For such a long time, Lu Yuan has been waiting for the regrouping of troops.

His army of 100,000 is placed here, and every day without moving, tens of thousands of taels of silver flow out.

With such a big expense, how can you just wait?

It's not time, it's silver.

Unless your court helps me with this consumption, Lu Yuan will not be willing to suffer this loss.

However, for Lu Yuan's words, Shangguan Ming just smiled: "When the army fights, stability is the first priority. If you don't think about winning, you should lose first. Now that the soldiers and horses have not arrived, how can they move the army without permission?

As for the consumption of grain and grass.

Ben General commanded tens of thousands of soldiers and horses, from Linhai, Yuzhang two counties, thousands of miles of grain, and never complained.

Changsha is only 100,000 people, and it is in the country, but it can be eaten on the spot, why can't it support it? ”

For the Dayue Imperial Court, after experiencing one defeat after another, with a large number of soldiers and horses under his command killed, although the city was constantly lost and the territory of control was shrinking day by day.

But correspondingly, the originally huge financial pressure has also suddenly disappeared.

Especially the 100,000 troops under Lu Yuan, after he established the country independently, the money, food and military salaries were also raised by Changsha itself.

Without the burden of these 100,000 people, then the financial expenditure to be borne by the imperial court is only 140,000 troops under Shangguan Ming and Yang Jing, 50,000 Yangtze River sailors, and 20,000 Tianmen defenders under Bai Mengyang.

These three forces of soldiers and horses add up to 210,000.

But for the imperial court, which controlled Yuzhang County and Linhai County, the expenditure of money and food to supply this army was more than enough.

Only half of the annual fiscal revenue needs to be used to support these armies.

In this case, don't say that you have been waiting here for half a year, you are waiting for three years and ten years, and the court will not be cowardly at all.

Even a little darker thought.

In fact, dragging it out like this is not a bad thing for the imperial court.

Because the two counties of Yuzhang and Linhai are rich, the imperial court also mastered the two counties of Guangling and Jian'an, with the foundation of these four counties.

After 10 years of cultivation, most of the vitality can be restored.

At that time, the imperial court will be able to form another two or three hundred thousand troops to conquer the world.

At this time, Lu Yuan's army has been dragged, always in the midst of bleeding and consumption, and it is difficult to recover its vitality.

The imperial court is attacking it with a large army, how can he resist it?

And once Lu Yuan is defeated, without his shield, the South China Sea and Ninghai may not have to fight, and they can expect the wind to fall.

At that time, maybe there is no need to say that Shenqiu said, spend twenty or thirty years to recuperate, and then regain the lost land in another twenty or thirty years.

It may only take ten years for the imperial court to regain its former territory and regain its prosperity.

Therefore, for the imperial court at this time, if the war can be delayed for a little longer, it can actually be regarded as a good thing.

However, Shangguan Ming had a good calculation, how could Lu Yuan really do what the other party wanted.

Although with his current financial resources, it is enough to support an army of 100,000 for five or six years.

Even with the original agreement with Yan Wangqiu and Su Xuange, with their help to share the military salary, it is not a problem to fight for ten years.

But I have so much money, so I can use it to raise an extra 100,000 soldiers and horses, and use it to build places and strengthen the country's strength?

Why waste it in such a place?

So after listening to what Shangguan Ming said at this time, Lu Yuan couldn't help but sneer: "If the imperial court thinks so, then don't blame me for disbanding the soldiers and horses, and I won't accompany you."

Moreover, if you don't want to fight, then return Baling City to me.

This is the most important place in our country, and there is no room for insignificant people to settle here. ”

The agreement with the imperial court was to lease Baling City to them until the Zhou people were repulsed.

Now that the imperial court doesn't want to fight the Zhou people, the conditions for the lease of this city are naturally not valid.

At that time, Lu Yuan would not tolerate others stationing hundreds of thousands of troops in his own territory, so he naturally wanted to drive Shangguan Ming and others out.

As for after these people leave, will they simply abandon Tianmen Mansion City and abandon the Yangtze River defense line?

In this regard, Lu Yuan just wanted to say.

If the imperial court really dares to do this, then he dares to lead the country to surrender.

It's a big deal to take refuge in the Zhou people, who is afraid of who will go?

Anyway, Lu Yuan's worst treatment is just to change places and seal the country, and he can still keep the throne. But on the side of the imperial court, it is not necessarily.

"You ......"

