Updated: 2010-03-31

"You two heard it. I seemed to have refused a yellow robe just now." Chen De watched Han De's back as he spoke to the two generals Xiao Jiu and Zhang Zhongyao who came forward with regret.

"Master Gao Yi, I dare not die if I die." Zhang Zhongyao bowed and bowed first. Until now, he had no doubt about following Chen De. Not everyone can resist the temptation of imperial power. Only those who have never experienced it will ridicule Shi Jingtang. He did not know that in the era of internal and external difficulties he had, even those who despise Shi Jingtang in later generations were still heroes.

Chen De knew very well what Xiao Jiu and Zhang Zhongyao were thinking in their hearts. He smiled slightly and said in a deep voice: "It's not that I am hostile to the Hu people. Those who are tigers and wolves, and they must adhere to one principle, that is, to be the main one. Otherwise, they must be smart but misled by intelligence." He suddenly sighed: "The Han people like to live in peace, farm and weaving, and the Hu people nomadic migration, and it has become a habit of robbers. There are many Han people in the country who are diligent and hardworking to accumulate wealth. If they are indulging in leisure and joy, they will inevitably be coveted by the Hu people. Therefore, the Han people must be martial and military to govern the country, otherwise, it will be in vain in the end." After saying that, he looked at Xiao Jiu and Zhang Zhongyao meaningfully and said in a deep voice: "Do you remember these principles?"

Chen De's insights came from books alone. In his previous life, he had the honor of following a Germanic politician to climb the Great Wall. When a tour guide introduced to foreign friends, he said that the Great Wall of China was built by ancient Chinese to resist the looting of northern barbarians. The enthusiastic German leader also had a long wall in central Europe, built by the Romans, and what they wanted to resist was our German ancestors. The words were full of pride. Now, I think about the financial plunders that Japan, Southeast Asia, China and other countries suffered repeatedly in later generations was also a transformation of the nomadic peoples who used war as a harvester to the plunder of farming nations that diligently accumulate wealth. Others learned from the past to the present, but Chen De was the opposite. He could not say he was disgusted or hated by the nature of the Hu people, but he knew more deeply than anyone in this generation.

"The subordinates understand." Zhang Zhongyao and Xiao Jiu replied in unison, looking at each other, and they both saw each other's touching meaning. Chen De treated his subordinates without intentionally making a ulterior motive. Instead, he was extremely willing to discuss his ideas with his subordinates. He was like Xin Gu, Li Si, Xiao Jiu, etc. He did not have much knowledge beyond ordinary people, but after following Chen De for a long time, he had different ways of looking at problems. The hundreds of fangs who followed Chen De were also the first to get to the water and had a lot of benefits on both sides of the military and political strategy.

"The Song people were very anxious during this period. How could the casualties in the city be severe?" Chen Dexian asked Xiao Jiu. It is a virtue of China to ask about casualties when encountering an accident. If the superiors make the order wrong, they will inevitably be careless. Although Chen Deman pretended to ask and explain to Xiao Jiu for many other things, he still had to ask about the slander in the city first.

Xiao Jiu replied respectfully: "The soldiers are still good, with more than 100 casualties, but the households who came to the city to help defend the city were not protected by armor and were not well trained, and more than 3,000 people were injured." His words were actually a bit discount. In order to avoid the casualties of the soldiers, Xiao Jiu not only used the soldiers as the chief of the ten husbands to lead the households to climb the city to shoot arrows and assist defending the city, but also placed more soldiers on the second line to avoid being killed by the crossbows of the Song people siege.

Chen De did not investigate this section, his face was a little dull, and he said, "Fortunately, most of the households in Lanzhou are naked and there is no burden to the family. In this way, if there is a family, you should give the pensions given by the soldiers according to the standards of the soldiers, and the injured are nourished by the craftsmen." Xiao Jiuwei said only, and Chen De said, "I will take my wife to Bianliang for a while. Soon after, the Baiyu Army and the General of the Cavalry will retreat to Hexi, and each batch will be evacuated by about three.

About a thousand people, except for the soldiers and family members and craftsmen, if the people in the city are willing to follow us to Hexi to cultivate, they can also take them away. When our army leaves, they can take away most of the sheep, horses and livestock, and send all the land deeds to the people. Leave some money in the treasury to reward the Song army who came to take over the city, so as not to seek the people." He sighed, "The people of Lanzhou have suffered with us. Since we are leaving, we should do our best to give them a good arrangement."

Xiao Jiu originally thought that Chen De was going to scrape Lanzhou three feet away before leaving, but he had not deliberately left some money to the Song army that he took over to prevent them from robbing the people. While he was feeling, Chen De suddenly heard that the remaining money was secretly sent to the various camps of the Song army, and the upper and lower levels must be managed. That is to say, it was our Anxi Army who was talking to the people of Lanzhou to express his feelings. Don't just hand it over to the officers in command, otherwise the army below will be of no benefit, and they will still rob them everywhere."

Xiao Jiu was the commander of the imperial guards in Shu Kingdom. He was also the one who was lenient in collecting money back then. He agreed immediately and asked, "I wonder what arrangements are for the craftsman camp?" He pretended to ask Chen De to decide, but he had to listen to what arrangements Chen De had for the craftsman camp first, so as not to be inconsistent with the craftsman's ideas.

