Chapter 363: Harming others and harming oneself
“Oh?”
Liu Feng was also shocked. Although most landowners in ancient times exploited local people, they still more or less gave Apply makeup to yourself and pretend to be a good person.
After all, there are only a very small number of people who cannibalize people naked, and they can easily be beaten to death by other powerful nobles who collude with the government.
But who is Liu Feng? He is not really a teenager. He has been in two lives, and together he is decades older. Not to mention that the previous life was an explosion of information.
Just thinking about it for a little while, it suddenly dawned on me.
These beasts really think highly of themselves.
Obviously, this group of local beasts in Kuaiji want to defeat the enemy because of food. They have robbed the local people in Kuaiji of their food reserves, so they have to take care of it. If not, then do a good job. Preparation for chaos everywhere in Kuaiji.
With the sturdy folk customs of Kuaiji and the tradition of martial arts in the Eastern Han Dynasty, the people here will not settle down to starve to death at home. They will definitely rise up.
In this way, no matter which path Liu Feng chooses, he will consume a lot of food, so that in the end he will be unable to defeat the powerful nobles in Shanyinjian City.
I have to say that although this strategy is crazy, it is really very effective.
It’s just that for this poisonous plan to succeed, three conditions must be met.
The first one is naturally that they frantically looted the food reserves of their fellow villagers.
The second point is, of course, that Liu Feng was short of food and grass.
The third rule is of course that Shanyin City will never fall.
Especially the third article, Shanyin must have fallen, and Liu Feng's decision will have nothing to do with their fate.
Unfortunately, not only does Liu Feng have a lot of grain in his hands now, but more importantly, with the Sun family of Sun Ce and Sun Quan acting as internal collaborators, the local gentry and powerful people in Kuaiji rely on Mount Tai as their backing. I'm afraid the city of Yin is about to be destroyed.
At this time, Wu Fan's face showed a look of hesitation.
After Liu Feng saw it, he immediately asked: "Mr. Wu, please say something. There is no need to be shy."
When Wu Fan heard this, he quickly cupped his hands to show humility, and then said: " Fan Zeng heard them saying that it was just to consume the general's army. If the general does not take the cities..."
Liu Feng frowned: "What if we don't take the cities as ours?"
Wu Fan panicked and lowered his voice: "It's just time to starve to death and free up some fields for those who cross the mountains..."
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Liu Feng shouted loudly: "The thief is so brave!"
Liu Feng was really angry. He didn't expect that these beasts could be so vicious.
I am afraid that behind the scenes, these people are still complacent that this strategy kills four birds with one stone.
But in this way, it gave Liu Feng an unexpected surprise.
Liu Feng wanted to cleanse the local nobles and powerful people in Kuaiji. In addition to facing the backlash of the nobles' pride and Shanyue's assistance, there was also an opposing force which was the local common people in Kuaiji.
This is no joke at all. During the Eastern Han Dynasty, the gentry and tycoons in any place not only oppressed the local civilians, but also acted as a protective umbrella for the local civilians, helping them resist external oppression.
One of the important reasons for this is taxation.
The system of official promotion will determine that officials only look at the data related to their own promotion. No matter how bad other data is, they will not care about it.
In this way, the interests of the local gentry and powerful people are consistent with those of the local common people, which is to oppose taxes and pay less if they can.
Over time, the common people will become attached to the local nobles and powerful people. After all, not all powerful people are very poor. There are still many powerful people who are very gentle and leave room for them.
These powerful people may be kindhearted, or they may be seeking fame, or they may be vain and hypocritical. In short, these powerful people will not be too harsh on the people, and the people will blindly follow these powerful people.
It is no joke that once these powerful men ascended to the throne and shouted, the local people immediately flocked to Jingcong.
Faced with this situation, Liu Feng will be in a dilemma. He will kill him in pain and cannot bear it. But if he lets it go, all his previous efforts will be wasted at best, or he will be defeated in embarrassment.
Now it's better. The local powerful people directly helped him solve this problem, which in turn gave Liu Feng a great opportunity to win people's hearts.
As long as he does it properly, Liu Feng can not only cleanse the local gentry of Guangji, leaving only the parts that can be used by him, but he can also take advantage of the situation caused by these beasts to release food for disaster relief, thus making Guangji a success. Build your own solid foundation.
Liu Feng laughed in his heart and wanted to thank the smart people in Shanyin City.
"This matter is quite important, I already know it."
Liu Feng's expression softened and his eyes fell on Wu Fan.
Wu Fan was trembling at this time. When Liu Feng was furious just now, he was really frightened.
The young man in front of him obviously still had a trace of childishness in his appearance, but once he got angry, it was so captivating, like a tiger roaring and a dragon roaring, it made him shudder.
