After all the hard work to trick Cui Xiao away, Shen Tang felt as if his butt was on fire. He jumped up on the spot and found a blank scroll. He dipped his pen in ink and wrote a lot. He held the scroll
While warming herself by the fire, she was still mumbling.
"There are too few words that can be written in one tablet. It is more convenient to send letters with the blue bird..." With the blue bird, one can write two to three thousand words. You don't have to worry about running out of space to write. The tablet is heavy.
It's not easy to use, and it's also very inconvenient to transmit. Unfortunately, the transmission distance of the Bluebird is limited. The more content, the more text it consumes per kilometer, so she can't afford it.
Her papermaking workshop is now ready for use.
The craftsmen experimented countless times in the past two years, and explored various material ratios, and finally came up with high-quality paper. However, the output was limited and the quality control was not very stable. Part of the current output of the papermaking workshop is given priority to local government libraries and arrangements.
A large number of people re-copied local chronicles, archives and book collections, and gradually replaced the difficult-to-preserve tablets into paper carriers that were easier to preserve and carry. The other parts were given to Xu Jie to sell in exchange for more research and development funds...
Even though Shen Tang is the county governor, he is not willing to work solely on paper.
In most cases bamboo slips are still used.
She carefully checked the letter she wrote to Qi Shan and made sure that there were no typos that would make Qi Shan picky. Then she closed it and rolled it into a ball, tied it with a specific tying method, and wrapped it with a special layer of clay.
The mud is dried and then the monogram is printed.
If the clay print is damaged, the content of the letter may be leaked, but if this letter is leaked, it will be leaked. As long as the original is not seen by Cui Shanxiao, everything is easy to say. Except for a few key points, the rest of the content is her passionate greetings.
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"Someone is coming——"
She called out.
Yang Ying, the personal guard on duty today, jumped from the beam.
Shen Tang handed the slip to her: "Find someone to send this letter back to Sibao County and hand it into the hands of Chief Registrar Qi Yuanliang. Go quickly."
Yang Ying took it with both hands, and Shen Tang remembered something again.
"Perhaps Shengmei hasn't contacted Gongcheng for a long time, right?"
Yang Gongcheng is Yang Gong.
Yang Ying's father, the old father left behind.
Yang Ying's eyebrows were soft: "I sent a letter home three months ago."
Shen Tang pinched her fingers and pushed back the time. At that time, the battle to cross the river had not yet started. She said: "Contacting once every three months is too long. It doesn't matter if I write this letter to Yuan Liang. You can also write to your father."
One letter, take it back with you."
Yang Yingdao: "Thank you, Lord."
"Who will be the replacement next time?"
Yang Yingdao: "Return to my lord, this is our sect."
"Oh, I got it."
Shen Tang's bodyguards were not large in size. They were in groups of one person or two in non-war times, and in wartime they were in groups of four or eight. One group was on duty for twelve hours at a time, and they were on time at noon every day.
Handover. On the surface, they said they were protecting Shen Tang's safety, but in fact, when they encountered an assassination, it was hard to say which of them would protect whom. For them, being on duty was more like taking a break.
These people are actually the cronies Shen Tang plans to train. When the situation stabilizes in the future, the troops will be decentralized to various places to garrison and command troops. The most important task for following Shen Tang is to observe and learn.
Of course, where you go in the end depends on your abilities.
Shen Tang carried the map that Qin Li had worked out overnight and went to the Government Affairs Hall for a morning meeting. When she arrived, the small hall was already full of people. She exchanged greetings with everyone and then took her seat: "I had an opportunity last night.
A treasure, please refer to it for details."
She asked Lu Ji and others to fully open the map.
Except for a few insiders, others did not know the contents on the cloth. When the cloth was fully unfolded, the contents on it instantly caught their attention. Shen Tang said: "As you can see, Huang Xiguang's troops are stationed here.
The details of the deployment belong to Zhang Yongqing. Judging from the map, the actual number of troops of the two companies has increased to 300,000. This is quite different from our previous estimate. It is estimated that 60% of them are temporarily recruited in the past few months.
The... pressure is much less than expected..."
The data in this map is very detailed.
The mapper seems to be afraid that the viewers will not be able to understand it. The various data are comprehensive and simple enough for a layman to read a long paragraph. But because of this, a few uninformed people have doubts about the source and authenticity of the map.
Be suspicious.
There are many generals among them who have fought in battles for their whole lives, and I have never seen such a map that was rushed to feed them.
"Lord, this map... I have never seen anything like this in my life. You have been deceived, right?" Wei Shou almost put his eyes on the map, and the more he looked at it, the more frightened he became. There were even drawings on it.
