It was dark, and an iron hoof stepped into the puddle beside the road, and after splashing countless waters, the war horse quickly stopped.

Immediately, countless iron hooves came to a halt behind him, and in front of everyone, a large camp had been prepared a long time ago, and it was full of bonfires.

"All of you, go into the camp at once, eat and replenish your water, and immediately roll into bed and go to bed, and get up tomorrow, and after you have eaten, set out immediately." Li Xuan wore a tiger head on his head, and his cold voice sounded outside the entire camp.

"Whoa!" Without the slightest hesitation, more than 1,000 cavalrymen immediately turned over and dismounted, and then entered the camp in a neat and orderly manner.

Li Xuan turned over and dismounted, glanced at Li Xian, who was also dismounted quickly under the support of Qianniuwei, and walked towards the Meixian county order who had been waiting on the side.

Meixian is one hundred and sixty miles away from Chang'an, and the cavalry, which has just set off from Chang'an, is full of blood and energy, and runs directly from Chang'an to Meixian.

In Meixian, everything has already been prepared.

The camp tents, beds, hot water, hot food, forage, and even the guards of the camp are all in charge of the Meixian soldiers.

Most of the heavy armor and baggage, as well as food and grass, were all taken care of by the foot soldiers and ships behind.

They don't need to make their own food, or even guard, their more than 1,000 cavalry only need to take care of themselves and their horses, and they can do it for 300 miles day and night.

However, this is also just leaving Chang'an, full of blood and energy, and after two or three days, people will be tired immediately.

But fortunately, it was not too difficult to arrive in Lintao in five days.

After a while, Li Xuan took the county order of Meixian County and met Li Xian again in the big tent of the Chinese army.

"Xiaguan Dou Chi has seen His Royal Highness the King of England." The county magistrate of Meixian County bowed to Li Xian.

"Thank you Dou County." Li Xian subconsciously said a word, then frowned, raised his head and asked, "Do Dou County Ling and Dou Xiao know each other?" ”

Dou Chi was slightly stunned, and on the other side, Dou Xiao had already stood up: "Eighteen Lang, I have seen the thirteenth brother." ”

Looking at Dou Xiao, who was wearing a suit of armor and had a tired face, Dou Chi was full of surprise and asked in disbelief: "Eighteen Lang, when did you join the command of the British king?" ”

"Not a few days." Dou Xiao arched his hand and said seriously: "The official document came down, and it was only three or five days, and it was the fault of eighteen to fail to inform my brother in time." ”

Dou Chi waved his hand and said: "When the army goes out, it is natural to be busy, for my brother to understand, you can have a future, and I am happy for my brother." ”

"Thank you, Brother Thirteen." A sincere smile appeared on Dou Xiao's face

"Okay, it's all your own, let's sit down and eat." Li Xuan waved her hand and did not let the two brothers continue to chat.

The army traveled 800 miles, although food and safety should not be considered, but when it arrived in Taozhou, it was very important to maintain immediate combat strength and rest intact.

"Xia Guan has already had dinner." Dou Chi hurriedly waved his hand, and Li Xuan said unceremoniously: "Sit down first, His Royal Highness has some things to ask." ”

After Li Xuan finished speaking, Li Xian on the side was at a loss: Does this king have it?

On the other side, Yao Lingzhang had no intention of opening his mouth to help Li Xian speak, and now it is a rare opportunity to let Li Xian know about the local suffering, which is not a bad thing.

Dou Chi sat down behind the table on the side, and Li Xuan asked: "I waited for a group to come from Chang'an, and I didn't see many people along the way, but there were official documents from all over the place?" ”

"Yes." Dou Chi bowed slightly, and said in a deep voice: "I don't know about other local officials, but in Meixian County, according to the official documents of the DPRK and China, the lower officials ordered that within five days, the people should not walk on the avenue and the Wei River, and everything is based on military information. ”

"If it doesn't work for five days, won't it affect folk farming too much?" Li Xuan said a word, and Li Xian immediately raised his head.

