Everyone saw that the old lady was lying on the bed and asleep, her breathing was normal, and her face was much better, and they all breathed a sigh of relief.

Zhou Chengwang wiped his sweat, looked at Li Wuchang, and said gratefully: "This time it's troublesome again." ”

Li Wuchang waved his hand, signaling that there was no need to be polite, and whispered: "Let's go to the living room first, just leave two people to watch, so as not to wake up the old lady." ”

Li Lingwu took everyone out.

After coming to the living room, Li Lingwu sent Zhang and the others down, leaving only Li Hu, Shen Tongguang, Zhou Chengwang, and Li Wuchang.

"Impermanence, tell me what the old lady's situation is, I think this is the first time you have been so difficult when you are healing. Li Lingwu was the first to speak.

And they all pricked up their ears.

In their minds, Li Wuchang's medical skills are no longer below the first doctor in the capital, Dr. Song, and even surpass them.

They had also seen or heard about the process of Li Wuchang's treatment, whether it was Zhou Sheng or the old lady of the Zheng family, the imperial doctor had no choice, but he was easily cured by Li Wuchang.

Although the old lady of the Zhou family has temporarily stabilized this time, Li Wuchang has been frowning since she came out, and she looks quite tricky.

Li Wuchang sighed and said: "Father, you also know the old lady's personality, you love your son, when you hear what happened to General Zhou, it is inevitable to be angry and angry, although I temporarily used the golden needle and the tranquilizer pill to stabilize her mind, but this is only a symptom but not a cure." ”

After a pause, he continued: "Because the old lady is a well-informed person, ordinary lies can't deceive her, everyone has seen it just now, I have said all the good things, but I still can't convince her, for the sake of today's plan, we must come up with a reliable plan, let her believe that we have a chance to save General Zhou's life, otherwise the old lady will probably ......"

When everyone heard this, their hearts sank to the bottom.

Li Wuchang said so, that must be true.

There was silence for a long time.

Li Lingwu spoke: "Tongguang, tell me honestly, what is the specific situation in Anle County now?"

Although Li Lingwu understands the general situation, the various details are not clear, Shen Tongguang, as Zhou Sheng's most important deputy, returned to Beijing at this time, which means that the situation in Anle County is already bad and cannot be worse.

Shen Tongguang sighed and said, "Lord Commander, do you also know about the attacks on the grain and grass in Bohai County, Yanzhou, Hejian, Ancient and Zhuo County in Jizhou?"

The whole Chang'an City knew about it.

Li Hu interjected: "The news we received is that the grain and grass in Yanzhou were attacked by the Japanese and suffered heavy losses, and about one percent of the grain and grass was left, while the grain and grass in the three ancient counties of Zhuo County and Hejian were attacked by the underworld forces and the rioters, killing thousands of bandits, and losing nearly forty percent of the grain and grass. ”

Shen Tongguang shook his head and said: "We are in Jizhou, the news is better than yours, the truth is like this, all the grain and grass in Bohai County in Yanzhou have been burned, and there is not a single left, and the grain and grass in the Hejian area are not lost forty percent, but eighty percent, and the truth is not announced for fear of causing turmoil in the army's heart." ”

Everyone changed color at the same time.

Shen Tongguang continued: "If this less than 20% of the grain and grass is transported to Jizhou and Liaodong equally, it will barely be enough for the two armies to support for a month. ”

Li Lingwu said: "There should be some grain in Anle and Liaodong, right?"

Shen Tongguang nodded, and said: "I don't know the situation in Liaodong very well, there is not much grain in Anle County, and the official grain stocks in Yuyang and Beiping counties have been exhausted, Anle has 110,000 soldiers and horses, and the daily consumption is extremely terrifying. ”

After a pause, he sighed again: "Originally, if I divided half of the remaining 20% of the grain and grass between the rivers to Anle, I would have been able to last a few more days, but unfortunately the people from the military department and the household department did not distribute the grain and grass to Anle County, but all of them were sent to Liaodong." ”

How so?

All sent to Liaodong?

What about Anle?

Only then did everyone realize the seriousness of the problem.

"Smack!"

Shen Tongguang slapped the table hard, gritted his teeth and said, "These bastards from the household department and the military department have reached this time, and they haven't forgotten to play tricks." Didn't our General Zhou just speak straighter before, which offended those bastards, saying that the situation in Liaodong is more critical and needs this batch of grain and grass even more...... Bah, these people are deliberate, and anyone with a discerning eye knows that if An Le is lost, the Liaodong area will be surrounded, damn it. ”

I see.

Li Lingwu exhaled and said, "In this way, if An Le doesn't have support, the grain and grass will only be enough to support half a month?"

Shen Tongguang said: "If you save a province, about twenty days, if the imperial court does not take the opportunity to make a decision and quickly support Anle, then Anle is dangerous, General Zhou is also more than auspicious, I have followed General Zhou for more than ten years, I know his personality, at this time, he will not retreat, even if the holy decree is over, it is useless, if he retreats, Anle, Yuyang, and Beiping will definitely be slaughtered by the Khitans, and we have seen the cruelty of the Khitans." ”

The Khitan people are indeed cruel, not to mention, let's just say that in November last year, a 3,000 Khitan cavalry rushed into Liucheng County, and in just ten days, it caused great losses, with nearly 30,000 people killed and wounded.

"Is there still grain and grass in the nearby counties?" asked Li Lingwu.

