In the evening, on the Weisheng Tianji Palace, you can see the scene of the setting sun covering the mountains.
Carts full of wheat were coming in from the road outside the city. The road was rebuilt after the war. It was built not long ago, but it looked like it was more spacious than before the war.
"This is the last 30 cartons of wheat. It will be put into the warehouse in an hour, and the winter wheat has been harvested. If it wasn't for the troubles caused by the prairie tartars, April would have been a good day."
This is the observation deck on the side of the Tianji Palace. Lou Shuwan put down the monocular in her hand, and the evening wind is blowing warmly. Standing next to Lou Shuwan were Yu Yulin and Wang Juyun, two high-ranking military leaders. Since two years ago, the Tiger King forces and the refugee forces led by Wang Juyun have successively fought against the Jinbing who went south and Liao Yiren who invested in gold, and now they have been completely integrated.
Among the two parties involved, Wang Yinyuan, who goes by the pseudonym Wang Juyun, was the Shangshu of the Yongle Dynasty. After the demise of the Yongle Dynasty, he secretly rescued some of the generals under Fang La's command, and among the refugees in the frontier, Bai Lian and Maitreya, who once again preached "the equality of the law", united a large number of refugees and called for mutual help. In the context of the Jurchen going south for four times, he has no hesitation in throwing the assembled crowd into the front line of the anti-golden war. In the past two years, although he himself has been unsmiling and extremely strict, his selfless attitude has really won the battle. respect from the people around.
After understanding its idealistic side, the Jindi side merged with it relatively cautiously. In fact, Lou Shuwan's determination in resisting gold in the past, her dedication to Jin, and her lack of children and never selfish attitude played a great role in promoting this merger.
Since the shame of Jingping, the Central Plains have been in chaos. Wang Yin traveled to the north, perhaps because he could not bear the suffering of the people, he preached here to save people. But in fact, he chose the refugee area south of Yanmen Pass for development. The place is extremely unsatisfactory. It is basically impossible to build a base, and it is impossible to gather too much materials. This time, the refugees under his command have one. temporary residence.
On the other hand, Lou Shuwan dealt with Lin Zongwu in those days, and was awarded the title of a mysterious girl in Maitreya. Later, he kicked Lin Zongwu away, and the religious framework obtained also played a certain role in the stability of Jindi people's hearts. of adhesion. But in fact Lou Shuwan crushed Lin Zongwu in the political operation intrigue. After all, he is not very proficient in the essential laws of religious operation. After Wang Yin joined, he not only helped Jindi in politics and military affairs, but also in Jinan. The operation of the "Great Brightness Religion" in the land gave Lou Shuwan a great inspiration and help. The two sides cooperate and take what they need from each other. At this time, the effect of one plus one is greater than two.
In March, a group of grassland mercenaries ravaged and burned wheat fields in Jin, which caused some trouble for Lou Shuwan and others. Fortunately, in early April, these desperate lunatics went north to Yanmen Pass and went directly to Yunzhong. Before leaving, he also solved Liao Yiren's problem for Lou Shuwan. So starting from mid-April, with the harvest of wheat, the Tiger King forces continued to recover lost ground and reorganize surrendering troops. His emotions were complicated and he was even a little disappointed. As a result, Jindi could not be considered a big victory.
The relatively smooth situation and the good news that follow will make people happy, but they cannot hide the rationality of Lou Shuwan, Yu Yulin, Wang Yin and others. Although Zong Hanxiyin was defeated by Huaxia, he returned in a hurry. On the way, it is inevitable to have another friction with Jindi, and this friction will determine the future appearance of Jindi.
In theory, Jindi at this time has made a huge leap in strength compared to the Tianji period two years ago. On the surface, the loss of a lot of materials and the reduction of soldiers seem to have left the entire force in a hole. They are already combatable elites, and Lou Shuwan and others have accumulated a huge reputation in the past two years of decision-making. In fact, if there was no Mongolian involvement in March and April, Lou, Yu, Wang and others had planned to launch a large-scale offensive at the end of March and early April to push down Liao Yiren.
