"Out of sight? What happened to Yuluo that she didn’t keep an eye on him? " Wang Shichong frown.
"Pursuit" Dan Xiongxin seemed hesitant and finally gritted his teeth. "I rushed to Ma Zhou’s mansion and the people he brought have disappeared in the rain. Luo has been strangled by Ma Zhou."
"What? ！” Wang Shichong was taken aback. The cup in his hand gave off a crunchy sound, and the tea splashed and wet his clothes.
Duan Da hurriedly bowed his hand and said, "I think Ma Zhou just left and immediately blocked the city gate to search for Ma Zhou’s trail, while Da Zheng searched for Ma Zhou and others!"
"Dan Xiongxin this matter to you to do! Ma Zhouhuo wants to see people die and see the body! " Wang Shichong almost crushed the silver teeth. Wang Yuluo was his favorite niece and was killed by Ma Zhou, which was accepted by Wang Shichong Law.
"hey!" Dan Xiongxin also few words immediately hurried out.
Wang Shichong was pacing anxiously in the room. Suddenly, he remembered something and hurried out. Wang Xuan Ying, Chen Wang Duan Da and others also hurried with Wang Xuan about what his father was going to do, but Duan Da had guessed something. Duan Da’s heart sank at the thought of that possibility.
Wang Shichong hurried to Hanjiacang, where a large amount of grain was bought from Mazhou. The original first and second batches of grain totaled 50,000 stones, and the rest were mostly the third and fourth batches of grain, with more than 100,000 stones, which was Wang Shichong’s hope for survival.
He had inspected the second batch of grain too carefully and found nothing unusual, and then nothing unusual happened. Although the third and fourth batches of grain were also inspected, Wang Shichong still thought that there would be problems. Ma Zhou killed Wang Yuluo and said everything, "Open them all!" Wang Shichong commanded TaiWang Xuan to open the rice bag together with the soldiers in twos and threes. As the rice bag was opened, the glistening rice grains rolled out. Wang Shichong looked at the glistening rice grains and gradually felt relieved-2727.
Chapter 22 Joint confrontation
Wang Shichong’s heart in Jiacang gradually released Wang Yuluo. Although the killing of rice was also countered by Ma Zhou, there are still hundreds of stones in Jiacang to feed the army for a month or two anyway. Fortunately, it is unfortunate to think that Wang Shichong breathed a sigh of relief. The sacrifice of Yuluo is worth the revenge. Wang Shichong will definitely choose to report that he will seize Ma Zhou and impose the punishment of pieces.
Hanjiacang is an important granary in Luoyang, covering an extremely wide area. There are hundreds of granaries, and each granary hoards a lot of grain. At this time, a similar scene is playing in dozens of granaries. They have drawn out horizontal knives to see if the rice bags are fake. A soldier in the east of Jiacang opened the rice bags and suddenly a stench came to his face. He couldn’t help covering his nose. The rice bags also fell to the ground, and soon the room was filled with this stench, which made people vomit.
A soldier held back the stench and looked intently. When he saw that something had rotted, he couldn’t see what it really was. A corporal saw this scene and severely cut a rice bag. The same stinking thing fell out and wriggled inside the white bug.
"Straight Niang thief, what the hell is going on?" Wu grew angry and cut down several rice bags in a row. Wu Chang’s face suddenly turned black and hurried towards the door. At the same time, many grain cellars also ran out of panic soldiers. They also ran away towards Wang Shichong
When the corporal arrived at Wang Shichong’s side, he found that Wang Shichong was squatting beside the rice bag with a sullen face and looking at the contents. Wang Shichong observed it for half a ring, only to find that there was a soft thing in the rice bag, and there was a small amount of rice grains outside. The stinky things seemed to be rice grains, but Wang Shichong was not sure.
At this time, Wang Shichong is sure that there are problems with all these grains, but he doesn’t know those with problems and those without problems. Statistics show that this is a big project. Wang Shichong is almost dripping with water with a sullen face. He is a little puzzled. Wang Xuan should have made an inspection. Why will this problem happen again?
"Check all how much edible food there is!" Wang Shichong big drink a way slightly trembling.
