A soft sound broke the silence in the room, and Shi Jin subconsciously looked over.

It turned out that Li Xuan put the teacup in his hand on the table, and the force was neither light nor heavy, but it was enough to make people come back to their senses.

"Du Wei, now there are only a few dozen Qianniu Wei under this king, plus hundreds of conscripts and auxiliaries that can be mobilized in Wuzhou, and then counting the troops of several other states and counties, the total is only a thousand, if the Tianyin Sect gathers the main force to attack Wuzhou, this king will be difficult to resist, and now I ask Du Wei to help." After Li Xuan finished speaking, he stood up and bowed his hand sincerely to Shi Jin.

"Don't dare!" Shi Jin hurriedly stood up and solemnly returned the salute to Li Xuan, only when he saw him speak with a solemn face: "Lord, in the matter of that year, the lower official swore not to speak to others again, and asked the prince to forgive.

As for Wuzhou today, please forgive the officials for saying bluntly, for the time being, Wuzhou City is still as stable as a rock."

"Oh!" Li Xuan was a little surprised, he was originally worried that the Tianyin Sect's incident was right in front of him, how could he hear it from Shi Jin's mouth, but he had a sense of calmness and unhurriedness.

"Although the body of the Wuzhou Thorn Wang Fang was injured, the Wuzhou Prefecture City is all under his control, and the prince does not need to worry that Wuzhou will fall into the hands of thieves. As for the attack of the rebel army, it is estimated that it will not be in the near future, and the final general estimates that it will be about the end of July."

"End of July...... Is it the summer harvest?" Li Xuan couldn't help but feel a chill down his spine, and his eyes were extremely shocked: "They are waiting for the end of the summer harvest." Chinese Net

The autumn harvest in eastern Zhejiang begins in late June, and the rice with good varieties and excellent cultivation begins to mature at the earliest, and the harvest begins in late June; The varieties are slightly inferior, the cultivation is not good, and the rice in the remote area, the slowest to mature, will be harvested in early July and put into storage in the second half of July.

"Before the summer harvest, although the people were in hardship, there was still a glimmer of hope, but after the summer harvest, the officials were greedy, and most of the grain was taken away by the officials, and it fell into the hands of the people. Shi Jin's words broke through the mystery.

Li Xuan nodded, the taxes in the south were already heavier than those in the north, and the summer harvest was heavier than the autumn harvest.

After all, at the time of the autumn harvest, it is necessary to leave a way for the people to live, at least let them live until June of the next year, otherwise there will be a rebellion, and the Tang Dynasty will suddenly become the last days of the former Sui Dynasty.

"Before June, the people were most in distress, but there was still a glimmer of hope, if they instigated a rebellion at this time, they would naturally succeed, but the summer harvest after that would not be spared, the people did not want to, and neither did the Tianyin Sect. After all, back then, they just suffered from a lack of food.

But if they had done it earlier, they would have had to harvest the summer grain themselves. Such time is enough for the imperial court to react and gather a large number of soldiers, but it will inevitably be a fiasco, so after the summer grain is put into storage in late July, it is the best time to start an incident."

Whether it is the rebels of the uprising or the soldiers and horses of the imperial court, the key to war is still grain and grass.

Twenty years ago, Chen Shuozhen raised his army, and the time was chosen in early October.

At that time, although the autumn grain has been harvested, but not completely put into storage, the people experienced the pain of the summer harvest, naturally did not want the autumn harvest to be exploited again, one after another, Wuzhou counties soon fell.

However, although Wuzhou fell, in other states, the rebel army seemed to have encountered an impregnable wall, not only the officers and soldiers everywhere gritted their teeth and held on, but even the people were unwilling to join the rebel army.

It is because after the autumn harvest, the people have a lot of surplus food in their homes.

The same is true for officers and soldiers, who not only have to protect their homes and cities, but also their own surplus food.

Although Chen Shuozhen occupied Muzhou, as soon as the war started, the money and food were like flowing water, and I didn't know how much it was consumed in an instant.

The food in the hands of the people is not as good as before, and the people are resentful, and then Chen Shuozhen's defeat can be understood.

The real battle situation is definitely not a tragic battle reported by Kumon.

As a result, all the 30,000 rebels were exterminated, and in the end only 10,000 remained, all because of the lack of food.

If the incident had been changed after the summer harvest, the situation would have been different.

After the summer harvest, it is the most resentful and unwilling time for the people, and the people of the world are like this.

Once the rod is revealed, then it is immediately a group response.

Chen Sheng Wu Guangqi

Bing is in July.

"Your Majesty once said that you want this king to guarantee the autumn harvest in Wuzhou this year, it seems that what you are saying is not to let the Wuzhou military disaster be delayed until after the autumn, but to let this king eliminate the rebellion after the summer harvest as quickly as possible, so that it will not affect today's autumn harvest." Li Xuan said this, and suddenly stopped.

He subconsciously looked at Shi Jin, and saw that Shi Jin nodded in agreement: "Your Majesty's holy candlelight, seeing thousands of miles, has already made all the arrangements, the prince doesn't need to worry too much, the governor of Yuezhou Duan, and the king of Wuzhou will be ready."

