Xia Zisu has a strong personality, but she doesn't have so many scruples. Hearing that Yan Hong asked them to leave, he immediately said: "Yan Qincha is saying this, since our Loyalty and Righteousness Alliance is in Jinan, how can we see the arrogance of the White Lotus Yu Party, and we should work together with all the elders to break the party and protect Jinan." ”

Yan Hong laughed secretly in his heart, this plan to capture and indulge in the past is really good. He deliberately wondered: "If you heroes are willing to help, it will naturally be a thousand good." However, after the siege of the city by the Tartars and bandits, everything in the city was carried out by military orders and military law. All of you heroes are famous heroes on the rivers and lakes, how can you be wronged by my orders? Shao Daxia, how do you respect? ”

Shao Jing faced his sister-in-law actively betraying again, but he was not in a hurry, and said: "Yan Qincha commanded Ruoding last night and broke the White Lotus Sect bandits, and since we and the Loyal Alliance are determined to contribute to the imperial court, we should help to protect Jinan." The orders of the army are naturally obeyed. ”

Yan Hong was overjoyed when he saw Shao Jing agreeing to stay and help. Shao Jing said again: "However, what General He Bingzhong said about not easy to defend the city also has some truth. There's a plan here. If it works, even if there are really 400,000 people from his White Lotus Sect, my Jinan City will be as stable as Mount Tai! ”

Yan Hong was overjoyed and said, "So, Shao Daxia, please speak." ”

Shao Jing stretched out two fingers and said eloquently: "The biggest danger at present is that Jinan City has few soldiers and is not enough, if the White Lotus Sect is besieged by a large number of thieves from all sides, it is indeed difficult to defend. However, there are hundreds of thousands of hungry people in the city now, not to mention that the people of Shandong are all good at martial arts. Last night's battle, tens of thousands of righteous people gathered. So that the White Lotus Sect thousands of rebels were all annihilated. Hence it. As long as Yan Qincha shows his banner. Recruiting soldiers on the spot, even if it is 100,000 volunteers, can be raised. If there are 100,000 people who bravely defend the city, then even if the White Lotus Sect really comes to 400,000, what is there to fear! ”

When everyone in the audience heard this, they nodded one after another, secretly admiring Shao Jing's cleverness. Last night's scene showed that the people had a bright heart, as long as they were encouraged. It is indeed a force that can be borrowed. What's more, what can the average hungry person ask for? It's nothing more than food and clothing. Now there are hundreds of thousands of stone grain offered by the four major families in the city, and today I searched Wang Xuan's house, and I heard that he got hundreds of thousands of stones, as well as a large amount of silver. If troops are recruited on the spot, the problem of troop strength will naturally be solved at that time.

When Na Yun first heard this, he was even more excited, and said loudly: "Master Qincha, last night Yun took tens of thousands of disaster victims to kill the rebel party. This group has been hungry for a long time. He didn't have much strength, but he did listen to the command. As seen by the clouds. First selected 500 people from tens of thousands of people, Yun tried to compile and practice for two days, so that they could understand a little about the method of advancing and retreating, the rules of drums, trumpets and flags, and then let these 500 people teach tens of thousands of people, and everything was successful. As for the method of battle formation, it was not the work of the moon, but fortunately, as long as the city was defended, there was no need to pay so much attention. There is another one, if the enemy army comes quickly, the current disaster team can be divided into four parts, one at a time to go to the city to assist in defense, one to train, one to rest, one to integrate, so that the cycle can be used in a few days, and the battle and training will become a useful soldier. ”

