On October 20, the Southern Express, the envoy Liu Xiangping, and the adjutant Xiao Lin were confined in the Ram Wuyi barracks, and their entourage was killed. Emperor Zongjing Long Yan was furious, and there was an uproar in the court.

"Your Majesty, Ram Wuyi openly detained our envoy and killed his entourage, his heart has been seen, I hope Your Majesty will send troops to fight as soon as possible." With the hussar general Shi Yue taking the lead, other main battle officials also responded.

"Your Majesty, in the opinion of the ministers, this matter still needs to be discussed, recently there has been a group of bandits in Pingliao, burning, killing and looting, there have been two villages persecuted by it, this bandit must be eliminated, the northern territory, the Qihe country is ready to move, if our country sends a large number of troops to the south this time, the Qihe country is bound to take the opportunity to send troops to attack the north, plus the bandits in the territory, internal and external troubles, I am afraid of causing great chaos to our country," Prime Minister Zuo Xiao said with a wat board in his hand and a step to the left.

"Then send a moderate amount of troops." Emperor Zong Jing's eyes were still irritable.

"Your Majesty, now, we don't know what the strength of the enemy army is, and it is difficult to measure the number of troops, why don't we wait for the front to find out the enemy's situation before we send troops? And the enemy general is a ram martial arts who uses soldiers like gods, if we only send normal troops, I am afraid that we will not be defeated, but it will help the prestige of others. Prime Minister Zuo Xiao said word by word.

"That ram Wuyi does use soldiers like gods, but in the meaning of the prime minister, it is said that there are no incompetent people in our army?" Although the hussar general Shi Yue is more than half a hundred years old, he is still full of anger when he speaks, and there is already a little anger in his tone at this time, "This battlefield is different from officialdom, and it pays attention to surprise attacks, and this surprise attack is mostly in a sudden, just like a peaceful day in the daytime, at night, the enemy army has already approached the city and attacked the city gate." From the capital to the southern border, the march takes at least 20 days, and the ram Wuyi has always acted cunningly, if he waits until the enemy situation is found out before sending troops, I am afraid that the reinforcements have not arrived, and the enemy army has already broken in. I hope that Your Majesty will send troops as soon as possible. ”

"This ......" Emperor Zong Jing hesitated a little.

"Your Majesty."

"Your Majesty!"

"Let me think about it first." Emperor Zong Jing put his hands on the armrests on both sides of the dragon chair, lowered his eyelids slightly and thought, and only then did he slowly speak, "What the prime minister and the hussar general said is reasonable. It was once said in the book of war that knowing oneself and knowing the other side will not be defeated in a hundred battles, and knowing oneself without knowing the other, one wins and one loses; If you don't know who you are, you don't know yourself, and you will die in a hundred battles. Now, we only know ourselves but do not know the enemy, and the strength of the enemy generals is not bad, if we fight, it may be difficult to win, therefore, although the time is now pressing, it is also necessary to find out the enemy's situation, but we cannot delay the dispatch of troops again and again, five days, within five days, I will order the front to send the collected enemy information to the capital, five days later, no matter how the enemy situation is detected, at the first moment of the hour, the army will set off on time, and the new enemy information will be sent to them on the road. Ladies and gentlemen, do you still have any opinions? ”

"Your Majesty Shengming!"

"The question now is, how many troops to deploy? Who is the most suitable general? Emperor Zong Jing looked at the hundreds of officials.

"Your Majesty, the matter of the army, the minister thinks that without knowing the number of enemy troops, it can be measured by the number of troops available to our country." Li Yu took a step to the right with the wat board in his hand and said.

"How?"

