In General Yingzhou's mansion, Liu Mingzhi and Zhang Kuang didn't know that Wanyan Chizha had planned to join forces with the Turks and directly cross Yingzhou to attack the hinterland.
While the two ordered the soldiers to strengthen the city wall and prepare thundering stones and rolling wood, they discussed how Wanyan Chizha and the Turkic army coming from the east would attack the city.
"Report! General, a general of the Jin Army is shouting outside the city, insulting us as cowards. We dare not go out of the city to fight to the death with them."
Liu Mingzhi stopped placing the military flags and looked up and looked at Zhang Kuang, each understanding the other's meaning from each other's eyes.
Liu Mingzhi looked at the soldiers who came in with a faint smile: "Tell the brothers, don't pay attention to them, just watch the show. He will stop barking when he is tired!"
"If your brother can't stand being copied, get a war-free sign and hang it up!"
"I have been ordered to resign from my humble position!"
After the soldiers left, he looked at Young Master Liu arrogantly and narrowly: "The war has reached this point, do you think a mere exemption card is useful? With the two countries' longing for my dragon for many years, let alone one side, even ten sides. If they use it, they are determined to go south."
Liu Mingzhi chuckled and placed the military flag in his hand on the sand table.
"I don't care if it works or not. At least they won't attack the city now. The old fox Wanyan Chizha's purpose of asking the people to fight is nothing more than to lower our morale!"
"Besides, he really wants to drive us out of the city to fight with them."
"But we can't leave the city no matter what. The Turkic army is already on the way. At this time, we go out of the city to fight. Wanyan Chizha sent four soldiers and horses to surround the city gate. We can only wait helplessly to be attacked. The two countries joined forces to encircle and eliminate them."
"Whoever moves first now will be passive. Everyone is waiting for reinforcements, let's see who can withstand whom!"
"We can't give up now. Let alone the 800,000 elite army, we can't kill all the 800,000 pigs in just a few days."
"When it's time to dodge the edge, you still have to dodge the edge. Impulsiveness can't solve any problems, it will only make the brothers die in vain!"
"Report to the commander-in-chief, the grain and grass shipped by the Ministry of Revenue have been quietly transported to the city from the south gate, and the brothers are now carrying it to the grain depot!"
Quartermaster Tang Ru rushed in and said no polite words. He picked up the tea on the table and took a swig.
"How many months of food and grass have been delivered?"
Tang Ru wiped the corner of his mouth and looked at Young Master Liu with a somewhat downcast look: "Two months!"
Liu Mingzhi paused in placing the flag, then turned to stare at Tang Ru: "Why do you only have two months of food and grass? My brochure clearly asked for five months of food and grass, but the food and grass that was delivered turned out to be... It’s not even half, what’s going on with Tobe?”
Zhang Kuang also frowned slightly and put down the flag in his hand: "Where is the handover seal from the Ministry of Revenue?"
Tang Ru took out a piece of rice paper from his sleeve and handed it to Liu Mingzhi.
Liu Mingzhi took the rice paper and looked through it. He saw that the seal on it was indeed the seal of the Ministry of Household Affairs. He sat all the way from the member of the Ministry of household affairs to the minister of the Ministry of household affairs. Naturally, he knew the seal of the Ministry of household affairs quite clearly.
Seeing that only two months of food and grass were approved, Liu Mingzhi frowned and handed the rice paper to Zhang Kuang.
"What exactly happened in the capital? Lao Jiang personally promised before the commander-in-chief went on the expedition that even if he sells iron, he will not let the soldiers of Northern Xinjiang go hungry to fight. Now even food and grass are not enough to replenish them. This is completely against Lao Jiang's temperament. "
"Is there something wrong in other places that require a lot of money and food? But Lao Jiang doesn't understand that things in Northern Xinjiang are more important than anything else. Once Northern Xinjiang falls, half of my country, Dalong, will be completely destroyed. Lost in the hands of others!"
