He walked out of the forbidden area two days before Tongli 4883.
Looking at his long hair, Li Fei had tears in her eyes.
"What's wrong? Why are you sad when you see me?"
Li Fei rubbed her eyes, leaned in Ding Kui's arms, and said softly: "My hair is a little longer, my clothes are on, but my body doesn't smell like sweat. I didn't know you had a baby in there."
"Oh my, the ice beauty can act like a spoiled brat, who can stand it?"
"Stop making fun of me!" Li Fei punched Ding Kui in the chest, "Have you made a breakthrough?"
"How is it possible! There is a big movement to advance to the legendary knight, and it will not be silent. At the moment, I have only reached the peak of the dominating knight." Ding Kui did not say the second part of the sentence.
I did reach the peak of the Dominant Knight just now, but fell down again.
"Then how far are you from the legendary knight?"
Ding Kui gently touched Li Fei's belly and thought for a while before saying: "It should be said that there are still at least a few peak master knights left. Our children will have the opportunity to witness his father's advancement."
Li Fei, who had always been demure and quiet, couldn't help but feel moved. It took Ding Kui more than ten years to reach the peak of master knight. If he was just a few short years away, wouldn't he be just a few decades short of that?
Probably guessing what Li Fei was thinking, Ding Kui explained: "In the peak realm of dominating knights, the speed of absorbing fighting energy is much faster, and it can also use external conditions to accelerate. It cannot be compared with before."
"That's good. In fact, you don't have to worry. We can accept it if you take it slow. Just accompany us occasionally." Li Fei was very worried that they wouldn't be able to see each other for decades.
"Hahaha, your husband is not that bad! Come on, let's talk about what happened during this time."
It is not easy for Ding Kui to escape from the worldly retreat. There are too many causes and effects that cannot be cut off.
During his period of seclusion, nothing major happened. What was relatively important was that the imperial army invaded Dingguo County.
The plan to attack Dingguo County was made a few months ago. Later, because the sixth-level combatants withdrew from the battlefield, Jiang Jing organized the theater staff to revise it.
"So the Zhongwangzhou War Zone mobilized the 8th, 12th, 14th, New 16th, New 19th, 20th, 21st, and 22nd Army Corps, plus the Anguo Army, the National Guard Army, and the Zhongwangzhou Army
The local army and the Nanzhao Prefecture local army have a total strength of more than 1.3 million." Ding Kui took a deep breath.
Is this a decisive battle with the rebels?
Li Fei added: "There are also five, nine and ten armies stationed in the Zangwu Mountain Fortress."
The commander-in-chief's office has finally mobilized all the troops it can mobilize.
"Tsk, tsk, tsk, 1.6 million troops, each person eats two kilograms of grain per day, which is 1,600 tons per day, not counting the auxiliary troops and labor, can the logistics department bear it?" Ding Kui asked the logistics department before asking about winning or losing.
.
The Shaodian Kingdom's original regular army strength was around two million, and all of them stayed at the garrison. There was no logistical pressure because the local governments shared this pressure.
However, when the commander-in-chief mobilized troops to fight in war zones, the logistical pressure immediately became apparent.
One thousand six hundred tons of grain a day, which can be carried for a month, is 48,000 tons. Including the fodder for war horses, weapons and equipment, offensive and defensive facilities and materials, etc., the total amount of supplies is at least 108,000 tons, let alone buying it all.
It is said that transportation is a very troublesome thing.
A campaign of this scale could wipe out the entire national treasury's revenue in one go, which might not be enough.
At this time, Shaodian Luan returned home.
Without saying anything to Ding Kui, she complained: "Not only is the logistics department overwhelmed, but the finance department is also in dire straits. Shaodianshi and Duke Zipi took the opportunity to jump out and look for trouble!"
"What are they doing?" Ding Kui got angry when he heard these two names.
"Zi Pi proposed to nationalize the Wan Guo Jin Hui. The Ministry of Finance will definitely give you reasonable compensation, but it will have to be paid in installments after the counter-insurgency war is over." Shao Dian Luan's eyes flashed with sparks.
"What!" Ding Kui stormed, "How dare they!"
"It's not because you and I are in seclusion, they took the opportunity to force the king."
Shao Dianluan also just came out of seclusion. During this period, at Shao Dianhuan's request, he often went into seclusion and strived to advance to the Dominion Knight as soon as possible.
"Hmph! They know how to pick." Ding Kui suppressed the anger in his heart, "Either they embezzle my property, or they affect my mentality of cultivation. They have bad intentions and vicious intentions. Do you really think I'm easy to bully?"
Wanguo Jinhui is his golden hen, the key to controlling the financial affairs of the Southern Continent, and the most important industry in his mind.
"Fortunately, the Senate was firmly opposed and kept them from taking action."
It is not that easy for the court to confiscate a noble's property. Unless the noble is willing, it will inevitably require a Senate ruling, and there is no way around it.
Ding Kui asked: "Does the treasury still have money?"
"It's empty. The Chinese New Year is coming soon, and the New Year's rewards have not been received. It seems that next year's salary will not be paid out." Shao Dianluan suddenly frowned.
She is the princess of the auxiliary country. Anyone can give up her choice, but she can't.
"Let's borrow money." Ding Kui came up with an idea.
"The Ministry of Finance has issued treasury bonds twice, and I'm afraid it won't be able to issue them in the short term."
"The troops and horses cannot be stopped, and the food and grass cannot be cut off." Ding Kui fell into deep thought.
"I hope to conquer Dingguo County as soon as possible and temporarily stop the fighting on the front line." Shao Dianluan was so noisy by the courtiers that his head was about to explode.
"Impossible!" Ding Kui immediately broke his wife's fantasy, "More than a dozen legions have been gathered in Zhongwangzhou, not just to capture Dingguo County, but to set a trap there to exhaust the rebels' strength, money and food.
.”
Although he did not participate in revising the battle plan, he had judged the staff's intentions based on the scale and progress of the war.
With elites like the Eighth Army Corps and the National Protectorate Army present, it would not take more than a million troops to capture Dingguo County.
"Dingguo County is the home of the rebellious Yang family. The Yang family has been operating there for thousands of years. They will not give up easily and will definitely do their best to rescue them."
"There is a long supply line from the four western states to Dingguo County. It is impossible to avoid interception by our army. The dozen or so legions in the Zhongwangzhou Theater can easily eat up the rescue troops who have traveled a long distance."
"As long as we don't capture the entire Dingguo County for one day, the rebels will continue to send troops to die until all their troops and supplies are exhausted."
"So the siege of Dingguo County will last for a while. In my opinion, it may take a year or two." Ding Kui deduced the plan for the Zhongwangzhou Theater according to his own ideas.
"But we have already run out of money and food." Shao Dialuan was about to cry but had no tears.
Ding Kui pinched his chin and said: "Whoever can persevere will win the final victory.
If Dingguo County cannot be defended, the rebels will be unable to defend any county or place. It will be a matter of time before they break through Xingbang City and regain the four western states.
If Dingguo County cannot be conquered, the rebel forces will gradually grow in strength, and our army will no longer be able to regain an inch of territory, and sooner or later we will be attacked by Zhenjing City."
"Then, withdraw the money from Wan Guo Jin Hui?" Shao Dian Luan came up with a bold idea. There was a large amount of cash in the Hengfu City vault.