(25) Military Information

Lei Shao and Dong Qiu felt a little embarrassed when they saw Xu Yuyan at this time. Fortunately, it was still early and they didn’t see it very clearly.

"Where is Lord Bai? Where did he go?" Lei Feng was still in a glimmer of hope, and Bai Qi didn't leave. So it would be better for everyone to go back together. Unexpectedly, Xu Yuyan pursed her lips and said, "Brother Qi went back yesterday, saying that it was your vacation today, and he went back to bed. By the way, Brother Qi asked him to tell you something before leaving."

After hearing Xu Yuyan say that Bai Qi gave the two a day off, Lei Shao and Dong Qiu felt more comfortable.

"What are the instructions of sir?" Dong Qiu was still more concerned about this. There was never a pie that fell from the sky. If you get the benefits of others, of course you have to work hard for others in the future. Isn't that true? Things are coming.

Xu Yuyan saw Dong Qiu's uncertain expression, and was even more impressed by Bai Qi's foresight. She smiled and said, "It's nothing big. Just let me ask you something when Brother Qi left."

At this time, Lei Shao also reacted and thought that it was so fast when paying off his debts, so he took the call and asked, "What did Lord Bai ask?"

Xu Yuyan smiled and said, "Look, I'm so anxious that Brother Qi asked you to do something unwilling?" This sentence can be regarded as a matter of love between the two of them. If these two people were willing to do anything for the sake of profit, they would not have been like this today.

The two were speechless when asked, and then Xu Yuyan said, "I'm kidding with you. Brother Qi just asked me to ask you, do you have a wife at home?"

It turned out that they were asking this, and the two of them felt relieved. Lei Qiang was not polite and answered first: "I have been poor since I was a child and didn't look very good. With all my strength, I have to make a living in the military camp, where can I get free money to get married?"

Dong Qiu also replied at this time: "It's shameful that I once married a family. It's a pity that I went to labor hard five years ago and the child was not saved." When he said this, Dong Qiu's expression darkened.

"How do you like the girl last night?" Xu Yuyan asked again.

"There are not even one of the people in the lower ranks, so how dare you not like others?" Lei Rong was honest.

Xu Yuyan clapped her hands and smiled, "That's good. Before leaving, Brother Qi left me some silver notes, saying that if you like it, you should use this silver to redeem your two sisters. In fact, Brother Qi misunderstood that as long as the sisters like it, they never need to redeem their own money. The money they earned was enough for themselves. At that time, I was thinking about the money that you would use as a betrothal gift, so I accepted it. Now I will ask the two sisters if they are willing to go with you."

As he said that, Xu Yuyan turned around and left. After taking a few steps, she turned back to Dong Qiu and said, "Look at me, I forgot to ask, Mr. Dong, what do you mean?"

Dong Qiu was at this time, and he understood that Bai Qi was so clever about winning people's hearts, but he had no idea of ​​being plotted against him. In his opinion, Bai Qi definitely did this because he had a crush on his own ability. There was nothing to say in the future, just sell this life to others.

"I have nothing to say, just follow Lord Bai's arrangement." Dong Qiu sighed somewhat. In fact, people like them most hope for someone who can appreciate him in their lives. Bai Qi has a good status and values ​​him, which is something he can't get.

Xu Yuyan, who received the reply, turned around and went. She came back with a smile in a short while. When she saw Lei Shao and Dong Qiu, she said, "Congratulations to both of you, the girls are willing."

Lei Shao and Dong Qiu had actually known for a long time that this must be the result. Xu Yuyan did this just because everyone looked better in terms of face.

But I still have to say thank you. Lei Shao and Dong Qiu bowed together and said, "Thank you for your hard work, Miss."

Xu Yuyan smiled and said seriously: "Two masters, you are not in a hurry to thank me. I still want to say something ahead."

"Please speak!" Dong Qiu said.

"Although our girls are born in a fair and honest way, they are also the two of them. Yu Yan has nothing to do with you. She just hopes to treat us sisters well in the future. Yu Yan thanks here first."

After a few spring rains, the labor of the new year began again. There were farmers working hard in the fields everywhere on the earth. The vitality of spring did not bring much joy to Baiyunfan in the far away Jiezhou. On the contrary, the continuous military situation on the border recently made Baiyunfan's mood more anxious.

