"Lord, give an order, Shanggu County is only 30,000 soldiers and horses, how can it resist the 400,000 army of Xianbei? Now that Shanggu is not coming to report, I think Murong Feng is still preparing, but it will not be more than two days, and our army's time is running out! Xi Zhicai said to Liu Tai with a pale expression, as the head of the intelligence department, it can be said that he has committed a big crime by being so derelict in his duties, and the most important thing at present is to reverse the situation, otherwise the consequences will be unimaginable.

After Dian Wei waited for Xi Zhicai to finish speaking, he stepped out and said: "Lord, the last general is most familiar with western Liaoning, please order to send troops to the rescue, although Lu Longsai is Xiongguan, but the lonely city cannot be defended, in case the coalition army of Fuyu and the eastern Xianbei break through the defense line of the Great Wall and enter the interior of Liaoxi, and cut off the connection between Lu Longsai and my northern Xinjiang, everything will be over!"

Liu Tai's expression was very entangled, he glanced around at everyone, and found that everyone's expressions were extremely firm, and they wanted to go north to resist the enemy without the slightest objection, of course, it was also because they didn't know the internal state, if they knew that the Yellow Turban Rebellion was about to break out, I am afraid that at least half of the people would hesitate.

"The lord is worried about the lack of troops?" Xun Yu is a human spirit, seeing Liu Tai's embarrassed appearance, he guessed that Liu Tai might be worried about the rear, and Xun Yu is also one of the few people who knows that the Yellow Turban Rebellion is about to break out.

"Yes, now all the regular troops in my northern Xinjiang are only 750,000 together, and 60,000 of them are stationed in Beiping Port, so there are only 690,000 available soldiers!" Liu Tai agreed with Xun Yu's statement expressionlessly, and said with a little lack of confidence in his tone.

"Why didn't the lord count the 500,000 Qinglin Army and the 200,000 Qinglin cavalry of the Northern Second Army?" Gao Shun on the side frowned and asked out loud, in Gao Shun's opinion, the Qinglin Army is also a soldier, and it is also responsible for protecting the family and defending the country.

"This...."Liu Tai touched his nose and said with a wry smile: "The 200,000 cavalry of the second northern county will naturally be counted, but how can the 500,000 Qinglin army that has been reduced be counted?" Even if it can fight as a regular army, it will not have enough food, grass and military expenses. ”

Since the Liaodong Campaign, Liu Tai's first consideration of grain, grass and military expenses is now because Liu Tai has been scared, the debt he owed last time, but he has just paid off, if there is a big war at this time, and even the scale of the war has exceeded expectations, can Northern Xinjiang support at least?

"The last general believes that the soldiers will be willing to put the matter of food and salary behind for the time being before the national disaster." Gao Shun simply and directly said the best way, encouraging the sergeants to resist the enemy, and temporarily put the things outside his body in the back of his mind.

"My lord, there are still 1.2 million catties of gold in the treasury that can be used, which is completely enough to support my northern Xinjiang to fight a three-year war." Mi Zhu didn't want to say it, but everyone's eyes were on him, and Mi Zhu could only stiffen his head and expose Liu Tai's family background.

Liu Tai nodded, and said in a deep voice: "Take out all the gold in the vault, and strive to buy grain and grass at a high price from those gate lords in the major states and counties within one month, and use all the strength of the Kyushu commercial bank. ”

Mi Zhu nodded, picked it up with his right hand, made a fortune-telling look, and after constantly pinching the calculations, he arched his hand to Liu Tai and said: "Lord, if you sell all the branches in other states and counties, you can get at least two million catties of gold, of course, including all the goods in the shop, in addition, my Mi family's main business is rice grain, and I am willing to donate all the rice and grain in the business house without taking a penny!" ”

When everyone present heard two million catties, they suddenly frowned, and when they heard Mi Zhu's words of being willing to donate grain, their eyes flashed with consternation, the Mi family's grain reserves are ranked first among all families in the world, if Mi Zhu really does this, at least the vitality of the Mi family will be greatly damaged, and it can even be said that it will be difficult to recover its prosperity in the next few decades.

"Wait...."Suddenly, a beautiful woman who looked radiant walked in from outside the door, followed by two maids, and if you look closely, isn't it the Zhen family's family Zhangqin?

Zhang Qin has lived a lot in the Shenhou Mansion, well, and even received a lot of criticism, the rumors in the market, everyone present has heard of it, even including Gao Shun of Mu Ne, when he saw Zhang Qin enter the Yuantian Tower, his pupils shrank, but he quickly covered it up.

"The old body is willing to donate a million catties of gold, and I hope that the gods will accept it." Zhang Qin didn't look at others, but stared at Liu Tai with both eyes, bowed slightly and said.

"This...."Liu Tai felt that his mouth was very bitter, although he said that he had a certain intention of keeping Mi Zhu and Zhang Qin by his side, but he didn't think about asking Zhen Mi and the two families to bleed for themselves!

Zhang Qin saw Liu Tai's hesitant look, frowned and said: "Don't refuse, I have been in this Shenhou Mansion for several years, and I have long regarded the Shenhou Mansion as my home, and I have also regarded the Northern Xinjiang as my home. Besides, the Zhen family will be a god sooner or later, so what's the harm in taking some gold and silver? ”

In fact, in the past few years, although Zhang Qin has stayed in the Shenhou Mansion without leaving home, he is still very clear about the trends in the world, and the current situation of the Zhen family, although he can hide it from others, how can he hide it from Liu Tai's ministers who are present? In fact, after Zhang Qin moved into the Shenhou Mansion, Liu Tai touched the Zhen family's commercial bank branches in various states and counties in the world, except for some commercial bank branches that did not have much oil and water, most of them were already in Liu Tai's hands under Zhang Qin's half-push and half-push, of course, the profits obtained by these commercial houses, Liu Tai still handed over to the Zhen family, otherwise it would be too much to say.

