The train from Shandong to Shaanxi, adding coal and water along the way. With the current ability of Gonghezhengfu, it is impossible to keep it confidential. There are countless loopholes that will lead to the troops' action route and entry time falling into Guo Jian's hands. However, Zhao Guanhou also has his own opinion on the leak of the news.

Although Shandong has made many friends and has many enemies in recent years, Tiele is the one who is most likely to do this. However, Tiele has low intelligence capabilities in Shandong, and the chaos in the country is getting worse and worse. It is not like a person who can do such a thing.

Furthermore, Tiele's intelligence agency in the northwest region actually had contacted him not long ago and was willing to assist the Lu army in fighting against the Shaanxi army. This time, the two armies were defeated, and Cao and Gao troops remained unmoved, which was also the result of Tiele's force in the northwest.

In addition to them, the other team is Fusang.

First, Shandong's light industry development had an impact on Fusang's light industry exports. Fusang's local chaebols were very hostile to Shandong's forces. Fusang is different from the common forces. The chaebol capitalists are extremely powerful in the country and can even control the country's correct policies to a certain extent. Both the military and political circles have their spokespersons.

Since Shandong insisted on engaging in commercial competition with Fusang, its intelligence agencies in Shandong have been secretly engaged in anti-Zhao operations. Although Yuqing's department is not internally and externally, Albion cooperates and is very clear about Fusang's small actions.

Due to the overall situation and the fact that this institution has little impact on him, Zhao Guanhou always turned a blind eye to him, but this time, he decided to take a heavy move.

In the tent, Cheng Yue, who had already changed into a satin leather jacket, carefully held a porcelain cup and handed it to Zhao Guanhou. Inside was a bowl of chicken soup made from five cents. This was Feng Xi's craft. In the past, Su Hanzhi handed it over, but now she can perform this job. For her, this is a great blessing.

Seeing her husband drinking a bowl of chicken soup, Cheng Yue felt warm in her heart first, and sat down with her husband, replying to the situation in Shandong.

"The two joint funds in Shanxi were 1.5 million taels of silver, and the joint funds in Liangjiang were 800,000. Compared with our expenses, although the income was still insufficient, the losses were not too large. According to the calculation of the Ten Princess, if the battle could be completed in the beginning of spring, our losses could be controlled within one million."

Her face turned slightly red, and her husband's hand held her hand. This was originally an unusual intimacy between husband and wife, but for her, it was a tenderness that she had rarely seen since she got married. Feeling her husband's hand and gently stroked her hair, Cheng Yue was as nervous as if she was on a wedding night and didn't know what to do, she just said in a low voice: "Master..."

"Don't listen to the Ten Princess. I want to hear you say, do you think we have suffered a lot?"

"The master's decision is of course right. I am a woman who is just obeying the orders and dare not say a word."

"I want you to say it, just say it. I know that you are in charge of posting at home. You are not a fool. I want to hear your opinions."

"If... if we make it to summer, our expenses will be large, but the provinces should have the funding. I think that two million will be the maximum. Although the loss is huge, Shandong can still afford it... Besides, our things can be sold to Shaanxi and can make money slowly."

After saying this, Cheng Yue suddenly realized that she was opposing the Ten Princess, and quickly apologized, "I don't know anything, I'm talking nonsense. Master, don't blame me."

There was no slap on his face, but instead he was hugged by Zhao Guanhou and smiled:

"You are right, how can you call it nonsense? Although Yuqing is smarter than you, she also has places that she can't see. For example, the circulation of Lu's goods and Lu tickets, which are all good things. Besides, Shaanxi is poor in everything, but there is one advantage, that is, there are enough people. This manpower is wealth. Two million silver, less than five million Lu tickets, so where can I buy so many people?"

Zhao Guanhou said while picking up Cheng Yue. The latter's face was flushed and panting. In a dizzy mood, he turned his head and looked at it, but saw that there was a telegram manuscript on the desk. However, he looked at the contents but was not clear. Before she could ask, her husband was enthusiastic and blocked all the questions.

