Chapter 853 - Three Thousand Food
A cup of tea, Zou Fengji and the county Cheng He Wentang and others were shocked, the little eunuch had briefly explained the situation to them, the Tartar tens of thousands of troops resisted day by day, although the officers and soldiers also had tens of thousands of reinforcements, but the grain and grass were exhausted, Qingzhou had grain but far away from the water was difficult to quench the thirst, to be exact, it was not enough, so they had to borrow grain from Linzi, and a small city supplied tens of thousands of troops.
"Lord Factory Governor, Linzi and Qingzhou are close at hand, how can the Tartar army let go of this place when they besiege Qingzhou, and the grain and grass may not be transported out, and I don't know if the Tartars will attack Linzi before they besiege Qingzhou?" The county Cheng He Wentang's face was like a dead road.
"Grain and grass do not have to be transported out of the city, the target of the Tartars is the Hengwang Mansion, and its main force will inevitably go straight to the southwest Qingzhou City after crossing the Yellow River, and then Li Yan can lead his troops south to here, and the Tartars may be relieved to see that they do not chase, and they will not take the initiative to send troops to intercept." Chang Yu knocked on the table and said in a deep voice: "As for whether the Tartar army will attack Linzi first when it arrives, the governor doesn't dare to say that he is dead, but the fat meat is not necessarily interested in Linzi's clear soup noodles, but it is absolutely indispensable to harass and intimidate, you just need to close the door and hold on, and it is unlikely that it will make a big move against Linzi before breaking Qingzhou."
"Then General Li led reinforcements to Linzi, so close will inevitably attract the attention of the Tartars, will they ......" Zou Fengji said half and half left, but Chang Yu had already heard what he meant, probably because he was afraid of setting himself on fire, and Li Yan might send troops to attack as soon as he came.
"We have chased thousands of miles all the way, and the Tartars have never taken the initiative to attack, because the purpose of their trip is to plunder, not to fight and kill us, as long as we don't take the initiative, they won't provoke trouble, and besides, more than 50 miles away, there is fat meat in front of us and there is no time to take care of us."
Zou Fengji and He Wentang glanced at each other, breathed a sigh of relief, and secretly said You can borrow food and rest, but don't let the war be induced.
"The factory supervisor dares to ask how much grain and grass is needed?" Zou Fengji asked.
"Take as much as you want, pour the strength of a city and fill your stomach, otherwise who wants to fight desperately, if you lose the battle Qingzhou is not guaranteed, there will be no eggs under the nest, and this Linzi City will also be razed to ruins by the Tartars!" Chang Yu's voice was very soft, but everyone listened to it like a thousand pounds of burden.
"This, Lord Factory Governor, it is not a secret that Linzi is already barren, and in recent years, there have been droughts and locust plagues, and the harvest has almost failed, and there is little grain in the city......" Zou Fengji said and glanced at the little eunuch and saw a sneer on his face, and hurriedly said: "Even so, the lower officials are willing to do their best, the official warehouse can be taken, and the lower officials are also willing to take the lead in fundraising, but this fundraising is all voluntary, and it can't be ......."
"How many official warehouses are there?" Chang Yu interrupted him.
Zou Fengji looked at Zhao An, the main bookkeeper.
"About 100 stones!" Zhao An thought for a while and said, Chang Yu and Li Shiyuan frowned together, more than 100 stones are not enough for tens of thousands of people to eat porridge.
"This governor only said one sentence, if the soldiers and horses run out of food, Qingzhou will be broken, and Linzi will also ruin the city, to borrow the words of the governor and the king of Heng, are you willing to go bankrupt or die!" Chang Yu snorted coldly.
Zou Fengji and the others sighed, and suddenly felt bad, is this little eunuch going to be strong!
"Within three days, no matter what method you use, you must raise more than 3,000 stones, otherwise the consequences will be unbearable!" Chang Yu swept everyone coldly.
One stone in the Ming Dynasty is equivalent to more than 153 catties now, and three thousand stones are equivalent to more than 200 tons, which is really extremely demanding for a small city like Linzi!
"Lord Factory Governor, this, this, Linzi can't bear it, you can't take grain from the people, it's easy to make trouble in this situation......" Zou Fengji's frightened faces turned white, and the meaning of the words was even more obvious.
In fact, Chang Yu did open his mouth a little bit, but his intention was not necessarily so much, but he just had to put pressure on Zou Fengji and others to do his best.
