Liu's father and son had been staying near Luochuan, and after receiving the news of Li Tai's summons, they rushed to Fangcheng as soon as possible.

"The servants meet the Metropolitan Governor, thank you for your righteous and thoughtful protection!"

After seeing Li Tai, Liu Kang and his son bowed their heads, and their posture was much more respectful than before.

Li Tai saw that this father and son had such an attitude, and his heart was immediately happy, it seemed that the effect of putting pressure on them through Hou Mo Chen Chong's threat was not bad, and the father and son obviously felt an existential crisis.

The day before yesterday was due to today's results, and they always had to pay it back when they came out, and Hou Mo Chen Chong's grudge and embarrassment against their withered Liu family was not wronged.

Around the fourth year of the Great Unification, a series of rebellions broke out in Jihu in northern Shaanxi, Hou Mo Chen Chong was responsible for quelling the rebellion, and the withered Liu clan was originally regarded as a servant army under bondage, but the result was several delays in the military aircraft, so that Hou Mo Chen Chong's counterinsurgency was not smooth enough and caused many unnecessary casualties.

During that time, although the northern Shaanxi states were nominally under the rule of the Western Wei, they were actually the banner of the changing king at the head of the city, not to mention the Hubu rebellions that occurred one after another in various places, and the Eastern Wei army would often wander across the river.

The situation in the Western Wei was also not stable enough, many generals of the unified army fled, and even a rebellion broke out in Chang'an, the core of the four-year reign of the Great Unification. All kinds of performances really make people have little confidence in this stormy regime.

In troubled times, if the strength is not strong enough to ignore all dangers and challenges, then how to stand in line is very crucial. The position of the withering Yin Liu clan was not firm enough, and they did not expect that the Western Wei regime would survive and the situation became more and more stable.

However, they were not unlucky in the end, at least they arrived at Li Tai's dock in time, and they happened to have a tacit understanding between each other.

Li Tai raised his hand to signal the Liu family and his son to get up without courtesy, looked at them again and said: "I am under the supervision of the Daxingtai mission, and I only focus on the present, and I do not investigate the troubles of the past. Since we met, I have been deeply impressed by the virtue and righteousness of Patriarch Liu, but so that the nostalgia can continue to uphold loyalty and be diligent in the king's affairs, so there is no need to worry about evil feelings. ”

"Must, we must remember the order of the Metropolitan Governor, and hope to help strengthen the Metropolitan Governor's governance in this realm!"

When Liu Kang heard this, he hurriedly clenched his fists and said.

Li Tai didn't have much time to chat with them, and then said: "Invite the village sages and elders today, Patriarch Liu should know why." Most of the thieves in the north suddenly plundered in the south, and the states and counties they passed through suffered greatly, and if the thieves continue to stop, this realm will also be affected, and it may not be spared......"

When the father and son of the Liu family heard this, their expressions also became serious, and they had heard some relevant news, but they didn't expect the situation to be so serious.

"Dare to ask the Metropolitan Governor, is there a strategy for the enemy? If we need to do something, the Governor will say nothing. ”

Liu Kang hurriedly said: "Although this place is not a native country, but the Dharma field of the Master Buddha is newly built here, how can you let the thieves trample on the nuisance!" ”

Seeing that the other party was so good, Li Tai was also slightly relieved, and then continued: "Although the thief is turbulent, it is not enough to call it a big trouble. Before that, the great line of the great line was read in Baishui, and after learning about the thief, he immediately sent me to lead 10,000 horses to return to the country to break the thief. Yuwen envoy Jun of Tongwan Town, Xiazhou, raised tens of thousands of troops and strangled the back road of the thief, and Li Zhijun, Duke of Wu'an, Dongxia Prefecture, blocked the thief in Guangwu, and Xi'an Prefecture and other garrisons rectified the armor and fortresses, so as to eliminate the thief as soon as possible. ”

Although Liu's father and son did not know the specific comparison between the forces of the enemy and us, after listening to Li Tai's words, they were also a lot more down-to-earth, and they only felt that under the siege and interception of people in various states, these thieves were indeed not worried.

"Killing thieves in peace is my job, and I dare not entrust it to others. But since Patriarch Liu asked enthusiastically, I do have a problem that must be assisted by Xiangyi. I originally intended to destroy the thieves as soon as possible, but Daxingtai increased his troops with the stubbornness of thieves and the fact that non-strong armor was not enough to declare his might. ”

Li Tai said a little helplessly: "The intention is so, but it is disrespectful, so I can only do it according to the order." However, the army is pulling out, the consumption is huge, and the military situation in this situation is like fire, and it is not possible to wait for the transfer of money, but only to make up for it in the situation, and then lose and return after breaking the thief Jingbian......."

After hearing Li Tai's words, the Liu father and son glanced at each other, and they were also thinking quickly in their hearts.

In their minds, Li Tai's words should be mixed between truth and falsehood, only borrowing food from them but not requisitioning their troops to participate in the battle, which shows that the troops are enough. But the so-called making up for the situation and recovering the losses after the war is purely thinking too much.

"Dare to ask the Metropolitan Governor, how much food is still needed before the army can go to war?"

