Datang: Only by resisting the decree can we become stronger

Seeing this, Li Qiu and Wu Jue naturally asked with concern.

The next moment, Luo Kexin cried in panic and said, if she drank a few glasses of wine last night, would there be something wrong as the husband said?

Chapter 382 Officials in Shandong

Hearing Luo Kexin's worries, Li Qiu couldn't help laughing, and comforted her that she was fine.

She has been abstinent for so long and drank very little last night.

With Luo Kexin's physique, there is absolutely no problem.

But at this time, Wu Jue at the side was clouding his temples, his breasts were half covered, his eyes were full of envy and annoyance towards Luo Kexin.

"Husband, Wu Jue also wants my husband's grace."

At this time, Li Qiu smiled slightly when he saw her powdery and crispy figure, which was getting plump day by day.

"You are still young, so you have to wait until you are 17 years old."

Afterwards, after getting bored with the two of them for a while, Li Qiu finally got up to wash up and prepare for this new day.

For more than a month, he has been watching the iron smelting in Pingzhou, and there are too many things in Youzhou waiting for him to ask.

Before he had breakfast on his side, Fan Xing, Luo Liang and others on the other side rushed in hastily.

"My lord, it's great to have you back."

"Otherwise, we have to ride fast horses to Pingzhou to find you, my lord!"

"This is the military situation that just arrived early this morning."

"It took only three days for the Turkic army to attack the city, and our battle losses reached as much as [-]."

"The situation is really too tragic."

Listening to Luo Liang's words, Li Qiu's eyes were also fixed, and he frowned, took the military report over, and opened it to read.

As Luo Liang said, the battle was extremely tragic.

At this time, Fan Xing on the side frowned and said, "My lord, Marshal Li Jing also said in terms of military affairs that there are too many Turkic troops, and Jingzhou City can hold out for two months at most."

"Because I have been in the commander's army and in Jingzhou city for several months before, I have a relatively good understanding of the situation there."

"Currently in the city of Jingzhou, there are more than 15 defenders of Marshal Li Jing and others."

"Combined with the people recruited from the surrounding area, Xiangyong, there may be 10,000+ people."

"But facing them, there are 30 Turkic troops and their powerful bows and crossbows."

"The defenders on the city walls must always face the Turkic cavalry and shooting."

"Their range is farther than ours, and their strength and accuracy far exceed ours."

"Under the siege of this intensity, the common people and the bravery in civilian clothes will not be able to climb the city wall."

"So Li Jing's two-month defense plan is to use up all the troops and people in Jingzhou City, so as to make the most of the precipitousness of Jingzhou City and consume the Turkic troops."

"Because Marshal Li Jing knows very well that once Jingzhou City is lost, Chang'an City will have no danger to rely on before."

"If there is a city that can be defended, our army can still lose as much as the Turkic army."

"But if we confront the Turkic armies on the battlefield, it is likely that our army will injure five hundred enemies by one thousand."

Speaking of this, Fan Xing paused for a moment, then sighed and said, "During the transfer of my Datang army before."

"Chai Shao, Yuchi Jingde, Yu Zhining and other armies have all rushed to support Jingzhou."

"At present, there are only [-] to [-] troops left by Li Shiji and [-] forbidden troops in Chang'an City."

"Even if you add the stragglers from the surrounding states, it's only [-] troops."

"Once Jingzhou City is broken and the Turkic army marches straight in, the [-] troops in Chang'an City will definitely not be enough."

"But our Youzhou and other thirteen states have [-] soldiers."

"With the defense of Youzhou City and Princess Yunzhong's previous investigation, you only need to leave me with 3000 people, my lord, and I, Fan Xing, will dare to protect Youzhou City without any worries."

"As for Chang'an City, if the prince brings [-] soldiers to support him, the odds of winning against the Turks will be much greater!"

Fan Xing's analysis is quite accurate in pinpointing the current disadvantages.

This is also his rare sensitivity to the smell of the war situation.

However, regarding his request, Li Qiu sighed lightly and shook his head.

"Master Fan, what you said is right."

"But it's not the time for us to go to Chang'an yet."

"Wait and see, wait for the time."

Hearing what Li Qiu said, Fan Xing sighed softly in his heart, then retired respectfully, and continued to return to the army, racing against time to train recruits.

In his heart, Li Qiu's refusal to send troops had already been expected.

In his imagination, there might be several ways that Li Qiu would not send troops immediately.

One is to worry about refueling tactics. It is useless for more than 4 people to go, and they will die in vain.

Instead, it ruined the last flame of Datang's counterattack against the Turks.

Second, it may be the same as all the big officials in the frontier, cherishing their own strength and feathers.

Once the Turks invaded, the city of Chang'an was destroyed, and the Tang Dynasty perished, with more than 4 people, Li Qiu could still be a powerful party.

With Youzhou City as the foundation, it can also resist powerful enemies.

In this way, at least he and his wife and children can be preserved.

But once they go to Chang'an City in advance, they will probably become abandoned sons and cannon fodder, and everything will be in vain.

