When Yang Hao received the news of Zhang Bozhong's rebellion from the insider, he immediately said to Liu Pan: "This is someone who has taken the military advisor hostage, and he just wants to bargain with us by playing this trick." General Liu Pan was suspicious and asked: "Who can hold him hostage with the wit of the military division, that Hu Lingyi was originally just a guard, and he has already promoted him to be the deputy general of the middle chamber, what is he not satisfied with, he is really not enough to swallow an elephant, a damn villain." ”

Yang Hao said with a smile: "Someone must have promised him a great benefit, you are right, what can such a villain do, I will capture him within ten months." ”

Yang Hao's words did not last long, Zhang Bozhong detained Zheng Huatai to occupy the news of Xiaochang'an spread to Liquan, and then Suizhou and Xiazhou also fell one after another, seeing that the wind direction was wrong, the original Suizhou assassin Shi Wucao took advantage of the situation to raise troops, claiming to be in the Ningning Festival, attacked and occupied Ningzhou, and gathered the heavy troops in Qingzhou's Yu Yanlu outside the heavy word pass, almost at the same time, the Yanfang Jiedu made Wu Yanai send troops from Fangzhou, captured Pizhou, and completely cut off Liu Pan and Meng Ming's road to the northwest.

The retreat is cut off, the food and grass are not enough, and there is no need to fight, there is a danger that the whole army will be defeated, Liu Pan said to Yang Haojin: "For today's plan, there is only one way to take Chang'an." ”

Yang Hao smiled bitterly: "They dare to stick a knife in my back, didn't they think of this layer, it's too late." ”

Liu Pan said: "Then what should I do, otherwise, let's concentrate our forces to take Pizhou, and then join forces with General Yu to capture Ningzhou. ”

Yang Hao said: "After such a long time, I don't know when I will be able to return to the northwest." ”

Liu Pan said angrily: "Hate the thief, if I take him, I will skin him alive." ”

Yang Hao patted Liu Pan and said with a smile: "It's not yet the point where the mountains and rivers are exhausted." ”

When Liu Pan heard this, he turned his worries into joy and said, "What is the best plan for the big handsome." ”

Yang Hao said: "I have an old relationship with Jingyuan Jiedu envoy Lian Yong, write a letter to him, borrow March food from him, the military advisor is still alive now, with him in the inner line to contain, I don't believe that Hu Lingyi can last long." ”

When Liu Pan heard this, he was skeptical, and thought to himself: "Isn't this Lian Yong a person who is Qiu Shiliang, when will he have a friendship with our boss." I thought so in my heart, but seeing that Yang Hao looked confident, he didn't doubt it, so he said: "As long as there is food in his hands, we are not afraid of the east, west, north and south winds, haha." ”

Lian Yong was originally Meng Bochang's general, and Yang Hao had a general relationship, not to mention any friendship, not only now, but also because of Meng Bochang's death, and each other had a grudge against each other, and even regarded each other as enemies, he said this is nothing more than to appease Liu Pan, he knows very well in his heart that once the army learns that the grain route is cut off and the rear is lost, there will be a danger of collapse immediately, after all, the Yangwei Army is not the Xining Army that was as disciplined as iron in the past, even if the Xining Army at that time starved to death, no one dared to rebel,

At present, this army is expanding too fast, it can be described as mud and sand, mixed fish and dragons, in good times do not feel how, once it falls into adversity, it will be in danger, if the news of the lack of food leaks out, don't say to fight, I am afraid that even retreat can not be, then I am afraid that there are only four endings: first, the 40,000 army collapses, let others slaughter; Second, the 40,000-strong army collapsed, and the remnants tied themselves up and handed them over to the victors for merit and reward; Third, someone staged a mutiny to capture himself to receive a reward, and the army changed its banner and changed its banner, neither surnamed Yang nor Liu; In the last case, Liu Pan raised his head to dedicate himself, and the army was completely surnamed Liu.

Now the big talk is out, but just talking big words can't solve the problem of eating, and if there is no food at that time, the consequences are unimaginable.

In order to stabilize the morale of the army, Yang Hao still patrolled the camp and feasted as usual, the quartermaster had told him several times, he always confidently said that it would not matter, and the grain would arrive immediately, and he had even named Liu Feng to select a thousand soldiers and prepare hundreds of carts, saying that he was going to Fufeng County to transport grain back.