"First of all, we will roughly count the number of troops that can be deployed in our country, and then subtract the troops required to pacify the bandits, subtract the troops needed to consolidate the north, and subtract the remaining troops, and then what is left is the maximum number of troops on this expedition, and according to the previous war with Dajin, a minimum number of troops will be introduced, and finally an appropriate number will be taken between the maximum number of troops and the minimum number of troops, which is the number of troops on this expedition." Li Yu paused for a moment and continued, "Our country's deployable forces should be recorded in detail in the Ministry of War, the number and situation of the bandits, unless the local officials are vegetarian, they should be almost mastered by now, we only need to deduce the required troops based on the information that the officials have." The forces that support the north, as long as they contact the generals stationed in the north, they know the situation in the north best, and they also know the most about how much support they need. ”

"The minister thinks that General Lee's method is feasible." Qian Fengquan, the general of the Zhenguo University, said.

Emperor Zong Jing pondered for a while, "Then it's just as Li Aiqing said." As for the main generals who went to the south, the generals who crusaded against the bandits, and the generals who supported the north, do you have the right candidates? ”

Towards November, temperatures are gradually dropping and people are starting to wear thicker clothes, but this year's weather is much milder than usual, and only a few people are starting to wear winter clothes.

"You're finally willing to come out to see me." As soon as Li Yu saw Wu Ya open the door and come out, he greeted her, stretched out his hand to hold her hand, Wu Ya dodged for a while, but did not dodge.

"Let it go." Although Nuan Nuan was very comfortable, Wu Ya said unhappily.

"Don't, let go, maybe you'll run back and don't see me, I waited two days to finally see you." Saying that, Li Yu fortunately reached out and took Wu Ya into his arms.

"What kind of body is it to hug and hug in broad daylight, I still want to be embarrassed if you don't want to be embarrassed." Wu Ya was limited in one hand and could only push him with the other.

The back door of Xiafu is on a small street that is not too lively, but not being lively does not mean that there is no one, because of the intimate actions of the two, some passers-by are already watching them.

Li Yu hugged him tighter again, so that Wu Ya didn't even have room to push him, "I know why you don't see me, but let's have a good talk, okay?" If you don't agree, I'll hold you like this for a day. Anyway, I'm going to go on the expedition tomorrow, and you can't get rid of me today anyway. ”

Wu Ya's hand beating Li Yu's back stopped, and after a while, Wu Ya spoke, "Then let's talk." ”

"I'll take you somewhere." With that, Li Yu let go of Wu Ya and pulled her towards a carriage parked not far away.

Wu Ya didn't shake off his hand, nor did she say anything about him, but tightly held the calloused hand that was much bigger than her.

After the carriage stopped, Wu Ya was led out of the carriage by Li Yu, and the two walked for a while and came to a place with many tall reeds. The reeds have passed the verdant season, and now they have become yellow, and the white and soft flowers are no longer visible, but the reeds are still standing straight like soldiers, and after the wind passes, they sway and stop, and they are still the same straight look.

Wu Ya followed behind Li Yu, the two of them opened a way in the layers of reeds, picked up the last layer of reeds, and suddenly opened up in front of them, and the clear small pool was instantly exposed in front of the two of them, different from the depressed scene outside, the edge of the pool is still growing green weeds, blooming with white unknown flowers, and the clear pool is swaying with dark green and green silk algae, and from time to time you can see a few fish playing in it.

"Is it pretty?" Li Yu stood side by side with Wu Ya.

"Okay." It's a place that calms people's minds.

"When the new reeds grow, when they bloom, it's a different kind of scenery."

"Hmm."

It was quiet all around, and the only sound in my ears was the wind blowing on the reeds.

"You should have something to ask me, right?" After a long while, Li Yu opened his mouth first.

Wu Ya turned her head to look at him, "Why do you want to go on the expedition?" ”

"Because there is war, and I am a general." Li Yu looked at her.

"It's almost winter now, and it's not suitable for war."

"The climate in the south is mild, and there is no heavy snow in winter, although it is not the best season for war, but the Dajin Kingdom has been raided after the winter before, when our country was caught off guard because of insufficient preparation, the south suffered heavy losses that year, and this year, the climate is milder than in previous years, and the Dajin country is likely to attack again after the winter, and the war between our two countries is now unavoidable, so we must send troops to the south now."

"Why are you there?"

"Because a lot of people are recommending me."

"Why don't you shirk?"

"Because I'm a general, it's my responsibility."