Today, this accumulated strength can be used to fight against the Jurchen West Route Army, but everyone is still not sure whether they can win. On this day, Yu, Wang, and the others had basically come to an end to gather and train troops outside, and just found time to return to Wasion to discuss further important matters with Lou Shuwan.
"After the New Year, the two generals have worked hard. This batch of wheat has been put into storage, and the harvest of winter wheat is almost the same in various places. Although it was abused by those prairie people before, looking at the whole Central Plains , as far as our side is stronger, we can do something with some confidence."
Looking at the road between the foothills to the west, Lou Shuwan smiled. The sunset turned golden here, and she then restrained her smile.
"The only thing to worry about, I have asked everyone in the army, and I have also written privately with the two generals to ask. Regarding the defeat of the Jurchen, no one still has the confidence to win... The news of the decisive battle of Hanzhong has already passed. It’s all over the world, but we can’t even deal with the defeated generals of the Huaxia Army, so can we really explain it to the people?”
As she said this, her eyes became serious. During these years in Jin, Lou Shuwan managed most of the government affairs and logistics, but she went with the army in the two years of the war, and she did not understand the army completely. sense of urgency.
Wang Juyun frowned, even more serious, but Yu Yulin didn't shy away from pretending, and sighed: "In these years, seeing Mr. Ning running the army, it is obvious that there are many innovations. The army relies on force for self-reliance, so the control of the army is intertwined. As a result, the generals have no power and the army is weak and difficult to return. In recent years, the strategies of all parties to strengthen the army have firstly delegated power to the generals. The Prince's power isolates all external checks and balances, and just now he has cultivated some combat power under the iron and blood rule of Yue Pengju.
"It is not difficult to achieve this condition. Our military governance has also developed in this way in recent years. Especially in the past two years, many drawbacks have also been eliminated during the war. Originally, every small family in Jin was unavoidable to reach out to the army and do It was an idea for myself, in essence, the army would not be able to fight, and we have cleaned up almost the same in the past two years. But this condition is just the first threshold... "
Yu Yulin paused: "After entering this first threshold, the army is like an army, but the real strength of the Huaxia army is the intensity of training and strict military discipline. All the soldiers of the Huaxia army were private soldiers in the past. The standard of personal guards is made out of production. Daily training is only for fighting, and the law of war is forbidden. Everyone wants such soldiers, but they can't afford them, and they can't support them for long. The Huaxia Army's approach is to support the army with all its strength. , With Mr. Naning's business methods, he sells weapons and buys food, and he does everything he can. Many times in the middle, he actually has to starve. If it was ten years ago, I would think that it would not last long."
"When the army is hungry, it will lower its morale, and if it does not obey orders, it will violate the military law. But what Mr. Ning is really good at is that he can make the army hungry while maintaining the strictness of the military law. The reason for the name of 'Huaxia', but in our case, cannot be maintained. If you want military law, you must have food and wages. If you lack food and wages, there will be no military law.
"In this way, the Huaxia Army is not different from us in any aspect, but in fact there are differences in all aspects. Of course, I never thought that the difference was so big in the past, until the battle of Wangyuan Bridge and the battle of Hanzhong. The battle report is here. The 20,000-strong Huaxia Seventh Army defeated Zonghan's 100,000-strong army, but to say that I will be able to wait for the remnants of Zonghan Xiyin's troops, and indeed... there is no evidence."
After Yu Yulin said this, he was silent for a moment: "This is the difference between me and the Huaxia Army today."
Since the meeting between Lu Liangshan and Ning Yi more than ten years ago, Yu Yulin has always been cautious in front of the name of the Huaxia Army. At this moment, there are only three or two people in private, and his words are quite frank. Wang Juyun on the side nodded, and only spoke when Lou Shuwan glanced over.
"The strength of one battle and the strength of several battles can be possessed. Although they may not be able to win, they may not necessarily be defeated."
Lou Shuwan nodded: "... At least a dozen fights are okay, and it's a good thing."
As for the war that may happen next, all aspects of the measurement have been summed up. Basically, more than two years of resistance have increased the combat power of the Jindi army. With the gradual unification of ideas, it is more resilient. Increase. Even if it is impossible to say the words that will definitely defeat Zonghan and Xiyin, but even if they are invincible, they can calmly and continuously carry out follow-up operations. Relying on the terrain of Jin, it is not too difficult to get Zonghan and Xiyin back. big problem.
