very in awe of Li Cunhuan, although he is unwilling and reluctant, but he still said angrily: "General Jiang, what I just said is too rushed, please forgive me!" ”

Jiang Yingjie smiled bitterly and said, "It doesn't matter. ”;