Chapter 946: The Food Dispute
Sai Qiang really figured it out, "Every time King Zheng goes to battle, he is already mentally prepared to lose, so once he loses, he will be able to use his back hand to find a way back, or the imperial army will also say that King Zheng has been defeated and fought repeatedly?"
Meng Xian Ling nodded again and again when he heard this, he still agreed with this statement, and the evaluation of King Zheng by the imperial army was difficult, so difficult that it was too big. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info
Seeing that he recognized, Sai Qiang said more clearly, "And King Zheng didn't prevent it at all, Lei Gu would attack Yongle County and Daying, regardless ......of whether he was willing to be an enemy with Lei Gu, this blow made him unprepared at all."
After a pause, he continued to speak, "There is no preparation, of course, there is no means to deal with it, in fact, I think it is very likely that he will not be able to draw troops and horses to retaliate within a month, and this night attack even disrupted the rhythm of King Zheng's mansion." ”
"It must have disrupted the rhythm," Li Yongsheng said with great certainty, "The training of recruits, the transportation of grain and grass, and the fight were originally linked one after another, and the Zheng Wangfu was originally almost operating at full capacity, and now one step on a business trip, that is, every step is difficult." ”
Meng Xian Ling hesitated for a moment before frowning and speaking, "Master Li, what you said is very reasonable, and I am willing to believe you, but there are hundreds of thousands of Li Shu behind me, I am really sorry...... I really can't be careless. ”
He tactfully said that I needed more evidence, but he obviously didn't have the courage to say it directly.
"You are really pedantic," Sai Qiang heard what this person meant, and couldn't help but snort, "So, in other words, we are taking the initiative now, and we can be regarded as sharing the pressure for Yongle, right?"
"This ......" Meng Xian Ling hesitated for a moment before nodding, "It's the same, if you blindly stick to it, you will lose the possibility of victory." ”
Seeing that this person was not blocked, who would have thought that a sound of horses' hooves sounded outside the barracks, and a cavalry of 100 people rushed in, waving the banner of the Yuzhou military service room.
The person who came was a commander, a real commander, not the kind of self-appointed commander in King Zheng's army, after he revealed his identity and entered the barracks, he directly said that he wanted to take over the entire battalion.
The Meng County Order doesn't care about this, and the county Cheng who broke his leg can't object, so they are not materials for war.
The commander said that the prisoners could not be released this time, and after a short training, some reliable troops would have to be transferred.
Li Yongsheng also did not express his position on this, in his opinion, these have nothing to do with him.
After seeing the prisoners, the commander thanked Lei Gu in person for his help, and then issued an order to remove most of the grain from the camp - not so much grain was needed here.
Meng County's order finally didn't calm down, "You take people away, it doesn't matter, I can't give you food, I still lack food in Yongle." ”
"This is military rations," the commander said flatly, "I am also carrying out military orders, just to inform you...... I can take people away, food must be taken away!"
"This is not military rations!" Meng Xian Ling shouted, "King Zheng has scavenged a large amount of grain from my Yongle, this grain is simply not enough to replenish, if you let it be taken away, my Yongle Lishu will suffer." ”
The commander replied coldly, "If you don't take away the military rations, the army of the imperial court will suffer...... I have made up my mind, and I will not say much. ”
"This is really a big joke," Meng Xian Ling also became serious, once he decided that something was wrong, he was really cute enough, "If we don't fight this battle here, will the imperial army starve to death?"
"Of course we won't starve to death," the commander didn't want to stiffen relations with the magistrate, so he explained patiently as much as possible, "As long as the food is taken away, it doesn't matter if these 8,000 captives are or not, and we are doing this to destroy King Zheng's war potential." ”
The co-author is still based on the idea of trapping the enemy with food, and the imperial army has more food, and King Zheng's army will be hungry.
But Meng County Ling resolutely refused, "But my Li Shu is going to starve to death!"
The commander glanced at him deeply and said lightly, "Your Li Shu can help consume King Zheng's grain and grass." ”
His words were very plain, but what came out between the lines was cold to the marrow.
There is no doubt that Li Shu wants to grab food from the army, which is a pipe dream, but King Zheng's army is also a local soldier, and there will definitely be people who can't bear to see his hometown starving.
It's hard to say whether the army can give up some food, but there is no doubt that it will definitely affect King Zheng's military morale.
The calculations of the imperial court are not far-reaching, but at the same time, they are also too vicious.
Meng Xian Ling smiled angrily, "In your eyes, Li Shu's life and death are not worth mentioning at all?"
The commander replied expressionlessly, "Ci is not in charge of the army, and it is not right, the eyes of the soldiers only have victory and defeat, and I am a soldier of the imperial court." ”
Meng Xianling was so angry that he trembled, but he couldn't refute the other party's remarks.
Li Yongsheng was originally a cold bystander, but when he heard this, he couldn't stand it, so he coughed lightly, "What, have you asked me about the disposal of grain?"
