Chapter 799 Chapter 799: Gift from the Living Bodhisattva [Please vote]
Huang Lie was angry and there was silence in the tent.
The messenger knelt on the ground with his hands clasped in fists, his head lowered, not daring to look at the anger on Huang Lie's face: "Every sentence is true."
Click——
The secret letter in Huang Lie's hand shattered with the sound.
This secret letter was sent by the commander who gathered the remaining forces in Qianzhou. It recorded in detail the causes and consequences of Yun Ce's wounding of the guard and his defection. Although the two sides were hostile, the veteran did not deliberately add fuel to the fire and described it from a neutral perspective as much as possible.
However, this is of no use.
Huang Lie read ten lines at a glance and was still furious.
The veins on the forehead are swollen and protruding, the veins are thick and clear, and the back molars are also rubbing together, all of which indicate the owner's mood at the moment. Huang Lie took a few heavy breaths, raised his foot and kicked the unsightly table away: "Yun Yuanmou, okay!"
After the anger, he calmed down: "Well done!"
The staff under the tent said: "The thief should be punished!"
"Yun Ce is so ungrateful, don't let him go!" Although they don't like Yun Ce very much, and they know that this kid is not from the same group as them, but I really didn't expect that he would defect at this juncture and use such an absurd and uninhibited excuse.
Everyone was criticizing Yun Ce.
There was even a young and energetic person who came out of the battle: "The last general is willing to lead his troops to capture him and tear him alive! Let the lord vent his anger!"
After that, several others responded. .
Huang Lie raised his hand to press down, and there was a bit of unwillingness in his eyes: "What's the purpose of capturing? I wonder if you have to look at the owner to beat a dog? Of course there is nothing to be afraid of, Yun Yuanmou, but the people behind him have to worry about this matter for the time being. Give it up."
As soon as this statement came out, everyone was in an uproar.
They also have some understanding of the temperament of their lord Huang Lie. Except for the Dragon Slaying Bureau, when they were recharging their energy and restraining the edges and corners of their character, they were not so easy to talk to in private, let alone swallow them. The humiliation of being betrayed. What is the origin of Yun Ce?
For a while, everyone had the same doubt.
They didn't have much interaction with Yun Ce. They only knew that Yun Ce was valued by the lord based on a letter of recommendation, and he was given the position of the main rider as soon as he came. On the surface, the lord entrusted his own safety to Yun Ce. It could be said that he didn't take it seriously, but he said otherwise in private.
Before this, Yun Ce seemed to be a ranger.
He is just a ranger. What kind of background can he have that can allow the lord who holds the national seal, controls more than ten thousand elite warriors with heavy shields, and has many powerful generals under his command to swallow the humiliation of betrayal? Everyone in the tent exchanged glances with each other, but unfortunately, no one knew the answer.
"A Yun Yuanmou is not worth the distraction of my lord..." Seeing this, the counselor under the tent intervened to change the topic, "The biggest problem right now is food and grass, which is imminent."
< br>Huang Lie has obvious advantages and equally obvious disadvantages.
During the Dragon Slaying Bureau, you can also morally kidnap the alliance to get food, or use the form of cooperation to "sell" the refugee grass bandits who follow you to the alliance - in an era of frequent wars, a large population is the only way to restore people's livelihood and economy The only magic weapon!
Huang Lie lacks nothing but people!
These homeless grass bandits don’t know that they have been sold. They only know that Huang Lie, as the leader of the alliance, tries his best to find a way out for them. If they follow the arrangement, they can have their own land, have food to eat, and no longer have to hide the sky. I wander around on the ground, so I am grateful.
This is a win-win business in which both the buyer and the seller, as well as the product itself, are satisfied. From Huang Lie’s perspective alone, he has won!
Buyers, especially the aristocratic country gentry who own large tracts of land but lack people to cultivate it, are also very satisfied. They can exchange a little grain for a laborer who can cultivate the land, and the land tax is 90%. Such cheap consumables can pay for themselves in less than a year.
Since the Dragon Slaying Bureau broke up, this business has been discontinued.
Huang Lie's eyes were red due to lack of food.
Compared with the food problem, Yun Yuanmou is not worth mentioning. Huang Lie focused his attention back, with a hint of hope in his eyes: "Didn't you know from the palace attendant that Zheng Qiao built a large granary in Qianzhou? Have you found the location of this granary?"
"The location has been locked. , sent people to look for it. "
The granary built by Zheng Qiao is very large. It is more like a group of granaries than a granary. It is said that there are millions of stones in the grain inside. This number may be exaggerated, but hundreds of thousands of stones cannot escape. It's just that Zheng Qiao is suspicious and keeps the location of the granary secret. No one except his close friends knows the location. Fortunately, there is no airtight wall in the world. This granary is too large and it is impossible to transport grain there quietly.
Following the clues, I still found a clue. As long as you follow the clues and investigate, you will find the correct location sooner or later.
Huang Lie was a little impatient: "How long?"
The counselor said: "It should be within these two days."
At this time, the distance between Yan and Qian should also be taken into consideration.