When the telegram was sent to Shandong, Yu Qing was about to enter the delivery room. The girl who sent the telegram was also a bannerman. She was not old and very clever. She was considered to be Yu Qing's confidant. She was holding the telegram and was a little hesitant, not knowing whether she should give it to her wife at this time.

Seeing her like this, Yumei stepped forward and said, "Now there is no one at home, I will serve as the butler for the Dashan. If I don't ask about your affairs, I will remind you, if you miss the Dashan's business, the Ten Princess will not spare you. Now it is not the time when Qianjin was in the past, she wants to kill you, which is just a matter of one word."

The little girl's face changed and she hurriedly ran in. In the ear of the tenth princess, she read the content of the telegram. It was a string of meaningless words: "A cup of iron tea. It does not mix jam or orange peel jam, season it with honey..."

Yu Qing was tortured by fetal movement at this time. Although she had given birth to a fat girl, she was still sweating profusely. The nun in charge of delivering the baby was about to drive the maid out, but Yu Qing gritted her teeth and called her, "Come here, send me a telegram to Tanakayu, just say two words, do it..."

The Jade Brigade of Tanaka was stationed in Rizhao at this time, and his work was a chore that made his subordinates complain: repairing fortifications, fortifications, trenches and fortresses. He couldn't figure out what the meaning of Zhao Guanhou invested a lot of funds and requisitioning a large amount of manpower and material resources were to build these things in Shandong. But this was the order of the Grand Marshal and must be implemented unconditionally.

The people of Shandong worship Zhao Guanhou and the treatment of the Lu army to the civilians allowed them to devote all their energy when executing orders. In the severe cold, the project progress was still maintained and a solid line of defense was built with blood and sweat.

During the project, there were always some people who were watching in caravans or other names. Although Tanaka Tama himself did not understand intelligence work, he had always had this vision when he was in the army for a long time. The identities of those people were not difficult to check, but if you want to move them, you must consider the balance of strength of all parties and not move them arbitrarily.

Several subordinates complained because the weather was too cold and did not have enough annual leave.

"It's better for the Xia family's brothers. The father who is the director of the Finance Department has been guaranteed to join the navy. They also eat food and serve as soldiers. Now the navy's market is better than our infantry. I heard that the monthly military salary is twice as high as ours, and the food is better. If you have fresh fish, we can only eat salted fish. In winter, the sea water will freeze, and people can take a vacation and play in the city every day. They live a life like a god."

Tanaka Tamaru glanced at a few people, "If you don't want to do this with me, you can go to the Navy. If you can get familiar with that paddlefish like the Xia family buddy, you can repair those two big wheels, I will write you a letter of recommendation. If you don't know, it's fine, as long as you want to go, you can go. I have a friendship with the Navy, so I can guarantee you a job of cleaning the toilet and cleaning the floor, no problem!"

Several subordinates smiled awkwardly, "No...no this meaning. We are nothing, we just feel a little unfair for the brigade commander. Why is Shang Quanneng going this time? We can't go, we have to stay here as a coolie..."

"You know what the ball is! The burden on us is heavy, this is..." After a long time, Tanakata swallowed the words behind and waved his hand impatiently, "Tell you, cheer me up. The great coach's magic tricks are not something we can predict. This fortification is definitely useful. There are also a few detailed works to keep an eye on me!"

"It's useless to keep an eye on it. They are from Fusang, so we can't catch them..."

"I'm tired of living, right?" Tanakata's eyes rolled, and several subordinates were so scared that they fled out. At this moment, the orderly soldiers had already run in from outside, stood attentively and saluted, "Report to the brigade seat, call from Jinan."

