However, Xiao Mohan's side is not much better, after all, he killed a thousand enemies and lost eight hundred, those beasts are not so easy to deal with, and his soldiers have also suffered a lot of casualties.

Xiao Mohan was also slightly injured, he was bitten in the arm by a wolf, and there was a little blood, which had been bandaged, and it looked fine.

But even so, Yueji didn't throw Dongyang City behind, everyone knew that if Dongyang City was taken, the capital of the Central Kingdom would be at your fingertips, so even after a fierce battle, Yueji still held on to it, without the slightest intention of giving way.

"General, this Dongyang City is easy to defend and difficult to attack, and it is even more mountainous, our soldiers have been injured a lot by those beasts, if we continue to attack the city, I am afraid the gains will outweigh the losses."

Yu Feng checked the situation outside, and then came in to report to Xiao Mo Hanyu, now both sides are sleepy and tired, and they have suffered heavy losses, and the fight is who can hold out to the end.

"This matter is not urgent, Dongyang City is not like these small cities, the defense is empty, and it is easy to capture, since Yueji is not leaving, it means that she has a chip in her hand, let's take it slowly and take that city little by little."

Xiao Mohan had the topographic map of Dongyang City in front of him, and he had studied this topographic map back and forth dozens of times, so he knew what was in Dongyang City, and he was more familiar with it than anyone else.

"This is naturally good, but if the central country pours out the strength of the whole country, we also need reinforcements, this way down, our people have been losing, but there has been no supply, if it continues like this, I'm afraid we can't support it."

Yu Feng thought about it in his heart, looking a little distressed, although Xiao Mohan has always been invincible, but now after all, he wants to capture a country, not just a city, so not only grain and grass, this manpower cannot be less.

"This matter is being arranged by Shao Huaigu, and when the soldiers and horses are gathered, they will be asked to come to support."

Xiao Mohan had also thought of this a long time ago, so it was arranged early in the morning, and as soon as Shao Huaigu received his news, he set out to do it and recruit troops up and down Xiao State.

Although the little emperor is too lazy to fight, he has always had the intention of negotiating peace, but he was firmly pressed down by Shao Huaigu, this back and forth, the little emperor has no choice but to do it by Shao Huaigu, as long as Shao Huaigu does not rebel, everything is easy to say.

Jiang Sheng has been serving the little emperor in the palace, and under his diagnosis and treatment, the little emperor's body quickly improved, but the affairs of the court are still in the hands of Shao Huaigu, who specially selected a few scholars in the court as the little emperor's master to teach the little emperor how to govern the country.

In Shao Huaigu's opinion, the little emperor is still young, and it is the time to learn things, so the little emperor doesn't have the ability to deal with these things at the moment, so it's better to let him learn more first, and then let him take charge of himself when he really matures.

It's just that the country of Xiao is in a depression at the moment, even if the imperial court recruits troops on a large scale, there are still few people who join the army, and the number of people is still not enough, so Shao Huaigu was ruthless, so he sent someone to force it.

Those ordinary people in the people, as long as there are adult men in the family, at least one of them can join the army, no one can be exempted, except for ordinary people, the same is true of the court ministers, as long as there are adult men in the family, they have to go to the army to fight.

In this way, it makes those ministers miserable, everyone knows how dangerous it is to fight, and if they are not careful, they will not be able to come back, their sons and brothers are their relatives, so how can they give up?

But in order not to arouse the anger of the people, Shao Huaigu can only do this, let the ministers in the court take the lead, let his sons and brothers join the army, and let the people see it, and the people will not have too many complaints after these few times.

Everyone in the world says that it is good to be an official, eat the court's money, and be a prestige and blessing, and loot the people's oil and water, no matter where they go, they are above ten thousand people under one person, but now this seems to be reversed, and the ministers of the court want to resign and go home one by one, but they envy those ordinary people.

In the past, when Ouyang Kun was here, as long as they could curry favor with each other, they would be able to rise to prominence, and their lives would not be bad no matter what, but now that they have changed to Shao Huaigu, the situation is very different, even if they can pat on the back again, it will have no effect, Shao Huaigu will not eat this set, and the things that should be scavenged from them will not be less.

The order of the capital has been passed to the frontier, this Dingyuan City is also recruiting troops, Qian Qianqian also heard about it, she can do this, except for Shao Huaigu, she can't think of anyone else, and this style is indeed like Shao Huaigu's handwriting.

"This Lord Shao also really did it, he had no father, no mother, and no relatives, so he let those ministers give up people to fight, over time, even if Xiao Guo is too peaceful, I'm afraid no one will dare to be an official."

Xue Yi said with great interest, and poured a cup of tea for Qian Qianqian, although Shao Huaigu's behavior made her admire it very much, but this was not necessarily a good thing for the imperial court.

"Just let those ministers see, it's not so easy to be an official, since you are admired by all the people, then you have to rush ahead of everything and protect those people, otherwise everyone will regard being an official as a matter of profit, and no one will take responsibility, how can Xiao Guo be governed?"

Qian Qianqian didn't care, Shao Huaigu did have a way to deal with those ministers, that is, to make those ministers have a sense of crisis, otherwise they would eat and wait for death one by one, who else could do things for the people?

