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However, it was said that when the Mongolian coalition army pulled out the camp and retreated, Zhao Junchen also seized the time to move his troops to the south bank of Weishui, preparing for a decisive battle with the Mongolian coalition army here.

After the camp was set up, Zhao Junchen once again convened all the civil and military officials in the army to discuss the next battle plan.

At this time, most of the wounded soldiers in the army had been handed over by Zhao Junchen to a nearby city for treatment and recuperation, so Zhao Junchen also took back his handsome account.

The tent was handed over to the wounded barracks for two days, and there is still the smell of blood and medicinal soup of the wounded soldiers, which makes people breathe a slightly pungent feeling, and the carpet in the tent is not as clean as before, and blood stains and dirt can be found in many places.

But Zhao Junchen didn't care about this, he just used a handsome account to buy the hearts of the soldiers, and this account was very cost-effective.

Sitting on the seat of the handsome tent, Zhao Junchen glanced at all the civil and military officials, and finally his eyes stayed on He Zhang, and asked in a slightly hoarse voice: "Has our army's camp been prepared?" How's the arming going? Have you received news of the movements of the Mongol coalition? ”

After the battle in Xiaochuanhe, Zhao Junchen took a short rest for a day, but it was like a string that had been tight for a long time and it was difficult to tighten it again after it suddenly relaxed, Zhao Junchen only felt that his body's sense of exhaustion and overdraft was getting stronger, and he was always a little lacking in energy when thinking and acting.

On the other side, He Zhang hurriedly got up and replied: "Lord Qiqi Qincha, the garrison of our army has been prepared, and the soldiers are now entering their respective defensive positions, and there will be about half a day to complete the defensive line!" As for the Mongol coalition army...... So far, no relevant information has been received, and the latest information is still the news received yesterday, saying that the Mongol coalition army has retreated from the city of Jiezhou and is currently marching in the direction of Weishui, if the Mongol coalition army does not suddenly change the direction of the march, according to their marching speed, it will arrive at the south bank of Weishui in about a day. ”

When He Zhang replied, his voice was also hoarse and weak, and his face was also a little gray.

The war has developed to this point, and the vast majority of people are already on the verge of the limit, and He Zhang, like Zhao Junchen, is now holding on.

After Zhao Junchen nodded lightly, he urged: "Urge all the officers and soldiers of the army to arrange the Weishui defense line in the shortest possible time, and the fortifications must be strengthened as much as possible. ”

After He Zhang received the order with a solemn expression, Zhao Junchen turned his gaze to Wu Qifan again and asked, "What is the morale of our soldiers now?" Are logistical supplies sufficient? ”

Wu Qifan's expression was very optimistic, and he got up and replied: "Because of your actions of caring for the wounded soldiers two days ago, Lord Qincha, the morale of the soldiers has been boosted, and everyone is willing to serve Lord Qincha to the death!" In addition, because of our army's great victory in the Xiaochuanhe battlefield, the entire Shaanxi and Gansu sides are now jubilant, and the local governments have also received the news, and they have sent cattle, sheep, wine, silver and grain materials for the first time, and the congratulatory documents are also continuous, with a total of more than 400 head of livestock, more than 100 carts of wine, more than 8,000 quintals of grain and grass, and more than 240,000 taels of silver, in addition to all kinds of items, all of which are labor and army materials sent by various state capitals, so our army's logistics are now quite sufficient, and there is no need to worry at all. ”

After a pause, Wu Qifan hesitated for a moment, and then said: "In addition, after the officials of the state capitals in various places learned about your great military exploits, Lord Qincha, they saw that the battle situation was very good, and now they all want to meet you and congratulate you in person, and there are even officials who want to come to Weishui to see you in person. ”

Zhao Junchen frowned, a trace of impatience flashed in his eyes, and said: "All refused, now that the war is not over, our army may not win steadily, Ben Qin has no time to entertain with them, and they don't come here to cause trouble!" ”

Regarding Zhao Junchen's answer, Wu Qifan had expected it for a long time, and immediately agreed.

Then, Zhao Junchen seemed to think of something, and asked again: "You just said that there are still live cattle among the labor army materials?" ”

Wu Qifan nodded and said: "Among the domestic animals of the labor army sent by the respective state capitals, there are a total of 130 live cattle, 110 live sheep, and more than 200 live pigs!" ”

Zhao Junchen frowned again, and snorted lightly: "After years of natural disasters on the three sides of Shaanxi and Gansu, the cultivation of farmers has been abandoned, and the most important thing to restore farming in the future is to help with cattle. Don't they know what these live cattle mean to the farmers? How many people would rather sell their wives and children than sell their cattle...... Hmph, the number of live cattle is dozens more than live sheep, and the cats in here are ......"

