"Oh." Xia Jing responded lightly.

"Princess, our Changsha County has a huge population base, but there are not many young and middle-aged people, this conscription." Jin Zupei changed the topic again.

Xia Jing waved her hand and motioned him not to continue, and when she saw that he closed her mouth in amusement, she said solemnly: "Under the whole world, it is not the king's land; On the shore of the land, it is not the king's minister. It stands to reason that I have been conscripted in any state, so why should the county warden obstruct it in every possible way? How can we end this troubled world without conscription? How can Dayu talk about the development of people's livelihood and the prosperity of the country? ”

"Princess, lower official"

"County guard, there are some things I don't like to say twice!"

For example, do these local officials really think that they are not the emperor's courtiers? Or do they want to fish in troubled waters and make the soldiers and horses of Changsha County stronger?

If Jin Zupei thought he could stop her, then he was wrong.

If she gives up when she encounters a little obstacle, it is not Xia Jing's character, and Jin Zupei's obstruction will only make her more determined to recruit soldiers in Changsha County.

The conscription continued, and Xia Jing sent a letter to Jiankang the next day, since Changsha County was ready to replenish the soldiers, then the Jingzhou soldiers and horses who were transferred to Jiankang, they didn't want to come back, and it was most appropriate to directly defend Jiankang.

The soldiers and horses in Xia Jing's hands used to be almost 50,000 when they were in Lingnan, and about 10,000 were stationed overseas.

Some time before departure, Xia Jing recruited almost 40,000 soldiers and horses in Lingnan, minus the 10,000 soldiers and horses directly under the command of Sima Lu who stayed in Lingnan, and counted about 70,000 soldiers and horses who came to Jingzhou this time.

Including slaves and miscellaneous servants, there are about 80,000 people.

Xia Jing stayed in Changsha County for five days and recruited 50,000 soldiers, which was enough to gather 130,000.

led more than 100,000 people across the river, and Yuan Rujiang, the assassin of Jingzhou, was already waiting on the other side of the river.

On a painting boat on the banks of the Gangneung River.

The sound of silk and bamboo, the tea mist is swirling.

Xia Jing looked at Yuan Rujiang, who was seriously washing tea, through the mist: "Why did Lord Yuan come south to Jiangling?" ”

Yuan Rujiang raised his eyes and glanced at her, with a smile on the corner of his mouth: "Weichen has admired the princess for a long time, and I heard that the princess passed by Jingzhou and deliberately took a boat down the river to Jiangling, just to have a chance to chat with the princess." ”

Xia Jing listened to his words and laughed.

Yuan Rujiang was in charge of Jingzhou, the land of fish and rice, and she was in charge of the military and political power, and at first she thought he was a rough man on horseback, but she didn't want him to be treated favorably by the years.

The robe is complementary, the demeanor is graceful, especially a pair of wise eyes, and there has been a slight smile since they met.

It's really far from the image of a man she imagined.

"Why, the princess doesn't believe that Weichen came to greet you on purpose?"

Xia Jing smiled and shook her head: "Concubine Ben never believed that someone could come from afar, just to talk to me simply. ”

Yuan Rujiang did not continue with her words, but turned his head to look at the several musicians who were playing.

"Has the princess heard this song?"

Xia Jing smiled at the corner of her mouth: "Lord Xie Yuan, this concubine has been raised since she was a child, and she doesn't know anything about piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, let alone appreciating music, I'm afraid that it will disturb Lord Yuan's interest." ”

The corners of Yuan Rujiang's mouth twitched slightly, "Weichen is not proficient either." ”

"The nobles of the family do not make a living from this, they don't need to be proficient, as long as they know how to appreciate it!"

"What the princess said is reasonable, listening to your words, Weichen has already found an excuse in his heart for not studying music and rhythm seriously when he was a child."

Xia Jing looked at him, her eyes narrowed slightly, "Lord Yuan is really funny, it is not easy to maintain such an optimistic attitude after so many years in officialdom, it is simply a clear stream of officialdom." ”

When Yuan Rujiang heard this, he laughed: "The princess praises falsely! ”

"Speaking of officialdom, what is Lord Yuan's opinion on the current situation? Can you feel free to chat? Xia Jing picked up the teacup and took a sip gently.

Yuan Rujiang lifted the teapot, helped Xia Jing continue the tea, and helped himself to renew the tea, "The emperor relieved the siege of Jiankang, made the traitors flee, and helped the society in danger, as long as the monarch and the minister are united, Weichen believes that in the near future, Dayu will achieve peace in the four seas, and the country and the people will be safe." ”

Xia Jing listened to his words, and scolded in her heart: "Old fox! ”

This compliment is said to be tantamount to not being said.

"Speaking of the unity of the monarch and the minister, there is something I want to discuss with you here."

