Xuzhou, Pei County, the governor of Xuzhou, Li Li, who was patrolling here, stood at the top of the city wall, looking at the brand new wall, and suddenly wanted to sing a song.

Pei County is the hometown of Liu Bang, the Emperor Gaozu of Han Dynasty. After Liu Bang pacified King Yingbu of Huainan, he passed by his hometown Pei County on the way and drank with his hometown elders.

He was able to drink vigorously and was in a rush, and Liu Bang sang improvisally:

The wind rises and the clouds fly.

Weijia returns to his hometown in the country.

How can you get a strong man to guard all directions!

This is the famous "Song of the Wind". Now, when Li Li thinks of "Song of the Wind", he doesn't have any other ideas.

It is purely the mentality of tourists. When you come to a historical and cultural ‘scenic spot’, you will recall “what happened in history here”.

Pei County is the northern gateway to Pengcheng. Liang Sen is now in charge. Once the enemy attacks, he has to guard the city behind closed doors, and then Li Li will send troops to reinforce.

If the other party’s intention is to “siege the city and fight aid”, then reinforcements will have to deal with each other.

If Qi State sent three troops to attack Pei County, Xiao County, and Li State at the same time, and then used cavalry guerrillas, then Li Li had to deal with the moves.

What should we do specifically, we can only adapt to the situation. Li Li’s request for Liang Sen is that once the enemy attacks, Liang Sen can rely on the Pei County garrison and city defense to hold on for at least one year.

"Normal, it can be done, but I'm afraid of being introverted." Li Li looked at Liang Sen and said slowly, "After all, we don't know how many people in the city are interested in Qi State."

Liang Sen nodded: "I will pay attention and have made corresponding arrangements."

Pei County's urban defense has been strengthened and grain and weapons have been hoarded. In addition to Liang Sen's own troops and direct troops, two thousand soldiers are also stationed, all of whom are fellow villagers in Poyang, which is very reliable.

Li Li was very relieved: "I believe you can do it, but it's hard to guard against the insider. You must be more careful."

It’s not that Li Li is suspicious, but that’s really Pei County and Xiao County are not optimistic. For example, in this year’s autumn harvest, the food that the government can collect is pitifully small.

The accounts of previous years were burned by the public office when Liang Jun entered the city, and the number of households and land in Peixian and Xiaoxian were no longer known.

Li Li asked someone to read the archives of Xuzhou Prefecture Party. According to the previous household count, the land was collected and the households were transferred. As a result, the officials from the two counties looked for excuses to shirk responsibility, which showed that people's hearts were not towards Liang State.

In this case, if Liang Sen and Peng want to defend the county town when the enemy attacks, they must be wary of the inner ghost opening the city gate.

"It's late autumn now. If Qi wants to take action, it's probably soon. They may try to attack, or try every means to lure you out and deal with it in the field."

"It's not OK to defend the city blindly, but if you attack easily, it's easy to get trapped. How to weigh the pros and cons? You have to have an idea and avoid using it with one mind."

"Defend, be careful. If attack instead of defense, you must concentrate your efforts to attack. Don't worry about the safety of the city and think about the field of annihilation of the enemy. The consequence of using one mind and two minds is to lose completely."

Li Li was so nagging, not because he didn't believe in Liang Sen's ability, but because he really had a great relationship. He asked his young master to guard Pei County, his brother-in-law to guard Xiao County, and his wife and brother-in-law to guard Liguo, which meant that he was giving important tasks.

It was the first time that the three of them were on their own. Whether the mentality was good or bad could easily affect their performance. So during this period, he went to Xiaoxian and Liguo to inspect defense while cheering his left and right arm.

Victory and defeat are common in military affairs. If you really lose a battle, it doesn’t matter. Withdrawal from Pengcheng-Hanshan, you are another hero, provided that you have a bottom line in defeat.

For example, if Li Li will never tolerate the behavior of leaving the army behind and escaping in the face of battle, he will never tolerate it. No matter how good the relationship is, it will be useless. It will be handled by military law.

After talking, Liang Sen saw that the left and right were far away, he asked, "Cunbo, did your Majesty really agree?"

"Agree, otherwise do you think my piano was given for free?" Li Li said and chuckled slightly, "The gift I gave really touched His Majesty's itch."

"Uh...isn't it just an instrument? Is it that powerful?" Liang Sen still couldn't figure it out, and Li Li replied: "It's not surprising that you can't figure it out..."

"Just like a warrior, his Majesty is proficient in music. I offer this piano like a thousand-mile horse to a horse lover. How can those who receive gifts smile?"

"Then...Next" Liang Sen believes in Li Li the most, so Li Li said yes, that's sure: "There is no censor gossip?"

"No, no, as long as your Majesty has no problem, there will be absolutely no problem."

Li Li said and laughed: "Since ancient times, bureaucrats have been punishing military generals, and one of their favorite crimes is to erroneously launch a border provocation."

"In their opinion, the military man is in power, either inciting civil strife or initiating border quarrels. This view cannot be wrong, but it depends on when it is."

"The bureaucrats are most afraid of causing trouble. In the peaceful season, everything is stable, but nowadays, wars are endless, trees want to be quiet but the wind does not stop. The more they are afraid of things, the more things happen."

"The Lord Qi led the army to fight in person, but he was disappointed and withdrew his troops. So some people in the court said that the two countries should shake hands and make peace, rest with the people, and should not continue to provoke war."

"But Qi has not sent envoys to ask questions so far, which shows that they are full of anger and have no plans to make peace. So we cannot calm down and must make things bigger."