"The governor is not all to raise grain, but half borrowed, half bought and half raised, the specific matters are discussed by His Royal Highness King Heng and Li Shoubei and you, the governor only looks at the results, and now there is another official business to deal with, so I will not disturb you" Chang Yu said and got up to leave, Zou Fengji and others hurriedly got up to send each other, but found that he had gone out of the lobby and was discussing something with a few henchmen and guards in the courtyard, so he had to sit down.
At this time, Zou Fengji knew that the true intention of the prince Zhu Ci'an to come this time was to borrow grain and buy grain for Chang Yu in the name of Heng Wangfu, and he took care of everything, borrowed Heng Wangfu and bought Heng Wangfu, but he had to wait for the Tartars to retire after the war and then pay it back.
For such a bold move of Hengwangfu, Zou Fengji and a few people were not surprised at all, they were very empathetic, if it was themselves, they might be more generous, after all, once the Tartars broke the city, hundreds of years of family business would be ruined, and at that time, the money was not self-urgent, the food was not their own, and even their lives were not their own.
With the big package of King Heng's mansion, Zou Fengji and others feel that 3,000 stones are not so harsh, even if they may not be able to complete this index, but it is not far behind, King Heng has a good reputation in Qingzhou, they come forward to guarantee that both the squires and the people in the city can be trusted, and in this situation, even if people don't buy or borrow, they will let you donate it all, what can you do, really go to rebel? Or is it that the Tartars will not kill you or rob you if they break the city? It's better to be a favor, donate some, sell some and borrow some, and this favor is owed by King Heng, think about it, it's cost-effective.
The hall was foaming at the mouth and discussing how to raise food, but Chang Yu in the courtyard muttered to a few of his relatives on the shoulders of Guangzi: "It's better to go to the country, he is good at this matter from the army" said and patted the shoulder of the people: "Try to go to the west as much as possible, don't get entangled in the Tartar and avoid it, it is important to pass the message."
It turned out that Chang Yu decided to send someone to inform Li Yan not to chase Dorgon's main force after crossing the Yellow River, and to go directly south to Linzi, this is another extremely dangerous matter of crossing the line of fire, and several of his personal guards scrambled to go first, and finally the little eunuch ordered Guo Ren.
After a few meetings, he led more than ten people to leave the city, and Chang Yu saw that Zou Fengji and others in the hall were still chattering, so he went out of the county government with Qiao Sanxiu and Chen Ruxin and asked a government official to lead the way to the city.
There are no guards in the small city of Linzi, only the husband and the village Yong patrol during the day, except for a few iron cannons, the combat preparations can be described as empty, when Chang Yu went to the city, Chen Suole and other dozens of soldiers were blowing the wind bare-chested on the east city wall, and the clothes were hanging on the barrels, and when they saw the little eunuch coming, they came around: "Factory Gong, we won't defend this small broken city."
Chang Yu turned his head to look at the dark mountain shadow due south, and then looked up at the outside of the city: "Before Li Yan comes, we all have to stay here."
"Hey, I hope Li Yan comes soon" Chen Suole frowned, Chang Yu laughed: "What?" Think so about him".
Chen Suole smiled bitterly: "I always feel that the Tartars will come to find trouble" Chang Yu sighed: "Let's hear it."
"The Tartar vanguard has arrived outside Qingzhou City, Dolgon sent him to not come over, he must have wanted to take the people first and shock the surrounding states and counties, and then threaten and intimidate in an attempt to make Qingzhou open the door and surrender, if Li Shiyuan is in a humble position, I don't know if they can succeed, but Jia Waixiong and Lao Jiu will definitely not surrender" Chen Suole said and glanced at Chang Yu.
"Go on" Chang Yu smiled slightly, he likes his subordinates to use their brains, and he prefers young people who use their brains, Chen Suole is Chen Wangting's nephew, who is strong in martial arts, and after serving as a little eunuch outside the pass, he followed him to fight in the south and the north, and he has seen and has a vision.
"Qingzhou does not fall, the Tartar vanguard with two thousand soldiers and horses and no baggage may not attack, before the arrival of the main force, most of them are surveying the terrain and collecting intelligence, in addition to this, it will inevitably attack the surrounding small cities, Linzi is so close how can they let it go, and it is even possible to storm Linzi City, our troops...... It's tight! ”
"Very good, meticulous analysis" Chang Yu stroked his palm, and Chen Suole was happy.
"But it's not rigorous enough" Chang Yu's words changed, Chen Suole choked, and coughed lightly: "Please also ask the factory supervisor to correct"
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