The offensive route marks the enemy's defensive weak points and simply provides several feasible strategic plans. The Lord actually calls this a map? Don't lie to him because he has few battles.
Shen Tang smiled and said: "The map was provided by a righteous man who was 'in Cao's camp and his heart is in Han'. This person is trustworthy!"
Wei Shou couldn't keep his eyes off the map: "A righteous man?"
"For the sake of his safety, I can't reveal his identity for the time being to prevent him from getting hurt. When this battle is over, I will officially introduce him to everyone." She unilaterally announced that Qin Li was his, Wu Xian
It's past tense.
Below, Gu Chi, Cui Xiao and others looked strange.
The more Wei Shou listened, the brighter his eyes became. He suppressed his excitement and rubbed his hands - if the lord had not encountered the Immortal Jump and this righteous man really existed, he would have made a lot of money! He further asked: "My lord, are the artist and the righteous man the same person?
"
Huang Xiguang actually has such a capable person under his command?
Not only Wei Shou, but others also mistakenly believed that the "righteous men who are in Cao's camp and in Han's heart" mentioned by Shen Tang were from the enemy's side, either Huang Xiguang's people or Zhang Yongqing's people. Only in this way can the two armies be defeated
The deployment is so clear.
Logically speaking, it is also smooth. After all, who would have thought that the righteous soldiers are not under the enemy's account but under the ally's account?
Shen Tang nodded: "Yes."
Wei Shou said: "This man is a great talent."
Shen Tang smiled and said: "This is indeed a great talent."
Wei Shou chuckled, and Chu Yao, who was not far away, knew what he was planning when he heard his laughter, and a sneer appeared on his lips. As expected, Wei Shou wanted such a partner. He did not consider the lord and refused to lead the army.
Qiu and his beloved Chu Jie were stationed at Yonggu Pass. Only Wei Shou was the oldest and strongest in Shen Tang's tent. He would be considered first when leading troops in battles in the future.
In other words——
That righteous man can be a bundled strategist! With the ability to draw such a detailed map, what battle can't be fought? What battle can't be won? Wei Shou can almost see the military merits flying into his pocket in a steady stream. There are too many military merits.
, the military budget for each quarter is also larger, so the soldiers under the account can eat more, train for longer, and there is still enough food left to recruit troops to expand the scale!
This is a positive cycle!
Although he has never met the righteous man himself, he unilaterally decided that this person would be better than Chu Liangliang! He and Chu Liangliang both struggled to get the [Five Virtues of Generals]. He did not consider at all that this righteous man might have already
There are bound generals.
Wei Shou's wishful thinking made Gu Chi's ears hurt.
Of course, some people don't understand.
It's not that we don't understand why this righteous man "abandoned the dark and turned to the light" and turned against his lord, but I don't understand why the lord suddenly changed his mind. If our army has the geographical advantage of Chaoliguan, we can retreat or defend, and we can also defeat Huang Liebing who is short of food.
The horse dragged him to death.
Delay it for a while and weaken their combat power.
The enemy's status declines and your own status increases in disguise.
This is also the countermeasure they had discussed before.
Shen Tang was brought back bad memories and pursed his lips and said: "I received information from the righteous man before and sent troops to raid a camp. Huang Xiguang was short of food and tricked the refugees into using them as military rations. But they had three things.
One hundred thousand soldiers and horses..."
The implication——
How much can you eat with 300,000 soldiers and horses?
How long can the two states of Yan and Qian, which have already suffered disasters, survive?
It won't last long before it will be devoured into a no-man's land, but Shen Tang worked so hard to cultivate jade and wheat, reclaim wasteland, and build river embankments... all in order to build a stable environment to accommodate refugees. Without refugees, what's the need for open space?
use?
At this time, someone spoke in a calm and cold-blooded tone: "Mr. Shen, as long as Huang Xiguang's power is destroyed, even if the two states of Yan and Qian are devastated, as long as there is peace here, there will still be a steady stream of refugees moving here.
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As long as there are enough fields to cultivate and enough food to satisfy our hunger, we will lose more people. On the contrary, if we send out troops now, our side plus our ally Wu Xian will only have one hundred thousand. Three hundred thousand versus one hundred thousand, even these three hundred thousand
Sixty percent of them are captured soldiers and temporarily recruited refugees, which will also cause heavy losses to one's own side. One more of our own elites can survive, right?
After they eat up all the refugees, they will either eat themselves or mobilize all their forces to fight their own side. As long as they use the minimum cost to support the wave of greatest pressure, it will only be a matter of time before Huang Xiguang and others bring about their own destruction.
Maybe two months, maybe half a year...
After the man finished speaking, the whole hall fell into silence.