Chen De looked at him with satisfaction and said slowly: "When he arrived in Hexi, the scale of the craftsman camp should be expanded, and it is not appropriate to accumulate in one place. The wool spinning workshop is located in Lingzhou, which is closest to the grassland. Xingu manages a set of slaves captured on the grassland, which is not easy to become a mess. The ordnance workshop is located in Liangzhou, and the army in Hexi is currently hunting the two armies with Jinfan. The combat mission of the two armies against Tubo is the most dangerous and heavy, and the supply of the ordnance must be kept up. The others are placed in Dunhuang, where the merchants and tourists gather, east and west.

"At present, Chen De's subordinates are gradually becoming larger and are gradually being assigned some things to their subordinates to be responsible for. This time, Xiao Jiu led the baggage, craftsmanship, and Jinfan three camps to guard Lanzhou, and also established his prestige in the third camp. Chen De was determined to let him take charge of the daily affairs of the craftsmanship camp. He was mainly concerned about some more important project progress. The increase in management levels will inevitably affect the efficiency of information collection and execution, but this is also impossible.

"Yes." Xiao Jiu bowed. He knew that the Jiangzuo Camp's position in Chen De's mind was no less than any army, so he was not complacent about his expansion of his power. He just planned how to work with Jiangzuo Camp's captain Li Jian in the future. It seemed that the expansion of Jiangzuo Camp is imperative, and Li Jian's official position would not always be at the level of the lieutenant.

The three of them walked and talked, and they had arrived at the edge of Lanzhou City in a blink of an eye. Although the Song imperial guards had stopped siege and did not stop the small group of Lanzhou military and civilians from leaving the city to do business, they still stood firmly at the camp and did not interact with Lanzhou. The two sides fought for several months, and there were no fewer casualties. This hatred could not be solved by the imperial court's truce. Seeing that Tian Qinzuo had no intention of turning the enemy into a friend, Chen De could not help but secretly worried about the future life of the people of Lanzhou, but which Song army entered Lanzhou was not a problem he could interfere with.

In order to avoid trouble, Chen De did not give up the banner. The three hundred-fang army surrounded him and entered the city gate. Unexpectedly, as soon as he entered the city, he was recognized by the soldiers and people who were guarding the gate. "Gozi, do you think it's Lord Chen?" Li Tie, leaning against the city wall, narrowed his eyes and stared at Sun Gouzi, who was stunned. The blacksmith kept slapping in a small dark room for many years. He was full of strength, but his eyes were a little worse. Sun Gouzi wiped his eyes and looked carefully. The red cloak was wrapped in a red cloak.

In the middle, surrounded by a group of solemn cavalry, wasn't the master of Lanzhou City who was slowly coming towards the city gate? Looking back, the carriage that the mistress mother rode was very familiar with. "Yes, Lord Chen is back!" "We are saved!" A little slight ripples on the city wall began to spread, stirring each other, from the joy that was stuffed in the chest to the beginning of whispering to each other, and finally bursts of joyful cheers, "Lord Chen is back!"

When we were hundreds of steps away from the commander's mansion, the streets were already crowded with dense people in front of us. Lanzhou governed the people with military force, so the surrounding households did not have the same crowds as ordinary people in the Central Plains towns. Instead, they stood neatly and orderly on both sides of the street. Only the sound was in a mess. Some shouted: "Sir" and "Sir!", and some shouted: "We are saved!" Some shouted at Huang Wen's carriage: "Miss Mother", "Miss Mother!", and everyone's face was filled with eager joy.

In the past few months, there have been too many people in Lanzhou who were killed or injured. Although the Song army besieged only 5,000, it was an imperial guard that even the Khitans feared. Xiao Jiu hurriedly ordered training to climb the city to help defend, so how could the casualties not be severe? If Lanzhou had not been strict rules, the households who were accustomed to obeying the commands of soldiers on weekdays, they were afraid that the hearts of the people in the city would have collapsed long ago.

There were all the soldiers of the Ya Army who followed Chen De into the capital, and many of them were newly selected from Hexi. They had never seen such a crowded and enthusiastic scene. They were both nervous and excited. Zhang Zhongyao looked at the people on both sides and said to Xiao Jiu with emotion: "Since ancient times, few people who win the hearts of the people like this have not been able to accomplish anything." Xiao Jiu was silent. He remembered that when the Later Lord of Shu was forced to enter the court, the people who saw off in Shu were also crowded with people, but the atmosphere was extremely sad. "After all, what the adults brought to the people is not only rich and happy, but also safe as stable as Mount Tai. Perhaps, this is the meaning of the existence of our martial artists." Xiao Jiu said silently in his heart.

Dong Zunhui's troops could not enter the city, so they had to rely on Tian Qinzuo's camp to form a camp. He and Tian Qinzuo were both unconscious people, but they were old friends. At this moment, the two were drinking, and suddenly they heard the noise of shouting in the city. Dong Zunhui said annoyedly: "This Chen De can't make people feel at ease anywhere." Tian Qinzuo smiled contemptuously: "Maybe the soldiers in the city were going to leave when they saw that they were going to roll the bedding and leaving, so the whole city was in chaos.

Lanzhou City has always been called wealthy, and if he does this, he will probably not be able to get any oil or water." What he did not tell Dong Zunhui was that in the evening, Xiao Jiu sent a big gift list. It is estimated that the Lanzhou army was desperately plundering the wealth lost by giving gifts. It seems that Lanzhou is indeed not much oil or water. When the defense is handed over, it is better to go back to Bianliang to enjoy the happiness. Tian Qinzuo gave his thin lips with regret.

Note: See "The Analects of Confucius": Burning a stable and leaving the court said that he hurts people and doesn't care about horses.

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