Miao Yuan also had a bitter look on his face as he listened to the complaints of several family heads. Compared with the Lu family, the Miao family was actually not much better.
In these days alone, the Miao family's long-standing food reserves have been spent on more than half.
The head of the Lu family looked at Miao Yuan and said: "Brother Miao, Ling Qianjin is a member of His Highness's chamber. I think, brother Miao, if you can speak to General Hu Limu, let him be accommodating..."
Several other family heads stood up and said to Miao Yuan: "Brother Miao, please do everything!"
Miao Yuan sighed softly, with a look of embarrassment on his face, but looking at the looks of the heads of the Lu family, he also knew that Hu Limu was really pushing everyone too hard.
Not to mention the Lu family and others, even within the Miao family there are already people who are very dissatisfied with this.
They took refuge in the Tatars because they wanted to rely on the Tatars to obtain greater benefits, but they did not give their own benefits to the Tatars.
Now they welcomed the Tatars into Taiyuan City. As a result, they did not get much benefit, but they were forced by the Tatars to donate a large amount of food.
In any era, food is the greatest wealth for a family.
If the gold and silver are gone, you can make more money, but if the food is gone, it will kill people.
Miao Yuan, the head of the family, has worked hard to quell the complaints within the family these days, and now he has to face the complaints of the Lu family and other families.
Taking a long breath, Miao Yuan looked at the head of the Lu family and the others and said slowly: "That's all, in that case, I will go out of my way to plead with General Hulimu."
Hearing this, the head of the Lu family and others suddenly showed joy on their faces and said to Miao Yuan: "Brother Miao will take action personally, and he will be able to succeed immediately. I will thank Brother Miao here in advance."
In the Tatar camp, Huli was wearing a leather robe with a braid on his head. His exposed skin was red and he had a ferocious look on his face. He was sitting there drinking with his generals.
Several Han women accompanied several Tatar generals to drink with forced smiles on their faces. A personal guard entered the camp and whispered in Hulimu's ear.
Hu Limu frowned and said to the soldier: "Bring Miao Yuan to see this general."
Soon, Miao Yuan was attracted by the soldiers and walked into the big tent filled with the smell of alcohol.
Seeing Hu Limu sitting there with the old god, Miao Yuan showed a hint of shame and anger in his eyes, but it passed quickly and no one noticed.
Miao Yuan took a deep breath and saluted Hu Limu: "My dear, Miao Yuan, I have met General Hu Limu."
Hu Limu then raised his head from the woman's arms and hugged the woman in his arms. His eyes fell on Miao Yuan and said with a bit of disdain: "Miao Yuan, you came to see me, but what I need is
Have you collected enough food and grass?"
Miao Yuanqiang suppressed the shame in his heart, cupped his hands and said: "General, Miao came here precisely for this matter."
Hu Limu looked at Miao Yuan and said, "Oh, is there something wrong with the food?"
Miao Yuandao: "General, in just a few days, the general has ordered us to raise as much as one hundred thousand stones of grain. Now the entire Taiyuan City has been almost emptied. This time the general has ordered us to raise grain and grass. We
There is really nothing I can do..."
"You bastards, you can't even do this, so what's the use of you..."
A bang was heard, and Hu Limu slapped the table. The dishes on the table scattered to the floor with a crash, and he stared at Miao Yuan with an angry face.
Miao Yuan couldn't help being startled and looked at Hu Limu with a bit of fear.
Hu Limu opened his eyes wide and stared at Miao Yuan, as if he wanted to kill someone.
There was some fear in Miao Yuan's heart, and he gritted his teeth and said: "General, it's not that Miao refused, it's really..."
With a choking sound, the sound of a sword being unsheathed was heard, and then Hu Limu pulled out the scimitar beside him, slashed the table with one blow, and only split the table into two halves. He stared at Miao Yuan fiercely and said, "Mr. Miao
, If you don’t see the food and grass I need in the evening, don’t blame me for being ruthless.”