Everyone's eyes, including Shen Tang's, fell on him.
This was a strange face, an old minister of the Xin Kingdom who had been rescued before. The joys and sorrows of people are not the same, and it is difficult for high-ranking people to empathize with ants. Shen Tang made a cross for this person in her heart.
This person had an impression and remembered that his work ability was quite good, but he did not expect that his outlook on life was so inconsistent with his own. To be on the safe side, it was better not to let him come into contact with his power. He was too cold.
Shen Tang asked him: "In a way, your words are reasonable and reasonable, but do you know how long it takes to conceive a human being? A woman is pregnant for ten months, and once she gives birth, half of her foot has passed through the gate of hell. Even after giving birth,
, the probability of raising them is also very small. A couple can give birth to eight or nine children in their lifetime, some even more, and only three or four of them may actually grow up. Although they are one of the many living beings, they are no more than ants in the world, but
He has indeed lived for dozens of years."
From baby to teenager, it takes more than ten years.
From infancy to youth, it takes about twenty years.
From infancy to old age, it takes longer.
This time is enough for the current country to go from establishment to destruction. It is normal to change one or two nationalities in a lifetime. These time are the weight of their life! These are living people, not a speck of dust written lightly.
Shen Tang: "I cannot agree with what you said."
Yes, the most indispensable thing in the world is refugees.
But the refugees coming in the future will not be the same as the current batch!
Realizing that Shen Tang was displeased, the man's face changed slightly, and he found a way to drop the topic. Chu Yao used his peripheral vision to write down the man's face, and then smiled and brought the topic to the deployment of troops. There was no room in the hall.
A few people also behave similarly.
Gu Chi listened to his inner voice and sneered in his heart.
Didn't this fool pay attention to the origins of everyone here before he spoke? According to his words, more than half of the people here can be sacrificed and turned into military rations with a cold eye. It is a talent to offend more than half of his colleagues with a few words.
He shouldn't be here, he should be under Huang Lie's tent.
I guess Huang Lie will like his cold and decisive attitude very much.
My lord will not eat this kind of food.
An hour later, the formation for this battle was basically finalized, and Wei Shou was appointed as the commander-in-chief of the Chinese army. It was not that I had too much trust in him, but that a few people with strength and qualifications did not want to take the position. Especially Gongxi Qiu, how could there be a fight if the Chinese army held the line?
Will it be fun?
He was thrown into the vanguard by Shen Tang.
Although Shen Tang is the master, he also loves the pioneers.
After that, it is necessary to arrange the left and right armies, finalize the military formations of the three armies and the military formations that need to be used, and step up training of soldiers according to the formations to ensure that the battle on the front line will not be lost. Although Wei Shou and others have joined, the pressure of high-level combat power
There has been a sharp decrease, but the scale of Shen Tang's army has also expanded. What is most lacking now are middle-level military officers. Arrangements have been made, but they are still stretched.
Shen Tang: "..."
There is no need to worry when it is Literary Scholar's turn.
Not to mention that it was easily full, but the staff was still overflowing.
Finally, she waved her hand and arranged for more helpers.
Friendly reminder - if you can build a good relationship with them, you might be able to get one or two more [Five Virtues of Generals].
Quantity is limited, first come first served!
When the long and boring meeting was over, the setting sun on the horizon had already turned the sunset into a magnificent color. Shen Tang did not forget to remind the logistics to provide extra meals for the soldiers. All the food was provided, and meat was also added. They had eaten and drank enough in the past two days.
, fuck the enemy!
As the wartime order was issued, all parts of this war machine were running again. Except for the temporary recruits and captured coolies, all other elites were transferred back from wasteland, river embankments and other places. The common people under the rule smelled some kind of message.
"The war is about to begin again—"
"Oh, how long did it take to calm down..."
The life of the common people in Chaoliguan is relatively stable. Shen Tang also redistributed their fields and rented and sold their grain seeds called Yumai at low prices. They said that they would mature before the autumn harvest and were delicious and the yields were high. They could produce them this winter.
Don't worry about food.
Since there is no other choice, ordinary people can only give it a try.
Watching the crops that were carefully cared for sprouting and growing day by day, they were numb and began to have hope for life... Maybe, the days will really get better and better? But this joy lasted too short, and the subdued war started again.
!
"Will people from outside customs come in?"
"It's hard to say..."
"What should I do with these twenty acres of jade and wheat? This is the lifeblood of my family for several months. Oh, what a miserable life."
"Why are you howling? Which of us is not like this?"
As soon as they heard that a war was about to begin, the villages closest to Chaoliguan were moved by the news, and every household packed up their belongings and waited.
If something goes wrong, run away!
This chapter has been completed!