When the feast was over, the guests dispersed.

Concubine Pei sent her brother Pei Yao out of the door and said a few words by the way.

"Since Uncle Dao is a staff member of the fourth brother, you might as well bring me a few words." Under the not-so-bright moonlight, Concubine Pei's face seemed to be a little sad.

Pei Yao didn't dare to be careless, and immediately said, "Sister, please speak." ”

"The king has repeatedly broken through the soldiers, and he is majestic. However, the concubine was worried that the Ye people would hold a grudge and retaliate in the future if they were defeated. Concubine Pei frowned.

"Isn't that going to be a good fight? How could Xian Mei think of defeat? Pei Yao asked.

"People have no foresight, but they must have near-term worries." Concubine Pei sighed and said, "It's no secret that there is grain stored in Beijing now. The concubine heard the king mention it, and it was about enough to support it until February. If he can't win in the past few months, Wang Shi is afraid that it will be difficult to continue. ”

Pei Yao was silent.

This question is indeed very tricky.

Surrounding a city doesn't require you to put your sword and gun under the walls, leaving no gaps, in fact, you just need to control the traffic arteries.

Vehicles are needed to transport grain, and the cars must take the post road, so you just cut off the post road.

If it is a ship, it is actually very simple, just cut off the water transportation. What's more, winter is about to begin, the river is frozen, and shipping cannot continue.

As for people carrying on their backs, or horses and donkeys carrying them, the efficiency is too low to be considered—in fact, this trick is also very easy to prevent.

Now the Jizhou soldiers are in the east of the city, and the Guanzhong soldiers are in the west of the city.

There are also the camps of Ye soldiers in the area of Mangshan (Pishan) in the north of the city, and in the south of Luoshui in the south of the city, there are Xianbei rangers plundering, Luoyang is actually still in a state of siege, and the outside world cannot enter Beijing.

Truth be told, if it weren't for the fact that the autumn harvest had already passed by the time the enemy arrived, the situation would have been even more difficult.

"Sister, what do you want to say, you might as well say it bluntly." After thinking about it, Pei Yao said: "Although you are a daughter, you are always talented, and we all admire it, but it doesn't hurt to talk about it." ”

"If the king of Changsha finally fails and foreign troops enter the city, I am afraid that there will be a lot of unspeakable things." Concubine Pei said: "Let's not talk about the people, just talk about the ministers and scholars inside and outside the city, in case they are harassed, looted, or even-"

Speaking of this, Concubine Pei looked sad, and after taking a deep breath to calm her mood, Fang said: "For today's plan, we still have to unite, otherwise we have to be at the mercy of others." I don't think Sima Ying is a wise person, and he doesn't listen to much advice, if everyone is united, he can't get it, maybe as long as the name of the emperor is satisfied. ”

"Luoyang can't fall into the hands of others, at least not all of them in the hands of foreign soldiers." Concubine Pei finally said.

Reasonable! This was Pei Yao's first thought.

It's hard for others to say, what kind of beasts are Zhang Fang's hands?

Once they enter the flowery world of Luoyang, under indulgence, they don't know how much chaos they will make.

Therefore, even if you can't protect the whole city, you have to protect a part of the area, which requires everyone to hold together.

"What does Ah Mei think should be done?" Pei Yao asked sincerely.

"Wang Hu killed the sixteen generals of Hebei, and his reputation is extremely high. Gou Xi also played well, and even Mi Huang occasionally won small victories. Concubine Pei said: "Contact them more, everyone will be warm together, and you may be able to protect your own home." ”

Pei Yao nodded, and at the same time glanced at his cousin.

She worked so hard, most likely to win over the generals of the forbidden army for Sima Yue.

If he fails in the end, the generals will unite around the King of the East China Sea, and he will have the capital to bargain with Sima Ying.

Sima Ying should not be willing to leave Yecheng's lair.

He does have limited intelligence, but he's not stupid. Once you leave Yecheng and come to Luoyang, your fate is out of your control, just like Sima Yi back then-at the beginning, he brought an army of 200,000 to kill Sima Lun, but most of these 200,000 people are soldiers or Ding Nan who were temporarily recruited, not professional martial artists, you can't tie them to your side for the rest of your life, you have to be dismissed.

And since Sima Ying refuses to come to Luoyang, she is destined to be unable to control the court situation for a long time, and the matter of hegemony will be a little difficult here, and the conditions are not mature.

With the passage of time, most of the court will fall into the hands of the King of the East China Sea, right? If he has the support of the generals of the forbidden army or the nobles.

What a strategy, a good strategy!

Hua Nu is really a virtuous helper, Sima Yue has a wife like this, and he makes a lot of money.

After the two talked for a while, Pei Yao said goodbye and left.

Concubine Pei put away the sadness on her face and stood quietly for a while.

What she did was indeed worthy of the Pei family and her husband, and it was of great benefit to them. As for those incidental effects, they are all trivial, not worth mentioning......

******

Late autumn mornings are crisp and cold.

The mist swam through the air, obscuring a messy battlefield.

In the depths of the mist, a fiery red figure shouted loudly, and the heavy sword slashed down with a thousand might, almost slashing in the same place with every blow.

Shao Xuntian got up before dawn to hone his martial arts.

He felt relieved as he listened to the commands of the soldiers on duty and the footsteps of the patrols coming and going.

People who have been in the barracks for a long time may have this hobby. If the world is more chaotic, the military camp is the last place to settle down, which can provide people with an unparalleled sense of security.

After practicing the heavy sword, Shao Xun threw the equipment to Wang Qi'er and thought about things to himself.