That night, dozens of merchants mysteriously disappeared in Shandong, and vicious incidents occurred in two warehouses. A group of bandits attacked these warehouses and had a small-scale gunfight with the owners of the warehouses. Both were killed and injured. But in the end, the bandits with absolute numbers captured all the merchants.

Fusang had no consul in Shandong, so he could only protest to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs by the Fusang ambassador in the capital. He demanded a thorough investigation of the case and gave Fusang merchants an explanation. The Fusang aides beside Yuan Weiting also lobbied vigorously and asked to send an investigation team to Shandong. Yuan Weiting did not object to this and allowed Fusang to send personnel, and only muttered when talking to Shen Jinying at night:

"I have never seen a Fusang people like this. They have been killed once, and they have to send someone to die. They don't know the situation in Shandong? Guan Hou was so angry that he wanted to avenge his brothers. How many Fusang people go, there will be no return."

Shen Jinying smiled and said, "This is also the prestige of your president. Since Jin was in the past, our country has never been so prestigious when to negotiate with foreigners. It is not the face that Guan Hou earns for you."

"Yes, he has indeed earned me a lot of face. This time he fought well in the northwest. I will not treat him badly after he tied all the five soldiers."

"It's not just that you don't treat it badly, but you have to support him. For example, these Fusang people can't do whatever they want. No matter what, this is also our country. If everything depends on the face of foreigners, where do you, the president, put your face?"

"That's the case, but no matter how you do it, you have to think of a way. You can't force yourself. The Fusang people are not easy to offend. If Guan Hou killed their people, I have to give them face. Otherwise, the Fusang people will not go down the stairs, and there will be a big mess."

He said, laughing, "Guo Jian, Bailang, is so dying. He went to touch the train of the Zhao family's concubine. Guan Hou's temperament is like this. Whoever touches his woman will definitely be dying. Guo Jian has committed a taboo before, and this time he is offended again. His anger is over..."

Outside Huayin City, the areas originally controlled by the Guo army have now all the Lu army flags have been raised. Huayin County is like Qiangbai before, trapped in the numerous sieges of the Lu army.

The difference is that Huayin's city defense is much stronger than Qiangbai, and there are even cannon positions on the top of the city. Several red and barbarian cannons from the Jin Dynasty were set up on them. Guo Jun, who was guarding with guns, looked nervously at the Lu army outside the city, guarding against the attacks they could launch at any time.

Since the defeat in Tongguan Hall, the Lu army was killed in the ranks and almost entered Huayin County. Thanks to the Zhensong Army's cavalry that fought several counterattacks and stabilized the situation, the city gate was closed. Huayin is a key place, far stronger than Qiangbai, and the savings of the Guo army after looting Chang'an were enough to support the troops' expenses for several months.

Although he was besieged, Guo’s morale was pretty good. After the Battle of Chang’an, Guo Jun admired Guo Jian very much and believed that with him, he would definitely not lose. No matter how tense the situation was, he would always turn danger into safety in the end. Moreover, it is common for people in the green forest to be besieged and pursued. At the end of the day, it is himself in the city and the Lu army is in the wild. If he persists in confrontation, he will not suffer any loss.

However, the top leaders of the rescue monarch in the city were not as optimistic as those below. If Tongguan was defeated again, in addition to losing a considerable amount of troops, Guo Jian felt even more distressed. His subordinates could recruit at any time, but the generals who were willing to fight on the battlefield and were willing to work hard were all followed by him to descend from Huanglong Mountain and fight against the old brothers in all directions, and there were also his own relatives and clan members. One less died, and the loss this time was just like his loss of Yang Yuzhu, which made him unable to sleep all night.

The man, who was originally extremely heroic, became a little haggard, his eyes were covered with blood, and he lost a lot of weight. He was not the only woman Yang Yuzhu. In Qiangbai and Chang'an, he plundered several famous ladies and even forced him to death. As long as he wanted, there would naturally be women, but these women could not get close to his heart and could not comfort him.