The commander glanced at him in surprise and bowed slightly, "Master Li, please rest assured, we will leave you with enough food." ”
"That's not what I'm talking about," Li Yongsheng said lightly, "I mean, I brought down the big camp with people, and you want to take the prisoners, this is okay, but ...... Did I promise you to take the grain and grass?"
The commander blinked and asked suspiciously, "But, but...... You don't need so much food and grass. ”
Li Yongsheng replied expressionlessly, "If you can use it, it's my business, don't worry about it." ”
"I'm afraid this is not appropriate," the commander shook his head, what he said was fear, but his appearance was very resolute, "The grain and grass stay, it may be an enemy, I'm very sorry, Master Li, I am very willing to respect you." ”
"It doesn't matter if you don't respect me," Li Yongsheng became angry, and his face sank directly, "Anyway, the grain has to be left." ”
The commander was also furious when he heard this, and his eyes widened, "Why?"
"I just beat down the big camp," Li Yongsheng sneered, "King Zheng's military camp is more than this, you need food and grass, just go to other military camps to fight." ”
The commander was speechless, and the imperial court had also fought against King Zheng's military camp, and he was often able to win battles, but the grain and grass captured was very limited, and most of them were set on fire by King Zheng's army itself.
King Zheng did this, not because he had too much grain and grass to use, but because he knew very well the truth of "eating the enemy for one minute, when I was twenty bells", the imperial army came to fight him, and the grain was transported from the rear, and the cost was extremely high.
If he can let the imperial army get less grain and grass, he can increase the transportation cost of the imperial army, so as to affect the number of imperial troops participating in the war at the material level, and at the same time, it can also indirectly affect the combat strength of the imperial army - how to fight if you can't eat enough?
The commander was stunned for a while before he smiled bitterly, "Master Li said that it was useless for you to ask for this grain and grass." ”
"It's useless, that's also what I beat down from Lei Gu," Li Yongsheng replied stiffly, "Whether you want it or not is your business, and whether I want to give it or not is my business." ”
After a pause, he felt that his words seemed to be a little stiff, which affected the atmosphere at the moment, so he spit out another sentence, "I also need a lot of food for disaster relief in Leigu. ”
But he didn't say that Lei Gu was okay, as soon as he said this, the commander couldn't help it anymore, "Li Zhenren, this is the grain of Yuzhou, if you Lei Gu is short of food, just borrow food from King Jing, I don't believe he dares not to give it...... It also eliminates the cost of transportation. ”
This is a bit and eggy, as if King Jing should give Lei Gu food, if he is narrow-minded, he may be able to hear the implication that Lei Gu and King Jing are colluding.
But there is a reason why he said this, all along, the imperial court was not very satisfied with Lei Gu.
That's right, Lei Gu effectively suppressed King Jing, and also provided Boling County with a place to garrison troops, which could contain King Jing to the greatest extent and make him dare not let go, becoming a rare bright spot in the current civil war.
However, the dissatisfaction of the imperial court is also here, they know very well that after Lei Gu has done this, he still has a lot of spare strength, and he can launch a counterattack against King Jing.
As for the background of the Dao Palace in Lei Valley, it was deliberately ignored by the imperial court - they even dared to try to pull the Xuannu Palace into the water by robbing the fire fan, so what else did they not dare to do?
According to the rules, people in the Dao Palace are not allowed to interfere in Hongchen's affairs, but the imperial court is really forced to be in a hurry, and any taboos are nonsense.
However, the imperial court also knew that the snatching of the fire fan was a complete evil to the Xuannu Palace, even if two heads were sent over, it could not calm the anger of the Dao Palace - after all, it was one of the eighteen heads that was killed, and no one could swallow this breath.
So they didn't have the face to ask for anything from Lei Gu anymore.
But the court did not make a request, it does not mean that there is no resentment, this resentment is spread everywhere, and even to Yuzhou County, everyone knows that if Lei Gu launches a counteroffensive, the entire Middle-earth war situation will improve a lot.
Of course, the commander was grateful to Lei Gu for his help, but when it came to sending food to Lei Gu, he couldn't help but say this.
When Li Yongsheng heard this, he almost didn't tilt his nose, are you talking about human words?
He stubbornly suppressed the irritability in his heart, and replied lightly, "I'm not very good at borrowing grain, Your Excellency is so proficient, why don't you borrow grain from King Zheng? ”
As a professional soldier, he is used to speaking straightforwardly, and sometimes there is no door on his mouth, and he can't help but secretly blame himself for this stinky mouth.
But when he heard Li Yongsheng's words, he couldn't help but want to attack - Nima, what do you mean that we can borrow grain from King Zheng?
We want to borrow food, but we really don't have the ability.
After enduring it, he forcibly suppressed his anger and spoke, "Master Li, my harvest in Yuzhou this year is definitely not good, for the sake of everyone in the same vein of the imperial court, you leave these grains, count me Yuzhou owes you a personal favor, is it done?"
Li Yongsheng couldn't help but roll his eyes: Do you owe me less favors in Yuzhou?
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