Zhao Junsheng asked: "Mao Taishou, how much grain and grass is there in the camp?" ”

Mao Xiuzhi replied: "Envoy, the remaining grain and grass can be eaten by 50,000 people for 20 days!" ”

Zhao Junsheng asked again: "How long do you think this battle can be fought?" ”

"This······ It's not clear to the lower officials, it depends on how long the envoy and the other generals want to fight, right? ”

"It's not how long we want to fight, it's how long the situation allows us to fight!" Zhao Junsheng shook his head, "I remember that the distribution of grain and grass was distributed by the baggage battalion according to the number of troops in each army, right?" Now the distribution of grain and grass is only afraid that the baggage camp will not be in charge! ”

Mao Xiuzhi wondered, "Why?" ”

Hua Mulan replied to him: "I used to think that the emperor was here, and the emperor asked you to do this, so the other generals naturally have nothing to say." Now that the emperor has died, in order to raise more grain and grass for themselves, the generals will not wait for you to distribute it to them, but will take the initiative to carry it in the baggage camp. If you don't give it, they will beat it, and you can only be beaten for nothing, because you can't beat it, and if you are beaten, no one will call the shots for you! They will definitely carry more than their original share, and one or two armies will take away their share of the grain and grass that belongs to the other armies, how do you explain to the other commanders? ”

Zhao Junsheng finished speaking for Mulan: "They will definitely be dissatisfied, if you can't get the grain and grass that satisfies them, they will tear you apart!" And then, you died in vain! ”

"Ah······ How good is that? Mao Xiuzhi was so frightened that cold sweat broke out on his forehead, and he knelt in front of Zhao Junsheng and Hua Mulan with a plop, "Two generals, help!" Although the lower official is a demoted general, but since he came to serve in Dawei, he has always been conscientious and conscientious, and he never dared to slack off. The lower official is Fan Yang Taishou, and he is the direct subordinate of the envoy, so the envoy wants to save the lower official! ”

Zhao Junsheng saw that Mao Xiuzhi said pitifully, and sighed: "Okay, this general can't see death without help, this general will write you a letter of appointment, and you will serve as the Taishou of Youbeiping." Early tomorrow morning, you can take a few entourages and go to Wuzhong County to take office! ”

Mao Xiuzhi cried with joy, and thanked him again and again: "Thank you for your life, thank you for your life!" ”

After Mao Xiuzhi left, Zhao Junsheng brought Li Bao and asked him to send someone to send an order to Gao Xu, and asked Gao Xu to bring troops to Shicheng to stand by.

Early the next morning, Mao Xiuzhi hurriedly went to Youbeiping with a few entourages and Zhao Junsheng's appointment certificate, in fact, according to the rules, Zhao Junsheng, the assassin of Youzhou, has no power to appoint Taishou, and he doesn't even have the right to appoint the county order, the appointment power is in the hands of the imperial court, and the assassin only has the right to suspend and impeach, but now Mao Xiuzhi can't take care of it so much, and this matter is naturally operated by Zhao Junsheng.

After breakfast in the army, the three captains of the baggage battalion were called to the tooth tent by Zhao Junsheng.

"Subordinate Ma Guang (Wei Ang, Du Lang) to meet the envoy and meet the capital!"

Zhao Junsheng raised his hand: "It's all exempt!" ”

"Thank you!"

Zhao Junsheng looked at the three of them and said slowly: "Mao Taishou, who is in charge of the baggage, has another official business, and the general has sent him to Youbeiping to be the Taishou, but someone in this baggage battalion must be in charge of the general affairs, and the general has decided to designate one of the three of you to be the captain of the baggage battalion, and he will be fully responsible for the affairs of the baggage battalion!" ”

When these three people heard this, they immediately looked at Zhao Junsheng's eyes full of hope, although the three of them were called captains, they were actually not captains, they were just battalion heads, you must know that captains were all famous at this time, and some captains even had more power than generals.

Du Wei is the highest military position among the county soldiers, and there are only a few in the entire Youzhou.

Zhao Junsheng said and asked Cao Jiao: "Cao Jiao, you are the commander of the state and county soldiers, and you recommend the candidate of the lieutenant of the baggage battalion!" ”

Cao Jiao's gaze turned around on the three of them, and then he clasped his fists at Zhao Junsheng and said, "General, my subordinates recommend Wei Ang, the head of the battalion, to be the captain of the baggage battalion!" ”

Wei Ang's spirit was suddenly shocked, and the eyes of the stableman and Du Lang obviously dimmed.

"Cao Dutong's vision, the general can still be trusted!" Zhao Junsheng nodded and said to Wei Ang: "Wei Ang, from now on, I will appoint you as the captain of the baggage battalion, don't live up to Cao Dutong's attention to you, and don't live up to the trust that the general has placed in you, do a good job!" ”

Wei Ang immediately said, "Yes, General!" Thanks to the general and Cao Dutong for their support, my subordinates will definitely ······ You must do your best and die! ”

Zhao Junsheng smiled, and said to Ma Guang and Du Lang: "Don't be discouraged if the two of you are not selected, now my Youzhou has added many territories in Youbeiping and Liaoxi, and even Pingzhou, Bingzhou, and Youzhou in Yan are occupied by our army, and there are many official positions, as long as you work hard, you will always have a chance to be promoted!" ”

Ma Guang and Du Lang were shocked when they heard this, and immediately hugged their fists and agreed: "Yes, we will definitely cooperate with Wei Duwei!" ”

"That's good! General Ben now gives you a task, after you go back, organize people to transport 15,000 people's baggage for a month to the camp of Ben General, and then leave the grain and grass needed by your 3,000 baggage soldiers, and then transport the rest of the baggage to them one by one according to the quota that each army should receive, and leave nothing in the camp of the baggage battalion except your own grain and grass! Don't ask anything, let alone ask, just do it, and if anyone else asks, you say you're doing what you're told, understand? ”

"Yes!" Wei Ang and the three of them clenched their fists and turned to leave.