Dou Chi hurriedly arched his hand and said: "No, Meixian County will plow on the 26th of this month this year, Your Majesty is sympathetic, before the 26th, the army has already left the territory of Meixian; Moreover, the impact is only on both sides of the avenue. As long as you don't pass through both sides of the avenue, people's lives will basically not have any impact. ”

"This time to prepare the barracks and grain and grass, will the loss of the people in the eyebrows be very heavy and the loss of the granaries?" Li Xuan followed and asked.

Dou Chi swallowed his saliva, every word of the king of Nanchang was asked to an important node, at this moment, not only Li Xian was looking at him, but even Yao Lingzhang, Dou Xiao, and others in the camp were all staring at Dou Chi carefully.

Taking a slight breath, Dou Chi hurriedly said: "The official document of the imperial court began as early as the year after the year, and the counties have already begun to prepare, at the beginning of last month, it was ordered that in the middle of this month, it must be prepared properly, drinking water and firewood, and grain. ”

The imperial army did not only travel one way, but also had different daily marching speeds, all of which were under the unified control of the military department, and the household department coordinated, and the pressure was transmitted to the counties evenly as little as possible, so that the army could be sent to the western front quickly, so it could be completed.

"This is not the problem of this king just now." Li Xuan added coldly.

The corners of Dou Chi's mouth twitched, but he still arched his hand: "After this incident, the county's grain inventory will only be harvested this autumn, and if this autumn's harvest is affected, it will need to be used to close the position." ”

"This king can't manage Chang Ping, can't find out the truth of Chang Ping, and can't manage the county border governance of your Mei County, but barely one side has been governed, so I suggest that you dig more ditches this year, build water conservancy, concentrate people's strength, and ensure this year's autumn harvest first."

"Thank you for the teachings of the prince, the lower officials will definitely follow the order." Dou Chi breathed a long sigh of relief, this matter was finally over.

"Hmm!" Li Xuan nodded, and then said, "You go and get busy, there are still a lot of things to do tomorrow." ”

"The minister retired." Dou Chi bowed and retreated.

Li Xian sat on the side and looked at Li Xuan in surprise: "Uncle Wang, this is the end." ”

Li Xuan ignored Li Xian, but looked up at Dou Xiao and said in a deep voice: "Go and tell that cousin, this year's autumn harvest, if Meixian County passes smoothly, this king and His Royal Highness the King will ensure that he is promoted to the next level, but if Meixian County fails to harvest this year, this king and His Royal Highness the King will jointly impeach him." ”

Dou Xiao was startled, bowed down and pleaded: "Lord Wang! ”

"Go ahead." Li Xuan waved his hand, Dou Xiao looked at Li Xian with some unbearability, Li Xian's face was already stunned, how could he impeach someone in the blink of an eye.

Yao Lingzhang on the side said: "This year's Yongzhou solar terms are acceptable, as long as you take care of it seriously and build water conservancy, the autumn harvest will be smooth, not to mention, and even a bumper harvest is possible, then it will not be a matter of official promotion, Dou will join the army, go and tell Brother Ling." ”

Dou Xiao still didn't have much joy on his face, so he could only arch his hand and say, "The lower officials obey the order." ”

Watching Dou Xiao leave, Li Xuan looked at Li Xian and said in a deep voice: "Your Highness, have you ever understood?" ”

Li Xian shook his head slightly, he couldn't figure out what was going on now?

Yao Lingzhang on the side sighed and said: "Your Highness, local officials have always done things to report good news and not bad news. ”

He said that this year's county grain inventory is only until this autumn's harvest, and if this year's autumn harvest is affected, it will be necessary to use the regular liquidation; According to this, that is, today's grain stocks in Meixian County can't wait for this year's autumn harvest, so they need to use the regular liquidation? Li Xian was shocked, someone actually lied like this in front of him.

"It's more than that." Li Xuan shook his head slightly, and said: "The state and county treasury officials have always stolen and sold from the state and county treasury, and the county may have less grain in stock, if you want to persist until this autumn's harvest, Dou Chi has to paste some of it himself." ”

"I'm afraid it's a lot." Li Xian had already understood the calculating heart of Li Xuan's words just now.

