Wei Ze Pass is not a lonely pass, but a pass city, Yan Zhao did not fall before the Andong Wang Army, here only the garrison garrison, the imperial court in order to save military funds, encourage Wei Ze Pass to "pay their own military salaries", if there is no war, the defenders in addition to daily drills, in fact, also act as a matter of crops, there are many defenders of the family to move to Guancheng, hard work, to provide food supplies for the defenders, but now facing the war, increase the army several times, only with the grain production of Guancheng, naturally can not let hundreds of thousands of troops self-sufficient.

And this Guancheng, and is located in the place where the mountains and rivers are beautiful, see the flying spring like a rainbow, even if it is the cold season, ten thousand trees wither, but the building is towering, the atmosphere is magnificent, it has its own majestic momentum, and it will not make people feel depressed.

Follow Qin Balang to the pioneer camp, Eleven Niang will naturally not enjoy the scenery of Xiongguan, all the way is like a horse, but the mood is inevitably excited, only thinking that Wei Ze Pass has fallen, such a mood will naturally add a bit of complexity, although the pass is strong, but the rulers are incompetent, the splendid country is already facing the wolf smoke and beacon fire, the soldiers and civilians stationed here can be described as unsafe and uneasy, no matter how good the natural scenery is, it is not worthy of praise.

Liu Yan had obviously seen Qin Balang's true face, and when he saw that he didn't have a mask, he couldn't help but be stunned on the spot.

didn't recognize the "young man" dressed as an attendant behind Qin Balang at all, and it turned out to be his eleventh sister.

It wasn't until in the barracks that Eleven Niang reached out and knocked on the door of her head hesitantly, and Liu Yanfang hesitated to ask: "Eleventh sister?" ”

After receiving another burst as a reply, Liu Yan confirmed his guess, but he was still puzzled: "I heard that His Royal Highness went to the domain, and I expected that he would be eager to come to Guancheng to inspect it, but I didn't expect that the eleventh sister would also accompany him." ”

Of course, he would ask about Mrs. Wei and the family's relatives An Kang, so after a while, He Ye and Qin Ming came in, so the cold noise ended, Qin Ming opened a picture, and the three men discussed military affairs.

Eleven Niang listened for a while, and learned that in the old years, although Wuweihou thwarted the Pan-Liao coalition army and temporarily alleviated the danger of Weize Pass, but because there was not much progress in the increase of troops in Yunzhou, Wuweihou had to allocate half of the army to aid Yunzhou.

Under such circumstances, Wuweihou naturally did not dare to attack Weize Pass to recover Yanzhao's lost territory, but hundreds of thousands of troops were stationed here, and the money and grain consumed was not a small amount, which was also the main excuse for Mao Wei to question Wuweihou's "passive non-fighting", in fact, the Queen Mother was also somewhat dissatisfied with Wuweihou.

But for the military, Shi Niang is not familiar with it, so she didn't say much, after listening to it for a while, she resigned, and asked Qin Ming's henchman Zuo General about the real food needed by the army, and calculated the grain and grass that needed to be transported to Guangyang and even Yunzhou before the successful implementation of the new system, and felt quite at a loss.

There is still a part of Weize Guancheng that can be self-sufficient, but Yunzhou City has been abandoned for decades, and once the army is increased, it will completely rely on Taiyuan Mansion to provide food and salary, and the burden is not heavy.

The defense was already difficult, not to mention the need to spend weapons and horses to send troops, and it was inevitable to reach out to the imperial court, but the Empress Dowager Wei might not be willing, if it were not for the sake of "saving" military supplies, the Empress Dowager would not have adopted Lu Li's advice, made up her mind to reform the tax system, and allowed the King of Jin to go to the domain.

The financial problem needs to be solved by Shi Niang, and Guangyang and his party suddenly made her feel pressured.

He trapped himself in the tent and pondered for a long time, until Hu entered to remind him, and then he realized that it was late at night.

"Your Highness has led a vanguard army of 5,000 to raid Pingshan."

Hu's words shocked Eleven Niang: "You can't wait so much? ”

You must know that although He Ye has ambitions, after all, he has never really been on the battlefield, and when he first came to Wei Ze Pass, he immediately led his troops to raid, which was too child's play.

"With Liu Lang guarding His Royal Highness, it shouldn't be ......" Hu Shi paused slightly, and swallowed the bad words in the end: "Your Highness will definitely win the first battle." ”

Although Qin Ming is brave and good at fighting, he is also more familiar with the terrain, but he is Qin Balang's Shangguan, and since he is the "Qin Balang" leading the raid, of course he will not fight, although San Lang is by He Ye's side, but Eleven Niang is not so down-to-earth in the end.

"General Qin has returned to the camp?"

"General Qin couldn't rest assured, so he stayed in the vanguard camp and waited for the news of the battle." Hu said.

Eleven Niang immediately decided to see this one, and the Hu family led the way, but Qin Ming's anxiety was even worse than the two of them, he was no longer able to wait in the barracks at this time, but went to the sentry.

Fortunately, with Qin Ming's henchmen leading the way, Eleven Niang approached the watchtower without any obstacles.