Miao Yuan pointed at Hu Limu with a look of astonishment and said tremblingly: "You...you..."
Hu Limu sneered and said, "Get out of here, General!"
With a loud shout, Miao Yuan was so frightened that he stumbled out, and a burst of arrogant laughter came from the tent behind him.
In the big tent, a group of Tatar generals watched Miao Yuan running out in embarrassment as if they were looking at clowns, and then followed Hulimu into laughing.
A Tatar general with pigtails drank the wine in one gulp and laughed: "It's just a dog. We respect him, but he treats himself as a human being. If you ask me, treat these people, either
Kill them or take them away as slaves..."
Hu Limu laughed and said: "Yes, when His Highness conquers the city of Beijing, this general will definitely advise His Highness that these Han people should be killed if they can be killed. Even if they cannot be killed, they will be demoted to slaves and the lowest level."
people!"
"Yes, yes, I think about how glorious it was when the Mongolian and Yuan Empire unified the Central Plains..."
"Tsk tsk, it would be best if the right of first night can be restored. By then, I will sleep with all the Han women..."
Miao Yuan, who was standing not far away from the big tent, could not help but have a look of regret in his eyes as he listened to the laughter and discussion coming from the big tent.
Taking a long breath, Miao Yuan glanced at the tent, turned around and left the Tatar camp.
Miao family
When Miao Yuan returned to the mansion, the heads of several families headed by the Lu family were looking at him expectantly.
Seeing Miao Yuan's return, the head of the Lu family hurriedly stepped forward, looked at Miao Yuan and said, "Everything must have gone well for Brother Miao when he left. Then General Hulimu won't give us face, but he will always give Brother Miao some thin noodles..."
With a bit of a wry smile on his face, Miao Yuan looked at the heads of the Lu family, shook his head slowly and said, "Guys, I'm afraid Miao will disappoint you."
"What!"
"Brother Miao is not joking with us guys. After all, Ling Qianjin is also the concubine of His Highness Balsborot, isn't it? How is it possible that Hu Limu wants to look at the Buddha's face even if he doesn't look at the monk's face?
Will you give Brother Miao face?"
Miao Yuan shook his head and said: "Everyone, Miao went to see Hu Limu here, hoping that he could be exempted from the tasks assigned to us. Unfortunately, Hu Limu did not agree at all, and even gave me a time limit. If he cannot collect what he needs by the evening
If he doesn't have enough food, I'm afraid he will be rude to everyone..."
"Arrogant, really too arrogant!"
"That's too much bullying. If we hadn't helped them open the city gate, how could the Tatars have conquered Taiyuan City!"
"The ungrateful people are indeed a bunch of beasts. They turned their backs on each other and refused to recognize anyone. I was blind and chose to cooperate with them!"
After hearing this, the expressions of several family heads suddenly changed, and even the impatient ones jumped up and cursed on the spot.
After a while, all the family heads cursed angrily and vented their anger before calming down a little.
I heard Miao Yuan cough lightly and look at the crowd and say: "Everyone, if you really want to blame us, blame us for being obsessed with knowing people. Now we have no way out and can only keep going. Hu Limu's request, we
We have to find a way to complete it!”
The head of the Lu family said with red eyes: "How to complete it? Are we going to lose all the family wealth?"
No wonder the head of the Lu family was so excited. He originally wanted to take advantage, but now he didn't take any advantage and actually took advantage of it all.
Miao Yuan glanced at everyone, a cold light flashed in his eyes and said: "Since everyone is unwilling to use our own food reserves, let's rob them in the city."
The head of the Lu family gritted his teeth and said: "Just do it this way. If you die as a fellow Taoist, you will not die as a poor Taoist. If one of the thousands of households in the city can find a few stones of food, we will be able to do business."
The other family heads were naturally unwilling to use their own grain reserves to pay for the mission, so they had no objections to the suggestions of the Lu family head and Miao Yuan.
Soon the servants from several houses gathered, and there were hundreds of people.
