Chapter 584 584: Evil Neighbor (Part 1) [Please vote]
“What? Where was the attack?”
Shen Tang stood up and looked at Ning Yan.
The rest of the staff also turned their heads.
Ning Yan steadied her breathing and said, "Nanyu County."
Shen Tang's face darkened and she straightened her mouth. Two years of recuperation made her look less aggressive and more gentle and humble than before. But at this moment, the murderous intent that burst out from his eyes was even stronger than before: "Those Shiwu bunch of bastards?"
Longwu County was attacked, and the first suspect was Shiwu. However, Shen Tang then thought about it - according to the information that Yu Zi and others reported back in Shiwu, Shiwu was now torn apart, and nearly 80% of the middle and lower-sized tribes were fighting against the large tribes.
The two sides fought fiercely to fight for water, food, mineral veins, military power and even who was the Shiwu orthodoxy. The once arrogant Shiwu Royal Court also existed in name only after Su Shiyilu led the tribe to break away from the Royal Court. , the two forces completely turned against each other.
Shiwu slaves fished in troubled waters and took advantage of the situation. They were large in scale, but they had a fatal weakness - they were all ordinary people.
There is no capital to confront the tribal forces with extraordinary abilities, but as the man behind the scenes, how could Shen Tang not take the opportunity to add fuel to the fire? They are indeed weak ordinary people, but they are not without powerful trump cards!
They can use "faith" as a weapon.
Promote the legends of ancestors everywhere.
Bring sustenance to tribal residents caught in the flames of war.
Assimilate all enemies into your own.
Today's Shiwu, unless a brave and fierce son of destiny descends from the sky and uses absolute iron-blooded means to defeat the entire Shiwu territory, it will not be able to be twisted into a rope at all. Under such circumstances, how to launch a sneak attack on Nanyu County with high strength?
Ning Yan's answer also verified Shen Tang's guess.
"No, it must be Shiwu."
Shen Tang frowned: "That's the evil neighbor."
Due to weather conditions, Nanyu County moved ahead of schedule It takes two or three days to collect the grain and put it into the warehouse. The new grain is piled in the local granary and will be sent to the government office after a clear inventory. A good neighbor is never too early or too late. If you call me at this time, you can figure out what you are trying to do.
The thing that Qishan was most worried about happened.
Shen Tang is good at farming and puts a lot of emphasis on restoring people's livelihood. He allocates budgets without any concern and strives to make the people under his rule clothed warmly and well fed, benefiting the common people. But the force cannot keep up, and the results will be plundered at any time.
Everyone understands this.
In the past two years, we have worked hard to make progress together.
While restoring the people's livelihood and economy in Longwu County, we are doing our best to attract refugees to settle down, recruit available young people from them, train them strictly, and work hard to make up for shortcomings. It took two years of hard work to expand the number of troops to 25,000.
You must know how rare this scale is for a small border county with a small population. How many households does it take to have a full family in Longwu County? Where can the local finance and taxation afford to support 25,000 elites? It’s not just Shen Tang’s various money-making subsidies.
Despite all this effort, there are still shortcomings.
There is a serious shortage of courageous warriors in the middle and high levels.
Chu Jie couldn't stand it, so he gave Shen Tang two experienced veterans. Counting the ones he had deceived before, there were four people in total. Plus Shen Tang's original team of brave warriors, he could barely stand it. The number of people is acceptable, but the average quality is not!
The most important thing is that swords have no eyes on the battlefield, and brave warriors are "consumables" in a sense, and they may lose half of them in one defeat. Shen Tang had no choice but to focus on the "new generation" potential stocks such as Tu Rong, Lu Ji and Zhao Wei.
Give these young people more opportunities to perform meritorious deeds in exchange for more martial arts luck and forcefully speed up their cultivation progress.
Lu Jue and Bai Su also felt a sense of urgency, and often practiced in seclusion without affecting military affairs.
Shen Tang also helped secretly.
