Da Wei Chun

Chapter 639 Good News
This year's Hexi is relatively warm and hot. It has been more than a month since winter began, and there was only a light snowfall at the foot of Heli Mountain.

But it is an indisputable fact that the weather is getting colder every day. The shallow part of the weak river has already started to freeze, and it is naturally difficult to fetch water from the river by hand.

Furthermore, as the temperature is getting lower and the frozen layer is getting thicker, the efficiency of smelting and mining is also getting lower and lower, so most of the factories have entered a state of shutdown.

But the young adults, women, and old people who were temporarily sent home did not rest idle.

Since the beginning of winter, Li Chengzhi has started to relocate households to the nearest counties of Biaoshi and Linze.

This is because they are afraid of the dampness and coldness in winter, whether it is a nest or a thin tent, the effect of keeping out the cold in severe winter is not very good, and it is afraid that it will cause typhoid fever in a large area.

Don't think it's just a flu, it will pass after a while.In this era of lack of clothing and medicine, it is okay for adults, but it is extremely fatal for infants and young children. Otherwise, how could the mortality rate be so high in ancient times?

This is also the strategy that Li Chengzhi decided after Fang arrived in Xihai after the beginning of spring. He planned to "sneak into the village secretly, and don't shoot guns", but it was too beautiful to think about it.

Whether it was the imperial court sending envoys to appease, or the sudden dispatch of troops by Yuan Zhi and Luo Jian, Li Chengzhi's strategy of "building high walls, accumulating food widely, and slowly becoming king" came to naught.

So what is the need to cover up?

Li Chengzhi simply took advantage of the situation, pushed the boat along the way, and issued a notice aboveboard to mobilize households without houses to relocate first.

What's more, it's like "someone gave me a pillow when I fell asleep", there is a perfect excuse.Whoever asks the question, Li Chengzhi has a reason to have to move: all the birds of prey have reached the shore of Juyan Lake, and Luo Jian even has an army of [-], and he wants to kill hundreds of thousands of soldiers and civilians in the West Sea, so I can only lead the people Withdrew into the county to temporarily avoid the military disaster.So this is a forced helplessness, not a dove occupying Nestle...

Because of this, he didn't want to see Cui Guang, let alone Wei Zijian, just to create an established fact.

As long as you occupy it, it will not be so easy to quit...

Preparations started more than a month ago. Li Chengzhi sent soldiers to fight the pre-war, transported firewood, grain and other necessary things, and then gradually mobilized the households.Those who are nearer start their journey first, and those who are farther away first stop at Zhenyi, just to replenish some people's food and grass for horse chews and herbs for defense against wind and cold.

In addition, Linze and Linze are not far from Zhenyi, only sixty or seventy miles away, so the car is loaded in advance, and the next morning starts early, and it will arrive at sunset at most.

As soon as you enter the city, the generals and soldiers will distribute hot soup and eat food to dispel the cold. The houses have already been divided according to households, and even firewood is also distributed to each household. Residents can be described as caring and considerate.

In just over a month, nearly half of the households moved out.Most of the remaining [-] households are herders, and people can move, but cattle and sheep are not easy to move, so they are temporarily put on hold.

Another small part has houses to live in, so there is no need to move.

In this way, before the winter solstice, Li Chengzhi solved the problem of Yudong first...

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The sun was very strong, but it still couldn't resist the cold wind from the northwest, and the eaves were blown and hummed.

The cold wind is blowing outside the hall, but the inside is full of heat.The civil and military divisions are divided into two teams, and various materials are listed in the room, and all surpluses are counted.

This is an order issued by Li Chengzhi just two days ago, ordering all ministries to summarize and take stock at the end of the year, plan the military and political policies that need to be implemented in the coming year, and budget for various expenditures.

At first glance, it seems that there are already some rudiments of sects and ministers, but Li Chengzhi knows it well: this is a grass-roots team.

And if you don't do it, you will not even be as good as the grass-roots team.Now at least the first step has been taken.

That's why he was so thirsty for talent and made up his mind to keep Cui Guang in Xihai.

Including Yuan Zhi and Wei Zijian, Li Chengzhi was never ready to let go.Both of them served as governors in prefectures. Yuan Zhisheng was in the army, and his government affairs were worse.But Wei Zijian is a famous figure in later history.

Of course, it is also possible that my brother-in-law, who is only in his early ten years old, slightly exaggerated the achievements of his father when he was writing history.But to be praised by Xiaowen, and to be recognized by Yuan Ke, who has always been superior, this old man naturally has something extraordinary.

But that can only be discussed later, and now Zhang Jingzhi can only work harder and support it for a while.

It's not ordinary tiredness. Zhang Jingzhi's daily sleeping and eating time will never exceed four hours. If Li Chengzhi did not force him, he would even plan to stay directly in the government hall.

But he's having fun.

Just because anyone who is blind and blind knows what the significance of this grass-roots team that Li Chengzhi dislikes in various ways will have in the future...

