Since he knew that the two fires in Jixian County were from Li Yan's scheme, Gongsun Ji hated Li Yan in his heart, and when he seized an opportunity, he immediately attacked.

The question raised by Gongsun Ji in public was not superficial, on the contrary, it was very tricky, and immediately attracted everyone's echo.

"Jixian County is the foundation of Youzhou, how can it be defended without soldiers?"

"This plan is definitely not feasible, it is better to find another strategy!"

Li Yan looked at Gongsun Ji, who was sitting opposite, looking righteous and awe-inspiring, and felt a little funny in his heart, he probably understood why this person was so faceless, but he didn't intend to back down in the slightest. Those who dare to calculate the eldest prince behind their backs will always be eliminated sooner or later, but it is only a matter of time.

Seeing that everyone was criticizing Li Yan, Liu He was not in a hurry to relieve him. Although I don't know how Li Yan will answer, Liu He believes that Gongsun Ji is not an opponent, so he sits there and is silent, thinking about how to solve this problem if he and Li Yan are reversed at this time.

Now with the help of Li Yan and Zhao Yun, Liu He is a lot easier, but he has not relaxed his training and improvement, and is secretly forcing himself to think and use his brain, hoping to make progress in strategy.

Liu He doesn't want to be the kind of "brain-dead second ancestor" who will only bully people, because he knows very well that his own "potential" is too thin and weak, and it is okay to pretend to be a big-tailed wolf once in a while, but if he has no self-knowledge, he always regards the borrowed "potential" as his own, that is not far from death.

After everyone's criticism and criticism gradually subsided, Li Yan spoke again: "The question raised by Gongsun Fang cannot be ignored. However, Yan had already calculated carefully, and felt that as long as he planned properly, it was possible to assign a part of the soldiers and horses from Jixian County to be responsible for escorting grain and grass, and as long as the number of soldiers left behind in Jixian County remained at 4,000, there would be no danger. ”

Liu He was worried that Gongsun Ji would make another remark to stir up the situation, so he immediately said: "Let's talk about it, how to plan to ensure the safety of Jixian County and send grain and grass to the front line." ”

Liu He made it clear that he would maintain Li Yan's attitude, and it would be difficult for others to interject and interrupt at this time.

Li Yan said unhurriedly: "If you go back to Gongzi, we can first send a team of soldiers to escort the first batch of grain and grass transported from Jixian County directly to Macheng, and this soldier and horse needs about a thousand people." At the same time, two teams of about 2,000 men were sent to the southern and western counties of Jixian to collect and escort the grain, and when the first batch of grain transport teams arrived at Zhuolu, the grain collected by the second team could be gathered in the Guangyang area. When the second batch of grain escort teams arrived in Canshui, we sent the last team from Jixian County to the northern counties to transport grain and continue to send it to Canshui. ”

"Because several groups of teams sent out before and after are all operating within a radius of less than 100 miles from Jixian County, not only can they quickly rush back to Jixian County for reinforcements, but these troops are scattered outside, which is the best warning and buffer for Jixian in itself! In Yan's opinion, as long as there are about 4,000 soldiers in Jixian County, they will not wait for the enemy to attack the city, and the scattered team will rush to the back of the attacking enemy and launch an attack! ”

Li Yan's two-step grain transportation strategy does not sound very complicated, it is nothing more than using the existing forces of Jixian County, dividing them into several batches of actions, and striving for a time difference, so as to ensure the safety of Jixian County and successfully complete the task.

Zhao Gai, Xian Yufu, Xian Yuyin and others fully understood Li Yan's plan, and nodded their heads in agreement.

Zhao Gai said: "Li Zhen is really outstanding, this plan is very feasible!" ”

Xian Yufu said: "Although the number of the three thousand cavalry in Jixian County is small, they are capable of being dispersed to various places to urge grain and escort, and they will definitely not make mistakes!" ”

Xian Yuyin said: "If you start to strengthen the city wall now and prepare the ordnance and materials needed to defend the city, even if there are only 4,000 infantry left in Jixian County, it will not be difficult to hold on for half a month to a month." ”

Zhao Yun, who had not spoken, also said: "This plan is not risky, if you arrange competent people to lead a team of food escorts, you will have a greater grasp." ”

Liu He didn't express his position immediately, but looked at Gongsun Ji with a "modest" face, and said: "Gongsun Ji, now do you think Li Ji's plan is feasible?" ”

Gongsun Ji saw that several other people in the hall had the right to speak to express their support for Li Yan's suggestion, and Liu He was Li Yan's master, so it was no longer good to oppose it stubbornly, so he had to say stupidly: "Since you all think it is so feasible, there is nothing more to say." It's just that if something goes wrong in the future, Master Taifu will blame it, don't shirk the responsibility! ”

Liu He said: "Okay, since everyone has reached a consensus, I ask Li to immediately draft a detailed action plan. Next, let's discuss who is responsible for escorting grain out of the city. ”

Xian Yuyin preemptively said: "The task of transporting grain and grass to Macheng in the first batch is urgent and significant, and it is necessary to send competent people to be responsible. ”

As soon as Gongsun Ji heard this, his scalp suddenly went numb, and he hurriedly waved his hand and said: "Ji is a shallow learner, so he can't be praised so much by Zhao Beijia." The task of delivering the first batch of grain is arduous, and it is better to appoint young and brave generals to go! ”

Although I don't understand why Xian Yuyin jumped out to recommend himself, Gongsun Ji vaguely felt that it was not a good thing to go to Macheng, so he tried his best to excuse himself and wanted to push off this drudgery.