"These are not important, as long as he is willing to paste some, there will be enough food, so that the people can dig ditches enough, build water conservancy, then this year's autumn harvest is enough to guarantee, but if he does not stick, there is no other means, there is not enough food, then digging ditches, building water conservancy These things are not easy to do, can't be done, the autumn harvest will inevitably have problems, and then the people sell land to borrow usury, and the interest is rolling, and it is becoming more and more difficult......"

Li Xuan raised his head and said in a cold voice: "If such a magistrate, if he doesn't have this basic governance ability, then he won't be a county official; But if you can ensure the autumn harvest, then you still have some ability, and it's not a bad thing to keep it up. ”

Yao Lingzhang on one side said softly: "In this way, the prince has two capable and promising sons of the Dou family by his side. ”

Li Xian couldn't help but be stunned, can you still say that?

"The relationship between the lord and the person has always been close, and even if one commits a crime, the other will be implicated together, and if it is done at that time, His Highness may wish to send someone to keep an eye on it." Li Xuan groaned slightly, and then said: "Besides, Your Highness may as well be tough and bold in the future." ”

Li Xian looked up in surprise.

"At least in front of outsiders, His Royal Highness has to be more in charge, Yao Changshi, this matter will trouble you." Li Xuan nodded at Yao Lingzhang, then stood up, and arched his hand at Li Xian: "Your Highness, the ministers still have guards to arrange, so I will leave first." ”

"Uncle Wang, go slowly!" Li Xian quickly stood up, and then watched Li Xuan leave.

At this time, Yao Lingzhang said softly on the side: "Your Highness, this time, the king of Nanchang is a villain. ”

Li Xuan forced Dou Chi in front, and Li seemed to be in the back.

The details in the middle made Li Xian remember them deeply.

……

After arranging the matter of the secret guard on duty, Li Xuan breathed a sigh of relief.

Of the 1,600 cavalry, 1,000 are the right guard iron cavalry, and among the other 600 people, 200 are the two teams of cavalry of Jin Wuwei and Qianniuwei, and the remaining 400 people belong to the Hangzhou guard, of course, they are also the right guard cavalry now.

The right guard Zhonglang will watch the grain and grass in the rear, and move forward with the remaining 3,600 foot soldiers.

The front is responsible for commanding the 1,600 cavalry team, in addition to the original Guoyi Lieutenant, it is Qiu Zhenmu, the general of the fifth grade.

"How's that, it still feels familiar, right?" Li Xuan walked casually in the camp tent and looked at Qiu Zhenmu beside him.

Qiu Zhenmu nodded with a wry smile and said, "Fortunately, after being under house arrest for nearly half a year, I finally came out, but this time, I was dragged to the battlefield by the prince." ”

Since Qiu Shenyu's disappearance, Ming Chongyan has been using various means to prevent the announcement of Qiu Shenyu's death, and even put Qiu Zhenmu under residential surveillance.

After all, without Qiu Shenyu's body, the Qiu family couldn't say anything.

Later, although it was rumored that Qiu Shenqi was killed by a poisoned arrow when he exterminated a certain tribe in Mobei, the Qiu family did not have too many accidents.

There is no surprise in Qiu Shenwei's funeral, but the emperor not only posthumously crowned Qiu Shenwei as the general of Jin Wuwei, but also promoted Qiu Zhenmu to the general of Qianniu Weilang.

But even so, he was never let out, until Li Xuan asked for a decree, which lifted his restraints.

"The Qiu family's influence in the military still needs to be inherited." Li Xuan paused for a moment and continued: "If you are not here for half a year, it is okay to do things in the court, the key is that something big happened to the Demon Gate, in just a few months, this king has already met three Demon Gate Yang Gods." ”

"The subordinates know that it is mentioned in the letters sent by the prince every month." Qiu Zhenmu's expression became solemn, looked at the sky in the northwest, and said softly: "The army is moving forward, all enemies are changing, and anyone who wants to come to pick up the tiger's whiskers will have to pay the price of his life." ”

(End of chapter)