As for the thoughts of these scholars, Wenzong Wang Hui did not care.

Or maybe he never thought that someone would actually be willing to serve the Dragon King after reading the notice.

Living in the palace since he was a child, Emperor Wenzong learned from his father and ministers that all talented people in Goryeo were used by the court.

Under the recommendation system plus the imperial examination system, no capable talent can escape.As for those who are not selected, they will only be mediocre.

Even if he is mediocre, it is a good thing that Long Tianwang is willing to use him.

I never thought that a notice would have such a big effect. I just thought that Su Shi was just trying to disgust himself.Wenzong, who had not put his mind on this, was now thinking about Dingzhou.

The grain and grass they were transporting were robbed, and the [-] soldiers and horses of the imperial court in Dingzhou were helpless. What could they do to fight against the Dragon King?

If you transport food, you will probably be robbed.Sending a large army to protect them will only waste more money and people.Especially since Yin Yuhu brought a large amount of food and grass from the court to support himself, the internal treasury of the imperial court, which was not originally wealthy, was about to bottom out.

Although Emperor Wenzong had no choice but to impose heavy taxes on the people, there were still three full months before this year's grain harvest. During these three months, Goryeo would have no new grain and no more grain. Support the frontline troops.

This seems to be an endless cycle.

The army cannot win the battle without food and grass, and without the protection of the army, it cannot harvest more food and grass, which gives Wenzong a headache.

Unable to find a way, Wenzong called Zheng Zhi and Jin Xizheng, and the three of them discussed how to deal with the situation.

"Your Majesty, there is only one way to withdraw the army.

, wait until the autumn grain harvest is good, then raise a large army to counterattack, and win in one battle. "Zheng Zhi has also been thinking about this dilemma these days. After thinking about it, he came up with this move to retreat and advance.

"Yes, I agree with Mr. Zheng's proposal. This year we have good weather in Goryeo, and there will definitely be a bumper harvest of food. And as long as we have enough food and grass, we will definitely be able to defeat the Dragon Army. In fact, Your Majesty, we are short of food, don't they also lack food? Have you? Especially Yin Yuhu. Although he took away a lot of food, compared with his output and his consumption, it can be said that he could not make ends meet. And once he has no food to eat, he will naturally make plans to go abroad. In this case, he can only choose to be an enemy of us or the Dragon Army."

As soon as Jin Xizheng said this, Zheng Zhi on the side added: "We must choose an enemy. Yin Yuhu will never be our enemy, because as a former Goryeo general, he knows the strength of our entire country's army. How strong."

"Oh, so it's possible that Yin Yuhu and Long Tianwang will fight together?" Wenzong finally understood at this moment.

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty." Zheng Zhi and Jin Xi Zheng immediately clasped their fists and flattered each other.

This is another tactic of waiting for your opponent to kill you.

Yin Yuhu withdrew his troops from outside Beiqing City just to watch Su Shi and Wenzong fight together.

Wenzong fell into the trap.But now, he was preparing to withdraw his troops because he had no food, and asked Su Shi and Yin Yuhu to fight together.In this way, it can be considered that the way of the person is returned to the person.

At this time, Wenzong had been persuaded by the two ministers, but he was still somewhat reluctant to give up Dingzhou City because of this.Then he said: "Dingzhou is a big city after all. If this is the case,

If you give up, how can you explain it to your subjects? "

"This is easy, Your Majesty. Ordinary people cannot know the situation on the front line. We only need to play a show and then abandon Dingzhou." Zheng Zhi had already considered this, so he explained his plan. .

After hearing Zheng Zhi's plan, Wenzong couldn't help but frown. His intuition told him that this was not a good idea at all.

Jin Zhengxi on the side saw that Wenzong seemed to be hesitant, so he struck while the iron was hot and said: "Your Majesty, the existence of Dingzhou City hinders the border between Long Army and Yin Yuhu. Only by giving up this place can they fight together. For the sake of the overall situation, please make your mind up early."

"This...if we give up Dingzhou on our own initiative, can Long Jun and Yin Yuhu really fight?" Wenzong asked uncertainly.

"It's definitely possible. As long as we gather heavy troops and set up defense lines in Anbian, Jiaozhou, and Huangzhou, they will fight even if they don't want to fight." Zheng Zhi said with a confident tone.

Seeing that his trusted ministers were so confident, Wenzong, who had no better solution, could only sigh and said: "In this case, I will give the order to General Pu Zijie to withdraw the troops."

......

Two nights later.

Suddenly there was a huge fire in Dingzhou City, and the more than 5 Korean troops who had been defending the city for a short time abandoned the city and rushed straight to the south of Jiaozhou City.

There was chaos in Dingzhou City, and the Korean army withdrew in large numbers. The news was immediately discovered by the scouts hiding outside the city. As the news spread to Su Shi's ears, he was really confused.

"What's going on? Go check it out immediately. Which of our troops attacked Dingzhou? Or is it?

