The ultimate rebirth of the abandoned woman

Chapter 608 Soldiers approaching the city

Chapter 608

"Uncle, he, he really moved!"

Sitting cross-legged in Cui Youbo's study, Cheng Hong's face changed slightly. It's not that he didn't expect that He Lu would really offend Tang, nor was he worried that something would happen to Aye and his brotherhood in Xizhou. One of his reactions was, has Cui Youbo become a genius?
Everything is predicted so accurately?

If Cheng Hong remembers correctly, Cui Youbo has said more than once that He Lu can move, and he can move as fast as one month and as slow as two months.Now, counting on the fingers of one's fingers, it has been exactly one month since he said this!

What made him admire even more was that Uncle Cui sent two groups of people to Xizhou and Tingzhou to inquire about news a month ago.

At that time, Cheng Hong still felt that Cui Youbo was doing too much, Xizhou had his own Aye, and Tingzhou also had Aye’s old subordinates. If there was a war, they would definitely warn the police as soon as possible, ask for help from the Duhufu, and send back to Jingzhong as soon as possible. report.

There's no need for Cui Youbo to send someone else.

But now, Cheng Hong had to admire his foresight. He Lu had been preparing for this operation for a long time, and the troops, food and grass were well prepared. Duan harassment.

The Anxi Protectorate's Mansion got the battle report and attacked quickly, but the opponent was too cunning, oh no, it's shameful, how could they watch people order dishes?

When they faced Datang's regular army, they fought guerrilla warfare, constantly harassing various places, and then distracted the attention of the guards and soldiers, and defeated them one by one;

When they faced the county seat where the two prefectures are located, they put on a group army fighting posture and surrounded the two counties. The archers surrounded the two counties, let alone a fast horse, even a bird could not fly county seat.

Moreover, the Western Turkic offensive was very fierce, and all the garrisons around the county were thrown into battle.Even if the Cheng family wanted to deliver a letter, he didn't have time.

Therefore, the news in Cui Youbo's hand was not sent by Cheng Chuyun, but sent back by Ah Da who he sent to Xizhou.

"He did move, and he is still attacking our city!"

All his predictions turned into reality, Cui Youbo was not the slightest complacent, he looked at the battle report in his hand, a wave of anger surged in his chest.

That's right, he is angry. As the people of the Celestial Dynasty, they are proud and proud, but now they are attacked by a surrendered general on their borders, burned their cities, looted and slaughtered their compatriots, this, this makes How could Uncle Cui, who was so proud to the bone, bear it.

He slammed his fist on the table, making the two teacups jingle.

It has been two months since I knew Cui Youbo, and this was the first time Cheng Hong saw him so angry, so he couldn't help being stunned for a moment.

After a while, he came back to his senses and asked anxiously, "Uncle, what should we do next?"

When he came back rationally, Cheng Hong also thought about his father and brothers in Xizhou. Although he believed in his family's ability, He Lu came in a menacing manner. No matter how well prepared his family was, accidents would inevitably occur on the battlefield.

Cui Youbo calmed down the anger in his chest, and said slowly: "First of all, I have reported to the capital. He Lu's attacking the city with such fanfare, I think he has been preparing for a long time, and his ambition is not small. Only rely on the soldiers of the Governor's Mansion Ma, I'm afraid it will be very difficult to quell the rebellion. Therefore, the imperial court needs to send reinforcements. Of course, the sage and the ministers will decide how to do it. But we must spread the news as soon as possible."

Cheng Hong nodded again and again, and asked tentatively, "Use a kite?"

Cui Youbo hooked the corners of his lips, "Well, in addition, we need to send a vigilant person to take the post, eight hundred miles to rush the news to the Ministry of War."

At this point, the young couple Cui Youbo and Xiao Nan thought of one thing: although kites are useful, they are not officially recognized as a means of communication.

If he really used Xueniangzi to send a letter to the palace, with Xueniangzi's cleverness, it would definitely be able to find the location of the imperial city.

But when they arrived, there was no one to accept her, so she couldn't let Xue Niangzi fly all the way into the Lizheng Hall.

Besides, the palace is heavily guarded, and even though Xue Niangzi is clever, it is difficult for her to break through the group shooting of the guards.

Therefore, Mrs. Xue sent a letter to Xiao Nan. Cui Youbo knew his wife well and believed that she would find a way to report this matter to the sage after she got the news about him.

Time was urgent, Cui Youbo thought of it and acted immediately. He took out a blank piece of paper, wrote a letter to Xiao Nan first, and asked Mrs. Xue to take it away immediately.

Seeing the vigorous figure of Lady Xue disappearing in the sky, Uncle Cui had a flash of inspiration. Well, maybe, he can take this opportunity to pass on that idea to the emperor.

Sitting behind the desk, Cui Youbo thought for a while, organized his words, then took a blank notebook and began to write a memorial to the emperor.

In the letter, he first described the battle situation in Xizhou and Tingzhou in detail, and then he infiltrated his own little idea to the emperor in a very tactful way: suggesting that the emperor establish a secret zhezi system.

Cui Youbo used the case of the raids in two states as an example to vaguely explain some shortcomings of the level-by-level reporting.

