"The last one will obey the order-" Guo Jin was embarrassed for a moment and gritted his teeth to respond.

"As the commander-in-chief of the north, you naturally have to follow the military rules!"

Li Jia leaned back and said in a deep voice: "No rules can be achieved without a square. You only act on your own mind. Although your original intention is good, it has caused complaints. Now that the war is imminent, you still have to unite as a whole!"

Guo Jin listened carefully, although he was unwilling to do so, he had to surrender.

After instructing him, Li Jia rewarded him with a large and majestic horse from Jeju Island, which made Guo Jin unable to let go of his love.

In this way, he left half happy and half worried, and began to prepare for the troops.

The troops and horses in the north were naturally not sent out after Liu Jun's death. Li Jia had always wanted to do something sneak attack.

Today's Northern Han Dynasty is like the darkness before dawn. Liu Jun is seriously ill and it is difficult to manage the affairs. Taiyuan Yin Liu Jien did not succeed to the throne, so this creates a problem:

Liu Jun has the title, but he has no energy. Liu Jien has the title, but he has no title.

Therefore, it is the most suitable at this time.

Therefore, the Military Affairs Office was appointed by the emperor to raise the "March Palace against Han" and officially began to raise the Northern Expedition.

Under this army mansion, there are three troops with Li Jixun as the vanguard.

The army mansion centered on the emperor and carried out unified command, and the emperor was obviously the emperor personally commander.

The northern army had about 40,000 people, and gathered the forces of several prefectures in Hebei, especially Zhenzhou where the Chengde Army was located, which took on the main force.

Zhao Yanhui, the western army, had about 20,000 people. He had been familiar with the Northern Han army for many years.

Li Jixun's Zhao Yi army had more than 10,000 people, which was completely enough as a vanguard.

The emperor himself commanded the 50,000 imperial camps and a large army, including 30,000 cavalry and 20,000 infantry, and all the cavalry were recruited.

In terms of food and grass, due to the existence of the Military Affairs Office, the food in the Imperial Camp was not to worry about at all. The food in Bianliang was continuously delivered to Luokou Cang in Luoyang. Now there are about 200,000 stones, enough to support it for three months.

Other money and grain are also being transported continuously. It is no exaggeration to say that with the Yellow River as a channel, it is only seven or eight days, and 200,000 stones can be transported.

In addition, the Ordnance Department of Bianliang also continued to support the construction of catapults, mud bombs, and artillery.

However, the bronze cannon with a scale of over a thousand kilograms is too bulky. With the terrain of Hedong, it is impossible to walk at all. It is better to use a catapult cart, at least these woods can be dismantled.

As for time, it's also very tight.

It is now in the late May, and the conquest of the Northern Han Dynasty was scheduled to be mid-June, and Li Jixun, as the vanguard, set out in early June.

The reason why I was so short of time was mainly to defend against the Khitans.

The horses are tall and fat in autumn. Grass seeds grow in summer on the grassland and produce seeds in autumn. Therefore, the horses in autumn are well-behaved and are the most suitable for fighting.

Moreover, autumn is also the season for farming people to harvest, and it happens to be plundered and the harvest is huge.

Therefore, there have been a saying of autumn defense throughout the dynasties.

Unless the north is covered with heavy snow and a large number of livestock are starved to death, the nomadic people have to go south, otherwise they will go south in winter to seek death.

The Khitans compiled by Zhao Kuangyin went south on the first lunar month. In winter, there were really people who believed it. Those who understood pretended to be stupid, and those who didn't know were frightened.

Military mansions like this that were temporarily organized because of war, also called Bafu, were very common in the Tang Dynasty. Once they were victorious, they would naturally disband.

Everyone is busy in an orderly manner, for example, if the food is running, there are at least 100,000 people. The people of Henan Prefecture will naturally work hard, even if it is about to harvest in autumn.

However, this kind of action to force recruit people is very harmful to the vitality, so the prime ministers, who are at the core of the Political Affairs Hall, rejected the recruitment of people.

Zhao Cheng said angrily: "The north is destroyed, with only 500,000 households in Henan Province, and nearly 30% of the young and strong people are recruiting. If nothing unexpected happens, this summer harvest will be considered ruined. Tens of thousands of people have become refugees. How can they do it?"

The other prime ministers also quickly agreed, and Sun Zhao said without hesitation: "Henan Prefecture is near the capital, protecting the capital. Why is it that the imperial court is built by cutting off the firewood in this way?"

How could the Central Committee be put in danger for the sake of the Northern Han Dynasty?

Li Huai felt deeply embarrassed about this. He thought about it for a while before saying, "In this way, why not draw old soldiers and surrendered soldiers?"

"Luoyang City is about to be complete, and there are nearly 50,000 soldiers. If they are put into labor, it is better to let them serve as porters and cooperate with the baggage battalion to transport food, grass and supplies."

"This proposal is feasible!" Zhao Cheng nodded and said, "Luoyang City has almost been expanded, and there are only some corners. Now that the war is important, let's transport food and grass first."

Others also nodded and expressed their approval.

"That's it!" Li Jia couldn't help but say when she saw them arguing: "From the beginning of June to the beginning of July, 50,000 surrendered soldiers will be transported. After the beginning of July, the civilians will be recruited to transport them, which will not delay the summer harvest, and the construction of Luoyang City can continue to be completed."

After hearing the emperor's suggestion, the few people thought it was indeed reasonable, so they expressed their approval.

In addition, there is another thing that makes people have to pay attention to.

In summer combat, there are advantages and disadvantages.

The hot weather made the soldiers miserable, especially wearing armor and robe, which was no less than a roast.

Moreover, Li Jia also found some missing points when summarizing the incident of Zhao Kuangyin and Guo Rong's Northern Expedition.

For example, Guo Rong personally led the army to Taiyuan for the first time, but as a result, he lost the hearts of the people because of the imperial guards who looted countless times, and were forced to retreat.

In addition to the factors of the Khitans, Zhao Kuangyin also had the local environment and the hot weather, and the unfamiliar areas that caused the imperial guards to vomit and diarrhea, fell ill and had to retreat.

Therefore, besides civil servants, the biggest need is doctors.

To be ashamed, at the beginning, Li Jia asked those Taoist priests to move into the army. In addition to brainwashing the soldiers, the Taoist priests also knew some medical skills and could cure diseases very well.

Even if it is just a minor problem, it is a great comfort to the soldiers.

Later, for the sake of control, he was afraid that his tail could not be removed, so he withdrew the Taoist priest and re-established the military doctor.

However, in this chaotic era, in a sense, the number of doctors is smaller than that of scholars, while there are too many quack doctors, and the good doctors are even more tiny.

If one more army is more, one less among the people.

Although the army is also trained by itself, the number is still surprisingly small. There are often only two or three in one wing, and there are priority for the service of the officers.

This makes the military doctor's effect not very obvious.
Chapter completed!