This kind of situation makes people not cry, but also can't laugh. After Lou Shuwan finished speaking, there was some silence between the three of them, but then the woman smiled: "In this case, it's no wonder the people in the southwest are so proud."
Yu Yulin thought for a while, then smiled: "How is the fifth master of Zhan recently?"
"After the decisive battle in Hanzhong, he came over several times, and one of them sent a letter from Ning Yi." Lou Shuwan said lightly, "Ning Yi told me about the future situation in the letter, and about the relationship between Zong Han and Xi Yin Beigui. The question, he said: The fourth time the Jurchen invaded the south, the Eastern Route Army was victorious, and the Western Route Army suffered a tragic defeat. After returning to the Jin Kingdom, the battle between the East and the West will probably be resolved. We sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight. The Zonghan and Xiyin troops might as well take the attitude that they can fight or not, and if they can, try not to fight..."
"Heh, he's quite considerate..." She smiled slightly, with a lazy sarcasm, "I think I'm afraid we won't be able to beat him, so let's go down the stairs."
"… "
"… "
Yu Yulin and Wang Juyun looked at each other.
Wang Juyun said, "Did the letter say anything else?"
Lou Shuwan took the letter out of her sleeve and handed it over: "Yes, he made a small calculation of his own, hoping that we could borrow a batch of grain to those people in Liangshan to the east... Shandong was hungry for thousands of miles. It’s almost exhausted, winter wheat, and the seeds are not enough, so although it’s time to harvest, I’m afraid I won’t be able to harvest a few grains, and it won’t be long before the bottom is reached.”
The letter written by Ning Yi was very long, and even if he held it in his hand, he could not read much for a while. After Lou Shuwan finished speaking, Yu Yulin said: "The Golden Dog East Route Army has returned to the Yellow River, and once it crosses Shandong, I am afraid that Zhu Biao, Wang Shanyue, Liu Chengzong and others will not be spared. The wheat has only been harvested recently, and they can survive until now. , it should be fine for a while. Ning Yi is sure that they will survive the Jurchen East Route Army? What he wants to borrow is the food for the future, right?"
Lou Shuwan nodded: "How Liangshan survived in front of the Jurchen East Route Army, he didn't say much in the letter. I asked Zhan Wu, there are probably a few ways, or simply give up Liangshan and hide to our side first. Either look for Wu Qimai's death and endure it hard on the mountain, or simply ask Zongfu Zongbi to let his life go? I'm too lazy to guess..."
When she said this, she paused, and then said lazily: "In his letter, he invited me to wait for the south to defeat the Jurchen once, and I was extremely proud. In June, there will be a hero meeting in Chengdu, where we will choose Green Forest. The leader of the alliance said that he wanted to talk to the people of the world about the thoughts of the Huaxia Army, and about the sale of grain, we can also talk about it at that time, it seems that we are not afraid of us asking for prices..."
Hearing her say this, Wang Juyun, who was reading the letter, looked slightly moved, turned two pages to the back, and Yu Yulin also glanced here. Naturally, he knew that if there was such an invitation in the letter, the rest of the information would probably be lost. To be the minutiae. Lou Shuwan turned around, approached the parapet on the edge, and looked at the scenery in the distance.
The three of them were quiet for a while, Yu Yulin looked at Lou Shuwan and said, "Are you going?"
The evening wind blew her skirt, Lou Shuwan turned her back to this side, and looked into the distance.
"...Although I am not reconciled, but there are some things that we are really different from the Southwest. Like what the eldest brother said just now, it is bad and needs to be changed, but how to change it, we have to be cautious. I can go to the Southwest to see the last time. It's a good thing, not to mention that this time Ning Yi has asked me, if he can make a trip to the southwest, he can get a lot of benefits..."
"... But Zong Han and Xi Yin return north, and the war is imminent... "
Lou Shuwan put her hands on the parapet, looked into the distance with cold eyes, and said:
"How am I going?"
She stated the facts calmly and nonchalantly. scoffed.