Ma Shao was confused when he woke up the next day. Of course, it was not just drunk. Yesterday, Tuohuan not only agreed to take on the important task of defending the city, but also happily donated a thousand taels of gold and 500 pieces of silk as a reward for the army. He did not face danger like others, and Kou was unhappy. It can be said that this surprised him very much.

But Ma Shao was a little confused. At that time, he accepted Tuo Huan's suggestion in a daze, intending to promote peace talks by bribing the young emperor of the Southern Dynasty, and did not hesitate to "sell" the interests to complete the task and protect Yangzhou City. This made him, who had always insisted on integrity and integrity, be surprised and disgusted by his transformation. Fortunately, the righteousness of the country and the military and civilians in the city is still there, so he can feel better in his heart, otherwise he would really force himself to jump into the city wall for this.

After sighing a few times, drinking a cup of hot tea, the feeling of splitting headache faded a little. Ma Shao asked Tuo Huan to "come out of the mountain" to preside over whether the Yangzhou city defense matter was properly concerned. Judging from yesterday's talks, Tuo Huan does have a certain prestige and has a king's name. He acts more convenient and smoother than himself. He also has a very good understanding of the enemy in front of him, and his judgment of the situation is not outrageous.

But Ma Shao also knew that Tuo Huan was a person who Khan had been careful and deliberately suppressing. It should be noted that according to the convention of Mongolia's enfeoffment, the prince was the actual ruler of the local government, that is, the hands of military and political affairs. He had the power to decide the local government affairs and command the local army stationed there. He had great power. Later, Kublai Khan changed to the provincial government affairs, but the military power was still retained.

But the Khan of Zhenjin only gave Tuo Huan the right to supervise the army, but did not give him command, and assigned all political affairs to the province, which obviously eliminated the possibility of him interfering in local military and political affairs. This shows that the Khan was not at ease with this brother, and was only happy to be a free-spirited king with no worries about food and clothing, rather than taking on the heavy responsibility of guarding the two Huai Rivers.

"Extraordinary things are done at an extraordinary time!" At this moment, Ma Shao could only use this to relieve himself. He did this for the sake of the country and the people, and he had no selfish intentions. However, he felt that he should still restrict his power moderately, so as not to use this to form a strong and confront the court, and then he would really become the country's sinner.

Having figured out the pros and cons, Ma Shao also called him a subordinate official and asked about the collection of food and grass and men yesterday. Because according to convention, Wanhu Prefecture stationed in the local area often served as officials of the prefecture here, and the Hangzhou prefect was naturally also led by Badu. However, he was only called sick, but handed over the seal. Ma Shao could only issue government orders in the name of the right prime minister of the province. There were only a few officials who followed the negotiations and a guard of a 100-man team. He could not use the manpower and material resources of the government office, and he could not help but acted with his hands and feet.

But the result was beyond Ma Shao's expectations. The announcement was released without any response. Not only did the wealthy families in the city not only did not hand over private soldiers, but not even symbolically sent a few old, weak, sick and disabled people. The warehouse sealed the warehouse and responded positively. However, the grain merchants just closed their shops and refused to sell food anymore, but no one transported a grain of food to the treasury. He knew that these people saw the city surrounded and wanted to hoard goods and waited for the opportunity to sell for a good price.

As for Ding Zhuang's military guards without a registered account, they had no basis for arresting people, and the people who received the news had long been hidden. In order not to make the right chief look too ugly, these soldiers had to arrest people on the street. As a result, after a long time of struggle, they were in chaos and only found hundreds of beggars and homeless men. They were happy to find a place to eat and drink. However, they were questioned by some Confucian scholars and elderly people in the city, saying that they were harassing the people, which made them unable to justify them, and instead made them slut.

After listening to the report, Ma Shao looked ashen without the cooperation of the government office and the garrison, it was impossible for him to complete these tasks. More importantly, no one took him as the right prime minister of the province seriously, and he was too lazy to even be perfunctory. If he acted forcibly, it would inevitably lead to conflicts with various forces and military and civilians in the city. Who would be in trouble then still don’t know!

"Report to the Right Prime Minister, the King of Zhennan led his troops to the government office to ask about affairs!" Just as Ma Shao was frowning and thinking about how to deal with the situation, someone came in to report.

"Open the door quickly and follow me to the door to welcome you!" Ma Shao was overjoyed and immediately asked him to open the door to welcome guests.

