Chapter 584 Chapter 584: Evil Neighbors (Part 1) [Seeking a monthly ticket]
"What? Where was the attack?"
Shen Tang stood up abruptly and looked at Ning Yan.
The rest of the staff also turned their heads.
Ning Yan took a steady breath and said, "Nanyu County."
Shen Tang's complexion darkened, and the corners of her mouth straightened. After two years of recuperation, she looked a little less vigorous and more gentle and modest than before. But at this moment, Sen Leng's murderous intent burst out in his eyes, which was even stronger than before: "That group of dogs in Shiwu?"
Longwu County was attacked, and the first suspect was Shi Wu. However, Shen Tang thought about it again—according to the information that Yu Zi and the others sent back from Shiwu, Shiwu is currently torn apart, and nearly 80% of the middle and lower scale tribes are fighting against the big tribes.
The two sides competed for water, food, mineral veins, military power, and who is the orthodox Shiwu. The Shiwu Royal Court, which was once invincible, also survived in name only after Su Shiyilu led the tribe to break away from the royal court. The two forces completely turned against each other. .
Ten black slaves fished in troubled waters and took advantage of the situation. They were large in scale, but they had a fatal weakness—they were all ordinary people.
He didn't have the capital to fight against the tribal forces with extraordinary abilities, but as the driving force behind the scenes, how could Shen Tang not take the opportunity to add fuel to the fire? They are indeed weak ordinary people, but they are not without strong cards!
They can use "faith" as a weapon.
Propagating ancestor legends everywhere.
Bring sustenance to the tribal residents caught in the flames of war.
Assimilate all the enemies into your own.
Today's Shiwu, unless a brave and fierce son of luck is sent down from the sky, using absolute iron and blood methods to beat the whole Shiwu to the ground, otherwise it will not be a rope at all. In this case, how to use high strength to launch a sneak attack on Nanyu County?
Ning Yan's answer also verified Shen Tang's guess.
"No, it must be Shiwu."
Shen Tang frowned: "That's the bad neighbor."
Because of the weather, Nanyu County harvested grain two or three days in advance and put it into the warehouse. The new grain was piled up in the local grain warehouse, and it would be sent to the treatment center after a clear inventory. A good neighbor is not too early or too late, he will call at this time, and he will know what he is trying to figure out.
What Qi Shan was most worried about happened.
Shen Tang is good at farming and management, and puts a lot of emphasis on restoring people's livelihood. He doesn't care about allocating the budget at all, and strives to make the people under the rule warm and well-fed, and benefit the common people. But force cannot keep up, and the results will be plundered at any time.
Everyone understands this.
In the past two years, we have worked hard to make progress hand in hand.
While restoring the people's livelihood and economy in Longwu County, they tried their best to attract refugees to settle down, recruited available young and strong, trained them strictly, and tried their best to make up for their shortcomings. It took two years of hard work to expand the number of soldiers and horses to 25,000.
You must know how rare this scale is for a small border county with a small population. How many households are there when Longwu County is full? Where can the finances and taxes of this place afford to support 25,000 elites? It's not Shen Tang's various money-making subsidies.
Though working so hard, there are still deficiencies.
There is a shortage of middle and high-level warriors.
Chu Jie couldn't stand it anymore, so he gave Shen Tang two experienced veterans, counting the ones who were cheated away before, a total of four people, plus Shen Tang's original team of warriors, they could barely see it. The number of people passes, but the average quality is not!
The most important thing is that swords have no eyes on the battlefield, and brave warriors are "consumables" in a sense, and may lose half of their losses in a single defeat. Shen Tang had no choice but to focus on the "new generation" potential stocks such as Tu Rong, Lu Ji and Zhao Wei.
Give these young people more opportunities to make meritorious deeds, in exchange for more martial arts, and forcibly speed up the progress of their cultivation.
Lu Jue and Bai Su also felt a certain sense of urgency, so they often retreated and practiced hard without affecting military affairs.
Shen Tang also secretly helped.
but-
Two years is still a bit short.
The harvest was bumper in the first year, and the neighbors are still watching.
The next year's harvest is bumper, and the neighbors are already greedy.
Shen Tang asked: "Who is the garrison in Nanyu County?"
Shen Tang suppressed the killing intent in his heart: "How many soldiers and horses does the enemy have?"
"Five thousand."
The enemy did not show any warning this time.
Five thousand cavalry soldiers entered the country suddenly at night, and first burned and killed several villages and towns to confuse Bai Su and the others. They come and go like the wind, their actions are not hindered, and they don't need to take care of anything, but Bai Su's side is a mouse trap, and their actions are hindered. In addition, everything happened too suddenly, resulting in a very passive situation...
Shen Tang also gave orders.
Once there is a war, put the people first.
Bai Su's garrison is too small to confront the enemy head-on. We can only send troops to defend against the enemy and ask for help from the government, while organizing the common people to hide in the pre-prepared bunkers to avoid the war, trying to minimize the casualties.
The fundamental problem is still insufficient troops.
Fortunately, the enemy's goal is the granary.
Not too much fighting.
And Shen Tang knew very well that eggs cannot be put in one basket, so he divided the granary into three places with different sizes.
You won't be caught off guard when you meet an enemy.
Shen Tang laughed angrily: "Five thousand? That's fine. If it wasn't for the grain depot, would these five thousand people have slaughtered Nanyu County completely? The lack of food can be discussed on the bright side, directly Sending troops to rob...pretend I won't get angry?"
She hasn't killed anyone in two years.
Must force her loving mother sword to see blood, right?
Chu Yao and the others also turned cold.
Several people reached an agreement almost instantly.
This loss must be paid back ten times.
If major events were reduced to minor events, the label of Shen Tang, the sheriff of Longwu, would not be a "benevolent gentleman", but a "big injustice", "mobile granary", "coward" and the like. In the future, anyone who is short of food can send 5,000 people to buy it for zero yuan.
This kind of opening must never be opened.
"Is it Sibao County?"
Chu Yao thought about the distribution of neighbors around him.
In the direction of Nanyu County, there are only two suspects, and Sibao County is the most suspect. The last governor of Sibao County was Yancheng, who was killed by Shen Tang and Qishan. Afterwards, Zheng Qiao sent a new one, who was replaced by Qiu Cheng, who was born in a noble family, within two months.
Ning Yan said: "Yes, it's under Qiu Cheng's account."
Shen Tang barely figured out who this is.
"Qiu Wenyan?" She sneered, "This old bastard!"
Everyone tacitly ignored the lord's swearing.
Shen Tang gritted his teeth: "Order all the soldiers and horses, go back!"
Sibao County…
She is very familiar with this place.
Chu Yao and the others did not agree immediately, but frowned to remind Shen Tang of one thing. This Qiucheng was born in the second house of the Qiu family, and he responded to Huang Lie's call and raised the banner of righteousness to attack Zheng Qiao. In other words, he is one of the allies of the Dragon Slaying Bureau.
Attack this person for fear of causing trouble.
"What's the trouble? Raising troops against me?"
Shen Tang directly raised his hand and flipped the table.
"I don't care if he is an ally of the Dragon Slaughter Bureau or a trash of the Pest Slaughter Bureau. If there is a shortage of food, instead of robbing Zheng Qiao, he came to rob his ancestor's granary, and even set fire to kill people in Nanyu County...Wu Zhaode, Gu Ziyi and others dare to say Customer, I will do it with them!"
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Alas, the D2-mer has not decreased but increased. I have to go to Wenzhou Fuyi tomorrow. Someone at home is undergoing minimally invasive surgery. Today’s update is late, blah blah blah.
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