"hey!" Zheng Bing replied.
Wang Shichong also ordered Chen Wangduan to summon more soldiers to find out as soon as possible how much food in Chu Jiacang is problematic. Wang Xuan should have a slight trembling palm. The first two times he checked that the rice bag was indeed rice, and then most of these foods came to work for relief without any problems.
When Ma Zhou transported the grain to Wang Xuan for the third time and the fourth floor, he should have let his guard down. After a brief inspection, he let go. Ma Zhou took people to transport the grain back to Hanjiacang. It seems that Ma Zhou is already a family and does not need to be so guarded.
But Wang Xuan should not have thought that it happened these two times! Looking at this scene, Wang Xuan should be more nervous. He suddenly knelt in front of Wang Shichong and said, "Father, emperor, son and minister know mistakes!"
Wang Shichong narrowed his eyes and looked at Taixin with a feeling of hating iron and not producing steel. He gave this great event to Taixin naturally, hoping that he could take on the lifting. But he dared to act carelessly in such a big event, which made Wang Shichong fall into a passive position. Food is the root of the country. Without food, who will stay in Luoyang and stay in Zheng?
Wang Shichong blushed. He stepped forward and slapped Wang Xuan hard. Wang Xuan should be caught off guard and fall. The corners of his mouth were bleeding. Wang Shichong was very heavy. Wang Xuan should not dare to kowtow repeatedly.
Duan Da quickly walked to come over and said, "Pursuit Ma Zhou is too cunning to be careless. Now it is urgent to find a way to solve the food problem."
"hmm!" Wang Shichong, a moment and said a little bit of food is when the urgent thought of this Wang Shichong ruthlessly stared too Wang Xuan should take a look, "I’ll settle this account with you when I go back." Said Wang Shichong and hurried out of the Jia Cang.
Wang Shichong, the palace, was very anxious to check the news. Duan Da narrowed his eyes and meditated for half a ring. "I have an idea."
"What idea?" Wang Shichong asked eagerly, just like a drowning man who caught the straw.
"I beg your pardon, but no matter what the inventory result is, there will be a shortage of grain. Now, only by harvesting grain as soon as possible can I raise taxes and increase the government’s income," Duan Da said
Wang Shichong hesitated for half a ring, which is the only way to get more food and more hope. He nodded silently and said, "The tax is 20% higher!"
Duan Da coughed again and again. "In addition, we need to send someone to contact Li Yuan as soon as possible to discuss the fight against the Sui Dynasty!"
Wang Shichong long out of breath, "it’s true that Tang gaozu is an old fox, but now he can advance and retreat with me and I think he should be white."
"I sponsor Qing Yang to go to Datang to discuss things against the enemy together," Duan Da thought for a moment and said.
Wang Shichong wanted to think, "Qing Yang’s eloquence is indeed the best choice for me, which makes him hurry to Chang ‘an." Wang Shichong immediately wrote a letter to bring it to the river satrap Qing Yang.
After Duan Da left, Wang Shichong seemed to have been drained of his strength and sat down on the ground with full confidence. He was almost desperate. Zheng’s food was seriously inadequate, but the original rice was barnyard grass. Even if Zheng barnyard grass ate, I’m afraid he would gain more than ten mangokus. It’s a long way to go to fight against the Sui Dynasty.
It was a busy day, and it was not until late at night that Wang Shichong got the news that Jiacang could eat less than ten thousand stones, which meant that once the war broke out, the soldiers of Dazheng would soon have no food to eat.
A few days later, Qing Yang arrived in Chang ‘an, and he immediately sought audience with Tang Emperor Li Yuan.
Li Yuan immediately summoned Qing Yang when he got the news, and learned that the Zheng court was facing a crisis. He first comforted Qing Yang and then arranged for him to live in the crack hon temple. He himself called his ministers to discuss whether to help Wang Shichong.
Li Jiancheng, Li Shimin, the king of Qin, Li Yuanji, the king of Qi, and others all agree that the anti-Sui forces in the Three Kingdoms are the strongest, and Datang and Zheng are sworn enemies. Now, the anti-Sui forces attack Zheng, and the answer is hard to come by, that is, to help Zheng deal with the anti-Sui together.
