Two hundred and twentieth chapters national action (11)
"Twenty thousand catties of grain, four hundred and ninety people...you should do some testing first."
On the sixth day of the first lunar month, at the junction of Wei County and Wu'an County on the east bank of the Zhuozhang River, Dou Xiaoniang didn't know that her stepmother had been promoted to a big boss, or she didn't care even if she knew about it. This was before she participated in the raid on Wei County a few years ago.
Yi Jie was very happy to be the captain of the patrol team. At this time, she was also making a handover with Su Jingfang from Wu'an County, and was very busy.
"The check is clear."
After a while, Su Jing, who had brought many people with him, responded as usual, and also raised a question. "Why did so many people only send more than a thousand shi of food? Four hundred and ninety people, according to your ratio of 37
, the total number should be a transport team of 900 people, as well as carriages and horses, and military stations on the road..."
"Whether it's a thousand stones or ten thousand stones, it's all for the common people anyway, why should you care about this?" Perhaps because she had been specially told something before coming here, Dou Xiaoniang was obviously a little wary. "I remind you, Su
Lieutenant Colonel, within this thousand kilograms, you must first leave some food for the peasants...According to the rules, from Liyang to here, you have to give thirty kilograms more food, that is, each person has to take another fifty kilograms...the rest
You must also ensure that the food you buy is given to the people of Mingshui County, and we will send patrols to inspect it."
Su Jingfang was stunned for a moment and looked at the people in the county who immediately looked at him with vigilant eyes. However, he did not say anything and just nodded... The word "flexibility" was tailor-made for him, Xiao Lieutenant Su.
In this way, after working hard for more than half an hour, the patrol riders watched with their own eyes the civilian men who had been recruited temporarily received the food and went into the wilderness. The auxiliary soldiers on the opposite side moved the food to the car on the opposite side and formally signed the handover document.
Only then did I relax.
However, after finishing their work, Captain Dou, Xiaoniang Dou, and Captain Su Jingfang ordered all the troops to turn back/set off, but they themselves stayed at the end and did not move at all, seeming to have something to say.
"You say it first." Su Jingfang took the initiative to rein in his horse and turn around, facing off against the other party.
"Hasn't your master already joined us? Why are there so many conflicts this time? Why haven't people been organized to get food? Why do we still need to hand over the supplies?" Dou Xiaoniang asked seriously.
Su Jingfang hesitated to speak. After a moment, he answered seriously: "I'd better ask first... You are the Liyang from the 28th day of the twelfth lunar month, right?"
"Twenty-seven."
"Okay, twenty-seven." Su Jingfang nodded. "Today is the sixth day of the Lunar New Year, right? It's almost ten days, right?"
"right."
"Within ten days, you captured Liyangcang, drove away Qutuda, and captured 10,000 of his 20,000 men. You also broke through Linqing Pass, captured Yanjin, forced the entire Wuyang County to surrender, and swept away the entire
Ji County, captured Wei County, I heard that they also attacked Xingyang County, and attacked Aoshan Cang in Luokou Cang... right?"
"We did not capture the entire Wei County." Dou Xiaoniang thought for a while and answered seriously. "We haven't touched the cities of Yecheng, Anyang, and Hanling yet..."
"It doesn't matter." Su Jingfang shook his head. "Don't you think you are taking too big a step?"
"I think so." Dou Xiaoniang continued to deal with it seriously. "As I said from the beginning, if we do this, we will definitely disturb the great master of Dongdu, and maybe we will drag Uncle Cao back from Guanxi, so that's why we do this
We are anxious to transport the food back. But what should we do? The people have suffered a disaster this year and there is not enough food. If we, as the leader of the rebel army, don’t take care of it, who will? Don’t you know that this food is the blood of the people of Hebei? You can’t
Seeing that the people of Hebei have their blood right in front of them, then they all starve to death, right?"
Su Jingfang opened his mouth, but remained silent.
"The same principle applies to destroying Luokou Cang. It is the blood of the people in the east of Jianghuai and Jiangdong, and it must be returned to the people." Dou Xiaoniang did not notice the other party's strangeness, but hurriedly added something, and then asked back. "You still want to return to the people?"
What do you want to ask?"
Su Jingfang still didn't say anything. He originally wanted to guide the other party to admit that the gang's steps were too big and might lead to danger, so as to explain why he kept a distance from the gang.
However, halfway through Captain Dou's words, Colonel Su realized the problem - this set of arguments based on the basic logic of interests and harms was of no use to the other party.
If you really say it, the other party will only become more confused and even directly despise you.
