Chapter 231: The Battle of Shao Ping (3)

Bai He didn't have the slightest suspicion that this former brother was introducing him step by step, and said without thinking:

"Although there are many people in Shaoping, the old and weak, women and children account for the majority, and there are not many young and strong, and it is not bad to have 20,000 men who can be used, and the defenders are barely more than 6,000 people."

"Oh...... It's also tight. Said, Sikong Nan turned his words and asked: "By the way, what happened to Master Liao's family back then, is it still there?" ”

Bai He was stunned for a moment, and his face was sad in a blink of an eye:

"Alas...... When the Black Turban Army broke through the city, they killed all the officials, magnates, and wealthy businessmen in the city, and Master Liao's family was not spared. ”

"The Liao family is a good family, it's a pity to kill them like this. What about Miss Liao, if that's right, she should have gone out of the cabinet to Mao's house. The Mao family's scholarly family shouldn't be implicated in the Mao family, right? ”

Bai He shook his head, stopped suddenly, and said with some sadness:

"The Mao family was not spared, after Miss Liao was ruined by the Black Turban Army, she was arrested and put into a prostitute camp, and it was only later that she was taken into the back room by Wang Quan, who was favored by Taishou, and is now the sixth lady of Wang Taishou."

"What, I was robbed!"

Sikong Nan was angry at the moment, and he had one more thing on this trip, which was to find the eldest son of the Liao family.

Although the Liao family is a merchant, it has an excellent reputation, and the Black Turban Army killed the Liao family indiscriminately, which is no longer the Black Turban Army's advocacy of eliminating violence and peace for the way of heaven, but destroying the conscience and losing conscience.

The eldest son of the Liao family is outstanding, quite courageous and insightful, he was almost pulled by the righteous army to be a military advisor, and later if it wasn't for Master Liao to redeem people with money, I don't know what the situation would be today.

Now that the Liao family is ruined, the scholarly family of the Mao family has not been spared, which is regrettable.

Just as the two of them were talking, more than a dozen fast horses suddenly appeared in front of them, and the leader was the guard general Cheng Ye. Seeing Bai He leading Sikong Nan into the city, Cheng Ye reined in his war horse and said loudly:

"Lord Taishou has invited General Sikong, General Bai He has the duty to return to the station immediately, and he must not slack off."

Bai He was dissatisfied, but he couldn't put it on his face, so he saluted and said:

"Bai He obeys." When the words fell, Bai He said to Sikong Nan again: "Brother Sikong, Brother Dekong invites you to have a drink." ”

"Well, that's a deal."

Bai He rode a horse and turned away, Sikong Nan went to Taishou Mansion with Cheng Ye, Cheng Ye saw Sikong Nan's soldiers and horses strong on the way, and he couldn't help but envy:

"The Longyuan Heavenly King is famous, I don't want General Sikong to have such a military appearance, Cheng Ye admires it."

"Hehe, it all depends on the trust of the Heavenly King, and Ben will never dare to be proud of his achievements."

"I often hear that the Longyuan Heavenly King is terrifying, and this time he must go north to meet the Jin army of Lei City, I don't know how far the Longyuan Heavenly King will lead the army this time."

Sikong Nan understood that Cheng Ye was testing him.

"Fifty thousand!"

Bai He was taken aback when he heard this:

"Elite cavalry!"

"Exactly, all of them are the first-class war horses of the Xu Kingdom, and after joining the Shengyan Heavenly King's miscellaneous horses, the Lei Cheng Jin army has a kind of hiding in Lei City, otherwise the 150,000 Jin army is not enough for the Longyuan Heavenly King."

Sikong Nan boasted, Cheng Ye will be suspicious:

"There are a lot of these two thousand cavalry under General Sikong, and the Heavenly King, who doesn't know when the general served, wouldn't have traveled thousands of miles from Xianguo."

Sikong Nan's face sank and asked:

"Does General Cheng suspect that Ben will be tricking you?"

