"withdraw troops!"

Zhang Qi, the fat man standing aside, has seen the hidden crisis in advance. He is also the absolute spiritual leader of the Waqi tribe. He lights up the banner like a bright light in the night and can gather the Waqi tribe as quickly as possible.

Stab soldiers and horses.

Despite the fact that there weren't many people around him at first, in fact, the only people who could guard him at this time were definitely the most elite tribal guards in Wasi.

Zhang Qi and others had fought several battles with Wasi's personal guards, but basically did not get any advantage. The Liaodong Army was also unable to maintain a rigorous formation after attacking the camp. If the two sides fought at this moment, the soldiers and horses participating in the battle would actually be almost the same.

Can the Liaodong Army with the same number break through the defensive formation of the Waqi Guards?

Even the arrogant Li Da, Zhang Qi and others could not give a firm answer. Not to mention that in addition to these thousands of neatly lined up Wasi guards, there were more soldiers and horses of the Wasi tribe outside. Once

Falling into entanglement and fierce fighting, what awaits you and others will be annihilation of the entire army!

Following the orders from the two commanders of the Liaodong Army, the loud sound of gongs soon resounded throughout the battlefield, and the flag bearers began to wave the retreat flag.

Compared with the laxity of the nomadic people, the Liaodong Army, under the command of Li Da in recent years, has long been able to enforce orders and prohibitions. Even if many soldiers looked at the banner not far away and were unwilling to do so, they still turned their horses around immediately.

Head, retreat towards the outskirts of Waci Camp.

"Great Khan, the Ming army has withdrawn!"

When King Saikan saw the Liaodong Army's retreat, he immediately reported it to Ye Xian, and he couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

But when Ye Xian saw this scene, his face suddenly became stern, and he yelled at the king of competition: "I'm not even afraid of this. Are you afraid of the attack of a group of Nanman?"

The sudden scolding made the Saikan King a little confused. He quickly explained: "Khan, I am not afraid of the Nanmanzi, it's just..."

Before King Saikan could finish his words, he interrupted: "King Saikan, you immediately led your army of ten thousand households to pursue the Ming army. Isn't the Mongolian grassland a place where they can come and leave whenever they want?

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After saying this, he first looked at the Wachi warriors who were constantly gathering in his direction, and shouted filial piety in a bold tone: "The Liaodong Army took advantage of our unpreparedness to attack and killed the sons of the grassland and the tribesmen.

Warriors, what do you think we should do?"

"Kill all these two-legged sheep!"

A general of Wasi's bodyguard immediately gave the answer he wanted first.

The Battle of Tumubao allowed the Mongols to regain the confidence they had when Genghis Khan conquered the Central Plains, restored their previous pride and glory, and completely got rid of the humiliation of being suppressed and beaten by the Ming army for decades in the Battle of Yuerhai.

Today, he ascended the throne as Khan first, or got the jade seal passed down from the Yuan Dynasty. He naturally has the ambition to become the emperor of the Central Plains. If the Ming army penetrates hundreds of miles into the Horqin grassland, kills the warriors of the Wasac tribe wantonly, and comes and goes.

Words of freedom.

So who will take it seriously when the Mongolian tribes conference is held to announce to the world that he has become the new Great Khan of the grassland?

Letting this group of Liaodong troops never come back is not only related to the face of Wasi and Yexian, but also related to the direction of the game between Mongolia and the Ming Dynasty, and the psychological advantage of the nomads after the battle of Tumubao.

The grassland is the grassland of the Mongols, and the Ming Dynasty is not allowed to be arrogant!

"Then wield your sabers and kill them all, and use the blood of the Ming army to pay homage to the departed descendants of the Immortal Emperor!"

"Eternal Life!"

The soldiers and horses of the Wasac tribe were already carrying the power of victory in annihilating the Tatar tribe, but they were caught off guard by the sudden attack of the Liaodong Army. Their morale was far from the low level of a real defeat.

On the contrary, their fighting spirit was high, and they couldn't wait to hunt down the retreating Liaodong Army to wash away the shame of the panic just now!