If it were normal times, contempt would be contempt. When would Su Jingfang care about this? However, facing the gang's almost violent offensive around this new year; facing Zhang San who clearly knows everything and is obviously better than others.
Everyone is smart, but they are still stupid. Faced with countless people crossing the border and unmistakable food stocks, relief, and the expected famine that has indeed been solved; facing the clear eyes in front of me
With the serious girl knight... Su Jingfang remained silent.
"I have nothing to answer." Su Jingfang answered seriously. "As long as you know everything."
"Then you answer what I said." Dou Xiaoniang continued. "What do you mean now?"
"Actually, there's nothing to say." Su Jingfang looked at the clouds above his head and responded calmly. "It's just that my master broke up with your Chief Zhang again because of Zhao Jun... That's all. There's more to say about the outcome of the two families.
, if things go wrong, you might really want to go against it."
Dou Xiaoniang frowned slightly and seemed to realize something, so she asked directly: "Are you worried that if the great master comes and we are completely defeated, you will be implicated then?"
Su Jingfang did not deny it. On the contrary, after hesitating for a moment, he took the initiative to remind: "In short, if the situation is not good, you must not show off. You should hide and give way before you can make a comeback. The arrival of the Grandmaster is really like a red mountain."
Come on, find me when the time comes, and I will take you to hide in the real Red Mountain..."
"Even if I'm hiding, I'm hiding with our gang." Dou Xiaoniang frowned and seemed a little angry, but she suppressed it unexpectedly. "Why do you need to remind me?"
Su Jingfang, who had always been able to suppress any situation, nodded, said nothing, and turned back as if running away.
Dou Xiaoniang was not angry either, so she turned and left.
In the end, the two of them broke up on bad terms.
Of course, back on the sixth day of the first lunar month, no one cared about the emotional problems of the two little children. In fact, because of the speed of the gang's attack and the huge results, by this day, although the ripples had just started, they had already
It had a huge impact.
All stakeholders have to face this round of impact with a confused attitude, but many people have realized that the situation has reached a certain crossroads, and even the great masters who have the strength to form an army cannot
He will have to step down and directly push the situation... This makes people feel a little bit frightened.
There is nothing to hide. Fear of the Grand Master and the True Dragon is human nature. It is the historical experience of this world, and it is even a true insight that can see beyond the clouds to see the true context.
Li Ding was so frightened that he unexpectedly did not reply after receiving Zhang Xing's letter. He had been restless these days.
Zhang Shizhao was also confused, and then seemed to have a strong sense of crisis, and then unexpectedly chose to join the army and participate in the war against Xingyang... Li Shu was naturally overjoyed.
Li Qingchen was more direct. After receiving Zhang Xing's letter, he remained silent. He only took advantage of the army's last opportunity to attack Luokou warehouse and transfer grain, and decisively escaped... Throwing down all the baggage and inventory, disbanding the county soldiers, and taking possession of the eastern capital
A group of Jinwu guards in color arrived at Hanling City at the foot of Hanling Mountain in the southwest of Yecheng, and then suddenly without anyone saying hello, they led the three to four thousand troops directly to the northwest.
However, they actually gave up the Fuyang Road to the north, took the Hongshan Fukou Trail to the northwest, crossed Hongshan, and arrived at Wu'an County.
One day later, when Su Jingfang returned to Yongnian City, Wu'an County, he was surprised to find that Li Qingchen, the pale-faced Ambassador of Yecheng Palace, had appeared at his master's seat in the lobby.
"What I mean is simple."
Li Qingchen glanced at Su Jingfang, whom he had met several times, and watched him stop outside the door without any intention of covering up or stopping. "The situation is chaotic. Ask me if Zhong Cheng will come over in person and try to take down Zhang Xing and the gang."
The core leader... I made it clear that I don't know at the moment... However, no one can say that there is no such possibility. And since I, Li Qingchen, have been ordered by Zhongcheng, I should try my best until the end before speaking. Therefore, I and
Qu Tuda and Qin Er are doing the same thing, which is to conserve their strength as much as possible, avoid the gang's attack, and wait for the arrival of Zhong Cheng to join forces to counterattack!"
"What if Uncle Cao doesn't come?" Li Ding asked coldly. "How will you deal with yourself?"
"If the Prime Minister doesn't come, how will you deal with yourself?" Li Qingchen mocked back without hesitation. "Submit Zhang San or surrender to the British Duke?"
Li Ding sneered on the spot and wanted to speak.
"Let's demote Zhang San." Li Qingchen suddenly made his own choice for the other party. "If you demote Zhang San, even if you are not one person inferior to ten thousand people, you are also the person Zhang San trusts most. In terms of fulfilling your responsibilities, what kind of president do you want to be?"