"Oh, don't dare, don't dare." Cheng Ye hurriedly denied: "I think that the general can serve the Longyuan Heavenly King is aware of current affairs, unlike the Yongxing River that Zhao Xun is stubborn, if he can be like the general, it will save me from seeing the saber soldiers." ”

Cheng Ye's words are different from inside and outside, at first glance it sounds like Sikong Nan is aware of current affairs, but after listening carefully, Cheng Ye suspects that Sikong Nan is from the Yongxing River.

Sikong Nan had already prepared, and had expected that the Black Turban Army would definitely interrogate him, and Bai Liyan had prepared a variety of response plans in advance, if it was said that he had traveled thousands of miles to defect, even a ghost would not believe it. The most reasonable explanation can only be that Zhiguo was saved by the Black Turban Army, and the Black Turban Army surrendered.

"It's not a secret, Ben Jiang rebelled with Bai He at the beginning, and then went into exile to Zhiguo and was accidentally captured by Zhiguo as a slave, but fortunately he was rescued by the King of Longyuan, and he was put into the account of the King of Heaven. Last year, Sun Guo reported successes again and again, and it was the defeat of Xu Guo that he transferred the main force to the north to help King Shengyan. ”

"Oh, yes, it seems that the Xian Kingdom and the Jin Army are also going to follow the Xu Kingdom, hehaha......"

After interrogating for a long time, Cheng Ye found the flaws at all, believed it, and continued to lead Sikong Nan and the others to the governance office.

At this time, it was the time when the army was cooking, and after the Black Turban Army captured the city, the military camp was moved from the consistent south of the city to the north of the city, separated by a distance, stationed in the east, west, north and south of the office, and the Black Turban Army generals were also placed in the protective circle, and there were even prostitute camps formed by women who were taken from the homes of the powerful and rich from the eunuchs, for the enjoyment of the Black Turban Army.

Coming to the office, Taishou Wang Quan was eating by himself, a piece of boiled white-cut beef was placed in front of him, not to mention half a catty, the bowl was filled with a bowl of dry rice, and the tables on both sides of the hall were also placed with bowls and chopsticks, and the content of the food was the same as Wang Quan, but the portion was less. Sikong Nan saw it in his eyes, and his heart immediately became angry.

Although the Black Turban Army implemented a disaster relief system, it was only barely able to maintain the situation of starving and not dying, which was indeed better than the area directly under the jurisdiction of Xianguo, but it was not so good that the military generals of Wenchen could eat dry rice in the morning and enjoy large pieces of beef.

Even in the Xian army, in addition to the powerful children of the Qinwang guest army, who accompanied them with personal supplies, the garrison soldiers were from the marshal Zhao Xun to the rank of captain and chief, and each meal was only slightly better than the fire standard of the centurion.

Because of Baili Yan's good management, Baili Yanjun can eat a meal of meat every three or five days, regardless of whether it is fresh meat, bacon or salted fish, but most of them are pork or horse meat, and they have not yet eaten cattle.

Nowadays, cattle are strategic materials, and they will not eat cattle easily. Shao Ping was so extravagant that he ate beef early in the morning, and Sikong Nan faintly remembered what he had asserted at the Bailiyan meeting last year.

Bai Liyan said at the time that the Black Turban Army seemed fierce at first glance, but after all, it was still a human, not a god. As long as it is a human being, there must be desires, and it is human beings who must have their depraved nature.

Whether it is for money, for women, for power, or for greed, the Black Turban Army has conquered the country, and it will inevitably sit on the country. Sitting on the country, you will definitely go through all the roads of the previous dynasties, and it will be walked very quickly, and it will never drag on for decades or hundreds of years.

Corruption and degeneration will inevitably breed and spread under the shadow of the rule of the Black Turban Army, and the gangs and gangs within their forces will inevitably lead to uneven distribution of interests and internal contradictions, which will then accelerate the corruption and degeneration of some generals.

