Chapter 11 The Queen

These 3,000 soldiers and horses fled in a hurry.

Borchi was deceived, and his troops were defeated, so he was embarrassed and angry, and led people to pursue him overnight, but he didn't know that dozens of miles away, Lin Xiao had already ambushed the cavalry, just waiting for him to catch turtles in the urn.

Sure enough, in anger, Borchi fell into an ambush, and under the dense sword rain, the cavalry suffered heavy losses, and after desperate resistance, Borchi fled with the remnants of his troops.

Thinking that the pursuing Great Yan troops crossed the Tumu Fort, it was expected that the entire Godot army that attacked the Tumu Fort would be annihilated, otherwise, the Yan troops would not have appeared near the Wolf Pass, like a frightened bird, and did not dare to continue south,

With the remnants of the defeated general, ready to enter the Black Flag Pass and then make plans, not wanting the Black Flag Pass to miss, he took a few troops into the pass, but was hunted by the soldiers of the Yan State who came out, and did not rush out of the Black Flag Pass until he died in battle.

"Second brother, you are really a genius, you can take charge on your own at a young age, compared to you, my record is simply unbearable."

"The royal brother is too modest, throughout the ages, like the imperial brother, he risked his life and went deep into the Rong tribe's ambush, and there are only a handful of people who break the tooth account." Lin Xiao didn't dare to be proud, and said modestly.

If he wanted to gather strength and abolish Lin Feng before, but after this battle, he had already thrown away the idea of abolishing the emperor.

First, Lin Feng gave him the impression that he was by no means a mediocre and incompetent person, and abolishing Lin Feng was undoubtedly a great disapproval of the world, and second, the military power that Lin Feng completely mastered in this battle, without military power, how could he shake Lin Feng's status. Third, Yan Guo gradually came into contact with the border troubles, and finally survived, and he didn't want to let Yan Guo fall into fire and water again.

The two brothers, with their troops south, went south to support Tumubao, and chatted along the way, and their relationship was also a lot closer.

That night, the troops arrived outside the Black Flag Pass, Lin Feng was the commander, Lin Xiao was the vanguard, the old tricks of the two sides were repeated, turned into the troops who came to support Godot, entered the Wolf Pass, and fought all night, conquered the Wolf Pass, repaired for a long time, the troops marched towards the Tumu Fort, and sent a messenger to report to Liu Xuanyuan.

For many days, the dragon cavalry guards have been attacking for a long time, and they can take the opportunity to recapture the Black Flag Pass and the Wolf Pass, all because the two defenses are weak, and the Rong clan does not pay special attention to fixing the dangers of the Xiongguan Pass like Dayan, so they have cheapened Lin Feng and Lin Xiao.

It's just that outside the civil fort, there are 60,000 Rong cavalry, many generals, and the edge is flourishing, suppressing Liu Xuanyuan in the civil fort.

Liu Xuanyuan, who learned that the emperor and the Marquis of Yong'an had destroyed the Ya account of the Rong clan Zuoxian Wang, and had recovered the two major Xiongguan in the north in a row, and had the intention of shrinking for more than ten days to buy time for Lin Feng, finally led the tiger and leopard battalion out of the nest, and fought several times in a row on the vast plain near Tumubao, and the two sides won and lost each other.

When the war entered a stalemate, Yong'an Hou Lin Xiao suddenly appeared with 20,000 dragoon guards, attacked from behind with lightning speed, and directly scattered the Rong cavalry, taking advantage of the chaos to kill the Quartet.

More than 20,000 of the 60,000 cavalry were annihilated, more than 30,000 were captured, and only a few thousand small units fled.

After half a month before and after the battle, the Great Yan Kingdom captured a lot, tens of thousands of war horses, countless cattle and sheep, tens of thousands of women and soldiers. More importantly, Lin Feng resolved the crisis of the Great Yan Kingdom through an adventurous operation.

However, there are pros and cons, and the dragoon guards also suffered heavy losses, and the 30,000 dragoons brought out, after three successive fierce battles, and the people eliminated in the long-distance run, there are currently less than 10,000 people left.

Although the three bloody battles were not enough to train the Dragoons into warriors, they also greatly promoted their flexibility and belligerent style, laying a solid foundation for the transformation of the Dragoons.

Conquered for half a month, finally at the end of June, Lin Feng returned to Yanjing, Zhao Shide and Liu Chengfeng took the ministers to hold a grand welcome ceremony outside the north gate, and the new emperor must quickly cut through the chaos, and in just half a month, he recovered the two Xiongguan of Dayan, destroyed the tooth account of the Rong clan Zuoxian Wang, and snatched back the lost land of the ancestors from others.

The strength and ability he suddenly showed made people suddenly feel that he had the demeanor of a wise man.

Lin Feng rode a tall horse, walked in front of the counterpoint, and enjoyed the support of the hundred officials and the people, but he only enjoyed it, but he did not indulge it. This battle is just a fluke victory, if any of them are relieved and there is an accident, they will die, and the Yan Kingdom will be destroyed.

Therefore, he is very sober, since he has crossed over and become an emperor, he still has a lot to do.

Moreover, through personally participating in the battle, Lin Feng deeply realized that in this era, he did not have any golden fingers, he was an ordinary king, and in order to make the Yan Kingdom strong and annex the Quartet, he must have extraordinary strategies, invincible troops, sufficient money and food, and a strong talent think tank.

Right now, just his ability is not enough.

After a brief celebration ceremony, Lin Feng entered the palace non-stop, summoned Zhao Shide, who was in charge of the bureaucracy, Liu Chengfeng, who was in charge of the military department, and Han Fang, who was in charge of money and grain, to negotiate with the prince's younger brother Lin Xiao into the palace.

