After making up his mind, Dongfang Yu bid farewell to Emperor Ren three days later and led his 50,000 troops to prepare to send troops to Wanzhou.
With 50,000 people, he defeated 300,000 yellow-robed troops, and Dahua taught countless people.
Emperor Ren was still worried about fighting in winter. Winter operations that have occurred in history also have lessons learned from one or two cases. Later! Not all have endured hardship, paid a heavy price, and returned in defeat.
And King Dongfangtian of Qi was naturally not willing to lead his army to stay in Luo Qi for three months. after all! His 50,000-strong army still has to go back to Luzhou. The imperial court alone may not be able to feed and clothe the 50,000 soldiers, let alone! This is winter, and consumption is even greater.
However! Even King Dongfangtian of Qi is unwilling to fight in winter. When he returns to Luzhou, he can mobilize his army to the Taizhou border and look at each other from a distance to hold back the Taizhou yellow robe army.
There is also a strategic significance. After Zhang Tianzheng leaves, he will definitely take away half of Shandong's Japanese soldiers. In other words, after the 100,000 Japanese soldiers are taken away, Shandong's defense will be depleted. When Dongfangtian returned to Luzhou, it was just in time to take charge of his residence and defend his hometown from thieves and bandits from all walks of life.
Zhang Tianzheng returned to the court with his troops, taking with him an army of 100,000 troops. For the sake of Luo Qicheng's safety, Liu Wenwen also redeployed 100,000 troops to cover and garrison outside Luo Qi.
This winter, it is impossible for several large armies to start a war to suppress the Huangpao. Wu State cannot afford to consume them. Fighting in winter will only make Wu State's defeats worse.
In addition to Dongfang Yu, the army has been dispatched to Wanzhou. If the prediction is good, the Yellow Robe Army will not launch an attack on Luo Qi in winter. And this winter is almost the most uncomfortable winter for the Yellow Robes, and it will also be the most difficult winter for the people in every state.
And this time! It was also the beginning of December, the weather was slightly cooler, and the cool wind was getting more and more biting, making it more obvious. Fortunately, when the army came out, they had prepared some warm clothes in advance, and the Qin army officers and soldiers were in good health, so they were able to stay healthy.
Beiliang, Dongfang Yu sent eight hundred miles to rush, and also returned to Beiliang on the evening of the fourth day.
At this time, Beiliang had four people, Tian Ping, Wang Su, Yang Xiu, and Pei Hao, in charge, which could be said to be impregnable.
The four of them were carrying the letters sent back by Dongfang Yu, with wrinkles on their faces.
I really don’t know what King Qin thought about fighting in winter.
"Fighting in winter is full of difficulties. Although it is a fighter opportunity, it is also a crisis." Wang Su frowned, seeming to blame King Qin for being unwise.
"Yes!" Tian Ping couldn't help but nodded, and then said: "That's all! Your Majesty, you never act according to common sense. Since you want to fight, then we, the ministers, should do a good job in logistics."
"It's okay to mobilize the food and clothing for 50,000 troops for three months in one month. Give me five days and I can prepare enough food and grass. But we have never seen anything called "gloves" before. , I don’t know what the king wants this thing to be used for? How can it be made?" Tian Ping couldn't help but ask.
Pei Hao said: "The materials of gloves are not complicated. They are common things in our lives. Our Beiliang Textile Factory does not have enough manpower. We need to weave 100,000 pairs of gloves within a month. How is this possible?"
All of these are problems, but the good thing is! The weather in Beiliang this year is surprisingly weird. In the past two years, when Dongfang Yu first arrived in Beiliang, it was snowing heavily.
But today is already December. Except for the slightly cool air, it is cloudless every day during the day. The sun has made its debut, and the faint sunlight it emits is just warm to the heart.
In other words, God knew that King Qin wanted to attack Wanzhou, and he did so on purpose to help King Qin conquer Wanzhou smoothly. If this is the case, it is not an exaggeration to say that Dongfang Yu is the chosen one.
"It's possible. My lords, your Majesty has given us the production materials and production methods. Moreover! It's not troublesome to make this thing. If you can make one quickly, there will be no problem in making ten of them a day."
"And we have so many people in Beiliang. Even the Qin army has more than 400,000 people! Could it be that one hundred thousand women can't be found?"
"What I have to do is to spread this news to the whole county and call on 10,000 women in the county to make 100,000 pairs of gloves. In two days at most, all the gloves and food can be provided to the king. ." Yang Xiu said.
In fact, there is nothing impossible about this. With Dongfang Yu's status in Beiliang, he is called the Holy King by the people. Are the people eager to do something for their king? Now! If this message is sent out, ten thousand women can be recruited in less than half a day.
Bang!
Tian Ping clapped his hands and couldn't help but praise: "Okay! Yang Xiu, you are worthy of being someone whom the king values?"
Yang Xiu continued: "The two prime ministers, Lord Pei, have solved the manpower problem in this way, but I, Beiliang, need to make one hundred thousand pairs of gloves, and the materials required are a big problem."
Um!
Tian Ping also knew it, and said helplessly: "Yes! Beiliang's warehouse has enough materials to make fifty thousand pairs of gloves, but if we need one hundred thousand pairs... we can only collect them from the private sector."
The material for making gloves is not a rare thing, and there are naturally many of it in ordinary people's homes.
After several discussions, they made up their minds. Tian Ping was responsible for mobilizing grain and grass, Wang Su was responsible for drafting documents, Yang Xiu was in charge of manufacturing, and Pei Hao was responsible for maintaining public order.
Only by division of labor and cooperation can things go faster.
An hour later, all twenty solicitation notices were drafted. They were posted in the east, south, west and north streets of Qindu.
East Street...
"The King of Qin attacked Huangpao...Due to material needs, the government's inventory was scarce, so he specially collected materials from the people..."
"Your Majesty wants to fight against the yellow-robed army and lacks supplies. As your Majesty's people, we should do our part."
"I'm going back right now and asking my mother-in-law to take out all the cotton at home and make gloves!"
Time! The people were excited and clamoring to help King Qin. They went home and rummaged through their boxes and cabinets to prepare all the materials at home.
"Mom, what about us? We also have a lot of materials at home, can we use them to do our best for the king!" The woman was Wei Qi who went out to buy groceries with Mrs. Wei.
Since Wei Qing became the apprentice of King Qin, he also made meritorious deeds on the battlefield and became a general guarding the side. The Wei family also gained this honor because of Wei Qing. In the capital of Qin, the King of Qin personally bought a mansion for the Wei family.
Wei said lightly: "Qier, our Wei family must always remember the great kindness of the king. Without the king, there would be no Wei family today. Now that the king is in trouble, we must do our best to help even if the family wealth is gone." .”
"When you get back, take out all the materials at home, and you and I will go to the palace to embroider gloves."
"Um!"
Wei Qi nodded in response.
In addition to gloves, there are also warm clothes, all of which are indispensable.
