A needless man riding a maroon-red horse suddenly jumped out from the gate of Yingzhou City and shouted loudly.

"Open the city gate quickly, the family is still waiting to enter the city!" There is no need to think too much, this person is the eunuch Zhu Gui.

As soon as Zhu Gui's sharp voice came out, a guard on the top of the city frowned.

Who is the duck-speaking person under the city gate? Why is he so arrogant and domineering? No matter how much Yingzhou City is, it is a state capital. Why do anyone dare to come here to act wildly?

"Stop talking nonsense, open the city gate quickly. Do you want to eat a whip? If you want to eat a whip, go to the government office to collect it later. Don't feel uncomfortable here."

County magistrate Jiang Zheng glared at the guard and scolded him. In this Yingzhou City, all military affairs were under his control. Even the governor, Lord Qian, would not interfere with his decision, so it was no problem to scold a small guard.

Jiang Zheng had seen some worlds. From the other party's clothes and behavior, he had determined that this person must be a nobleman from Chang'an. No matter what the identity of the nobleman was, even if he was just a manager in the mansion of a Duke and the Marquis, it was not something they could afford.

"Hey, hey, I'll open it now, I'll open it now!" How dare the guard carry Jiang Zheng with him, and immediately retreated with a smile on his waist. Although he had already fucked Jiang Zheng's ancestors for the eighteenth generation, he had to open the city gate according to Jiang Zheng's wishes.

What is the solution to kill someone if you are a senior official?

"Crack! Crack!" The iron cable stirred and made a squeaking sound. In a short while, the city gate was put down. The iron gate fell heavily and was buckled on the snow, pressing out clear and sluice marks and gullies.

"Bah! I don't know if I'm careful, the snowballs have splashed all over the family, this little bastard!" Zhu Gui wiped the cold snow on his cheek, cursed a few angrily, and then owed Li Kuo: "General Li, please ask first!"

Li Kuo held the reins with one hand and made a delay in Zhu Gui's invitation: "Please, Eunuch Zhu!"

"Hey, you are the chief general, where is the reason why the chaotic family enters the city first? If your Majesty hears this, you should not strip the chaotic family of the chaotic family?" Zhu Gui waved his hands repeatedly, and was extremely unsupported.

"So, I'll thank you!" Li Kuo greeted Zhu Gui slightly, raised his whip, and then rode into the city in the breeze.

A pot of soju, a stack of cucumbers, a pot of mutton, and a stack of peanuts. It is hard to imagine that this is the wine and dish that Qian Yuanke, the governor of Yingzhou, was entertained by Li Kuo.

When Qian Yuanke ordered his servants to bring these things to the table, even Pu Dahui, who had always been easy-going, opened his mouth.

Good, this governor Qian is too stingy. This meal is not good even in the military camp, but he uses it to receive the governor? No matter how you look at it, it’s a bit priced?

"Haha, haha, General Li, don't be disgusted. In order not to collect food and grass for the rebels, he followed the policy of strengthening the walls and clearing the fields of the imperial court. Except for each household's necessary food for winter storage, the remaining grains will either be collected or destroyed, and will never give the rebels an opportunity to take advantage of."

Qian Yuanke saw that Li Kuo was quite surprised and thought he was resentful, so he hurriedly explained: "Our Yingzhou City is located in the Huaibei Plain. It is not as good as a mountain city to cook wild game. The seasonal vegetables cannot be stored. Once winter comes, the food is only some grains."

Qian Yuanke accompanied him to observe Li Kuo's expression carefully, and then he breathed a little relieved after confirming that he had no malice.

"So that's it. Lord Qian did this, which was a blessing for the Tang Dynasty and the people of Yingzhou." Li Kuo bowed to Qian Yuanke after hearing this, and said, "I just don't know how long it takes to save grain in Yingzhou City?"

When the two armies were fighting, in order to avoid the siege of the city, the defenders would implement the policy of clearing the fields by firmly clearing the walls. Now that winter is now, the word "Mai" has been ground into noodles and put into the jar. However, it is still impossible to rule out the possibility that the An Lushan rebels sent cavalry to plunder the village after capturing the surrounding counties. Therefore, on the one hand, the money can bring the villagers who are willing to enter the city and the other hand, and the soldiers will help the villagers to bury most of the rice and grain into the ground of their own mansions, leaving only a few days of food. In this way, even if An Lushan's rebels plundered here, there will not be much food that can be plundered.

"If you save some food, there will be no problem in about half a year. However, if the army is stationed, it will probably be at most three months." Qian Yuanke thought for a moment and stroked his beard.

"Governor Qian doesn't have to worry. Our army is just temporarily resting in Yingzhou City and will set off soon." Seeing that Qian Yuan could eat for free, Li Kuo quickly smiled and explained to calm his heart.

"No, no, no, the guy An Lushan was a little worried when you were in Yingzhou for one day. As soon as the army left, the people of Yingzhou City had to live a worried life again."

