Qing Jialu

Since Wei Mo led his troops to the grassland, Xining City has become much quieter.With Xiao Yi sitting here, Wei Mo's elder brother Wei Yuan obediently returned to Jincheng without any movement.Vice General Zhang stayed here, practicing Xining's garrison and Shenji Battalion on weekdays, and was responsible for His Majesty's safety.

Xiao Yi once watched Vice General Zhang's military training and was very satisfied with him.Afterwards, he summoned Deputy General Zhang to enter the account. Seeing that this person looked familiar, he remembered it after a while, "I remember you, you are the deputy general next to Old General Wei."

"Yes." Deputy General Zhang cupped his hands.He lowered his head, not daring to meet His Majesty's eyes.

"Why are you so cautious?" Xiao Yi raised his eyebrows with a puzzled look on his face.Could it be that he is a tyrant in the mind of the frontier army?

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty..." Vice General Zhang suddenly fell to his knees, "I, I have offended His Majesty before, Your Majesty forgives me."

"Offended me?" Xiao Yi had no impression of this, but he guessed that since Vice General Zhang had been following Old General Wei, he might have done something to him under the command of the commander.

Seeing that the emperor didn't respond, it seemed that he really didn't remember.Vice General Zhang was also taken aback for a moment, and then said: "Wei Shuai took you into the barracks before, but I didn't know your identity, and even punished you..."

"So that's how it is." Xiao Yi suddenly realized, and suddenly laughed, "It's all old things, I've forgotten them long ago, so you don't have to worry about them. When I was young, I did a lot of things that violated military discipline with Wei Mo, and I should be punished. .”

"Your Majesty, you really don't hold grudges." The matter that Vice General Zhang had been worrying about for a long time was actually easily resolved.He burst into tears immediately, "Thank you Your Majesty... for your forgiveness."

"General Zhang, please get up." Xiao Yi helped him up personally, "The enemy is now, don't dwell on the past, the Northwest still needs you old generals."

Hearing this, Vice General Zhang thanked him and said gratefully: "Thank you for your trust, Your Majesty will let you dispatch the last general."

Xiao Yi came to the border this time, not only to fight against the enemy, but also to inspect the frontier generals and promote available talents.After all, Wei Mo cannot support Northwest alone.

In fact, Wei Mo is not a handsome talent, but a general.He has always liked to use strange soldiers, he walks alone, he is not dispatched, and he has not trained his own subordinates.Besides, Wei Mo had been in conflict with the Wei family for many years, and he was not very familiar with his father's lieutenant generals, which led to the current situation. He couldn't cooperate with other lieutenant generals on the battlefield, so he could only ask the emperor to go out in person.

But Xiao Yi could help him once, but he couldn't help him for a lifetime.If Wei Mo wants to control the Northwest, he must learn to change.Now that Xiao Yi has nothing to do at the border, he just has time to help him inspect these border generals.

A few days later, Wei Mo sent someone to report the result of the negotiation.Xiao Yi opened the military newspaper and quickly browsed through ten lines at a glance.It turned out that the second prince of Xiou claimed that the army's rations were about to run out, and if he wanted to delay for three months, he would need Liang to supply the [-] troops with food and grass for three months.

After reading it, Xiao Yi fell into deep thought.Although Shen Jia wrote a note the day before yesterday saying that he was urging the Jiangsu and Zhejiang regions to pay taxes, and now there are 5 more food rations, I don't know if the Ministry of Households can still provide them.

However, this time is a great opportunity to wipe out Ouyang Yu's tribe in one fell swoop. If he misses it, he doesn't know how many years he will have to wait for his revenge.Besides, if Ouyang Yu really won the throne, he would definitely harass Daliang wantonly and consume dozens of times more military rations than now.

Xiao Yi made a decisive decision and explained to the person who sent the message: "Tell General Wei that Daliang can provide food and grass, but afterward Ouyang Xing needs to give Daliang another [-] head of cattle and sheep, plus what he promised last time, a total of [-] head."