Li Xuan now understands why they are here to pick peaches.

People have everything ready, aren't they here to pick peaches?

"It's not that simple." Li Xuan shook his head, thought about it and said, "Apostates, after the fiasco of the year, will inevitably learn a lesson, and the transition from the autumn harvest to the summer harvest is one of them.

In addition to food, what they lacked most back then was the training level of the soldiers, and the core of the incident now must be the elite who have been trained for many years, and the difficulty must be several times that of the year.

Thirdly, if I were them, I am afraid that the manpower of the Tianyin Sect would have already spread out in all directions, all over the nearby prefectures and counties.

Once the army is raised, it will be a thunderous blow, and it will sweep the entire land of Wuyue in an instant, and finally the soldiers will be directed at Yangzhou.

Or even like Chen back then, he would stop at the river and then plan for the future."

A clear picture spread out in front of Li Xuan and Shi Jin, and there was no doubt that this was the Tianyin Sect's strategy.

"Yangzhou, they can't take it," Shi Jin said confidently.

Li Xuan also nodded.

Although it seems that there is a problem within the army of Xinlin Mansion now, don't forget that the Yangzhou Metropolitan Governor's Mansion has the strength of the four Zhichong Prefectures.

Li Xuan didn't believe that Dou Xuande would let the soldiers of the other two prefectures not use it, and let the Tianyin Sect make trouble in the city.

"Lord Wang!" Shi Jin looked at Li Xuan straightly, and said in a deep voice: "In the last general's house, there are still some veterans who fought against the apostasy back then, in addition, this year, there is also a group of government soldiers in Xinlin Mansion who will be completed in advance, and the lower officials can let them leave on their own, except for the armor, they can take all the other blades away."

"Well, thank you, Captain Steward." Li Xuan breathed a long sigh of relief, his purpose of going to Yangzhou was finally half accomplished.

With this group of people, there is still nearly a month and a half, which is enough for him to train a batch of usable manpower.

As for the lack of armor, Li Xuan didn't dare to mess around with this thing, at most he called some from the treasury of the Yangzhou Metropolitan Governor's Mansion.

Or find a way to wait until after Wuzhou to raise or make a batch of homemade, but afterwards these armors must all be included in the treasury of Wuzhou.

"The prince doesn't need to say thank you, this is to thank the prince for saving Poria, if she has an accident tonight, the lower officials don't know how to face her father and her mother underground." Shi Jin's expression was full of sadness.

Li Xuan raised his eyebrows, then nodded and said, "Duwei, please forgive Xiao Wang for talking too much, what is the current situation in the Bofu, and what is the matter with the so-called Aunt Wen?"

"Aunt Wen is the concubine accepted by Liang Ming at the beginning of the year, and it is said that she is a southern clan, but all the family members died, and she is the only one left in the family. My brother-in-law felt pitiful, so he included the woman in the mansion as a concubine, and it was said that he would have to be corrected in the future," the corners of Shi Jin's mouth showed a trace of disdain: "What clan, it's nothing more than a prostitute,"

Li Xuan understood the meaning of Shi Jin's words: "The detailed origin of that woman, can't you find out clearly with the ability of the captain?"

"No, I can't." Shi Jin's expression became gloomy, and he said in a low voice: "Actually, Xia Guan is not against my brother-in-law's concubine, after all, Poria will get married next year, and it is good to have a hostess in the family, but that woman's words and deeds are frivolous, and her actions are casual, which makes people sick!"

Li Xuan nodded, she was used to mixing people outside, and it was not easy to return to the family to be a good wife and mother.

That Aunt Wen must have something to do with the Tianyin Sect, as for what the relationship is, we still need to see each other.

"Stepping on the ......" The footsteps in the rainy night were unusually clear, and Li Xuan raised his head and looked at the middle hall

Otherwise, Li Mo braved the heavy rain and came quickly.

Standing at the door, he reported to Li Xuan in a deep voice: "Lord Wang, someone from Yongchang Bofu has come, saying that he wants to take the young lady back."

"Let them wait." Li Xuan raised his head slightly, and said lightly: "If someone breaks in, they will be beaten and sent to the Governor's Mansion, and it will be said that someone assassinated the king and killed him."

"Whoa!" Li Mo bowed his hand, and then turned to leave.

Only then did Li Xuan look at Shi Jin and said, "Du Wei must have never set foot in Bofu since then."

"Hmm!" Shi Jin nodded, sighed and said, "Every family has a scripture that is difficult to read, and Xia Guan originally saw that since the woman entered the door, it was not bad for my niece, but I never expected that this happened tonight."

"It's a pity that none of those people are left alive, otherwise they would have narrowed through the true face of that woman." There was a burst of hatred on Shi Jin's face, it was the killer of the Tianyin Sect who assassinated Li Xuan, which meant that Aunt Wen was also a member of the Tianyin Sect.

"Evidence, Captain, the more it involves the high position and his family, the more evidence is needed, even if it is just a concubine. So, we don't need to kill her, Captain, there are many other ways to do things......