Seeing Liu Feng's softened attitude, Wu Fan felt as if he owed him something, and tried every means to compensate him.
Thinking of the kingly aura in the other party, Wu Fan simply gritted his teeth and said: "I have reported to Zhengnan that Fan's family also has 7,000 shi of grain hidden in it. I am willing to donate all of it to help the general relieve the victims."< br>
Wu Fan acted so knowledgeable that he was almost flattering, which made Liu Feng a little confused and didn't understand why the other party had so much confidence in him.
In any case, he and Wu Fan have little friendship, and they deserve such full support from the other party.
However, whether the other party can do this, whether it is luck or vision, it is still worthy of Liu Feng's encouragement and comfort.
“I thought that all the local aristocrats and wealthy families in Kuaiji had lost their conscience and had no humanity at all.”
Wu Fan was shocked when Liu Feng opened his mouth, but luckily he spoke up afterwards. He began to change: "Fortunately, there are also gentlemen like Zhongxiang, Gongmiao, Wen Ze'er, etc. who are loyal and courageous and have their hearts dedicated to the court."
"This time, Kuaiji was pacified and major things were saved. The merit lies with you.”
Liu Feng praised him a lot, fed Wu Fan several bowls of chicken soup, and then made his request: "The location of Shangyu cannot be ignored. I will immediately mobilize the elite and follow you to Shangyu at night. At the same time, Wen will return to you." After returning home, don't be stingy with money. You should mobilize knowledgeable people to buy and store grain. Although the city is empty, there must be surplus grain in the countryside outside the city."
It has only been more than half a month since Liu Feng forced Kuaiji to rebel. Even if the local nobles were familiar with the roads, they did not have so much manpower and transportation power to wipe out all the local grain in Kuaiji's countryside.
Therefore, Liu Feng suggested that Wu Fan mobilize the powerful men on his side to purchase grain and use his name to relieve the victims.
Liu Feng will make up for all expenses at that time.
After sending Wu Fan away, Liu Feng couldn't sleep anymore and immediately called Gu Yong, Lu Xun and others.
To be fair, although Gu Yong is weak in bones, he is indeed very capable, especially in clerical and numerical work, he is quite skilled. According to Gu Yong's report, there are now more than 500,000 shi of grain that can be delivered to Shanyin City within half a month, most of which are from Yuhang and Qiantang, and the remaining more than 200,000 shi are from Gaoqiantun, Guling and Yu And the food stored in the city.
It takes longer for Youquan and Wucheng to obtain food and grass, seven to ten days longer.
As for the food from Wuxian County, because of the waterway, it reached the front line faster than the food from Wucheng.
The two batches of grain together amount to four to five million dan.
If Liu Feng feels that it is not enough, he can also transport grain from Danyang County, Guangling County, Liyang and Niuzhu, but the time required to transport these grains can be as long as a month.
Now Liu Feng has more than 50,000 people under his command, and he needs to consume 100,000 shi of food a month. If you add in the rations of 20,000 civilians and shipping losses, you will need at least 130,000 shi per month. Food supply.
Right now, Yuji County has more than 200,000 shi of grain in stock, which can be reached by water to Shanyin at any time, enough to support Liu Feng for two months.
As long as the Sun family sincerely surrenders, then Shanyin can come down in one blow, and the war will naturally end faster.
But when Wu Fan came to invest, the news he brought was also valuable.
Currently, food is still very important to Liu Feng, but it is no longer as nervous as it was when he first entered Xuzhou.
Moreover, the subsequent food issue could directly determine the future pattern of Kuaiji. Liu Feng finally decided to be prepared and would rather risk the huge losses in transportation and prepare as much food as possible, just in case.
"Yuan Tan, ordered the rear to transport grain at the maximum capacity, and it can be stored in Qiantang, Yuji, and Shanyin Camp."
Thinking of this, Liu Feng felt that Yuji There were only a thousand defenders, which was not safe enough, so he ordered that 2,000 people from Xu Sheng's headquarters be transferred back to support Yuji.
In this way, there are three thousand defenders in Yuji County, two thousand of whom are still from the old southern expedition troops, and they are not afraid of any accidents.
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After this little episode, early the next morning, Liu Feng, who had just dozed off, still commanded the army to continue marching eastward.
Three days later, the army finally arrived at Shanyin City.
The Zhengnan Jiangdong Navy, with Lu Xun as the chief general and Zhang Yun as the deputy general, also arrived at the front line and began to build a water stronghold near Shanyin.
This naval force is composed of the powerful local nobles and water bandits in Jiangdong. The total number of people is less than 3,000, and there are more than 100 large and small warships.
