Chapter 215 Big brother takes the lead

Author: Ximen Yangzhou

Chapter 215 Big brother takes the lead

Long Xiang did not comment, came to Lei Xu, and said seriously: "You don't have to worry about who he is, just answer whether to surrender or not. Just now you said before the battle that there was a lack of food. If you surrender, I won't go hungry."

"Can I make a living from all my songs?"

Lei Xuxu raised his eyes and asked, with obvious doubt in his tone. Even though population is wealth, too much population is a burden.

When Bai Qi killed 400,000 surrendered soldiers in the Changping pit, the fundamental reason was that he could not afford to feed his troops because of the shortage of military rations.

Just as Long Xiang was about to answer, Zhang Fei suddenly reminded him in a deep voice: "Your Bu Qu? Where is the Bu Qu? They are now prisoners of Hefei."

"Uh, yes, they are prisoners." Lei Xu responded bitterly.

Long Xiang smiled and said: "No matter whether you are a prisoner or a subordinate, whether you are a civilian or a soldier, as long as you stay in Hefei with peace of mind and build Hefei, you can have enough to eat. If you are willing to work hard, you may even be able to drink and eat meat."

"really?"

Lei Xu's eyes suddenly widened. He had often been worried about food in the past few years. Not to mention the hungry people under his rule, most of his subordinates had to rely on robbery to survive.

Now that there was an opportunity to eat before him, Lei Xu suddenly felt that he did not have the talent to be the leader.

Why is there such a big gap between people? Maybe following Long Xiang is the right way?

"Hahaha, how can I make a joke?"

Long Xiang pointed to the green wheat seedlings in the east and reasoned seriously: "This place is nearly ten miles away from Hefei. Do you know why I launched an attack here? It is to protect the crops and people outside the city. As the saying goes, food is the most important thing for the people.

Grain production is the foundation for me to be based in Hefei, and robbery alone cannot last long."

Lei Xu originally wanted to farm for recuperation, but in order to maintain competitiveness in Huainan, he was overloaded and recruited nearly 10,000 troops. Unfortunately, he did not have the ability to govern the place, which made the people under his control poor and hungry. In order to feed this life-saving army

The army had to plunder counties and villages to replenish it.

Looking at the vibrant wheat seedlings, Lei Xu suddenly realized that although he didn't have enough to eat under Yuan Shu, he didn't have to worry so much. Since Long Xiang was so capable, why did he have to work so hard?

While thinking about it, Lei Xu suddenly knelt down and bowed down, clasped his fists and said solemnly: "Thank you General for not killing me. Lei Xu is willing to surrender sincerely."

"Please get up quickly."

Seeing Lei Xu's sincere expression, Long Xiang bent down to help him up, and at the same time patted the back of his hand to comfort him.

In the battle of Shi Shui, Lei Xu and Zhang Duo had more than 12,000 troops. In addition to the more than 1,000 people who died directly in the battle, more than 3,000 people collided and trampled to death during their escape.

The more than 6,000 prisoners captured were basically Lei Xu's soldiers, while the more than 1,000 soldiers who were lucky enough to escape the battlefield were mostly Zhang Duo's soldiers.

It was originally difficult to resettle the prisoners who had surpassed the Hefei garrison, but Lei Xu's voluntary surrender made the resettlement much easier.

Before setting off to return to Hefei, Long Xiang reminded Lei Xu: "The reason why Hefei is not troubled by food and grass is that I deliberately controlled the number of troops. Therefore, most of your previous troops will be engaged in farming, building cities, etc."

"I can save it. General Xu was right what he just said. They are no longer a group of generals. It doesn't matter how the general arranges them."

Lei Xu had become enlightened after serving in the army for many years. He thought that Long Xiang was testing him with words. How could the general dare to talk about military power? So he hurriedly expressed his attitude.

After hearing this, Long Xiang pointed to Zhang Fei and introduced: "Hahaha, you were right just now. General Xu is guarding the city in Junqiu at the moment. This is Zhang Yide, General Zhang."

"It's really you"

Lei Xu swallowed his saliva and hurriedly raised his fists to salute Zhang Fei: "General Zhang is really an enemy of ten thousand people. The last general was completely convinced by his defeat just now."