This is also human nature, and Fan Xing can understand it.

However, he did wrong Li Qiu a little bit.

The reason why Li Qiu stood still was not what he thought, but was just waiting for the release of Pingzhou's black technology.

Technology is the core force that can crush the enemy and change the entire world.

As for the racecourse on the Jizhou side and the several workshops on the Pingzhou side, they are still very confidential.

Even Fan Xing, who had just arrived, didn't know.

It's not that Li Qiu deliberately concealed it from him, it's just that Li Qiu has been too busy these past few months, so he didn't have time to tell him.

Seeing that Li Qiu didn't say anything, people like Luo Liang didn't dare to take the initiative to confide the secret to Fan Xing.

After Fan Xing left, Li Qiu also looked at Luo Liang.

"How are the horses on Zhang Yungu and Wang Xuance's side?"

Luo Liang replied respectfully: "Reporting to the lord, the situation on Mr. Zhang's side is not very optimistic."

"These scumbag officials in Shandong, when we helped them take care of the refugees, they kept saying yes."

"But now that we have used them, they are practicing Tai Chi and hemming and hawing."

"So far, Mr. Zhang has only received two thousand horses."

"And the quality is very ordinary, but the price is very expensive."

"In Youzhou, Wang Xuance wrote back and said that in the Jingzhou area, with the full assistance of Duke Ying, a total of nearly [-] horses were raised in several surrounding states."

"We are already on our way back with Wang Xuance."

Chapter 383 The Big Pie Drawn by Tuli

Regarding the behavior of the nobles and officials in Shandong (probably referring to the large area east of Xiaoshan), Li Qiu was not surprised at all.

"About the horses in Shandong, I will write a letter to Wei Zheng later."

"After the change of Xuanwu Gate, His Majesty sent Lord Wei to appease the old forces of Prince Yin in Shandong."

"At that time, he saved a lot of people."

"Later, there were many matters such as disaster relief, and it was Wei Zheng who helped."

"If Master Wei came forward to help, these horses should not be difficult."

"General Luo, you can completely ignore the eight thousand soldiers of the Youzhou Army now."

"But I want to lead the [-] elite soldiers of Youzhou Xuanjia Army to the battlefield, to meet the Turks."

"I can give you another month at most, and you must practice them for me."

"Even if you don't eat, don't sleep, or die a few people, it's all up to you."

"I just want this last result."

Hearing the determination in Li Qiu's words and the sharpness in his eyes, Luo Liang's eyes became more and more fierce.

When Li Qiu rejected Fan Xing's proposal, Luo Liang was puzzled and puzzled.

Based on his understanding of his lord and lady, he is definitely not someone who cherishes feathers, is greedy for life and fears death.

How could it be possible to watch the Turkic army break through Chang'an and destroy the whole world?

It turns out that the prince is really waiting for the opportunity!

After Luo Liang left, Song You and others followed and reported to Li Qiu on the internal affairs of the thirteen prefectures over the past month.

The main problem is still the affairs of officials from several southern states such as Zhaozhou, Dezhou, Yizhou, and Shenzhou.

They are different from the states in the north, and they are quite critical and dissatisfied with Li Qiu's way of speaking out, doing everything, and not following the imperial system.

Regarding this, Li Qiu snorted coldly, "Don't worry about these people."

"If it's too much, just take it down."

"If there is a problem, I will bear it."

Hearing this, Song You and the others could not help but sigh softly.

Although Li Qiu said so, they absolutely dare not do this.

If they really did that, they would be purely harming Li Qiu.

As in the past, Zhang Yungu, a former third-rank official of the imperial court, was in charge, and none of the officials dared to criticize.

But now that Zhang Yungu has gone to Shandong to raise horses, Song You's qualifications will definitely not be able to restrain them.

Later, Song You and others asked for instructions, saying that Jizhou, Pingzhou and other places were extremely busy.

Do you need to mobilize some more people, and the strong men will go over to help.

At this moment Li Qiu shook his head and explained to them.

One is that all Jizhou and Pingzhou need skilled craftsmen, and the work they do cannot be done by ordinary people.

Secondly, don't underestimate this year's spring plowing.

This war is not a one-off deal.

Don't care about it after the beating is over. If there is no food to eat at that time, there will be big problems.

At the same time, he also told Song You and the others not to be idle after the spring plowing was over.

We must continue to lead the people to cultivate wasteland.

Here we must take care of the enthusiasm of the people. Whoever reclaims more wasteland will get more harvest from these lands in the future.

Naturally, the more cultivated land, the better.

Anyway, in this era, the population is sparse, and trees and vegetation are everywhere, so there is no need to worry about destroying the ecological balance and causing soil erosion.

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Jingzhou on the other side.

At this moment, half a month has passed since the Turkic army attacked the city.

In the first five days, the Turks were still fighting each other and attacking the city desperately.

But this Jingzhou City is far from being comparable to that of Xiazhou City and Qingzhou City.