"The Purification Department has sent news more than once."
With the beauty in his arms, Zhou Yuanlang had no thoughts. He looked up at the sky, frowned and said, "That Shen Qi is very vicious and bribes the people with small profits."
"The common people are short-sighted."
Zhou Yuanlang said slowly: "Now, he has divided the land between Yanzhou and Xuzhou. The news has spread almost throughout Shandong and even to Henan next door."
Tu Yuan also had a beautiful woman in his arms, but he did not take it seriously and said lightly: "The general trend of the world has been to win with the strength of soldiers since ancient times. What does it matter to the ignorant people in some places? "
He frowned slightly and said: "The important thing is that Shen Qi's Huai'an Army has become powerful. Even some of the new recruits who were recruited into the Huai'an Army last year are no longer weak in combat effectiveness."
Tu Yuan said in a low voice: "Even the Imperial Army, which is as big as mine, can be evenly matched on the frontal battlefield."
"This is a situation that has never happened in 70 years."
Since seventy years.
No, it should be said that for more than a hundred years, the war between Chen Ren and Zhu Li Zhenren has almost never stopped.
In the past, when the Chen State was unified, Zhu Li was a border threat in the northern frontier of the Chen State, and the two sides had been fighting for more than a hundred years.
Over the past 100 years, even when Da Chen was at his strongest, he and Zhuli Zhenren had been victorious and victorious in Northern Xinjiang.
Moreover, there is a high probability that quantity will win.
And now...
With the same number of troops, the Huai'an Army could already fight the Northern Qi Imperial Guards at a 50-50 ratio!
Zhou Yuanlang and Tu Yuan looked at each other, with some worry in their eyes.
As the backbone of the Shandong battlefield, they know better than anyone that the reason for this situation is not because the Huai'an Army has become an invincible force in just a few years.
In the final analysis, it is because it is Daqi's army...
Rotten.
If the other is increasing and the other is decreasing, it will naturally be easy to level out.
Zhou Yuanlang said slowly: "At the beginning of the year, His Majesty has agreed to send an additional cavalry team to the battlefield in Shandong."
“It will be there soon.”
Tu Yuan shook his head slightly and sighed: "I'm afraid it will still be difficult to completely drive these southerners out of Shandong."
Zhou Yuanlang sneered: "There is no need for us to drive them out of Shandong."
"The spies from Jiankang came to report, and the Nanchen court could no longer support it. Since the second half of last year, their civil servants have wanted to withdraw their troops several times. Even Zhao Changping, the minister of household affairs who has always insisted on fighting, this There was no sound for a while, and every court meeting was just silent."
"illustrate…"
Zhou Yuanlang said slowly: "Nan Chen has no money!"
"As long as the status quo can be maintained, the Huai'an army will defeat itself without attacking."
Grand Master Zhou said in a deep voice: "How much national power can a small country in the south of the Yangtze River consume?"
General Tu was silent for a while, waving away the showgirls and dancers. When everyone had retreated, he looked at Zhou Yuanlang and sighed: "Sir, I'm afraid Da Qi can't use it up anymore?"
Zhou Yuanlang was silent for a moment, closed the window, sat back in his seat, raised his head and took a sip of wine.
"Based on the current situation, the most likely possibility is that we have peace talks with Shen Qi by the end of the year."
"Because both sides are unlikely to be able to fight."
"but…"
Zhou Yuanlang said slowly: "Whether we can talk about it at the end of the year and how to talk about it depends on how the war situation goes this year. If Jinan Mansion is occupied by Shen Qi this year, there will be no way to talk about it."
"If the status quo can be maintained, it will be easy to negotiate."
"Even if it's just to save a Jinan mansion, we can talk about it."
Hearing this, Tu Yuan touched the lush beard on his chin, thoughtfully.
After thinking for a while, he said: "Sir, the Cleansing Department claims to be all-pervasive. Several years have passed. Is the Huai'an Army really monolithic?"
"I originally won over a few people."
Zhou Yuanlang frowned and said: "But he has eliminated several of Shen Qi's treacherous ones, and now there are not many left."
"There is no way to affect the situation of the battle."
Hearing what he said, Tu Yuan glanced at Zhou Yuanlang thoughtfully, feeling awe-inspiring in his heart.
It seems that this rumored "National Master" has probably taken control of the Purity Department.
At least he has mastered part of the Purity Department.
This is not surprising.