After the spring sowing, Hun cavalry continued to harass the border between the Great Qi and the Huns. They often left after a fight, and ran away after robbing food and animals. At first, it was just a small plunder, with a scale of thirty and fifty people. Recently, it has become a little more serious. The harassment of the Huns has been escalating, and harassment of three or five hundred people has begun to occur. In the past, it was just a robbery and animal, but now it has been snatched up by people.

Bai Yunfan has written to the court more than once for the situation in front of him, but more than a month has passed, and the court still has no accurate corresponding policy. Bai Yunfan can't help but become more and more worried about the situation. Now a large number of border residents have begun to flee to the mainland. In the long run, the morale of the army and the people in Jiezhou will be greatly affected.

Bai Yunfan also tried to send troops to attack many times, but he failed to capture the Huns. The open area on the border was too vast for the Great Qi army. Looking for the Huns who had no trace was like looking for a needle in a haystack.

It is the season for spring plowing, and there is no stable situation at this time, which will have a great impact on people's livelihood this year.

Just as Bai Yunfan was worried about the worsening situation, a group of people came from outside the Jiezhou Military Office, who was heavily guarded, and Nalan was the leader. Nalan, who came to the Central Plains again, could not hide the dust on his face. The previous time thanks to Bai Qi, he was responsible for it, so that Nalan could transport the grain back first and then deliver the horses for delivery. The 300,000 dan of grain was timely eased the crisis of the Tatars. According to the price agreed by both sides, three thousand horses were sent to Jiezhou immediately after the food arrived. According to the wishes of the ministers of the Later Jin Dynasty, Nalan really did not need to go to the Central Plains in person. Anyway, the channels for purchasing grain had been established, so he could just send someone to him. However, Nalan always held a glimmer of hope in his heart, so he set foot on the land of the Central Plains again.

In the diplomatic post of the military office, Bai Yunfan, who was worried, was overjoyed after learning the news. This can be said to be a timely rain. With the best war horses, Bai Yunfan could immediately form a powerful cavalry unit and respond quickly to the harassment of the Huns.

Seeing that Bai Yunfan came out alone to greet him, Nalan felt a little disappointed. It seemed that it was impossible to meet Bai Qiyi in Jiezhou.

This time, when Nalan arrived in Jiezhou, he brought more than just three thousand war horses. For the next batch of food, 6,000 war horses were sent in exchange for 600,000 dan of food. In this way, he would not worry about the food issue during the time when the weather was not in trouble.

At another court meeting in the Great Qi State, a new round of quarrels began. The urgent military reports sent by Jiezhou were the root of the quarrels. The court was divided into two obvious factions, one was the main battle, and the representative was of course Bai Qiwei, and the other faction advocated peace as the most important, first politeness and then military force, first sent to the Xiongnu in the season, first gaining a moral foothold, and first considering the way to resolve the military. The representative of this faction was naturally Su Yuncheng.

The reason for the pro-war faction was that the Huns were naturally violent and greedy. If necessary military actions were not taken in time, the consequences would be unimaginable.

The reason for the peace faction is also very sufficient. The Great Qi Kingdom is in a state of peace all year round and its military preparations are relaxed. If it goes out in a hurry, the consequences may be worse. It is better to send someone to reason first, and maybe you can spend some money to solve the problem.

The two disagreements were disagreeable. The pro-war faction scolded the master and the faction, which was treason and bowed to the Huns. The pro-war faction was not willing to be outdone. The pro-war faction scolded the pro-war faction, and was a brave man without a brain.

After arguing for several days without any result, the king Xue Yiran was also frustrated. He really didn't understand what these ministers changed. There was no completely unified strategy for such a military and national affairs.

It was morning court again today. Xue Yiran put this matter on the table for everyone to discuss as soon as she came up. The military situation was urgent, and Bai Yunfan from Jiezhou was still waiting for the general corresponding strategy of the court.

"My servants, the military situation in the border is constantly increasing. It is not a solution to your argument like this. Today, we must come up with a big policy. If we are in war, we must actively prepare for war. Even if we are in harmony, the court will increase its military investment in finance this year. The Huns are ambitions and covet the Central Plains. They also say that things will take place for a day or two. Harmony can only be used as a means to delay the outbreak of the war." Xue Yiran set a tone first to prevent these ministers from quarreling again.

