Chapter 0633 The loyal and honest Yin Kaishan, the black-hearted brats
Li Shentong shook his head slowly. There was no news at all from Chai Shao. He was as silent as if he had disappeared. If Xu Shimo hadn't been by Chai Shao's side and would occasionally send back some news, he, Qin Qiong and others would have wanted to send someone.
Go find Chai Shao.
"Send someone to ask, but don't be too arrogant."
After Li Yuanji pondered for a while, he slowly spoke.
The war is imminent, Chai Shao is the top priority, but now there is no news at all, which is really uneasy.
Li Shentong cupped his hands slightly and said, "I'll send someone to ask..."
Li Yuanji nodded and said: "Ask the general manager of the rear army to keep an eye on the consumption of food and grass. If there is a shortage, find ways to make up for it in time.
If they are unable to make up for the shortage, they will be allowed to raise their own food locally."
The so-called self-raising of food and grass is actually no different from robbery.
It is nothing more than using strong methods to requisition a batch of grain from the local wealthy households, and the court will provide some compensation to the local wealthy households afterwards.
However, the price is based on the market price, which means there is a bit of forced buying and selling.
The court would not do this unless necessary.
Because doing so hurts the people and affects the court's reputation.
But compared with the outcome of the war, this is nothing.
After all, if the imperial court cannot stop the Turkic army, then the Turkic army will march straight in and fight all the way to Duji Road or deeper. By then, not to mention food, even the population will be plundered.
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When it comes to choosing the lesser of two evils, we don't care about morality or injustice, fairness or unfairness at this time. The most important thing is to resist the Turks.
"I understand, and I will convey your orders to all armies truthfully."
Li Shentong raised his hands again and said.
Li Yuanji nodded without saying anything else, signaling to Li Shentong and Qin Qiong that they could go down.
After Li Shentong and Qin Qiong left, Li Yuanji looked at the location of Hebei Road and fell into deep thought.
I don’t know what the situation is like in Zhaozhou. What happened to the other families with the five surnames and Qiwang? How did they end up? Then there is no need for the armies to raise food and grass in various places where they are stationed.
This is very harmful to the people, and after experiencing various wars, the people in various places are already miserable and cannot withstand such devastation.
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Hebei Road.
Zhaozhou.
Deep in Zanhuang Mountain.
Under a cliff that was open on three sides, Su Dingfang was half-sitting on a woven rattan lounge chair, pouring wine for a man wearing an iron helmet and covering himself tightly.
"Gudu Gudu..."
After Su Dingfang filled the cup with wine, the man in the iron helmet opened his visor and drank all the wine in the wooden bowl. He couldn't help but said, "I heard that the Turks have already started to move out?"
Su Dingfang poured another bowl of wine for the man wearing the iron helmet, and also poured a bowl for himself. While sipping, he nodded and said: "Well, we have already left Shuofang City, and we will arrive in Yunzhou soon.
.”
The man in the iron helmet did not drink any more, but stared at Su Dingfang and said, "Is it time for this war to end?"
Su Dingfang drank all the wine in the wooden bowl in one gulp and said indifferently, "Wait a minute..."
The man wearing the iron helmet suddenly became annoyed. He suddenly stood up, took off his helmet, revealed a slightly weathered face and shouted: "We have to wait, when do we have to wait?"
If we wait any longer, all my men will be dead."
Su Dingfang glanced at Yin Kaishan's old face and said, "My subordinates don't have to die?"
Yin Kaishan opened his eyes and shouted: "We have wiped out Xu Shizong and all the rebels. Now the only ones left are our own people who can be appeased. There is no point in continuing the fight except to increase consumption.
Don’t forget, we will have to fight the Turks later. If we waste all our troops in this place, what will we do to fight the Turks later?”
Su Dingfang signaled Yin Kaishan to continue sitting down and drinking, while shaking his head and saying: "No..."
Yin Kaishan was not in the mood to continue sitting down and drinking. He blew his beard and glared: "Why not? Like we are doing a small battle every day and a big battle every three to five days, even if we have hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses,
will be consumed by us.
Besides, I don’t have much food and grass over there anymore, if I continue to consume it, I’ll have to eat human flesh!”
Su Dingfang glanced at Yin Kaishan and said incoherently: "Is this the ultimate reason why you want to end this war?"
Yin Kaishan glared at Su Dingfang and shouted: "Do you want to lead a group of people who have eaten human flesh to fight against the Turks?"
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Su Dingfang slowly frowned, and after pondering for a long time, he whispered: "Wait a little longer..."
Yin Kaishan was completely annoyed. He stared at Su Dingfang and shouted filial piety: "You still have to wait. What are you waiting for?"
Su Dingfang's brows furrowed even more tightly. After thinking about it again and again, he said frankly: "We'll wait until the other wealthy families end up."
Yin Kaishan was stunned for a moment, and then shouted indignantly: "You have been here for half a month just waiting for this? Isn't the money and food looted from the Li family in Zhaozhou not enough for you to spend?"
Su Dingfang looked at Yin Kaishan seriously and said: "It's enough for me, but not enough for the Tang Dynasty to defend against the Turks this time."