Zhao Junchen's main focus during this period of time was all on military affairs, but he never forgot the disaster in Shaanxi and Gansu, and now after hearing Wu Qifan's report, he immediately discovered something wrong.

Hearing Zhao Junchen's words, Wu Qifan couldn't help but look embarrassed.

He has served in the local yamen for many years, so he naturally understands the trickiness in this.

After the officials of the state government learned of Zhao Junchen's great military exploits, they wanted to curry favor with Zhao Junchen, so they rushed to send the labor army materials, and also wanted to take the opportunity to meet with Zhao Junchen - for local officials, the more labor and military materials they sent to the army, the better, and the more labor and military materials, the more they could prove their sincerity to Zhao Junchen.

However, after years of natural disasters on the three sides of Shaanxi and Gansu, the people's strength has already been extremely exhausted, and most of the materials in various places are extremely scarce.

As a result, the local officials naturally turned their attention to the common people under their rule, and in order to gather a sufficient number of livestock during their labor, they probably forcibly requisitioned the cattle of many peasant households, and the peasants would inevitably suffer heavy losses and be angry after losing their cattle.

What embarrassed Wu Qifan was that he thought that he was also a good official who cared for the people, but when he received the labor and army supplies sent by the state capitals, he was only happy, and he didn't think of these things at all, but Zhao Junchen, a corrupt official with a mixed reputation, thought of the people's losses for the first time.

On the other side, Zhao Junchen ignored Wu Qifan's embarrassment and ordered: "The big war is coming, and we can't treat the soldiers badly!" It was ordered that half of the live sheep and pigs should be slaughtered tonight, and that all the soldiers should be given meat for dinner, and each soldier could drink a drink...... But all the live cattle are to be kept and not slaughtered, and the people are counting on them to feed their families! ”

To this day, it is not an exaggeration for Zhao Junchen to say that he is covering the sky with one hand in Shaanxi and Gansu, but now in the face of the "goodwill labor army" of various state capitals, he still can't blame anything, if Zhao Junchen blames local officials because of these ploughing cattle, local officials will think that Zhao Junchen is targeting them, and maybe he will offend the anger of the public, but the gains outweigh the losses.

In the end, Zhao Junchen could only adopt a compromise method.

After dealing with the matter of the labor army and cattle, Zhao Junchen turned his gaze to Zhou Bo and asked: "After these battles, can the military achievements of the soldiers be sorted out?" ”

Zhou Bo hurriedly replied: "Lord Qiqi Qincha, the soldiers' military exploits, pensions, and rewards during this period have all been counted!" Now that there is enough money in the army, as long as you give an order, you can send the early reward to the hands of the soldiers. ”

Zhao Junchen secretly thought for a moment, and said: "In addition to the pension for the wounded soldiers, the rest of the soldiers should not issue a reward for the time being, once the soldiers suddenly get a large amount of reward silver, I am afraid that they will have the heart of cherishing their lives, our army is still morale uplifted, and there is no need to use the reward silver to incentive, just need to issue a pension to the wounded soldiers first to prove that we will not break our promise!" ”

Seeing Zhao Junchen so thoughtful, Zhou Bo couldn't help but admire, and hurriedly agreed.

In the end, Zhao Junchen's gaze turned to Fang Zhenshan and asked, "What news is there from the border armies in various places?" ”

Because of the command error in the previous war, Fang Zhenshan had been deprived of military power by Zhao Junchen, but he had a wide range of friends and excellent popularity among the Shaanxi-Gansu border army, so he was responsible for the contact with the border armies in various places.

After hearing Zhao Junchen's inquiry, Fang Zhenshan hurriedly replied: "I also hope that Lord Qincha will learn that since the news of our army's great victory in the Xiaochuanhe battlefield has spread, the border troops everywhere have been greatly excited, and they have expressed that they want to follow Lord Qincha to exterminate the Mongolian coalition army together!" Up to now, three garrison officers, nine generals, and twenty-five thousand households have rushed here to join our army with reinforcements, and more reinforcements are on the way...... After the battle between the Zhenning Acropolis and the Xiaochuan River, our army suffered more than 20,000 casualties, and originally there were only 35,000 soldiers left, but now after receiving reinforcements from all over the country, the strength has reached more than 50,000! In addition, General Zhang of the Gansu Military Town also personally led an army of 30,000 and is now on his way. ”

As soon as Fang Zhenshan's words fell, Zhao Junchen had not said anything, and He Zhang, who was on the side, had already snorted coldly: "When the Mongolian coalition army invaded the territory of our dynasty, it was like a bamboo along the way, and these people were all shrinking and cowardly, and when Lord Qincha mobilized them to fight, they also repeatedly shirked and defied the yang, and now seeing that our army has eliminated nearly half of the Mongolian coalition army, and the battle situation is very good, they can't wait to come out one by one!" Hmph, reinforcements! Our army is ready now, where do we need their support? Where are they here to support us, they are clearly here to pick peaches and grab war achievements! ”