Although the Liu family is rich, but before the donation of 500,000 horses to the Shifo Temple is also hurtful, hollowing out nearly half of the family's funds, although he intends to befriend Li Tai now, he does not dare to respond to the lion's request, Liu Kang asked first.

"Chengcheng and Luochuan can maintain half of the army's storage materials, but there is a shortage of 5,000 men and horses to be dispatched. If the war goes well, the thief army can be suppressed within a month! ”

Li Tai doesn't pay attention to what is true or false, since he inevitably has to open his mouth without conscience, he simply doesn't plan to pay a penny himself.

Now that the first half of the winter month has passed, if the war can be ended within the month, it will be more than 20 days of consumption of 5,000 men and horses. The amount of this material is not insignificant, but it is not unacceptable to the withered Yin Liu clan.

But they have already donated a huge amount of money to the Shifo Temple before, and if they don't talk about the conditions and take out the food consumption of 5,000 people and horses regardless of the return, it is really a bit of a stupid person who has a lot of money. Even if you want to rely on Li Tai, you can't position yourself in a position of blindly paying.

Therefore, after some thought, Liu Kangcai said again: "The governor of the capital is not afraid of hardships and dangers, the army punishes evil, and guards the people, water and soil. The construction of the Buddha's dojo is to spread the Dharma and promote goodness and educate the party.

At this time when the hometown is in danger, it is a good time to promote benevolence and courage and influence the villagers. A certain wish on behalf of the Metropolitan Governor lobbied the ministries and convened the villagers to gather in the temple to help the people, no matter how much the ministries lost, the gap was made up for by my family......"

Since Li Tai has already spoken, he has to pay anyway, otherwise all the previous overtures and investments will be in vain. But you can choose how much you want to pay and in what form.

Liu Kang didn't want to bear it alone, so he had to pull these tribes around him into the water together, which could be regarded as taking advantage of Li Tai's famous fox and fake tiger power, and using Liu Shifo Temple to highlight and establish his own right to speak.

Li Tai was also happy to hear Liu Kang say this, he pulled other people's tiger skin to make a banner more than once, but it seemed that he was borrowed by others for the first time. He himself is not disgusted by this, anyway, this Liu Kang is also doing things for himself and raising funds for his own army.

If things go smoothly this time, this rule can be continued, and Liu Kang can be used as his spokesperson in the Jihu tribes, and Liu Kang can do anything to extort and force donations. If you really want to go too far and arouse Hu Bu's resentment and rebellion, you can also use Liu Kang to ask for guilt and calm your anger.

Thinking about it like this, Li Tai nodded, agreed to Liu Kang's proposal, and told again: "The army is coming in the morning and evening, the sooner the grain and grass are in place, the better, don't delay the fighters." ”

"Governor of the capital, please rest assured, it will not delay the military degree!"

After hearing this, Liu Kang hurriedly patted his chest and assured that this was not bragging, his family had accumulated a large amount of materials near the Liu Shi Buddha Temple in the north of Fangcheng, and he could call them out in advance, and then persuade other tribes to donate and make up for it.

After the discussion of the grain and grass matter, Liu Kang's son Liu Ping got up and clasped his fists again and said: "There are more than 2,000 hot-blooded children of the Han clan and villagers and righteous soldiers, and they are willing to follow the Dadu Governor in this battle and follow the thief Hu!" ”

Li Tai originally only wanted the Liu family to bear his military expenses, but he didn't expect the other party to contribute in addition to the money, and it was difficult to refuse enthusiastically, and at the same time, he couldn't help but feel that there are always more icing on the cake in the world, but there is less charcoal in the snow.

The Liu family has to contribute money and efforts, of course, it is not that they have the strength to do it, they just think that this battle is a good battle, and only by directly sending people and horses to participate in the war, it is convenient to participate in the distribution of the spoils after the war.

If Li Tai told the truth, the other party would obviously not be so enthusiastic. They hoped that the investment of various personnel resources could have a stable and predictable return, but they didn't expect that they would actually have to share weal and woe with Li Tai.

But in any case, the problem of grain and grass has finally been solved. After Liu's father and son retired, they went to recruit men and horses, and Li Tai also ordered the 4,000 men and horses on the back road to speed up the journey, and strive to feel Luochuan as soon as possible.

At the same time, he ordered Li Zhi to lead 600 light cavalry as the vanguard, and went straight to the direction of Guangwu City, and first investigated the enemy's reality.

A few days later, the rear road arrived at Luochuan Defense one after another, and the Beihua Prefecture Thorn Shi Cui Xu, who had led the state soldiers and township regiments to participate in the big parade, had also returned to the town, and led the township regiment to the west bank of Luoshui to station, echoing with Luochuan Defense left and right.

The father and son of the Liu family are also very effective in doing things, and the people and materials are quickly gathered.

With all aspects of the personnel in order, Li Tai no longer stayed, and ordered Liu Ping to lead the headquarters of the Jihu people to reinforce the Heishui defense city, while he personally led 5,000 elite cavalry to go straight to Guangwu City, Dongxia Prefecture, which was besieged by tens of thousands of thieves.