The next day, as soon as the light shone brightened, Wang Xuejun commanded the Shandong army, formed formations along the canal with high morale, and then began to wait for the enemy's counterattack.

As a result, the enemy could not wait on the left or right.

Wang Xuejun was not aware of the situation and could only wait stupidly.

Until a patrol guard rushed back, he reported to Wang Xuejun: "Report to the prince, the enemy had quietly withdrawn last night."

After hearing this news, Wang Xuejun didn't believe it and frowned: "No, is the enemy moving to a camp and going to another place? I have to wait until my formation moves loosely and launch a sudden attack?"

The Jinyiwei Baihu reported quickly: "The subordinates have released all their brothers and searched carefully around them. The subordinates personally entered the enemy's abandoned camp and conducted careful investigation. Finally, they were sure that the enemy had really retreated overnight. They delayed so long to report."

Wang Xuejun rode on the horse in a daze for half a day, and finally said, "I've been waiting for loneliness in my relationship."

Wang Guangqi reminded the army: "Yesterday, with the help of the Cao Gang brothers, our three thousand brothers had occupied the Dezhou Canal Wharf and contacted Li Yan in Dezhou. It is estimated that the enemy thought there was no hope of capturing Dezhou again, so he took the initiative to withdraw his troops."

Wang Xuejun looked at the army and gave him an hindsight comment.

He ordered helplessly: "The patrol sentry was released twenty miles away and carefully observe the enemy situation. The army's formation remained unchanged and advanced towards Texas."

The Qing Dynasty was strong and the cavalry was floating around. Don’t be proud of yourself. If you speed up the enemy and let the enemy attack, you will be extremely happy and sad.

In this way, every time you walk, you have to stop, rectify the loose formation, and then continue to move forward.

When Li Yan couldn't wait in the city and took out with a few followers, Wang Xuejun was completely relieved.

This made the entire army unsecured and followed Li Yan into Dezhou.

The battle in Texas for nearly a month has left no impact on the city, the streets are still neat and the people's hearts are still stable.

Or, it is more stable than before.

I was afraid that the Qing army would come and the official army would abandon the city in a blink of an eye.

Now that I see that the government army is really defending and never retreating, I feel at ease.

At this time, when the reinforcements arrived, the people were welcomed by all the people.

After passing through the welcoming crowd, Wang Xuejun came to Li Yan's temporary headquarters and the lobby of the Dezhou Prefect's Office.

The civil and military officials of Dezhou, led by Li Yan and the prefect Du Song, visited Wang Xuejun together, and then began to report to Wang Xuejun about the past and after the Dezhou defense battle.

In general, the battle in Texas was in danger.

After the first three axes of the Green Camp were blocked, it lost its momentum. In addition, Li Yan flexibly used the only 500 cavalry in his hand to continuously attack the enemy camp outside the city, seriously hitting the enemy's morale. Later, the enemy's attack became even more powerless.

"Okay, although the siege of Dezhou has been lifted, it can also be seen that Dezhou has become the key to the Qing Dynasty's journey south and seizing our Shandong. The defense here cannot be slackened."

Li Yan immediately volunteered: "Then let your subordinates guard the place with their men. The subordinates promise that they will definitely not lose their Texas portals."

Wang Xuejun shook his head and denied his request: "You are the chief military aircraft of Tianji Mansion, and you are the ones that need you the most. You can't be overused."

Tianji Mansion is the prototype of the future court. He is flying all over the sky, and he must have his best support in the court to prevent the prince from causing any trouble for him.

Turning his head to the person who came with him, the former old man from Beijing Camp Li Jinjiang said, "Do you dare to take on this important task?"

Li Jinjiang immediately stood up: "I will not be able to ask for it."

Wang Guangqi hesitated a little and stood up: "Although the lower officials cannot follow the prince's northern expedition, they must stick to the Dezhou gateway and do something for the future northern expedition."

Wang Xuejun praised his courage to serve, but still shook his head and denied: "Your ability and responsibility are not military, but diplomacy.

When I go back this time, I will ask the governor to be appointed as the Left Minister of the Hall of Rites. Then take advantage of the victory of this great war and suppress the fantasy of Nanming, and run to Nanming."

Wang Guangqi thought for a while and accepted happily at that time: "Okay, I'll fight with those corrupt scholars of the Southern Ming Dynasty."

Then he called the magistrate of Dezhou, and after commending and commending, he ordered: "I will be the Princess Wen now, and I will allocate a special amount of money for you, Dezhou as a reinforcement of the city wall and reserve grain and grass for the long-term siege of the Qing Dynasty in the future. You see, according to the calculation of being trapped for a year, how much food and grass should you need to reserve money and grain?"

The prefect Ren Du Songmo calculated it and replied carefully: "Fifty thousand silver oceans should be enough."

He falsely reported some of this and prepared to follow the old rules of the former Ming government.

Wang Xuejun shook his head: "This won't work."

When Ren Qiming heard this, his heart sank. He planned not to give so much to the top, which would be even more deadly.

Wang Xuejun smiled and said, "There will be 5,000 troops in Dezhou and 40,000 people. After deducting the people's own, once the war starts and the people are trapped, the government will also need to be responsible for it. There will be no famine. How can 50,000 people be able to do it?

In addition, if the war is tense, people need to be recruited for help. We are determined not to use the people in vain. Anyone who is recruited to serve the government must pay an equivalent wage and cannot break the rules we just set. Therefore, you should be careful to calculate 100,000 or 100,000, which should be enough."

Then, regardless of the shocked Du Song, he called a small flag of the Jinyiwei of the Army: "You and your brother stay to supervise the whereabouts of the 100,000 yuan silver. Once you find someone who is greedy, I will give you the right to kill them directly."

The little flag immediately fell to the ground: "The little one is absolutely impartial in enforcing the law, not in vain or indulging in vain."

"A full amount of 100,000 is enough. My subordinates will definitely cooperate with Dezhou and General Li to build a solid foundation."

Wang Guangqi suggested: "Then allocate the taxes of the Texas Canal Pier to them first."

Wang Xuejun immediately interrupted his proposal: "Taxes and expenditures are two different things. Therefore, everything that should be collected, such as commercial taxes and contract fees for the next year, must be finally entered into the Tianji Mansion Treasury. The resident office will be calculated and allocated overall. The fees to local governments must also be allocated by the resident office and must not be confused. Otherwise, not only the accounts, but also the rules will be messed up."

In fact, this trouble seems to be as troublesome as Qian Ming.

But in order to make the accounts clear, it is necessary for the upper class of Tianji Mansion to always grasp the financial income situation.

As for the trouble, it is not that serious.

Because the tax funds collected from various places are enough to be stored in the local credit union.

For example, Wang Xuejun issued a payment certificate to the credit union on the spot, and they could go to the credit union to withdraw the funds in batches.

Although it is still the same amount of money, the accounts are much clearer during this in and out.

This is the process of finance in later generations.

After arranging everything here, Wang Xuejun prepared to lead 30,000 soldiers to rescue Cangzhou along the canal.

The Chinese New Year is coming soon, and the war cannot end because of the Chinese New Year.

But just as he was about to raise an army in Cangzhou, an emergency military situation came from the south. Shi Kefa supervised his troops Gao Jie, advanced to Henan and began the northern expedition.
Chapter completed!