The faces of the three people were full of excitement and excitement.
Make great contributions and pay back Son of Heaven, right now.
After the three people retreated, Yang Xiu stepped forward to report, "Your Majesty, the six thousand remaining soldiers captured a few days ago have been collected. But currently Storehouse does not have any extra Weapons and Equipment to distribute."
Mentioning this, Liu Xie felt a headache.
The military strength has indeed increased a lot, but the manufacturing speed of Weapons and Equipment is difficult to keep up with. The reason why Xu Province Army and Feathered Forest Cavalry are strong is mostly due to Weapons and Equipment.
Now that there are 6,000 more people, they must be armed. This is another huge expense. Zhen Clan is almost unable to support it.
"If you're not a family member, you don't know how expensive firewood and rice are."
Liu Xie couldn't help but feel a little anxious. After the army increased, he realized that the battle was not about whose Great General was fierce, but whose counselors were more skillful in calculations and whose Soldiers was more Elite Troops.
The fight is all about logistics, money and food!
Having no money or food, being as brave as Lü Bu, and as resourceful as Chen Gong is of no use.
He felt more and more that he had to put the matter of making money on the agenda. He couldn't just rely on the Zhen Clan.
Fortunately, after Yang Xiu stepped down, Cui Yan brought good news.
"Your Majesty, I have recruited seven hundred warriors from the private sector and put them into the Tiger Guards camp."
"At most, three thousand Tiger Guards battalions can be established before the end of the year."
Liu Xie was overjoyed when he heard this. Tiger Guards Battalion's recruitment requirements are different from those of other arms.
Soldiers who can join the Tiger Guards camp are all selected from the best, the best from the best.
This Cui Yan is indeed Qinghe, who comes from a wealthy family, and his work efficiency is very high.
"Thank you for your consideration in this matter. I will always keep Aiqing's contribution and Qinghe Cui Clan's contribution in my heart."
How could Cui Yan dare to take credit? He quickly said, "Since I am Gentleman of the Household for Tiger Warriors, it is my duty to form the Tiger Guards battalion. How can I dare to take credit?"
After Cui Yan stepped down, all matters above Imperial Court have not yet ended.
All matters, big and small, were discussed for two full hours before they were concluded.
After the next court session, Liu Xie was already a little dizzy and unfocused.
"Only such a small area has so many complicated affairs. When the world is unified in the future, won't I have to die from exhaustion?"
After serving in court for nearly a month, Liu Xie has sincerely admired the diligent emperors Ying Zheng, Li Shimin, and Zhu Yuanzhang.
The emperor is really not something ordinary people can do!
Ji Province Frontline.
Although more than 13,000 men and horses were lost in Ye City, the troops led by Yuan Tan came to the rescue and made up for the lack of troops.
So after Battle of Jieqiao's victory last time, Yuan Shao won another battle.
Now that they have taken the initiative, they have turned from defense to offense and launched a fierce offensive against Gongsun Zan.
In the past few days, the Yuan Shao army has been advancing with great success, while Gongsun Zan has been defeated one after another. In the end, it was driven out of the territory of Ji Province and retreated to Yi City.
However, even if Gongsun Zan returned You Province, the war between the two sides did not stop.
Yuan Shao listened to Tian Feng's advice - the inside of the bag must be secured outside, and he was determined to completely defeat Gongsun Zan.
Even as the night went deep, candlelight was still burning in Yuan Junzhong's military camp ten miles away from Yicheng.
Yuan Shao held two letters with completely different handwriting in his hand, looked at them and compared them repeatedly.
These two letters Xindu were written by Liu Xie.
A letter of surrender was sent together with Ju Shou Final Letter, revealing his identity and asking Yuan Shao to surrender;
One was just received today, and it was the same dog crawling letter as before.
The handwriting on the two letters is completely different.
The former is vigorous and majestic; the latter is crooked, like a dog crawling, and is worse than the handwriting written by Meng Tong.
Completely two extremes.
"He doesn't look like a scheming person. Otherwise, after two and a half years of getting along with him, how could I not notice it at all?"
"If he is really Son of Heaven, how can he be so respectful to me, a subject?"
Yuan Shao whispered to himself.
The letter Liu Xie sent last time said that he was the real Son of Heaven, which really scared him so much that he broke into a cold sweat.
But after the initial Shock.
He also felt that there was something fishy in it.
There are too many problems revealed in this letter. Not to mention the huge gap in handwriting, let's take the content of the letter as saying that if he commits suicide, Yuan Clan will not be implicated and Yuan Xi will be reused.
But why... is it Yuan Xi?
Yuan Xi and him are already at odds with each other, and he wants to kill this scoundrel; if it is the real Son of Heaven, in order to persuade him to surrender, he should say that Yuan Tan should be reused.
This had to make him suspicious.
And this change was too sudden. How could Displaced People, who was vulgar in words and deeds, greedy for money and lustful, grovel in front of him, and had no regard for dignity and face, become Son of Heaven of Great Han?
