The whole army of Zhenglan Banner was annihilated, the banner owner Su Shun was captured alive by Dingzhou, the news came, the whole army of Naben was shocked, and under the anger, Naben immediately wanted to raise the army to Zhenyuan, seeking a decisive battle with Li Qing's cavalry main force, but the battle-hardened Boyan stopped Naben.

"Second prince, when we go to Zhenyuan at this time, we will not encounter Li Qing's main cavalry force, but Zhenyuan's high wall and fortification, we will once again fall into the dilemma of Shahe Town, I am afraid this is exactly what Li Qing wants, he wants to consume our main force under the fortified city one by one, and the whole army of Sushun will be annihilated, we can't repeat the mistakes of the past, retreat, go back to the grassland, and prepare for the next decisive battle with Li Qing!"

In the following days, there were constantly Su Shun Zheng Blue Banner escaped the catastrophe of the stragglers returned, after learning the details, Na Ben was even more furious, it can be said that if there was no betrayal of Fu Shun, Su Shun would never have fallen into the siege on all sides, on the contrary, if Fu Sen could work together with Su Shun, Li Qing would not dare to send troops to deal with Su Shun.

"Uncle, this traitor Fusen has retreated to Yongding Lake in the north, I am going to destroy him, and he must pay the price of blood for his rebellion." Naben's fist clenched and cracked, and Su Shun's annihilation stabbed him in the bloody heart again, causing the barbarians, who had already lost their troops, to suffer a heavy blow again.

"No way!" Boyan rejected Naben in one mouthful.

"Second Prince, I understand your current mood, but we must not turn to the north, I'm afraid that Dingzhou Li Qingzheng is looking forward to us doing this! Fusen cooperated with Li Qing to eliminate Sushun, why didn't he immediately accept Fusen, but instead let him retreat in the direction of Yongding Lake, I am afraid that we want to go to Fusen to vent our anger. Now the situation in the grassland is critical, the wolf smoke is everywhere, the wolf army is pinned down in the upper forest, unable to return to help, the people of Muwei are pressing step by step, we are the largest motor vehicle volume in the hands of His Majesty the Emperor, if we fall into the north, it will definitely be a disaster for the whole situation, not to mention, Li Qing will definitely step in. Second Prince, we must go back. ”

"Then just let that wolf-hearted thing go?" Naben roared angrily.

"No!" Bo Yan smiled: "People like Fu Sen, whether it is us or Li Qing, they will look down on him, if we don't clean him up now, it's just that the timing is not right, when the overall situation is decided, something like this can't please anywhere, the second prince can rest assured, it's just to let him live a few more days, we need to concentrate on dealing with Li Qing now." ”

The grassland coalition army found nothing, and retreated, Wang Qinian's department immediately gathered with the whirlwind battalion with a total of more than 20,000 people to force to Jingling, which is more than 100 miles deep outside Dingyuan Pass, although Jingling is called a ridge, in fact, it is just a hill on the grassland, the altitude is only tens of meters high, but in the grassland of the plain, it is also a commanding height, relying on the Qinian division of Jingling to set up a large camp, and the forest formed two huge pincers, the target is directly aimed at the royal court of the Yuanwu Empire of the grassland.

The existence of the Jingling garrison had begun to seriously threaten the flank of the Wolf Ben Army in Shanglin, and Hu He began to think about how to withdraw the troops unscathed.

When Li Qing led the Changsheng battalion back to Dingzhou City, 10,000 people were empty, and the people of Dingzhou spontaneously walked out of their homes to meet the triumphant return of the army.

The earth-shattering gongs and drums, the people singing and dancing, the flying petals, and the long-lasting cheers, have been accompanied by the Changsheng camp from the gate of Dingzhou to the front of the Marshal's Mansion, in front of the Marshal's Mansion, in front of the Monument to the Unknown Hero, a high wooden platform was erected, and the red carpet was spread from the stage to the Martyrs' Hall.

Li Qing climbed the high wooden platform and looked down at the thousands of cheering people in the square, at this moment, a huge sense of accomplishment arose spontaneously from his heart, he finally let these ordinary people live a peaceful life from now on, and the barbarians will not be in the nightmare of Dingzhou people.

The drums sounded, the soldiers of the Changsheng battalion walked in front of the wooden platform one by one, because most of the troops participating in the battle had already gone to Jingling, it was the soldiers of the Changsheng battalion who temporarily made a cameo appearance in this small military parade in Dingzhou's various troops, they held the flags of these troops, shouted loud slogans, and walked neatly under the wooden platform, and the soldiers in the front carried some captured barbarian flags in their hands, and when they passed the wooden platform, they threw these flags on the ground and trampled them on horseback, each time causing the huge cheers of the onlookers.

After the military parade, it is the public memorial ceremony, the first is to offer flowers and incense to the Unknown Heroes Monument, after Li Qing entered Dingzhou, every soldier began to register and make a register, and every soldier who sacrificed his name can be checked, and the Unknown Heroes Monument has completely become a kind of nostalgia and encouragement for the past.

Walking with heavy steps, walking along the red carpet to the majestic building of the Martyrs' Hall, the desolate sound of bull's horns sounded, the passionate drumbeat began to be low, the mournful music sounded, groups of soldiers carried small boxes covered with black cloth in their arms, and when they walked to the Martyrs' Hall, low sobs began to sound in the crowd, and in those small boxes, there were their sons, husbands, and relatives.