The sun has already set, and the lights in each room have already been lit.Li Chengzhi put down the charcoal pen and stretched.

Li Cong knocked on the door at the right time, and reminded in a low voice: "Mr. Sir, it's time for dinner!"

Li Chengzhi murmured: "Forget it, I won't eat in the yamen today, let's go back to the mansion later!"

Zhang Jing was not the only one who was tired, Li Chengzhi was also busy without touching the ground.Counting the time, he has not been at home for seven or eight days.

Wei Yu is fine, he has to come to look for him at least once a day, but Gao Wenjun and Zhang Jingmo have been pregnant for several months, how dare they leave the house easily?

Instructing Li Cong and Li Xiao to sort out and file all kinds of documents, Li Chengzhi got up first and left the yamen hall.

The main hall is on the fourth floor, this floor is specially set up for him alone, the downstairs is the civil and military halls, and the second floor is the temporary office of various ministries.

Normally, the heads of all the ministries are all directors in the Yamen outside the town. Only when it is important or urgent, the heads of each department will lead one or two cronies to gather in the town.

Just like now, it's the New Year's Eve, and foreign enemies are coming, so there are many more people in the yamen.

When he went downstairs, all the yamen had also been on duty one after another, and all the principals and assistant officials greeted him respectfully when they saw him.

Li Chengzhi kept laughing, or said hard work, or said a few words of concern, which made him look like a virtuous corporal.

As soon as he reached the third floor, Li Chengzhi subconsciously stamped his feet and glanced in the direction of the middle hall.The lights were brightly lit and there were many figures, but the door of the hall was closed. It was obvious that Zhang Jingzhi was so busy that he forgot the time.

He pondered for a while, sighed secretly, and walked towards the middle hall.

As the master, he was naturally happy to see the success of his subordinates working so hard, and could understand Zhang Jingzhi's intentions.But manpower is exhausted, not to mention that Zhang Jingzhi and Li Shiliang are already in their forties, they are approaching their twilight years in this era, and their bodies are no longer what they used to be.

If he gets tired and gets down, where can Li Chengzhi find a capable minister with such experience and ability that he can trust?

Thinking to himself, he waved his hands twice to signal the guards at the door to keep quiet, and then pushed open the hall door.

Sure enough, Zhang Jingzhi was sitting behind the case and writing vigorously, while Li Shiliang and the principals and deputy chiefs of the various ministries were still busy.

Sensing someone pushing the door and entering, someone instinctively called out "Duke!"

Everyone was stunned for a moment, then quickly got up to greet.There are many kinds of titles, all Li's servants are called "Lang Jun", and the rest are called "Guo Gong" or "General"!
Li Chengzhi responded with a smile, crossed into the hall again, and said in a gentle voice: "Just now my mother sent someone to ask, saying that I hadn't returned home for several days, and I really shouldn't. Uncle has a few drinks, what do you two think?"

Is there any reason why it shouldn't?

Zhang Jingzhi knew from looking at it that it was fake to have a drink, but it was true that Li Chengzhi came to urge him to go down.

"If the Duke of the Kingdom invites you, it's better to obey than to be respectful!"

Zhang Jingzhi bowed his hands respectfully to express his thanks, and said to all the officials: "If that's the case, let's go!"

Everyone agreed in unison and bowed to Li Chengzhi to say goodbye. After a while, there were only three of him left in the hall. .

Li Chengzhi smiled loudly: "Look, there is wind under their feet, and they all walked away in the blink of an eye. It can be seen that they are eager to return to their hearts. Don't miss the time again..."

The two responded respectfully, and they knew it well: it wasn't that the officials were eager to return home, but because they saw that Li Chengzhi and the two of them had something to discuss, that's why they left so quickly.

Li Chengzhi was not joking, but was taking the opportunity to recruit the two of them.

With their own cronies and assistant officials to clean up, the two should follow Li Chengzhi out of the Yatang.

Li Chengzhi confessed to Li Cong: "You go back to the house first, and ask the cook to set up a hot pot and warm two jars of water and wine. My uncle and uncle will be there later."

Li Cong took the order to leave, and Li Chengzhi invited two more people: "It happened to be on the way, and I went to the military headquarters to call Daxi, so I can have a good time..."

"Let's go together!"

Zhang Jingzhi responded smoothly, seeing that there was no one around, he asked in a low voice, "I didn't bother to ask about trivial matters for a while: how is the matter of screening the fine work of the town army?"

It's okay not to mention it, but Li Chengzhi felt a wave of fear at the mention of this incident. In such a cold day, there was faint sweat on his forehead.

What a Luo Jian, he used the fire to cook his plan, and Li Chengzhi was almost sent to the army: among the more than ten thousand defeated troops who returned to the West Sea in the early stage, nearly five thousand were all Luo Jian's army, not the army. Ordinary town army.

