Chapter 590: Lack of food and grass, Sun Ze's plan
Chapter 590: Lack of food and grass, Sun Ze’s plan
"Sun Ze, go and find out for yourself what is going on! Once you find out, report it to me as soon as possible!"
Wang Huaixuan gritted his teeth and said, and then he returned to the military tent bitterly. He knew very well that these were Shen Tang's methods to stay with him. However, everything was justified. Even if he wanted to It is impossible to put the responsibility on Shen Tang.
After all, all the military rations allocated by the imperial court were in Chengdu. He couldn't let Shen Tang provide him with military rations from his own pocket, right?
Half an hour later, Sun Ze returned to Wang Huaizhen's military tent.
"Commander, the general has checked it and what the quartermaster said is correct."
Is there anything verifiable about this?
Speaking of which, even the remaining food and grass for the past few days were left to them by Shen Tang's kindness. Otherwise, even if there is no grain of rice, it has nothing to do with Shen Tang.
Wang Huai's face was as dark as water. If this problem is not solved, how can we talk about pacifying Chengdu?
It would be okay for him to just go back to Lin'an in despair. Even if things go wrong, it is not impossible for the army to mutiny and put the blame on him.
"This damn vicious kid!"
Wang Huaixun cursed angrily, but that was all. After all, even if he wanted the court to allocate money and food, it would take a long time. Besides, he didn't know much about matters above the court. Young Master, although the treasury of the Song Dynasty is not empty now, it is not easy to mobilize a large amount of money and food. In other words, at least for now, he can only figure out a solution for this matter.
"Commander, there is a plan in the end, which may be able to temporarily alleviate the crisis of food shortage."
Sun Ze suddenly said.
"oh?"
Wang Huaicheng looked happy, "Let me tell you quickly, if you can really solve this matter, you will have made a great contribution, and I will definitely reward you heavily in the future."
"Thank you, Commander-in-Chief!"
Sun Ze hurriedly saluted, and then he came forward and whispered to Wang Huaixian, "General, the place where we are stationed at this time is Wenshan, Maozhou. First, we can immediately send a message to the prefect Ye Mao , let him quickly raise food and grass to supply the army."
Wang Huai's eyes narrowed slightly, but he nodded.
It stands to reason that although he is the commander-in-chief of the army, he has no right to order a prefect to raise food and grass for him. After all, there is no imperial decree in this matter. However, now that the battle is imminent, military affairs should be the most important thing. Furthermore, the army The lack of food in China is obvious. Even if the court knew about it, I'm afraid they wouldn't say anything.
"Well, this method is feasible, but with our army numbering tens of thousands, it is impossible for Maozhou alone to raise enough food and grass.
After all, everyone knows that Zhizhou Ye Mao cannot fully control the land of Maozhou."
When Sun Ze heard this, he smiled and said, "Commander, this is the general's second plan.
Today, our garrison is flanked by Wenshan, which is the homeland of the Qiang ethnic group in Maozhou.
The Qiang people are powerful and have a large number of people, so they must have a lot of food and grass.
The commander-in-chief only needs to ask them to provide food and grass.
If they agree, that's it. If they don't agree, our tens of thousands of troops are not just for display. If a mere Qiang tribe wants to disobey the commander's order, they must also have the strength."
"good!"
Wang Huai's eyes lit up. The Qiang tribe had a certain reputation even in the court. How could such a big tribe lack food and grass?
"Commander, in addition to this, the general has already verified that there are two soldiers and horses in the army who were recovered by Shen Tang before. They are also local tribes and only have thousands of troops. These tribes can give more or less Let’s raise some food and grass.”
"You just need to get through this period of time and wait until the food and grass from the court arrive. Then, what else does the commander have to worry about?"
"Okay, okay, okay!"
Wang Huaixin put his hands on his hands and laughed, "You are indeed worthy of being the person next to me, and you have such a clever plan.
You immediately send someone to invite the prefect of Maozhou to come. In addition, I will leave it to you to borrow food from the Qiang people.
You are allowed to lead 10,000 troops and horses!"
"Don't worry, Commander, I will definitely see you and take care of this matter."
Sun Ze rushed away excitedly. He first attracted Munda from the Poison Ivy tribe and Kuang Meng, the general!
This Kuang Meng is from the Poisonous Insect Tribe. He is under the command of Munda and leads two thousand members of the Poisonous Insect Tribe.
"Meet the general!"
Although I don’t know why Sun Ze asked them to come here, since they are in the army, they can’t disobey orders. Therefore, after hearing the order, Mengda and Meng secretly discussed it and came together. .
"Two generals, please take a seat!"
Sun Ze said with a smile.
"Thank you General!"
The two of them bowed, and then they sat across from Sun Ze, "General, I don't know how to recruit the two of us, but do you have any orders?"
Sun Ze waved his hand and said, "I would like to invite you two to come over. I really have something to ask for!"
Before the two of them could speak, Sun Ze continued, "I'm afraid you two don't know that our army will soon be out of food.
Shen Tang didn't know why, but he took away all the food and grass, and now only has three days' ration left.
Therefore, I have come to ask for help..."
Hearing that Sun Ze was planning to speak ill of Shen Tang, Kuang Meng immediately became angry and wanted to stand up, but Meng Da beside him secretly pushed him down!
If they didn't know the inside story, I'm afraid they would also suspect Shen Tang. Unfortunately, Shen Tang didn't hide these things from them at all. Even the current situation was within Shen Tang's expectation.
"The two of us are just generals in the army. I'm afraid we can't be of much help in matters like this."
Munda said calmly.
"Hahaha..." Sun Ze laughed, "The two generals are too modest. You two are the mainstays of your tribe, so if you open your mouth, I don't think the tribe will object.
Therefore, I would like to ask the two of them to borrow some grain from their respective tribes, and when the military rations from the imperial court arrive, I will definitely return them in double amounts."
If it was Shen Tang who was borrowing food, it goes without saying that the two of them would think it over carefully and then go to the clan to discuss it.
Although they were all conquered by Shen Tang, Shen Tang treated them equally, and he did not offend the tribes behind them, and even gave them a lot of money individually.
However, this guy in front of me will borrow food even if he opens his mouth or shuts up. Do you really think that you are very familiar with him?
The two of them sneered inwardly, "General Sun, our tribe is all a small tribe, and the people in the middle of the tribe are also in extremely difficult conditions. On weekdays, the food is not enough. I am afraid that borrowing food cannot help the general."
Hearing Munda's faint words, Sun Ze's face turned cold, "What?
Do you two want to disobey the commander's military orders?
Humph, I am borrowing food from you to give you face. Otherwise, if the army goes straight, it will be easy to wipe out your small tribe."