“Report——Lord, there is an envoy outside the camp asking to see you!”
The envoy is naturally Zhang Yongqing’s person.
This is also Huang Lie's only ally at present.
Huang Lie was in a good mood: "Please come in quickly!"
Previously, Huang Lie and Zhang He's troops attacked Wu Xian's forces, and Shen Tang sent people to rush for reinforcements. Huang Lie's party received the news earlier and learned that Gong Xiqiu was among the supporting troops. Seeing that the situation was not good, he led his men and ran away overnight without having time to notify his allies.
As a result, Zhang He was beaten by Wu Xian's soldiers and horses.
When Zhang He learned the ins and outs, the relationship between the two families became cold for a while, but they were now grasshoppers on a rope. If they did not cooperate with Huang Lie, they would only end up being annexed by Shen Tang and Wu Xian. In desperation, we can only fight at the head of the bed and at the end of the bed.
Because Huang Lie faced food problems, Zhang He also faced them.
Although he had Yi Ru as his backing and his grain line was not long, he could not hold on to the most critical grain line and was cut off by the Chaoli Pass! The Chaoliguan Mountains stretch endlessly, dividing Yanzhou into two. Food must be transported from inside the customs to outside the customs, and must pass through this place.
Who is in charge of Chaoliguan now?
In Shen Tang’s hands!
Wu Xian and Shen Tang, two colluding brothers, control this place, which is equivalent to strangling him by the throat. Is there any way for him to survive?
Zhang He was determined to open up a new grain transportation route and no longer be controlled by others, but this road was not easy to follow -
As a result, he took out most of the elites in his account, leaving only a small number to stay in the city. Ru. If force is used to open a road through the Chaoliguan Mountains, there will not be many manpower available. The force will make too much noise, take a long time, and will be easily discovered.
Secondly, there is a detour. The grain transport route is unsafe and takes seven or eight times as long as the original route. It is also a failure.
The only way is to take Chaoliguan.
So, Zhang He needs allies.
His spy also heard that Huang Lie discovered the granary treasure house left by Zheng Qiao, which contains countless grains. He might be able to "borrow" some for emergencies. So he took the initiative to send an envoy to express his goodwill.
Huang Lie also knew what Zhang He was planning.
While cursing in my heart, I entertained you warmly.
Just as Zhang He needs his ally, he also needs Zhang He's full support. Without him, Zhang He might not be very good in other areas, but his medical skills are superb. As an imperial physician, he also participated in the research on Gu disasters in Wu State in detail, and he has quite a lot of experience.
It can be said that he is an expert in this field.
Zhang He also developed a prescription to slow down the collapse speed of heavy shield warriors, greatly extending the service life of heavy shield warriors.
This alone is enough for Huang Lie to regard him as an ally.
For a while, the two sides communicated in a friendly atmosphere.
Until——
On the second day, the spies who inspected the granary brought back news.
Huang Lie couldn't wait any longer: "Quickly, give me the news!"
He did not notice the slight change in the counselor's face.
Opening the letter, he glanced at ten lines. The half-curved corners of his lips suddenly stiffened, and then gradually lowered.
Crack——
The table shattered with one palm, and sawdust flew everywhere.
Huang Lie angrily scolded: "Shen Youli! What a Shen Youli! I worked so hard, but let him pick the fruit!"
The messenger happened to be on one side. "What made Huang Gong so angry?"
Huang Lie also knew that this matter could not be hidden for long, so he simply said directly: "My people found the granary, but it was only an empty granary. . After interrogating the people nearby, I found out that this granary had been visited a long time ago, and it took less than half a month to transport the grain! "
Good news, the granary is real, and the hundreds of thousands of stones are real.
Bad news, the granary has been emptied out by the hungry people!
How clean is the move?
The rats will starve to death if they live in it!
It really didn’t leave them at all.
Hearing this, the messenger suddenly changed his color: "Huang Gong, are you serious?"
Isn't this an excuse for Huang Lie to monopolize the food and refuse to lend it to others?
Huang Lie suppressed his anger.
"Of course it is true, do you suspect that I am lying?"
"I dare not!" The messenger handed over his hand, "I want to convey this news to my lord as soon as possible. I will take my leave now."
Without food, some plans will be moved forward.
For example, attack Chaoli Pass.
Qianzhou and Yanzhou have a vast territory, but they have been devastated by military disasters one after another. The soldiers passed by like a grate and were sifted over and over again. What oil and water could be sifted out? How long can it last? When it came time to run out of ammunition and food, the envoy did not dare to think about what would happen.
Huang Lie did not stop the messenger: "Go slowly and don't send him off."
The two families were gloomy, and the food crisis enveloped their hearts.
On the contrary, Shen Tang was much more relaxed.
As soon as she opened her eyes, someone brought her food.
The hand that was doing the cooking paused: "Who?"
Shen Tang's base camp is located on the border and has one of the longest food transportation routes among the coalition forces. The transportation is tiring and tiring. The food consumed by the cooks and transported to the front line must be greatly discounted. The only good thing is that they can still be self-sufficient.
