The return of the son-in-law

With the [-] troops brought by Li Shaojun and others, plus the [-] troops who arrived later, the morale of the Northwest Camp of the Chu Dynasty was boosted.Over the past few days, the Tatar army lingered outside the border city for a long time, taking out ladders, door bumpers and other means. There were even three times when the Tatar soldiers almost occupied the city wall, but they were finally captured by the soldiers of the Chu Dynasty.

But as the battle continued, Wang Jian, Xia Yi and others became more and more anxious-without him, the food and grass supplies that the Ministry of War had originally planned to arrive in the next few days were still missing.

Wang Jian and others wrote to the Ministry of War many times, and even developed into a situation of several letters a day in the end.In the brochure, Wang Jian and others stated that if the follow-up food and grass cannot keep up, then the Northwest Army will fall into a situation of no dry food, no food, no armor replacement.

But these scriptures were like disappearing into the sea. Except for the first two comforting letters from the Ministry of War, they were completely silent after they were sent to the northwest.

A lieutenant general once proposed to reduce the daily supply of soldiers to two-thirds from now on, so that they can last five or six days longer.

But Xia Yi and Li Shaojun disagreed, and Xia Yi said bluntly: "Now is the time when the morale is high. If the supply is reduced at this time, someone among the nearly [-] soldiers will definitely find out. What if they know the situation of the Ministry of War?" The delay in the payment of military supplies will definitely cause a lot of rumors, which will have a great impact on our morale. Moreover, if people in Tatar find out, the consequences will be disastrous."

"But, but this supply is just so small, and it will be exhausted in a few days, so what should I do?"

"Don't mess yourself up," Li Shaojun said for the first time in the past ten days when many generals were discussing matters, "far water can't save near fire, so instead of writing to the Ministry of War to urge the army to pay, it's better to go to the prefect and judge of Xuzhou first, and ask them help."

"This, I'm afraid it's inappropriate?" Xia Yi was cautious and hesitated, "After all, His Majesty taboos the military camp to have close contacts with the local government. If you want to borrow grain and dry food from the Xuzhou government, it would be bad for His Majesty to know."

Li Shaojun sighed, and said, "Why don't I know? It's just that the Ministry of War doesn't know what's going on now, and the military salary has never come. They can't just sit and watch so many soldiers go hungry. They can't even eat enough, where is the strength?" Wearing armor weighing dozens of catties and carrying weapons to fight? Over the past few decades, it has been hard to suppress Tatar for so long, and we should not give up this rare advantage for nothing because of the military salary."

These few words hit the hearts of all the people present. At the beginning of this battle, the cowardice blocked by Tatar at the gate of the border city finally stopped. How could they give up so easily?

Wang Jian was a little more courageous than Xia Yi, so he said at this time: "In this case, I will write a letter immediately and send it to the Xuzhou government office, asking the prefect of Xuzhou, Mr. Xie Bingxie, to raise the military salary for us."

"No need," Jiang Yannian knew that it was inconvenient for Li Shaojun to speak at this time, so he said, "If you write a letter to Mr. Xie in the name of the general, it will be a big move at that time. This will let the people in the northwest know that our military pay depends on The Xuzhou government is helping, and rumors are spreading again. Xuzhou’s general judge Guo Zhan’an and I were at the same time as the companion of the King of Qin. I have some friendship with him. Why don’t I ask him to quietly raise some military pay for us in my own name? It's just that it's better that no one else knows about this matter except everyone present."

Those present who have ears and eyes, who don't know that the friendship between Guo Zhan'an, Jiang Yannian, and even Qin Wang Li Shaojun cannot be summed up in the word "some".Jiang Yannian said this because he wanted to not involve Guo Zhan'an after the battle was over.It's just that it's hard for everyone to find out if they want something from others.

As the commander of the army, Wang Jian took the lead in expressing his opinion on the spot: "Jiang Shenjiang is right, this time I have to trouble you to ask Mr. Guo for help."

Jiang Yannian glanced at the crowd, and secretly had a plan in his heart: "Naturally."

When Guo Zhan'an received Jiang Yannian's handwritten letter, it was already two days later.Fortunately, he had obtained Jiang Yannian's secret letter earlier, so he was well prepared.

After the last cold war, Guo Zhan'an finally fully realized that Huo Yu was no longer that child who blindly needed his protection.Now that he decided to train Huo Yu, Guo Zhan'an simply put away most of his desire for protection. When he was at home, he always let Huo Yu sit beside him and take him with him to deal with affairs.

Although Guo Zhanan didn't want to let Huo Yu get involved in raising the military salary this time, he didn't hide it from Huo Yu either.

On the other hand, Huo Yu saw that Guo Zhanan only let himself watch, so he smiled and begged, "Brother, let me help you. I have hands and feet, so I can do some errands."

"Nonsense!" Guo Zhan'an saw that Huo Yu was sure that he couldn't stand it, so he pretended to shout, "It is a serious crime to beheaded to raise military salary without permission, you don't want to live anymore?"

Huo Yu let go of his hand, stood up straight, and said seriously: "Of course I want to live, but brother, you have already committed the crime of beheading. If King Qin... let His Majesty know about it this time, will he let brother go?"

