Chapter 107: The Words of Niu Venus

When Li Xin left Li Zicheng's room, he almost collided with Niu Jinxing.

After the two met, their faces turned cold. They didn't say a word, as if they couldn't see each other.

Niu Jinxing saw Li Zicheng, his face suddenly slowed, and he said, "The minister greets Your Majesty." ”

"The prime minister is here." Li Zicheng said: "Sit." ”

Niu Venus can also be regarded as conscientious about the camp. His hair was much grayer, and he looked much haggard.

In addition to the defeat of the camp, everyone is under great pressure, and Niu Venus is the most stressful.

There is no other reason, there is so much loss in the camp, it must be made up, whether it is weapons, or personnel, food, and even other materials, people have to be compensated or something when they die, and the pressure in this regard is pressed on Niu Jinxing.

Who made him prime minister.

Niu Venus can't wait to grow eight hands and feet every day, but he is still too busy.

It's just that in this way, all the pressure is on Niu Jinxing, which is also the source of the contradiction between Niu Jinxing and Li Xin.

Li Xin always wants to fight a big battle to reverse the rout. But Niu Jinxing knew that the camp was finally calm, slowly recovering, and couldn't stand the toss.

"How's the matter of money and food now?" Li Zicheng asked.

Niu Jinxing's face was a little bitter, and he didn't know what to say, so he could only say: "The minister is incapable of asking His Majesty to punish him." ”

The army was dispatched, and the daily cost was a thousand dollars, and Shaanxi was a barren land, and several years of war had already exhausted Shaanxi's vitality. Niu Jinxing has exhausted all means, but it is only enough to support the supply of the army, and he doesn't even think about it.

Li Zicheng sighed slightly in his heart, he actually knew about these things, although it was not as clear as Niu Jinxing, but above the approximate number, the decision was not much different, he didn't ask much, and said directly: "I want the army to confront Duoduo in Tongguan, but I don't know, how long can the household support the army's grain and grass?" ”

"Is it okay for three months?"

Bull Venus was silent.

Silence is also an answer.

"Two months?" Li Zicheng suddenly asked.

Silence awaited him.

"A month." Li Zicheng's face darkened, and he said, "It won't be that there won't even be a month's worth of grain and grass, right?" ”

Niu Jinxing's voice was a little dry, if he could, he would never want to bring bad news to Li Zicheng, and said: "The minister can only say that he will do his best." It depends on whether the grain and grass in Huguang can arrive, otherwise the grain and grass in Shaanxi can only support it for such a long time. ”

In fact, this is not the case, Li Zicheng expanded the tuntian left by Sun Chuanting in Shaanxi, and copied the home of the first line of King Qin, and today there is another harvest, and it is estimated that it will not even be able to support this month.

Small after all

During the Ice Age, Shaanxi's grain production was not good, and he really couldn't afford to use a corner of Shaanxi to support hundreds of thousands of troops.

At least at that time, many places in Henan paid grain to the camp. And now in places where the troops in the camp are insufficient, it is good not to rebel.

The only place where there is food abundance is Huguang.

It's just that the area of Xiangyang is a little and a half isolated from Shaanxi.

The Ming army still occupies the Yunyang area, blocking half of the Wuguan Road, and the ground in Henan is not quiet, and the grain transportation through Henan is to pass through Tongguan, the Qing army is in Tongguan, isn't it meat buns to beat dogs, the food in the hands of the Qing army may not be enough in these years.

"However, this year's year in Henan is good." Niu Jinxing said: "I heard a few villagers say that this year's Henan is a good wind and rain, a bumper harvest, as long as the Qing army can be defeated, Your Majesty can eat Henan." ”

There's some black humor there.

A few years ago, the land of Henan, thousands of miles of red land, cannibalism. Ask for a grain but can't get it, fighting grain is worth a life.

But now, Henan is sparsely populated, the planting area has been greatly reduced, and it is not possible to recover from the natural disasters and man-made disasters in Chongzhen 134 years, but I don't want to have a good wind and rain this year, many fields, but abandon the waste for a year or two, the wheat grains left in the fields, take root and sprout by themselves, and under the wind and rain, the wheat yellow in the autumn.

Although the wheat harvest is far less than that of someone to take care of it when it is not tended.

