Long Chen glanced at the old horseman in the distance again and rode up to the top of the mountain. Wu Jian immediately arranged for people to escort the prisoners from Jade Buddha Pass over.
Zhang Qian and others were commanding the army at the foot of the mountain.
When they reached the top of the mountain, He Juntao came over immediately and said: "Sir, Shi Le built trenches and thickened the city walls in Yangcheng. It seems that he no longer intends to attack and will switch to defense."
The spies from Xichang came back with news, and He Juntao immediately reported it.
Long Chen entered the room, took off his helmet, and said: "As expected, Shi Le's attack yesterday suffered heavy losses. If he still dares to do that, all Xixia's troops will be killed."
Yesterday, Shi Le lost his mind. Including tenants, two hundred thousand people were killed in one battle. Long Chen was shocked.
He Juntao said: "Sir, if Shi Le sticks to Yangcheng, we will face the problem of attacking the city, and the casualties will be huge."
Long Chen said: "I know, but Shi Le is not a fool. We can't let him keep attacking Zhenguo Temple."
He Juntao nodded slightly and said: "There is another news. Shi Le asked Privy Councilor Lu Qichang to recruit troops again. The Yangcheng prefect came up with a bad idea and asked Lu Qichang to spread rumors that he would castrate all the men in Xixia and seize their wives.
female."
In a place as important as Yangcheng, there must be spies from Xichang, and there must be spies around the prefect.
So He Juntao knew the news immediately.
Long Chen nodded slightly and praised: "This prefect is very smart, this strategy is quite vicious."
He Juntao said: "The name of the governor of Yangcheng is Zhao Lun, nicknamed Zhi Duoxing. He comes from a poor family and is very cunning."
"But, would anyone believe such nonsense?"
Long Chen smiled and said: "I believe it, this is a great strategy. Do you know what kind of rumors are easiest for people to believe?"
He Juntao shook his head slightly. As a person from Xichang, she often spread rumors, but she had never thought about what kind of rumors were easiest to spread.
Long Chen said: "Direct, no need to think, you will know what is going on as soon as you hear it, it must be directly related to your own interests."
"Especially those directly related to the body, life and death, wives and children, are the easiest to spread."
"His rumors are very good and can incite the people."
Long Chen remembered the rumors he had heard, such as that hybrid rice was not good to eat, that the rice in the supermarket was made of plastic, and that eggs were artificial.
In this way, these rumors are all related to physical health. They are easy to understand, anyone can tell them, and they spread very quickly.
"Then how should we respond? If the people of Xixia really believe it, Shi Le can raise an army of hundreds of thousands."
He Juntao felt that Long Chen must have some countermeasures. Just like last time, Long Chen spread rumors that Shi Le would distribute the land owned by powerful landlords to tenants.
The surrounding powerful landowners really believed it, and some even started fighting with the government.
Long Chen shook his head slightly and said: "I didn't expect it at the moment, but this Zhao Lun is too smart, we must deal with him."
Long Chen likes smart people, but for people who are too smart, it would be better to die.
He Juntao immediately said: "My subordinates arranged for someone to assassinate him."
Long Chen shook his head and said: "No, you don't have to worry about this matter. If you continue to spread rumors, you still say that Shi Le will distribute the land to tenants."
He Juntao bowed and said, "I obey my orders."
Long Chen thought for a moment and said, "Call Old Wu over."
He Juntao immediately went out and called Wu Jian over.
Wu Jian closed the door, sat down and asked, "What's the matter, Major General?"
Although Long Chen has been crowned king, Wu Jian still prefers the title of Young General, and Long Chen is used to it.
Long Chen said: "I plan to bring more prisoners from Jade Buddha Pass over. The surrounding tenant farmers have left and the fields have been abandoned. Let them farm the fields. The food they grow should be able to provide part of the army's rations."
Long Chen initially imprisoned the prisoners in Zhenguo Temple in Jade Buddha Pass because there was still a big battle in Zhenguo Temple.
If the prisoners were imprisoned in Zhenguo Temple, these people would definitely take advantage of Shi Le's attack to cause trouble.
Now the great battle at Zhenguo Temple is over, Shi Le has been defeated, and people can be used.