After Ma Shao changed his clothes, he arrived at the lobby of the government office. The middle gate was wide open. The officials and the yamen runners of the Yangzhou Prefecture were already on both sides. When he led the officials out of the government office, he was shocked. He saw soldiers standing along the streets along the streets, blocking the entire streets. They were bright armor and shining swords and guns. The flag was exactly what the Zhennan Prince Mansion belonged to. At this time, the sound of horse hooves came, and a cavalry could be seen from afar. The current rider was holding a big flag, which was the pioneer of the Zhennan Prince's ceremonial guard.

The cavalry was leading the cavalry, and another team of guards was guarding with bows and guns in front of the guards, and then the king's chariot was the king of Zhennan. There were two teams of cavalry guards on both sides, and a large group of cavalry were accompanied by behind. Ma Shao was shocked. This was a cavalry and an infantry army, with nearly two thousand-man teams, far exceeding the number of five hundred in the royal palace of the Qinxue army. He never expected that the Zhennan palace would have such powerful armed forces.

But Ma Shao became relieved again. According to Genghis Khan's military law, in order to control his subordinates, he adopted the method of forcing the children of officials as a qualitative method, and used them to form the Qixue Army to ensure the loyalty of the superiors and subordinates. The Qixue system also became the basis for maintaining the Mongolian rule. The place where the Zongwang left the town would also allow him to form the Qixue Army with the children of the fiefdom officials, but the number of people would be strictly restricted to prevent them from becoming overwhelmed and threatening their own rule.

However, military law separately stipulates that children who are pledged can bring their entourages. The thousand-family children who enter the Qiexue Army can bring ten entourages, the hundred-family children can bring five, and the ten-family children and ordinary noble children can bring three. In addition, the children of nobles at all levels can also bring one brother into the guard. Therefore, the number of people under the Qiexue Army is far greater than the actual organization, and the same is true for the Qiexue Army, the King of Zhennan. Although there are only 500 people in the organization, the number of entourages of Qiexue De has increased several times.

Seeing that Tuo Huan brought about two thousand-man teams, Ma Shao saw that the number of Qiexue soldiers brought this time was about two thousand-man teams, but this was not his full strength. He estimated that Zhennan Prince's Mansion had at least four to five thousand-man teams with Qiexue Army as the core. At present, there were three thousand-man teams in the middle of Yangzhou City, but the losses were severe in several battles, less than 20,000. Therefore, the strength of Zhennan Prince's Mansion was enough to control the situation and make him lose control. This made him suddenly feel like he was attracting a wolf into the house.

Without Ma Shao's careful consideration, Yuxi Timur had already arrived in front of the yamen. After turning over and dismounting to greet him, he took his hand and walked into the government office intimately. He sat on the main seat and asked Ma Shao to sit down next to his right hand to receive the worship of the officials.

"At present, the southern army invaded north, our army suffered consecutive setbacks, and the city was in danger. The prefect, Wanhu, the prefect, was seriously ill and could not be in charge of the director. Ma Youcheng, the provincial governor, took the initiative to take on the important task of defending the city and invited me to preside over the military and political affairs." Tuohuan asked the officials to stand up and say, "I was ordered by the Khan to guard the two Huai Rivers and ensure safety in the whole place. In this crisis, I should advance and retreat with the military and civilians in the city, survive and die with the city. Then I accepted Ma Youcheng's request to preside over the military and political affairs of Yangzhou City, repel the southern army, and defend the city!"

"The officials and others follow the orders of Your Highness and live and die with the city!" After Tuo Huan's words, Ma Shao stood up and led the officials to salute him.

"Okay, since that's the case, I will beat the drum and gather the generals to discuss the matter of defending the city!" Ma Shao raised his hand and asked the officials to waive the courts and said, "Lakhuduo, you will go to various military camps with my token to pass on orders, and order more than a thousand households in the city to go to the government office to discuss matters with three drums. Those who delay military law will be engaged in the military law!"

"Abide by the king's order!" Lahuduo stepped forward and took the token, turned around and went out, and rushed away with a team of people holding the order flags.

"Beat the drum!" Tuo Huan ordered again, and a moment later, the big drum in front of the government office was beaten.

‘Dong, dong, dong…’ The soldiers standing inside and outside the hall were filled with a solemn atmosphere in the government office, and the dull drum sounded, and the sounds hit everyone’s hearts like heavy hammers. Ma Shao looked sideways at the King of Zhennan who was playing with the ring on his hand, and then at the officials in the hall who were frightened like a frightened rabbit. They were all careful, worried about angering them. He realized that this highness was not so kind, and why did the officials in the city fear him?