Li Jiancheng, too, who chose to send troops, had a very sensitive strategic perspective and thought that it was best for Datang and Zheng to unite. Of course, Li Jiancheng adopted Wei Zhi’s suggestion, while Li Shimin had another idea. He defeated the Sui Dynasty several times, and Li Shimin’s self-confidence soared with Qu Tutong’s defeat. So did Sui Jun. He was eager to defeat the Sui army again, especially Yang You, and he hated Li Yuanji for defeating Yang Gang’s trick once and always wanted revenge.
Therefore, several representatives of the King of Qin of the Li Tang royal family have spoken well.
Some people are well-documented, and naturally some people oppose it. In Tang Yuan’s expectation, Dugu Huaien first approached the nobles and strongly expressed that now is not the best time to go to war against Sui Dynasty. If Dugu Huaien opposed Tang Yuan’s expectation, then Tang Jian Pei Ji’s silence surprised Tang Yuan slightly.
Over the years, Datang actually relied on gathering nobles to support Hedong, and some nobles also contributed. For example, Pei Ji almost sacrificed most of the interests of Wenxi Pei’s family, and Pei Ji was somewhat overwhelmed under great pressure. He suggested that Datang is short of food now, and once it goes to war against Sui, I am afraid it will not end for a year and a half. Can Datang withstand this test?
In Tang Jian’s opinion, Datang fought almost every year after the founding of the People’s Republic of China, especially the siege of Liangzhou by Longxi Army Qu Tutong this time, which greatly affected Datang’s economy. Since Zheng Zheng was going to war against Sui Dynasty, it is better to restore national strength as soon as possible. Tang Jian’s opinion is more accurate than that Datang is not suitable for war now.
Although Pei Ji said very tactfully, Li Yuan was still somewhat dissatisfied. After all, he had different feelings for Pei Ji, but Pei Ji said it was reasonable. The old fox Li Yuan did not show it. Tang Jian and Li Yuan recognized that he said it was very reasonable. Going to war against Sui Zheng must temporarily take care of Datang and take this opportunity to actively restore national strength.
In the hall, the ministers talked about their opinions in succession. After listening to half a ring, Tang gaozu had a clear understanding of the attitude of the ministers. Tang gaozu glanced at the crowd and looked too Li Jiancheng. At this time, he needed to talk too much.
Li Jiancheng coughed with a smile in his eyes. The court said that he already had an idea. Li Jiancheng Arch handed over his opinion. That is, Datang Zheng is as close as lips and teeth, and it is a marriage country. Now, attacking Zheng Datang against the Sui Dynasty must not stand idly by, but Luoyang is a strong city and Wang Shichong will certainly be able to support it for a long time. What Datang needs to do is to wait for the opportunity.
This opportunity means that the anti-Sui Dynasty is about to break Luoyang, but it has not broken the inter-city Datang to send troops to help Luoyang. Presumably, both the anti-Sui Dynasty and Zheng have been exhausted by this time. If it is done properly, Datang may be able to pacify the sky in World War I. Li Jiancheng’s opinion has been praised by Tang Yuan. It will consume Datang’s national strength to intervene in the anti-Sui Zheng battle before this suggestion, and the last sentence of pacifying the sky in World War I will make Pei Ji even more. Tang Jian and others slammed their hearts. This is a compromise that conforms to the interests of the war and both sides to a certain extent. Therefore, this method has been supported by the ministers. The strategy has been decided. I came to Li Jiancheng to personally go to crack crack crack temple in Qing Yang and had some exchanges. I said that Datang Dazheng is a friendly country. Now that Dazheng is killed, Datang will not stand by and will send troops to help Dazheng Yang Qing to return with satisfaction-2729.
Chapter 23 Soldiers arrive in Yexian County
In the autumn of the third year, the Great Sui Jiye was dormant for more than half a year. Sui Jun once again sent out a draft to attack the Luoyang North Road Army in the Central Plains in three ways. The army of 25,000 troops led by Li Jing, the general manager of Hebei Road, was mostly composed of former Xia Guojun soldiers who slowly advanced south along Taihang Mountain to Jijun County. The East Route Army, led by Guan Wang Yang Gongren, is mostly the former Wagang Army, and Xu Yuanlang’s army has about 30 thousand troops heading for East County to seize Xingyang County’s bullying tiger prison.