Each of these servants carried weapons and went from house to house in the city like wolves and tigers to collect food.
Because families like the Lu family and the Miao family are like local snakes in Taiyuan City, they know exactly which families in the city have food.
The Tatars even don't know where some wealthy families store their grains, but Miao Yuan, the head of the Lu family and others know it very well.
These wealthy families are no better than those in Taiyuan City. They are much better than the ordinary people's families, but they are not considered to be the families of the gentry. It is normal for them to have thousands of kilograms of food stored in their homes.
Although it was said that most families had experienced a wave of raids by the Tatars before, and a lot of the food they had hidden was looted, but for these wealthy families, it is almost their instinct to cunning rabbits, especially those located in border towns.
Land, nothing is more important than food.
Therefore, the methods used by these wealthy families to hide food are beyond the imagination of ordinary people.
The Tatars couldn't find it, but if Miao Yuan and others did it, they would definitely be able to find a batch of hidden food.
In front of the door of a wealthy family, a family of more than ten people was dragged out by a group of servants.
Miao Yuan looked at the other party and said: "Chen Dagui, Miao can probably guess where your Chen family's grain cellar is. Should you hand it over on your own initiative, or let Miao find it in person?"
Chen Dagui stared at Miao Yuan fiercely, spit, and said angrily: "Chen Dagui, if you take refuge with the Tatars and work as a dog for the Tatars, you will die badly..."
Miao Yuan snorted coldly, waved his hand and said, "Come here, beat me hard until you die!"
Immediately, several servants picked up the sticks in their hands and hit Chen Dagui hard. It only took a moment, but Chen Dagui was beaten to death with random sticks.
Seeing this scene, more than a dozen members of the Chen family stared at Miao Yuan with hatred.
Miao Yuan frowned, waved his hand and said, "Kill everyone to death, and then follow me to find the grain cellar."
More than a dozen members of the Chen family were beaten to death. Not long after, the Chen family's hidden grain cellar was dug out, and thousands of stones of grain were loaded onto trucks and transported away.
On this day, in Taiyuan City, both ordinary people and wealthy families suffered great disasters. Whether it was Miao Yuan or the head of the Lu family, they were forced by the Tatars and used extremely cruel methods.
In this day alone, dozens of ordinary people and wealthy families were wiped out, and at least hundreds of people died in this day.
In the evening, a long convoy transported enough food into the camp.
In the hall of the Miao family.
The head of the Lu family still had a bit of evil spirit left in his body, and with a bit of smile in his eyes, he raised the wine glass in his hand and said: "Everyone, let's drink this cup together to celebrate our successful completion of the Tatar's request."
A family head smiled bitterly and said: "Now I just hope that Hu Limu will not make any more demands. If he asks us to raise food again, no matter how hard we dig deep, I'm afraid we won't be able to withstand Hu Limu's repeated demands."
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After hearing what the head of the family said, everyone was silent. How could they not understand this?
Not long ago, they used cruel methods to raise enough food that Hulimu requested. It can be said that they have completely offended everyone in the city.
Although many wealthy families were directly wiped out by them, don't forget that everyone is related to each other. Who doesn't have three relatives and six relatives?
Although they said they had wiped out those people's entire families, they could not kill these people's relatives. In this way, those people's relatives would naturally harbor hatred towards them.
If there were not Tatars in the city, Miao Yuan, the head of the Lu family and others had no doubt that the people who hated them would definitely tear them apart one by one.
Miao Yuan took a deep breath, glanced at everyone and said: "Everyone, we have no way out. From the moment we chose to open the city gate to welcome the Tatars into the city, we had no other choice but to follow the Tatars.
The Tatars have gone all the way, and now we can only hope that the Tatars can break through the capital, and by then we will be able to reap some benefits."
The head of the Lu family narrowed his eyes and said: "Come, let's pray together, hoping that Balsboro can conquer Beijing!"
There was a sound of rapid footsteps, and then someone exclaimed: "How can you break in..."