As soon as Xue Yiran finished speaking, Su Yuncheng stood up and said, "Your Majesty, I think it's better not to start a war. In my opinion, the Huns only retaliated against our dynasty because of the last Jiezhou incident. It will naturally pass after a while. Thirty years ago, the Huns and Tatars invaded the Central Plains without getting a good result. Thirty years later, the Huns alone will never invade the Central Plains easily."

Before Su Yuncheng could finish his words, Bai Qiwei immediately stood up and said, "Prime Minister Su's words are really wishful thinking. Can the Central Plains be compared with 30 years ago? After defeating the Huns, the four countries killed each other. Can they still fight against the invasion of the Huns so together? I think the answer is no. So I think that when the Huns first showed signs of being involved in the Central Plains, they should immediately give the heaviest blow, so that the Huns know that we are always ready to fight with it."

As soon as the two representatives finished speaking, the quarrel began to start again. After a short while, the Taiwei Ye Zhuifeng, who had always rarely expressed his opinion in the court, suddenly stood up and shouted loudly: "What are you quarrels? Can military and national affairs be solved by quarrels? Then what do you guys do?"

At this time, the officials remembered that there was always a Taiwei who was ignored by them. Ye Zhuifeng said this very strongly, and his momentum was very strong, and no one in the court dared to quarrel again.

Xue Yiran seemed very satisfied with Ye Zhuifeng standing up and speaking at this time. She looked at Ye Zhuifeng with a rare smile and said, "What is the supreme opinion of the Grand Marshal? You might as well say it."

Ye Zhuifeng has always been a lord of words in the court. Because of this, he occasionally showed his might and even suppressed all the civil and military officials in one fell swoop. However, in front of Xue Yiran's inquiry, Ye Zhuifeng should have shown enough etiquette and modesty. He bowed to Xue Yiran before replying: "Your Majesty, I think that the Huns are treacherous and must not be at peace with him. Doing so will only encourage the Huns' ambitions and arrogance."

Ye Zhuifeng's words sounded completely on Bai Qiwei's side. Su Qiwei's face suddenly showed excitement, and Su Yuncheng's face became much ugly. However, no one expected that Ye Zhuifeng changed the subject and said: "However, our country has insufficient military equipment for ten years, which is also a fact, so it is not the best way to start a war rashly."

Bai Qiwei's face suddenly turned ugly when he said this, and Su Yuncheng began to smile.

"Is it a war or a peace?" Xue Yiran asked.

Ye Zhuifeng thought for a moment and said, "I think I must fight, but there are many things to do when fighting."

Xue Yiran asked again in an unknown case: "How do you say this?"

Ye Zhuifeng replied: "It is necessary to fight, but if the Huns are in a hurry, they may counterattack, but if they do not hurt the Huns, they cannot completely reverse the current situation. Therefore, the subordinates think that the elite troops of the country should be concentrated, and then a group of elite soldiers should be selected to form a unit with a small number of troops but strong combat capabilities, and with them as the main force, they should find opportunities to fight a few beautiful battles. At the same time, the Xiezhou side should be notified as quickly as possible, so that

They are ready for all combat. In addition, Your Majesty should send people to the Huns to express the strongest protests to the provocation of the Huns, and at the same time issue an emergency mobilization order to the whole country. The country enters a wartime state and puts forward a decisive battle with the Huns. According to the ministers, as long as our army fights smoothly on the battlefield, the personnel we send will naturally be safe. Seeing that we are fully prepared, the Huns will definitely not recover and start a war with me rashly."

As soon as Ye Zhuifeng finished speaking, Su Yuncheng stood up and asked: "I would like to ask the Grand Marshal, the Huns used cavalry to harass them, and most of our army was infantry. How could they fight the victory you said?"

Ye Zhuifeng couldn't help but smile and said, "If Prime Minister Su asked me a few days earlier, I wouldn't be able to answer this. But now I can tell you that the Jiezhou Army has exchanged war horses and Tatars for nearly 10,000 war horses. As long as His Majesty arrives at Jiezhou, the island of Zhiyi, our army will have no shortage of war horses."
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