Chapter Ninety-Four: Preparing for Another Battle
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Zhang Xianling put down the wine glass and asked everyone to be quiet, so everyone who was doing it put down the wine glass and waited for the county to speak.
Zhang Xianling looked at everyone's expectant eyes, and said respectfully: "Just last night, Yan'an Governor Yue and Lord Shengyue sent their cronies and brought great news to our rice fat. ”
So everyone put down their wine glasses and waited for the edict of the Supreme Priest of Yansui.
Zhang Xianling glanced at the audience with his eyes, and then raised his breath and said loudly: "The governor's edict, if you win this battle, regardless of the size of the official rank, you will be reported to the division for promotion, and for the gentry who have contributed to the war, those who have no merit will be given a meritorious name, and those who have meritorious fame will be given a meritorious name." ”
This decision immediately aroused the enthusiasm of all the gentry.
As the so-called poor families have many lofty ideals, rich families have many defeated children, these rich and noble families have many children and grandchildren, but they are all used to being spoiled, and they have all become swingers, studying hard in the cold window? Forget it, they have already made that broken sleeve friendship with those scholars, where do they still have the heart to do that miserable thing? Where can there be an official and a half-position glorious ancestor? But this opportunity came, as long as they contributed to this war, they would be given official fame, which was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, and now these gentry began to secretly rejoice that they had not fled the county and had this great opportunity in vain.
Now that I think about it, this war was not a catastrophe, but a great wealth.
As long as there are people guarding the city, then the county will not be lost, where do the people come from? There are still some homeless people on the street, as long as they have money, they are all strong men who sacrifice their lives.
Now these rich gentry for their children's background, all with eyes staring at the blank body, after this village is no longer this shop, thinking about how to find another opportunity tomorrow to the county old parents to offer some filial piety, or donate some money and food, get a goodbye, but also the ancestors turned over.
The leaders of the Dingding Township who took care of the home were even more eager to try, waiting for tomorrow to kill the enemy and make meritorious contributions, and do the idea of ascending to the sky.
In the face of money, fame and fortune, this Mizhi County Ya has become a big furnace.
Several sides want to get the benefits they want during this war, but they don't know which is the real stepping stone.
A banquet ended in a hot atmosphere, the gentry hurried home, some fine things, ready to go to the county government before dawn, and even those who ignored the opposition of their wives and concubines, began to take stock of their own rice and grain, ready to donate again, and at the same time each family also staged a farce of all shapes, but the wives and concubines of each room or openly quarreled, or secretly fought, and they had to confess to their children or their own official bodies that had not yet arrived.
When everyone dispersed with their own thoughts, Zhang Xianling left a thousand households Xu Zhong and a few of his own master's cronies, waved his hand to send away irrelevant idleness, and then frowned and whispered; "Lord Qianhu, now that there are no outsiders, report today's losses to me, so that I know in my heart, and I can prepare for it as soon as possible."
The Thousand Households-sama also lost his original spirit, and his face was darkened, and he whispered in a low voice; "So that the county lord knows that there was no damage in the battle of Nancheng today, but Xicheng suffered heavy losses, with a total of four hundred and eleven killed on the spot, and one hundred and sixty seriously injured."
"How so? How did it happen that there were more dead than wounded? You're not—"
"The county respects the misunderstanding, and the last general will not dare." The thousand households knew what the county zun was referring to, and they were not afraid that they would lie about their deaths and be greedy for mercy? But when is it, where do you still have that mind?
"If you don't dare." Zhang Xianling also softened his face, and changed his words: "But don't fool me, what I know is that there has always been one death from ten wounds on this battlefield, why did it turn over today, besides, the Xicheng pole did not really attack Shangcheng, how could it be such a result?" ”
Xu Zhong said with a sad face: "It's not that the thieves in Xicheng are strong, I first took out a batch of longbows that I have never seen, the bow and arrows have a long range, the arrows are thick and lethal, as long as they are shot, they can't resist the gods, let alone a shield or something, our bows and arrows can only be decorations, and we can't help people at all, and at the same time, I don't know which one has a bad idea, so I got a few quilts and put them on my head, but it's no wonder, those ordinary quilts suddenly became invulnerable, Even the big guy of the elm cannon can't help him, let alone the arrows. ”
"And this?" Zhang Xianling looked at the master who was passing messages back and forth, and the master nodded honestly to indicate that this was true.
Peeking a glance at the county lord with an uncertain expression, Xu Zhong swallowed his spit and said more carefully: "Even now, we have to ask the thieves to only attack in this direction, and the other two sides are just bluffing, once the thieves use this method to attack together, we really don't know how to deal with it." ”
"That's weird, this Xicheng is full of sharp weapons, but why is the main attack place of Nancheng still filling with human lives, but there is no such sharp weapon?" Zhang Xianling frowned and asked a reason.