But——
Two years is still a bit short.
The first year of harvest, the neighbors are still watching.
The next year there was a good harvest and the neighbors were already greedy.
Shen Tang asked: "Who is the garrison in Nanyu County?"
Ning Yan replied: "It is Captain Bai."
Shen Tang suppressed his heart to kill Meaning: "How many soldiers and horses does the enemy have?"
"Five thousand." There was no warning for the enemy's move.
Five thousand cavalry suddenly entered the country at night, using the method of attacking from the east and attacking from the west. They first burned and killed several villages and towns, creating chaos and confusing Bai Su and others. They come and go like the wind, their movements are unimpeded, and they don't need to worry about anything they do, but Bai Su's side is in a trap, and his movements are blocked. In addition, everything happened too suddenly, resulting in a very passive situation...
Shen Tang also gave orders.
In the event of war, the people should come first.
The garrison on Bai Su's side is very small and unable to confront the enemy head-on. We can only send troops to defend against the enemy and call for help from the government, while at the same time organizing the people to hide in prepared bunker buildings to avoid the war, in order to minimize casualties.
The fundamental problem is still insufficient troops.
Fortunately, the enemy's target is the granary.
I don’t have much love for war.
But Shen Tang knew that eggs could not be put in one basket, so he divided the granary into three locations, with different sizes.
You won't be beaten when you encounter an enemy.
Shen Tang laughed angrily: "Five thousand? That's pretty good. If they hadn't come for the grain depot, wouldn't these five thousand people have been able to kill everyone in Nanyu County? If there is a shortage of food, we can talk about it openly and directly Send troops to rob... Do you think I won't get angry?"
She hasn't killed anyone in two years.
You have to force her loving mother to see blood, right?
Chu Yao and the others also turned cold.
A few people reached an agreement almost instantly.
This loss must be paid back tenfold.
If big things turn into small things, Shen Tang, the Longwu County Sheriff, will not be labeled as a "benevolent gentleman", but as a "big wronged", a "mobile granary", and a "coward". When anyone is short of food, they can send 5,000 people to buy it for zero yuan.
This kind of opening must not be opened.
"Is it over there in Sibao County?"
Chu Yao went over the distribution of his neighbors in his mind.
There are only two suspects in Nanyu County, and Sibao County is the most suspect. The last governor of Sibao County was Yan Cheng, who was killed by Shen Tang and Qi Shan. After that, Zheng Qiao sent a new one, and he was replaced by Qiu Cheng, who was born in a noble family, within two months.
Ning Yan said: "Yes, it's Qiu Cheng's tent."
Shen Tang reluctantly pulled out who this was.
"Qiu Fumiyan?" She sneered, "This old bastard!"
Everyone tacitly ignored the lord's swearing.
Shen Tang gritted his teeth: "Collect all the troops and go back!"
Sibao County...
She is very familiar with this place.
Chu Yao and the others did not immediately agree, but frowned and reminded Shen Tang of something. Qiu Cheng, who was born in the second house of the Qiu family, responded to Huang Lie's call and held high the banner of righteousness to attack Zheng Qiao. In other words, he is one of the allies of the Dragon Slayer Bureau.
I am afraid that I will get into trouble if I attack this person.
"What's the trouble? Are you raising troops to attack me?"
Shen Tang raised his hand and lifted the table.
“I don’t care if he is an ally of the Dragon Slaying Bureau or a garbage of the Insect Slaying Bureau. Instead of robbing Zheng Qiao when there is a shortage of food, he comes to rob his ancestor’s granary. He also sets fire to kill people in Nanyu County... Wu Zhaode, Gu Zi If the Yi people dare to come as lobbyists, I will do it with them!”
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Alas, the D2 polymer has risen instead of falling. I have to go to Wenzhou Affiliated No. 1 tomorrow. Someone in my family is undergoing minimally invasive surgery. , the update is late today, woo woo woo.
(End of this chapter)