Yin Kaishan was stunned again. After thinking for a while, he understood everything.
"This is all the intention of His Highness King Qi. After he took the money and food from the Li family in Zhaozhou, he still felt that it was not enough and wanted to take the money and food from other families?"
Su Dingfang said nothing, acquiescing to Yin Kaishan's statement.
Yin Kaishan said angrily: "Why is he so greedy? Isn't he afraid that other companies will unite together and attack him together?"
Su Dingfang said in an erratic tone: "Perhaps His Highness is waiting for other companies to attack..."
Yin Kaishan took a few steps closer and cursed loudly: "Are you wishful thinking or is he wishful thinking? Do you really think that other families will just sit back and wait for death like the Li family in Zhaozhou?
Their sons and nephews are spread throughout the government and the public, and their relatives are spread throughout the Tang Dynasty. Perhaps they have begun to gather together to attack him.
If we retreat now, they might just give up.
If we don't retreat, we will cause trouble.
You should know that the current Tang Dynasty cannot withstand their torture."
Su Dingfang looked at Yin Kaishan and said with emotion: "I know everything you said, but His Highness's order is to attract as many other companies as possible and then extort a sum of money and food.
Only if we can't draw it out can we end this war.
The sixteenth son of the Zhaozhou Li family is now running around in various houses with the remnants of the Zhaozhou Li family. I heard that some of them are already interested.
So there will be results soon.
You and I have to stick to whatever we say at this time, otherwise we won’t be able to explain to His Highness when we go back.”
Yin Kaishan gritted his teeth and said: "You are really a good minister of your Highness. For your Highness's selfishness, you would not hesitate to watch hundreds of our soldiers of the Tang Dynasty perish."
Su Dingfang stared at Yin Kaishan steadily and said, "Do you have any objections to my Highness?"
Yin Kaishan gritted his molars and said, "How dare I!
"
Su Dingfang pretended not to hear the profound meaning of Yin Kaishan's words, nodded and said: "It's okay if you don't dare, otherwise we will really become rivals."
Having said this, he stared at Yin Kaishan and said: "But I have to remind you that my Highness is also your Highness and the Highness of the entire Tang Dynasty. You'd better respect him, otherwise I won't settle the score with you, Yuwen
Zheng and Wang Xuance and those little guys will also come to settle accounts with you."
Yin Kaishan snorted heavily and said disdainfully: "Just those few fledgling brats, are they worthy?"
Su Dingfang chuckled and said: "Don't underestimate these little brats. They are very capable. The biggest bandit in Zhaozhou right now is
them."
Yin Kaishan's boy shrank slightly and said, "You mean they are the bandits in Fenglong Mountain?"
Su Dingfang nodded with emotion.
Yin Kaishan said in disbelief: "How could you allow them to mix with the bandits? How did they become Fenglongshan bandits?"
Su Dingfang opened his mouth, not knowing where to start. In the end, he could only shake his head with a wry smile.
Yin Kaishan asked: "Is it you and Shixin who supported it?"
Su Dingfang smiled bitterly and said: "This has nothing to do with me and Shixin. It's the kid named Wang Xuance who got mixed up with the bandits for some reason, and became the third boss on Fenglong Mountain for no reason. Then the other kids thought
It was very interesting, so I followed him and became a master.
Half a month ago, the chief master of Fenglong Mountain died in the battle with Shixin. Now, Wang Xuance, the brat, is in charge of Fenglong Mountain. Yuwen is the second master, and His Highness's nephew is the third master."
Yin Kaishan's eyes suddenly widened and he shouted: "So, it was that brat Wang Xuance who defeated my captain ten years ago and stole some of my food and grass?"
Su Dingfang nodded in confusion.
Yin Kaishan said angrily: "We are all our own people, why are they so cruel? Don't you know that I don't have much food and grass in my hands?"
Su Dingfang jokingly said: "If you want to blame this matter, you can only blame yourself. Who made the people under you so useless? Not only can't you beat a few dolls, but even the robbers under a few dolls can't be beaten."
Can't beat it."
Yin Kaishan was even more annoyed, and shouted with spittle flying around: "Are they ordinary bandits? Have you ever seen bandits with all kinds of soldiers and armor, and various types of crossbows?"
Su Dingfang was stunned and said with a half-smile, "Like Wagang?"
Yin Kaishan was speechless and felt a little tight in his chest.
Not long after the Tang Dynasty came to dominate the world, all kinds of strong men were wiped out. There were so many strong men in the village who had soldiers and crossbows, and countless examples could be found.
So Yin Kaishan was hit by a gun.
Waganna not only has armor and bed crossbows, Waganna has everything. There are several princes who can stand shoulder to shoulder with him and Su Dingfang.
"Hmph! I'm going to go find those brats to settle the score!"
Yin Kaishan felt that it was a bit difficult to save his face. After snorting coldly, he was going to find Wang Xuance and others to cause trouble.
Su Dingfang quickly stopped him and said, "Brother Kaishan, I advise you not to go. Those brats have dark hearts. Just think about it, they became the first and second boss of Fenglong Mountain in just two months.
The third leader has gathered tens of thousands of followers, so you know how dark their hearts are."