Shi Le repaired Yang City and prepared for a protracted war with Long Chen. Long Chen had to solve the problem of military rations.
There is a high probability that war has started in the south of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty, and military expenditures are huge. Long Chen does not want to increase the taxes of the people.
The best way is to set up farming and let the prisoners work.
"Tuntian? Is it the same as before?"
When Long Chen was training the Long Family Army in the capital, he used the method of farming.
At that time, the treasury of the Great Zhou Dynasty was not sufficient, so Long Chen adopted a farming system to reclaim wasteland. Half of the army was trained and half was farmed, taking turns.
The grain grown is used as rations for the army and does not need to be taxed.
"Yes, that's it. It's just that the people farming the land now are Xixia captives, and our people are watching."
In the past, it was very hard for the Long Family Army to farm their own land, but now they have 80,000 prisoners on hand, and the Long Family Army only needs supervision.
"I understand, it's a good idea, but this place is in Xixia. What if they run away?"
Wu Jian was worried that the captives would escape while farming.
Long Chen said: "Simple, deliberately let some of them escape, then catch them back, behead them in public to show their authority, and scare them."
"Give them some more benefits and tell them to help farm the land. When I destroy Xixia, I will let them go home and give them the credit."
"Everyone can keep some of the food grown, or the money can be given to them."
"When I let them go home, I will have extra money in my hand."
After hearing this, Wu Jian was amazed and said with a smile: "The young general is really treacherous! They are both kind and powerful, they must be honest."
Long Chen laughed and said: "Uncle Wu, do you praise me or hurt me?"
Wu Jian chuckled and said: "Of course I am praising the young general for his intelligence. I will do it right now."
Wu Jian left the room with a smile. He felt that his young general was getting smarter and smarter.
Wu Jian took a step forward, laughed, and walked happily down the mountain. He happened to meet He Juntao who was going up the mountain.
"General Wu, what are you so happy about?"
Wu Jian smiled and said: "It's okay, I'm just happy."
Wu Jian hummed a little tune and walked down the mountain. He Juntao understood what made Wu Jian so happy?
Ignoring Wu Jian, He Juntao hurried up to the top of the mountain, knocked on the door and entered the room.
"Sir, someone sent a secret letter, claiming to be from Wanjin Tower."
He Juntao handed a bamboo tube to Long Chen.
Long Chen took the bamboo tube, opened it, looked at it, and said with a smile: "As soon as I said I wanted to deal with Zhao Lun, Wanjin Tower came."
"You come with me to Xifeng City and leave now."
This is a message from Yan Shuangyu, saying that she wants to meet Long Chen and talk about the assassination.
It just so happened that if Long Chen wanted to deal with Zhao Lun, he could let Wan Jinlou take action.
He Juntao asked: "Do you want to prepare?"
What He Juntao meant was whether to arrange for people from the West Factory to explore the route first to prevent Wanjinlou from plotting against him.
He Juntao cannot trust these profit-seeking assassins.
"No, Shen Wanjin wants something from me, and he is very smart and knows who to bet on."
Long Chen didn't believe in Wanjinlou, but believed in Shen Wanjin who knew the stakes clearly.
Wanjinlou's business depends on Long Chen, and Long Chen will probably have the final say in the future of the world.
Faced with such a situation, Shen Wanjin would only choose to curry favor with himself and would not frame him.
"Okay, let me clean it up."
Long Chen changed his clothes and went out wearing only cloth clothes.
He Juntao brought the war horse over. She was wearing a commoner on the outside but fine armor on the inside.
The two of them rode down the mountain. Zhang Qian saw Long Chen and the others coming down and asked, "Sir, where are you going?"
Long Chen said: "Juntao and I will go back to Jade Buddha Pass. You guys should take a look at this place."
Zhang Qian nodded and said: "Don't worry, be careful on the road."
Long Chen smiled and said: "I know."
Zhang Qian was worried that Shi Le would arrange an assassin's ambush along the way, so Long Chen casually agreed.
In this world, there is no assassin who can kill Long Chen.
Long Chen and He Juntao rode towards Xifeng City. The sun was setting in the west and it was almost dark.
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