When Shangguan Ming heard Lu Yuan's words, his wishful thinking couldn't be done, and he immediately stood up angrily.

Yang Jing next to him saw it and hurriedly stepped forward to reassure: "Okay, Brother Shangguan, King of Changsha, don't make noise." I belong to the same party, what kind of system does this become? ”

Holding Shangguan Ming, Yang Jing looked at Lu Yuan and said, "What General Lu said is indeed reasonable. We waited for hundreds of thousands of troops, stationed here, and people ate and chewed horses every day, but there was no movement, which is a little unreasonable.

So be it.

We led the army and moved to Baling City first. Then they each sent a part of their soldiers and horses to cross the river first to aid Wu'anhou.

After stabilizing the situation in the city, he sent troops north one after another to gradually recover the lost land of Tianmen Mansion.

During this period, it was also just waiting for reinforcements from the South China Sea and Ninghai.

What does the king of Changsha think of such an arrangement? ”

Hearing this, Lu Yuan groaned, and finally nodded slowly: "In this case, I have no problem." ”

After receiving the reply, Yang Jing looked at Shangguan Ming again, and the latter snorted coldly: "That's it." ”

When the words fell, the atmosphere in the venue suddenly eased.

Then the two sides began to discuss again how to move their troops to Baling City.

In the end, due to the limited trust between the two parties, the final decision was reached.

Shangguan Ming, the soldiers and horses of the imperial court, still went north by boat as when they came. Lu Yuan took the land route and went to Baling City from the official road.

The two sides eventually rendezvoused at the foot of Baling City.

With a plan, Lu Yuan and Shangguan Ming, who couldn't look at each other, no longer got together and separated.

On the same day, Shangguan Ming boarded the battleship and led the troops north.

Lu Yuan continued to stay in Yiyang City and did not leave in a hurry.

It's not because he says one thing and does another, and he says he invites war, but in fact he is afraid to retreat.

The reason why Lu Yuan stayed here was that Dan Ding Dao had originally promised him the assistance of weapons and equipment, and after more than half a year, he finally sent it over at this time.

On the surface of Dongting Lake outside Yiyang City, dozens of boats floated in and entered the dock in turn.

Lu Yuan and Anqiu Zhenren boarded the ship, came to the cabin, or opened a large box, and then pointed to an iron armor sealed with oil paper inside, and said: "King, the 10,000 iron armors, 10,000 crossbows, 30,000 strong bows, and 50,000 swords and spears promised by this Dao have all been delivered.

The king only needs to have people collect supplies from the ship, and then he can equip his army. ”

Lu Yuan looked at the iron armor in the photo, his heart was happy, and he couldn't help but go up and touch it.

Cool to the outside and smooth on the nail surface. The texture is thick and heavy, and it looks like a good armor.

Before the army goes out now, if this batch of weapons and armor can be delivered, this Northern Expedition, he has a better chance of winning in his heart.

Thinking like this, Lu Yuan couldn't help but rejoice: "With your help, I don't have to worry about breaking the Zhou people this time." ”

When Anqiu Zhenren next to him heard this, he also had a smile on his face, but he couldn't help but remind: "King, now all the assistance that this Dao should receive has been given to him. Now that recent years have passed, shouldn't there be some progress in the practice of the Taiping Taoist Book that the king should have? ”

Danding Dao came to Lu Yuan's aid, but he didn't come to do good deeds.

From the beginning, their purpose was to let Lu Yuan practice the Taiping Dao Book, and then use him to verify and modify the exercises.

In essence, it is to use Lu Yuan as a guinea pig.

Now that the mice are fat, it's time to take them out and do experiments, right?

When Lu Yuan heard this, he said with a calm expression: "Don't worry, real people. On the side of Yangshan Mansion, the altar for sacrificing the Heavenly Pillar has been almost completed, and it will be completed before the end of the year. When the time comes, I will take the time to go and sacrifice to the Heavenly Pillar, and I can start practicing. ”

When Anqiu Zhenren heard this exact time, he was also satisfied, and he did not continue to force it, but said with a smile: "Don't blame the king, it is really a Taiping Taoist book, which is related to the future of my Dao, so I urged." It's not that you can't trust the king. ”

Lu Yuan shook his head and said with a smile: "This king knows. Danding Dao has helped me a lot, and the relationship between you and me, real people don't need to explain much. ”

Anqiu Zhenren smiled: "In this case, the king should quickly let people carry these ordnance." The army is about to set out, and the soldiers are in danger of fighting, and they cannot be delayed. ”

Lu Yuan nodded: "That's exactly why, this king has arranged someone here." ”

Afterwards, the two disembarked together.

