Hu Xiaotian said: "Mr. Li, there is no need to say this. I saved you not because I wanted you to repay me."
Li Chang'an said: "Li has a junior brother, his name is Xia Changming. He has been learning from my master since he was a child. After my master passed away seven years ago, he made a house in front of his grave and stayed filial piety for us for seven years, studying and controlling hard.
The beast's skills have never been revealed. I once intended to recommend him to work in the Tianji Bureau, but the world is in turmoil and the future of Dakang is bleak. Considering his future development, I gave up the idea. Mr. Hu is now in the prime of employing people.
Now, if Young Master Hu believes in my vision, I will recommend him to serve under Young Master, what do you think?"
Hu Xiaotian was overjoyed when he heard this. Although Li Changan refused to stay and work for him, he still recommended his junior brother to come over. Even if his skills are not as good as his, he is at least a first-class beast master. He nodded repeatedly and said: "I'll trouble Li
Sir."
Li Changan said: "I just revised the book for him and asked him to come and help me. If everything goes well, he should arrive in the next two days."
Hu Xiaotian said: "It turns out that Mr. Li's junior brother is so close to me."
Li Changan smiled and said: "It's not that far, more than three thousand miles."
Hu Xiaotian was dumbfounded. He was able to arrive here in two days after more than 3,000 miles. Do you think he took the high-speed rail or the plane? Then he thought about it and imagined that a beast master like Li Changan could not follow common sense. He was riding a horse, and he was riding a bird. Li Changan
Isn't there a snow eagle? As his junior brother, he shouldn't be much different. While he was amazed, he couldn't help but look forward to it. If this Xia Changming could really be used by him, wouldn't he be even more powerful than a tiger?
The speed of many things in this world is beyond Hu Xiaotian's expectation. Although Hu Xiaotian promised to send 300,000 shi of grain to the court, he did not expect that the court's grain transport team would arrive so quickly. Seven days after Fan Zongxi left Dongliang County, the court
The first batch of grain transport teams has arrived thirty miles outside Wuxing County.
Hu Xiaotian couldn't help but feel surprised when he received the news. Could it be that these people also flew over on big birds?
If the grain transport team sent by the imperial court had set out from Kangdu, of course it would not have arrived so quickly. Instead, after the old emperor Long Xuanen received the news that Hu Xiaotian was willing to provide 300,000 shi of grain, he immediately took action. He asked Yunyang City Guards
Jiang Zhengyang organized a convoy of soldiers and horses to deliver food.
Although Hu Xiaotian had never met Jiang Zhengyang, the governor of Yunyang City, he had dealt with him before. Not long ago, Jiang Zhengyang had sent his subordinate Zuda to borrow food, but he refused. Unexpectedly, the emperor would hand over the task of transporting food this time.
Gave it to him. Hu Xiaotian couldn't help but secretly lamented that Long Xuan'en was fatuous and so confused. It was impossible for the country to survive until the great prosperity. It seemed that Long Xuan'en was eager to get rid of the 300,000 shi of food, for fear that he would go back on his word and gain from other sources.
On the one hand, it also shows that Long Xuanen does not trust himself at all.
Jiang Zhengyang also paid great attention to the people who escorted the grain this time. He sent a team of 20,000 people and a total of 3,000 mule carts. Hu Xiaotian initially estimated that this trip could haul away 100,000 shi of grain. The second batch of transportation
The grain army set out from Kangdu, and it might take half a month to arrive here.
Hu Xiaotian was very clear about the situation in Yunyang City. Jiang Zhengyang was now in a dilemma where he couldn't take the blame. The old emperor asked him to transport grain. It was like asking a hungry wolf to come over and escort the fat sheep. It was strange that the fat sheep didn't suffer.
On this issue, Yu Tianxing and others also have the same view as Hu Xiaotian. Zhan Peng said: "According to what we have learned, Yunyang's military rations are in urgent need. The garrison in the city used to number 30,000, because the food and salary supply has been insufficient recently.
As many as 10,000 people fled one after another. I saw that they claimed that the number of people escorting the food transport team was 20,000. In fact, it may be even lower than this number."
Li Yongfu said: "My lord, Jiang Zhengyang came personally to escort the grain and grass. Something seems wrong. He almost sent out his entire army this time. Yunyang became an empty city." After Li Yongfu got the news, he immediately came over to report to Hu Xiaotian.
Hu Xiaotian frowned: "The emperor is afraid that I will regret it, but instead trusts Jiang Zhengyang. Isn't he afraid that Jiang Zhengyang will swallow this batch of grain?"
Xiong Tianba said: "Third uncle, I don't understand? Why should the food we worked so hard to grab be given to the court? It is obviously the court that should pay us food? We serve the court, why is it reversed now?"
Hu Xiaotian smiled and said: "Don't get involved, just do whatever we ask you to do."
Xiong Tianba sighed and said, "Yeah, I won't tell you. Anyway, if you go to war, don't forget to let me be the vanguard."
Hu Xiaotian stood up, walked slowly to the sand table, looked at it for a while, and whispered: "What Jiang Zhengyang lacks most is food. What will happen to him if he runs out of food?"
Gao Yuan on the side said: "If he runs out of food, his men will be like a pile of scattered sand. Now there are endless incidents of deserters in Yunyang City, and there are many soldiers who rob the people, and they are no different from bandits."
