Shang Zhongli stroked his beard and said: "Canglan, in your opinion, what are these two countries fighting each other?" ”

Yun Canglan pondered for a moment before he said, "National strength!" ”

Shang Zhongli showed appreciation in his eyes, and said with a smile: "Yes, the two countries are fighting each other, and the fierce generals and elite soldiers are not the main thing, and strategy and tactics are not the first, what really matters is the national strength." Speaking of national strength, in the end, it is a country's money and food, and without money and food, no matter how capable the main general is, and the soldiers are not hungry, they will not be able to win the war. ”

Yun Canglan nodded slightly, and said, "Over the years, the Holy Lord has sealed a large amount of land over the queen's family, and the treasury has to collect two or three percent less tax silver every year...... Local officials are corrupt, and the northeast has been affected by disasters this year, and the crops in Gaoyang, Zhongshan, and Yangping counties are growing very badly, and I am afraid that the autumn harvest is about to be ......! At this point, he seemed to understand something, and his eyes lit up.

Shang Zhongli obviously saw that Yun Canglan understood something, and said with a smile: "You kid, you are still very perceptive. ”

"The Holy General is going to set up a formation on the front line of Longshan to block the Wei army, in order to ...... Wheat harvested in the coming fall? Yun Canglan suddenly realized.

Shang Zhongli nodded and said: "Although the old man has put pressure on the household department and squeezed out a lot of money and grain to send to Nanyang County, but ...... The Wei army will not easily retreat from this attack. As you said, they are in full swing, and in the initial stage of our army, we must not directly confront them, so the old man has already asked people to build fortifications on the front line of Longshan. ”

Yun Canglan sighed: "The Holy General is wise. A few months ago, the Holy General requested that a large number of people be sent from the Ministry of Works to Nanyang County, and we thought that it was to strengthen the fortifications of Nanyang Pass and Wancheng...... It turns out that the Holy General has long been ready to set up a second line of defense......! ”

Shang Zhongli said with a smile: "After Longshan, there is the Nanyang Plain of Pingchuan, and the autumn harvest season is coming...... Nanyang County is the most fertile county in my Daqing, and it is also the largest granary in my Daqing. The old man has already ordered the household department to calculate, if all the grain and wheat in Nanyang County are collected, there are still millions of stone grains, which is enough to support the ...... needed by the military and civilians of Wancheng for a year or two! ”

Yun Canglan was puzzled: "The Holy General, the soldiers and civilians of Nanyang County, add up to millions...... How can that food be enough? ”

Shang Zhongli waved his hand and said, "Migration." ”

"Migrating?" Yun Canglan was taken aback.

"This time, the old man wants to compete with the Wei army in Nanyang County, and Nanyang County is the main battlefield of this battle!" Shang Zhongli sighed: "The sword and soldiers fight each other, and the people of Li will be harmed...... The old man has asked the Holy Lord's will, and has begun to temporarily relocate the people of Nanyang County to neighboring states and counties, and the grain collected by Nanyang County will not be collected into the national treasury, but will be included in the military rations...... As for those who moved, the local state and county and the imperial court provided food ......! ”

Yun Canglan frowned and said: "Holy General, the largest granary in my Daqing is Nanyang County, although the neighboring states and counties produce grain, but they are mainly silkworm farmers, and the grain harvest is limited, just enough for the population of the county to eat...... How can they bear this sudden increase or decrease of millions of mouths to eat? ”

Shang Zhongli closed his eyes and didn't speak for a while, and after a long time, he said calmly: "This is a time of war, and it is impossible to want everyone to live well." ”

Yun Canglan's heart was cold for a while.

In his mind, a tragic picture has been displayed, countless people of Nanyang County, dragging their families and migrating to neighboring states and counties, and the migration of a large number of people in a short period of time will inevitably breed countless tragic things.

Even in neighboring states and counties, these people can only be disaster victims.

Since the Qingguo side learned that the Wei State intended to attack the Qingguo, Shang Zhongli had already begun to prepare for the countermeasures, in addition to further strengthening the fortifications of Nanyang Pass and Wancheng, the most important thing was to ask the household department to prepare strategic materials, in addition to weapons and equipment, the most important thing was grain and grass.

