A cold light flashed in Yang Guang's eyes, and he said in a deep voice: "Go on." ”

Wang Shichong breathed a sigh of relief and continued: "But Yuan Wen didn't dare to report these situations, if the matter of hundreds of thousands of disaster victims gathering in Licheng City was reported to the imperial court, then he, as a guard, would have to expose so many bandits in the territory, and at least the official position would not be guaranteed, and the heavy would have to lose his head, which he would never dare, so he relied on Zhang Xutuo's army to sit in the town, and would rather see these people starve to death than dare to mention the matter of opening a warehouse and releasing grain." ”

Yang Guang's face became more and more ugly, and he grabbed a handful of ice cubes from the handsome case, stuffed it into his mouth, and chewed it loudly, as if he was biting Yuan Wendu, and after a long time, he sighed: "These dog things, it's really in vain, Wang Aiqing, what do you say you should do now?" ”

Wang Shichong breathed a sigh of relief and said: "Your Majesty, these are just Weichen's speculations, Weichen has not been to Qi County, and Weichen's shops were forced to close when the bandits made trouble, so Weichen doesn't know the situation there now, just rely on his own experience to judge, the situation in this case, Your Majesty still needs to send the imperial history and the horse to investigate the situation in Qi County in detail." ”

Yang Guang nodded and said: "I will immediately issue an edict and send a capable imperial historian to inspect Qi County, so according to you, why did Zhang Xutuo distribute military rations?" It wasn't his business. ”

Wang Shichong smiled slightly: "Zhang Xutuo has the world in his heart, is loyal to His Majesty, and his duties are not limited to suppressing bandits on the battlefield, seeing these hundreds of thousands of victims dying in the wind and snow, he can't bear it, those are His Majesty's people." And his troops were also ordered by edict. He who wants to cross the sea to conquer Goguryeo. Once his army leaves, then relying on the remaining troops of Qi County alone, it will not be able to deal with these hundreds of thousands of disaster victims, if these disaster victims make trouble, someone takes the lead, I am afraid that Qi County will not be protected, if the bandits can capture a county, then this momentum will be great. I'm afraid of the ambitious outlaws of the world. will all scramble to follow suit. ”

Yang Guang slapped the table suddenly: "Rats dare!" I am rich in the Great Sui Quartet, with millions of soldiers, what thieves dare to gather people to make trouble? Look at the nine clans that I can't destroy! ”

Wang Shichong shook his head: "Thieves are not afraid of death, so why are they afraid of death?" Your Majesty, please forgive Weichen for saying bluntly, now the main forces of my Great Sui are fighting in Goguryeo, even Zhang Xutuo, and sooner or later he will have to leave Qi County, and it is precisely because of the emptiness of the interior that these careerists are given room to start up. so that they may stir up the ignorant foolish people, there are many of them. The power is great, if you can capture the county and open the arsenal, then you can arm thousands of people, and the force is extraordinary, not the ordinary state and county forces can deal with it. ”

Yang Guang's brows were tightly twisted together: "Then what should I do?" Could it be that Goguryeo will not fight and want the army to withdraw to the country at this time? ”

Wang Shichong waved his hand: "That's not it, Your Majesty, you only need to focus on appeasing the country, leaving a certain amount of military and horse bullet pressure, Luoyang and Daxing, the two capitals, leaving enough strong suppression forces, and Shandong, Hebei, and Jiangnan, these three places, leave some elite soldiers, you can sit back and relax." ”

The corners of Yang Guang's mouth hooked: "I left 50,000 elite soldiers in Jiangnan under Chen Ling's command in Jiangdu, and the remaining troops in the eastern capital are 100,000 troops led by Fan Zigai, and Daxing also left 80,000 elite soldiers, which should be enough, if there are more, my troops to fight Goguryeo will be insufficient." ”

Wang Shichong smiled slightly: "Exactly, pacifying Goguryeo is the top priority of my Great Sui, and it must not be affected, so Weichen's intention is to send a few loyal and reliable capable people to the most unstable places in Shandong and Hebei, and now recruit some troops, with 350,000 people, and they can also have no worries." ”

Yang Guang said softly: "Do you want to recruit again?" Why is that? ”

Wang Shichong said with a smile: "This is the first, Shandong and Hebei have always had no government soldiers, lack of deterrent power against bandits, from the situation of Qi County this time, the county soldiers can not deal with the people who cut wood for soldiers, they have to rely on Zhang Xutuo's regular field troops, if Zhang Xutuo's department leaves, the bandits in Qilu land have no deterrent power, they will only be more presumptuous, so we must recruit a new army." ”

"Second, among the hundreds of thousands of hungry people, there are only tens of thousands of strong people, and the rest are old and weak women and children, so there is no need to worry, if you recruit soldiers, these strong men are incorporated into the official army, you don't have to fight hard, as long as you can give yourself and your family a bite to eat, these people are not willing to risk killing their heads to become thieves and bandits, so that even if there are careerists who want to incite the people, there are no available soldiers."

Yang Guang laughed and patted the handsome case: "Okay, wonderful, this trick is really good, Wang Aiqing, you and I think exactly the same." Hahahahaha. ”

Wang Shichong greeted Yang Guang's eighteenth generation ancestor in his heart, and at the same time made a respectful appearance, and saluted: "Your Majesty, is there anything else I need to tell Weichen to do?" ”

Yang Guang moved his lips and said, "Wang Aiqing, since you proposed ......" Xiao Meiniang on the side suddenly coughed lightly twice, Yang Guang suddenly realized something, closed his mouth, turned his head to look at Xiao Meiniang, only to see her eyes flowing, and shook her head gently.

Yang Guang suddenly understood what Xiao Meiniang meant, and said, "Wang Aiqing, do you have anything else?" ”

Wang Shichong took advantage of Yang Guang's turn of his head and glanced at Xiao Meiniang, just at this time, she looked back at herself, and in her eyes, she coldly revealed a trace of intriguing meaning, half mocking, half joking, as if to say: "Sample, your little ghostly thoughts, can't you see it when the old lady is there?" ”

Wang Shichong began to greet Xiao Meiniang's eighteenth generation ancestor in his heart, but he still said to Yang Guang: "Your Majesty, in fact, Weichen came this time to resign from your position as the acting head of the former army Flying Tiger Army, and ask Your Majesty for permission." ”

Yang Guang was slightly stunned and said: "What's the matter, Wang Aiqing, this battle is fought well, and you are also the first to cross the Liao River, I know this in my heart, why do you want to resign at this time?" He paused and said, "Is it because of General Yuwenshu?" ”

Wang Shichong raised his head and sighed softly: "Your Majesty's heart is like a mirror, and Weichen doesn't need to say much." This expedition to Liao, General Yuwen Shu supervised the entire front army, the next Liaodong expedition, the armies divided their ways to attack the cities of Goguryeo, if General Yuwen has the intention to harm Weichen, then there are 10,000 ways to make Weichen die without a place to be buried, Weichen is a small matter of life and death, involving tens of thousands of soldiers, endangering His Majesty's ambition, it is a big sin. (To be continued......)