A large granary in Gaochang City, the capital of Gaochang State, has become a scorched earth because of a fire a few days ago, and only one-fifth of the two million stone grain hoarded in it has been saved, and the rest of the grain has been burned to charcoal.

In the royal palace of Gaochang City, Mujshid, the king of Gaochang Kingdom, asked Prime Minister Mengtai Suier with a gloomy face: "Has the cause of the fire been found?" ”

Prime Minister Mengtai Suier immediately said: "Your Majesty the Kingdom of Qiqi, it is likely that the granary was deliberately set on fire, we found many corpses of the guards of the granary at the scene, although these bodies were all charred, but after an autopsy, it was found that they had been killed before they were burned. ”

King Mujhid shouted angrily: "This king will break the bodies of those who set the fire to pieces!" ”

Prime Minister Meng Tai Sui'er sighed and said: "Your Majesty, the minister suspects that the Broken Army sent people to infiltrate Gaochang City and burned down the largest granary in Gaochang City. ”

"Broken Army! This king will definitely not let them go, this time we must completely wipe out the broken army, otherwise it will be difficult to solve the hatred in this king's heart! King Mujshid shouted angrily.

Prime Minister Meng Tai Sui'er said with a wry smile: "Your Majesty, half of the about 400,000 stone grain we finally rescued from this granary has been sent to Olun Province, but at present, Olun Province has gathered more than four million troops from our Gaochang Kingdom, as well as Dawan Country and Cheshi Country, and these 200,000 stone grain can't last for a few days." ”

King Mujhid said angrily: "The king has hoarded more than 4 million stone of grain in the provinces of Shakhtinsk, Khokhsa, and Lisakos, plus some livestock, enough for five million people to feed for three months, and now these are cheap to destroy the army. ”

Prime Minister Meng Tai Sui'er shook his head gloomily, "Your Majesty the Kingdom is angry, now that the situation has become like this, let's find a way to send more grain to the province of Olun!" Once the army on the front line runs out of food, then the consequences can be serious! In addition, in order to hoard grain in Shakhtinsk Province, Huhesa Province and Lisakos Province, we have purchased millions of stones from the private sector, and now the grain price in Gaochang City has reached eight taels of silver per stone, we can no longer buy from the private sector, otherwise the grain price will grow wildly! ”

King Mujshid exhaled a breath of turbidity and calmed down his anger for a moment before he asked the Prime Minister Mengtai Suier, "What do the Dawan Kingdom, the Cheshi Kingdom, and the Sabbath Kingdom say about the matter of supporting grain and grass?" ”

Prime Minister Meng Tai Suier hesitated for a moment and said: "The three countries are willing to support grain and grass, but ......"

"But what?"

"However, the attitude of the three countries is the same, these grains and grass can only be regarded as lent to our Gaochang Kingdom, and in the future, our Gaochang Kingdom must repay, and even need to add interest, if we Gaochang Kingdom buys it, it is okay, but the price of grain per stone needs to follow the market price of our Gaochang City at this time."

"What! I'm so angry that this king is dead! Could it be that this grain is only eaten by the army of our Gaochang Kingdom, and the army of their three kingdoms will not eat it? ”

"Your Majesty, what the Three Kingdoms mean is that our Gaochang Kingdom promised to bear the grain and grass of the entire coalition army before, otherwise the Dawan Kingdom, the Cheshi Kingdom and the Anxi Kingdom would not agree to return all the twelve provinces and twenty-eight vassal states occupied by the Broken Army to our Gaochang Kingdom." Prime Minister Meng Tai Suier said helplessly.

King Mujshid slammed his fist on the desk in front of him, "Promise them!" In order to recapture the twelve provinces and the twenty-eight vassal states, we have to bear all the costs, and immediately borrow two million stone grain from the Dawan country, and one million stone grain from the Cheshi country and the rest country! ”

Prime Minister Meng Tai Suier continued: "Your Majesty, it will take a lot of time for the Dawan Kingdom, the Cheshi Kingdom, and the Anxi Kingdom to deliver grain to our Gaochang Kingdom, in order to ensure the supply of grain and grass for more than four million troops in the Orun Province, the minister suggested that a batch of cattle and sheep be transported to the Oren Province, and the minister also suggested that the remaining 200,000 stone grain rescued from the burning granary should also be sent to the front line of the Oren Province. ”

King Mujshid frowned and asked, "Send the 200,000 stone grain to the province of Olun, is there enough food in Gaochang City?" Inside and outside Gaochang City, there are also more than 200,000 troops under the command of King Ben! ”

Prime Minister Meng Tai Suier nodded and said: "Your Majesty the King, rest assured, there are at least 250,000 stone of grain stored in the other two small granaries in Gaochang City, which is enough to meet the needs of more than 200,000 troops here in Gaochang City." ”

"Alas—well, just do what you want, Prime Minister!"

