The first thousand and ninety-fifth chapters capture Licheng
"There are at least tens of thousands of people. Brothers can't hold it back. Beicheng... Beicheng will be lost soon!"
Pan Yu threw him away, turned around and ran towards the city.
In fact, Pan Yu had already guessed that it was the Jin army. Zhu Si's army had already withdrawn westward, and it was impossible to launch another war against Qi. Only the Jin army coming from Hebei would have ships.
Pan Yu was so anxious that he urged his horse to rush towards Prince Qi's Mansion. At the gate of Prince Qi's Mansion, he saw Wang Chongxin standing on the steps, looking towards the north city head.
"Prince of the Kingdom!"
Pan Yu shouted, got off his horse and ran towards him. Wang Chongxin also saw Pan Yu and hurriedly came up to him and asked: "General Pan, why did a fierce battle break out at the top of the city?"
"Prime Minister, the Jin army has entered the city!"
"Jin Army!"
Wang Chongxin was shocked and quickly took a few steps back, muttering: "It's impossible, how could it be the Jin army?"
"The Prime Minister is from the Jin army. He came by boat from Hebei. It is impossible for Zhu Si's army in Gaomi to have a boat. Please inform the prince to retreat quickly. It will be too late if it is too late."
Wang Chongxin suddenly came to his senses. He couldn't care about which army it was for the moment. He wanted to ensure safety. He kept saying: "Yes! Yes! Inform the prince immediately!"
The two of them rushed into the palace and met several soldiers carrying Li Na out.
"What's wrong with the prince?" Wang Chongxin asked anxiously.
"To report to the Prime Minister, the prince is very drunk. Why can't he be woken up? We want to use a carriage!"
"Hurry up and arrange the carriage!"
Soon, a four-horse carriage stopped at the door, and everyone carried Li Na into the carriage. Wang Chongxin also got in, and hundreds of guards mounted their horses.
The driver waved his long whip and the carriage started to move. At this time, the main force of the Jin army had already entered the city. The Qi army who ran out of the military camp had no intention of fighting and fled in all directions. There was a chaos in the city.
The east city gate had been opened, and countless soldiers rushed out to escape. In the chaos, Li Na's carriage, escorted by hundreds of cavalry guards, rushed out of the city gate and drove out of the city.
The Jin army did not intend to start street fighting in the city, so they did not block the south and east gates and allowed the Qi soldiers to flee. The soldiers in the city fled home, while the soldiers from other places rushed to the south gate first.
When more than 10,000 Qi soldiers escaped from the city, it meant that Licheng County was completely lost...
Li Bing rode into Licheng County. At this time, the Qi army soldiers were no longer visible in the city. Those who surrendered, those who fled, and those who went home went home. The streets and alleys were under martial law. Tens of thousands of troops firmly controlled Li Bing.
City and county.
Li Bing came to Prince Qi's Mansion. The chief steward of Prince Qi's Mansion and hundreds of maids knelt down to beg for mercy. Li Bing got off his horse and asked, "Where is Li Na?"
The chief steward said tremblingly: "The prince was drunk and was carried away by his personal guards. He left a long time ago. I heard that he escaped towards the east gate."
Li Bing nodded. He didn't care about Li Na's escape. After losing the capital, Li Na was not far from being destroyed.
Li Na implemented a centralized system of money and food, concentrating the money and food of the entire Qi State in Cangcheng of Licheng County. Once he lost Licheng County, he would not be able to support so many troops and would inevitably collapse without a fight.
"Are Li Na's wife and daughter here?"
"They are all in the house."
Li Bing then ordered: "Give them half an hour to pack up their belongings and leave the palace. The same goes for everyone else in the palace. After half an hour, the army will seal the palace."
The chief steward and the maids and maids hurriedly went to pack up their money and belongings. Dozens of Li Na's wives and concubines also hurriedly packed up their fine jewelry and left the palace with their personal maids.
Soon, the people in the palace were cleaned up, and the soldiers began to search the palace and warehouses. The large amount of wealth accumulated by Li Na and his son for two generations was moved out of the warehouses and money cellars. Various boxes and cages were piled up, and rough statistics were collected.
There are as many as 300,000 pieces of silk, satin and fabric.
This is only the wealth of the Prince of Qi's Mansion. There is also the Cangcheng of Qi State, which is just behind the Prince's Mansion. It covers an area of hundreds of acres and is composed of nearly a hundred large warehouses. It contains the money, grain and materials of the State of Qi, mainly grain, copper coins, and copper.
Ingots, and strategic materials such as armor and kerosene were almost exhausted in the battle to defend the city.
The wealth other than copper coins is gold. Qi State is rich in gold, and a large amount of gold flows into the government warehouses. Since the small coins minted by Qi State cannot be circulated outside, Qi State purchases various supplies from Hebei and Jiangnan with gold as payment.
But the gold is not in the capital warehouse, but is stored in a secret room of Prince Qi's Mansion. No one knows the exact amount.
"General Li, the sixty warehouses here are all grain depots!"
A warehouse official pointed to three long rows of large warehouses and introduced to Li Bing: "The warehouses are very big. Each warehouse can store at least 10,000 shi of grain. Now there are 500,000 shi of grain in total."
Li Bing walked into a grain depot and saw bags of grain piled up inside. They were all packed in large hemp bags. Each bag was worth a stone, and they were arranged neatly.