Did Yin Yuhu send troops? "Facing the unexpected situation, Su Shi ordered a strict investigation.

Anyone who encounters a completely clueless incident will inevitably think more about it.With Su Shi's order, three regiments of the Dragoon Army, plus two regiments of the People's Army, rushed to the outskirts of Dingzhou City, as if they were ready to defend themselves against the enemy.

It was just daybreak, and all the Goryeo troops had fled, but there was still no sign of Yin Yuhu's army.

Several regiment leaders are here. They conducted a self-examination immediately last night and confirmed that their troops were not dispatched. It seems that only Yin Yuhu is left to dispatch troops.Otherwise, could the Goryeo army defeat itself?

At dawn, there was no movement in the city, and Yin Yuhu's military flag could not be seen erected.With some caution, Ji Zhu, who came to the front line in person, ordered the first regiment of the Dragoon Army to send a company into the city.

The regiment leader Feng Yidao volunteered and led a company of officers and soldiers into the city. After searching carefully for a long time, he did not see even a living person. He then reported to Ji Zhu via a walkie-talkie, and then the army entered the city.

Sure enough, it was an empty city. There was no sign of a Goryeo army at all, and there was no sign of Yin Yuhu sending troops to attack.

Unable to find the reason, Ji Zhu reported to Su Shi with a confused look on his face, and then Su Shi was also confused.

Damn it, is there really a god? Did a god come down to earth to help me?

Nothing has been done, and yet another Dingzhou city has been destroyed. How does Su Shi look at it, and it feels like a joke?

No matter how smart Su Shi was, he would never have imagined that Pu Zijie had acted on Wenzong's secret order to set the city on fire.Anyway, there is no such thing in Dingzhou City.

If there is no food, all the people will run away. Even if the city is burned down, there is no need to worry about hurting innocent people.

Of course, even if there were still people in the city, Pu Zijie would not show any mercy when setting the city on fire for his own safety.

Su Shi couldn't figure out the reason for this, but it was true that he got a Dingzhou city for free.

The only pity is that most of the houses in Dingzhou City were burned down, and only the city wall is still standing there.

To put it bluntly, Su Shi just got an empty city, or a devastated empty city.

"Pay close attention to the movements of the Goryeo Army and Yin Yuhu. Dingzhou City can temporarily become a military camp for future reconstruction." Su Shi's order finally came.

There is nothing we can do about not building Dingzhou for the time being.

Su Shi is short of people, extremely short of people.

What Su Shi didn't expect was that his notices actually had a big effect.

When doing this, Su Shi did not think about how great the results would be. He only held the idea of ​​​​hitting a shot if there was no date, and it could also disgust Wenzong and shake some people's psychology.

Unexpectedly, some outstanding talents were actually introduced.

Zhang Shihai and Jiang Yu traveled together and finally arrived in Xianzhou after more than a month.

But as soon as they entered the outskirts of Xianzhou, far from seeing the city, the scenery in front of them changed drastically.

On both sides of the road, you can see thigh-high wheat ears fluttering in the wind from time to time.

"It's such a good crop. It looks like it will be a good harvest in more than a month." Zhang Shihai, who has both done farm work, became a little excited when they saw these plump wheat fields.

When the two of them were sighing to themselves,

Then I saw an old man in his sixties wearing a straw hat and walking towards the ground with his hands behind his back.

As soon as they saw this man, the two scholars came forward to greet him, "Old man, does this place belong to you?"

"Haha, not bad." When he mentioned the land, the old man's frowning face immediately became "crowded" together again.

"Oh, this crop is growing really well. You and your sons must have put a lot of thought into it." When they saw that it was indeed the rightful owner, Zhang Shihai and the two of them also became interested and wanted to learn more about this Dragon King's strategy through conversation. .

"Of course I put a lot of thought into it, but it wasn't my sons and I who did it, it was the old man and his two daughters-in-law who did the work." When the old man spoke, he looked proud.

"Oh, I'm really sorry. I didn't know your son was not here." Zhang Shihai and Jiang Yu looked embarrassed at the moment.

They thought that the old man's sons must have been drafted into the army by the yamen, and they were afraid that they had all died on the battlefield.Little did he know that these words immediately aroused the old man's angry rebuke.

The old man who was so proud just now turned very unhappy and said, "Your sons are all dead. If you can't speak, don't speak. Let me tell you, the old man's three sons are all alive and well." Yes, even better than previous years.”

"What?" Hearing the old man's answer, Zhang Shihai and the other two looked even more embarrassed, and hurriedly said: "I see, then why don't they let them work in the fields if they have sons? Could it be that they were all arrested by the government?" ?”

"No." As soon as he talked about his son, the old man's mood seemed to get better again, and he even started to pick up the text.

Not caught

Jiang Yu, a strong man, was stunned for a moment, then seemed to remember something and asked, "So he was captured by the local gentry and was taken to work?"

"No." The old man still smiled and shook his head.

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