In order to prevent the Yangwei army from leaving, when Wen Shimao withdrew the army, Qiu Shiliang had already issued a strict order, and the prefectures and counties in Guanzhong and Jingzhao implemented the clear of the wall, and the grain was concentrated in Chang'an, Jingzhou, Tongzhou and other large prefectures, and the rest of the small prefectures and counties only kept a month's ration for the army and civilians.

It is impossible to count on hitting a few states and counties to solve the problem of military rations, and there is only one way to get through this difficulty: buy grain from the grain merchants in Chang'an City, do there are grain merchants in Chang'an City who have so much grain in their hands, this Yang Hao has no doubt that Chang'an City is the foundation of the Tang Dynasty, the population is more than one million, and how much food is needed every day, as long as a small part is enough to solve the military needs of the Yangwei Army, in fact, since Liu Pantun was stationed in Liquan, more than one big grain merchant has come to the door and asked to supply grain to Daying at a parity price. Liu Pan also told Yang Hao that it is very cost-effective to buy grain from Chang'an.

Of course, Yang Hao didn't just think about whether it was economically cost-effective, he had to think about things in the worst, if the grain and grass of the Yangwei army could be self-sufficient, would he still be able to control this rabble in the future, he not only did not let Liu Pan buy grain from the grain merchants in Chang'an, but also let Mu Lanqing, Zhang Ren and others make a hindrance and create rumors, so that the big grain merchants in Chang'an City would retreat first and no longer interact with Liu Pan.

Liu Pan couldn't buy food by himself, and Yang Hao's reason for rejecting him was even more sufficient.

Merchants are profit-seeking, as long as there is money to be made, he will not be angry and not associate with you because you didn't give him a good face before, since Yang Hao can create rumors to make them think that it is not cost-effective to sell grain to Liu Pan, he can also create new rumors to make them feel that it is profitable to sell grain to Yangweijun.

Of course, it is irrational and crazy to count on these shrewd businessmen to play with these shrewd businessmen in the palm of their hands and lead them by the nose, they may collude to borrow your shortness and urgency, and come to sit on the ground and raise the price, but these problems are not big, after all, there are so many grain merchants in Chang'an City, unless they form a unified alliance, otherwise, they can't raise this price, they are not the small people who are scattered and buy nothing, and they are tens of thousands of stones as soon as they make a move, and the silver is waiting for you to earn, say not to be careful, at that time to deceive people's nonsense,

Yang Hao is not very worried that the government in the city will make a hindrance, and it will not be Qiu Shiliang who instigates Hu Lingyi to hold Zhang Bozhong hostage and rebel against him, nor will it be Li Yan, the king of Ying, because he is down now, it will do a hundred harms to the two families and no benefit, this must be someone else, such as Yuanhe, Changqing, Yamato, Kaicheng, it is possible, but most of them are still the people of Li Chen, the king of light, who does not hesitate to take risks for the sake of the Savior, and takes his own life to force himself to comply,

In this way, if you buy food from the city, Qiu Shiliang and King Ying's side will not be too embarrassed, at most you will bargain with yourself with this, and get more cheap, Yuanhe, Changqing, Yamato, and Kaicheng may be in the dark, especially Yamato and Kaicheng, from the moment they rejected Concubine Yang, they were equivalent to tearing their faces with them.

But it doesn't matter, with Qiu Shiliang and Li Yan restraining them, they can't make big waves, it's just that they have some more blood.

When it comes to the current question, Wu Baiai also openly stood up against himself, Wu Baiai is a veteran of the DPRK and China, with a deep background in the Niu Party, and is known as one of the leaders of the Qing Stream of the Imperial Court.

It is precisely because of this that when he went south, he gave up his Fang and went from Suining, if he marched from Yanfang, there would be no embarrassment today, there was no big danger in the territory of Dunfang, it was very convenient for Liu Pan's cavalry to gallop, Xia Sui's difficulty, three days can be flat, he didn't want to offend the Niu Party, there were too many enemies, so he gave up the easy and the difficult, and now it seems almost to be cocooned.

In other words, if the Bull Party intervenes in this matter, it will be morally discredited, and it will not be able to run away from the charge of rebellion, so Qiu Shiliang and Yingwangfu have an excuse to shirk and not come forward to help themselves publicly, who wants to collude with a traitor at this juncture.

If they are unable or unwilling to come forward openly, the people who calculate themselves will have less restraint, at least the grain chamber of commerce in the name of fear of the government, shirk the responsibility of transporting grain to Liquan, and they have bought tens of thousands of stone of grain in the city and cannot transport it, what is the use?