Hearing her words, Yuan Rujiang smiled: "The princess wants to talk about grain and grass?" ”

He had been mentally prepared before he came, hundreds of thousands of troops passed through Jingzhou, no matter what, he had the responsibility of raising grain and grass for her, rather than passive, it was better to take the initiative to send it to the door, so that the princess could remember him.

It's just that Xia Jing listened to his words, and instead of nodding, she shook her head with a smile.

Seeing this, Yuan Rujiang chuckled in his heart, and then his heartbeat was a little too fast, and he had a bad premonition.

Sure enough, I only heard Xia Jing say: "It's not about grain and grass, it's about borrowing soldiers." ”

"Borrowed soldiers?" Yuan Rujiang thought that it was a soldier borrowed from the siege of Jiankang last time, "When Jiankang is straightened out, the emperor will let them come back." ”

Xia Jing smiled and shook her head, "When will the last time the borrowed soldiers be returned, it is Li Jingfu's business, what we are talking about borrowing troops today is borrowing troops from you in the name of this concubine." ”

"The princess borrowed soldiers?" Yuan Rujiang couldn't keep up with Xia Jing's rhythm for a while.

This time I took the people of the palace to Jiankang, so many soldiers and horses were not enough, and I had to borrow troops from him.

Did you want to borrow troops from him to go to Jiankang to seize the throne?

For a while, Yuan Rujiang was a little overthinking.

Xia Jing pointed to the river outside the painting boat, "If Concubine Ben wants to go south to Jiankang, she will take a boat down the river directly on the opposite side, and she still needs to go to Jiangling with a lot of effort?" ”

Yuan Rujiang asked softly: "Then the princess wants to borrow soldiers."

Xia Jing held her cheek with one hand and grinned: "Of course I want to go north and go straight to Huanglong!" ”

Yuan Rujiang looked at her in astonishment, and his lips moved a few times, "."

This. It's a toad yawning, what a big breath!

If the rebels in the north were so easy to eliminate, they would have been eliminated a long time ago, where would there be anything about her!

Xia Jing raised a finger: "Secondment of a strong army, at least 50,000 soldiers and horses." ”

Yuan Rujiang was a little speechless, "Princess, although Jingzhou has a vast territory, but all the soldiers and horses in the guards add up to see if there are 50,000 people, your opening is 50,000, you know that 50,000 soldiers and horses are basically all the troops that Jingzhou can mobilize." ”

"Lord Yuan, when the country is in crisis, it is not the time to care about personal gains and losses, we, as the people in charge of the authorities, should look at the overall situation and put the interests of the country first!"

"The rise and fall of the world is the responsibility of the husband!"

What Xia Jing said is called righteousness and awe-inspiring, if Yuan Rujiang is a hairy boy, maybe he will really be persuaded by her blood boiling, and he will really agree as soon as his head is hot.

But now Yuan Rujiang has already passed the age of being hot-blooded and impulsive, and he thinks about things more thoroughly.

"Will the princess lead the troops into battle?"

The question is realistic.

Xia Jing fought alone and may be very experienced, but she dared not say that she would lead more than 100,000 or 200,000 soldiers and horses.

"This concubine only controls the overall situation, and the specific strategic arrangements are naturally in charge of the generals who lead the troops, so Lord Yuan can rest assured."

Yuan Rujiang wanted to sneer, "How can it be so simple to lead the troops to fight, although the princess said that the family and country feelings Weichen understands a little, but Weichen does not dare to take the lives of tens of thousands of soldiers at will." ”

Xia Jing was mentally prepared for Yuan Rujiang's refusal, "Since Lord Yuan is not worried about this concubine, you can let your generals lead this team, and we will go to the battlefield together to resist foreign enemies." ”

As long as Yuan Rujiang is still a courtier of Dayu, he can't refuse this request, unless he wants to rebel or defect to Emperor Ming, Prince Ning, otherwise, he will never be able to step into the class hurdle.

A courtier is a courtier, and the will is something they will never dare to openly disobey.

After resting in Jiangling for a day, Xia Jing announced that the team would continue to march north, and instead of dragging its feet all the way north, whoever didn't want to go could directly take a boat south in Jiangling to go to Jiankang to meet King Qian.

Xia Jing's words, everyone from the initial shock, to the current impatience, it seems that many people are reluctant to go north and want to go south by boat.

Going south to Jiankang is equivalent to enjoying the glory and wealth again, and in front of the glory and wealth, he cares about the chaos in the world and stands aside.

Few normal people can stand the flames of war, but it is better to let Xia Jing go to Jiankang to intrigue than to go to the battlefield to show her blood.

Therefore, Xia Jing planned to lead the soldiers and horses to attack Beidi, drive Beidi back to the grassland, and then encircle it with the soldiers and horses of Yangzhou, and wipe out the rebels in Henan, Qing, and Yanzhou, lest they go to the other state capitals that were not affected.