Shang Zhongli's power in Qingguo is naturally not under Qinghou, not to mention that it is related to the survival of Qingguo, and the household department is naturally stepping up the dispatch of grain and grass to Nanyang Pass and Wancheng.

Wuping and Wuguan counties were not grain-producing prefectures and counties, but in order to supply the military rations at the front, they could only draw grain from the already small grain and grass to the front and transport it to the front.

If an official does not cooperate, as long as Shang Zhongli says a word in front of Emperor Qing, it is light to lose his official position and remove him.

At this time, the sudden influx of migrants from Nanyang County will inevitably greatly increase the burden on the two counties, and at that time there will be more porridge and less, and Yun Canglan can predict that there will be countless people dying of hunger at that time.

Shang Zhongli nominally moved the people to avoid being trampled on by the Wei army's iron cavalry, but the fundamental purpose was to move away countless mouths that consumed grain and grass, so as to free up a large amount of grain and grass and give the Qing army logistical support, so as to have enough confidence to compete with the Wei army on the chessboard in Nanyang County.

Yun Canglan naturally didn't think that Shang Zhongli was wrong to do this.

Shang Zhongli is in this hand, it is to clear the wilderness, and he is ready to fight to the death with the Wei army, and from a certain point of view, once the people stay in Nanyang County, they will not only be trampled by the Wei army's iron cavalry, but also more likely to hinder the Qing army's desperate fight.

"The Wei army is known as an army of 400,000 to attack Qing, but the army that can be fought is only more than 100,000." Shang Zhongli's expression began to become solemn: "There are 80,000 cavalry, 50,000 infantry, and the strength is about 130,000. But these 130,000 people are the powerful army that Wei has accumulated over the years, and they are going head-to-head...... It's hard for me to resist the Qing army! ”

Yun Canglan bowed slightly.

He knew very well that Shang Zhongli would only say these words to him.

Although Qingguo has a peerless famous general like Shang Zhongli, but the overall atmosphere of the entire Qingguo is to emphasize literature and light on military force, although Shang Zhongli has never slackened the training of Qingjun, but he is flesh and blood after all, his energy is limited, and he has to face the conspiracy of the party after the middle of the DPRK, and he is above the army, and he can not put all his energy into it.

Because of this, Qingren, who already advocates literature and Taoism, is quite weak in combat effectiveness.

Wei is still martial and light on literature, warriors have a very high status, and from top to bottom, martial arts practice has become a fashion, the states and counties often organize martial arts conferences, from which to recruit brave warriors into the army to serve, and the soldiers of Wei State, Yu Lu is also extremely high.

As a result, the men of the Wei State began to practice martial arts from a young age, and from the county government to the small villages and towns, there would be special organizations to train the men of the Wei State for physical exercise and combat training.

Men in the Wei Kingdom, starting from the age of four or five, have to start morning exercises to strengthen their physique.

Although the people of such a martial country are economically weak, their combat effectiveness is terrifying.

The Three Kingdoms of the Central Plains, when it comes to individual combat ability, the Wei people are undoubtedly the first, the Yan people, and the Qing people of Shangwen are the weakest.

"The Wei army is mainly cavalry, and its favorite thing is to fight on the plains." Shang Zhongli stroked his beard and said: "And Nanyang County is just a plain area, but it is also an indispensable place for my Qingguo. In addition to Nanyang Pass, fortunately, there is also Longshan Mountain, the cavalry is not suitable for mountain combat, the old man is to set up a formation in Longshan, block the Wei iron cavalry, rub their sharpness, and buy time, let the people of Nanyang County migrate, but also to seize the time to put away the grain wheat in the field and hoard it in Wancheng ......! He smiled coldly: "Sima Qingtian fought on the plain, no one was invincible, even the old man did not dare to compete with him, but when it came to attacking the city, he was not as good as the old man, and when it came to defending the city, he was even worse than the old man." He clenched his fists and said solemnly: "Although the old man is a person who is about to step into the coffin with one foot, but this battle, the old man ...... It is necessary to block him in Nanyang County, so that he cannot move forward half a step! His voice was full of determination and confidence.

