Jia Xu said: "Miss Cai is kind-hearted, but you must know that the survival of the country is important, and there must be no kindness of a woman!" Cai Yan's heart was shocked, and he hugged his fists and said, "Thank you, Mr. for teaching!" Jia Xu hurriedly replied: "Actually, you really shouldn't let these conspiracies pollute Miss's state of mind!" The young lady is kind-hearted and knowledgeable, and she is of great help to the lord in internal affairs! It's better for us to do things like this! ”

Cai Yan hurriedly said: "Mr. Wenhe has won the award!" ”

Zhang Lang said with a smile: "Wen He has not won an award at all, Sister Cai Yan is indeed like what Wen He said, she is indeed a good hand at handling government affairs!" ”

Cai Yan saw Zhang Lang say the same, and his heart was happy. blushed slightly, hanging his head.

Zhang Lang pondered: "It's good that Wenhe's construction is good, but the expedition to Guishuang is not a simple matter!" Before making a decision, you have to find out what the situation is going on, and you need someone who knows the geography along the way as a guide. ”

Jia Xu smiled and hugged his fists and said, "I also want to ask the lord to forgive his sins." His subordinates had already sent a message to Zhang Jian without the permission of the lord, asking him to step up the collection of information on Guishuang's side, and in addition, thinking of the candidate, Lord Zhang Jian had already found it. This person's name is Kun Yunu, a Kushan merchant, who has been engaged in the trafficking of goods from the eastern part of Kushan to the western regions for many years, and is very familiar with the geographical situation along the way. ”

Zhang Lang nodded thoughtfully.

Raising his head, he said to Jia Xu: "I can make the cavalry under Pang De's command ready to attack, but I can't act rashly, I must make a decision." Jia Xu clenched his fists and promised.

Zhang Lang said: "This matter will be like this for the time being." After a pause, he glanced at the three of them, "There are two major things that need to be focused on at the moment. The first is to secretly send orders to all counties and counties that the matter must be properly handled in accordance with the requirements of the General's Palace, and if anyone slacks off or even takes the opportunity to enrich his own pockets, he will be severely punished, and the supervision departments in various localities will strengthen supervision; The second thing is to pay for the recruitment and training of casualties and recruits. The first thing is that Wen He immediately sent me an order. Jia Xu clenched his fists and promised, stood up, bowed to Zhang Lang, and left in a hurry.

Zhang Lang looked at Cai Yan and said with a smile: "Sister Cai Yan, there is a big matter to trouble you." Cai Yan stood up with a slight red face, hugged his fists and said, "Big brother, just give orders." ”

Zhang Lang smiled, "At present, the war in the north has ended, but you still have to mobilize and transfer grain and grass for me to raise food and grass for those refugees and displaced people." ”

Cai Yan asked; "Does Big Brother mean to raise money from the people?"

Zhang Lang smiled bitterly: "I can't do it now even if I want to take out the grain from the warehouse!" I can only go to the private sector to collect food. Go and collect money from the merchants and nobles. Glancing at Cai Yan, "This is a difficult task, can you handle it?" Cai Yan hugged his fists and said: "The little sister will live up to the expectations of the eldest brother!" ”

Zhang Lang smiled and nodded. After thinking about it, he said to Chen Gong: "Gongtai, send orders to Luoyang, Xiangyang and Chang'an, and the recruitment and training of recruits must be launched immediately. Then send an order to Yueying, she is fully responsible for the work of compensating the casualties, and the order to all departments, involving the compensation of the casualties, must fully cooperate with Yueying, Yueying's request is my request. Chen Gong clenched his fists in agreement, stood up, bowed to Zhang Lang, and left in a hurry.

Cai Yan hurriedly hugged his fists and said, "Big brother, little sister has also left!" ”

Zhang Lang stood up, walked up to Cai Yan, took her slender hand, and smiled: "Don't worry! Walk with me. Cai Yan's cheeks were red, her heart was pounding, and she lowered her head and didn't dare to look at Zhang Lang.

The two walked out of the hall holding hands and headed out into the backyard. Cai Yan was thinking nonsense in his head, looking absent-minded.

……

Dianchi City in the south.

Zhu Rong was giving orders to the female generals under his command, and the female generals rushed down one after another, and the atmosphere was very tense.

Li Ji, the Taishou of Yizhou County, rushed in and said excitedly: "Queen, good news, great news!" I just received a military intelligence report from Chengdu, and the Xianbei army has retreated! Our army successfully repelled the Xianbei people! Zhu Rong was overjoyed when he heard this, and hurriedly asked, "Has the general returned to the division?" ”

Li Ji shook his head, "No." Although Xianbei Shan Yu retreated, there were still six or seven hundred thousand Xianbei troops along the Yanmen Pass, and the general was still sitting in Lishi City. ”

The joy on Zhu Rong's face disappeared, and he was replaced by a worried look.

A female guard hurriedly rushed in, knelt down and said, "Queen, Meng Huo's army has retreated!" ”

Zhu Rong felt a little surprised, then understood, and muttered: "He must have also learned the news of the cessation of the war in the north, so he suddenly withdrew his troops!" ”

Another female guard rushed in, kneeling down with an official document in her hands and saying, "Lord Fazheng sent someone to deliver an urgent official document. ”

Zhu Rong stepped forward to take the official document, opened it, read it, frowned, and said to the female guard in front of him: "Immediately order Mu Hua's handsome female soldiers to reinforce Chengdu with 10,000." The female guard took the order and ran down. Li Ji asked urgently, "Queen, what's wrong?" Zhu Rong frowned and said: "Zhang Fang's gang of bandits burned and looted around Chengdu, becoming more and more intense, Chengdu's troops are limited, Fa Zheng is worried that Chengdu will lose, so he sent someone to ask me to send reinforcements!" ”

Li Ji said angrily: "Zhang Fang's gang must cut the grass and eradicate the roots, otherwise they will make trouble from time to time, and the loss will be too great!" ”

Zhu Rong nodded, frowned, and said: "But at present, the entire Xichuan and Nanzhong are short of troops, and I hope that the general can transfer some reinforcements over." Li Ji also frowned.

……

Zhang Lang looked at the joint official letter sent by Zhu Rong and Fa Zheng, his brows furrowed, he didn't expect that the situation in Xichuan and Nanzhong was so grim! Meng Huo was eyeing Nanzhong, while Zhang Fang was burning, killing and looting in Xichuan, and several counties in the west and southwest of Chengdu were turned upside down by him! ”

Zhang Lang was annoyed in his heart, "Damn! These bugs are dancing so happily! Put down the official document, frowned, and said, "First of all, we have to sweep away Zhang Fang's gang!" But with the current army in the Xichuan region, it can't do it at all! Reinforcements must be drawn! I'll take care of this myself! ”

Zhang Lang immediately convened the strategists and generals to discuss the matter. Zhang Lang first talked about the situation in Xichuan and Nanzhong, and then said: "I decided to personally conquer Xichuan to deal with this gang of bandits!" General Huang! ”

Huang Zhong immediately came out and hugged his fists and promised: "General! ”

"You immediately lead the hussar corps to aid Xichuan, and beat Zhang Fang's arrogance to me first."

Huang Zhong showed excitement, "No." "Returned to the queue.

Zhang Lang looked at Chen Gong, "Gongtai is in charge of northern defense, and he can make decisions on the spot." Chen Gong came out and hugged his fists and promised.

Zhang Lang glanced at the generals, "All generals must obey the orders of the public station and work together to defend the northern defense line!" ”

The generals clenched their fists and promised.