Chapter 346: Undercurrent (72)

Song Yuren made a bold decision to hand over the counterinsurgency in Shanxi to the Qin army and the Ganzhou town army that remained behind. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

After solving this matter, Song Yuren felt a lot more relaxed.

Song Yuren feels relaxed for the time being, but Peng Chaodong feels very stressed.

"Your Majesty, the minister has something to report." Peng Chaodong reported.

The Shanxi problem has come to an end for the time being, and the focus will now be on how to deal with the Liao army that has withdrawn from the city of Beijing but has not yet been driven out of the Guan.

"What's the matter, just say it." Song Yuren waved his hand and motioned for Peng Chaodong to say.

"After the Liao army withdrew from Jingshi City, the minister thought that the Liao army had other plans." Peng Chaodong said a word of nonsense.

"That Qing thinks that after the Liao army withdraws from Jingshi City, what is the Liao army planning?" Song Yuren asked, after the Liao army withdrew from Jingshi City, although Song Yuren breathed a sigh of relief, Song Yuren also knew very well that the Liao army would not give up.

Just because there is nothing going on in Jingshi City for the time being doesn't mean that there are no things in other places. The Central Plains is so big, in addition to Jingshi City, there are many places that can become the target of the Liao army.

"The purpose of the Liao army is not elsewhere, it is intended for the canal!" Peng Chaodong said.

"Canal!"

The words canal couldn't help but make Song Yuren deeply surprised.

Large quantities of rice were hoarded along the canal, most of which were temporarily hoarded in the warehouses of the cities along the canal, waiting for the canal to thaw in the following spring and be transported to Jingshicheng.

If the Liao army destroys these granaries along the canal, there will be a food shortage in Jingshi City in the coming year. Jingshi City is a metropolis with a population of more than one million. In this day and age, there were few large cities with populations of more than one million.

It is miraculous that this era was able to produce a large city with a population of up to one million. With such a large population, relying on the food production of Jingshi City itself and the food in the surrounding areas is simply not enough to maintain the rations of millions of people in Jingshi City.

The grain production in the northern region was not high, and a large part of the food rations in Jingshi City depended on the rice in the Jiangnan region to sustain it.

Originally, Jingshi City had a grain stock that lasted for at least three years in case of emergency. However, due to the continuous natural and man-made disasters in recent years, Song Yuren even had to use the grain stored in Jingshi City to allocate the grain to help the affected areas.

The original three-year grain stock in Jingshi City was only three months left, and these three months of grain storage were in order to ensure the food supply in Jingshi City and the food supply of Qinwang's army when the Liao army was besieging the city. Song Yuren had no choice but to use these three months' food reserves, and now only half of these three months' food stocks are left!

It is unimaginable that if the remaining half of the grain stock is not replenished in time after it is used up, it is unimaginable that a large capital with a population of up to one million will have a food shortage.

"The grain stock in Jingshi City can only last for less than two months." Song Yuren had to admire that the Liao army was indeed very vicious, and he even hit the canal with all his ideas and poked at their soft underbelly, "In these two months, the grain stock in Jingshi City must be replenished." Otherwise, the consequences are unimaginable. ”

The Liao army is really ghostly, the withdrawal of the capital city seems to have given up on the surface, but the Liao army has a little bit to give up. The Liao army is still threatening Jingshi City. It's just a different way.

"Less than two months?!" Peng Chaodong was shocked by this, according to the regulations of the imperial court, whether it is the northern capital or the difficult capital, the grain storage in the city must be maintained for three years, in order to prevent unforeseen needs, the capital can also hold on for at least three years, where did Peng Chaodong want to get the grain storage in Jingshi City is only less than two months left, "According to the regulations of the imperial court, isn't the grain storage in Jingshi City to be maintained for at least three years, why is there only less than two months left......

Song Yuren just sighed and didn't answer Peng Chaodong, from Song Yuren's sigh, Peng Chaodong also got the answer he wanted, and didn't continue to ask.

"That being the case, the minister is willing to ask Ying to leave the capital city to resist the Liao army and crush the Liao army's attempt!" The current situation is very unfavorable for Da Zhao, and the sooner he takes action, the better.

After the Liao army withdrew from Jingshi City, it took advantage of the situation to easily capture Wuqing City and Dong'an City, and sacked Wuqing City and Dong'an City. Barely enough to keep the army going.

After defeating the cavalry of the forbidden army that was pursuing out of the city, Yan Haiya kept up with the pace of the army.

"The Zhao army has no combat effectiveness, and the tens of thousands of cavalry that went out of the city were all defeated by the Daliao Iron Cavalry led by the child." Wanyan Haiya reported to Wanyan Shengcong and said, "The chasing troops from Jingshi City have been newly defeated, and Jingshi City may not send troops in a short time. ”

Wanyan Haiya is a little complacent, the victory is too easy, and the army of Jingshi City is nothing more than that, if Jingshi City does not have a city wall, I am afraid that the Great Liao Iron Cavalry will be able to set foot on Jingshi City now!

"The third prince is careless." Chen Yankai was a little complacent when he saw that Yan Haiya was a little complacent, and said to Wan Yan Haiya, "It is true that most of Da Zhao's army is not enough to fear, but it is probably too arbitrary for the third prince to conclude that the defenders of Jingshi City will not leave the city now. ”

Wan Yan Haiya said with a smile: "What Mr. said is true. ”

Wanyan Haiya also realized that he was too frivolous and too complacent. The Liao army has already suffered a lot of losses because of carelessness, and now it must not touch the nail on it again.

There are also Peng Chaodong and He Tengxiao in Jingshi City, both of whom are very tricky and difficult opponents, and there are too many uncertain factors with the two of them.

"Sir." Wanyan Shengcong asked Chen Yankai and said, "You said that our intentions, will those people in Jingshi City be aware of it?" ”

Wanyan Shengcong was a little worried that the Zhao State Center in the Jingshi City would detect their intentions, after all, Peng Chaodong and He Tengxiao were both difficult opponents.

"Nanzhao is not without capable people." "Some of them may be able to guess our intentions. ”

"Oh?" Wanyan Shengcong was a little lost, and it felt very uncomfortable for his intentions to be speculated by the enemy.

"But the emperor doesn't have to worry too much." Chen Yankai continued, Chen Yankai's words made Wanyan Shengcong's eyes light up.

Could it be that Chen Yankai already has some way to deal with it, Wanyan Shengcong thought.

"There are changes in Shanxi, Shanxi can at least contain the Qin army and the Ganzhou town army left behind, and contain the Qin army and the Ganzhou town army left behind, and the combat effectiveness of the Southern Zhao Qin Wang army will be greatly reduced. There will never be many available soldiers around Peng Chaodong. The impact on our Great Liao Army will not be great. Chen Yankai said.

Wanyan Shengcong suddenly realized that Wanyan Shengcong's physical condition has been getting worse and worse these days, and he almost forgot that he had sent the Liao army under Wanyan Ying's department into Shanxi. This Liao army has now finally made a big difference. (To be continued.) )