It doesn’t hurt to transport grain slower in the rear, or less.
Counting on his fingers, the new batch of food has not arrived yet.
"Which living Bodhisattva will transport food to us?"
Who would have too much food?
Ning Yan looked weird and said: "Zhang Yongqing!"
"Pfft——"
Shen Tang almost spit out a mouthful of corn porridge.
After coughing for a while, he asked: "Who???"
Did her ears hear correctly?
Ning Yan said: "It is indeed Zhang Yongqing's troops."
Shen Tang: "..."
This matter also depends on Jiang Sheng's stargazing last night. Speaking of which, although he beheaded Zheng Qiao and perfected the way of being a scribe, this did not take effect immediately and required a certain amount of time to settle down.
Jiang Sheng was not impatient at all.
The mentality is as stable as an old dog.
The way of the scribe in the perfect state is still different from the initial state. He needs to explore a little bit, and take it out for a walk when there is nothing wrong. Last night, he calculated that the northwest was very auspicious, and he would make a fortune if he went in that direction. In order to calculate more clearly, I carefully changed the contents of several generations and calculated that there was a grain team there.
If you go late, people will run away.
Jiang Sheng took people over to verify the truth without saying anything.
Shen Tang said: "Why didn't I hear the news last night?"
It was impossible for Jiang Sheng to mobilize troops without her permission - even if she would definitely send troops, the process still had to go through.
Ning Yan said: "I asked my lord."
Shen Tang: "???"
Why didn't she have the slightest impression?
Wait a minute, she seems to have a vague impression?
Due to being recruited by Gong Xiqiu as a sparring partner to stabilize their realm, Shen Tang and him fought each other with fists and kicks without using any force. In the end, both of them were defeated, feeling sore all over and without a single piece of their body. Good meat. The amount of exercise exceeded her limit, so she took a hot bath and fell asleep. In the middle of the night, someone seemed to call me.
There was no malice, and since he was one of her own, she was not on guard.
I vaguely remember saying vaguely: [Go ahead, go ahead. 】
After saying that, she turned over while holding her beloved silk.
Shen Tang: "..."
Is that that time? ? ?
Jiang Sheng got permission and even roped in Xun Zhen and his son. When something good happens, you can't forget your friends. They actually caught a large number of grain transport teams preparing to retreat after receiving the news. Shen Tang's apricot eyes were stunned: "He doesn't know that Chaoliguan is in my hands?"
Do you still follow this food line if you know it?
Ning Yan also found out this.
When Zhang He cleared the last batch of grain, the Chaoli Pass was still passable. Later, the Chaoli Pass changed hands, Kang Shi cut off relevant communications, and Gu Chi strictly investigated the spies, which caused the news from the two places to lag even further than normal. Half of the new batch of grain was gone before Yiru received the news and hurriedly sent someone to intercept it.
As a result, I met Jiang Sheng who came to pick up a bargain.
After fighting in the middle of the night, the food was obtained.
"...This is good news. Didn't Xian Deng kill all the people in the food team?" When he learned that Ning Yan said "no", Shen Tang felt bad water in his stomach. Bubble, she said with a smile, "That's good, Tunan, you ask Xiandeng to tie up a few leaders and send them to Zhang Yongqing, and then say -"
She clasped her hands together: "Thank you to the Living Bodhisattva for the gift. ! ”
Ning Yan was amused by her narrow-mindedness: "Wei."
Zhang He received the news and was so angry that he had a cerebral hemorrhage!
"By the way, where is Wu Zhaode? Talk to him about the deployment of troops, Huang Lie and the others may jump over the wall."
Shen Tang leads people to find Wu Xian, don't look at it Wu Xian was very calm these days. He always listened to Shen Tang's wishes in making any arrangements, and he seemed to let it go. However, Shen Tang did not conclude that Wu Xian had given up his desire to compete. Once there is an opportunity to close the gap between him and himself, this beast will fight back immediately.
Wuxian’s camp was arranged outside Chaoli Pass.
Set up camp here and set up military defense lines.
When encountering an enemy attack, use sentry arrows to notify them.
"Dawei wants to meet with Dayi? You are father and daughter, can't you meet in private?" Shen Tang doesn't like to make a big show of things. She has her own strength and doesn't worry about safety issues. What she meets is still an ally, leading a team of personal guards. That's fine, but Zhao Wei insisted on following.
Zhao Wei said: "This won't work."
Shen Tang asked: "Why?"
Zhao Wei said softly: "I don't want my father to be in a more difficult situation."
Shen Tang was surprised: "Wu Zhaode is so stingy?"
Are you even wary of this?
Zhao Wei had a sad look on his face: "Prince Zhao Degong scolded my father with a stick in public. Although brave warriors are physically strong and are not afraid of such minor flesh injuries, the one who was injured by the military stick was my father who was in the army. Who doesn't know that my father has fallen out of favor?"
Shen Tang: "I don't know..."
Is there such a good thing?
|ω`)
(End of this chapter)