In the battle with Meng Chao's subordinates, their small collective suffered nearly 300 casualties before and after. At the end of the battle, there were only about that number of warriors left, if not counting the boys.

Among the wounded, there are probably dozens of people who can still return to the team, but that's all.

Shao Xun was a little emotional.

Many familiar faces are gone, such as Liu Tong, the team leader under Yang Bao, and Zhong Badger, the team leader he appointed himself, who died of injuries.

Many of the seedlings he once favored were dead and disabled, and his hopes and efforts came to naught.

Many officers and soldiers who have already gained his initial trust have withdrawn, and in the future, they will have to go through the process again to train new people.

All in all, half of the troops that had been built up with great effort were lost in the first battle - it was not only the people who were missing, but also his energy.

After defeating Meng Chao, many scattered soldiers came to defect, in groups of three or five, adding up to a lot of people, so that the total strength of their building has exceeded eight hundred.

However, these soldiers come from complex backgrounds, and even speak different dialects, and they are in a state of low morale, which has lowered the average level of the whole building.

There is no doubt that he still needs to spend a lot of energy to put things in order.

Of course, the more important point is to cultivate more of your own people.

Shao Xun is sure that Wu Qian, Chen Yougen, Huang Biao and others can be trusted, and there are dozens of such people in total. Some of them can even run away with him, that is, if the court wants to arrest him, these people will not side with the court.

Outside of these dozens of people, others can honor military orders, but they are not yet his personal individuals.

In the future, we will strive to cultivate more private individuals and put them in the right positions.

Outside of the military, his network of contacts began to expand.

Mi Huang didn't talk about it, the people of the Yingchuan Yu clan, the Donghai Xu clan and even the Runan Zhou clan began to realize his value, no longer relied on his identity, ignored him, and looked down on him in various ways.

That's a good start.

Because of his background, he doesn't have a good impression of these big families, but he is also a pragmatic person, and he knows that it is impossible to eliminate the big families as a whole, so there is only one trick: divide and disintegrate, win over those who are willing to cooperate, exclude and even crack down on those who do not cooperate, to put it bluntly, it is the united front.

Calculate carefully, there is a long way to go, and the most important thing is to continue to accumulate capital, make friends with nobles, establish meritorious deeds, and gain fame.

Otherwise, with this background condition, it is ugly to say, and eating can't catch up with the heat.

After introspection, he saw Mi Huang who had changed into a soap-colored official uniform, and he was going out.

"Take a trip back to Luoyang." Mi Huang smiled and said.

"Looking at the overseer's beaming appearance, isn't it a good thing?" Shao Xun joked.

"It's a good thing." After thinking about it, Mi Huang decided to reveal the truth: "I received news that Sikong wants to reorganize the kingdom army. ”

"Why?"

"Didn't Wang Bing suffer a big defeat? Fifteen hundred people remained. Speaking of this, Mi Huang laughed so hard that his mouth was about to crack, only to hear him continue: "He Lun has less than a thousand soldiers in his hands, and Sikong decided to recruit new soldiers and rebuild the kingdom army in Luoyang. ”

"How many people to recruit?"

"Two thousand in the upper army and a thousand in the lower army."

"This is the establishment of the sub-country."

"It's the establishment of the sub-country."

"What are you going to recruit?"

"A native of Luoyang City."

"How can you recruit people from Luoyang City?!" Shao Xun was taken aback and said, "Can they fight?" ”

Mi Huang said helplessly: "Now that business travel has stopped, there are many people in the city who have no food and clothing, if you don't recruit them, who can you recruit?" Besides, I've seen those people before, and they're not thin, so they should be okay. ”

"The superintendent doesn't know anything, and the people of the city are fluctuating and cunning like ghosts. When they enter the barracks, they will only bring bad atmosphere. I'll just say it bluntly, it's worse than a rich slave. Shao Xun persuaded.

"Is it really that bad?" Mi Huang thought about it, and it seemed that it really meant something.

There are shops in his hometown in Donghai, and he often goes to the market, and the people he sees are really not good, and it is absolutely right to say that they are snobbish and cunning. The people of Luoyang, the capital division, should be even more intensified, right?

"If you really recruit the people of the city into an army, and the servants take their own soldiers and fight head-on, you can beat them to their knees and beg for mercy, and hand over the coffin of the grandmother - they will really hand it over." Shao Xun said solemnly.

Mi shook his head, and said, "The wood is already in the boat, and it is useless to talk about it." Actually, everybody does it. It doesn't matter what kind of city people, peasants, servants, or Hu people, you can be levied over the age of thirteen, and the wooden spear is a soldier, not the same as fighting? ”

"If you want to win a battle, you can't be so hasty." Shao Xun said: "Everyone didn't fight much before, so they didn't understand much. But since the revolt of the kings, there have been many exchanges in various places, and there are always people who will learn how to fight. Over time, what kind of soldiers are good, how to train, and how to improve combat effectiveness will be slowly figured out. Let's put it this way, I think it's a bit of a child's play in this battle now, but in five or ten years, the level will definitely improve. When everyone was improving, we regressed and used the people of Luoyang City as soldiers, which was to lose the battle. ”

Mi Huang didn't expect the problem to be so complicated, so he hesitated a little.

"Forget it, I'll go and see it first." Mi Huang sighed, "Maybe—things are not as simple as you and I think. I suspect that He Lun and Wang Bing have taken a fancy to our troops, so let's go and investigate first. ”

When Shao Xun heard this, his face became serious.

"It doesn't have to be a bad thing." Mi Huang said comfortingly, "I'll go first." ”