In the past, when they did not conquer Liangzhou and Chang'an, all the grain and grass had to be transported from Luoyang thousands of miles away, and all the grain and grass that passed through Xiao Sheng's hands would be greatly discounted, not to mention, the manpower, material and financial resources to be consumed along the way were sometimes no less than those grains and grasses themselves.

But now the situation is different, they have conquered the two continents and Chang'an, only the remaining grain and grass near Chang'an, minus the one that must be reserved, can be for 100,000 soldiers and horses to eat for two or three months, and this time these soldiers and horses can take these grain and grass south, along the way is equivalent to no capacity cost, as long as they can win, in the future, southern Xinjiang and their side of the exchange of business, this battle is cost-effective.

But only if they can win this battle.

Xiao Ce understands this in his heart, there has been no battle since ancient times, and he can win it with ten out of ten, people sometimes have to take some risks for their own purposes, and Xiao Ce is willing to take this risk, he wants to do what the previous Liang Emperors failed to do.

Li Hanning naturally supports this, Xiao Ce has always been a visionary in these matters, and since Li Hanning met him, he has not made a mistake in this matter.

"Your Highness rest assured, when Your Highness thinks about it, I am willing to lead the troops to go out and take southern Xinjiang directly for Your Highness."

But Chang'an has just settled down, and people are also needed to garrison here, if several of their famous generals have to go south, Xiao Ce will have to stay in Chang'an for both public security and food and grass, which means that they will have to be separated for at least a few months in this battle.

Xiao Ce took a serious look at Li Hanning in front of him, this was his favorite person, but first of all, this was his general.

"Don't worry, when the ministers count the amount of grain reserved, that day will not be too far away."

*

The candles in southern Xinjiang were bright, because Liang Zhou, the high-ranking and powerful general of Yanyun Ten Prefectures, had just finished inspecting his sailors.

"General, earlier today, Shen Qiuchi led people to inspect the opposite river again, and it seems that the inspections have been quite frequent in the past few months."

For them, the opposite side looks almost imminent.

Liang Zhou just waved his hand at the news, which meant that he knew, as long as everything happened on this river, there was nothing he didn't know and didn't know, and even if the people on the other side moved a boat, Liang Zhou could guess what they wanted to do.

At present, the situation in the north has been decided, everyone knows the news of Xiao Ce's entry into Chang'an, and the news has naturally spread to their southern Xinjiang, Xiao Ce is young and ambitious, and his natural ambition is not here, although Liang Zhou is thousands of miles away, he has always paid attention to the situation in the north, and has already guessed that his next step is southern Xinjiang.

The subordinate looked hesitant, and after a while, he still asked, "Then I don't know if the general's side plans?" Do you want to report to King Fengyang? ”

So that they can take precautions in advance.

Liang Zhou just shook his head: "Let's wait until the day they really do it." ”

Otherwise, their lord would not have believed it.

Only when the army pressed the border and they saw it with their own eyes did they know that Liang Zhou's words would not be alarmist, he was just a general of King Fengyang, but his prestige in the military camp was already much higher than him, so he seemed to be in a high position in political affairs, but in fact, there were things that had to be considered, and he had to be careful everywhere as if he were walking on thin ice.

His subordinates looked a little hesitant when they saw his reaction:

"But if the general waits until that time to send troops, will it be a little late?"

"No, it won't."

He received a very positive answer.

Liang Zhou looked at the misty river in front of him, the weather by the river was already cold at night, and the far edge fell in a dark night, and there was no end in sight.

On this river, there is no one who has been able to beat Yanyun Shizhou, even if the opponent is Xiao Ce, the outcome is the same.

No matter how many people they came, as long as Yanyun Shizhou was still in his hands, even if they came from afar, they were doomed to be in vain.

*

Xiao Ce sent a letter to Luoyang for several days, but only got a reply, I heard that the king of Luoyang had a serious illness a few days ago, so he shirked it and let his eldest son Xiao Sheng be in charge of the country on the grounds of his own health.

The approval was not sent to Chang'an for a long time, Xiao Ce immediately guessed that it was his eldest brother who was making a hindrance, but Luoyang still has their sister Zhaoyue, even if the father and emperor knew a few days later, he would agree to the funeral sooner or later, Xiao Sheng is bothering to do these things now are doomed to be in vain, and he is just disgusting his younger brother when he is far away in Luoyang.