On the south road, Yang You personally commanded 40,000 guards. In addition, 20,000 soldiers from Nanyang County went out with Yang You to attack Luoyang Sui Jun, which was as aggressive as a mountain tiger biting at this fat meat in Luoyang.
Wang Shichong learned that the Sui Dynasty was going to attack Luoyang, and he had already begun to make arrangements. He asked Qing Yang to guard the river county and organize the county soldiers to support Ji County at any time. He didn’t know much about Li Jing and Wang Shichong, but he was able to carry the troops against Sui Dynasty. He was burdened by the Yang You Committee. The highest administrative and military chief of Hebei Province was not a hollow name. Wang Shichong thought for a long time and sent an old wagang expert, Dan Xiongxin, to guard the old Sui Division in Ji County. Before he left for Wei County, Dan Xiongxin, Wang Shichong urged Shan Xiongxin to rely on the favorable terrain of Taihang Mountain to firmly guard the county.
Wang Shichong, the commander of Tiger Prison, still guards the Tiger Prison with Dai Zhou. In addition, Wang Renze, the king of Tang Dynasty, led 5,000 troops to support the Tiger Prison. Wang Shichong has reason to believe that the Tiger Prison is strong. Not to mention that Yang Gongren has 30,000, even if he has 60,000 soldiers and 10,000 tiger prisons, he will surely get well.
In the south road, the dangers are no better than the tiger’s prison, and the main force against Sui Dynasty, Wang Shichong decided to focus on Yexian County, Yingchuan County, South China. Wang Shichong, the only road from Nanyang North, ordered Chen Wangduanda to lead twenty thousand troops to Yexian County to resist the invasion of Sui Army, while he was in Luoyang to raise food and grass to co-ordinate the military situation of the Quartet, and he led troops to support it.
Along with Duan Danan, there are flying general Xu Han, riding general Qin Yi and Yokono general Duan Yuanzhe, etc. It can be seen that Wang Shichong’s mind is that the South Road Army will mainly hold off Yang You’s offensive plan against Sui Dynasty.
Duan Da arrived in Yexian County and immediately entered the city. Yexian County is also called Kunyang County. There was a famous Kunyang War in history. We must not let Sui Jun take this place away, otherwise Sui Jun can divide the troops into two ways to seize Yingchuan County, and the other way can advance on Runan, Xiangcheng County, thus threatening Luoyang.
In view of the important position of Yexian County, Wang Shichong vigorously manages Yexian County. Nowadays, the city wall of Yexian County is as high as 50 feet, and a large amount of grain has been hoarded in the city. In addition, Duan Da, who has a strong defensive ability, is ready to fight a beautiful defensive battle. To defeat Yang You Dazheng, it is bound to be a great success.
Five days after Duan Da arrived in Yexian County, Yang You led his troops out of Nanyang and forced Zhou Zhongyin, the prefect of Ganyang County, to surrender in Kaesong immediately. Yang You praised Zhou Zhongyin’s surrender. He still let Zhou Zhongyin bear the prefect of Ganyang County and left Xiao Chen with ten thousand troops to be responsible for the transportation of grain and grass in the rear.
After a day’s rest, Yang You immediately sent Pei Hangyan to lead his troops into the ancient Tangshan Road in Chiheng, Shanxi Province. If Zheng Bing got the news, he would not be able to enter Yexian County unless he broke through the two mountains and Yang You. However, Pei Hangyan carefully went all the way to see the two mountains breeze blowing the leaves, but there was no Zheng Jun.
Pei Hangyan immediately stationed in the north of the mountain and sent people to search around until it was determined that there was no Zheng Jun ambush. Only then did he send people to tell Yang You and Yang You that when he got the news, he immediately led fifty thousand troops to attack Yexian Sui Junye County, Nanzha Daying, and Chengduanda got the news that Sui Jun had killed him. He immediately stepped up his guard and sent people to inform Wang Shichong that Sui Jun had killed him!