With Zhao Hu's help, the household department quickly gathered grain and grass, and most of the grain and grass were raised in Yuzhou, and Zhao Hu contacted the grain merchants and landlords in Yuzhou, and with Zhao Hu as a guarantee, they were willing to give grain to the yamen on credit.

Yes, even if Zhao Hanzhang has a good reputation among the people and has a good reputation, in the eyes of merchants and landlords, the credibility of the imperial court is still not high, at least not enough for them to take out the accumulated grain.

But Zhao Hu can.

Although Zhao Hu is very fierce in business, hedonistic and bragging, the businessmen and landlords who have crossed paths with him believe in his sincerity, and the most important thing is that if he breaches the contract, they have the means and ability to divide his property and get back compensation, but Zhao Hanzhang ......

If Zhao Hanzhang doesn't pay it back, they can't do anything about her.

Therefore, the bottom line of whether to sell or not to borrow or not is whether the buyer can pay the money and whether he can afford it.

In their eyes, Zhao Hu is the one who can pay and can afford it, and Zhao Hanzhang, who in the world doesn't know that she is poor.

After Zhao Hu calculated the grain received and borrowed, he immediately handed over the bill to the household department.

Chang Ning calculated, plus the two batches of grain he raised, he could support an army of 200,000 until April next year.

He breathed a sigh of relief and immediately handed the booklet to Zhao Hanzhang.

After Zhao Hanzhang flipped through it, he ordered the county officials to take over the grain and grass, and then asked them to find a way to send the grain and grass to the front line.

The people who escorted the grain and grass included local garrisons, requisitioned servants, and hired migrant workers, and no matter what method they used, Zhao Hanzhang had to complete the delivery of grain and grass before the eighth day of December.

That's when she began to move troops.

The Chinese military ministers of the DPRK had different opinions on her dispatch of troops this time, and the confrontation was fierce, because the support and opposition were basically half apart.

Both sides are actually very reasonable, the opposing ministers believe that the people's power has only eased now, but there are still a large number of displaced people in the wilderness who have not returned, and they are still suspicious of the imperial court.

Moreover, no one knows how long this war will last, the people's hearts are still very fragile, and it is very easy to collapse, they think that stability should be the mainstay, since Zhao Hanzhang has sent Liu Kun to persuade King Langya, why not wait, if not, you can also fight a dozen diplomatic battles, first pull for a year, let the people recover more before they start.

Zhao Hanzhang thinks that they are right, before the accident in the Jiangnan Dark Department, she planned it like this, Zhao applied for a battle several times before, didn't she all fight back?

But this time, that time.

The dark part of Jiangnan was broken, Yuan Li was arrested, and he only sent people to save him, but he might not be able to rescue people, so he still had to fight.

If they don't move this time, Jiang Nan will be even more fearless, and he should fight back fiercely when they are tempted.

The ministers who supported her sending troops also thought that they could not retreat, "Morale is very important, if we don't fight back this time, the outside will think that we are in vain, and they are afraid of Jiangnan." At that time, not only will Jiangnan's morale be greatly boosted, but other people with ulterior motives will also be delusional. ”

"It's better to take this opportunity to subdue Jiangnan and make the world truly unified."

Zu Ti also personally wrote a letter to ask for war.

Zhao Hanzhang thought about it, and ordered Zu Ti to be the generalissimo of the southern expedition, Zhao Shen to be the forward, Zhao Ju and Wang Yifeng to be the marching generals of the North Road and the West Road, respectively, and obeyed Zu Li.

Drawing troops from Jizhou, Yanzhou, Xuzhou, Yuzhou and Jingzhou, Zhao Hanzhang also transferred 20,000 troops from the Zhao army in Luoyang to Zhao Shen, and a total of 400,000 troops could be assembled to go south.

"You can transfer 20,000 soldiers and horses from Luoyang to the south," Zhao Hanzhang and Zhao Shen said: "Whether you can sit firmly in the position of the squire of the military department depends on the merits of this battle." ”

Zhao Shen responded excitedly.

As soon as Zhao Hanzhang decided, the stalemate was immediately broken, and the opposing ministers could only go all out to ensure the smooth progress of this southern expedition.