"Why did Your Highness decide to raid today?"

Regarding Princess Jin's inquiry, Qin Mingzhi replied: "Your Highness believes that although Yunzhou is weak, now is not the time to start a frontal war with Pan Liao's troops, but you can't passively slack off, and occasionally launching a surprise attack may have a miraculous effect. ”

"So what are the chances of winning this raid?" Laymen naturally care about winning or losing.

Qin Ming was silent, obviously considering his reply.

"The general can just say it."

"There is no chance of victory on the battlefield, the variables are really unpredictable, and besides, the Pingshan garrison should have more than 30,000, and His Highness only brought 5,000 vanguard troops."

That is, there is no dominance at all in numbers.

Shi Niang calmed down: "Your Highness is not a reckless person, there is such a huge disparity between victory and defeat on the surface, if Your Highness is not eighty percent sure, he will not make this decision in a hurry." ”

Qin Ming was surprised: "The princess also knows the art of war?" ”

"I don't know how to arrange troops, but I just know a little bit of His Highness's temperament, and the general doesn't need to worry too much."

On the contrary, Qin Ming became the comforted party, and this situation inevitably made him feel a little ashamed: "Humble duty is not to despise His Highness, but to ......"

"I can understand the general." Shi Niang smiled slightly: "After all, His Royal Highness has never been on the battlefield, and the general is loyal, so it is inevitable that he will be worried." ”

Without inquiring about the details of the plans made by the men, Eleven Niang talked about her plan: "The general thinks that it is feasible to rebuild Yunzhou City?" ”

Rebuild Yunzhou City! Of course, Qin Ming understands that these five words are an understatement, but in fact, how difficult it will be to operate.

When Zhou Wuzong pacified the northern border, conquered the barbarians, so in the north of the construction of Yunzhou City, not only set up a garrison, but also ordered to move civilians into Yunzhou to operate farming, and even once, as a border pass of Yunzhou trade is also extremely developed, but after the prosperous era, the Great Zhou Dynasty has many generations of kings and sparse armaments, Yunzhou was once occupied by the barbarians, and those farmlands have gradually become wasteland again, even after the new battle, Yunzhou returned to the jurisdiction of the Great Zhou, but it is only to stabilize the city defense to avoid enemy invasion, it is really lonely.

"If Yunzhou increases the number of troops, the military supply is overloaded, and it is difficult to ensure the supply with the power of Taiyuan Prefecture, and only by rebuilding Yunzhou City can the financial crisis be alleviated." Eleven Niang said.

"However, the governor of Yunzhou is not trusted by the Queen Mother, not to mention how difficult it will be to rebuild Yunzhou City, and the imperial court may not agree."

Although Qin Ming's words were not optimistic about Eleven Niang's suggestion, Eleven Niang felt pleased.

He Ye believes that Qin Ming is justified, at least Qin Wuyu is not like Wuwei Hou's father and son, although he can lead the army to fight, he doesn't know much about government affairs and the current situation, and Qin Wuyu doesn't despise the princess as a woman, and can still question it.

"The Queen Mother naturally has me to convince her, I just want to know if Yunzhou City is rebuilt, whether it can ease the finances of the household department."

"Of course!" Qin Ming said excitedly: "Since Yunzhou City has been prosperous for a while, it means that there is a lot of fertile land in the jurisdiction, and as long as the farmers can cultivate it, they can be completely self-sufficient, but it is just ...... Wang Jingu, this person, has too heavy selfish desires, if he has the heart of disobedience, rebuilding Yunzhou City may create another Pan Bo! ”

These words became even more sympathetic, and Eleven Niang became more and more sure of Qin Ming's loyalty, so she no longer concealed it: "I was planning just now, Yunzhou is not Wang Jingu's family to defend, if Wang Jingu loses power......"

Qin Ming's heart sank, but his eyes lit up, and he vaguely understood Princess Jin's intentions.

"Princess Takami." This is not a compliment, but it is indeed convincing.

Eleven Niang changed the topic: "Qin Ruren did not go to the domain with His Royal Highness this time, but soon after, he will also arrive in Taiyuan with many female dependents, although the Ruren are defensive against me, I also disagree with many of the Ruren's behaviors, but at least she is sure that she will not hinder His Highness, so I intend to let her and my sister assist in the internal affairs of the palace, but the Ruren seem to be quite embarrassed, Xu is indispensable to the general's advice, His Royal Highness will spend a lot of thoughts on the war in the future, I also have to be distracted from government affairs, many concubines in the Jin Palace, are the eyes and ears of the Queen Mother, can not be trusted, It is because I wish that the widows would be able to share their worries. ”

Qin Ming naturally understood this, this was a gesture of favor from the princess, although she saw through Ji Niang's ambition, but she would not tolerate it, as long as Ji Niang knew how to advance and retreat.

Qin Ming bowed again: "The princess is benevolent, and she is not depressed and keep it in mind." ”

Eleven Niang smiled and didn't say anything, just accompanied Qin Ming, in this watchtower, waiting for the result of His Royal Highness the King of Jin leading the army to meet the battle for the first time.