Hu Xiaotian said: "If you give him these grains and deliver them to the court safely, how much do you think the court will give him?"
Li Yongfu said: "The imperial court cannot protect itself, so it is waiting for this batch of food to help. It would be good to give him one-tenth." According to the current food estimate, the food Jiang Zhengyang may receive is only fifteen thousand shi.
Or so, this little food is definitely a drop in the bucket for him, and I'm afraid it's not even enough to stuff his teeth.
Hu Xiaotian said to Xiong Tianba: "If it were you, would you send the food to Kangdu?"
Xiong Tianba was stunned for a moment and scratched his head.
Hu Xiaotian said: "Don't think about it, just say whatever comes to mind."
Xiong Tianba said: "Of course I won't give it away. I and my brothers are hungry. Why should I give food cheap to that dog emperor?"
Everyone couldn't help but smile, Xiong Tianba was a straight man, and he really said whatever came to his mind. But if his words were rough and rational, they would have thought like this. In fact, most people didn't understand why Hu Xiaotian wanted to
The fruits of victory were presented to the court, and the most sober-minded person present was Yu Tianxing.
Hu Xiaotian looked at Yu Tianxing with a smile and said: "Commander, tell me your opinion!" Although Yu Tianxing has been confirmed by Hu Xiaotian as a military advisor, just two victories still cannot make everyone convinced of him. Hu Xiaotian also intends to
To strengthen his position in everyone's mind, Hu Xiaotian has actually seen clearly the future direction of Jiang Zhengyang's food transportation, but he still wants to leave this opportunity for analysis to Yu Tianxing, allowing Yu Tianxing to show off his talent.
We also need to strengthen his confidence. After all, Yu Tianxing still has some immature aspects. Hu Xiaotian must help him change, and this help must leave no trace as much as possible.
Yu Tianxing said: "Tianba's thoughts represent the thoughts of most people. Jiang Zhengyang has no choice. He dispatched almost the entire army this time. On the one hand, it proves that he attaches great importance to the task of transporting food. On the other hand, it shows that Yunyang
It is not important in his mind." Yu Tianxing came to the sand table, stood next to Hu Xiaotian, looked at the position of Yunyang and said: "The geographical location of Yunyang is extremely important, and two important roads in the northwest pass through it.
, Although it is still far away from Dayong and Xichuan, everyone should not ignore one thing." His finger moved northwest, pointing to a city three hundred miles away from Yunyang.
Li Yongfu said: "Xingzhou!" As the guard of Wuxing County, he knew the situation in the north of Dakang better than the others.
Yu Tianxing nodded.
Li Yongfu said: "Guo Guangbi in Xingzhou already has 60,000 soldiers and horses. He is the most powerful of the Dakang rebels. He occupied Xingzhou and attacked and robbed the surrounding area. Now he has established a firm foothold."
Yu Tianxing said: "If Jiang Zhengyang is interested in this batch of food and grass, he will definitely think of a way out. Although Yunyang is geographically important, there is no natural danger to defend. Even if Jiang Zhengyang robs the food, he will not be able to hold it.
This matter is not a trivial matter. Not only will it be punished by the imperial court, but it is also likely to arouse hostility from surrounding colleagues. As an experienced general, Jiang Zhengyang has probably already thought of his next retreat. I have carefully studied the situation in this area. If
To gain a firm foothold, Jiang Zhengyang had no choice but to go to Xingzhou and join Guo Guangbi."
Hu Xiaotian nodded and went with one hundred thousand shi of food. No one would refuse such an army.
Zhan Peng said: "Why did the military advisor predict that he would rebel?"
Li Yongfu sighed and said: "The emperor only cares about himself, otherwise there would be no way to survive."
Gao Yuan said: "In this case, if we want him to defect to the rebels in Xingzhou, it is better to persuade him to surrender to us. Young Master, it is better to send someone in advance to persuade him to surrender." Gao Yuan always treated Hu Xiaotian as his master, and habitually called him "
Young Master.
Hu Xiaotian said: "If we go to recruit him and surrender him before he rebels, wouldn't it be equivalent to publicly showing the world that we are also rebels?"
Gao Yuan didn't know how to answer for a while. With his current knowledge, he obviously couldn't understand that Hu Xiaotian was playing a big game of chess.
Hu Xiaotian said: "No matter whether Jiang Zhengyang will rebel or not, it is always a good thing to be prepared for a rainy day. We must not take it lightly and take all precautions. As long as Jiang Zhengyang dares to swallow this batch of food and grass, we will take action to crush it."
At this time, everyone vaguely understood that Hu Xiaotian was probably playing a big game of chess, and the 100,000 shi of food was probably a bait he deliberately threw out.
Jiang Zhengyang's troops who went to Wuxing County to transport grain were all stationed ten miles outside the city. They could not enter Wuxing County rashly without Hu Xiaotian's permission. How dare they not bow their heads under the roof of a human being? Although they have the emperor's orders, they are still
Coming to someone to ask for something, I always feel a bit humble. In terms of status, Hu Xiaotian is actually not much higher than him. He is nothing more than a future prince-in-law, but after all, it has not become a reality yet, but Hu Xiaotian has recently defeated Dayong twice in a row, and his momentum is at its peak.
In addition, they have seized Dongluocang and solved the problem of food and clothing. Jiang Zhengyang can only envy him. (To be continued)
