In the evening, Geng Songfu put pen to paper the content of the announcement.

Early in the morning of 7 March, as soon as Wu Shan entered the yamen, Geng Songfu gave him the announcement and asked him to hurry up and write more copies by hand and paste them all over the county.

At the beginning of March, the temperature had warmed up, smoke had risen in the city, and the people were getting up earlier than in the previous two months.

As soon as they entered the city, the shouts of the vendors sounded on both sides of the street, and the vendors who lived outside the city rushed into the city with their own things at a speed of 100 meters as soon as the city gate opened, choosing the most suitable position for themselves, and setting up their stalls.

At this moment, a rush of pace sounded, and a team of catchers came from a distance, which made the vendors quickly stand up and look left and right, for fear of occupying the business.

After entering February, the yamen began to collect taxes from merchants and peasants in turn, and the taxes of peasants were low and the taxes of merchants were high, as has been the case since ancient times.

Of course, small vendors are not defined as merchants, there is no tax, as long as they pay a very small monthly management fee, only vendors with shops, are defined as merchants.

In order to give merchants a good business environment, the Yamen issued an announcement that it is not allowed to set up stalls in front of merchants' stores, occupy roads, and litter.

However, the catchers did not come to trouble them, but the place where the vendors gathered, and there was more traffic, so they posted a notice next to them, and according to the rules, read the contents of the announcement aloud three times, and left.

When I was catching Kuainian, this movement had already attracted the surrounding people and street vendors to come around.

A literate person read the contents of the bulletin, and when he found that it was the same as the one he read, there was an uproar around.

"I went to work in Xialin and actually divided the fields, not only including food and housing, but also wages, is it really fake?"

"You're new here, aren't you?"

"How do you know? Does my accent be heavy? ”

"No, because the locals will not question the authenticity of the announcement, since the county magistrate Chen Mochen governed Pingting County, there has not been a single false announcement issued by the Yamen, only the newcomers will question it."

"But this treatment is too good, it actually divides the fields, the yamen has not divided the fields for a long time, and this time it is not the recruitment of troops to divide the fields, but the recruitment of workers and the fields."

"Xia Lin, I heard that it's very messy, it won't happen if you go."

Everyone gathered around the announcement and discussed.

When Chen Mo got up from the bed of the Xia family sisters and came to the main hall of the Yamen after washing, Geng Songfu happily told him that many people came to sign up.

No way, the temptation is too great.

And there are many people in the two counties, and there are also many poor people who have no land, even if they are a little worried about safety, they still want to fight.

In this regard, Chen Mo was not surprised, knowing that the Spirit Devouring Array would affect the harvest of the fields, and he also told Geng Hongfu that after the fields were divided, the tax policy for Xia Lin would be half less than the taxes in Pingting and Qingting counties.

The war was approaching, and the soldiers in the barracks in the city began to sharpen their knives and guns, and some even found a piece of iron to make their own heart guards to save their lives.

Chen Mo naturally hoped that the later the battle would be, the better, and it was best to wait for him to build the heavy cavalry.

But things didn't work out as expected.

On March 10, Chen Mo ordered all the people who had signed up to work in Xialin to send their families to Xialin under the escort of 300 Shenwu guards, and Wang Ping also followed.

Wang Ping was about to be a year younger in the Yamen, and he was also nurtured by Geng Songfu's side, and sending him to Xialin was also a tempering, if he did a good job, Geng Songfu would report to Chen Mo and promote Wang Ping.

In the afternoon of the same day, the followers of the Heavenly Master Sect of the Luo Guang faction arrived in Pingting County, and a fast horse galloped through the street, with a yellow flag of 800 miles on its back.

In the main hall of the Yamen, after the believers of the Heavenly Master Sect put down the military order issued by Luo Guang, they were about to leave, but Chen Mo stopped him and told the other party what happened to Xia Lin, and asked him to tell Luo Guang.

Of course, what Chen Mo told him was naturally a reason he made up, originally Chen Mo planned to report it himself, but since Luo Guangdu sent someone, he would save it.

In order to let the believers of the Heavenly Master do things well, it is inevitable that the people are sophisticated, so they invited him to the Zijin Mansion and called a few beauties to accompany him.

In the main hall, Chen Mo put down the military order and said: "It seems that Geng County is guessing well, the Tianshi Army will send troops in less than April at the latest, and now the troops have been sent to Hedong, and I ordered my department to take Yang Minggui's department to capture Yuzhou with all our might, and finally go west through Yuzhou, enter the Longyou region, and attack the land west of Hexi." ”

"Attack Hexi? Luo Guang, this is for us to enter the Hetao area, this is to plan to attack the army of King Qin on both sides."

Geng Songfu frowned, as if he had a complete map of the Guanzhong region in his mind, and said in a deep voice: "King Qin's army has now completely occupied the Hedong region, along with the important passage of the Guanzhong Plain, it is also firmly occupied by him, and there is Longguan in the southeast, and Qin Pass in the east, we are from the west, and it is Qinguan that will be attacked in the end.

Qinguan has the danger of mountains, easy to defend and difficult to attack, it is a place where soldiers must fight, if we really do this, it is almost the same as sending them to death, even if we go in, the lone army will be trapped and die inside. ”

Chen Mo hadn't seen the complete map of the Great Song Dynasty, so he didn't understand Geng Songfu's mood at the moment, but he also understood his thoughts, if he followed Luo Guang's plan and implemented it all the way, the result would not be too good.

