Mother, I have returned to the throne.

Chapter 311: Frugal Housekeeping Expert

In the military camp.

With the departure of General Wei, Guo Ding, who had been gone for a long time, finally showed up.

He truthfully explained his previous communication with General Wei in front of Song Yuan.

I heard that General Wei intended to promote Guo Ding and transfer him to Tiannan.

Song Yuan raised his eyebrows and a smile appeared on his face.

"What are you afraid of? If he tells you to go, just go. Does he think he can eat you?"

"You can do whatever you need to do when the time comes. The only thing you need to be careful about is not to reveal the connection between you and me!"

"Also, when we face the defenders of Tiannan City, we must pay attention to winning them over. However, try not to be too deliberate about this matter, so as not to let others see the clues!"

When mentioning Tiannan, Song Yuan couldn't help but think of the previous changes.

When Song Yuan first arrived in the border area, he was assigned tens of thousands of farmers and soldiers.

At that time, a bold idea came to my mind: Can we swallow up all the regular troops in Mohai City?

As a result, just when Song Yuan was about to succeed, the generals of the regular army brought in General Wei.

In the end, Song Yuan failed to achieve his wish.

The fat meat that was about to reach your mouth slipped away.

However, in Song Yuan’s memory, didn’t General Wei transfer those people to Tiannan?

Now that Guo Ding is going there, it may not be a bad thing. Maybe it will give him a chance to make up for his mistakes!

Thinking of the ending, Song Yuan couldn't help but have an unfathomable smile on his face.

Guo Ding, standing opposite him, shuddered when he saw this and immediately responded, "Your Highness, are you doubting me? Otherwise, why would you have such an expression?"

"Don't worry, I'm smiling because I'm remembering some past events. As for you, always remember this: I always employ people without suspicion, and I trust those I employ!"

As Song Yuan spoke, he slowly stood up, walked in front of Guo Ding, reached out and patted the other's shoulder.

"Remember this, as long as you don't let me down, I promise that no matter when or where, I will never let you down!"

Faced with Song Yuan's promise, Guo Ding nodded seriously, with a sparkle in his eyes.

Seeing the loyalty in the other party's heart was even stronger at this moment, Song Yuan nodded with satisfaction, then changed the subject and discussed other things with Guo Ding.

The two chatted for nearly an hour before Guo Ding finally said goodbye.

However, as soon as Guo Ding walked out of the tent, Situ Jing, who had been waiting outside for a long time, came up to him.

Thinking of what happened before, Situ Jing's heart was filled with indignation. At this moment, in front of Song Yuan, she spoke without restraint.

"You little brat, you've always been good at playing tricks on people, haven't you? How can you tolerate others shitting on our heads?"

"If you ask me, you should hurry up and think of a way. No matter what, we must make that General Wei feel how powerful we are!"

The so-called "forbearance" means that the more you think about it, the more angry you will be. If you take a step back, the more you think about it, the more you will lose.

Situ Jing thought of General Wei's repeated requests and felt indignant.

We just won a victory, but in the end you're the one who's yelling at us.

There are not so many things to do.

Even if you want to suppress us, don't we dare to put in some effort?

Who would make things so obvious?

At this moment, Situ Jing was certain in his heart that, just as Song Yuan had said before, General Wei was very likely to have secretly allied with Crown Prince Song Qi.

At this point, if I am still passive and don't fight back, won't I be looked down upon?

"Look at what you said. Even if I have some abilities, I'm not a god. General Wei is now in Zhenbei City, separated by vast distances. How can he be so treacherous as to say so?"

When Song Yuan saw Situ Jing's suggestion, he showed a helpless expression on his face and immediately spoke to comfort her.

"And as I said before, a bloody battle is about to begin. Infighting at this juncture is rather inappropriate!"

"How can you be such a pushover at a time like this? You're always looking for the best, but Wei doesn't think so!"

Situ Jing said angrily, "Didn't you see what happened just now? If it were possible, that Wei guy would have wanted to transfer all of our men away and let us all die under the butcher knives of those barbarians!"

"Don't worry, he can think whatever he wants, but he will never be able to do it!"

Song Yuan showed a confident smile, and then said: "Besides, I just said that it was inappropriate at this time, and I didn't say it would always be like this in the future!"

"According to my plan, once this bloody battle comes to an end, all the previous cover-ups will be exposed!"

"When the time comes, I won't care who he is. I'll find a chance to kill this bastard!"

At the end of his speech, Song Yuan clenched his fists tightly.

Through previous contact, Song Yuan had already realized that the man surnamed Wei might have guessed his thoughts.

By now, both sides have already understood each other's intentions, and it is only a matter of time before they become enemies.

As for General Wei himself, Song Yuan seemed somewhat conflicted.

Say he is stupid, but it turns out this guy just likes to be clever.

But to say he is smart, this guy overlooked the most important detail!

I am a prince!

I am a prince!

I am His Majesty's son!

Even if he killed General Wei, he might not be dead in the end.

But if the other party dares to attack me, he will definitely die!

This guy is so self-righteous, does he really think that I dare not touch him?

If I really force you into a corner, I don’t care who you are, I’ll just chop you to pieces with one blow, you’re just a desperate ghost!

Hearing Song Yuan say that the matter was so serious, Situ Jing couldn't help but show a bit of hesitation on her face.

