Lu Ning said: "Zi Tai, you will know that at that time. It is not convenient to tell you now. But you should see that according to our army's achievements, if it were someone else, I would have been appointed as a marquis and generals long ago. Why did the emperor and the court give us only a few rewards to our army every time? The emperor just wanted to treat me as a gun, and the ministers in the court looked down on me. In their minds, I was just a inferior gangster, a poor man, no culture, no backstage, and not them.

The disciples and former officials of the high-ranking officials in the court gave me a 2,000-stone governor of Bingzhou and the Qiang-Guizhou lieutenant. They thought it was high. If they were promoted to me, they could not accept it. The scholars and great scholars could not accept it. Once our army eliminated the Tartars in Bingzhou and Youzhou, then the lives of my civil and military officials and my subordinates would end here. The emperor would not let us go, and the high-ranking officials in the court would not let us go. Isn’t this the case in all generations? Isn’t it cunning to die and be cooked by the lackeys."

After listening to Lu Ning's words, Tian Chou also said, "Lord, let's fight the Tartars more slowly. Fortunately, this winter offensive, Wenyuan and Gao Shun's second-row army did not destroy the Huns."

After hearing this, Lu Ning said, "What's going on, Zitai?"

Tian Chou said: "I just received information from Beda and others, saying that it was the Huns and Tartars in Hedong and Pingyang areas, which may have learned from some channels that our army was going to attack them in winter. The Huns and Tartars had basically moved away. The second army only symbolically eliminated four or five thousand Xiong Tartars. The other Tartars had long moved to other farther places. As for Junyi's army, they did not gain much, and they only eliminated more than two thousand Tartars, and the results were very small."

Lu Ning thought for a while and said, "It seems that the Huns and Tartars must have had contact with the officials in the court. Otherwise, how could they know the movements of our army? Maybe it's the eunuch Zhang Rang and the others. Although the ministers in the court were dissatisfied with me, they shouldn't have any sex with the Huns and Tartars, but the eunuchs are hard to say. As long as someone gives them gold and jewelry, they dare not do anything."

Tian Chou said: "Yes, lord, this time our army did not destroy the Huns and Tartars, so that the emperor and the court dare not attack us for the time being. But we will face a two-sided attack from the Xianbei Tartars and the Huns and Tartars in the future. They will definitely not let us go. Now they just hope that they will not unite to attack us, otherwise it will be really troublesome."

After hearing this, Lu Ning said, "There is something to do next year. Zitai, Dai County, Shanggu two places will still recruit 12,000 new soldiers, including 10,000 infantry and 2,000 cavalry. However, the infantry also requires that our soldiers be able to fight on horseback, and dismount to be violent bear soldiers. Infant formations and cavalry formations must be trained. In this way, there should be no problem for 30,000 troops to station in the second place. Then Zilong will lead the army to carry out necessary strikes on the Kebi Neng troops next year, delay the time of the Tartars gathering, and settle accounts with them after we take Hedong, Pingyang and other places under the tent. As for Bingzhou, we still have to conscript more troops, so that our army's total strength will reach about 100,000, and we will be safe for the time being."

Tian Chou said: "It's the lord."

After the beginning of spring, the snow had just melted, Zhao Yun led his army to return to Dai County with more than 2,000 Han people rescued by Lu Ning's army and more than 30,000 Xianbei women captured, with eight or nine hundred thousand cattle and sheep, more than 100,000 horses and various seized supplies. The journey was so powerful that the team was more than ten miles long and it took nearly ten days to return to Dai County.

After Lu Ning welcomed Zhao Yun and others into Dai County, Lu Ning said, "Zilong, thank you for your hard work along the way."

Zhao Yun said: "Brother, what do you say? These are what I should do."

Lu Ning said: "Zi Tai, I want to resettle the more than 2,000 people rescued from our army. They have suffered too much. If they have family members, I will give travel expenses and food, and let them go home. If not, let them settle down in Dai County. As for the more than 30,000 Xianbei women, nearly 10,000 of them have been rewarded by me to the officers and soldiers who participated in the war. Except for some of the remaining women, except for some brought back to Jinyang and gave to Boda and others, the rest will be rewarded to Dai County and Shanggu soldiers, so that the soldiers will all become families. I hope they will have their own descendants as soon as possible. If anyone sacrifices them, they can leave some blood and let them pass on their family line."

Tian Chou said: "It's the lord, I'll handle this matter."

Lu Ning said: "Zi Tai, send people to various places in Jizhou to buy food immediately. It is best to act in a unified manner. In this way, the price of our grain purchase will not be too high. If the food purchased in the later period is not at the same time, the price of the grain purchased in the later period will be very high. Pay the money first, and the grain can be slowly escorted by a large army. If Jizhou interferes, it will be said that our army attacks the Xianbei Tartars' military rations and resettles the disaster victims and refugees' disaster relief food. In this case, I would like to thank the governor of Jizhou Han Fu, who dares to interfere, will send troops to teach him a lesson."

Tian Chou said: "It's the lord, and I saw Zilong and the others escorted back more than 100,000 cows this time. Why don't you give these cows to each farmer? This will save their efforts and be convenient when they cultivate the land."

After hearing this, Lu Ning said, "Okay, let's do it like this. At the same time, he sent someone to Liu Yu in Youzhou to ask for money and food, and told him that if he didn't send food and grass quickly, our army would go to his house to eat and drink."

Everyone laughed after hearing this, and Zhao Yun said, "Brother, you are too domineering."

Lu Ning also smiled and said, "There is no way. If you are a little polite to Liu Yu, then our army can only drink the northwest wind. In the next two days, I will return to Jinyang, and I will leave it to Zilong. Zitai, please note that your defense focus should be on Shanggu this year. Hurry up and recruit soldiers to strengthen training. You must keep a good quality control. If you don't meet the requirements, don't let them do it. We will also send troops to harass and crack down on Kebi Neng's troops. The number of iron cavalry of Kebi Neng's troops can be eliminated. He will eliminate the iron cavalry of Kebi Neng's troops. But the city defense must be done well. You must not have any problems. Tell me immediately if there is any situation."

Tian Chou and Zhao Yun said, "It's the lord (big brother), we will do it."

Lu Ning said: "By the way, you should also pay attention to finding talents. If you can recruit, you should recruit. Anyway, we need all kinds of talents, especially Zitai should be more troublesome to recruit civilian officials. After all, in the next step, there will be a large number of refugees in the Shanggu area. Their resettlement work will be very difficult, and it will be better if there are no civilian personnel."

Tian Chou said: "It's the lord, I will pay attention."
Chapter completed!