"As I said before, attack instead of defense, and you can punch one punch so that you won't get a hundred punches."

Li Li looked at the large fleet berthed by the Sishui River outside the city, and the soldiers who were temporarily moving ashore, looking proud: "Now, I am robbing me by orders, who dares to talk too much!"

......

In the northern part of Qi State, Xuzhou and near Sishui, there were a fortress surrounded by large fertile fields. The young and strong men held bows and knives and guarded the village walls.

Outside, the Liang army was invading, coming from Xuzhou to the south. They set up a catapult and shot stones to attack the fortress early this morning. The main force was on the west side.

There were also a roar swaying around, preventing the people in the village from breaking through.

It was afternoon, and smoke rose from the fortress, and the fragrance of food was faintly coming, but the fortress owner Pang Qing and the young and strong people had no intention of having a meal.

"It's moving, it's moving!"

Amid the exclamation, Liang Jun's scattering machine started to move, and the long pole turned, throwing a black dot to the fortress. The black dot became larger and larger, and it drew an arc in the air and fell.

It fell into the fortress and hit an arrow tower.

As the sound of rupture was shattered, the arrow tower was damaged, and the noise was very loud, which shocked the village to exclaim.

This exclamation was particularly harsh when Pang Qing heard it.

The Pang clan’s fortress protects generations of Pang clan’s children. The clan has experienced dangers, but every time, it is survived by the hard counterattack of the clans.

Although their fortress cannot withstand the siege of the army, so if they should give in, it is impossible for the invading enemy to easily break through the village.

Only when the two sides confront each other can we have the opportunity to negotiate conditions. Pang Shi has always cooperated with local governments. As long as he does not provoke any terrible enemy, the clan will not be in trouble.

However, the enemy who attacked the village this time only started attacking today. It seems that they will be able to attack the village tomorrow. Even if the people they sent out to seek help could immediately bring in the rescue, they would not be able to catch up.

"here we go again!!"

Amid the exclamation, another black dot flew over and hit the village wall. With a "bang", a burst of dust rose from the rammed earth wall and a sudden shock.

The people on the village wall were almost unsteady, and they were tilted around and barely stood there. The young and strong, who were already anxious, became more and more frightened.

The village could not be defended anymore, Liang army attacked in, the man killed all the men, the woman robbed all the money and property, and then burned the village...

Pang Qing thought that the tablets of the ancestors in the ancestral hall would be burned, and his face turned blue. Now that the other party has not left him much time, if he doesn't make a decision, everything will be over.

He walked down the village wall and came to a corner, signaling his youngest son Pang Jing to approach: "Go, take the people out of the village and tell Liang Jun that we will do what they are."

"Father! They want a lot of food!" Pang Jing became anxious, and Pang Qing glared: "Is it food or people important?"

"The ancestors' foundation is here, the village is broken, nothing is gone!"

"If you take out this grain in the village, you can still have some left. You can survive until next autumn. Come on, go quickly! Otherwise, the ancestral hall will be smashed in a while, can you sleep at night?"

Pang Jing nodded, quickly clicked a few people, left the village through the side door, raised a white cloth, and walked towards the gathered Liang Jun cavalry.

Pang Qing climbed up to the village wall again, watching his son and entourage being taken away by Liang's cavalry and heading to the camp far west, and couldn't help but become nervous.

The ancestors bless, the ancestors bless, these plague gods took the food and left...

......

The next morning, at Liang Jun camp, the military officers counted the grain sent by Pang Shi at night. Li Li, who was patrolling the camp, happened to pass by and looked at the bags of grain, and was very satisfied.

This time, he first defeated the tentative attack of the soldiers and horses in the northern Xuzhou of Qi, forcing the opponent to shrink the city and ask for help.

Then, the Liang army began to visit the local tortoshe fortress in northern Xuzhou and the Si Shui.

The fortress in front is the family property of the Pang clan. Just like the countless fortresses in Henan and Huaibei, it is a shelter for the clan and a place to store grain.

So, what should the governor of Xuzhou, Liang State, who was "not engaged in production (farming)" bring his soldiers here for an autumn outing?

Liang Jun went north along Si Shui, transported a large number of stones by boat, and sent "friendship" and "blessings" to the forts with trenchers. What should people hiding in the forts do not want to be destroyed by clans?

Here is a question and answer:

In spring, we are fighting and you are sowing seeds.

In summer, we are training troops, and you are weeding the wheat fields.

In autumn, we are sharpening our knives and you are harvesting wheat.

When autumn is about to end, we have soldiers and you have food.

May I ask, who in the end has food on our hands?

Li Li watched for a moment, continued to move forward, and walked towards the big tent.

The surrounding area of ​​Pengcheng has become "Pengcheng Lake", with a large amount of farmland being flooded, so it is impossible to use existing farmland to grow grain to support the garrison.

It takes time to reclaim land and farming. It takes military farming to solve the supply of grain, and it will be impossible to rely on farming to solve the problem of grain supply in the past one or two years.

Li Sanlang, who only knows how to mine and runs a hydraulic workplace, had to transport grain from the rear to support the Xuzhou army and a large number of full-scale population.

Therefore, we must continue to send troops to Qi's territory to rob. Only in this way can we barely maintain our life.

This is arbitrary border provocation, which can easily attract revenge from the enemy, leading to another war between the two countries.

If a border general who dares to do this does not have a support in the court, he will inevitably be impeached by the censors and cannot take care of himself.

However, the emperor, who was full of literary style, allowed Li Sanlang to "do things cheaply" for the sake of the magical artifact - piano, including "robbery".

So Li Li is now robbing according to the order.
To be continued...