There was once an emperor and a courtier. Sizheng, the predecessor of the Purity Department, was a die-hard loyalist of the late Emperor Yongping. Now that Emperor Zhaowu is sitting on the throne, the person in charge of the Purity Department naturally needs to be changed.
General Tu's mind changed, and he suddenly said: "Sir, maybe you can ask the Cleaning Department to contact Ling Su, the commander of the Huai'an Army's Right Army, and promise him a huge profit."
"If he can turn to us, he doesn't even need to turn to us, he just needs to give some information, the situation in Shandong battlefield will be completely reversed."
Zhou Yuanlang was thoughtful, looked back at Tu Yuan, and said with a smile: "General, do you know anything about this Ling Su?"
"It turns out that the Huai'an Army was able to win consecutively because we underestimated the enemy. In this year, Tu has learned in detail about all the main generals in the Huai'an Army."
"This Ling Su..."
Tu Yuan smiled and said: "He used to be the only general under Shen Qi's command, with a high status, second only to Shen Qi. However, it should be that he has too much influence in the army and is feared by Shen Qi. In the past few years, Shen Qi has I have supported Xue Wei and Su Ding one after another, and now these two people are on an equal footing with Ling Su."
"Last year, the Huai'an Army marched northward. Ling Su was assigned to the most dangerous Dongchang Mansion because he was not liked by Shen Qi. He really suffered a loss in the first two months and was defeated in Dongchang Mansion."
"Now that Shen Qi has returned to Yanzhou, he may use the topic to reprimand Ling Su."
"The predecessor of the Huai'an Army was the Anti-Japanese Army. This Anti-Japanese Army was almost led by Ling Su alone."
"It can even be said that he led the Huai'an Army. Now that Shen Qi is treating him so harshly, he must have resentment in his heart."
"And there's a lot of resentment."
Zhou Yuanlang touched his chin and suddenly smiled: "You can't tell, but General Tu has put in a lot of effort."
"A military commander knows a military commander."
Tu Yuan said slowly: "After seeing the information about Ling Su, Tu knew that he must be feeling aggrieved."
"He should have been Shen Qi's collaborator and equal to Shen Qi. At worst, he should have been the unquestionable leader of the Huai'an army."
"Tu will never be able to bear the change of place."
Zhou Yuanlang thought for a while and said: "I have also read the information about this person. His family members are all in Chen State, so it is difficult to instigate rebellion."
"There is no need for him to rebel."
Tu Yuan said softly: "At his level, he doesn't even need to deliver any news. As long as he issues a mediocre but fatally wrong command during normal command, he can influence the situation of the battle."
"As for his family."
"You can tell him that the Cleansing Department will take his family to Daqi..."
Zhou Yuanlang raised his head and took a sip of wine, then lay down on the soft couch.
"That's it for now, let's give it a try."
"At most, it's just a spy hidden in the Huai'an army..."
………………
Yanzhou.
Mr. Shen personally came to the fields and watched the people planting wheat seeds.
These seeds were transferred from Jiankang and distributed to these local people free of charge.
In this era, although most of the fields are cultivated with self-saved seeds, it is still necessary to select full grains the year before. Yanzhou farmed for a whole year last year, and a large number of fields were not cultivated and there were no seeds.
These seeds solve the urgent needs of these new "immigrants".
At this moment, Shen Yi had already changed out of his official uniform and was only wearing a cotton coat, standing on the ground with Zhang Jian.
Looking at the many people farming on the vast plain, Mr. Shen smiled with satisfaction.
"It seems that the Qi people will not come to disturb this year's spring plowing."
Zhang Jian stood next to him and looked at Shen Yi: "Zi Heng seems to be very interested in farming?"
"Very interested."
Mr. Shen patted the soil in his hand and said with a smile: "When I was elected and returned to Jiangdu, the Jiangdu tribe wanted to put 200 acres of land in my name, but I didn't agree. In the end, I only gave 100 acres. The farmland is in my name, and I have reserved a quota of one hundred acres for myself."
"At that time, I thought about when I would get rid of the threat of the Fan family and be able to live a good life, or if I would no longer be an official in the future, I would go back to Jiangdu, recruit a group of people who are interested in agriculture, and build a test field together. ."
Although it was the first time he heard the words "experimental field", Zhang Jian still understood what Shen Yi meant. He smiled and said, "Now that Ziheng is in a high position, does he still want to do what he originally wanted to do?"
"Of course I do."
Shen Yi looked up at the field and chuckled softly.
"As long as one acre of land can yield one bucket of grain."