Zhang Qingyan also said: "If you recruit troops from this city, the battle situation will be much better." The Mongols were all fast-horse cavalry, and it would be very convenient for them to abandon the infantry. We also have to prevent him from feinting to attack Jinan and Shiluo Border County. The Shanghe reinforcements were destroyed, and Jiyang was burned and plundered, which is an example. Although there are many soldiers and horses in Shandong Province, if the officers and soldiers from all over the country come to aid Jinan in batches, they are intercepted and killed by the Mongols halfway, and each of them is broken, but it will increase the enemy's morale. He also asked them to send letters everywhere and order them to strictly guard the defensive ground, not to leave privately, and not to send troops to help. Jinan Zhongwei, who was ordered to suppress bandits outside, was also not allowed to return to help, otherwise they would be destroyed if they encountered the enemy in the wild. In addition, the two places of Dezhou and Linqing are particularly important, these two cities have a large amount of accumulated grain, and they are the throat of the Yellow River. Although the two original guards should not be weak, please also ask the Qin to write and be more vigilant. ”

Hai Rui nodded, "That's exactly how it should be." The official then wrote a letter and ordered that troops should not be sent everywhere. For the matter of local recruitment, Mr. Yun Chuqi was asked to work hard, and Zhang County ordered to cooperate. As long as tens of thousands of volunteers are raised, it is enough to defend themselves. ”

Qin Delu also nodded and said: "General Wei and I, it is our duty to defend the city to the death, but this less than 10,000 soldiers and horses are really afraid that they will not be able to stop hundreds of thousands of White Lotus Sect bandits." If you can recruit 100,000 volunteers to help, the certainty of defending the city will be even greater. ”

Yan Hong was relieved to see that everyone said this. was about to speak, but Zhang Cheng, who was sitting behind him, secretly kicked him. Yan Hong glanced at him in surprise, only to see Zhang Cheng quietly squeezing his eyes, got up and went out the door, muttering: "Lord Hai, no matter how good you are, how can you beat people casually?" A lieutenant in our family, I don't care about you anymore, anyway, you all have ideas, can't we go? ”

Yan Hong was also clever, and secretly praised Zhang Cheng for having an idea, so he immediately got up and pretended to stay: "Hey, old man Zhang, why bother." The big things here can't be discussed without you, the deputy envoy of the Imperial Mission! As he spoke, he followed Zhang Cheng out of the door.

The two turned a corner, stopped at the foot of the wall, and Zhang Cheng said with a straight face: "Master Yan, our family doesn't understand this war." But you have to know that you can't make the emperor feel at ease in everything. You recruited 180,000 soldiers and horses among the common people without authorization, and this matter will reach the ears of Grandpa Banzai, I'm afraid I don't like it. ”

Yan Hong heard Zhang Cheng mention this, and suddenly woke up. After all, he was born in the Prime Minister's Mansion, although he ran a business before the possession and did not participate in the struggle of the imperial court, but in the past two years, his grandfather Yan Song has also mentioned a thing or two to him from time to time. Therefore, Yan Hong's understanding of things in the officialdom is different from that of the heroes of the rivers and lakes, local officials or ordinary military attachés sitting there.

Yan Hong naturally knew that the imperial court had always regarded collusion between internal and external officials, and collusion between civil officials and generals, as a beast of prey. After getting touched, if you are attacked by the enemy party again, you will be dead or alive if you don't get it right. At the beginning, Xia Yan was killed by his grandfather and father, and one of the charges was collusion with Zeng Milling Wenwu. This is still a matter of the minister's interaction with the general.

And at the moment, he is ordered to give relief, picket hundreds of officials, and recruit An Xiangma, but he has no right to recruit soldiers. does not have the right to recruit troops, but recruits tens of thousands of troops without authorization, this matter is said to be a matter of urgency, and there may be no. But to put it mildly...... Yan Hong couldn't help but have a drop of cold sweat on his head.

However, at present, Jinan is indeed in danger, if you don't recruit volunteers, can you do it? Yan Hong pondered and compared it again. Even from the worst point of view, it is nothing more than the loss of Jinan. With a group of ruthless guards such as Liang Rufei by his side, he can probably escape, and he will not be held accountable for losing the city. On the other hand, if you recruit soldiers and horses among the victims of the disaster, and fall into the charge of buying the hearts and minds of the people and having bad intentions, it will be a cause of endless trouble.