Then Lu Yuan arranged for people to start carrying the materials in the ship. After that, it took a few more days to distribute all the new ordnance in turn.

The weapons and armor issued by Danding Dao this time are enough to arm thirty or forty thousand people.

In this northern expedition, the 100,000 army led by Lu Yuan was composed of 40,000 soldiers and 60,000 Miao soldiers.

This batch of military aid just met the needs of the soldiers.

So he gave all these weapons to his soldiers, re-armed them, and then issued the equipment that the soldiers had replaced to those Miao soldiers who only had rudimentary weapons.

In this way, the 100,000 troops all changed their weapons and armor, and their life-saving ability increased greatly, and their morale suddenly soared.

Lu Yuan also took advantage of this time to announce that the army would go north.

Suddenly, an army of 100,000 marched in a hurry, and the momentum was mighty, and the heavens and the earth were shaken.

July 12 of the 7th year of Hongdao.

Lu Yuan's handsome army arrived in Dongting County and joined Shangguan Ming and the others who had arrived here first.

Then the two armies discussed, and Lu Yuan sent 10,000 soldiers and 30,000 Miao soldiers to rebel against the general Chu Wei and lead the troops across the river. Shangguan Ming sent 40,000 soldiers, led by Yang Jing, to cross the river together.

The two armies combined 70,000 troops, and under the cover of the transportation of the imperial court's sailors, they crossed the Yangtze River and entered the city of Tianmen Mansion in three days.

Bai Mengyang received this assistance, and the number of soldiers and horses in the city suddenly increased to 100,000, and the Tianmen Mansion City, which was originally in danger, was stabilized in an instant.

Then this Marquis of Wu An, took the initiative to lead his troops and attacked from the city.

Three battles with the Zhou people outside the city, tens of thousands of casualties on each other, and finally forced the Zhou people to retreat from the city of Tianmen Mansion and relieve the siege of the city.

Tianmen Mansion City, which had been besieged for two years, was finally lifted.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Shangguan Ming and Lu Yuan each increased their troops by 20,000 troops from Jiangnan to reinforce Wu'anhou.

The coalition forces of the two sides took the opportunity to attack in a big way, and recovered the two county towns near Fucheng, and stationed heavy troops in the city, which became horns with Fucheng.

In this way, the coalition army had three strongholds in Jiangbei and finally gained a firm foothold.

After the Zhou people regrouped, they also led the remaining more than 200,000 soldiers and horses to confront the coalition army.

The two sides are fighting every day, and the beacon fire is still endless.

It's like this to each other.

……

Just when the Jiangbei land of Dongting County was fighting.

Lingnan, the country of the South China Sea.

In the Nanhai Palace, which was rebuilt from the original emperor's palace, Yan Wangqiu was also anxious, dealing with his own affairs.

"The king, the court has invited someone to urge, saying that the war between Jiangbei and the Zhou people is becoming more and more intense, thousands of soldiers are killed and wounded every day, and soldiers and horses are becoming more and more expensive, so I will send troops quickly and go north for reinforcements."

Below, a waiter from the New Dynasty Rite Department, who was transferred from the original sect elder Zhike, complained to Yan Wangqiu at this time.

It's August now, and it's autumn time, and it's been three months since the opening of the South China Sea Kingdom.

Such a long time, perhaps, for a new country that has just opened the country, is only a short moment, and it is impossible to even sort out domestic government affairs.

But for a campaign that gathered hundreds of thousands of people, it was already quite a long time.

Some battles that ended quickly, in three months, have even been fought.

So even if the South China Sea is still in a mess, the envoys from the imperial court come every few days, and they have not stopped since the establishment of the South China Sea.

And listening to these reports, Yan Wangqiu said with some foreboding: "Didn't you say it? Let you reply to the imperial court, the South China Sea State is newly established, and now the hundreds of domestic officials have not been properly arranged.

Even the army only had the original county soldiers.

These people combined, but more than 10,000, how can I gather 100,000 troops for them? ”

The courtier below said: "The minister said, but the envoy of the court said that Changsha was founded two months later than me." At this time, he had already gathered 100,000 troops, and even led his troops north to cross the river and fight with the Zhou people.

Changsha can do it, why can't we?