Naturally, the intention was to fish in troubled waters, and when Luo Jian led his army to invade the West Sea, he would make a sudden incident and cooperate with the inside and outside.

Fortunately, Li Chengzhi was cautious enough. Before entering the country, he ordered Li Shiyu to disarm on the spot by Juyan Lake, and then disrupted and reorganized.

Then Li Xian was forced to reform for several months like a reform through labor, and even by mistake, he asked Daxi to be the master, and then used a soft strategy to attack his heart.

Especially this last step is like a stroke of genius: Daxi has not been in office for ten days, but there is an old general from the town army who tells him that he can help Daxi.

Daxi has a good temperament, but he is not a fool: under Li Chengzhi's various methods of division, and even Li Xian's single-minded force suppressed it for several months, how can the tens of thousands of townsmen be united?
I don't know if I don't check, I was shocked when I checked: there are a total of 1 civilians, and there are more than [-] defeated troops in the town, and [-]% of them are all from the Wuchuan Dudu Mansion?

How can there be such a coincidence?
After careful investigation, the truth naturally came to light: although ordinary soldiers did not know about it, there were more than a hundred deputy generals, military leaders, brigade leaders, and team leaders who were lurking among the people under Luo Jian's secret order.

As long as the time comes, they can link up with each other, confuse the soldiers, and even the people who have not long been attached to join the uprising.

So thanks to Daxi, it can be called a great achievement.Li Chengzhi repayed his kindness, moved Daxi to be the deputy director of the military department, and thoroughly investigated the matter...

Li Chengzhi let out a sigh of relief: "It's almost the end, the chief culprit will be killed in a few days, and then the soldiers will be reorganized..."

That's good!
Zhang Jingzhi and Li Shixian both breathed a sigh of relief.

Now that Xihai is in a stormy time, having one more soldier is equivalent to having one more force for self-protection, so these two people are so cautious.

Regardless of the rest, these five thousand are the Chinese army under Luo Jian's tent, and they are all veterans of hundreds of battles.Only in terms of combat power, it is several times stronger than the surrendered soldiers from the two states of Qin and Liang.

If they don't hold firearms, even Baijia's old troops may not dare to win.If it can be subdued, it will be like a tiger with wings added.

Of course, they would definitely not dare to reuse them in a short period of time. These soldiers are all carefully selected children from village households, and they are usually well paid, and their family members have also enjoyed a lot of glory. Not low.

But if Luo Jian is defeated or surrendered, it will naturally not be a problem. With a little training, he will be a strong army and a guard...

Li Shiliang said again: "In my opinion, it is better to take advantage of the winter slack time to recruit some soldiers and train them carefully for two or three months. Even if they can't go to the field to kill the enemy, but at least they can serve as the rear army, transport food and grass, build Digging trenches..."

conscription?

Li Chengzhi pondered for a while, and finally shook his head.

If the 15 troops of the town were organized into various guards, the strength of Xihai would have exceeded [-].And with the addition of the newly recruited townspeople, the number of households is only worth [-].

Calculated in this way, basically one out of three households is a soldier, almost to the extent that all the people are soldiers.

And this is on the premise that there is no land to cultivate in the West Sea, and there is a lot of surplus food.

But now nearly half of the households have been relocated to Biaoshi and Linze counties. Even fewer counties in these two counties can cultivate tens of thousands of hectares of land.Moreover, at least [-]% of the herdsmen have to be moved to the Shandan Racecourse, so not to mention conscription, it is estimated that [-]% of the soldiers may have to be disarmed and return to the fields.

And Li Shiliang is so worried because he lacks knowledge of firearms, and he still stays on the basis of "the number of troops is the first to fight a war".He thought that no matter how good Li Song and Li Liang were at fighting, they might not be able to defeat the more than [-] troops of Yuan Zhi and Luo Jian.

But Li Chengzhi is confident: Luo Jian is hard to say, but there is no problem in eating the yuan prey. At that time, one will ebb and flow, and at least tens of thousands of troops will be captured.

If luck is better, Li Liang and Li Feng can beat Luo Jian again, and they may be able to double the [-] basis several times.

And at that time, Yi Chaoyan's current situation of being stretched, even if he intends to march westward, he may be powerless.And taking a step back, Gao Zhao has already expressed his intention to surrender to the imperial court, and Chaoyan also intends to be completely shameless. He wants to make peace with Rouran or Nanliang, and it will never be achieved overnight.

Li Chengzhi reckons that as long as he survives this winter and defeats Luo Jian and Yuan Zhi, at least there will be no more wars next year, so there is no need to rush to recruit troops right now.

But he couldn't explain it: after all, for Li Shiliang, it was too shocking for Li Shiliang to defeat Luo Jian's and Yuan Yu's tens of thousands of troops with a mere [-] troops.

While thinking about it, he was about to say a few perfunctory words, when he suddenly heard an urgent call from behind: "Duke, good news..."

(End of this chapter)