Several family heads couldn't help but turn around and saw a few Tatar soldiers kicking away a few Miao servants who were blocking them, and then barged in.
The leader was Hu Limu's personal guard. He glanced at Miao Yuan and others who were drinking and said: "Miao Yuan, the general has an order, ordering you to raise another hundred thousand dan of food. After three days, it must be sent to the camp.
Otherwise, you should know what the consequences will be."
Watching the guard turn and leave, everyone present, including Miao Yuan, sat there one by one, with expressions of disbelief on their faces.
Is this an hour? They had just sent the food to the warehouse, and it hadn't even been an hour yet. Hulimu actually sent someone to notify them to raise food.
Hu Limu didn't regard them as human beings at all, he wanted to force them to donate their own food reserves.
The head of the Lu family kicked the table, only to knock the table away, and said with a sad smile: "Hahaha, retribution, is this retribution?"
The faces of Miao Yuan and others were full of anger, but unfortunately they only dared to vent their anger in this hall. If they were really asked to look for Hu Limu, they would not dare to look for Hu Limu again even if they had the courage to do so.
On a journey of more than a thousand miles, even if Chu Yi had made adequate preparations early and had sufficient food, there were still as many as a thousand soldiers left behind along the way.
The only good thing is that after spending about twenty-five days, they finally entered Taiyuan.
In the evening of that day, the forward sentry came at a gallop, and the leader was Lin Pingzhi.
These days, Lin Pingzhi took the initiative to ask Chu Yi to join the sentry and serve as a sentry.
On Lin Pingzhi's horse, there was a figure standing sideways. Upon closer inspection, it turned out to be a Tatar soldier.
Several sentinels behind Lin Ping also captured two Tatar soldiers.
Turning over and dismounting, they saw Lin Pingzhi and his men throwing the three Tatar soldiers to the ground. The three Tatar soldiers were originally knocked unconscious, but when they suddenly fell to the ground, they naturally woke up one by one.
When they saw Lin Pingzhi and others, the three Tatar soldiers seemed to have come to their senses, thinking that they were originally ordered to inspect the surroundings of Taiyuan City, but they were attacked by Lin Pingzhi and others. It was just a
When they met, most of a dozen or so people from a sentry team were killed. Looking at the situation, it seemed that only three of them survived.
"Who are you, how dare you..."
A sentinel shouted at Lin Pingzhi and others.
Lin Pingzhi kicked the sentinel's knee, only to hear a click, and his knee was shattered with a kick. The Tatar soldier fell to the ground holding his knees and wailing.
The other two Tatar soldiers were restrained by Lin Pingzhi's cruelty and decisiveness, with frightened expressions on their faces.
"Take him away and hand him over to General Xu and General Sun for interrogation!"
In a tent, Chu Yi was sitting cross-legged and practicing. Chu Yi's brows moved slightly, and he slowly stopped his practice. The light in his eyes flashed away, and he heard a voice coming from outside the tent:
"The chief manager, General Xu, General Sun and others would like to see you."
"come in!"
Sun Qiu, Xu Tianzuo and others walked into the tent and saluted Chu Yi.
Chu Yi waved his hand and said, "Tell me, I'll let you capture a few Tatars and come back to ask about the situation in Taiyuan City. Have you asked?"
Sun Qiu took a step forward and said to Chu Yi: "Report to the Chief Manager, we sent people to arrest several Tatar soldiers, and we have learned from them about the situation of the Tatars in Taiyuan City."
As he spoke, Sun Qiu told all the conditions in Taiyuan City that he had learned from the three Tatar soldiers. That is to say, those whom he had arrested were Tatar sentinels. These people would instinctively collect some useful information.
information, so we were able to get a lot of useful information from these people. If we really captured a few Tatar soldiers at random, I'm afraid we wouldn't be able to find out anything at all.
Chu Yi nodded slightly, looked at Qi Hu and said, "Qi Hu, have you ever contacted the Jin Yiwei in Taiyuan City?"
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