Accompanied by the roar of the Mongolian cavalry, followed by the scene of thousands of horses galloping, King Saikan led tens of thousands of Wazi warriors in good formation, chasing behind the Liaodong Army through the dust of the sky.

An undying determination.

Seeing how quickly the Waqi troops behind him organized their pursuers, Wu Rong could not help but admire Li Da's foresight in ordering the withdrawal of troops. He could only say that he was a natural-born general who looked carefree at ordinary times, but was extremely thoughtful on the battlefield.

If the troops were withdrawn a quarter of an hour later, the Liaodong Army's ten thousand troops would have to be left behind in the Tatar camp.

The armies of both sides were chasing each other on the grassland. The "grain war" in the capital was gradually showing signs of victory. Huichang Bo Sunzhong found that no matter how he purchased it, he could not complete the purchase of rice from the grain store under the name of the Duke of Guo.

Food seems to be like a bottomless pit.

And at this time, news came from the imperial court that Sun Zhong couldn't believe. That was, through the cabinet meeting, 1.5 million shi was allocated from the capital and Tongzhou granary to store grain, of which 1 million shi was given away.

To the nine borders including Liaodong, it was used to inspire soldiers to fight bloody battles and prepare for the possible large-scale invasion of Wac.

Another 500,000 shi will be distributed to state capitals with serious food shortages to formally build porridge sheds to provide disaster relief to the people!

The emergence of this news completely shattered the confidence of Huichang Bo Sunzhong and others. You must know that including the early hoarding of northern rice grains, they had already spent a full three million taels of silver, almost evacuating the entire family fortune.

In the end, the reality told them that Shen Yichen didn't even touch the military rations in the capital and Tongzhou warehouse. He was in an invincible position simply relying on the food he got from who knows where.

The reality was too shocking and cruel, and even exceeded the cognitive limits of Huichang Bo Sunzhong and others. Only then did they recover and use their relationships and connections to investigate the source of Shen Yichen's rice grains, instead of doing what they did before.

Blindly arrogant, thinking that victory in this food war is guaranteed.

When the results of the investigation came and they learned that Shen Yichen was relying on the sea fleet to continuously purchase rice grains from the south, Huichang Bo Sunzhong and others were immediately confused. After decades of destruction of the Pacific fleet, they had no idea about

The once magnificent memory of sailing has long since faded away.

Until this moment, Shen Yichen's actions activated their dusty memories. The sails that covered the sky during the Yongle Emperor's period, the various rare tributes brought from all the vassal states, the sails that could carry tens of thousands of soldiers and horses

A super fleet that has been sailing for several years.

I never thought that I would be able to reappear in this world in my lifetime!

In the hall of Huichang Bo Mansion, Chengshan Marquis Wang Tong and Xing'an Marquis Xu Heng gathered together again, but this time their faces were extremely ugly, and they did not look as confident as before.

"We were careless. When Shen Yichen led the army to Beijing without Zhao, we should have paid more attention to the fleet of ships he was riding. Who would have thought that it was a Ming treasure ship!"

Wang Tong, the Marquis of Cheng'an, had a look of sorrow on his face. In fact, everyone in the court knew that Shen Yichen controlled a fleet.

However, knowing the existence of this fleet and knowing the specific size of this fleet are two completely different things. The Ming Dynasty treasure ship was built under the secret decree of Zhu Qizhen, the Yingzong of the Ming Dynasty, whether it was the imperial court or the local state.

The government, in order to avoid the opposition of the ministers, all news was blocked.

Shen Yichen sent tens of thousands of Fujianese troops to Beijing. Most of the ministers in the DPRK and China subconsciously believed that he had recruited the Fujian Navy and the official ships of the coastal states to forcefully bring the people to Dagu Coastal Defense in a miraculous way.

mouth.

Little did he realize that Shen Yichen controlled a real fleet of ships.

"What's the use of talking about it now? After the news came out that the imperial court opened warehouses to provide relief to the people, coupled with Shen Yichen's continuous supply of grain, the price of food in the capital has dropped from two liang to one stone in half a day to one or two and five qian.

, If we continue at this rate, I estimate it will drop to one or two by night!"

Chen Gong, the minister of the Ministry of Industry, said this with heartache. Although he did not have a high status and official rank among these ministers, he invested a lot of money. After all, the Ministry of Industry is the best yamen among the six ministries.