For example, when the guard at the gate of the city found the soldiers and horses of the Western Turks, according to the regulations, he must first report to his superior. This superior is most likely just a small captain guarding the city gate. Afterwards, he had to go to the gate of the city immediately to check, to make sure that it was the He Lu tribe who had committed Tang crimes and attacked his own city, and then lit the beacon to warn.

At the same time, the squad leader had to report back to his superior, the captain of the guards at the city gate.

After the captain knew about it, he would report back to his superior, who might be the commander of the state government.

Si Bing reported to the governor, and the governor ordered someone to go to the Duhu Mansion for help...

Going around in a circle, when the chief guardian of the capital guard knew that there was a war, He Lu's side had already built the moat and was ready to attack the city.

And when the soldiers and horses from the Duhu Mansion came to the rescue, if the officials in the county town were a little timid and the guards were a little slack, the city might collapse.

In addition, the Duhu Mansion has to report to the Ministry of War. Even if it is urgent for eight hundred miles, it will probably be ten days later when the Minister of the Ministry of War in the capital knows the news.

After the Shangshu of the Ministry of War knew about it, he had to report it to the minister in charge of the Ministry of War, and then the minister thought about it again, and finally decided whether to tell the emperor.

It can be said that after the incident, the emperor was the last to know.

Moreover, there are many variables in the whole process. If there is a problem in a certain link, the news may not reach the emperor in the end.

Therefore, Cui Youbo suggested that the emperor should establish a system of esoteric performances. The emperor could authorize his trusted officials and allow them to leapfrog their ranks to report back, so that the emperor would be informed of any important matters as soon as possible and deal with them as soon as possible. .

In order to prevent one person from acting alone and disturbing the normal order of the officialdom, Cui Youbo also suggested that several more officials with the power of secrecy can be set up in one or one state, and they do not know each other's existence, let alone each other's Identity, in this way, the news that the emperor gets will be the most authentic.

As for how to operate and transport the secret package, please refer to the correspondence between Cui and his wife Fang.

Uh, well, the author added the latter sentence, Cui Youbo didn’t say that, he just disclosed to the emperor about his own locked mailbox, and didn’t mention that kites can be used to send letters.

Please, Uncle Cui is not stupid, even though Yaofang is named as the Xiao family, it is actually his own business, even if all the profits go to Xiao Nan's private treasury, they will all fall on his children in the end.

Therefore, he didn't want to do stupid things that would harm Yaofang's interests.

But he overlooked one point, he is not stupid, and the emperor is not stupid, and there is Li Rong's "reminder" by his side, so Xiao Nan lost a large number of kites very hard.

This was unexpected by Cui Youbo, when he heard Xiao Nan's complaint afterwards, he couldn't help feeling guilty, and he didn't dare to tell his wife that this matter really doesn't blame Rong Guogong, the instigator is Cui Yulang.

The topic is far away, let's get back to the main story.

Cheng Hong quietly watched Cui Youbo write the letter, and after he finished writing and sent the letter in two ways, he asked hesitantly: "Uncle, the Helu Department has moved, and we still have to go to the other two counties. ?"

Others don't know Cui Youbo's various preparations before, but Cheng Hong guessed it somewhat.

Especially when Cui Youbo strictly ordered the other two county magistrates to abandon all daily government affairs and concentrate on city defense, military affairs and other matters, he understood Cui Youbo's intentions.

Some words cannot be said clearly, but can be reminded with practical actions.

The punishments that Cui Youbo mentioned were just to urge the two to do their errands better.

But now that the war has really broken out, those reminders seem unimportant.

Cui Youbo was extremely calm, took off the sword hanging on the wall, tied it directly around his waist, and said lightly: "Go, why not go?"

Even if there is no 'drill' (the author silently: there is a time-traveling woman as his wife, Cui Youbo knows a lot), he still has to check the combat readiness of the two counties.

Shanzhou is not close to the border, but no one can guarantee that He Lu will not harass this place.

After all, this is where the Longyou Daoist Office is located, with rich products and the largest reserves in official warehouses.

In the eyes of hungry beasts, Shanzhou is a big fat sheep.

What is the long distance? The Western Turks are nomadic people, and they are best at raiding far away.

I don't know if it's Cui Youbo who knows things like a god, or if he's the most enlightened. After He Lu looted a large amount of food, people and livestock in Xizhou and Tingzhou, he played guerrilla warfare, like a cat playing with a mouse. , playing tricks on the garrison of the Protectorate Mansion and running around.

However, He Lu's raids were all counties on the border, so other states and counties in the rear were temporarily safe.

Just when the officials in Huangshui thought that He Lu would not attack Shanzhou, one day, He Lu personally led two armies, bypassing the defense of the Duhufu, and went straight to Huangshui County aggressively.

Standing on the high city wall, Cui Youbo's face sank like water, his eyes fell on the densely packed tents tens of miles away from the city, and his hands on the walls of the city wall kept tightening.

After living for nearly 30 years, he finally understood what is meant by 'army at the gate'.

PS: One more update, hehe, the timelines of the young couple have finally come together, and it's Xiao Nan's turn to appear in the next chapter, everyone applaud...

(End of this chapter)

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