There is no problem with the command and leadership, but if the British Duke is demoted, to put it bluntly, although you are also from a famous family in Guanlong, you will not be suppressed, but that's all... Is there a shortage of famous disciples at the British Duke?
Do you need a military leader from Guanlong? Or, until now, you still think that you have any chance to take advantage of the chaos and achieve some personal and overall situation?"
Li Ding suppressed his smile and calmly fell into the opponent's verbal trap: "Why can't we take advantage of the chaos?"
"Because one cannot deceive oneself and others, at least one should not deceive oneself and others." Li Qingchen replied with a smile. "Zhang San's move is certainly an unwise move to throw himself and his gang out, but on the other hand, it is not a practice to prove to the world.
How about his determination to "unify the world for the benefit of the world"? After this incident, Zhang San, who helped him, was either in ruins, or he wanted to take over the people of Hebei and even the east, Jianghuai and his hometown of Eastern Qi... And the British Duke
We also want to take advantage of the situation to enter Guanzhong and reorganize Guanlong. I dare to ask you, a useless person who is a useless official and a useless separatist, how can he stand on his own in the world? "
At this point, Li Qingchen looked at the other party with a slight disdain: "With all due respect, Li Silang, I used to be young and ignorant of accidents, and I was not familiar with you before coming to Hebei. I always thought that you were somewhat up to date, but now it seems that...
You can't say that you can't compare to Zhang Xing's momentum of opening up the situation, and you can't compare to the forbearance of Britain's announcement to the world. Even the determination of Cao Zhongcheng and Sima Erlong is inferior... Don't be so self-righteous."
Even though Li Ding had been mentally prepared for it, he was a little angry at this time, or in other words, angry from embarrassment. After all, Li Qingchen's ridicule was actually consistent with his lapses and panic in the past few days.
"So we've been talking for a long time." Li Ding took a long breath and suppressed his emotions. "If Uncle Cao doesn't come, how will you deal with yourself?"
"Are you asking me, or the Jinwu Guards at Hongshan Pass?" Li Qingchen unceremoniously revealed the other party's true intention.
"What about you, and what about Jinwu Guard?" Li Ding didn't bother to cover up.
"If Zhongcheng doesn't come, Jin Wuwei... you can swallow it if you want." Li Twelve said thoughtfully. "As for me, my life and death have nothing to do with you... You won't go so far as to tie me up."
Sell it?"
"As long as you are in my territory of Wu'an, my life and death will have nothing to do with me." Li Ding reiterated helplessly.
"It doesn't matter, I'll leave right away." Li Qingchen replied immediately.
"What do you mean?" Li Ding suddenly felt inexplicably nervous.
"Do you think I am just sitting back and waiting for death?" Li Qingchen glanced at the other party with a calm expression. "I have said before that I left Yecheng because I wanted to save useful soldiers for Zhongcheng's counterattack. If Zhongcheng doesn't
Come and fight back... Of course I have to invite him in person... I will leave today, leave immediately, and leave alone."
Li Ding was a little wary: "You have to cross Hongshan, pass Shangdang, Hedong, and go to Guanxi... No, Uncle Cao hasn't arrived in Xidu yet?"
"The last news is that he is still in Tongguan and has not entered the customs yet." Li Qingchen responded calmly. "I will do my best."
"What if he leaves when you arrive?" Li Ding asked seriously.
"This is not the right question for you, because at that time, it will have nothing to do with you anyway." Li Qingchen remained calm. "You just need to think about one thing. If I lead the Grand Master from Dongdu to Hebei, you will be in the north.
, how to deal with it?”
Li Ding also smiled: "This is not what you should ask."
Li Qingchen unexpectedly did not refute it, but nodded without comment.
The two fell silent together. Su Jingfang, who was standing at the door, and Wang Chenxu, who was sitting next to him, had already pretended to be puppets and remained silent.
After a while, just when Li Qingchen seemed to be about to stand up, Li Ding suddenly said: "What are you doing, sir? You said that I was knocked into the corner by Zhang San and those people, so why not you? Compared with me, your situation is just that.
It would be even worse. Even if I don’t know what thoughts you have, you will only be more helpless than me. I am in the corner, and you are standing on the tip of a needle... It’s better to forget it and just rest here for a while.
After all, I still have some capital, enough to ensure that you can survive this twists and turns and start over again."
This sounds a bit like a sarcastic comment.
In fact, Li Qingchen also laughed immediately: "Li Fujun actually wants to recruit me? Isn't it enough to eat my soldiers?"
Li Ding straightened up and responded sincerely: "This is a sincere argument."