"Hey... Well, since the mother-in-law is so kind, Tai is not hypocritical. Liu Tai bowed to Zhang Qin, very formal, without the slightest drag.

Zhang Qin nodded with a smile on the corner of his mouth, then glanced at everyone and said, "Since the Shenhou has accepted it, the old body will not disturb the lords to discuss military affairs, so he will retire..."

"Congratulations to the old lady...."Everyone glanced around, their eyes flashed with a hint of unpredictable light, secretly looked at Liu Tai, and then went to see Zhang Qin, who was full of charm, and secretly shook their heads, not knowing what they were thinking.

After Zhang Qin left, the study was quiet, seeing that they were all bowing their heads and saying nothing, Liu Tai shook his head with a wry smile and said: "Now with the assistance of the Zhen family, the military expenditure has reached four million catties of gold, and the rice grain of the Mi family cannot be asked for in vain, just collect it at the market price, of course, it is best to owe these money first and wait until the end of the war to pay it back, and the most important thing now is to buy grain and grass from abroad, well, this matter will be handed over to Mi Zhu and Zhong Xuan." ”

Mi Zhu and Zhong Xuan are not far apart, one is the assistant of the household department, and the other is the servant of the ministry, how can this matter not be the turn of the two, but the problem is that if the war is together, everyone has no time to take care of these things, the most idle is these two, if you don't hand it over to them, who will you hand it over?

"No!" Mi Zhu and Zhong Xuan don't have much nonsense, if they have four million catties of gold in their hands, they can't get enough grain and grass, so they might as well buy a piece of tofu and die.

"The grain and grass are solved, let's talk about the Qinglin Army, although the combat power of the Qinglin Army is not weak, it is impossible to face the enemy head-on with the Hu army, well, in order to make our army have no worries on the battlefield in the north, after the 500,000 army is recalled, it will be distributed in Shangjun, the southern part of Xihe County, Huguan, Taiyuan, the southern part of Shanggu, the southern part of Zhuo County, the southern part of Guangyang, and the southern part of Yuyang, and each county will allocate soldiers and horses according to the situation, at least not less than 30,000, and many soldiers and horses are responsible for the security of other counties, ready to support all parties at any time." After thinking about it for a while, Liu Tai arranged enough troops in all the places adjacent to the inner prefectures and counties of Dahan, glanced around at everyone, and found that except for Xun Yu, Chen Gong and Xi Zhicai, all of them looked puzzled.

Liu Tai shook his head, didn't give any explanation, and asked out loud: "If you have any opinions, just say it, now the time is urgent, and I don't have time to rub around here." ”

Hearing Liu Tai's impatient words, Gao Shun, who was the secretary of the military department, stepped forward and asked, "Why did the lord divide the soldiers and horses on the defense line of the inland state and county?" Could it be that the inner Han will... There is a war?? ”

Gao Shun's words asked everyone's voices, but he didn't blame Gao Shun for asking, after all, Gao Shun was the direct commander of all the soldiers and horses in the two states, if he didn't know Liu Tai's exact meaning, how to arm?

Liu Tai nodded slightly and said: "This matter should not be announced for the time being, Fuyi, as long as you know, try your best to guard against the inner states and counties, maybe in two or three months, there will be a large number of displaced people in the major states and counties in the world into the northern Xinjiang, if the general is still in the grassland and cannot withdraw in time, then Fuyi will take over the military power of the two states, and cannot put a person with a different identity into the northern Xinjiang, of course, the people can not be turned away, try to help the people, and arrange the people in the northern Xinjiang." ”

Gao Shun frowned, seeing Liu Tai's solemn expression, and even with a hint of non-refusal, he said helplessly: "The last general will obey the order!" ”

"Lord...."Chen Gong on the side shouted with a little hesitation, Liu Tai looked at Chen Gong and found that Chen Gong's face was a little difficult to explain, and understood Chen Gong's worries!

The reason why Chen Gong screamed was naturally because Liu Tai gave Gao Shun the right, if Gao Shun had a slight dissent, the foundation he had built over the years would be all ruined!!

Liu Tai shook his head, stepped forward and waved Gao Shun's shoulders and said, "Don't say anything, Fu Yi is like General Ben's right-hand man, General Ben believes in Fu Yi unconditionally!! ”

Touched, let everyone be moved! In fact, not only Chen Gong was a little worried, everyone present, including Zhong Xuan, was a little worried, after all, once the huge power was in hand, the mentality was easy to change, and if Emperor Ling came to an internal means of collapse, Liu Taike would really be homeless.

Of course, others may not believe in Gao Shun, but Liu Tai absolutely believes it, very simply, because Gao Shun's character is worthy of Liu Tai's trust, and it is also worthy of Liu Tai'an's hundred hearts! Gao Shun's surname, Liu Tai understands very well, it belongs to a kind of cold on the outside and hot on the inside, don't look at Gao Shun's trust in Liu Tai now, he has not expressed the slightest expression, but his heart has long been moved beyond complexity, from the slightly trembling, clenched fists, you can see the clues.

(To be continued)