Yun Canglan was silent for a while, and finally got up and said, "The Holy General came here tonight to change students, but I was worried about ...... Going to the capital? ”

Shang Zhongli smiled and motioned for Yun Canglan to sit down, and when Yun Canglan sat down, Shang Zhongli's old face showed an extremely serious expression, and he said softly: "Canglan, you can see the situation of my Daqing court clearly." The old man went to the front line this time, and he was not sure if he would be able to come back...... The Wei army is coming, Sima Qingtian is cunning, and the old man can only focus his energy on the front line, and the old man has no energy to ask about the things in the future! ”

Yun Canglan heard Shang Zhongli say this, and knew that the things he wanted to explain today must be extraordinary, so he immediately sat solemnly and listened carefully.

"Since the founding of Daqing, our business has been loyal to the royal family for generations, and it has been blessed with the grace of the emperors of the past dynasties and enjoyed unprecedented treatment." Shang Zhongli sat upright and said: "In this battle, the old man will swear to serve the saint and serve me Daqing, as long as the old man has a breath, he will block the wolf ambition of the Wei people." Speaking of this, Shang Zhongli's expression darkened, staring at Yun Canglan's eyes, and said in a low voice: "But...... There are traitors in the court, although the old man has the heart to get rid of the traitor, but he ......! Speaking of this, Shang Zhongli let out a long sigh and sighed infinitely.

Yun Canglan seemed to guess something, and a strange light crossed his eyes.

"Eight years ago, the old man took you as an apprentice and taught you martial arts and the art of war, just because he saw that you were intelligent, calm and temperamental, and you were a material that could be made." Shang Zhongli said slowly: "Over the years, the old man has been busy with military affairs, and he has not had much time to teach, so he has not been able to teach you too many martial arts, which is a pity for the old man...... It's just that you are gifted, very high in understanding, although the old man does not teach much, but you are also a first-class young talent in my Qingguo, if God can give the old man another five years, you will be able to get the essence of the old man, become a generation of heroes...... It's a pity that I haven't given it to the old man for so long. ”

Yun Canglan stood up and said respectfully: "Every word taught by the teacher is the essence of the words, Canglan has always remembered it in his heart, and he dare not forget it in the slightest!" ”

Shang Zhongli bowed slightly, and continued: "You also know that before the old man accepted you as an apprentice, you were just on an errand in the purple guard, but after you entered, the old man let you enter the Shangjing garrison camp...... At first, the old man just wanted to train you in the garrison camp, after all, talents are rare, if you cultivate them carefully, you may be able to become the pillar of my Daqing military. In those years, you really didn't disappoint the old man, he studied the military books diligently, studied martial arts hard, and the old man saw it in his eyes! ”

"The student just thinks that thanks to the teacher's acceptance, the student will not be able to tarnish the teacher's prestige." Yun Canglan looked at Shang Zhongli, his eyes full of emotion.

Shang Zhongli just stared at Yun Canglan's eyes, and said slowly: "The old man might as well tell you directly, in those years, one was to test your ability, and the other was to test your temperament, you ...... Didn't disappoint the old man! ”

Yun Canglan did not sit down at this time, but bowed down and stood in front of Shang Zhongli, a famous general.

"The old man is bent on training you to become a fierce general in the army, but since five years ago, the old man's plan has changed." Shang Zhongli's voice was low: "The old man helped you to ascend to the post of chief envoy of the Shangjing garrison battalion, and ordered you to seize the control of the garrison battalion, you have done a very good job...... ”

At this time, the corners of Yun Canglan's eyes jumped.

"Canglan, the old man is going to leave Beijing tomorrow night at the latest, before leaving, there is a big thing to entrust you, I wonder if you are willing to share the worries of the old man?" Shang Zhongli's eyes sharpened, at this moment, the temperament of being a famous general suddenly emanated on the old man's body, that was boldness, that was mighty, that was tough, that was domineering!

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