Chapter 462 Five Armies
Pingzhou, Liaoxi County, Governor's Mansion
Important civil and military officials in Pingzhou gathered at the Governor's Mansion and were actively preparing for war.
Facing a strong enemy, everyone is very serious.
Lu Desheng asked: "How are the construction of the border defense cities going?"
Xue Xu said, "Everything has been increased and reinforced!"
"Then let's arrange your tasks." Lu Desheng looked at Sima Le Guicai first, "Le Sima, the war is about to begin. I think that as the highest-ranking general in Pingzhou, you should be in charge of the rear. , coordinate the overall situation.”
"The last general takes orders."
"After everyone's collective efforts and brainstorming, we speculate that the Xianbei army will definitely attack Longcheng of Liaoxi County and Houcheng of Liaodong County. We need to focus on defending these two places. Le Sima, who do you plan to send to guard these two places?"
Le Guicai responded in a deep voice, "Master Lu, in accordance with the advice of the last general, Zhou Da and Qin Heng will lead an army to garrison Longcheng, while Ma Jin and Qin Yan will be in charge of Hou City——"
After two years of getting along, Le Gui felt that the Qin brothers were worthy of being from a family of famous generals, and their military literacy and combat abilities were extremely outstanding.
"But, as for Xuantu County, let's leave it to Le Lin and Qin Zhao."
Lu Desheng reciprocated the favor and promoted Le Guicai's nephew.
"And Lelang County..." Lelang County is mainly to guard against the three Korean natives, and only needs to arrange two local young players.
Don't avoid relatives when promoting talents. In the three counties of Pingzhou, the key positions of Lu Desheng were all assigned to the Qin brothers. This battle was crucial and there was no room for failure.
The Jintai Army led by Qin Sheng has its own mission.
Everyone has no opinion on this. Their roots are in Pingzhou, and the Lu family's relatives are all in Pingzhou. Everyone hopes to win this battle.
"In addition to Houcheng and Longcheng, other places must also remain vigilant. Once the Xianbei army is discovered, beacon smoke will be lit as a warning."
Seeing that the atmosphere was quite relaxed, Lu Desheng couldn't help but say, "You should explore each other's background at the beginning. Others will use their tricks as soon as they come up. It's too harsh." They are still trying to pass the blame, so don't give up. How about giving the other side a chance?
"Don't worry, Mr. Lu, we can save it."
After discussing the matter, Lu Desheng asked everyone to disperse and everyone went about their own business.
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"The imperial envoy sent by the emperor has arrived? Who is here?" Lu Desheng asked his daughter.
"Yes, the visitors are Zuo Anmin's nephew Zuo Yi, and a Cangbe Cao Yu. It is said that their group has entered the territory of Liaoxi County."
Lu Desheng curled his lips. The emperor made it clear that he didn't believe him, "It came quite quickly."
"It's good to have a witness as a witness, so you don't have to worry about it later." It might bring unexpected surprises, Lu Songli smiled a little meaningfully.
"Zuo Anmin's nephew, do you think he will cry if he is slapped in the back?"
Lu Songli said in her heart, no matter he or whoever came, they would have to cry when faced with such a situation, right?
"Have everything been arranged? There won't be any mistakes, right?"
"Dad, don't worry." She left this matter to Qin Zhao.
When Qin Zhao was in the northern border, he had served as a logistics quartermaster and was very familiar with grain and grass. It's okay to fake things so that people can't see it.
Cangbu Cao, Xu Junfan, and his deputies had just arrived in Changli. They only had a meal and took a short rest before being invited by Lu Desheng to see the grain.
"Xu Caopu, this is the grain tax that I, Pingzhou, have to pay. The total is about 1.2 million shi of grain." Xue Xu's voice was proud.
For this tax collection, they counted the population and acres of land. At present, they have Pingzhou. After nearly two years of unremitting efforts, the population of the four counties of Pingzhou is about 620,000 households, with a population of about 3.2 million, and an average of eight acres of land per capita. Some of the eight acres are reclaimed land, so no tax is required for the time being.
Xu Junfan took a breath, this is a state tax? There are so many. This is the state that pays the most food taxes he has ever seen.
"You can check it out."
Xu Junfan was not polite and took his predecessors through the inspection period. They found that the grains handed in by Pingzhou should have been screened, and the grains were full, and there was no problem at all.
After the inspection, Xu Junfan asked for the keys to these warehouses and arranged for someone to guard the door.
Xue Xu agreed and let him do whatever he wanted.
Later, the government held a banquet for them to receive the wind and wash away the dust. Lu Wei accompanied them, and Lu Desheng showed his face.
The Pingzhou government urged them to set off. Xu Junfan and Zuo Lin were also worried about the long nights and dreams, so they set off the next day. Early in the morning, someone from Pingzhou helped them load the truck. Before setting off, he checked vigilantly, but found nothing.
As soon as their grain transport team set off, Xianbei received news immediately.
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Suddenly, smoke erupted in the north.
Not long after, Chang'an received an urgent military report from 800 miles away.
The Wuhuan army raided the northern border, and General Yan Zheng died. Now General Fu and his men retreated to Baihe Town, requesting the imperial court to send troops for support.
Song Mo couldn't believe it. What happened to Yan Zheng, Fu Jiangong and others? Didn't they defeat Wuhuan last year? Now the northern border has been broken in just one round? Jinyang was lost and fell into the hands of Wuhuan.
Is Yan Zhengfu Jiangong a drunkard? The Qin family has guarded the northern border for many years and has never let foreigners step outside the border.
Before Song Mo could calm down, he received news one after another that Yanmen Youzhou Youbeiping County in Bingzhou and Liaoxi Liaodong County Pingzhou were attacked by Xianbei, and Yanmen and Youbeiping County had been lost.
Xianbei is a four-front battle! How dare Xianbei? !
If Wuhuan in the north is added, it will be a five-front battle in total.
Five armies invade Dali!
The war was expected, but it started in an unexpected way, with an unprecedented scale.
Messages requesting assistance were sent from four places in succession.
Thinking about what Xiao Qun mentioned a few days ago, there were also unusual movements in the southern barbarians.
Song Mo felt cold all over, and at this time he no longer cared about the tax grain in Pingzhou.
He really felt that the Xianbei and Wuhuan and other foreign tribes were coming in a fierce manner, and it was no longer a small fight as before.
