The snow in Jinling City has melted, but on the wilderness plains north of Jinling, there are still thin hoarfrosts, stepping on the dry branches and leaves, the "click" breaking sound, and the frost and snow sticking to the boots, making people's feet freeze as if they are unconscious.

Zhu Huan of the middle camp saw this scene and frowned slightly: "Wu Qi? ”

"The minister is here!" Wu Qi quickly walked over.

"Didn't you pull a few carts of spirits when you set off, suspend the march first, let the soldiers roast the fire, warm the spirits, and divide everyone with points." Zhu Huan said: "Just go on like this, before you reach Xuzhou, the soldiers will be frozen." ”

Wu Qi hesitated a little: "Lord Wang, in order to speed up the march, we were given so many carts of wine, which was only enough for each soldier to get a drink." ”

The further north you go, the colder it gets.

Wu Qi knew that Zhu Huan's deployment would never stay in Xuzhou, but further north. Although it is forbidden to drink alcohol in the army, in the place where people can freeze to death, there is no strong alcohol to drive away the cold, and the soldiers have been frozen to death before they can leave.

Zhu Huan led the troops, taking "the speed of the soldiers" as the number one principle. Therefore, his army had very little baggage, and even grain and straw were only carried for ten days. If it was changed to another army, ten days of food would only be enough to send food away, but Zhu Huan dared to do this.

He believed in his army, a city in ten days, no problem.

"Fight down Xuzhou, and then reserve it." Zhu Huan no longer hesitated, and directly ordered: "Distribute the wine cart to the officers and soldiers of each army, and suspend the rectification for half an hour." ”

"No!"

……

The sound of the dead branches burning in the bonfire was crisp, and Zhu Huan's frozen hard cake tore off a piece and put it in his mouth.

"It's better than I expected, at this speed, we won't be able to reach Xuzhou in half a day." Zhu Huan looked at the map and bowed slightly.

Wu Qi smiled bitterly, isn't it extremely fast, tens of thousands of troops, not even a single civilian, advancing at full speed against the snow, he has never seen such a way of fighting.

Zhu Huan, this is not a bit of fault tolerance for himself!

Cao Xiu walked over and put the iron kettle on Zhu Huan's side: "Lord Wang, the wine is warm for you." ”

Zhu Huan weighed the weight, it was full of pots, and it was warm just by touching it.

However, Zhu Huan only poured a small cup, and then threw the iron kettle to Cao Xiu: "The soldiers can't even drink such a small cup, they can only drink the bottom of the cup, you go and scatter these to the soldiers who don't have a score." ”

"Lord Wang......" Cao Xiu hesitated a little.

"This is a military order." Zhu Huan scolded.

Cao Xiu had no choice but to obey the order.

Then, Zhu Huan asked Wu Qi again: "How are Zhang Fu and Zhu Gaoxu's troops, are they holding back?" ”

"These two boys are hard-boned." Referring to these two people, Wu Qi was quite satisfied: "It's strange to say, Zhang Fu looks rampant, but he is extremely experienced in leading troops, and the troops are calm." The King of Gaoyang looked cold, but the soldiers he led were extremely wild. Our troops were marching so fast that these two men were able to keep up without deliberately slowing down and waiting. ”

"Then which of these two do you think is better?" Zhu Huan asked.

"Without actual combat, the minister does not dare to make a rash decision." Wu Qi said: "Danchen is more optimistic about the kid surnamed Zhang. ”

"Why?"

"Zhang Fu is handsome, whether it is strategic deployment, or military discipline and military style, the king of Gaoyang County is not as good as him. The disadvantage is that this kid is too young, if he is given another ten years, he will definitely be a character who can resist the beam. Wu Qi paused for a moment and said: "The king of Gaoyang County has the style of a general, and he cannot be called a good general, but he is a rare fierce general. Of course, this is all a one-sided view of the minister. ”

"Your eyes are really spicy." Zhu Huan chuckled.

Wu Qi is right, Zhang Fu and Zhu Gaoxu now seem to be indistinguishable from Zhong Bo, but they have their own characteristics.

But if you look at it in the long run, ten Zhu Gaoxu are not as good as one Zhang Fu.

Fierce generals are easy to get, but handsome talents are hard to find.

Zhu Huan drank a small glass of spirits, and an invisible flame seemed to burn in his chest.

What man in the world can refuse so many delicate rivers?

Before getting the jade seal, he scolded "feudal superstition". After getting the jade seal, "ordered by the sky, both longevity and eternal prosperity".

Mandate of Heaven?

There is no destiny, the destiny is made by oneself, not given by others.

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Xuzhou Mansion

"My lord, the grain and grass allocated from the north have arrived." The governor of Xuzhou saluted Lu Wei, the prefect of Xuzhou who was lying on the chair of the Taishi.

Lu Wei didn't even bother to get up and move, and directly ordered lazily: "According to the old rules, fifty percent will be allocated to Huai'an and Yangzhou, and two percent will be taken out to do 'loss along the road', and thirty percent will be stored in the granary." ”

"My lord, I heard that the Yan thief is going to conquer Huai'an, should I allocate a little more ......this time?" the prefect hesitated.

Lu Wei, the prefect of Xuzhou, is a goose plucking goods, in the past, grain and grass passed from him, no matter how you say it, you have to draw two percent, but the south is stable, but it doesn't hurt. But this time, seeing that Huai'an on the neighboring side was about to suffer, the same prefect felt that if he still took a cut this time, it would be a bit excessive.

Lu Wei glanced at the same prefect and said, "What, you want to be the prefect of Xuzhou?" ”

The same prefect hurriedly said: "My lord Mingjian, I don't have that kind of mind in my humble position. ”

"Forgive you for not having the guts, you pig braincase." Lu Wei snorted coldly and said, "You have been an official for so many years, why don't you know how to be an official at all?" As an official, you have to peel off the cocoon to do things, if you don't eat, you will starve to death at most. But after you stand in the position of the official, you will know that if the official does not smoke, the rest of the people will starve. The people below are not convinced by you, can you still do it? ”

The same prefect thought to himself, I can go to your uncle's, harm one party, and deduct military rations, this is the fucking way of your officials?

"That's it, talking to you pig braincase is like playing the piano to the cow, get out." Lu Wei waved his hand.

"The next official retired."

After leaving with the prefect, Lu Wei lifted the teapot on the table and poured a mouthful into the spout to quench his thirst.

"A bunch of pig brains, you know a wool. Qing officials? What a fucking bullshit clean official, only those who fill their stomachs are called good officials! Lu Wei said disdainfully.

Then, Lu Wei lay on the Taishi chair and sighed.

When he first took office as the prefect of Xuzhou, he also wanted to be a good official in the industry for the people.

However, the position of Xuzhou is very delicate, directly under the Beijing Division, he, the prefect of Xuzhou, has no real power, lying on the kang every day, and people are about to grow hair. Thanks to the Yan thief's battle of appeasement, Xuzhou jumped from a useless city to the main grain route in the south, accepting grain from the north and then allocating it to other cities.

However, Lu Wei at this time is no longer the high-spirited prefect of Xuzhou. More than 20 years of official career has already turned him into a moth who only knows interests.

If it weren't for the fact that every time he allocated grain, Lu Wei would have been able to deduct a large amount of grain and grass, and he would have surrendered to Chengyan Wangfu a long time ago!

Lu Wei was lying on the Taishi chair, humming a little tune, but he didn't know that the army of the Qi Wangfu was approaching Xuzhou.

The Great War is coming!