Qian Yuanke shook his head helplessly, his expression full of loneliness.

"Where has the An thief attacked now?" Li Kuo frowned slightly and asked. Judging from the reports from the court, An Lushan only controlled the prefectures and counties in the north of Henan Road, and most of the prefectures and counties in the south were still under the control of the Tang Dynasty.

Qian Yuanke heard this and took a map from his entourage and slowly opened it on the table: "General Li, look, our Yingzhou is at the junction of the Huai River and the Ying River, and is the southernmost part of Henan Road. Going north is Chenzhou and Haozhou, and then heading north is Songzhou and Xuzhou. Now Haozhou and Chenzhou are still waiting and watching, and Songzhou and Xuzhou have fallen into the hands of Anzi."

"I didn't expect that the rebels were so strong that they had already been Xuzhou City!" Li Kuo slapped his teeth and said, "As soon as Xuzhou was broken, the connection between Guanlong and Huainan Road was cut off. If the court wanted to transport rice and grain from the Jianghuai land to Chang'an, it would have to go around the distance, and the consumption would inevitably increase."

Qian Yuanke nodded with appreciation: "General Li's analysis is good. Perhaps this is also the reason why An Lushan is eager to take Xuzhou. Once he is allowed to completely open up all prefectures and counties in Henan Province, the cost of my Tang Dynasty's efforts to transport rice and grain to Guanzhong will be much higher. Although Guanzhong can be self-sufficient, it is not a long-term solution."

Li Kuo nodded and said, "Your Majesty brought me from Duji Road to Chang'an. In the opinion of Lord Qian, where should Li take the way?"

Qian Yuan took a deep breath when he heard this, thinking that he was the one who led me to ask me such a question?

"This, this, haha" Shao thought for a moment, and Qian Yuanke finally came up with a fairly reasonable route.

"General Li, look here. If you want to go to Guanzhong, you must pass Xuzhou. But now Xuzhou is controlled by Anzi, so it is probably not easy for you to pass directly. It is better to detour the east road of Shannan, pass through Xiangzhou and enter Xijing from Shangzhou."

"Oh, how can this be done? Your Majesty said that General Li must enter Xijing through Duji Road. If he detours from the east of Shannan Road, wouldn't he disobey the holy will?"

Seeing that Qian Yuanke had such a "bad idea" for Li Kuo, Zhu Gui quickly stirred up the situation.

"Eunuch Zhu, you don't know that there is a card in the ten miles of Duji Road. If you don't want to pass, it's unlikely." Qian Yuanke had learned Zhu Gui's identity from Li Kuo long ago. He had experienced many years of ups and downs in the officialdom and certainly knew that such people were the most undeniable, so he had to speak kindly, asking him to send the plague god out of Yingzhou as soon as possible.

But Zhu Gui didn't think so, so he just picked his lips and said, "Oh, why can't the miscellaneous family understand this? Your Majesty ordered General Li to return to Beijing to serve the king, but he didn't ask him to go out for a trip. How could he avoid a war during this marching? If we marched from Duji Road, we might as well fight the rebels. If we take advantage of the opportunity to conquer Xuzhou City, wouldn't it be a happy event?"

"This, this" Qian Yuan didn't know that Zhu Gui was so blinding, and he didn't know how to answer for a moment.

"Eunuch Zhu said it right, and Governor Qian is worried. It is probably impossible to enter Guanzhong without a battle, but we should try our best to avoid An Lushan's rebels. After all, it is the most important thing to enter the capital to protect the emperor, and there is no need to hurt the gods for the sake of temporary gains and losses."

Seeing that the two of them had a quarrel, Li Kuo hurried out to smooth things over.

From the moment Zhu Gui insisted on asking for the army to accompany him, he confirmed that His Majesty the Emperor had suspicious of him, and then he thought of sending an eunuch as a military supervisor. However, this approach obviously had no effective restrictive effect. If he really had a rebellious act like An Lushan, what effect could a eunuch supervise the army have? On the contrary, if he was loyal and often had a eunuch around him, it would inevitably miss the military opportunity.

Therefore, this doesn't seem like an excellent plan no matter how you look at it.

But now, there is no better way to avoid having as good relationships as possible with Zhu Gui and minimizing his influence on the Huainan Army.

"Look, look, it's still the words General Li said, "The family members like to listen to them!" Zhu Gui curled his lips and said, "The family members don't want to take care of these things, you can do it, but there is a saying that the family members can say in front of them. If anyone is rebellious and is unfaithful to His Majesty the Emperor, the family members will fight to him, hey, fight to the death!"

Zhu Gui raised his fist and made a loyal and protective attitude, which made Qian Yuanke almost laugh out loud.

"Just Qian was not thinking well just now. Come on, Eunuch Zhu, I will give you a cup!"

After saying that, Qian Yuanke filled himself with a glass of soju and raised his hands to respect each other from afar
Chapter completed!