Zhao Hanzhang sent Zhao Shen to the door, and only whispered when there was no one: "Find a way to protect Yuanli, I will bring you the imperial doctor in the palace, and you will contact Wang Yifeng when you get there, she is more familiar with Yangzhou and Wang Dun." ”

Zhao Shen responded, in fact, he was a little reluctant in his heart, he joked: "The minister in the court said that Yuan Li is a traitorous villain, cruel means, and should not be in the company of him, if he dies in the hands of Wang Dun, it can be regarded as a well-deserved death." ”

Zhao Hanzhang: "If I look at what others say today, Cousin Shen is the person I should be afraid of the most." I don't know that Yuan Li is a traitor, I only know that he is loyal, of great use to me, and of great merit to the country, and I asked Cousin Shen to help me save him. ”

Zhao Shen's heart suddenly suddenly, and he instantly understood that if Zhao Hanzhang would let Yuan Li die in the enemy camp today because others said that he was a traitor, then one day, she would be indifferent to Zhao's predicament because others said bad things about Zhao, and even contributed to the trouble.

Zhao Shen took a deep breath and arched his hand: "The last general will take the order and work hard to save General Yuan." ”

Zhao Shen ordered his troops and horses to go south from Luoyang through Yuzhou, and Zu Ti also led a large army south to Xuzhou through Yanzhou, and finally the two sides converged at the junction of Xuzhou, Yuzhou and Yangzhou.

Zhao Ju, Zhao Ming, Mi Ce and others also moved, Zhao Ming was in charge of grain and grass logistics, and Mi Ce led the army of Yuzhou south to obey orders.

It is also the first time for Zu Ti to command so many men and horses and be responsible for such a big battle, but Zhao Ju and Mi Ce are both veterans, Zhao Shen has little experience, but he is clever and smart, his military ability is not weaker than Zhao Ju and Mi Ce, Wang Yifeng can also independently command Jingzhou operations, and the cooperation efficiency is particularly high.

The most important thing is that Zhao Hanzhang absolutely trusts Zu Ti, he has enough food and grass, and even the armament can be given, and the whole army is united, for so many years, Zu Ti has never fought such a rich and comfortable battle.

He held back his tears and quietly said to his subordinate general Zuo Min: "I really didn't expect the general to trust me so much, if I don't knock Jiangnan down, I will repay her with my life." ”

Zuo Min also felt that this time the troops were very happy, in the past, as long as they sent troops, before they arrived at the place, they had to first forcibly requisition a batch of grain and grass from them under the scolding of the local people, otherwise the army would not be able to move an inch.

Even if they were fighting for their country, there were many people who resented them.

But this time, they have grain and grass to walk in front, there is no need to forcibly requisition local grain and grass, the military order is strict, and there is no offense against the people, the team carries the two banners of Zhao and Zu, and they are welcomed everywhere they go, and the people and squires take the initiative to send them food, vegetables, meat and eggs.

Of course, they will not take the people's things for nothing, as long as they give money for what is left.

That's right!

They actually had emergency money in the army, in case the medicinal materials were not enough after the battle, they could replenish them locally, and they were so touched that they actually had spare money to buy medicinal materials and food.

Zuo Min: "The generals are really good, we are just marching, and the army can now eat two and a half dry meals a day, and the logistics officer I heard said that when the official fight is made, you can eat three meals, and they are all dry." This is how the general calculated the grain and grass in the court, and he also prepared according to this number. ”

Zuo Min couldn't help but whisper: "I knew that General Zhao was so arrogant, I should have joined the Zhao family army a few years ago." ”

“…… Just this year, have you forgotten that when you fought the Huns last year, everyone gnawed grass roots and ate tree bark? Zu Ti said: "The general has suffered by himself, and now he does not want the soldiers to suffer this again after the conditions, you have been keeping an eye on it recently, and there must be no deduction of grain and grass in the army, if I find out, I will not wait for the general to do it, I will deal with it by military law first!" ”

Zuo Min responded with a serious face, and was about to retreat, thinking of something, he stopped and said, "General, where is Zhao Shi placed?" ”

Zu Ti said: "Let him be the vanguard general of the left army, if the general wants to use the children of the Zhao family, then they will have to fight with their lives." ”

Zuo Min responded and went down to give the order with a grin.

See you tomorrow