"Could it be that the last letter was forged by Yuan Xi and Wicked Son? Just like the so-called Gongyu Final Letter, they are all fake!"
"Yes! That's absolutely true! That Wicked Son of Yuan Xi already knows the true identity of Pretender Emperor. Since he can forge Gongyu's letter to persuade me to surrender, why can't he forge Son of Heaven's letter?"
"He must be trying to use this letter to trick me into committing suicide, and then seize all my power without any effort!"
Yuan Shao's eyes are gloomy and his thoughts are changing.
On the one hand, he didn't believe that Ye City and that Pretender Emperor were really Son of Heaven, but on the other hand, he couldn't help but think about the past.
Kong Rong can't tell the difference between true and false, visions coming from the sky, Yang Biao committing suicide by hitting the wall, Yang Xiu taking refuge, the majesty of Son of Heaven that makes Shock...
"No, Kong Rong couldn't tell because Pretender Emperor acted so well. Pretender Emperor also mentioned it in his previous letter about the vision coming from the sky. It was Yuan Xi and Zhang Liao who did it!"
"I can't be deceived, that Wicked Son just wants me to fall into his scheme!"
Yuan Shao gritted his teeth and tried hard to convince himself.
The firelight on Table Candle kept beating, and the light hit his face, making his face look flickering and changing.
Without Ju Shou around to discuss, he didn't even have anyone to talk to, let alone someone to analyze and help him make suggestions. This feeling was really uncomfortable.
"Lord."
At this moment, Tian Feng entered the account.
Yuan Shao quickly hid the two letters in his sleeves and asked calmly, "Yuanhao, it's so late, what else can we discuss?"
Tian Feng said, "I have already taken care of the logistics matters, as well as the pensions for the fallen soldiers, the deployment and recruitment of soldiers, etc. Please Lord take a look."
He said and put the book in his hand on the case.
Yuan Shao nodded and said, "I understand. I will look at it later. Please step back first."
"Yes, Lord."
Tian Feng cupped his hands and looked at Yuan Shao, who was a little pale and had deep dark circles under his eyes. After hesitating for a moment, he said, "I know that Gongyu's murder was a big blow to Lord, but I hope Lord still takes good care of his health."
"The war with Gongsun Zan is still going on. If something happens to Lord, the army will have no backbone, and this battle will definitely be defeated."
Tian Feng's words would have been harsh to Yuan Shao in the past, but now they sound full of concern and are rare words of loyalty.
Looking at his back as he turned away, Yuan Shao suddenly said out of nowhere, "Yuanhao Stay, I have something to ask you."
"Lord What do you want to ask?"
Tian Feng stopped and looked at Yuan Shao with confusion.
"I..."
Yuan Shao I didn't know what to say for a moment.
He just suddenly wanted to tell Tian Feng everything about Son of Heaven of Ye City, including what happened with Ju Shou False Son of Heaven.
But after calling Tian Feng, he regretted it.
Because this matter was so shocking, even if Tian Feng was his most trusted and valued confidant, he would not dare to say it.
So Yuan Shao swallowed back the words that were on his lips, and after thinking about it for a while, he said, "I had a very strange dream yesterday, and I want you, Yuanhao, to explain it to me."
Tian Feng said seriously, "I would like to hear the details."
Although he is not good at interpreting dreams, since Lord asked him this question, he tried his best to answer it.
"That's it..."
Yuan Shao hesitated for a moment and then said, "I dreamed last night that Pretender Son of Heaven over there at Cao Cao suddenly became real. If Yuanhao you were Cao Cao, what would you do?"
Tian Feng was stunned when he heard this, and said naturally, "Lord is joking, how can Pretender Son of Heaven become True Son of Heaven. If Son of Heaven is really Cao Camp, he will naturally summon the princes of the world to attack Lord."
After hearing Tian Feng's answer, Yuan Shao realized that his metaphor was a bit inappropriate. His situation was completely different from Cao Cao's.
So he changed another angle and continued, "I had another dream later, in which the person False Son of Heaven became me. But then I suddenly discovered that the fake Son of Heaven was real. Yuanhao thought, what should I do?"
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False Son of Heaven, this is obviously what Traitor did. Once exposed, he will be extinct from the world.
Even if it is later discovered that Son of Heaven is true, how can it be tolerated by Son of Heaven?
"This matter... this matter..."
Tian Feng hesitated for a long time, not knowing how to answer.
Finally, he seemed to suddenly think of something, his eyes widened suddenly, he looked at Yuan Shao with a horrified expression, and said in a trembling voice, "Lord, you can't, you can't be..."
Yuan Shao's eyebrows jumped and he quickly said, "Yuanhao No need to think too much, it's just a dream, just a dream!"
When Tian Feng saw this, he suppressed his guess and said, "Son of Heaven of Ye City is originally true, how could it be false? Lord, this dream is really unbelievable."
Yuan Shao twitched the corner of his mouth, realizing that if the truth is not told, no matter how metaphorical it is, it will be useless.