Li Bing patted one of the bags of grain. It was very strong. It should be wheat inside. There was also the words "Green Products, No. 12,442" on the bag.
"What does this mean?" Li Bing asked, pointing to the grain on the sack.
The official quickly explained: "All the grain from Qi's official warehouses must be transported to the capital. This means that the grain is shipped from Qingzhou. On the 12442nd, Qingzhou shipped 30,000 bags of grain last autumn.
, that is, there are thirty thousand numbers.”
Li Bing nodded, "I understand. In addition, I heard from officials in Dengzhou that Dengzhou originally had a batch of large logs for shipbuilding that were transported to Licheng County. Where are they?"
"There is indeed such a batch of wood. I remember that in warehouses No. 100 to 104, there were a total of 30,000 old ship logs dried in the shade, as well as a lot of high-quality dragon aggregate. The prince has always said that he wanted to build ships, but he never
It has not been implemented. This batch of wood has been shipped for three years and has never been touched."
"How many copper ingots and pig iron are there?" Li Bing asked again.
The official sighed, "In order to prepare for the war against Zhu Si, a large amount of weapons and armor were built this time. Two million kilograms of pig iron have been used up. There are quite a few copper ingots, three.2 million kilograms. No money has been minted in the past two years.
, accumulated.”
Li Bing looked through the list again, and it can be seen that the Qi State is not rich. The remaining supplies are cloth, medicinal materials, salt, meat in the ice cellar, and a lot of copper coins. There are actually 300,000 coins.
Li Bing suddenly thought of an important question and asked: "You said that if you haven't minted money for two years, won't the army and officials receive salaries?"
"Of course we need to pay salaries. For the Qi State's 100,000 troops, the soldiers' salary is 100,000 guan per month. For the 100,000 army, it is 100,000 guan per month, and 1.2 million guan per year. This can basically be solved by relying on salt tax and commercial tax.
Soldiers' military salary, but as far as I know, the military salary has not been paid from the beginning of the year to now. Li Na promised to pay double the salary for three months this year to reward the soldiers for defending the city. It was supposed to be paid in the next few days, but
It shouldn’t be possible to post now.”
"What do you mean it shouldn't be paid? Don't other states have money?" Li Bing asked with a frown.
The official shook his head, "Money and food must be transported to the capital. This has been a rule since the time of the old prince. Then the money and food used by the states are allocated by the capital. Any yamen who dares to hide money and food in private will be severely punished. Zhu Si occupied so many
The prefectures and counties probably can’t get a penny or a meter, so I’m humble and say I can’t get paid now.”
Li Bing knew in his heart that Li Na's army could not hold out for long, so he immediately ordered that except for some grain warehouses and ice cellars, all other warehouses should be sealed and waited for the military advisor to take over.
It was getting brighter. After a night of cleaning up, the Jin army had completely taken control of Licheng County. They no longer worried about the Qi army's overturn. Li Bing immediately ordered the cancellation of the curfew and restored normal order.
But the people in the city were very aware of the battle situation last night. The fear of soldiers was hanging over the county. People in the county did not dare to go out. It was not until daybreak that some people began to go out in fear.
The city was covered with notices to calm the people. From the notices, everyone knew that it was not Zhu Si's army that occupied Licheng County, but the imperial army. Only then did the soldiers and civilians in Licheng County heave a long sigh of relief.
Everyone knows that the price of goods in the imperial court is relatively low, especially the price of salt, which only costs one hundred and forty coins per bucket. This is a price that makes people in all states in Qi envious.
By noon, people in Licheng County went out one after another, shops opened one after another, and the county town resumed its former bustle.
Groups of soldiers patrolled the streets to maintain order in the city. Military strategist Wang You also followed the logistics team into the city. Li Bing was good at fighting, but was not good at managing civil affairs. He was especially afraid of dealing with complicated matters, so Guo Song asked Wang You to partner with him. Wang You once
He is Tian Yue's prime minister. He is not only resourceful, but also particularly good at handling complicated government affairs. He is Li Bing's perfect partner.
Wang You went directly to the military office, which was Prince Qi's mansion. There were two rows of soldiers standing at the door. When they saw the military advisor coming, they bowed together and saluted. Wang You nodded and asked with a smile: "Is General Li in the military office?"
The chief captain said: "General Li is here, military advisor, please come in!"
Wang You walked into the military office and saw all kinds of property piled up in the square. Soldiers were busy counting and registering, and there were hundreds of large iron boxes, which should be gold boxes. They hadn't had time to open them and count them.
Li Bing stood aside with his hands folded.
"General, what a harvest!" Wang You stepped forward and smiled.
"The military advisor came just in time!"
Li Bing also smiled and said: "I am considering now, should all of this wealth be sent to Chang'an, and wait for the court to reward the army later? Or should I use part of it to reward the army first?"
Wang You thought for a while and said: "I remember His Highness the King of Jin once made it clear that in addition to paying double the salary of the soldiers, all the other captured wealth will be sent to Chang'an."
Li Bing then remembered and nodded, "If the military advisor didn't tell me, I almost forgot."
Wang You smiled and said: "General, how is the situation of the Qi army?"
"I'm also thinking of discussing with the military advisor. Let's go to the counselor's room to talk!"