Chapter 068: The landlord's family has no surplus food
"General, a large number of Great Song people outside the Nankou Immortal Bridge want to enter the valley to avoid the golden dog."
"General, a large number of my Han robes outside the ** cave in the north entrance want to enter the valley, and I beg the brothers guarding there to let them in."
Liang Xing entered the Hunter Valley for three days, and Liu Xing quickly settled all the 3,000 people he led. The original five battalions of soldiers and horses of the vanguard army, including the vanguard, the wanderer, the back, the white, and the trap, were all expanded to 400 people. Liang Xing, who was in charge of the newly established Left Army Battalion, also completed its reorganization in the past three days, and began to conduct exercises with the other five battalions on the halfway slope of Dongshan Mountain.
Among the men and horses brought into the valley by Liang Xing, the remaining 500 of the 2,000 men were either old or young, and those who were not suitable for the battlefield were all assigned to Su Quan's craftsman battalion by Liu Xing, making the craftsman battalion the largest battalion in the entire Xuanfeng army.
I just finished this, and I haven't waited for Liu Xing to make a new decision. Early in the morning, Dutou, who was responsible for defending the Immortal Bridge and the ** Cave, hurriedly ran into the Haoqi Hall.
After hearing the two of them say one after the other, Liu Xing immediately asked, "How many people are there?" ”
The head of the capital guarding the Immortal Bridge took a step forward and replied first: "General, most of the people outside the Immortal Bridge are people who have fled from the surrounding counties of Taiyuan Mansion, and after a rough visual inspection, it is estimated that there are at least 4,000 people. Most of them were women and children, with only about 1,000 men. ”
"General Yu, most of the people gathered outside the cave are from Wuzhai in the three counties of Daizhou and Zhending Mansion in Hebei. The total number is at least 5,000, and there are about 1,000 men. ** Dong Dutou immediately stepped forward and retreated after saying goodbye.
Frowning, he turned his head to look at the seed master and Zeng Weijie sitting next to him, Liu Xingdao: "Uncle Shi, what do you two think?" If these people are allowed to come in the current grain and grass reserves in the valley, they can support half a year at most. And you can only sit and eat empty, do you say you will let them in? ”
Liu Xing actually had his own thoughts when he asked in his heart: although there are many people, there are few men who can be recruited as soldiers, and such a group of people who can be recruited as soldiers is equivalent to adding a lot of wine bags and rice bags to the hunter valley who has a lot of reserves but actually has no self-reliance. Letting them in is tantamount to adding a large bunch of drag oil bottles behind them.
It was also the eyebrows that tightened, Zeng Weijie looked at the planter, and said in a deliberative tone: "Palace Shuai, the army has not moved, and the grain and grass go first." If these people are allowed to enter the valley, first, there are fears that there will be golden dogs hidden in it, and second, if the trade route in the valley is cut off, they can only sit and eat the mountains. The subordinates thought ......"
"Let them in." Before Zeng Weijie finished speaking, the planter suddenly waved his long sleeves, and said angrily: "It's all my people of the Great Song Dynasty, and they are all brothers and sisters of you and my compatriots." Within a radius of hundreds of miles, this is the only place they can take refuge in. If he didn't let them into the valley, he would be sent to the golden dog butcher's knife. Do you two want to do something to help and abet the abuse? ”
Hearing his words, Liu Xing cried out in his heart: My uncle! I also wanted to save them, but the biggest thing now was to quickly pull up the team and go back and beat the golden dog. Only when the golden soldiers get rid of it in the shortest possible time can they regain a place to live and live for a long time! If you put this one, it means that I have to think about pulling the team and racking my brains for logistics......
In the bitterness of his heart, Liu Xing said to the seed master with a sad face: "Uncle Shi, there are still about 5,000 strong soldiers from Zhai Li and Yue Fei who have not yet arrived. Let's let these people into the valley first, and when the two tribes arrive, the valley will be overcrowded and even overburdened! ”
"Where have you learned the art of war?" Hearing Liu Xing's bitterness, the planter said awe-inspiringly: "Raise the war with war, stop the war with war, are you going to hide in the depths of this mountain to slowly recuperate, but don't you want to fight a few beautiful battles first?" Are all your seizures and return to the public only for the purpose of accumulating grain, grass, and goods, and strengthening your family and enriching your army? ”
Shocked by his two consecutive questions, Liu Xing said secretly: It is very good to raise the war with war and stop the war with war, but it is difficult for people from all walks of life to form a strong combat force immediately. When the enemy is strong and we are weak, and the enemy's combat quality is higher than that of our army, it can only be an illusion to think of nourishing the war with war and ending the war with war. Once it is implemented too early, it will inevitably be very full of ideals and cruel reality.