It would be great if Yuzhu was there. Guo Jian thought so that she would be able to relieve herself and make her mood feel more comfortable. This woman had such magic, and in a few words, people could forget the sorrow and troubles. If she sang a few more words to herself, she could forget the damn Lu Jun outside the city. Unfortunately, the beauty was gone. Even if she wanted to apologize to her when there was no one, confess her mistakes, confess her feelings, and confess her inner feelings, and she would not have a chance.

The rumbling sound of cannons sounded, and the Lu army's artillery had already rushed from the rear to outside Huayin City and began to declare their existence with cannons. The city walls were not so easy to destroy, and the power of these cannons could not be hit into the city, and the headquarters was still safe. However, the continuous bombardment could not fight back, which always made people feel unhappy.

The consequences of the defeat in Tongguan were quite obvious. Although there were still many people in the city, the Lu army was brave enough to go out to fight in the field. The Shaanxi army voluntarily gave up the positions outside the city and threw them to the Lu army. Now the Lu army is erected by the artillery positions outside the city, and no one dares to seize them.

Moreover, after World War II, Guo Jian also had a rough idea that his troops could not get a bargain from the Lu army with the same force. This is not simply a matter of weapons and equipment. The gap between the soldiers on the two sides cannot be made up for by weapons.

There were some generals in the civilian army who could fight tough battles, such as Bai Lang and his subordinates, who had proposed more than once that they would break out of the city and destroy the Lu army's artillery positions. However, these proposals were rejected by Guo Jian.

At present, the city has enough food and salary and ammunition, so it is no problem to support it for two or three months. On the contrary, the Lu army was stationed outside the city, and as long as the late spring cold was in full swing, it would be enough for them to pay a huge price.

Under the premise of confrontation, the situation is still beneficial to oneself. Furthermore, although the Jing and Zhang troops were destroyed, the Cao and Gao armies were both there. If the three troops could work together, they might be able to fight against the Lu army.

Wang Tianzong, Bai Lang, Hu Yunyi and others all surrounded the map and compared them. The few of them had no good views on the joint plan. Jing Xiamo was the soul of the five-way coalition army. Even the five-way coalition plan he organized failed. Another attack was just a humiliation.

Several people were thinking about how to use the existing power at hand to deal with the Lu army. They either drag and wait for change, or organize troops to break through, and then set off to Sichuan according to the scheduled plan.

After the defeat in Tongguan, Zhensong Army was the first to withdraw from the battlefield, and the system was preserved the most complete. Although it was a guest army, it was the number one force in the city at present. Wang Tianzong's words were particularly important. He pointed to the map and said:

"The brothers below are all tired and want to go home and take a look. You also know that my brothers are from Henan, and they are easy to say anything. There is still a family and young family in the family. In the past, they were the generals, and no matter how long they were going out, they could always go home and take a look. Now they are not willing to leave their hometown. If they don't appease them, I'm afraid they will mutiny. In my opinion, we fight first, and if we have anything to say, it's better to occupy the city or fight again. It's better to defend here if the officers and soldiers cut off their wages, and we are not good at foreign aid. When the food is eaten up, we still have to break through. It's better to break through early than to break through later."

Guo Jian shook his head and said, "Brother, brothers are going to shake their heads when they say this. Brothers miss home and pay some military pay. If they fail, just kill a few people, and they can always keep the team. Now it is cold and the troops are too small. Where can I go to keep warm after leaving the county town? When spring is warm, we don't need to urge us to leave. As for the number of winners and losses, we still have no idea. Our five-way coalition forces are against Yuan, one is that the army Cai, Yunnan, serves as a helper, and the other is that we, the heroes of Guanzhong, have never been afraid of death! From the time of Jin to now, the uprising failed and the head was beheaded. The dead people sleep, and the living people find opportunities to continue the uprising. This has been like this for so many years, and it is the same now. Don't look at the defeat of the two groups, the man in Guanzhong is scared! People come!"
Chapter completed!