There would have been no Lin Xiao, but after the battle of Wolf Pass, Lin Feng realized that this cheap brother was loyal to him, brave and resourceful in battle, and a difficult general, so he was recruited in a special case.

These days of running-in, Lin Feng has fully adapted to the role of the emperor, and the four of them sat down and immediately complimented, especially the Korean side is the most flattering, what emperor is mighty, the minister had expected that the emperor would be able to kill the alien rats without leaving a piece of armor.

For this despicable and shameless man, Lin Feng wanted to kill him on the spot, but he said straight to the point with the anger in his heart: "This time the Yan Kingdom won a complete victory, recovered the lost territory, and broke the enemy's tooth account." However, there are many lucky elements, the dragoon guards and the tiger and leopard battalions have suffered heavy losses, and they urgently need to recruit troops to fill at the moment, and reward the meritorious men in the battle, the Korean side, how much money can the treasury come up with. ”

Indeed, what is the current situation of the Great Yan Kingdom, the more Lin Feng understands, the more worried he is in his heart, the dynasty is full of holes, and any storm can cause the Great Yan Kingdom to fall apart.

The only way is to gather all the forces and form a strong corps in the shortest possible time, even if the outside is strong and the middle is strong, but it can also use its momentum to bluff people and buy more time.

However, the powerful corps needs money, food and time accumulation, but fortunately, the battle outside the pass has a lot of harvest, and the war horses have enough food and grass, but there is a lack of good knights.

The captured Rong cavalry can be used with a little training, but Lin Feng does not dare to touch it, sooner or later he will fight again with the Rong tribe, and expand these people into the army, which is equivalent to planting tens of thousands of bombs in the army, which will explode at any time, but it is okay to be a coolie.

"The emperor has won a big victory, ambitious, and the ministers should go all out to support the emperor, but the autumn grain is not ripe, the taxes have not been collected, and the national treasury is less than 100,000 taels of silver, I'm afraid ====."

Han Fang wiped his sweat and looked nervous, isn't the little emperor faint, why did he suddenly ask about the treasury of the country, over the years, all the money and grain of the Yan country have been handled by him, if the little emperor checks the accounts, it will not be a good thing for him.

"One hundred thousand taels?" Lin Feng's face was heavy, he didn't believe that the currency of Yan Country was valuable, and there were only 100,000 taels left in the treasury, so there must be someone among the ministers who filled their pockets and embezzled state property.

A bloody light emanated from his pupils, and like a man-eating demon, he asked coldly, "Tell me, what was the revenue of the treasury last year?" ”

"Eight million silver!" The beads of sweat kept rolling down, and Han Fang's intuitive breathing trembled, and the emperor suddenly became so scared, why did he have more imperial energy on his body, and he said resignedly.

"Well, that's a bit of a difference!" Lin Feng's face was grim, and he said with squinted eyes, but the murderous aura that gradually appeared on his body made Han Fang shudder. Besides, no matter how much he is, once his mind is set on state affairs, relying on a lot of knowledge, he will see farther and deeper than others.

Lin Feng remembered, according to the calculation of the currency of the Yan Kingdom, one tael of gold was exchanged for ten taels of silver, and one tael of silver was exchanged for one thousand copper coins and 10 copper coins. At present, the grain price of Yan State is calculated based on the three kinds of grain: millet, sorghum and wheat, with an average of 124 yuan and 6 cents of silver per stone, and according to the calculation of 60 kilograms per stone, it means that one kilogram of grain is about 2 yuan.

At present, the registered population of Yan is about 6 million, basically, 8 million taels of silver are apportioned, and each person can get 1,400 catties of grain for one tael or four yuan.

However, eight taels of silver is not a small amount, but it has only been half a year, and it has almost been spent. Lin Feng wondered, he didn't see the Yan Kingdom building a lot of buildings, he only fought with the Jin Kingdom for half a year, but he didn't consume much grain, let alone the people had surplus food, why did the silver disappear, it couldn't disappear out of thin air. "Zhao Shide, you say, what's going on?"

Zhao Shide was regarded by Lin Feng as one of the few upright officials in the court, although it is not clear whether he was in the same stream as the ministers, but when the border was in crisis, his vow to die together made Lin Yan appreciate it very much, so he had a good impression of him, and especially wanted to hear Zhao Shide's opinion.

"Your Majesty, do you know that there was a great drought in Ningzhou in the south last spring, and many farmers lacked seeds for spring ploughing, and some people in the DPRK suggested that they should subsidize farmers at low prices, and this measure was finally realized, but Ningzhou took the initiative to break away from Dayan, form an alliance with Zhao State, and become a state by itself."

Zhao Shide is also an old minister in the court, he did not answer Lin Feng's question, but only gave an example, Rao is Lin Feng guessed that there was a problem, but he didn't know why the people of Ningzhou broke away from Dayan: "Zhao Shide, if you have something to say, don't beat around the bush, what do you want." ”

"Your Majesty, at the beginning, the court sold seeds to farmers at half the market price of two cents per catty, but from the court to the locality, the price of seeds increased tenfold to twenty cents.

Because the emperor ignored the government at the beginning, the officials in charge of the court privately increased three documents, the eunuchs who issued orders increased by one article, and the state capitals increased to varying degrees.

In the end, the court's originally good advice was passed down layer by layer, but the farmers thought that the court had taken the opportunity to raise the price of seeds. ”

Zhao Shide did not shy away from it, and pointed out the problem very clearly, that is, to tell Lin Feng that the bureaucrats of Dayan were already full of vampires from top to bottom, and everyone wanted to get a piece of the pie.

Corruption, inaction, Lin Feng listened to Zhao Shide's words, his face was cold, and his whole body trembled. Yan is not the most powerful and richest country on the mainland, nor is it a weak and barren country.