"However, the land of Hexi is a famous granary, in the early days of the founding of the Great Song Dynasty, the whole country was full of displaced people, but the seven counties of Hexi are still rich and well-fed, if we can occupy Hexi, even if we can raise an army of 500,000 people, it will not be a problem." Zhao Daoxian looked a little excited.

"In this way, it is even more wrong, such a big granary, why did Luo Guang give it to us, obviously he also knows that it is difficult to gnaw. Besides, the Liang family is in Hedong and has a wide influence, if we defeat Yuzhou, the news will already spread to Hedong, and the Liang family and the Hexi Dou family will also marry, and then we will be targeted. Geng Songfu said.

After Geng Songfu's analysis, Chen Mo heard some conspiracy, frowned and said, "Luo Guang is trying to use us as bait to attract the attention of King Qin's army, so as to facilitate his actions." ”

"Not bad." Geng Songfu nodded and said, "However, from the perspective of the Heavenly Master Army, this method is undoubtedly the most beneficial to the Heavenly Master Army, but it is not conducive to our development."

As he spoke, Geng Songfu took a pen and paper, sketched it on the paper, and then said: "We want to be strong, after occupying Yuzhou, we should march to Linzhou, if the situation changes, we can divide the river and rule, occupy a corner of the land, and then cross the river to attack Huaizhou, retreat to the east of the Jiangdong, and then go up the river, we can annex the entire Jiangnan." ”

"But if we do this, we will disobey Luo Guang's military order, and then we will be separated from the Heavenly Master Army, and our forces will be completely exposed to the eyes of the world." Zhao Daoxian was worried.

"It's time for us to split up with the Heavenly Master Army, if we can really occupy Yuzhou and Linzhou, then our power should not be underestimated, even if it is exposed to the eyes of the world, don't worry."

Chen Mo estimated that by that time, he would at least be a third-grade martial artist, and the heavy cavalry had also been established, and the armor rate could reach 60%.

Geng Songfu bowed: "If the reputation of the division army is not very good today, and the name of the Heavenly Division Army has always been hung, it is not conducive to our long-term development, but it is the difference between early and late breaks. ”

"It's too far to talk about this now, let's talk about Yuzhou first."

Chen Mo Zhengse said: "This time to send troops, I decided to lead the army of 15,000, and requisition 2,000 people to cooperate with the logistics team to transport grain, grass, and baggage, and from tomorrow, Geng County, you issued an announcement in the two counties to recruit 5,000 soldiers, and after the army recruits and completes the basic training, the 7,000 men and horses left behind will quickly prepare for war and support the front line at any time." ”

At present, the army under Chen Mo has reached 22,000 people.

Among them, there are 5,000 Shenyong Guards, 4,000 Shenwu Guards, and 13,000 Trap Guards.

The original reserve team was filled with the Divine Warrior Guard and the Divine Warrior Guard respectively.

"No." After being stunned for a while, Geng Songfu replied respectfully, knowing that Chen Mo dispatched so many men and horses, it was inevitable to take Yuzhou.

……

Fengzhou's dispatch came, and Han Anniang and Yi Shiyan in the cottage soon learned the news.

Han Anniang has come all the way since Chen Mo officially rebelled, attacked the county seat, sent troops to Yuzhou for the first time, and was frightened and frightened every time, and her psychological tolerance has strengthened a lot and become much more stable.

Chen Mo returned to the cottage, Han Anniang did not have the frightened appearance of the little woman before, pursed her lips, and whispered: "Erlang, how long will you go out?" ”

"It is estimated that it will be longer than the last time, as short as half a year, Anniang, you can move to the city to live during this time." Chen Mo took Han Anniang's hand and said softly.

Yi Shiyan stood beside him, and when he heard that Chen Mo was going to leave for so long, his eyes turned red, but he knew the severity and didn't dare to stop him, but he pleaded pitifully: "Husband, the concubine is also a warrior, this time I sent troops, can the concubine go with you, Zhining followed last time." ”

To be honest, it's really okay to bring Yi Shiyan, after all, he is a martial artist, and his combat effectiveness is stronger than that of ordinary soldiers.

But she is a pure blank paper, Chen Mo couldn't bear to show her the cruelty of war, so he let her stay in the gentle circle all the time.

Chen Mo shook his head: "Xiaolu, you give me a good companion for your sister Han, such a dirty thing as killing people is not suitable for you." ”

Yi Shiyan frowned, but she was the most obedient to Chen Mo, and seeing that Chen Mo disagreed, she didn't force it, so she could only let him be careful.

……

March 12th.

On the school field, Chen Mo glanced at the army below, this time, Chen Mo only left a thousand Shen Yong Guards, a thousand Shen Wu Guards, and more than 5,000 trap guards to watch their homes, and the rest were all gathered on the school field.

Chen Mo pulled out the knife on his waist and held it high, and the drumming on the school field also stopped, and he said loudly: "Pull out, send the soldiers to Yuzhou!" ”

The generals carried this time include Sun Meng, Liu Ze, Wei Qing, Cui Shuang, Zhang He, Hu Qiang, and Xia Zhining.

(End of chapter)