Chapter 749: Plan Ahead
Regarding Ma Yi's report, Su Ren didn't read it to know what was written in it. Traveling two thousand miles long distance, or in the icy and snowy winter, without sufficient food, grass and logistics, what can you do when you enter Mayi City? Murder, fire prevention, and stealing things are naturally not wrong. The Huns have gone crazy, and the report must be bloody, so don't read it.
Sang Hongyang put the report away again: "General, there are 100,000 stone of grain in the city, but the soldiers and the people are not less than 200,000, I am afraid that this bit of food will not last long, the lower officials think that it is better to raise food as much as possible, even if we recapture Mayi in the future, we are eager to see that there is no food, and the people still need to endure two years of hardship, so ......"
Su Ren nodded: "This is indeed a problem, the food is already on the way, but it won't be too much, what else do you have to build?" β
Sang Hongyang thought about it, took out another roll of paper from his sleeve, and put his hands respectfully on Su Ren's desk. Su Ren took it over and unfolded it, in the end, he was the person who was going to be the prime minister in the future, and Su Ren was very satisfied with the ideas and practices in it.
In that paper, Sang Hongyang roughly described the losses caused by the war, estimated the shortage of funds and materials needed to rebuild the Mayi, and proposed that the dead war horses of the Huns were the best supplementary food. First of all, the Huns are a horse people, and every soldier will have at least one horse, not to mention the death of half of the war horses in a war, and it is also an astronomical amount to make dried meat.
Sang Hongyang affirmed the method of cash-for-work, and pointed out that although cash-for-work is good, the old and weak still have the possibility of starving to death, so he hopes that Su Ren will launch the Shuzhong Chamber of Commerce to develop some less important, such as papermaking, which is labor-intensive, has little technical content, and will not pose a threat to the Han Dynasty, to Mayi, leaving a chance for those old and weak.
A piece of paper is only a few hundred words, and every word Sang Hongyang has been pondered. Looking at the joy on Su Ren's face, Sang Hongyang's heart finally relaxed, and when Su Ren said a good word, Sang Hongyang immediately said: "If the general agrees, when the war is over, the lower official wants to stay in Mayi for two years, and then leave after building Mayi." β
Su Ren glanced at Sang Hongyang, nodded and said: "I will want to report this matter, since you want to stay in Mayi, those businessmen you have to move around more, Mayi will be more prosperous than Chang'an in the future, and the role of merchants should not be underestimated." β
The Sang family is also from a businessman's background, and he knows not much less about these Sang Hongyang than Su Ren, so he naturally nodded and agreed. Although Sang Hongyang is a little older than Su Ren, his heart is firmer than Su Ren, and as long as others will not drag him back if he stays in Mayi, the situation in Mayi will be absolutely optimistic in the future.
As soon as Sang Hongyang left, Gongsun Ao came, glared at Sang Hongyang viciously, raised his head and went straight to Su Ren's case, without even saying hello. Su Ren smiled bitterly, Gongsun Ao is a fierce general, that is, a fierce general who only knows how to charge. This time, if it weren't for Sang Hongyang pulling Gongsun Ao back under the banner of Su Ren, maybe Gongsun Ao would have been able to fight with the Huns.
"General Su, Mr. Su, this guy is a villain, why are you still smiling at him? If it weren't for him, the Huns would have been able to capture Mayi so quickly? So you didn't even have time to move the supplies out of the city? β
Su Ren motioned for Gongsun Ao to sit down, and personally poured a cup of tea for Gongsun Ao: "Speaking of this, you have to thank others." β
"Do I have to thank him? He is against me everywhere under your banner, if it weren't for ......"
"Don't always say no, I asked him to do this, you have already made the first contribution to the battle of Mayi, is it possible that you don't want to take the credit?" Su Ren sat down on the chair next to Gongsun Ao: "Sang Hongyang is a good person, you have been so kind to others these days, and they have not said a word, if I had found someone to clean you up!" If it weren't for him, you would definitely lead the people to fight hard with the Huns, and with the little soldiers under you, do you think you can fight the Huns? β
"Kill the Huns, even if I die, I'm willing!"
"!" Su Ren's eyes glared: "It's a small matter if you die, there are dozens of checkpoints around Mayi, and there are thousands of people, they are all my big man, you just watched them go to death?" There is only one human life, and no one has the right to take it away? Besides, our plan is to let the Huns enter Mayi, so why fight the Huns to the death outside Mayi? If you really beat the Huns and don't come to Mayi, will you bear this responsibility or me? β
Gongsun Ao was aggrieved in his heart, and after listening to Su Ren's analysis for him, he sighed and waved his hand: "Forget it, Lao Tzu doesn't take this to heart, now that the Huns have entered Mayi, what should I do next?" β
"Cold salad!" Su Ren stood up and returned to his handsome position: "The encirclement has been set, and the prey has come in, what else can I do?" Closing the Yanmen Pass is the biggest victory, as for the others, there are people to do it! β
"Hey!" Gongsun Ao sighed: "I have been in Mayi for so long and have fought such a painless battle, and I still feel that it is not a taste in my heart. β
"If it's not a taste, just endure it, if you dare to come nonsense, I will not show mercy!"