"Lao Jiang is not someone who doesn't know his priorities. How could he only give him two months of food and grass?"
"In the past few months, I have paid hundreds of thousands of tons of grain and grass out of my own pocket. Now, although I can't say that I am impoverished, I can only maintain household expenses. I have no ability to pay for grain and grass!"
"Two months can go by in the blink of an eye. If there is no food and grass, how can we let the brothers go hungry and fight!"
Zhang Kuang read the contents of the letter and put it aside.
"We are in northern Xinjiang, thousands of miles away from the capital. We have no idea what is happening in the capital, especially with the wars going on. The people all want to go south, but a few are willing to come north!"
"In this way, even if something happens in the capital, it won't reach our side!"
"Two months is two months. It's better than nothing. It's better than nothing at all. Use it slowly first. The discounts for urging food and grass are worth it!"
"The Ministry of Revenue must catch up with the second batch of grain and grass within a month, otherwise it will take at least a month to transport grain and grass. Brothers are transporting grain and grass before the battle, let alone fighting, I am afraid that they will be hungry. I don’t even have the strength to stand up!”
Liu Mingzhi nodded gloomily: "I understand this. I just can't figure out what happened in the capital. I can't even supply the food and grass needed for the war. That's okay!"
"Tang Ru!"
"The general is here!"
"Send ten envelopes to Your Majesty, one envelope a day, to send the urgent matter of food and grass to the capital!"
"Got the order!"
Liu Mingzhi walked to the table and started writing, then took out his personal seal and stamped it.
"Cheng Kai!"
"The general is here!"
"Go to my handsome man's house, give the letter to my book boy Liu Song, and ask him to rush to the capital as fast as possible. Be sure to hand the letter into the hands of Jiang Yuanming, the Secretary of the Ministry of Revenue, and return immediately after receiving the reply. Yingzhou!"
"The general will get the order!"
After the two left, Liu Mingzhi wandered around the hall with a gloomy expression.
First, there was no movement on the new recruits who had been promised, and now even the food and grass matter had gone awry. Liu Mingzhi's heart was completely confused, and he was thinking about what happened in the capital.
"Do you suspect there is trouble in the capital?"
Liu Mingzhi stopped and looked at Zhang Kuang and nodded: "No doubt, something must have happened. Your Majesty is young and ascended the throne in a hurry, which is not enough to deter the old ministers in the court!"
"I am now worried that some of the old ministers may have thoughts that they shouldn't have. Although it is unlikely that they will seek power and usurp the throne, it does not mean that it is impossible for them to form cliques for personal gain and dominate the government and the opposition!"
"The left and right prime ministers, the ministers of the nine major temples, the six ministers, plus Prince Qing who I specially spared his life, Prince Yun and the others are all possible!"
"Especially the Imperial Guards. In the last war, only 30% of the Imperial Guards were left. Now 70% of the Imperial Guards in the capital are newly recruited recruits!"
"The new recruits have a weak foundation, especially some generals who have just accepted their appointment. It is easy for them to rely on some established forces in order to get promoted and make a fortune, or to gain a foothold."
"We don't have much food and grass, and now the capital has only sent two months' worth of food and grass, which means there must have been a huge change in the Ministry of Revenue."
"It's not scary to have a large army attacking the city. What's scary is that once there is a crisis in food and grass, and there is a gap, then the morale of the army will be unstable and the people will be panicked."
"No matter how strong the city wall is, if there is an internal problem, it will fall apart in an instant."
arrogantly nodded silently: "Your worries are not impossible, but we can't take our hands off things at the rear now!"
"Let's do this. While we still have some free time, let's go back and instruct our own troops to secretly investigate what's going on in the capital."
"No matter what happens in the capital, as long as we know the reasons, we can come up with ways to deal with it. It is better than being blind and not knowing anything!"
"Okay, let's split up and I'll go back first!"
"Sorry for not sending you far!"