"Why is Gongsun so humble? Jun is engaged in Youzhou Gongcao, in charge of the merit of a state election agency, now that Lord Taifu is on the front line to resist the enemy, the soldiers will sooner or later fight with the Xianbei thieves, and when the time comes, the rewards and punishments must be approved by the adults, if you are not on the front line, wouldn't it make tens of thousands of soldiers who defend the land cold? Zhao Cai looked at Gongsun Ji with a smile, but the words he said were heart-wrenching, which was overwhelming.

As Zhao Gai said, Gongsun Ji, as a meritorious cao in the state, is mainly responsible for recording the merits and demerits of officials in the state, and selecting and promoting meritorious talents with outstanding performance. Now that the army is stationed on the front line and facing the battle with the Xianbei people, if there is no one on the battlefield who is responsible for recording the merits, won't it make the army feel that it is the same as not doing it?

Liu He didn't want Gongsun Ji to continue to stay in Jixian County, and saw that everyone seemed to be interested in breaking him away, so he said: "Gongsun doesn't want to shirk his job, you need to pick up this heavy burden in a reasonable way, and I will send another capable general to assist you to ensure that there will be no problems with the first batch of grain and grass that arrives in Macheng." ”

Gongsun Ji looked left and right, and found that everyone's faces were full of "Who is going if you don't go?" With such a strong expression, he had no choice but to bite the bullet and said: "Since the eldest prince and your colleagues trust me so much, I will be responsible for escorting the first batch of military grain and grass to Macheng." ”

At this time, it is impossible for Gongsun Ji to resign and oppose it, unless he picks his son in public and resigns from Youzhou to take up this position.

If that were the case, I guess there would be a lot of people in the chamber who would be happy to see it.

The first person responsible for escorting grain and grass was decided, and then Liu He and everyone discussed it and assigned tasks to Xian Yufu, Xian Yuyin, and Zhao Yun respectively, of which Xian Yufu was mainly responsible for the grain escort task in several counties in the north of Jicheng, Xian Yuyin was responsible for the grain escort task in the western counties of Jicheng, and Zhao Yun was responsible for the grain escort task in several counties in the south of Jicheng.

There are two counties of Changping and Jundu in the north of Jicheng, and then to the north is the Juyong Pass where the terrain is dangerous, out of the Juyong Pass will enter the Juyong County where the Wuhuan people inhabit and live, and the more the team urging grain to escort the team to the north, the more vulnerable it is to be attacked, so the task is the heaviest, and it is more appropriate to be personally responsible for the cavalry captain Xian Yufu.

The main grain-producing counties in the west of Jicheng are Guangyang, Liangxiang and Zhuoxian, these places have always been under the jurisdiction of Liu Yu, and have not been touched by Gongsun Zhan's power, so Xian Yuyin is responsible for urging grain and escorting, although the number of grain and grass is the largest, but the difficulty of the task is not too big.

There are counties such as Anci and Fangcheng in the south of Jicheng, and the location is relatively sensitive, and it is close to the scope of Gongsun Zhan's control, and Zhao Yun, who used to work in front of Gongsun Zhan's tent, is responsible for urging grain and escorting, which is more convenient to deal with some sudden and unexpected things.

With Zhao Yun's skills, Liu He actually wanted to send him to Macheng and serve as a pioneer directly in front of his father's account, but considering that Zhao Yun had just arrived, his qualifications were still shallow, and he lacked prestige, so he had to overdo it, and let him start with the ordinary task of transporting grain.

Li Yan is now equivalent to the "office director" of the state pastoral government, and Liu He can't do without him in big and small things, so naturally he will not send Lu to carry out tasks like Zhao Yun. Although Li Yan was a scribe, he was not ignorant of marching and fighting, on the contrary, he was enough to be a teacher for Liu He in many ways. After the rest of the people left separately, Li Yan was in charge of the defense of Jixian County, and he was also competent.

In addition to determining the action plan and personnel for transporting grain and grass, there are also some other affairs in the prefecture that also need to be arranged and arranged, such as urgently requisitioning a number of horse-drawn carts and ox carts from various localities as means of transportation, requisitioning and sending a number of people from various counties to build and fortify cities, and purchasing grain from Jizhou and Liaodong......

But these things are no longer the key and focus, Liu He has no intention of grabbing power with Zhao Cai, so he does not intervene in the specific affairs of the latter, just sits there and listens carefully, and nods in agreement from time to time, which makes Zhao Caihe and some officials in charge of specific affairs feel quite satisfied.

Although Liu He's identity is noble, if he has to point fingers at everything, it will not only make the state officials feel constrained, but also easily lead to people being superficial and unclear about their rights and responsibilities.

For a competent superior, there are actually only two things that need to be done well.

The first thing to do is to set a clear goal for your subordinates. This goal must be specific and feasible, and with such a goal to guide everyone ahead, you will not make mistakes in the route and direction.

The second thing is to make good use of the people under him. People are the foundation and key to doing anything, some people are suitable for planning but not good at doing it themselves, some people are suitable for charging ahead but are not good at summarizing and inducting, some people are good at keeping ahead, some people are good at enterprising, some people like adventure and excitement, and some people like stability and order...... There is no absolute difference between these subordinates with different characteristics and personalities, but it just depends on whether what they do belongs to the field they are best at.

After an hour, the things that needed to be discussed and decided had already reached a result, so the first meeting that Liu He participated in was over, and the effect seemed to be very good.