One, if you spend money on rebuilding the Nine-sided Beacon Fortress, you can make a lot of money.

Of the 3 million taels of silver invested by everyone, Chen Gong alone accounted for one-third. Even super veteran kinsmen such as Huichang Bo and Sun Zhong only invested 800,000 taels, which was still short of 200,000 taels.

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As a result, the more you invest, the more you will lose. If food prices are really suppressed, it would be great to recover one-tenth of the cost.

"What Da Sikong said is true. Among the more than two million stones of rice and grain we have hoarded, only a few hundred thousand stones in the early stage were purchased at a flat price. Later, nearly two million stones were purchased from Shen Yichen, and the price ranged from one to two to five.

The money ranges from two to two taels."

"At this rate of decline in food prices, they will soon fall back to the two qian and 51 shi before the price increase. This will result in a loss of at least two million taels!"

Wang Wen, the imperial envoy to the capital, quickly calculated the account. He invested hundreds of thousands of taels this time, which was considered to be a huge sum of money.

Despite the fact that he was in charge of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, one of the three judicial departments, he seemed to have a high and powerful position. In fact, he came to the position by hugging Wang Zhen. Most of the money he had embezzled in the past was paid out, and not much remained in his hands.

If these hundreds of thousands of taels of silver were gone, Wang Wen would not dare to imagine how he would live when he returned to his hometown after becoming an official!

"Yes, and rice grains are difficult to store. It is easy to get moldy and spoilage due to the humidity in spring. Even if it is not spoiled and new grains are released after a while, it will become old grains at a discount, and I am afraid it will fall into the tens of thousands.

It’s not worth ten thousand taels of silver!”

"Uncle Huichang, you still have to think of a solution to this matter."

The buzzing words made Sun Zhong, the Bo of Huichang who was over eighty years old, feel dizzy.

After waiting for a long time, he calmed down and said: "Since you can't be too soft on Shen Yichen, if you want to recover the losses, you have to be hard. He sealed the grain store under the name of Duke Chengguo and put the remaining grain in the warehouse as

Confiscation on the charge of hoarding.”

At normal times, Huichang Bo Sunzhong would never offend Zhu Yong, Duke of Cheng, who had seized the title, and Shen Yichen, the upstart in the imperial court, for money. But now that the Supreme Emperor has returned from Mobei, the scene of the two emperors fighting in the capital has become a foregone conclusion.

, and it has reached a feverish stage.

The Chengguo Duke's family represented by Shen Yichen was destined to side with the new emperor Zhu Qiyu. Huichang Bo Sunzhong, who was also the grandfather of the Supreme Emperor Zhu Qizhen, had no choice in his position.

In the sixth year of Xuande in the Ming Dynasty, due to continuous drought, water transportation was not smooth, and the grain in the Beijing warehouse was nearly empty. There was a precedent of grain merchants hoarding rice and selling it at high prices. At that time, the Ming Dynasty was at its peak rise, the politics was relatively clear, and the five cities had soldiers and horses.

The company immediately dispatched to investigate and arrest.

And according to the "Da Ming Hui Dian", "Anyone who makes merchants trade gold and silver, or hides goods to increase the value will be fined," and "those who are deceived into taking profits will be flogged forty."

Businessmen who raise prices will be severely punished.

According to the forced relocation method, the rice grain sold by the grain shop under the name of Chengguo Gongfu was as high as two taels and one stone, far exceeding the normal grain price. Regardless of who sold it to or what the final purpose was, Shen Yichen

In fact, violating the law of raising prices is equivalent to giving Huichang Bo Sun Zhong a handle.

Now if we want to recover the losses of millions of Wen Yin vehicles, we can only take the initiative and strike back!

Hearing that Sun Zhong, the Bo of Huichang, was about to come hard, the expressions of everyone present changed drastically, and no one dared to answer the question. After all, Zhu Yong, Duke of Cheng, was still powerful, and Shen Yichen was not someone to be trifled with. Now,

Without Empress Dowager Sun's supervision behind the curtain, no one knows what the outcome will be if things get really big.
To be continued...