Thinking of this, Yan Hong couldn't help but admire Zhang Cheng, this little eunuch who was less than twenty years old, saw the problem so thoroughly, and his sense of smell was very much inferior to him! Immediately, he hurriedly said: "Mr. Xie Zhang reminded." Then he hurried back to the chamber.

The eyes of the people in the hall all looked at Yan Hong. Yan Hong coughed and said unhurriedly: "Everyone, Shao Daxia and Brother Yun have good ideas, but in the opinion of this official, this soldier can not be recruited first." ”

Everyone was amazed. Yan Hong coughed again, and said with a solemn face: "Everyone, please think about it, ordinary people don't practice marching, and they don't have time to train after being recruited, so what is the difference between letting them fight like this and letting them go to death?" Although Brother Yun Chuqi is good at training, even if they know the method of dividing and attacking together, and use their bodies to block the rebels' swords, they still can't bear it! As officials of the imperial court, we are supposed to benefit the people, so how can we let the people do this thing of sending them to death? Last night's incident was considered an emergency, and the White Lotus Sect bandits had already issued weapons to the people, and Brother Yun led them to fight back. Now this city is guarded, but it is better not to bother the people. He was so anxious that he had no choice but to take care of the people as a shield. It is expected that Hai Rui's person will never sit back and watch the people die.

Sure enough, when Hai Rui heard Yan Hong's words, he was greatly surprised, and nodded: "Yan Qianhu is still thoughtful, but the official is careless." Yes, as an official of the imperial court, I should be a national death festival, but I can't let the people die in front of me. Let's stop this recruitment. ”

Seeing that the chief and deputy ministers had expressed their positions, Yun Chuqi didn't say anything although his face was a little regretful. However, Qin Delu and Licheng County Ling Zhang Jingzhai and others looked at each other. They belong to the local civil and military officials, and they have the responsibility of defending the land, and others can run, but they can't. As soon as he heard that Yan Hong was not allowed to recruit soldiers, the danger increased a few points, and he was suddenly gloomy.

However, I heard that Qin was not leaving, and he had to defend the city, which was somewhat relieved. After all, Qin Cha is in charge, which can greatly increase the morale of the people, and at least the hundreds of elite soldiers such as Jingying and Jinyiwei are also left. Besides, Yan Ge's grandson is in Jinan Mansion, so presumably the imperial court will send reinforcements in time.

At that moment, Zhang Jingzhai made a big salute to Yan Hong and said: "Qincha's words are reasonable, Yan Qincha has the common people in his heart, and thinks about the people, it is really the blessing of all the people, please accept the bows of the lower officials." Yan Hong stretched out his hand and said, "Where this responsibility lies, Da Yin praises it." ”

Shao Jing saw that his idea was rejected, but he was not angry, and said: "In the rivers and lakes for a long time, it is not as thorough as a few people, thanks to Yan Qincha's thoughtfulness, otherwise I would have been tired of the fathers and elders of this city." It's just that now, the city has a small army, but how to defend it? ”

Yan Hong said with a smile: "Shao Daxia is polite, everyone brainstorms, and the comprehensive strategy is not to rely on one person's wisdom to build the world, but to plan together." Shao Daxia's idea is actually quite good. According to my thoughts, there are currently nearly 3,000 Fubiao in the city, 2,000 guards, nearly 1,000 people from the green forest brought by my father-in-law, more than 300 people from the Jingying and Jinyi guards, plus the rest of the scattered soldiers and horses, about seven or eight thousand, although not too many, but not too little. We claim to have 100,000 troops to the outside world, which is enough to scare those white lotus thieves to death. As for these many people, it is not good to use them as soldiers to kill the enemy, but they can help to transport ordnance, build barriers, and care for the wounded, and count them as local requisitioned people, and give them more rice and grain, and settle their wages by the day, and they will not be unkind to them. In this way, although there are not many troops, there are people to support the rear as soon as they need to, and the original auxiliary troops can also be liberated to go into battle. Besides, the country is blocked, and the court's rescue is coming soon, so what are we worried about? (To be continued......)