"I know...I know!" Li Qingchen was startled for a moment, and suddenly sighed in the seat. "I know...it's not just you. Zhang Xing's persuasion to surrender is also sincere. But people, either with that breath, can
If you go with it, go with it, and if you can't go with it, you won't go with it; either you cringe, grit your teeth and do it, or collapse and shrink back... My current situation is that I can still suppress the feeling in my heart.
You flinch, and then you feel a little out of control. The more you do this, the more you have to cherish your last breath. Li Silang, it’s okay for a man to live in life and not make contributions. How can he be like a plant and a tree, silently following the weather?
Will it turn into decay? There has to be something to do!"
Li Ding opened his mouth, but after looking at the other person's pale complexion, thin figure, and some white hair on his head, he unexpectedly didn't say anything anymore, but nodded.
Li Qingchen said no more, stood up and left.
After the people left, the hall was silent for a long time. Finally, it was Wang Chen who broke the silence.
The newly appointed captain of this county cautiously asked: "Master Fu, do you want to send someone to notify Taiyuan?"
Li Ding came back to his senses, glanced at the other party, and inexplicably glanced at Su Jingfang who was standing at the door and looking into the hall, and then looked at the other party again: "It works, you can send someone there."
Wang Chen stood up immediately in astonishment and was about to leave, but he woke up and quickly explained: "My lord, I am not making any decisions, but I am thinking about my lord. I am worried that this person's departure may ruin the plans of the British prince, and he will be angry at that time."
Come here... these days, haven't you been following the gang to the west to talk about Uncle Cao? They say that once he goes to Guanxi or Jin, he will be dealt with by the British public and a great master."
"It doesn't matter, I don't want to offend the British public." Li Ding answered seriously. "You can go ahead and do it."
Wang Chen nodded in shock and hurried away.
As soon as the people left, Li Silang looked at the door again: "Jingfang, what do you think?"
"Master, what did you say?" Su Jingfang hurriedly stepped into the hall and asked in surprise. "Who is it?"
"Everything." Li Ding said with a smile. "Everyone... the current situation, Zhang Xing, Duke Ying, Uncle Cao, me, Li Qingchen, and Wang Chen are shocked."
"These things are beyond my words." Su Jingfang answered sincerely. "Students now feel more and more that their behavior is shallow and their abilities are only that..."
"I just want to listen to your superficial remarks." Li Ding continued with a smile. "Let's talk and listen."
"Then let me talk about it." Su Jingfang couldn't help but sigh. "The current situation, as Ambassador Li said, has reached the most critical juncture. Every household must make a choice based on the development of the situation. Among them, helping
In my opinion, acting with Mr. Zhang is a bit stupid, but I can't help but admire it. At least after this incident, no one in the world can say that helping Mr. Zhang "shares the interests of the world" and "deposes the world for profit."
That's a bluff."
Li Ding nodded heavily: "It's been three years, it's about to be the fourth year, and this guy is still like the guy at Gu Shuipan that day. Once he gets angry and gets violent, he is reckless and unrestrained... which is also admirable."
"As for Duke Ying and Uncle Cao, I don't think we can generalize... Uncle Cao is a great master, but Duke Ying may not be. But right now, it is the latter who is hunting the former, which is really scary.
"As for Master, Master makes his own decisions, just don't go against the laws of nature and human ethics.
"Li Qingchen...Ambassador Li has a bit of a sense of 'if you don't eat for the five tripods, you will cook for the five tripods', but he is more disappointed with the situation, as if he is trying his best to prove something.
"There is also the Wang Captain. I just want to remind Master that this person was the Deputy Captain long before Master took up the post of Wu'an Prefect. Even if he has contacts with the British Duke, he was probably won over not long ago."
Li Ding nodded: "I guess it's Wang Chenkuo... He and Wang Chenkuo are of the same race and generation. Wang Chenkuo has obviously defected to the British Duke... This shows that this is the extent of my ability to serve as a master."
Su Jingfang didn't answer, but Li Ding looked at the other person and continued to ask: "What about you? What do you think of yourself? Why were you so distracted just now?"
Su Jingfang was confused for a moment, and then filled with huge fear.
At this time, the captain of Wu'an County suddenly remembered some of Li Twelve Lang's words.
On the tenth day of the first lunar month, the gang penetrated Xingyang and surrounded Xingyang Cangshan Field. On the same day, in the cold wind, Li Qingchen traveled alone through the entire Jin Dynasty and arrived at Tongguan, where he met the great master he had longed for.
This surprised Cao Lin, because he could see clearly at a glance that the other party still had no Condensation Pill.