Guo Zhan'an didn't understand the reason why Huo Yu asked, so he replied: "I am the companion of King Qin, even if the emperor doesn't care, the four princes will not let me go."

"That's it," Huo Yu continued, "If it succeeds, my brother will have nothing to do, and neither will I; if... In short, I will not leave my brother."

Now Guo Zhan'an understood Huo Yu's meaning - if King Qin returned in triumph, everyone would be fine; if King Qin failed, Guo Zhan'an would not be able to escape, and Huo Yu would not live alone.

"Ridiculous! How do I usually teach you?"

Perhaps it was because Huo Yu had lived in a bandit village since he was a child, and he was used to seeing birth, old age, sickness and death. Although he would feel sad when his relatives passed away, he didn't attach as much importance to his own life and death as ordinary people.

It's just that Guo Zhan'an feels distressed even if Huo Yu suffers a little physical injury, so why would Huo Yu be willing to accompany him to take a risk?

Huo Yu said again: "Brother, this matter is no small matter, and anyone who leaks even the slightest word of information will be killed. Rather than trusting others, you should trust me! I will never betray my brother."

These words just hit Guo Zhanan's weakness, he eased his emotions and said, "How could I not believe you? I know that in this world, even if everyone turns their backs on me, you will never leave me. "

Huo Yu clapped his hands and said, "That's the reason! Brother, as a judge, you can't move around at will, why don't you let me disguise myself as a merchant and quietly send this batch of military pay over there."

Guo Zhanan was shaken after hearing Huo Yu's words.Although he didn't agree immediately, he still let go: "Let me think again."

Two days later, Huo Yu led a group of disguised servants from Guo's mansion and set off from a house bought by Guo Zhan'an outside Xuzhou in the name of merchants.

Huo Yu gave the military salary four times, and finally solved the urgent need of the Northwest army.

However, all the soldiers in the Northwest add up to nearly 12 people, and this does not include the [-] soldiers who were unable to go to the battlefield after taking Saishenxian. One thing cannot be discovered by others, and can only be collected from various places in Xuzhou.

Standing outside the barracks, Huo Yu frowned and said to Jiang Yannian, "This is the last batch. You asked your brother to raise it privately before, because it was not easy for others to know, so you can only raise it a little bit. Someone has already noticed that The sign is wrong, we have no choice but to cut off some of the roads. Next time, I am afraid it will take half a month to raise enough money."

Fifteen days!

Jiang Yannian's heart sank. In addition to the military pay Huo Yu sent this time, it would take no more than ten days to distribute it to the entire army in the Northwest. .

"How much can you raise in ten days?" Jiang Yannian didn't want others to know that the military pay from the Ministry of War had been cut off for more than half a month. For the current plan, Guo Zhan'an and Huo Yu could only think of a way to raise more as soon as possible. The military pay, so there is this question.

Huo Yu made a calculation in his mind, and said: "If it takes ten days, at most we can only raise one or two more days' expenses. After all, there are 10,000+ people here, and it is already difficult to raise military salaries without disturbing other people in Xuzhou. It's the limit."

Jiang Yannian only felt that his fingers were cold: "I see, I need to trouble you and your brother to think of a way. Tatar's offensive has not diminished these days. I am worried that after reducing the daily allocation of soldiers, morale will suffer. You may not know that once Tatar's iron cavalry breaks through the border town, Xuzhou will not escape, and the people in the northwest may have a hard time."

Huo Yu nodded and said, "Jiang Shen, don't worry, I'll go back and think about it with my brother. The soldiers in the Northwest fought bloody battles for us, and we will never abandon you."

Hearing what Huo Yu said, Jiang Yannian didn't feel much relieved, and nodded wearily: "Thank you very much."

After sending Huo Yu away, Jiang Yannian ordered his confidantes to send this batch of military pay to the warehouse, while he himself came to Li Shaojun's camp, and told Li Shaojun the exact situation of the current embarrassment.

After hearing this, Li Shaojun asked after a long time: "There is still no news from the Ministry of War?"

Jiang Yannian shook his head: "The letter from ten days ago is the latest one, saying that the military salary has been dampened and needs to be prepared again. Hehe, this batch of military salary has been dampened, is there no other emergency? I don't believe that the Ministry of War is not prepared! It's nothing more than I don’t want to send it here, just find an excuse.”

Li Shaojun also felt powerless: "Accordingly, Fang Weiqing, Minister of the Ministry of War, came from the Northwest camp and knows the situation in the Northwest best. How could he deliberately make things difficult for us?"

This inadvertent exclamation reminded Jiang Yannian: "Your Highness, Fang Weiqing won't make things difficult for us, what about the others?"

"Fang Weiqing is the minister of the Ministry of War, so it stands to reason that no one in the other five departments can control him. Minister Yue, not to mention that he supports me, for the sake of the country, he would not do such a thing."

Jiang Yannian pointed in the direction of the capital, and said in a low voice, "Your Highness, don't forget that there is one person in this world who even Prime Minister Yue can suppress."