Sikong Nan had also read many books, but at that time he didn't understand why Bailiyan made such an assertion, and it was even difficult to believe that the Xian army could finally win and recover his homeland.

But today, he finally understood Bailiyan's ultimate intention of "waiting for change by delay, holding the Yongxing River".

Obviously, Wang Quan occupied Miss Liao for lust. At this moment, I eat dry rice and beef for appetite, and in the final analysis, it is the desire for power that works. It was precisely because Wang Quan seized the power of Taishou overnight that he controlled the power of life and death in the whole city, and at the same time obtained the privileges granted by the rights.

This is the reason why Bai Liyan once predicted the corruption and degeneration, and even died without a fight in the end. Only when this kind of change spreads to the Black Turban Army, the edge of the Black Turban Army will eventually fail due to its own decay.

Thinking about this quickly, Sikong Nan had already stepped forward, Cheng Ye saluted Wang Quan, his eyes fell on the beef on the wooden plate, and a stream of sour water suddenly appeared in his mouth.

"Lord Wang, General Sikong brought it."

Wang Quan chewed the beef, looked up at Sikong Nan, and then lowered his head and said to himself:

"General Sikong hasn't had breakfast yet, how about having dinner with this officer."

Even though Sikong Nan had fire in his heart, he couldn't attack it on his face at this moment, he restrained his anger and said with emptiness:

"Thank you, Lord Wang, this general is better to be respectful."

With a slight salute, Sikong Nan sat on the left side, Cheng Ye sat on the right side, picked up the chopsticks and first grabbed two large pieces of beef and devoured them. Sikong Nan was not in a hurry, holding the chopsticks but not in a hurry, but asked about the grain and grass:

"Wang Taishou, the King of Heaven is going to leave for the north at noon, can the grain and grass of Taishou be transported before noon."

"Grain and grass...... Wang Quan put down his chopsticks, took a sip of beef soup, smacked his greasy lips and said: "Shao Ping doesn't have much grain and grass, the king of heaven came suddenly, and it is not easy for the official to gather five thousand stones, so it has dragged on until this morning." The people are the laborers of each family, and they can't even ignore a full meal. General Sikong galloped across the country, but he knew the difficulties of the place. ”

Sikong Nan suddenly provoked Wang Quan's anger with a knife at this time, and forcibly suppressed it. He said:

"Wang Taishou, Ben will just come to urge food, and the king of heaven has to explain to Wang Taishou, if it is too late, Ben will not be able to afford to eat."

"Oh...... Belch! Wang Quan didn't think so, and hiccuped: "This official is Shengyan Heavenly King Qin ordered Shao Ping to be too guarded, I'm afraid it's not appropriate to go to see Longyuan Heavenly King." If the investigation is investigated, the Holy Yan Heavenly King will be angry with me, I am afraid it will be inappropriate. ”

Sikong Nan frowned, he also expected that Wang Quan would not personally charge the grain, but he didn't want to move out of the Shengyan Heavenly King as a shield.

This makes people think that the situation of the commander of the Black Turban Army has not been able to figure out so far, and now looking at it, Bai Liyan previously asserted that the Black Turban Army must be rewarded for meritorious deeds and divide the territory of power, and now it seems that Wang Quan is behind the Shengyan Heavenly King, otherwise he will not put the Longyuan Heavenly King in his eyes.

But thinking about the depths, people can't help but be confused, since the Black Turban Army has formed its own forces, why can the Black Turban Army work together to support each other, instead of restraining each other and stumbling together, if it is the court, one side gains power, the other side will inevitably suppress, but now there is no such phenomenon, isn't it strange?

Now Wang Quan made it clear that he was not afraid of the Longyuan Heavenly King, but instead made the situation extremely delicate.

Wang Quan didn't buy the account of the Longyuan Heavenly King, which meant that it would be very difficult to bring in people from outside the city, and once the two thousand men and horses withdrew from Shao Ping, it would be very difficult to come in again.