Strictly speaking, this navy may not be the opponent of Lin and Jiao's navy.
It’s just that the opponent now doesn’t dare to go out of the city to fight in the water. They will only huddle inside the city. Instead, they gave up the initiative to Lu Xun and others.
After Liu Feng's army arrived at Shanyin City, they began to build large-scale construction and build barriers. At the same time, Jia Kui led 3,000 men and continued to advance eastward, with the target obviously being Shangyu County.
After a series of divisions, Liu Feng had less than 50,000 troops in his hands, and correspondingly, the number of troops in Shanyin City was close to 60,000.
It has always been ten to encircle it, five to attack it, and three times to divide it.
Nowadays, the number of troops in the city far exceeds that outside the city. Instead, they have retreated directly into the city wall. These generals can no longer be described as not knowing how to use soldiers. They are simply war criminals.
Liu Feng was a little curious. Wouldn’t the local nobles and powerful men in Kuaiji have any objections to Sun Ce’s nonsense?
You must know that when he conquered Wuxi and Wuxian, the defenders also had field fortifications to rely on, and they repeatedly attacked to destroy the siege equipment, but they just couldn't succeed.
How can we just leave the wild areas clean like now?
Liu Feng was complaining that Sun Ce's acting was too fake, and he was worried that Sun Ce would be seen through by the other party, but Sun Ce was very unjust at this moment.
As early as the beginning, Sun Ce suggested that the army be divided into 10,000 elite troops and stationed in Shangyu, and then 4,000 elite troops were divided to build a camp outside the east of the city (i.e., the city gate facing the direction of Shangyu City). This could not only protect the city gate, but also defend Shangyu City. The army formed a pincer attack.
As a result, the powerful people led by Lin Sheng and Jiao Lang said that what you said was very good, but we didn't listen.
It is ridiculous to say that the reason why these people are unwilling to go to Shangyu and insist on staying together in Shanyin is precisely because of Liu Feng's current reputation.
They were worried that if they stationed a partial force in Shangyu, they might be picked first by Liu Feng and then quickly eliminated.
Shangyu City is located on an important transportation road. It is not only a port where waterways meet, but also the location of Kuaiji Official Road. Such an important county town is naturally heavily guarded, with a high city and a deep pool.
But compared with Wuxi and Wuxian, it is still slightly inferior.
Liu Feng attacked the city and established a stronghold, and his fame had spread to Kuaiji. How dare these rats divide their troops to garrison Shangyu and respond to Shanyin.
As for Shanyue, they are willing to divide their troops and go to Shangyu, but the powerful local nobles are not happy.
Shanyin City is now in a mess, the people are in dire straits, and there are new robberies every day. When cases of rape, fighting and other crimes were reported to Sun Ce, how could the powerful nobles in Shangyu agree to let Shanyue people come and cause trouble in their own homes?
We argued again and again, and finally decided on a strategy of strict defense.
To put it bluntly, he just shrank completely and allowed Liu Feng to beat him.
Even with Sun Ce's ability and ambition, he was only filled with fear at this moment.
I chose to cooperate with these insects to rebel before, but I was so hungry that I lost my head.
However, the stupidity of these people is not without its benefits. The difficulty for Sun Quan in and out of Shanyin is greatly reduced.
Liu Feng's army has only been stationed outside the city for three days, and Sun Quan has already entered and exited twice.
This also shows Sun's current eagerness for self-efficacy.
Nowadays, the city's defenses are almost in a mess. Sun Ce's military capabilities are here, and it is easy to deceive these local bumpkins in Kuaiji.
Calmly, he easily controlled a city gate by provoking the relationship between the local ruffians and the Shanyue barbarians.
Although Liu Feng had just arrived at Shanyin City, the victory was actually decided.
Now there is still a small problem, that is, how to deal with the Kuaiji naval forces owned by Lin Sheng and Jiaotan.
If Liu Feng's navy to conquer the south is still there, there will naturally be no pressure at all. However, Liu Feng has already sent them all out before. Now the navy formed by Lu Xun, Zhang Yun, and the upcoming Zhu Huan will There are about three thousand people, but there is no guarantee of victory.
After all, the first priority in water battles is ships, followed by strategy, and finally the generals.
It is completely contrary to common sense to be able to use small boats to attack large ships like the PLA did in later generations.
In fact, it is quite rare for Sun Ce to go up the river, defeat more with less, and defeat Liu Biao and Huang Zu's large fleet navy upstream. There are even fewer people like Gan Ning who single-handedly moved to the rear, shot and killed Ling Tong, and frightened off the Jiangdong navy.
(End of this chapter)