Therefore, the envoy of the imperial court only insisted, saying that we were delaying and deliberately refused to send troops.

He even threatened that if our country refused to send troops, it would be a breach of its promise.

When the court decrees, it will be impossible to count. The South China Sea that has been sealed off will also be taken back.

Let our country think twice. ”

"He dares!"

When Yan Wangqiu heard this, he was immediately furious, but after the anger passed, he was depressed.

In the third month of the founding of the country, after spending the excitement at the beginning, this old grandmaster finally felt the distress of being the head of a country.

The distribution of interests among all parties in the country, the arrangement of local official positions, and the formation of central organs, all of which are as if they cannot be dealt with, have made this original big sect leader a mess.

After the completion of the domestic government and the establishment of local government offices, how to run domestic government affairs and operate the machine of the South China Sea State is another big problem.

Although the martial artists of this world want to cultivate to a high and profound realm, they are reluctant to read and write, study Buddhist and Taoist classics, and cultivate themselves.

In terms of cultural literacy alone, all second-rate and above martial artists are not bad, and they can even compare with ordinary talents.

And if it is a first-class martial artist, it is even worse than those who raise people to enter the army, and it is not necessarily much worse.

But cultural literacy is one thing, and handling government affairs is another.

The martial artists of the Nanhai faction originally studied for the purpose of cultivating martial arts, fighting and killing.

Therefore, their cultural literacy is aimed at improving their mood.

But in governing the country, you only have a state of mind, only culture, which is far from enough.

How should local government affairs be handled, how should taxes be collected by the people, how should the people's grievances be clearly decided, how should water conservancy official roads be repaired, how should local law and order be stabilized, how should labor be reasonably levied and distributed, how should the interests of the local grassroots be maintained, and how should they be dealt with in the face of the demands of the court officials?

And so on, all of the above is not something that a literate martial artist can handle.

In fact, if the Nanhai faction had taken over all the officials left by the imperial court, it would have been able to effectively form a new court with a certain degree of efficiency.

But most of the experienced officials left by the imperial court were scattered by the South China Sea.

In this way, the only shortcut for the South China Sea faction is gone.

And to rely on them, the original professional martial artists, to smoothly pass the change of identity and become a qualified court official, I don't know how many years later.

During this period, all kinds of losses, time wasted, and the price to be paid are simply unknown.

At this moment, Yan Wangqiu regretted a little that he had laid off those local officials.

I was even more envious in my heart, my ally Lu Yuan.

At this time, he was able to sort out domestic government affairs in just one month, and at the same time send troops to the north.

Not to mention anything else, but in terms of this control over the country, it is much stronger than that of other South China Sea countries.

It would be nice if I could do the same myself.

But after envy, he could only sigh, return to reality, look at the courtiers below and say, "Forget it." You let the Ministry of War issue a document, and let the local governments and counties start to recruit and recruit people, and raise enough 100,000 horses.

Those county government and county soldiers also drew half of them out and mixed with those people.

Let's get together 100,000 people first, and then let General Qian lead the troops to the north to deal with the imperial court. ”

With the imperial court and local government that he has preliminarily sorted out now, although there are still many inconsistencies.

But pulling up 100,000 people can barely do it.

It's just that in this way, it can't be done by counting on how much combat power these people have.

When the officials below heard this, they breathed a sigh of relief in their hearts, and hurriedly said, "The minister obeys the order." ”

After saying this, Yan Wangqiu wanted to continue to deal with government affairs, but seeing that the officials below hadn't left yet, he couldn't help but say, "What's the matter?" ”

The official hurriedly said, "There is also a letter of state from Changsha State." When Changsha was first established, there was a lack of more than half of the domestic officials, and there were not enough literati in the country to supplement it.

Therefore, the king of Changsha sent an envoy to ask our country for permission to let domestic scholars go to Changsha for the imperial examination to supplement the shortage of officials.

The other party has urged this matter several times.

The king was busy with government affairs and did not reply.

Now that people have been waiting for nearly a month, they really can't drag it out any longer, and they ask the king to decide. ”

"Ah......h

Hearing the reminder, Yan Wangqiu also recalled that Lu Yuan had sent an envoy to ask him to support the matter of the scholar.

At that time, he was busy distributing benefits to all parties in the country, and he didn't care about the matter at all, so he didn't reply.

At this point, it's time to give someone a reply.

Otherwise, this ally should be really not like words.