"Yes." The person who sent the letter got a reply, and immediately set off to return to the grassland.

Xiao Yi unfolded another blank sheet of paper, picked up a pen and issued an order to the cabinet, requesting an additional three months of food and grass.

After the cabinet received Xiao Yi's letter, Shen Jia felt that the top of her head was going to be bald again.A few days ago, he managed to collect taxes from Jiangsu and Zhejiang, and made up the army rations, and now he has to make up again.

Shen Jia handed the letter to the second assistant Xu Rui, and Xu Ge looked helpless after reading it.He counted with his fingers: "Shen Shoufu, Huguang can make up more, but it can't be done. Sichuan and Sichuan are also rich."

"Why don't you say there is still Shaanxi and Henan?" Shen Jia sighed.

Elder Xu Ge also sighed: "Henan has suffered from floods this year, so the harvest must not be good. Shaanxi is already poor, and no matter how much you press it, you won't get anything."

"It's still because you have the foresight to know that this food is far from enough." Shen Jia admired it from the bottom of her heart.

Old Xu Ge said modestly: "Where is it? It's just a blind cat bumping into a dead mouse. There is always a shortage of food and grass when there is a war. It is better to prepare enough to prevent accidents."

Shen Jia nodded, and said helplessly, "I see, let's start with Huguang first."

Poor Shen Shoufu and Xu Cifu, I don't know how many hairs are going to fall out.

The military situation was on fire, and Shen Jia and other household officials did not dare to slack off. They adjusted grain from Huguang, Sichuan and other places. It took only half a month to gather the grain and grass, and immediately sent people from the military department to the border.

At the end of August, the military rations arrived safely, and at this time Wei Mo had already returned from the grassland with a team of thousands of people.

"Ouyang Xing has already promised us [-] head of cattle and sheep." Wei Mo took out a piece of paper from his pocket, "I asked him to write it down in black and white."

Xiao Yi took it, opened it and looked at it carefully.He is now very vigilant towards Ouyang Xing, not letting go of any details.

Seeing that the number of cattle and sheep was written on the paper, and it was stated that the payment should be made within three years, and Ouyang Xing's private seal was stamped at the end of the letter paper, so it should be impossible to fake or lie.

"Okay, I'll take this first." Xiao Yi folded the paper and stuffed it into his sleeve, "How will the food be delivered to him? It would be too dangerous for you to go deep into the grassland with more than a dozen carts of food and grass."

The food, grass, and supplies have big targets and slow speed. If Wei Mo met Ouyang Yu's cavalry on the grassland, he would not be able to run away, let alone defeat a [-] army.

I'm afraid that when the time comes, it will be a loss of people and wealth.

"To keep us safe, Ouyang Xing has also taken this into consideration." Wei Mo said, "If His Majesty agrees to provide food and grass, he will lead his troops to move from Qilian Mountain to Xining and join us at that time."

"I think he is afraid that the grain and grass will be robbed by his elder brother, so he is willing to come out of Qilian Mountain to keep the grain and grass safe." Xiao Yi couldn't help telling the truth.

"Half and half." Wei Mo smiled. "Actually, Ouyang Yu suddenly withdrew his troops and returned to the royal court. Ouyang Xing wanted to move his position. Otherwise, he would be trapped to death in Qilian Mountain without food."

"Why did Ouyang Yu go back suddenly?" Xiao Yi asked puzzled, "Is the news reliable?"

"It is estimated that he didn't get any cheap from me at the border, and the food and grass were completely exhausted, so he was not allowed to return to the royal court." Wei Mo analyzed.

Xiao Yi nodded thoughtfully, "Very well, we can also rest for a while. Have you decided where to meet Ouyang Xing?"

"The situation on the grassland is changing, and no specific location has been decided for the time being." Wei Mo explained, "When they approach the border with me, they will send people to Xining to report the news, and we will discuss the meeting place at that time."

"Okay." Xiao Yi nodded, "Then let's just say one word now—wait."