After Prime Minister Mengtai Suier returned to the Prime Minister's Mansion in the city from the palace, his eldest son Talig saw that Mengtai Suier had returned, and quickly greeted him and asked urgently, "Father, ...... Your Majesty the King?"

Before Talig could finish his words, he was interrupted by a wave of his hand, and then Mengtai Suier said to the servants around him: "Everyone else goes down, our father and son have something to say separately." ”

When the servants had left, Talig hurriedly and anxiously asked, "Father, does His Majesty have any doubts?" ”

Mengtai Suier let out a long breath and said, "Fortunately, His Majesty the King should not suspect our father and son, and planted the fire on the head of the Broken Army for my father. ”

Talig suddenly felt a lot more relaxed, "This time is too dangerous, no one thought that the Shakhtinsk Province, Huhesa Province and Lisakos Province were lost so quickly, so that a large amount of grain hoarded in the three provinces fell into the hands of the Broken Army, His Majesty the King can only transfer grain from Gaochang City to Orun Province, but the grain in the largest granary in Gaochang City has a deficit of at least 1.5 million stones, if we don't put this fire, our family will be in great trouble." ”

It turned out that Prime Minister Mengtai Suier and his eldest son Ta Lige had been taking advantage of their positions to embezzle the grain reserves of Gaochang State, like this large granary with 2 million stone grain on the account, the grain storage was actually less than 500,000 stone, and the remaining 1.5 million stone grain had already been secretly sold by Prime Minister Meng Tai Suier and his son.

Mengtai Suier asked Talig in a deep voice, "Has the granary been cleaned there?" ”

Talig nodded and said, "Father, rest assured, all those who know have been buried in the fire this time, and there will definitely be no mistakes." ”

Mengtai Suier shook his head and said: "This time, no one really thought that the grain stored in the granary had already had a safe solution for my father, but this time the Shakhtinsk Province, Huhesa Province and Lisacos Province were lost too quickly, and my father could only take such a decisive method to remedy it, as for those who died, the pension should not be less, after all, it is for our family." ”

After a pause, Mengtai Suier continued; "We should not stretch out our hands for the food and other supplies that will be shipped to the province of Oren, and we must also warn those below not to stretch out their hands, if His Majesty can pocket the twelve provinces and twenty-eight vassals occupied by the Broken Army, it will also be of great benefit to us."

"Yes, father, I know what to do."

Under the financing of Prime Minister Mengtai Suier, the Gaochang people quickly gathered enough 20,000 cattle and 600,000 sheep, plus 200,000 stone grain, which were transported to Orun Province by the 40,000 troops of Gaochang City and 100,000 young men who were recruited, and 200,000 stone of grain were loaded on 20,000 ox carts, and the cattle pulling the carts were the 20,000 cattle that were ready to serve as food for the coalition forces of the four countries in the Western Regions.

The 100,000 young men of Gaochang who escorted this batch of cattle, sheep and grain, according to the order of Mujshid, the king of Gaochang, will join the alliance of the four countries of the Western Regions to strengthen the strength of the Gaochang country in the alliance of the four countries of the Western Regions, and the 40,000 troops will return to Gaochang City after completing the task of transporting grain.

However, on the afternoon of 18 May, this grain transport team was attacked by a cavalry unit of the Broken Army in the desert between the Oren Province and the Gauss Province, and the 40,000 troops of the Gaochang Kingdom and the 100,000 young men of the Gaochang Kingdom did not hold out for long under the impact of the two cavalry brigades of the Broken Army, and they became overwhelmed, lost their cattle, sheep and grain, and fled directly, and finally 20,000 cattle, 600,000 sheep and 200,000 stone of grain all fell into the hands of the cavalry of the Broken Army.

Of the 40,000 Gaochang troops and 100,000 young men, nearly 20,000 died in the chaos, almost 40,000 were captured, and the remaining 80,000 fled back to the province of Gaos.

Waiting for the alliance of the four countries of the Western Regions in Oren Province, they learned that the cavalry unit of the Broken Army had robbed the cattle, sheep and grain that originally belonged to them in the desert between Oren Province and Gauss Province, and immediately sent nearly 200,000 cavalry to the desert between the two provinces to try to snatch back the cattle, sheep and grain, but unfortunately it was too late for the nearly 200,000 cavalry of the Four Regions Alliance Army of the Western Regions to arrive at the place where the accident occurred, leaving only a body covered by wind and sand.