"Well, you are better than Zhang Duo. That guy was thrown twice by me and was frightened out of his wits."

"Ahem."

Seeing that Zhang Fei was not very good at talking, Long Xiang interrupted with a cough, then pulled Zhang Fei aside and whispered: "Yide, you don't have to go to Junqiu to recruit troops. I think Lei Xu's troops have training."

For the basics, go back and directly select two to three thousand people from there."

"Well, that's great." Zhang Fei nodded.

Long Xiang reminded in a low voice: "They used to be Lei Xu's soldiers, so there is no harm in getting closer to Lei Xu."

"Oh" Zhang Fei seemed to have some realization.

After Long Xiang had whispered with Zhang Fei, he went back to inquire about the reasons for the attack on Hefei. Now that the siege of Hefei has been solved, Junqiu's enemy army has not yet retreated. The information from Lei Xu's mouth is very useful for retreating Li Shu's troops.

help.

Lei Xu pinched his beard and slowly told everyone the cause and effect. It turned out that the cause was related to Shouchun Meicheng.

Mei Cheng and Li Shu lured Yan Xiang to death, but turned their backs on Shouchun and stole Shouchun's money and food. For this reason, Li Shu helped him publicize it, attracting the attention of many forces.

In the disaster year, there was a bad harvest and every family was short of food. Suddenly, Mei Cheng made a fortune. The other forces were instantly jealous. In the name of borrowing food, they sent people to Shouchun to ask for it.

Mei Cheng has certain strength in Huainan, but he does not want to be the target of public criticism.

But it was impossible to borrow grain, because the Shouchun government treasury did not have much money and grain, and it was not as vast as Li Shu said. In fact, he did not get much in Shouchun, it was only enough for him to digest and absorb.

Mei Cheng found out that Li Shu was up to no good, so he used threats to get Li Shu to deal with it, saying that he couldn't deal with these guys who "eat big money", so he united everyone to go to Wan County to ask for an explanation.

Li Shu didn't think carefully at the time and just wanted to make Mei Cheng's life less difficult, but he shot himself in the foot.

Lujiang and Jiangdong were on the verge of breaking up. If Huainan became a public enemy at this time, Li Shu, the governor of Lujiang, would be in trouble, so he made another stupid move and targeted Hefei.

Hefei has a record of defeating Sun Ce. Most people don't dare to cause trouble, but if they are not afraid of thieves, they are afraid of being missed. The number of refugees in Hefei is increasing, so many that they can no longer be accommodated in the city. There are 20,000 to 30,000 people gathered outside the city, so

It is unjustifiable to have no food reserves.

Li Shu thought that even if Hefei could not be conquered, he would still gain a lot by looting outside the city. However, he was afraid of the famous general Xu Chu, so he decided to take a detour and sneak attack on Junqiu.

Between Hefei and Junqiu, Xu Chu could only defend one side.

If Xu Chu is in Hefei, he will attack the city of Junqiu to collect money and grain; if Xu Chu is in Junqiu, he will plunder the outside of Hefei City to collect money and grain.

In short, Li Shu volunteered to send troops to help, and he would not take any amount of harvest, but he could only help this time.

Hefei has a good reputation, and ordinary thieves dare not provoke it, but Lei Xu and Zhang Duo are very short-term, so they can only participate in this big adventure.

Li Shu was willing to take the lead in sending troops, and Mei Cheng's coercion was one of the reasons, but the deeper idea was to establish his authority. By defeating Long Xiang, he established his character and made Sun Quan retreat and abandon Lujiang.

It means that I, Li Shu, can defeat an opponent that Sun Ce cannot defeat. You, Sun Quan, think about it yourself and don’t be stupid.

Lei Xu and others were not very clear about Li Shu and Meicheng's activities, but with the "big brother" leading them to make a fortune, they followed them without hesitation, just like the Chinese people who blindly followed.

Long Xiang was greatly surprised after hearing this, and thought that Li Shu should be called Li Feng, as those who take the lead usually do not end well.

Liu Ye said firmly: "The general was right what he said last time. Li Shu worked so hard to help Mei Cheng rescue the siege. These two people must have colluded to murder Yan Xiang. They actually imagined using Hefei to send others away. It is really hateful."
Chapter completed!