"Impossible!" Li Shaojun said angrily, "I'm his son anyway, he can't just watch me die here! Besides, is he going to bury this vast land in the northwest as well?"

Jiang Yannian made a silent gesture and said, "That's what I said, neither you nor I know what's going on in the capital."

Although Li Shaojun still had some kindness towards Li Chonghao in his heart, two days later, a secret letter sent by Yue An sent him completely into the cold pool of thousands of feet.

The letter clearly stated that Li Chonghao used various excuses to repeatedly obstruct the Ministry of War to send the military salary to the northwest. Either the Habayashi Army had urgent needs, or it was necessary to send it to the southwest first.In the end, they even misappropriated the money used to pay for the army on the grounds of repairing the palace wall.

After reading the letter, Li Shaojun felt his throat itch, and opened his mouth to cough up a mouthful of blood.

"Your Highness!" Both Jiang Yannian and Ah Xin in front of them were shocked. Jiang Yannian hurried forward to support Li Shaojun, while Ah Xin hurriedly took a handkerchief to wipe the blood from the corners of Li Chonghao's mouth, poured another cup of tea, and sent it to In front of Li Shaojun.

Li Shaojun waved his hands weakly, and said with a wry smile: "It is said that a tiger's poison does not eat its children. Although I know he doesn't like me and doesn't want to cultivate me, I never thought that he would even despise my life."

"Your Highness, you..." Jiang Yannian didn't know how to persuade him, if he persuaded Li Shaojun not to take it too seriously, Jiang Yannian himself would feel that something was wrong!

After all, he was his own son, how could anyone force him to die!

"It seems that he is afraid. He is afraid that I will win and return to court. He will have to fulfill his promise to make me the prince. Hahahaha, because of the position of prince, am I going to be forced to death by my father!"

Suffocated, so embarrassed!

Everyone said that he was the only legitimate son of the current emperor, with a transcendent status and incomparable dignity, but who would have thought that his life would be buried in the northwest just because of his status as an unfavored direct son!

Jiang Yannian and Ah Xin stood aside, not knowing what to say for a moment.

It was Li Shaojun himself who stood up abruptly, raised his head to the sky and let out a loud cry: "Father is really a great handicraft, millions of people from the Northwest sent them to be buried with me. How can I, Li Shaojun, make Father miss you so much! It's a pity that my life was given by him, but he can't control it! Even if I die, I will let my name be engraved in the history books and become a hero sung throughout the ages! He, Li Chonghao, is the incompetent and cowardly Emperor!"

"Your Highness, what are you going to do?"

Li Shaojun waved his hands and said, "Go and gather all the generals and tell me that I have something important to discuss."

"Your Highness!" Jiang Yannian wanted to say more, but was stopped by Li Shaojun's cold gaze.

"Call all generals."

Jiang Yannian felt unwilling, but still responded: "Yes."

In the large tent for discussion, Wang Jian and others disagreed with Li Shaojun's plan after hearing it.

"What? How could His Highness, with a thousand-year-old body, do such a dangerous thing?"

"That's right, Your Highness, we have the upper hand now, and Tatar can't take advantage of us, so why do you do this?"

Li Shaojun insisted on his own opinion: "We are running out of military pay, and the Ministry of War, at least until I die, I'm afraid they won't send any more military pay."

"Your Highness be careful!"

Sun Jinyong is the most heartless, and at the moment he is also a tendon, and he directly said: "What does your highness mean by this? Is the Ministry of War going to watch your highness die?"

Li Shaojun didn't bother to explain, but just said: "Ten days later, when the army's salary is exhausted, Tatar will make a comeback. Now, while our morale is high and the army's salary is still enough, I will use me as a bait to lure the Tatar army into the barren mountain. At this time, you gather your troops, take the opportunity to detour, and attack from behind the Tartar army. Even if you can't wipe them out in one fell swoop, you can seal them all in the barren mountain, and then burn the mountain!"

"Then what do you do, Your Highness?"

Li Shaojun waved his hand and said, "Don't worry about me. I've already said that although there is King Qin here, King Qin has one life just like all soldiers. There are still millions of people in the northwest. Once Tatar breaks through the defense line in the northwest, They are the first to suffer. I cannot let so many people suffer because of my own safety."

"But..." Everyone wanted to persuade again.

"Needless to say yes, I'll just ask you, is this plan feasible?" Li Shaojun raised his eyebrows, pointed at Wang Jian and asked, "Wang Jian, tell me!"

Wang Jian who was named could only nod: "His Royal Highness's plan is indeed the best plan right now."

Jiang Yannian jumped in anger: "Wang Jian, what are you talking about! Don't think you are a general, I dare not beat you!"

"Enough!" Li Shaojun shouted, "Since the general has said so, the others must have no objection, right? Two days, I only give two days to prepare. After two days, put Tatar's soldiers up, win or lose Or not, that’s all there is to it.”

Seeing that he couldn't persuade Li Shaojun, Jiang Yannian felt uncomfortable, so he pointed at him and shouted: "Crazy! You are all crazy!"

Li Shaojun didn't say anything more, but lowered his head and raised the corners of his mouth.

Anyway, I'm going to die, it's better to go crazy at the end.