However, the situation has always been very good, but in the recent past, especially in the past few days, it has not been optimistic. Yangcheng, who has always been in close contact with him, made Meng Yang's attitude become a little elusive after the beginning of spring.

And the private salt that had been agreed upon last year, until now there is not a single shadow, and there is not even a single news. Sheng Hongji had to get nervous now.

Although salt was nothing in the past, it was just an ordinary daily necessities, but when it was really lacking, I realized the terrible thing about it.

Last year, there was a rare snowstorm, the waterways froze, making it impossible to ship, the roads were closed by heavy snowfall, and the salt could not be transported on a large scale by land.

So at the end of the year, Yangcheng has stopped transporting salt, since the end of the New Year, salt has been scarce, to the beginning of the spring thaw season, is already exhausted, finally rely on the sour smell of vinegar cloth to boil to the present.

I thought that this difficult day was coming to an end, but who knew that by now, the salt had not been delivered, and Sheng Hongji couldn't help but feel anxious.

The lack of salt is really not a trivial matter, Sheng Hongji has deeply felt it in the past few days, and his soldiers have successively appeared some symptoms in the past few days, such as fatigue, dizziness, and weakness, and some more serious ones are nausea and vomiting, and even fall into a coma.

It's just that now Sheng Hongji has no way, although there are some forces in Changzhou, but after all, it is the forces of the Great Qi Imperial Court that dominate in Changzhou, and it is naturally impossible for them to seize salt in Changzhou.

Moreover, Changzhou's salt is limited, and they can only look forward to the private salt transported by Yangcheng Mengyang, and now as soon as the salt transportation is cut off, their situation will become extremely critical.

"Ladies and gentlemen, now that the situation is critical, it is the time to gather the strength of everyone to tide over the difficulties, if you have any ideas, you might as well speak them out and discuss them." Sheng Hongji said in a deep voice.

As soon as Sheng Hongji's voice fell, the following discussions began, and there were all kinds of voices, some wanted to rob Changzhou, some wanted to attack Yangcheng, and some suggested that it would be better to ask for help from the base camp of Yuzhang first.

Sheng Hongji frowned when he heard this, who are these people? Finally couldn't help it, he had no choice but to say: "Don't make any noise, one by one, should we fight Yangcheng or find the general for help?" ”

"This." When Sheng Hongji really asked, everyone was stunned, although they had a lot of ideas in their hearts, but they actually didn't have much confidence.

If you talk about fighting, now the people on your side are more or less weak, even if those soldiers of Daqi are rotten, then these people have to hold a spear to support their waists in order to bluff, how can this fight?

If you say call for help? They really want to do this as subordinates, but they know that their boss is so strong, they will never do such a stupid thing, maybe they have just finished speaking, and they will be pulled out and beaten with a stick!

It's just that in this way, the roads on both sides are broken, and it is difficult to advance and retreat, which is really difficult for them.

Everyone looked at each other, and in the end they could only focus their eyes on one person, this person was one of the few think tanks under Sheng Hongji, Tan Zheyan, who destroyed a yamen when he marched north, and this person was a master inside.

This person has read books, has a lot of ghost ideas, and Sheng Hongji's sycophants are very comfortable, so it didn't take long for him to become Sheng Hongji's henchman.

At this moment, it is most appropriate to let Tan Zheyan come out and speak.

Tan Zheyan shook his beard, counted in his heart, and sang to Sheng Hongji in a low voice, "General." ”

"Huh?" Sheng Hongji raised his eyes, seeing that it was his own brain, his tone was a little softer, "Mr. Tan, but is there any way to solve the urgent need?" ”

"According to the students, we are now short of men and horses, and we have no salt to support us, even if the soldiers in Yangcheng are scattered, if we confront them, I am afraid we will not be able to get any benefit.

In addition, if we lose the battle in Yangcheng, the government on the Changzhou side may not let go of this opportunity to attack us, so we should still act cautiously. ”

"You're saying we should call the general for help?" Tan Zheyan's analysis is quite pertinent, but it is very unpleasant to Sheng Hongji.

Sheng Hongji looked at Tan Zheyan coldly, with a bit of anger in his eyes, he was one of Wang Shun's several henchmen, and he followed it from the time of the incident, and it took dozens of battles to fight for the hard work, but when it came time to divide the results, what he got was not as strong as the people who joined later. The commander always said that he only had a lot of strength, and he only knew how to fight and kill all day long, and he couldn't do this kind of thing by himself to manage the territory, and he still had to be solved by those who read the book.

How can this be endured?

This time, he came to this new stronghold that had just been opened up, just to prove that he was not brave and resourceful, and vowed to break out of the world to show the commander.

Now that it has just stabilized, and before an inch of success, it is necessary to ask the base camp for help, isn't it a joke?

Sheng Hongji secretly "sighed", if it weren't for the few scholars under his command, it would really be possible to drag them out and beat them up first.

This Tan Zheyan is also a thoughtful person, seeing that Sheng Hongji is angry now, he also knows that he has sold it, and said with a smile: "The general misunderstood, the student didn't mean that." Although we are now sleepy and lacking in men, we have a great reputation, and if we create a momentum, we will attack Yangcheng in a big way. ”

"You mean...... Knocking on the mountain and shaking the tiger? Sheng Hongji's ears stood up slightly, which was a little meaningful. Tan Zheyan nodded heavily, "They will definitely be frightened, I have seen the soldiers and horses in Yangcheng, they are very strong, if they are taken out to fight, they will escape faster than anyone else." 、

Constantly putting pressure on Meng Yang, this person cares about fame very much, and he must not be willing to risk his future.

When the time comes, they are at a disadvantage, and we will put forward conditions and get the salt, which will be easy. ”

"Hmm." Sheng Hongji pondered for a while, then looked at everyone, "Brothers, do you think Mr. Tan's record is feasible?" Everyone was stunned, reacted, and hurriedly said, "Mr. Tan's clever plan!" ”

"Why didn't you think of this before?"

"Sure enough, it's a great reader!"

"Don't dare, don't dare to ......" Tan Zheyan smiled shyly, and then hid the meaning of the corner of his eyes proudly.

Sheng Hongji nodded, "Then let's do it, first send an ultimatum to Yangcheng and tell them that if they don't transport the salt, we will slaughter this Yangcheng!" ”

After saying that, Sheng Hongji stood up, and pointed in the direction of Yangcheng with his hand, "Tomorrow, we will send troops to Yangcheng!" ”