However, Xiao Ce seems to have gotten used to having people stumbling behind his back, and he doesn't take these things to heart, as long as he can achieve his goal, it doesn't hurt that the process will take some time, so when Xiao Sheng was still playing these tricks that he often played when he was a child, he didn't notice that his younger brother was thinking about something more long-term.

Ning Yu is now standing under the lobby, looking at the official document that Xiao Sheng gave to Chang'an, thinking so in his heart, when they are in the Central Plains together, and the affairs in the south are over, Xiao Sheng will understand that he is already a big step behind the current Ming King, and sometimes he can't catch up when the disparity is too great, especially people like them who were born in the royal family.

After reading the reply, Ning Yu closed the official document:

"In fact, in this battle of our south, the grain and grass do not need to be called from Luoyang, and now we are under the command of Liangzhou and the state, as well as the current grain and grass in Chang'an, except for the ones reserved for the people just in case, the rest is enough to support this war."

The reason why the official document was sent to Luoyang was only because they should know in advance about the mobilization of troops, so as not to cause some unnecessary trouble in the future, in other words, this time the performance was actually just some formal things, and they originally just wanted to simply go through the form.

Xiao Ce didn't know it in his heart, and he also knew that even if there was an approval for this twist and turn in the future, it must be that he had to stay in Chang'an, Xiao Ce could send all the soldiers and horses under his command to southern Xinjiang, but he couldn't leave Chang'an, for Xiao Sheng and them, this was not only for the sake of the stability of the country, but also for the sake of curbing Xiao Ce's military exploits.

Xiao Ce glanced at Ning Yu and said, "The military just arranges the rest, and if you encounter any trouble, come to me." ”

Ning Yu said, "Your Highness can rest assured. ”

These things were originally expected by Ning Yu, and he had already handled things like this very well, and if he hadn't encountered something too difficult to deal with, he would naturally not trouble Xiao Ce.

As for Li Hanning, Xiao Ce glanced at her and said: "Changfeng is not here now, he should still be on the way back to Luochuan, let him rest this time, if there is no accident in this battle, you are the commander of the three armies in this battle, if you have time recently, go to the barracks for a walk, especially the Xiying that Changfeng often took before." ”

Xiao Ce always likes to win by surprise when he uses soldiers, but during the period when he is not fighting, he is careful everywhere, and he also takes into account that after Lu Changfeng leaves, the soldiers under his command will be more or less dissatisfied in their hearts.

However, Changfeng also thought of this before leaving, so before that, Dongying and Xiying often knew martial arts, and they were familiar with each other, if the commander was someone else, maybe those soldiers would be dissatisfied, but if it was her, it wouldn't.

"Your Highness, rest assured."

Xiao Ce just looked at them and nodded quietly.

Ning Yu had other things to do today, so he withdrew first, after Xiao Ce came to Chang'an, he has been busy dealing with the accumulation of things, and now he has just decided to go to southern Xinjiang to fight, and now he finally has a day of free time, and he can finally accompany Li Hanning to walk on the street.

Half a month has passed in the blink of an eye, and the people on this side of Chang'an have been afraid of going to the streets from the beginning, afraid that they, the soldiers of Luoyang, have now resumed their normal life one after another, and now Chang'an is more prosperous than before, with a lot of traffic on the streets, and people coming and going in an endless stream.

It's like there's never been a war, as if for them, it doesn't matter who sits in the emperor's position, and it doesn't affect them much, as long as they can live a normal life.

He and Li Hanning have lived here for a long time in the past, but unfortunately the old people in the past have long since forgotten where they have gone, and they have left Chang'an one after another.

The house is full of clothes, but it is rare to see the old acquaintances of the past.

"By the way, yesterday Luoyang sent someone to send a letter over, saying that my father set the name of the country during his illness, and it was Yuan'an."

Then this year is the first year of Yuan'an.

In this way, the name of the country has not yet been decided.

Xiao Ce explained to Li Hanning beside him: "My father has found someone to calculate it, and it is said that next week is a good time to start the country, and as for moving the capital, at least wait until my father's health is almost better." ”

Coincidentally, at this time, his father had a serious illness, if it weren't for this illness, maybe those people in Luoyang would have moved to Chang'an a long time ago.

However, it does not affect the prestige of the Xiao family now, because Xiao Ce is in Chang'an.