In addition to being strong and majestic, the three-way war drum also has the meaning of timing, totaling 180 sounds, which means one year. The rhythm is thirty-six in the front, thirty-six in the back, thirty-six in the middle, thirty-six in the middle, thirty-six in the middle, thirty-eight sounds, indicating the time with the slow and urgent rhythm of the sound. It takes about two quarters of an hour to beat the three-way drum. Although the military camps are scattered in various parts of the city, they are all close to the main roads and are convenient for transportation. After the two-way drums, there are military generals panting and coming to the hall. After the three-way drums, most of the military generals have arrived, and even the sick Badu has arrived. After the drum sound has stopped, several late military generals were blocked outside the mansion.

"Report to your Highness, there are not many families who have planned to be Sad, and Bilaha and Qierchi are delayed!" Lahuduo stepped forward and returned the token and reported.

"There will be no more than the Dianji, and I will be killed!" Tuo Huan nodded, took an arrow from the desk and threw it on the ground.

"As for order!" Lahuduo picked up the command arrow and went out without hesitation.

"Your Highness, it's time to hire people. Please allow them to make meritorious service and atone for their sins!" Two of the three late thousand households were subordinates of Brother Du, and the other was the Badu's subordinate. After hearing this, Brother Du hurried forward to plead with mercy. But Badu frowned and said nothing.

"Brother Du, you are not strict with your restraint, and you dare to plead for them. You will drag it down and get twenty whips!" Tuohuan smiled, his face suddenly changed, and he slapped the table and said in a deep voice.

"Your Highness, I am willing to receive punishment if I know I have a guilty conscience, but they are all generals who are used to fighting. Please save your life!" I was so cool that Xue Dai stepped forward to hold down Brother Du, surrounded him and received punishment, but Brother Du was not giving up and pleaded for his subordinates.

"Hmph, I'm not punished, no wonder you have been defeated repeatedly. Now you are exempted from your ten thousand households. I'm waiting for the defeat!" Tuo Huan glanced at him and snorted coldly.

"Your Highness, it's time to use people now. Replacing generals at the last stage may not help defending the city!" Ma Shao frowned. He knew that Tuo Huan was trying to establish his authority so much, but in a blink of an eye, three thousand households fell to the ground, and one thousand households were exempted. He felt that it was too much, so he stood up and pleaded for them.

"Ma Youcheng, it's not that I won't sell you face. It's because of the war that we must strictly enforce military discipline. If we have the kindness of a woman in our hearts, how can we control the army and face the strong enemy with all our hearts!" Tuo Huan still gave Ma Shao a very proud face and said with a chuckling.

"This..." As he spoke, Lahuduo and a few soldiers were holding their heads and responding. Ma Shao knew that it would be useless to say anything else, so he could only shake his head and give up.

The officials in the hall looked at the bloody heads, listened to the crisp sound of the whip whip outside the hall and the suppressed muffled groans of the tortured, all of them showed fear. Several timid officials couldn't help but tremble with their legs, and their teeth made a strange "crank" sound.

"Your Highness, the lower highness is incompetent and commanding, and failed to defeat the Southern Army, so the city was surrounded. He was now seriously ill and could no longer help His Highness. He was willing to hand over the seal and obey His Highness's orders!" At this time, Badu stood up, he stepped forward and bowed two steps forward. After saying that, he took off the seal of Yangzhou Prefecture hanging around his waist, and presented the military talismans to the head of the army together.

"Brother Du, the Southern Army is strong and the thief has many tricks. You cannot blame all the defeat for your war. Since you are infected, you will be at peace with your health. There are still good medicinal herbs in my house. I will send someone to the mansion later. I will only take care of it for the time being. When you recover, I will return the military talisman after you recover." Seeing this, Tuohuan stood up and left his seat, took the military talisman seal and handed it to the guard beside him, and helped him with both hands and comforted him.

"The emperor thanked Your Highness for his unoffending grace. After he recovered, he decided to serve His Highness!" Badu thanked him again.

"Okay, Lahuduo sent thousands of households in Badu back to the house to recuperate, and then picked up some good medicinal materials and silk to deliver them to the house!" Tuohuan winked at Lahuduo.

"The sky is above, I am willing to obey the order, and I will never retreat!" Tuo Liedu also stood up and took two steps to kneel down, holding the gold medal tiger talisman in both hands.

"Tu Liedu, I know that you are a powerful general in the army and are very brave in fighting. Now it is the time to use people, and I still have a lot of reliance on you!" Tuo Huan took the tiger talisman, but he did not accept it, but hung it on his waist and patted his shoulder and said in a deep voice.

"I will obey the order. If there is a call, I will die without hesitation!" Tuo Lie was overjoyed when he heard this, and knelt down again and held Tuo Huan's hand, and said in tears.
Chapter completed!