Thinking of these in his heart, Liu Xing no longer cared about the elders and the young, and suddenly stood up and said: "Under the premise that our army is not well prepared, doing the thing of nourishing the war with war can only bring humiliation and self-destruction. Uncle Shi, I can let those people into the valley, but only if they enter the valley as servants and soldiers. The Hunter Valley can't and can't afford to feed for rice. ”
"You!" Hearing that Liu Xing actually said that those people outside the valley were eating white rice, and that those people would be directly turned into labor, the planter was so angry that his white beard trembled, and he trembled and said: "You, you are bullying the fleeing people!" Although it is not as ferocious as the golden dog, it is also very vicious and is falling into the well! ”
Hearing this, Liu Xing smiled bitterly: "Uncle! It's not that the nephew wants to fall into the well, but the landlord's family has no surplus grain, how to open a warehouse for disaster relief? ”
"And you want to talk about your strange words and fallacies." Holding up the shelf of the elders, the planter sat down again, and said angrily: "Even if there are 30,000 soldiers and civilians in your valley, it can be used for three months. The golden dog has not yet cut off the Taihang trade route, and you can continue to buy grain and hoard Cao, how can you say that you are the same as those landlords who have no food at home? ”
Seeing him stubbornly like this, Liu Xing suddenly stood up straight helplessly: "Since you and my uncle and nephew can't agree on the same opinion, this valley was obtained by the Su Dong brothers following Sanlang Xianjun to clear the wasteland, and now there is Liang Xing's little brother who brought the most people in the valley." In addition, letting those people into the valley will inevitably affect the normal life of the brothers who followed me into the valley all the way to the bloody battle. ”
As he spoke, Liu Xing's face became extremely resolute, and he continued: "Therefore, my uncle and nephew don't have to fight anymore, I propose to convene all military meetings above the commander and deputy commander. The Hunter Valley is not the Hunter Valley of you and my uncle and nephew, it is the Hunter Valley of the military and civilians of the whole valley, so let all the commanders and deputy commanders decide together on behalf of the military and civilians in the valley whether to let those people in! ”
As soon as these words fell, Liu Xing didn't give the seed master a chance to argue at all, and directly said to Lei Zhen who was standing in front of the hall door: "Lei Zhen, go to the east slope and summon all the commanders and deputy commanders to the Haoqi Hall." ”
Lei Zhen left in response, and Liu Xing immediately said to the two heads who were in charge of guarding the main road in and out: "You two will go to Su Quan immediately, and ask him to send the brothers to the camp to hurry up and get some corn cakes and grain porridge, and then send them outside the valley to satisfy the hunger of those people first." As for whether or not to let them enter the valley, we will give them an answer after the military discussion. ”
Watching the two heads take the order to leave, when the planter was so angry that his whole body trembled, he stared at Liu Xing, who was sitting aside and was not talking to him, and secretly thought: Most of the commanders in the valley were brought into the valley by this little boy who had worked all the way from Taiyuan City and Wutai City. Even Liang Xing and the others, although they were called into the valley by the old man, they were also bought into the hearts of the people by this little child's high salary and heavy reward for their military exploits.
This kid clearly wants to decide major matters by public opinion, so that the old man's will will be suppressed by public opinion! It seems that it is really as his master said, if this guy does not have power, he will inevitably become domineering once he gains power. It's just that I don't know if his domineering spirit born after gaining power is a blessing or a curse in this troubled world, and whether it is good or bad for my Great Song Dynasty and Leopard Forest Valley......
Watching Liu Xing sulk in the seed teacher, secretly thinking about whether Liu Xing's domineering spirit was good or bad after it was born, Liu Xing also secretly said in his heart: What if it is my uncle? You are foolish and loyal, and you don't want to be dragged down to be a ghost for the sake of the so-called hypocritical righteousness. If you want to rely on the old and sell the old, I will play democratic centralism. Anyway, all the generals in the valley are now listening to the master......
An old man and a young man were speechless and cold, Zeng Weijie saw it in his eyes, but he had a little respect for Liu Xing in his heart: he was still neither humble nor arrogant in front of his uncle, it seems that this evil son is really evil enough. No wonder he was able to take his brothers all the way out of Taiyuan City and to the valley left by the immortals.
Without such courage and courage as the foundation, it is really difficult to create amazing things. It seems that not only is it not a shame for me to be kidnapped out of Taiyuan City, but it will be a blessing in disguise because I have followed the master of such an evil sect......