Chapter 601 Chapter 601: Ping Sibao County (3) [Seeking a monthly ticket]
Shen Tang's side held a meeting intensively to discuss where to send troops and staffing, and Qiu Cheng's side was naturally not idle.
Qiu Cheng asked for advice: "In your opinion, what should you do this time?"
In the conference hall, the atmosphere is solemn.
Someone tried to ask: "Can I borrow food?"
Qiu Cheng frowned: "Who can I borrow from?"
In this year's situation, the landlord's family has no food left.
Otherwise, she wouldn't be eyeing Shen Tang.
Another human said: "Why don't you write to the leader?"
The leader he is talking about is the initiator of the Dragon Slaying Bureau—
Huang Lie.
Recalling Huang Lie's old lair, the corner of his mouth twitched, and he thought to himself: [Huang Lie is a rascal, he still owes money and food to his family, and there are hundreds of thousands of refugees and grassroots. People still worry about how to raise so many mouths, how can he borrow them? 】
Everyone thought about the forces with good relations.
Farther away there is food, but the delivery is not timely.
Those who are closer are also poor, and live by tightening their belts.
After some discussions, the clouds were gloomy.
The core of their meeting was not to worry about how strong Shen Tang's soldiers and horses are - in fact, in Longwu County, no matter how many soldiers are recruited, they can't recruit many soldiers and horses. Apportionment of troops.
Shen Tang wanted to send troops, but he could only dispatch tens of thousands of people.
Wouldn’t this guy just take away the guards of Yonggu Pass in order to do Sibao County, and leave no one to guard the house?
Ten thousand people, Qiu Cheng is really not afraid.
What he is afraid of is the follow-up problems of the war between the two sides.
In fact, his current situation is worse than Shen Tang.
At least there is no shortage of food on Shen Tang's side.
He is not only short of food but also short of money.
The rich gentry and wealthy households in Sibao County had already escaped in the previous rounds of disasters. Qiu Cheng wanted to "borrow" money from local tyrants but could not find anyone. The only fortunate thing is that he was born in the Qiu family. During the few years when Dafang was held hostage by Zheng Qiao, he unfurled the Qiu family's banner early and collected most of the Qiu family's resources. Relying on the relationship between in-laws and old friends, we can also gather a batch of emergency supplies.
But it can only be used in an emergency.
The three armies went ahead without using food and grass.
The gap in war cannot be filled by this.
How to fill it in has become a difficult problem.
The batch of grain in Nanyu County can only last for a while.
At this moment, someone whispered a suggestion, and all the people present were literary scholars/martial arts warriors, with sharp ears and eyes, so they naturally heard it clearly. They also thought about this proposal in their minds, but no one was ashamed to propose it.
Increase taxes on the common people in the territory!
Qiu Cheng was in a dilemma: "This, I'm afraid this is inappropriate?"
He said it was not good, but his heart was moved, and he sighed: "In the past few years, the life of the common people has not been easy, and the previous two county guards were greedy and extortionate taxes, which made the people resentful... How can I learn from this? Their means?"
Drought this year, grain output plummeted.
"What's wrong? If the lord hadn't worked so hard for the past two years to let the people rest, I don't know what the situation in Sibao County is. Now that the heavy bandits are coming and seeing the flames of war rise again, if the common people don't want their families to be ruined, they should contribute their efforts, which is justified."
It was a burly middle-aged general who spoke.
When talking about the word "Shen Thief", he gritted his teeth even more.
Without him, the fifth-rank doctor whose head was taken off by Shen Tang was his younger brother. When he suddenly heard the bad news, he wished he could spread his wings and cut Shen Tang down. Others may not want to fight this battle, but he is a staunch fighter with full fighting spirit.
Suddenly, many voices echoed him.
Someone strikes while the iron is hot: "My lord, going to war with the Shen thief will do us more good than harm, and it may solve our urgent need."