The unwilling cavalry of the Western Regions Coalition Army then divided their troops in pursuit, hoping to find the cavalry units of the Broken Army, but in the end they all returned in vain.

On the evening of May 21, in a conference room in the city lord's mansion of Teboca, the capital of the Oren province of Gaochang Kingdom, the Duke of Fawaz, the commander of the Dawan Kingdom, said with a gloomy face to the commander of the Gaochang Kingdom, the commander of the Legion of Yunus, the commander of the Cheshi Kingdom, the Marquis of Feida, the commander of the Rest Kingdom, the Marquis of Obaid, and the Bishop of the Eastern Diocese of the Holy Fire Sect, Oss: "Now the situation is becoming more and more unfavorable for us, this time 20,000 cattle, 600,000 sheep and 200,000 stone grain have been robbed, so that the food of our coalition army of 4.6 million people is no longer enough for four days. Let's talk about what to do. ”

The commander of the Resting Country, Marquis Obaid, arrived in the Orun Province of the Gaochang Kingdom with five legions of the Resting Country, with a total of 500,000 troops, two days ago, and so far, the allied forces of the four countries of the Western Regions have all gathered in the Oren Province.

Yunus, the commander of the army of Gaochang Kingdom, said with a wry smile: "Even if His Majesty the King can still raise food, it will not be able to safely reach the province of Orun within four days. ”

At this time, Bishop Oss of the Eastern Diocese of the Holy Fire Sect said in a deep voice: "Now there is only one way! ”

Legion Commander Yunus hurriedly asked, "What way?" ”

"Let the armies of various countries collect food from the various towns of the Oren Province on the spot, at this time, only by sacrificing a part of the civilians of the Oren Province can we keep our more than four million troops and continue to carry on the holy war!"

When Legion Commander Yunus heard this, he immediately said in horror: "You can't do this! Orun Province is a province that belongs to our Gaochang Kingdom, and the people who live here are all the people of our Gaochang Kingdom, and I can order another batch of grain to be requisitioned in Oren Province! ”

Bishop Oss of the Eastern Diocese of the Holy Fire Sect shook his head and said, "How much food can be requisitioned is just a drop in the bucket for our more than four million troops. ”

Marquis Feida, the commander of the Cheshi Kingdom, said: "I agree with this method of His Excellency the Bishop, it seems that at present, we have no choice but this method, and we can't disband the alliance of our four countries because of lack of food!" ”

Legion Commander Yunus said bitterly: "But if you do this, our Oren Province will have a big mess!" ”

The commander of the Sabbatical State, the Marquis of Obaid, immediately said: "We have more than four million troops here, and the population of the entire province of Oron is only one and a half million, and more than 200,000 of them have been conscripted into the army by Count Yunus, so that even if there is chaos, the armies of our four countries can suppress the chaos." ”

The legion commander Yunus was about to say something, but at this time, the commander of the Dawan Kingdom, Duke Fawaz, said: "Tell this plan to His Majesty the King of Gaochang Kingdom!" If His Majesty the King of Gaochang State agrees, our Four-Kingdom Alliance Army can continue to fight with the Broken Army, and if His Majesty the King of Gaochang Kingdom does not agree, the 2.3 million people of our Dawan Kingdom and its vassal countries can only leave the province of Oren. ”

When Yunus heard Fawaz's words, his expression suddenly darkened, and he knew in his heart that in the shadow of the dissolution of the alliance of the four kingdoms of the Western Regions, King Mujshid was likely to agree to this cruel plan.

When the carrier pigeon sent this cruel plan from Teboca, the capital of Oren Province, to the capital of Gaochang City, the king of Gaochang Kingdom Mujhid smashed everything that could be smashed in a dormitory, and Prime Minister Mengtai Suier has been standing in the dormitory and has not spoken out to persuade him.

When King Mujshid saw that there was nothing left to smash in the palace, he turned to Prime Minister Mengtai Suier and asked in a deep voice, "What do you think of this plan to collect grain on the spot?" ”

Prime Minister Meng Tai Suier sighed and said: "If the armies of various countries are allowed to collect food on the spot, it will inevitably make the civilians of Oren Province experience a catastrophe, but if we don't do this, the alliance of the four countries will soon fall apart, and our Gaochang Kingdom will not have a chance to take back the twelve provinces and twenty-eight vassal states from the hands of the Broken Army." ”

"Tell Yunus that you must protect the lives of the civilians of our Gaochang Kingdom as much as possible, and don't let the armies of the other three countries cause too much killing in Oren Province!" 18310