The plan is perfect, but there are many things in life that require an unknown amount of effort to achieve.

This time, several stepsons performed better than the last time, at least the only one who was willing to go south was Li Chengzhan, who was a weak scholar and afraid of water, and finally he returned.

Of course, the stupid boss Li Chengshang is not counted, he is a patient, so he was naturally escorted by Li Chengzhan all the way and led his respective families down the river.

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The army of 200,000 passed through Jingmen and went straight to Shiyan.

From Shiyan past can reach the Gyeonggi area, has been entrenched in Gyeonggi Beidi soldiers and horses can not imagine that Dayu is a place of chicken feathers, they even dare to draw troops and horses to attack Gyeonggi.

Unprepared and unexpected, Xia Jing led the troops to march all the way and won three county towns in the Gyeonggi region in a row.

Ten counties in the Gyeonggi region went to three counties, which is really unexpected.

"Princess, the three county towns south of the capital have been captured by us, and the other counties do not need to be attacked one by one, as long as we capture the capital in the center, the other counties will not be attacked, I believe that the Beidi soldiers and horses of other counties will flee with the defeated soldiers and horses."

Feng Tu analyzed the current situation to Xia Jing.

Sha Yuliang groaned and said: "The capital is easy to defend and difficult to attack, and the soldiers and horses of several county towns have fled to the capital, which shows that the strength of the capital has increased, and they have defense, so it is more difficult for us to attack." ”

"In any case, since we have taken this step, the capital must find a way to take it back." Xia Jing looked at everyone: "There are always more ways than difficulties, everyone uses their own brains." ”

At the same time, in the palace of the capital, the generals of Beidi gathered together, also discussing how to deal with the next war?

"What princess of Dayu is full of food and support, this season has just been planted in spring, and it is not yet autumn, why did she lead the troops to attack us?" The Beidi general Mo Rigen was both angry and a little unable to think of the enemy's motive for attacking.

Siqin, the staff member of the eighth prince, stroked his beard and said: "There is enough grain and grass in the Central Plains, they will not worry about the shortage of grain and grass when they send troops outside, and they will not abide by the principle of picking provocations and stirring up trouble after the autumn harvest. ”

This is not a steppe, and they can't think about things with steppe thinking.

At this time, the eighth prince spoke, "Those who come are not good, and those who are good are not coming, I heard that this princess's man has already ascended the throne in Jiankang, and she came to attack the Gyeonggi region at this time, obviously she wants to recover the lost territory."

Now we are besieged in the city, but don't forget, we only transported a batch of grain back to the grassland some time ago. Now the grain and grass in the city is not sufficient, if Dayu's soldiers and horses surround us here for ten days and a half, what will happen to everyone's living environment? ”

For the Beidi people, who are accustomed to living in yurts, they are not very comfortable living in the capital, in fact, they prefer to return to the grassland to live.

Living in the capital, I can't get rid of my arms if I want to ride a horse.

"Then what does Your Highness think we should do?" Morrigan asked.

The eighth prince said his thoughts, "In order to preserve our strength, we will return to the grassland to nourish the essence and reserve the sharp, the Central Plains has not thought about being quiet in the past few years, it is better for us to make room for them to eat dogs, wait for them to bite out the victory, and give him another blow when one side is weak!" ”

The staff nodded when they heard this: "Before we leave, we will search the capital again, hoping to bring more grain and grass back." ”

It's just a pity that it's not after the autumn harvest, otherwise you can bring more grain back.

Buhe, who had been silent, said: "Don't worry, we can come to rob again after the autumn harvest and prepare more complete supplies for winter." I believe that as long as we are well prepared, living in the grassland is no worse than the Central Plains! ”

When the eighth prince heard this, he didn't reply, but frowned slightly, "It's still early before the end of the year, don't worry about anything, everyone will take everything they can to the grassland." In particular, the slaves we have captured, all of whom are good at farming, and bringing them back is just right for us to plant some land in the grasslands. ”

"Before we leave, do we need to set fire to this capital, and let Emperor Dayu snatch it is just a burned empty shell?" Morrigan came up with such an idea out of the blue.

The eighth prince shook his head: "We will fight back in the capital sooner or later, if the capital is burned, it will harm others and yourself, there is no need to bear the infamy of the ages and do this kind of thing that damages yin and morality." ”

"Your Highness is right, we will attack one day, and it will not be ours that will be lost by then, the ruins and walls will not be built."

Everyone imagined the future, as if they wanted to invade the Gyeonggi region as easily.

The Gyeonggi area is the backyard where they can come and go whenever they want.

If Xia Jing knew what they thought, she really wanted to set off thousands of firecrackers to thank them.

Thank them for being so confident and taking the initiative to return the capital to them.

Of course, they have been plagued by the capital for more than a year, and they want to leave so easily, not to mention that Xia Jing and the soldiers will not agree.

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