Shen Tongguang replied: "Zhuo County, in ancient times, the three counties of Beiping have some grain reserves, all in the hands of the rich households, General Zhou has been arrogantly levied grain several times, all of them are blank checks, it will be more than one million taels, those rich households are not easy, they are all businessmen, they have saved a huge family business after several generations of efforts, and now they will suffer as soon as they fight, some of them are unreasonable, not to mention, they are already very reasonable, they have supported several times, they are not taking a penny, General Zhou has no face to see them now." ”

Yes, you can't kill those rich people, it's not easy for people.

Li Lingwu sighed and said: "Although Your Majesty is still thinking about it now, it won't take too long to think about it, and he doesn't want to give up the northern part of Jizhou, but unfortunately the situation is forced to make a decision as soon as possible." ”

Zhou Chengwang muttered: "Uncle Li, in this way, that father is ......."

I'm about to shed tears when I say it.

If Zhou Sheng died, Zhou Chengwang would have to carry the Zhou family, he was still so young, how could he carry it.

Li Lingwu glanced at everyone, fixed his eyes on Li Wuchang, and said, "Impermanence, you have a lot of ideas, tell me, what is the best way?"

Li Wuchang pointed at himself and said inexplicably: "I, I don't understand national affairs, what ideas can I have......

Li Lingwu interrupted: "Don't talk nonsense, just say it if you want to say it." ”

Li Wuchang everyone looked at him, coughed lightly, and said, "Since my father asked me to say it, then I will express some superficial opinions, what I said is wrong, you can just ignore it." ”

Let's take a closer look.

"The situation in Anle and Liaodong is so critical, it is normal for Your Majesty to want to give up, after all, the three counties of Yanmen, Boling, and Hejian in the south are all first-class defensive areas. ”

"It's just that as soon as you give up Anle and Liaodong, then Yuyang, Zhuojun, Beiping, Liucheng, and Yanjun will be lost, this is a large piece of good land, and it is almost half of Jizhou, and whoever comes will feel distressed. ”

"As the saying goes, it's better to cut off one of its fingers than to hurt its ten fingers, this is the case with Dayan now, giving up the northern part of Jizhou, from the overall situation, is a good way, but it is to suffer those people, and they will definitely die under the knife of the Khitans. ”

"Since the beginning of last September, it has been more than half a year since this battle, and there is no hope of victory at all, it is more like a quagmire. ”

"However, since Your Majesty is still thinking about it, it shows that he has not completely made up his mind to give up, as long as he takes advantage of this time, General Zhou or the King of Beihai will do a few big votes, such as killing countless enemies, killing enemy generals and the like, once Your Majesty hears this exciting news, I guarantee that he will not think about withdrawing troops quickly, maybe he will grit his teeth and fully support Jizhou, with His Majesty's support, it will be easy to say at that time." ”

"The king of Beihai dealt with the combined forces of Khitan and Goryeo in Liaodong, and his self-protection was not enough, so if he wanted to do a big vote, he could only rely on General Zhou. ”

"General Zhou's current problem is that there is not enough food and grass, and the morale of the army will be shaken to a certain extent...... Don't frown, don't say anything General Zhou's strict management of the army, no matter how firm a soldier's mind is, when he hears extremely unfavorable news such as the attack on grain and grass, his heart will still fluctuate, and it is inevitable that it will affect his combat strength. ”

"Find the problem and solve the problem. ”

"First, there is no silver tael in the household department, we can find someone in Chang'an to get together a batch of silver taels, first give it to the rich households in Zhuo County, Beiping, and the three ancient counties, and then move them to take out all the food and hold on for a period of time. ”

"Second, General Zhou must first find a way to stabilize the morale of the army, and then fight a few battles with the Khitan by any means, preferably a few beautiful victories, and must let His Majesty see the determination of the Anle soldiers to fight to the death, so that Your Majesty believes that Anle County will be as stable as a rock in the hands of General Zhou, and it is even possible to defeat the Khitan in one fell swoop. ”

"As long as Your Majesty shakes a little, then Father, you will unite with some sensible officials to make a statement to Your Majesty, and explain the benefits and disadvantages, so as to strengthen Your Majesty's determination to defend your peace and well-being. ”

"Therefore, the top priority is to quickly raise a batch of silver taels, let General Shen take them to Jizhou, and then personally send people to Zhuo County, Beiping, and Ancient Counties to escort grain and grass. ”

"This batch of silver taels must not be less, at least one million taels, so that the rich families of Zhuo County, Beiping, and the three ancient counties saw General Zhou's sincerity, and said that they would pay off the previous arrears first, and then be accommodating this time. ”

"As for the silver money for collecting grain and grass this time, it can be said that it will be repaid later, since those rich families were able to take out more than one million taels to support the imperial court before, it can be seen that most of them are worried about the country. ”

"After making all these preparations, it depends on the skills of General Zhou and the soldiers of Anle County, once the battle is won, General Zhou must hurry up and explain the situation, you can exaggerate the battle record, for example, which month and day, which general fought desperately and beheaded three thousand, or which soldier was not afraid of death, beheaded the enemy leader, write as much detail as possible, it should touch Your Majesty, and then things may take a turn for the better. ”

Li Wuchang finished speaking in one breath and hurriedly took a big sip of water.

Seeing that everyone was frowning, they were obviously thinking about Li Wuchang's proposal.

After thinking about it for a while, everyone felt that Li Wuchang's method was really good, and it might be useful.