After hearing He Zhang's words, Fang Zhenshan's face remained unchanged, and he said with a smile: "Old General He, it is also a good thing that border troops from all over the country have come to help, at least it can relieve us a lot of pressure...... If we reject their 'good intentions', I am afraid that in the future, we will have to face enemies on all sides and move hard, so it is better to push the boat with the water. ”

He Zhang snorted coldly again, and said: "Our army has now gathered the vast majority of the warlike elite soldiers on the three sides of Shaanxi and Gansu, and most of the troops under the command of these people are only old, weak, sick and disabled, and they are good at harming the people, but our army is about to fight a decisive battle with the Mongols, and they are just adding to the chaos at this time!" ”

Without waiting for He Zhang to continue, Zhao Junchen had already raised his hand and said: "According to intelligence, the Mongolian coalition army now has more than 25,000 troops, all of which are extremely mobile cavalry, and our army, even if we add Qi Bin's new army on the south bank of Weishui, is less than 40,000 troops, but it is indeed a little insufficient to arrange a defense line on the entire Weishui...... Since these people are leading troops to help, they can just make up for our lack of troops, and how to make good use of these reinforcements in the next step requires General He to arrange them carefully, if you are worried about their lack of combat power, you can arrange them in those unimportant defense lines. ”

In fact, whether it is the civilian officials of the state capitals in various places who have worked in the army, or the military attaches of the border armies in various places have come to help, they are all out of the same mind!

Prior to this, Zhao Junchen was thinking hard and hard for today's war, but everyone didn't believe that Zhao Junchen could reap the final victory, so they were all indifferent, and even Yang Feng Yin disobeyed, thinking that Zhao Junchen was so happy and smart, and only looked forward to Zhao Junchen's jokes, but seeing that Zhao Junchen's layout came true, he was about to reap a great battle that had not been seen in a century, and they were like flies that smelled fishy, and they couldn't wait to get a piece of the pie.

For these flies, Zhao Junchen is naturally disgusted in his heart, but he is also helpless, because these people account for the vast majority of Shaanxi and Gansu officialdom, even Zhao Junchen can't offend them all.

As the so-called "sedan chair is carried by everyone", Zhao Junchen's military achievements are this "sedan chair", when the sedan chair is still in tatters, everyone avoids it, but after seeing this sedan chair become beautiful, everyone rushed to carry it.

At this time, if Zhao Junchen agrees to the "goodwill" of these people, the "flower sedan chair" will naturally be lifted higher and higher, but if Zhao Junchen rejects the "goodwill" of these people, I am afraid that he will encounter many people secretly stumbling, and then this "flower sedan chair" may also fall to pieces.

He Zhang hesitated for a moment, and finally didn't say anything more, and sighed: "It's only like this!" ”

While speaking, He Zhang suddenly thought of something, and asked Zhao Junchen again: "By the way, speaking of Qi Bin's new army, is this army now summoned to the south bank of Weishui to deploy with us?" This army is extremely powerful, but it has never played a role, and it would be a waste to leave them on the north shore like this. ”

Zhao Junchen shook his head and said, "No need, Qi Bin's new army still stays on the north shore just in case." ”

After discovering Qi Bin's jealousy and hostility towards himself, Zhao Junchen no longer wanted Qi Bin to play too much of a role in this war, once Qi Bin's military exploits were too high, the threat to Zhao Junchen would be even greater in the future.

During this period of time, He Zhang had great trust in Zhao Junchen's decisions, and he didn't think deeply after hearing Zhao Junchen's decision, and quickly agreed.

Next, Zhao Junchen successively explained many things to the civil and military officials.

After this period of experience, Zhao Junchen is already extremely skilled in handling military and political affairs, and every order is well-thought-out and just right, so that everyone is happy and convinced, and Zhao Junchen's prestige is getting higher and higher because of this, many times even a veteran like He Zhang, or a treacherous and changeable person like Fang Zhenshan, will subconsciously cast admiration at Zhao Junchen.

After everything was explained, Zhao Junchen's body and mind became more and more tired, and he was about to announce the end.

And at this time, Zhao Dali hurriedly entered the tent and handed over a secret letter to Zhao Junchen.

After Zhao Junchen took the secret letter, he opened it and checked it, but saw that the secret letter was sent by Wei Song, and it was written in detail that Qi Gemu and Su He were about to betray the Mongol coalition army.

After reading this secret letter, Zhao Junchen couldn't help but smile, his physical and mental fatigue was also reduced a lot, and he looked up and smiled at everyone: "This decisive battle ...... It's already foolproof! ”

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PS: In the previous chapter, the casualty statistics of the Mongol coalition army were incorrect, and now they have been revised, thanks to the reader "Book Friends 160227185121508" for the reminder.

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