Soon, Lai Daqian sent someone to invite Zhao Junsheng and Hua Mulan to the palace for discussion.

Although these generals don't buy Daqian's account very much, but Daqian can't do nothing, his official position is the highest after all, if he doesn't care, how to explain to the court after returning to the court? How to explain to the new king?

The generals came to the palace hall one after another, and after waiting for a while, Su Xijing was a little impatient, and shouted: "Come to Daqian, say something quickly!" What are you doing grinding and chirping! ”

Lai Daqian was very disgusted with Su Xijing, but he couldn't fall out with him, he had to find a way to trap these commanders and generals, and don't let them do their own thing.

At this time, a soldier walked in quickly and reported to Daqian: "General Qiyu, my subordinates went to the camp of the national teacher and Cui Taichang to spread the word, but they didn't see them, and I searched around the camp, but I still couldn't find them!" ”

Lai Daqian frowned: "Where did they run away early in the morning?" ”

Zhao Junsheng realized something from each other, and asked the soldier: "Is the luggage in their tent still there?" ”

"The luggage is still there!"

Zhao Junsheng asked again: "What about their entourage?" ”

"Can't find their retinue!"

What a pair of old foxes! Zhao Junsheng scolded secretly in his heart, waved his hand and said casually: "Xu is going out to find a pure place to cultivate, you also know that these two old ghosts are both believers, and they often engage in some Shinto things, don't worry about them!" ”

The generals remembered the virtues of these two old ghosts on weekdays, but they were afraid that it would be as Zhao Junsheng said, so they didn't mention them anymore.

Lai Daqian said: "Okay, don't care about them, let's talk about ours!" By the way, Tuoba Hill, aren't you going to lead your troops to hunt down the traitor Zhu Xiuzhi? Why haven't you left yet? ”

Tuoba Qiu is not stupid, he was straightforward at the time, and he also reacted afterwards, if he led his troops to chase Zhu Xiuzhi, but these people led the troops to withdraw, wouldn't it be equivalent to throwing his people in Liaodong? That would be dangerous, and he immediately decided that he didn't plan to chase Zhu Xiuzhi.

He shook his head and said, "The soldiers have been tired of attacking the city in the past few days, where can they still have the strength to chase and kill Zhu Xiuzhi?" Wait for the soldiers to rest for two days and recuperate enough to chase after them, they won't be able to run! ”

Nima's! Lai Daqian wanted to cut people very much, but he could only hold back, and the things that had been said could be changed, what else could these people do?

Lai Daqian held back his anger and said, "Okay, don't mention this matter!" Let's get down to business, now that Your Majesty has died, where should we go from here? Do you want to stay and siege the city? Until the Dragon City is breached, it is better to prepare for the return of the class to the court, and wait for a few days to bury the bodies of His Majesty and the ministers of the army? Let's talk about it, everybody! ”

Zhao Junsheng immediately said: "I think we should continue to attack the city until we break through the Dragon City and destroy the Northern Yan!" Everyone, please think about it, for this crusade, Your Majesty has died, a prince and a duke have died, the ministers of the army have been killed and wounded, and most of the court is finished here, if we go back like this, how can we explain to the court? How to account to the subjects of the world? What face do we have to go back? You are all the commanders of the army! Even if we don't want to lose face, we have to fight for face for future generations, right? ”

To tell the truth, Zhao Junsheng didn't want to be loyal to the Northern Wei Dynasty, there was no good thing for several emperors in a row, and the Xianbei upper class and nobles were too guarded against the Han people.

But······ If this time it is withdrawn, it will not be so easy to destroy the Northern Yan, the Northern Wei Dynasty killed an emperor, a prince of the clan, a duke and almost all the ministers of the army in this battle, not only the morale of the army will be greatly damaged, the whole country will be like a mourner, I am afraid that it will be sluggish, at least three or five years will be unable to carry out the Eastern Crusade.

Moreover, Tuoba Jian's death will inevitably plunge his brother and nephews into the whirlpool of competition for the throne, and his son is too young, and a bad one may cause the Northern Wei Dynasty to fall apart.

If you don't take Beiyan and retire from the army, what impact will it have on Zhao Junsheng? Of course, it is influential, he is the assassin of Youzhou, and his territory is close to Beiyan, once Beiyan recovers, he will inevitably take advantage of the weakness of Northern Wei to take revenge madly, and his Youzhou is the first to bear the brunt.

Therefore, Zhao Junsheng thought about taking advantage of the fact that these soldiers and horses were still there, and worked hard to break through Longcheng and completely destroy Beiyan.

Zhao Junsheng grabbed these generals with his words, making them embarrassed to put forward the idea of withdrawing the army.

Lai Daqian asked: "The previous siege casualties were too large, if you want to continue the siege, you must change the siege method, I don't know what General Zhao can do?" ”

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