Start a war with Shen Tang, and if you win, you will naturally annex the entire Longwu County and get all the opponent's inheritance. Although Shen Tang knew that his wealth was not revealed, and he had been very low-key in the past two years, but from the plump cheeks and better complexion of the common people under his rule, it can be seen that Longwu County is a fat sheep. Judging from the relatively frequent business activities in Longwu County, the other party's family background is not weak.
If the annexation is successful, the blood will be fully recovered in one bite.
Qiu Cheng said: "How can I not know?"
If you win, you lose.
It is good to win, but what if you lose?
Based on the tone of Shen Tang's letter of appeal, he was afraid that there would be no possibility of a comeback, and he didn't think the other party would stop at the point.
Current situation, he has been forced to the cliff.
In this battle, only victory is allowed and no defeat is allowed!
Thinking of this, Qiu Cheng couldn't help but secretly thought it was bad luck.
I thought the neighbor was an embroidered pillow with a reputation and a good temper, but I didn't expect that the other party was small in stature but had a big temper.
Everyone discussed and finally reached an agreement.
In an extraordinary period, let the people under the rule suffer for a while, wait for the immediate crisis to be resolved, annex Longwu County, and then make up for it.
After that, discuss how to defend, guess where Shen Tang is attacking, and who should be sent to resist and guard one side.
During the whole process, Miao Shu didn't say a word.
Just looked more silent than usual.
She didn't speak until the end.
Everyone turned their attention to her: "... I have heard that since ancient times, arrogant soldiers have more defeats, and they have never underestimated the enemy and rarely succeeded. The thief's camp may really be Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon... That day, we fought against his ambush soldiers, let's not talk about the warriors under his tent." , Scribes are worthy of vigilance..."
"I don't like to hear these words. What do you mean by 'proud soldiers lead to defeat'? When did we become proud soldiers?" The general who was in charge of the battle frowned impatiently, feeling that Miao Shu was targeting Myself, and my younger brother's death was related to Miao Shu's incompetence, so I got angry, "You have lost your fighting spirit before the war, and the cowards are still trying to shake the morale of our army, you can kill your heart!"
"It is not advisable to grow others' ambitions and destroy one's own prestige."
"Didn't you become completely timid after fighting the Shen thief? You were scared out of your wits by others? What's 'arrogant soldier', what's 'underestimating the enemy'? When an ant looks at a rock, it feels the mountains are high, and when it sees a puddle, it calls the heavenly female Chong Ming...huh! He's just an incompetent person!"
Actually, she realized that she had lost her sense of proportion after speaking.
After hearing the ridicule from a few people in his ears, his face turned pale.
Only one person supported himself.
It was the eighth-class public servant who went and returned together that day: "Her words are not unreasonable. We were misled by the outside world before, and we really thought that the thief was no more than mediocre, so we carelessly underestimated the enemy and killed so many robes. Dare the thief Let’s say it, maybe it’s true.”
Qiu Cheng looked away from Miao Shu for his sake: "Ms. Shu, do you have a countermeasure?"
Miao Shu clenched her sleeves tightly when she heard this address, her face was full of shame, she didn't dare to look up, for fear of seeing strange eyes from other colleagues—Qiu Cheng had never called herself this way in public before, and always referred to her by her position.
Calling "Sun Niang" such an intimate nickname...
Somewhat playful.
She calmed down, and said: "Just now there was a proposal to borrow food from the leader. Although it is not appropriate to borrow food, it is possible to borrow troops. Not only the leader, but all parties participating in the oath can borrow troops. Even if they can't , You can also put pressure on Shen Thief. The Lord has sent troops to fight against the tyrant Zheng Qiao with the lords in the past two years, but Shen Thief is attacking the Lord at this moment, how do you know that this person is not a supporter of the Tyrant Lord?"
"Since you are a supporter, you should be equal to the tyrant and attack him!"
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Thank God, it finally rained heavily for two or three days in a row. Before, the drought was so severe that even a sip of water was unpalatable, and the water was limited and cut off every day... I have to pinch the time for taking a shower, for fear that I will run out of water in the middle of the bath...
(end of this chapter)