"Actually, what I just said was just angry talk. You don't have to take it to heart. If you really want to delay this falling out, then do it as much as possible!"

"The longer we hold out, the better it will be for us. We absolutely must not act rashly in such matters!"

Seeing Situ Jing being so well-behaved and sensible, Song Yuan couldn't help but show a bit of relief on his face. He immediately reached out his hand, put his arm around Situ Jing's waist and held her in his arms.

"Okay, my dear princess, please don't be angry!"

"This is an opportunity right now. Give me some time and I'll arrange things for the future. When I get back, I'll take you all to the hot springs!"

Upon hearing Song Yuan's suggestion, Situ Jing's cheeks suddenly turned red.

"If you want to go, go with that slutty vixen. I'm not going!"

"Don't think I can't see that you're just trying to take advantage of me!"

"Look at what you said, is this all I think about every day?" Song Yuan said with a serious face.

Situ Jing rolled her eyes and said, "Then tell me, what else do you have besides this little thought?"

"There is no wolf in this world that doesn't steal fish!"

"Just based on what you said, I'd be doing myself a disservice if I didn't take advantage of you!"

Faced with Situ Jing's attitude, Song Yuan simply gave up. While speaking, he put his arms around Situ Jing's waist and kissed her hard on the cheek.

After this period of contact, Situ Jing has become much more open about the relationship between the two.

After Song Yuan left, he spoke up to remind him, "That's enough. Don't you see what kind of occasion this is? If someone comes, I won't be able to face them!"

"You are my woman, so what if I kiss you?" Although Song Yuan said this, his hand around her waist slowly loosened.

The two of them joked for a few more times, and Song Yuan immediately ordered to call Huo Jianchuan, Wang Chao and Ma Han over.

"After tomorrow morning, I will give you a mission. Lead your soldiers to the Land of Divine Punishment and dig out all the war horses that were buried there!"

"During this process, if you see the bodies of barbarians, try to dig them out!"

"Your Highness, you don't still want to use these corpses to exchange for war horses with the barbarians, do you?" Wang Chao asked with a smirk after hearing this.

Song Yuan shook his head: "Maybe it worked before, but forget it now!"

"The barbarians are now completely blinded by defeat and are ready to risk everything. At this critical moment, how could they care about corpses?"

"What I want is not those things, but the armor on those corpses. Those things are rare. After stripping off the armor, the corpses can be buried directly in a pit!"

This time, Song Yuan used a natural disaster like an avalanche to defeat the 40,000-strong army in one fell swoop.

Faced with the power of nature, the barbarians had no room to resist.

What’s more important is that during this process, the armor on the barbarians remained intact.

For Song Yuan today, these things are rare, so how could he give them up easily?

Now, 80,000 of Song Yuan's men have been withdrawn, and among the remaining 30,000 elite soldiers and generals, there are still many vacancies.

With these armors, plus those he had captured before, he could select 20,000 from the remaining people and equip them.

Although at present, these people are just coolies, but as the situation worsens, Song Yuan cannot guarantee that there will be a day when they will be urged to go to the battlefield!

"Your Highness, I understand. Don't worry, the three of us will definitely handle this matter!" Huo Jianchuan nodded immediately.

Song Yuan waved his hand and said, "Also, I have one more thing to tell you. From now on, Sunan's general will probably be replaced. When the time comes, you must send two brothers to keep a close eye on Sunan!"

"While we're digging up those bodies, if the Sunan garrison commander dares to make any moves, don't notify me, just send someone to tie him up!"

At this point, Song Yuan was much bolder than before.

After arranging these, he started to work out a detailed plan again.

In the end, Song Yuan simply divided his three men into two groups.

Huo Jianchuan led five thousand soldiers to guard the direction of Sunan, ready to take action at any time if there was any movement.

Wang Chao and Ma Han will then lead the others to achieve their goal as quickly as possible.

After saying this, Song Yuan, looking tired, hurriedly left with the two beauties beside him.

After returning to the mansion, Song Yuan immediately called Fatty Zhao.

"From now on, you will contact all the merchants you can and purchase large quantities of food from the interior of the country, regardless of the cost!"

Upon hearing this arrangement, Fatty Zhao's brows twitched slightly: "Will this arouse suspicion? Isn't it a bit too conspicuous?"

"what are you thinking?"

Song Yuan curled his lips in annoyance: "We bought these grains not to eat, but to make wine!"

"I'm just trying to make money. Even if the emperor comes, I have a reason!"

After hearing this, the fat man's brows gradually relaxed.

He had been a little worried before, but now that he had completely fallen out with General Wei, such an action of purchasing grain would definitely be criticized.

But now that I have a proper reason, everything will be easy!

At that time, I can just keep some of the purchased food. Even if others come to hold me accountable, how can they care so much?

"You're so cunning!"

Hearing that Song Yuan was so resourceful, Situ Jing beside him couldn't help but comment.

"I'll take it as a compliment!" Song Yuan shamelessly agreed.

Thinking of the changes that would happen later, Song Yuan clenched his fists lightly.

Now everything is ready, only the east wind is missing. It depends on how things will develop after this bloody battle.

After this storm has passed, those people he had hidden before will come back, and they will have a strong army and horses under their command!

At that time, we can move out the soldier cave and store food. This way, we can use one thing for multiple purposes. Who can be more frugal than ourselves?