"According to the general's guess, the leader of the alliance outside the city must be a heroic figure, who does not hesitate to use the lives of his subordinates to attract our attention, but as the real main attack in Xicheng, it is just a method of attacking the east and the west, but this method is also a little more ruthless."
Zhang Xianling thought about it, and couldn't help nodding, "The poles are all things that have no king and no father, they are cruel, where do you care about your brother's life?" He sighed slightly: "But this method of the West City has been debunked by us, and the mud must no longer be hidden, and tomorrow maybe these methods will be used in a comprehensive way, so what should I do?" "I'm already worried.
"Actually, in fact, the last general came up with a way to crack the quilt demon method."
When I heard this county order, there was a way to crack it, and I was overjoyed at the time, so I hurriedly asked, and Xu Zhong said cautiously: "That is, all the things in the county government will be moved to the city wall." Then he looked at the county with his eyes carefully.
When Zhang Xianling heard this, he looked at Xu Zhong with his eyes, and looked at him for a long time, that was the last thing he kept the county government, he was really reluctant, but after thinking about it, he gritted his teeth and said: "Okay, it's up to you." When Xu Zhong heard this, he was overjoyed, and hurriedly bowed and thanked him.
"However, if you have this sharp weapon, you still can't lower the quilt demon method, you can explain it directly to the saint."
When Xu Zhong heard this, he shrank his neck in fright, knowing the meaning of this county honor's words, but after thinking about it, he patted his chest and said: "If I get this sharp weapon, I will definitely break the demon law, please rest assured." ”
"And how will tomorrow's guards be arranged?"
"I hope that tomorrow the Lord will allocate some more signatures to strengthen the guards of Xicheng, after all, Xicheng has suffered heavy losses."
"Don't worry about this, I've already arranged for someone to do it."
"My lord is wise, then all that remains is to hope that the thief will not appear on all sides of the quilt demon law."
Zhang Xianling frowned and was silent, and he despised this thousand households even more in his heart, and he had to look forward to the decision of this thief, where was the demeanor of a military general with troops? If you don't have your own support here, you can't say that you will be a general who has escaped, and everyone who has been involved will lose your life and wealth, martial arts, in the end, it will be unreliable.
In fact, he simply forgot, which one of these brilliant Ming Dynasty was shot down with one knife and one shot? Their Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Di are both pure martial artists, and it is precisely the hundreds of years of party struggle among the literati that have made the brilliant and bloody Ming Dynasty like this.
waved away the distracting thoughts, and turned his head for a long time to the master in charge of the miscellaneous affairs and the county master; "How much offensive and defensive equipment is left?"
The master and the master looked through the account book, and after calculating for a while, they closed the account book and said; "Back to the proprietor, the students calculated, after this battle, we lost a total of 100,000 arrows, a number of rolling wood and stones, and now there are less than 170,000 arrows left in the county, and there are 50 quintals of fire oil, etc., and a number of rolling wood and stones, but there is no big loss of gunpowder, and there are still a lot of rich knives, guns and shields, but it must be used by someone. In addition, there are a lot of silver money and grain donated by wealthy merchants and squires, so there is no need to worry about the use of battlefield rewards. ”
Zhang Xianling thought for a while, raised his head and said to the money and grain master: "Tomorrow, we will continue to levy and issue signs in the city, and at the same time, don't take into account the internal response of those displaced people in the city, and levy them in the city together. ”
"But, what if—"
"You just broke up those homeless people Ding Zhuang and mixed them between the Ding family and the Ding Ministry, and the three looked at one, I don't believe that there will be any big waves."
"The county's clever plan," Xu Zhong hurriedly complimented.
"Then the matter of money and food-" If you increase the number of people, you will have to eat and drink, and you will have less money in your pocket, which is what everyone does not want to see.
Zhang Xianling suddenly burst out laughing, which surprised everyone.
"Didn't you see me take out my confession to the gentry today? Looking at their fiery red eyes, are you still afraid that he will not bleed in exchange? Money and food are no longer a problem, the question is what price we have to pay for what we have to pay for it. ”
This said, everyone suddenly realized that selling officials is the most profitable, but at the beginning we had no officials to buy, and now it's okay, that is a lot of blank food, that is, white flowers of silver and white flowers, and how many soldiers can not be used up.
One bookseller jokingly said to another master: "Don't you like to listen to the root of the wall?" If you listen to it today, it's definitely not chirping, but the sound of ping-pong fights. This caused another burst of laughter.
So everyone once again had a heated discussion together.
In this way, another detailed plan came out again, but it was not for the thieves outside the city, but for the rich gentry in the city.
Pity these rich people, the thieves outside the city are worried, and the officials in the city will not let go, thieves? Can you still tell the difference?