"Lord Shao and General Xiao have the same idea, so they will be appreciated by the general, and now these people are going to be recruited and sent to the front line to support General Xiao, it is estimated that as soon as this group of people leaves, this Xiao country will be much empty."

Xue Yi thought in her heart, and slowly spoke, Qian Qianqian picked up the tea in her hand, there was no superfluous look on her face, although she also sympathized with these people, but there was no way, this battle must be fought, and it must be won, so these people must also give up, otherwise this Xiao country will not have a peaceful and prosperous world.

"These people are all working hard for Xiao Guo, they are all heroes, I believe that General Xiao will treat them fairly, even if they die on the battlefield, they will sacrifice their lives for the country, and it is the glory and reliance of Xiao Guo."

Qian Qianqian said lightly, she has been in Dingyuan City for so long, and she is not as willful as before, knowing that there is such a thing as war, sacrifice is inevitable, so she can only pray for these people silently in her heart.

"Miss Qian, the slave maid has discussed with General Xue, and plans to let those disaster victims join the army, anyway, if you repair the official road, you won't need so many people, let them go, and this Dingyuan City can also have one less food."

Xue Yi paused, as if she didn't know how to speak, and hesitated for a moment before cautiously probing.

"If some of them want to join the army, that's great, if not, they can't be forced, they are already suffering enough to become victims, we can't oppress them anymore."

Qian Qianqian lowered her eyes slightly, her long and thick eyelashes blocked the emotions under her eyes, and her voice was a little choked.

"The slave will tell General Xue about this."

Xue Yi nodded, knowing that Qian Qianqian would not be happy in her heart, so this was also in her expectation.

Shao Huaigu's reply was finally sent back, and the content of the letter woke up Qian Qianqian and let her know how to better resettle those victims.

This battle will definitely last for a long time, when the summer goes to winter, the soldiers in the frontier need cotton clothes, and it just so happens that the capital is now short of manpower, so Shao Huaigu simply handed over the matter to Qian Qianqian, and let Dingyuan City make this cotton clothes, just to make use of the women who have become disaster victims, so that they will not have nothing to do.

As for those men, they are better placed, they need weapons to fight, and when the official roads are repaired, let them polish their weapons and send them to Xiao Mohan, which can be regarded as their contribution to this war.

Qian Qianqian immediately informed Xue Hua of Shao Huaigu's meaning, and Xue Hua was also relieved when he learned about this, since the capital had helped him resettle the victims, what else could he say? According to Shao Huaigu's meaning, just try his best to settle down, and with the help of the capital, he will not fight alone.

The battle between Xiao Mohan and Yueji was fought for several months, and in these months, Shao Huaigu finally gathered tens of thousands of soldiers and horses, set off from the capital, and rushed to the frontier.

If you want to go to Xiao Mohan, this Dingyuan City is a must-pass place, Qian Qianqian never thought that she would be able to meet the old man at this time.

On the day the soldiers and horses arrived in Dingyuan City, Qian Qianqian also went out to join in the fun, in fact, she didn't dare to be interested in this kind of thing at all, but she was worried about Xiao Mohan and couldn't sit still, so she came out to take a look.

The soldiers, all with swords and iron armor, lined up in a row and passed in front of her, and she just looked at those people faintly, without the slightest superfluous look on her face.

At this moment, Qian Qianqian's eyes lit up, her eyes fixed on one of the men, she pushed aside the crowd, ran straight forward, and grabbed the man.

"Brother Liu Han."

Qian Qianqian stared at the man's face, her expression was shocked, and her voice trembled a little.

Liu Han stopped, and the soldiers behind him also stopped, Qian Qianqian looked left and right, and pulled Liu Han aside alone, which Xue Hua saw in his eyes, but he didn't dare to step forward to stop it.

"How did you get here? What about Aunt Liu? ”

Qian Qianqian lowered her voice, looked around, and couldn't help but speak, her brows furrowed, and she gritted her teeth.

"There is an order from the imperial court, as long as there is a man in the family, at least one must come out to join the army, my mother is still in Qianjia Village, although she is reluctant to me, but she can't disobey the order of the imperial court, so I came."

Liu Han looked a lot stronger, his skin was still dark, his two rows of teeth were white and glowing, his eyes were squinted when he spoke, and he still looked honest and simple, and he hadn't changed at all.

Qian Qianqian never thought that this order would affect Liu Han's head, and sometimes she really couldn't be happy too early.

"Don't go to join the army, I'll go and tell General Xue and ask him to send someone to send you back."

Qian Qianqian said categorically, Aunt Liu is such a son as Liu Han, she doesn't want to watch the Liu family cut off her children and grandchildren, so even if she uses her private power, she has to keep Liu Han.

"This is an order from the imperial court, everyone goes, why don't I go? I know that you are now a noble person, and you are not the country girl you used to be, but you can't bend the law for personal gain. ”

Liu Han pushed Qian Qianqian's hand away, and looked as if she had made up her mind, which made it difficult for Qian Qianqian, and she also said that Shao Huaigu's order was good, but now it seems that it is not like that.