Since the Huns entered Mayi, Yanmen Pass suddenly became tense, there were people on the wall for twelve hours, and countless fires were lit outside the gate, just worried about the Huns' sneak attack. All the scouts were sent out, and as long as the Huns showed signs of coming to attack, they would immediately come back to report back. The towers were full of equipment to defend the city, and the soldiers could only walk along the walls of the city on patrol.
Every day, Su Ren had to go up and take a turn in armor, not for anything else, just to let the soldiers see that he, the commander, did not run away. In the era of cold weapons in ancient times, a general was the soul of the entire army, and as long as he was in the soldiers, he would not worry much. Because the generals didn't run, it means that things are not strict to the extreme.
Hawking and Shi Bao take turns guarding the city. Sitting on a Taishi chair, with his legs on the female gun, holding a roast chicken in his right hand and a sword in his left hand, Hawking enjoyed the warmth of the sun. Spring is the season of revival of all things, the plains outside the city have a faint yellow-green, a few handfuls of grass have appeared on the top of the mountains on both sides, and the wild geese from the north are lined up in a herringbone and strive to go north.
Su Ren kicked Hawking's buttocks, Hawking turned his head and was about to curse, but found that it was Su Ren who hurriedly put on a smiling face, and said angrily to a few veterans who were snickering next to him: "You turtle sons, my eldest brother didn't even remind the captain of the school when he came, you want to see the joke, right?" Wait! β
Su Ren got Hawking up, sat in Hawking's position by himself, stretched out his legs and couldn't drive to the women's wall, and hurriedly coughed twice to hide his embarrassment: "How is it?" What did the Huns do? β
Hawking shook his head: "No, our Yanmen gate has a high wall and a deep ditch, I will kill as many Huns as there are, and I will ensure that no one can enter!" β
"Don't be careless, although the Huns are not good at attacking cities, they don't say that people won't attack cities, and we have fought for more than a hundred years, so you can learn a little, especially at night, you must be extra vigilant."
Hawking nodded again and again: "Liu Jian and Lei were on both sides of me, big brother rest assured!" β
Su Ren did not have many soldiers and horses, so he could only rely on the advantages of Yanmen Pass to close the possibility of the Huns wanting to enter the Han land. His task in this battle is the easiest, no need to march covertly, no need to go around to the ambush, just need to sit in the Yanmen Pass, as long as the Huns do not come, he is a great achievement, this is probably also the result of Emperor Liu Che's care.
The black smoke of Mayi City was still rising, like a pillar reaching into the sky, and when the south wind blew towards the north, it was blown away in a short time. No bird likes to go to that kind of place, the murderous aura is too heavy, and the animal's senses are very sensitive. Since yesterday, the Xiongnu army has been marching towards Mayi, and Shan Yu's royal tent has always remained in place.
Su Ren knew that Shan Yu must have discovered the danger, so he was still waiting. can be a single Yu, and his natural vigilance may be able to save him this time, but Su Ren knows that no matter how Shan Yu wins or loses this time, his Shan Yu has already come to an end.
A pigeon rushed down towards Yanmen Pass, burrowed into the low house street and disappeared, it was something that Su Ren made out to deliver the news himself, and it has not been used by the imperial court for the time being. He sat on the city tower and waited for Han Qing to come over, but sure enough, Han Qing gasped and climbed up the city tower, holding a curly piece of paper in his hand.
"Sir, the news of Wolf Juxu Mountain!" Han Qing sent the note in his hand to Su Ren, and he didn't need to say the content.
After reading the note, he casually threw down the wall, and Su Ren got up from the Taishi's chair: "This time, it seems that Shan Yu is more than lucky, send someone to sue SΓΉ Yudan, and let him immediately set off to Wolf Juxu." β
Han Qing promised to turn around and go down the city wall. The city wall of Yanmen Pass has not been repaired for a long time, and the stone strips on it have not been smoothed, and there are still scratches when you walk up. The women's wall was built with green bricks, and there were brick thorns on it, and when I touched it, the whole palm of my hand was red. Walking around the city wall and saying hello to those officers and soldiers who were familiar with each other, Su Ren completed today's task and went down to the city to return to his tent.
The people he sent to find had already arrived, including officers, merchants, ordinary people, and even a few Hun spies who had been arrested. Su Ren motioned for everyone to sit down, and then said: "I'm afraid you already know that things are going very smoothly, and it will start in three or five days, this time I invite everyone to come, or for the reconstruction of Mayi, Mayi is a good place, between the inner and outer Great Wall, you can get any goods you want here, as long as you have money, so General Ben is still ready to rebuild Mayi, and also in order to prevent Mayi from being occupied like this for the second time, this time repairing Mayi will be a big siege, no matter what you did before, as long as you want to stay in Mayi." , then work honestly, and the benefits will never be less. β
"Yi seems to be more, you are a Hunn, you surrendered after being captured, I guess you can't go back, so I want to ask you to organize a group of people to build a caravan, you may be competent?"
Yi Qiduo was originally a Hun scout captain, but after being served by Su Ren's people, he was the first person to surrender, and he must not kill such a person, so Su Ren kept him to set an example for other Huns.
After listening to Su Ren's words, Yi seemed to get up quickly: "The villain only obeys the general's orders!" β
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