Ball Ball Cultivation

Chapter 605: Restoring Order 14

The war in the north is still going on. Even if Qiuqiu doesn't urge him, Han Chou still uses the wind talisman continuously to rush to Yangcheng as soon as possible.

Han Shu was in charge of the army and had not received any news about the food fodder being robbed. However, Han Lin led his troops to defend Jiaguan, so the food fodder should have been cut off, and he also had no food fodder left.

Ever since the crown prince was deposed, the emperor has been disgusted with the queen and the crown prince, including the Han family of the crown prince's lineage.

In the past six months, the imperial court has not sent any grain to the border. The current grain and fodder are all raised privately by the second grandson Han Chou.

This time, the Tatars' invasion of the south was not the same as in the past, where they would rob and run away. Instead, they were planning to attack the northern border of Dayong. Han Shu submitted three memorials in a row, requesting support and urging the allocation of food and fodder.

A few days ago, we were notified that the higher authorities had finally allocated 100,000 dan of food and fodder for emergency use. It should have arrived in the next two days, but the team that went to greet us has not seen the team escorting the food and fodder yet.

As the commander-in-chief of the army, Han Shu had been drinking porridge for three days and was dizzy with hunger.

Soon, spies brought news that the food and fodder had been robbed and the court had no more food and fodder to allocate.

When Han Shu heard the news, he could no longer bear it and fainted on the ground.

It was at this time that Han Chou arrived at the camp, and he entered in stealth.

Seeing that this grandfather was the same as he was in his previous life, he wanted to show up to meet him.

Qiuqiu stopped him in time: "I will create a dream for him. Half an hour later, when he wakes up, you can say that the ancestors guided you here."

Han Chou nodded in agreement: "Okay." The ancients believed in the theories of ghosts and gods even more.

Qiuqiu began to brainwash Han Chou: "The aristocratic families in the Great Yong Dynasty control the government, and all the best land belongs to the aristocratic families, so they don't have to pay taxes.

Those poor people planted the worst land, paid the highest taxes, and lived in poverty.

Han Shu joined the army because he couldn't survive and was fighting for a way to survive. Your grandmother was an abandoned baby who wandered around to escape famine and was forced to become a refugee.

The court's refusal to allocate grain and fodder is partly due to its suspicion of your Han family.

The most important thing is that the treasury is truly empty, and the emperor has to bow to those aristocratic families in order to raise food and fodder, which sounds nice, but is actually donations."

"So, if Gu Zhao becomes the next emperor, it will greatly weaken the power of the aristocratic families. When the young grandson ascends the throne, he will have military power in his hands and will further strengthen centralization and implement the imperial examination system to the end."

Although Han Chou did not pursue a career in politics, he had studied history well, and he understood everything Qiuqiu said.

Qiuqiu: "The reborn Wang Chenxi is nothing to be feared. What she values ​​is the small piece of land in the harem. Taking advantage of the lack of defense, she created the witchcraft disaster to make the emperor dislike Gu Zhao. This is already a big move. What we need to do is mainly to weaken the power of the aristocratic family."

Han Chou: "What to do? Retain military power, support Gu Zhao to take the throne, and restore order."

Qiuqiu: "No, we'll cut off the firewood from the source. Han Lin will lead the absolutely loyal part of the Han family army, no less than 200,000 people, to take advantage of the enemy's strategy and enter Yangcheng. After faking his death, we'll go to Tangcheng."

Han Chou: "Tangcheng is that ominous place that became a ghost town after the earthquake."

Qiuqiu: "Yes, after a major earthquake like that, we can have peace for many years. We can settle in Tangcheng, occupy the land between Yangcheng and Tangcheng, and develop people's livelihood. You can then use the same method to comfort the orphans of the martyrs and send the families of these soldiers here in batches."

"Look, here we have shallow oil fields, coal mines, iron ore, and fertile black soil. We can grow one crop a year, and the rest of the time we can open high-quality processing plants, soap mills, paper mills, etc. The most important thing is that this is along the coast, so we can make sea salt by sun-drying and transport it by sea. Resources from the south can be shipped here continuously."

Han Chou: "These cannot be completed within 100 days, but I will leave a detailed implementation plan for him to complete step by step."

Qiuqiu then revealed his purpose: "This is equivalent to opening a gap in the north, and the Tatar cavalry will take the opportunity to enter the pass. We will secretly guide them to charge directly into the imperial city, and kill as many of the noble families as possible. After that, we will lead the army back to rescue them. The new emperor is Gu Zhao, and he probably won't trust you too much, so Tang City is a retreat for the Han family."

Han Chou's heart trembled: this ancestor was too ruthless and ruthless to decide the life and death of a person in the imperial city with just a few words.

Qiuqiu: I gave a dream to Han Shu here. The dream was about what would happen in the future.

The lives of the entire Han family and the 300,000 Han family soldiers will be destroyed because of the stab in the back.

After Han Hong ascended the throne, the people of the entire northern border were enslaved by the Tatars. After the court moved the capital to Nanjing, the dynasty became even more corrupt and the poor suffered even more.

Following Qiuqiu's instructions, Han Chou collected the food and used the speed talisman to rush back to the northern border.

The Han family army was exhausted, out of water and food, and my grandfather Han Shu was also unconscious.

After reading the predictive dream, Han Shu woke up and saw his second grandson feeding him grape juice.

This is one of the rewards Qiuqiu gave to Han Chou. It contains a faint spiritual energy. The main reason for his grandfather's coma is hunger, so it would be best to supplement with glucose.

Han Chou used his internal energy to squeeze the bunch of grapes into grape juice and fed it to his unconscious grandfather bit by bit.

Han Shu: "Chou'er, why are you here? It seems you haven't woken up from the nightmare yet."

Han Chou: "Grandfather, that wasn't just a nightmare, it was a prophetic dream. After Xiaoxue gave birth to the prince, I had a prophetic dream. Following the guidance in the dream, I appeared here in time."

Han Shu felt somewhat sad and hopeless: "We will all die here, and the Great Yong Dynasty will soon perish." This upright veteran, who never flinched on the battlefield, was now determined to live and die.

Han Chou used his eloquence to comfort his grandfather, and then slowly told him the plan given by Qiuqiu, which was just a trick to beat the opponent.

Han Shu looked at Han Chou in astonishment. He never expected that this grandson was so cruel as to let the Tatars enter the pass.

As for occupying the ownerless cities such as Yangcheng and Tangcheng, he didn't care.

After all, he had been stationed in the northern border for a long time and had great power. It was not a big deal to just occupy two abandoned cities.

Then Han Chou revealed a series of casualty figures.

If a 100,000-strong Tatar army was allowed to enter the pass, the number of deaths along the way and the number of people killed in the attack on the imperial city would be far less than the total fall of the northern border. If the people of the northern border who were guarding the border were reduced to slaves, the number of casualties would be more than three times that of the attack on the royal city.

Han Shu thought about it again and again, and finally added a plan. Now the Han family army has only 260,000 people. 200,000 of them will be faked dead and taken away by Han Lin to build a new home in Tang City.

He personally led 60,000 troops to attack the Qiang State, not only to clear obstacles, but mainly for food and fodder.

In order to avoid punishment, the 60,000 troops here were to deter the Qiang State from arbitrarily dispatching troops, and to turn the Tatar invasion of the capital into an isolated army deep in the enemy's territory, so as to seize the initiative.

He personally led 60,000 troops to attack the Qiang State with all his strength in order to preserve his strength.

These troops were left to Gu Zhao as the foundation for his takeoff.