The drums gradually became excited, all the flags in the square were raised horizontally, and the flags were bowed to greet the heroes who died, and the civilian officials bent down in rows, and the military attachés and soldiers raised their hands and solemnly saluted the soldiers who were slowly approaching, watching them enter the martyr's hall in rows.

In this battle, although Dingzhou won the victory, the price paid was also very great, tens of thousands of soldiers were sacrificed, several high-ranking officials at the level of staff and generals were killed, and the number of captains who were sentenced to the front line was even more hundred.

It was night, and the city of Dingzhou completely became a night sky, and the people celebrating the victory stayed up all night.

In the marshal's mansion, there is another scene, compared to the people, the military victory makes them excited, but for the Dingzhou high-level, the military victory is only the first step, and the next things are more and more complicated.

"Dashuai!" Lu Yiming took the lead in standing up and said: "After defeating the barbarians, then we will start to let the people of the three counties where they moved start to return to their hometowns, Dingyuan, Zhenyuan, and Weiyuan The three counties were poisoned by the barbarians, and the losses were serious, and this season is already gone, and it will be a great expense to rebuild their homes and live this autumn and winter." ”

Li Qing nodded, "Well, this matter should be handled quickly, so that the people can quickly return to their hometowns, turn over the fields, and harvest as many crops as there are left in the field, which is better than nothing." In addition, if this is done quickly, there should still be time to plant winter wheat. Master Lu, are you in financial difficulty? ”

Lu Yiming nodded and said: "The difficulty is quite great, during the war, spending money is like flowing water, plus the cost of relocating the people, the investment in building the road, and the investment in water conservancy, the little silver stored in the past has basically been spent, and now our Dingzhou treasury has been cleared." ”

"That's right!" Li Qing touched his chin, the problem of silver has never been a trivial problem, considering that the battle against the barbarians will start next, silver is the most important thing. Li Qing knew very well that the cost of his army was probably the most expensive army in the entire Great Chu, in addition to the excellent equipment, the monthly military expenses and the pension after the death in the war accounted for more than 50% of the entire Dingzhou's financial revenue.

"How's it going over there in Fuzhou? How much silver can I bring up? Li Qing groaned, his gaze turned to Fuzhou Tongzhi Xu Yunfeng.

"Dashuai!" Xu Yunfeng owed a debt and said: "Fuzhou's biggest source of wealth is the salt industry, but the profits of the salt industry have basically been invested in the war in Dingzhou, and under the rule of Xiang Xianhe in Fuzhou, the people's livelihood was ruined, after I arrived, in order to restore the people's livelihood, the tax has been reduced to the minimum, and several counties that have been seriously disturbed by bandits have been exempted from this year's taxes, which also makes Fuzhou have no spare strength, at least this year is not to be done." ”

Li Qing knew that Xu Yunfeng was telling the truth, in order to control Fuzhou, he made waves in several counties of Fuzhou through the mountains, and those counties were indeed dilapidated, and now he has become their master, of course, he can't dry up and fish.

"Can we squeeze it, at least we have to let the people live and work in peace and contentment?" Li Qing asked, "There are dozens of counties in Dingzhou and Fuzhou, and each county should take out a little bit, which should be a lot of money, and the state will think of a way to let the people of these three counties move back first, and be able to tide over this year's difficulties." ”

"Marshal, if you don't consider the war against the barbarians, these can be done, but if you continue to fight against the barbarians this year, then this military expenditure will become a big problem." Lu Yiming said.

"This is absolutely not going to work!" Shang Haibo immediately stood up and said loudly: "The continuous war against the barbarians is our established policy in Dingzhou, if we don't strike while the iron is hot, we will completely defeat and defeat the barbarians, once they are relieved, our previous efforts and sacrifices will be in vain, Lord Lu, I know that the state is in financial difficulties, but no matter how difficult it is, it will definitely not affect this war." Military spending must not be less. ”

Lu Yiming spread his hands, "Shang joined the army, I understand what you said, but now, I really don't have money in my hands, hundreds of thousands of people in the three counties have to be relocated, they have to eat, and the burned houses have to be rebuilt, each of which is a huge expense, and I know very well the important surname of the barbarians, but I can't change the silver." ”

Shang Haibo gritted his teeth and said: "I don't care about these, Lord Lu, you are in charge of internal affairs, you really can't do it, let the people of these three counties grit their teeth and survive this paragraph, I think when we were in Chongxian, didn't we survive like this?" ”

"At this time and at that time, still joined the army, at that time we only had how many people in Chongxian, how many people now, the people take food as the sky, now we have won the war, the people are happy, it is good to say, but after a long time, the people found that they had won the war, but they couldn't even eat, they would ask, what did this war bring them? How do we answer him at that time? ”

"Short-sighted, Lord Lu, we are letting them suffer a little for the time being, but for the sake of the peace of eternity and for the sake of their grandchildren." Shang Haibo gas line tunnel.

Hearing what Shang Haibo said, Lu Yiming couldn't help but get angry, "Lord Shang, what the common people want is to have a full stomach, and what they want is something that can be seen and touched, not your ethereal things." ”

Li Qing saw that the generals of the two generals under his command were glaring angrily, and he had to start doing it, and he also felt a headache, "Okay!" He snapped, "You two, go and do your own thing, silver, I'll figure it out." ”

(To be continued)