"What? The grain and grass have been burned, what are you more than 1,000 people doing to eat? Damn, damn it, your grain and grass were deducted by Datang, and I didn't get it, you went too far. "When Fu Kang learned that the grain and grass had been burned, he almost killed the person who told the news. At the same time, he also expressed his dissatisfaction with his father and brother, what concubines, horses, those are all excuses, what he hates is that the throne is not related to him.

Although these grains and grasses were bought back at half price, his money was not easy to come by, and in order to stabilize the people's hearts, he did not dare to impose taxes on miscellaneous taxes, or even reduce taxes to win people's hearts. Fifty thousand troops! How can this make him not feel heartache?

"The king's top priority is to send someone to Datang to buy a batch of grain, our grain can last for four months, and now the minister suggests borrowing grain from those nobles."

Fu Kang's subordinates said with difficulty, it was too painful to make this decision, Fu Kang was an aspiring monarch, and he was a man who was determined to follow Fu Kang.

It is precisely because the two of them have joined forces to formulate the rules of the series that they can quickly appease people's hearts and even gain support. But this kind of support needs to pay a price, if you don't disturb the people, don't move the nobility, where will the military pay come from? Now the poor are almost like pants.

"These nobles can't move, and if they move, our foundation will be unstable. You personally go to Datang, explain the situation to them, and let them all have three months of grain and grass for us. My father's heart is too big, Datang can't tolerate him, they will definitely borrow this grain and grass, in order to show sincerity, you need to take a risk yourself. ”

Fu Kang said with a hint of guilt, if it is according to what the person who came to report said, it is very risky to transport grain and grass. A group of soldiers who are not afraid of death and only think about completing military orders is simply a nightmare for the food team.

"Don't worry, the king doesn't come, if they don't come, if they dare to come, I can let him know what is coming and not returning." The minister gritted his teeth and said, he knew too well how important these grains and grass were. After thinking about it, he continued: "The king, the minister doesn't know if he can get grain and grass this time, but their grain and grass have also had an accident, and the minister only sees that the biggest possibility between the two sides is a stalemate, if anyone can't afford to do it to the nobles, who will lose half." Therefore, the minister asked the king to insist, even if it was to cut down on food and clothing, please persist until the minister returned. ”

Ketang has a dignified face, the people are the foundation, but the nobles are the mainstay, if the pillar stone falls, it will collapse that day.

"This king will definitely persevere, no matter how difficult it is, there will be no chaos." Fu Kang said firmly, and couldn't help but sigh and said, "If only we also had the divine food of Datang, why worry about the grain and grass?" ”

"Such a divine object cannot be hoped for, according to the habit of the Tang Emperor, even if he steals the grain, he can't plant it, otherwise the Tang Dynasty will definitely send troops to destroy the country." Ke Tang shuddered as he spoke, and bowed his hand to Fu Kang and withdrew.

In the following days, as Ketang said, both sides were thrifty in food and clothing, and fighting had become a luxury.

Fu Kang is also ruthless, he knows that he has no way out, either stepping on the bones to ascend to the throne, or being crushed and scattered. Therefore, he did not live in a luxurious house, but ate and lived with the soldiers, and when the rough food was swallowed in his throat, it was as painful as being scratched by a stone on the esophagus, but he endured it.

Such a move moved those soldiers to tears, the king was so good to them, what else could they say that no matter how hard they were, they had to bear it. Once, a few generals couldn't stand it anymore, and secretly brought exquisite food to Fu Kang to eat, but Fu Kang severely reprimanded him.

There was another time when Fu Kang was so hungry that he ate secretly in the middle of the night, but the soldiers who served him thought something was wrong and hurried in to see that the king was eating a piece of hard brown bread with water.

After the news spread, the morale of the army was greatly improved, and those nobles immediately reacted when they found out and sent a large amount of food to the army. It's not that they are moved, but they know that they have reached the point of exhaustion, and if they don't go to the road, they will eventually be burned and looted by angry soldiers, and the private soldiers raised at home can't resist the tide of soldiers.

This situation lasted for more than a month, and on this day Fu Kang was worrying about how to get those landlords to pay tribute to some food, when he suddenly heard a hurried sound outside the tent.

"Newspaper~ Fifty miles away, a large force of enemy troops was found to be moving in the direction of Dongcheng, and the preliminary estimate was more than 6,000 people."

"But the unrighteous army of the royal capital?"

Fu Kang hurriedly asked, could his father and brother be so stupid as to think that he was defenseless in difficult times?

"Back to the king, it doesn't look like it, their banners are very messy, like those nomadic tribes on the grassland."

The soldier hurriedly replied, Fu Kang's eyes lit up, he suddenly stood up, laughed and said, "The one who brought us grain and grass is here." The order went down, and ordered the firehead army to cook according to wartime standards, so that the soldiers could eat and sleep well, and the king took them to grab food at night. ”

These people have been waiting for a long time, they want to fish in troubled waters, why aren't they waiting for the rabbit? When the soldiers heard that they could eat enough at noon and go to grab food at night, it was a shock to their spirits, and after more than a month of living without food, food in their status was far greater than that of money and women.

By the time they woke up, twilight had fallen, and Fu Kang had personally selected 20,000 troops to go on the expedition, and he did not go out in the afternoon just to give them time to settle grain and grass.

The enemy army came from hard work when they were exhausted, while they were well fed and slept, and everything was at their peak.

The 20,000-strong army said that it was impossible to attack the camp, so Fu Kang selected two capable generals to attack with 3,000 men and horses, while he himself led his troops to surround the entire camp.

In a fierce battle, 3,000 people were captured in one night, and the captured grain and grass were enough to feed 6,000 people for half a year, which made Fu Kang smile from ear to ear. At the same time, he sent men to the rival tribes and demanded that they ransom them with food, otherwise he would be put to death.

His method of handling things is the same as Fu Yun's, which is to encircle and suppress the captives and ask for ransom.

Li Shimin wanted these people to mess with Tugu Hun Yun, how could Fu Yun give them food? These people all brought their own food, and they came under the banner of assistance without saying hello, Fu Yun naturally would not be polite, he would fight directly, and after the fight, he would be dealt with as a bandit, and let a few people go back and tell the bandit to take food to ransom people.

The two fathers and sons' methods of retreating suddenly made the surrounding countries angry, and everyone gathered their troops to enter Tuyuhun again, and this time they didn't say any good reasons, they were obviously here to rob them, first occupy some small cities, and then slowly plot.

Tuyuhun suddenly became the place of conquest of the countries of the Western Regions, and some feuding countries even put the battlefield in Tuyuhun, and a good country was suddenly in turmoil.

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