But hundreds of people have filled in the ravines, and the people who survived are a minority, so that to the point that no one has fallen in the wilderness, and Niu Jinxing doesn't know at other times, but now Henan is absolutely abundant in grain, and there is no problem in supplying the army.

"In this way, as long as Li Junshi is allowed to go to Henan first." Li Zicheng said.

When Niu Jinxing heard that there was Li Xin, he was a little uncomfortable, but he didn't dare to express it, and said, "But I don't know what plan Li Junshi has?" ”

Li Zicheng told Li Xin's plan one by one.

Niu Jinxing's heart moved, and he keenly felt that Li Zicheng was hesitant about Li Xin's plan. As for why I say this, because it is very simple, the relationship between Niu Jinxing and Li Xin is already known to everyone in the camp, and Li Zicheng will not know it.

Li Zicheng took Li Xin's plan and asked Niu Jinxing what good evaluation he could get.

No matter what Li Zicheng thinks, Niu Jinxing will not give up this opportunity to fall into the trap for Li Xin. His heart kept spinning and said, "There's something wrong with that. While talking, he wanted to slander Li Xin from somewhere.

In fact, what Li Zicheng knows about himself, there may not be Niu Jinxing who understands him, Li Zicheng said: "Where do you start with this? ”

Niu Jinxing instantly grasped a key point and said: "The minister thinks that Li Junshi is going,

It's going to be gone. ”

Li Zicheng's face suddenly showed anger, and he said, "Li Junshi is not such a person. ”

Niu Jinxing said: "The minister knows that Li Xin was not such a person at the beginning, but whether he is it now, he doesn't know, and he won't know it in the future." ”

Li Zicheng frowned and did not speak. It's already tacit to Niu Venus to continue.

Niu Jinxing said: "Since Li Junshi came from His Majesty, can he want to go down and lead the troops?" ”

Li Zicheng shook his head.

Li Xin and Zhang Xuan are in the rebel army, and they can be said to be called Zhang Li, or Li Zhang. But the development routes of the two people are different, Zhang Xuan went to this military power from the beginning, and Luo Rucai wanted to keep him by his side as a strategist, but he didn't do it.

But Li Xin is different. He and Li Zicheng have the ambition of Junyao Shun in their hearts, so he doesn't want to leave Li Zicheng, he has always been by Li Zicheng's side, and Li Xin's planning is indispensable for several wars. Of course, it is not that without Li Xin, Li Zicheng will not fight. However, the defeat of Sun Chuanting and the sweep of the north were indispensable to Li Xin's suggestions and suggestions.

Speaking of which, Li Xin's position in the camp is vaguely above Zhang Xuan's position in Cao Ying, a first-class important minister, because of this, Li Xin has always deliberately avoided suspicion, and his younger brother Li Mu has been following Li Zicheng for several years, but in the expansion of the camp, many people have been promoted, but Li Mu was pressed.

Until now, it was just a garrison with thousands of troops.

Li Xin even deliberately avoided suspicion, under his arrangement, Li Mu has always been a local guard, and he has not participated much in previous wars.

Thinking about it now, Li Xin suddenly said that he wanted to go down to lead the troops, which was indeed against his style. Li Zicheng suddenly had a trace of doubt in his heart.

Niu Jinxing's ability to observe words and colors was almost full, and he immediately said: "Your Majesty may not know that Li Junshi's prestige in Henan, and the generals of the Henan family in the army have always looked at Li Junshi's horse. And the officials in various parts of Henan were all promoted by Li Junshi. ”

"I'm afraid that Li Junshi will be the lord of Henan, and Henan is probably not owned by His Majesty."

"Nonsense." Li Zicheng shouted.

"Yes, the minister is just talking nonsense." Niu Jinxing said: "There is just one thing, the minister has always been unable to understand, how confidential the matter of His Majesty's night battle against Luo Rucai was, even the generals didn't know, and Zhang Xuan'er knew about it. ”

"Li Junshi and Zhang Xuan have always had a sense of sympathy for each other, and the east of Henan is Cao Ying's territory."

"Will Li Junshi -----??"

Before Niu Jinxing could finish speaking, he was interrupted by Li Zicheng and said, "Don't say it." ”

"Yes." Niu Jinxing said.

Neither of them spoke for a while, and the room suddenly fell silent.

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