Yang Hao originally wanted to use the secret power of Mu Lanqing, Zhang Cheng, Zhang Ren and others in the city, but he quickly rejected this idea, how many people and carriages are needed to transport tens of thousands of stone grain, let them do it, it is inevitable to show their heads, and mobilize the people, I dare not say that it will definitely not be done, even if it is done, they will be completely exposed, so many years of hard work is equivalent to all in vain,

But if you don't use them, who can you rely on?

Yang Hao, who thought about this question, had a headache, he didn't control it for a while during the banquet, and drank a few more glasses, after the banquet was over, he walked alone on the snowy wilderness outside the camp in the name of sobering up, the snow was knee-deep, and it was very laborious to walk, but at this moment he couldn't take care of these at all, he thought anxiously, and his headache was splitting,

Suddenly, a man's name flashed through his mind:

Gu Zan,,, ghost gang!

This name is like a bolt of lightning, which illuminates his bleak and depressed heart, the unintentional willow in the past, today it comes in handy, since the first year of Kaicheng he expelled the ghost gang from Yongfeng so far, it has been four years, under the strong support of Yang Hao, there is Gu Zan, the old Jianghu at the helm, and Zhang Cheng, the black and white all-you-can-eat gang leader, the ghost gang quickly took root, sprouted, and grew in Chang'an City, a few years ago, Mu Lanqing reported to himself that the ghost gang has 30,000 disciples in Chang'an City, The forces are mainly concentrated near the East City, and the Little Knife Society in the south of the city and the Black Shirt Society in the West City are the three major gangs in the capital.

Yang Hao bought a total of 50,000 stone of grain from the hands of the six major grain merchants in Chang'an, Gu Zan used tens of thousands of apprentices and grandchildren, Mu Lanqing and Erzhang smashed out of Jinshan Yinshan and finally transported the grain out of the city without danger, from Chang'an City to Liquan in just a hundred miles, 50,000 stone of grain was lost as much as 10,000 stones, which made Gu Zan's old face a little red in addition to black, he let Liuyun carry himself to see Yang Hao, swaying as if he was about to fall down as soon as the wind blew, Yang Hao was moved to hold his hand and said: "Old man, I'm sorry for you, for Yang's business." , look at what you have become tired of, and how Yang Hao is at ease. ”

Liuyun said: "Since the beginning of winter, the old man's health has not been good, because of the handsome thing, but his spirit has become vigorous, but it is a pity that all his enthusiasm has been ruined by those rabbit cubs." ”

Gu Zan held Yang Hao's hand and said tearfully: "The old man is ashamed, the old man can't stand the handsome, he transported more than 100 miles of grain, and the loss reached 20%, people don't say that Gu Zan is incompetent, people want to say that I, Gu Zan, am a greedy and immoral villain." ”

Yang Hao said with a smile: "The old gentleman can't say that, in the past, I transported grain from Linzhou to Fengzhou, three hundred miles away, I actually lost forty percent, at that time, the autumn was crisp, there was no rain and no snow, and I didn't convene, how can I say this." He continued to comfort: "This time the grain transportation is too urgent, the rain and snow are heavy, the road is muddy and can't walk, they can only throw the grain bags on the road to step on the foot, this is also a matter of urgency, helpless." ”

Liuyun smiled and said to Yang Hao: "I also persuaded the old man to come, I said that the old man has tried his best, the big man will be considerate of you, but the old man can't listen to it, saying that he was kind to the big handsome in the past, and has been thinking about repaying it, this is an easy opportunity to come, but it was smashed, he was ashamed, the old man has been retired and no longer asks about things, seeing that it is the big man who explained, this is the re-draped into battle, I didn't expect the veteran to be sparse for a long time, his hands and feet are rusty, this shot The enemy will not be stabbed, and he fell first, do you say that his old man can not be depressed. ”

Gu Zan shouted when he heard this: "Shut up for me, I'm here to ask the big man for sin, what are you saying this, it seems that you came to excuse me." ”

Liuyun stopped talking, and his two eyes flowed, like a puddle of spring water,

Gu Zan said to Yang Hao embarrassedly: "It's not because of your blessing that you can have today, it's my blessing to serve Dashuai, but it's a pity that the ghost gang is like this, a group of rabble, can't take the table, which makes Dashuai laugh." ”

Yang Hao patted his hand and said, "Hugh will say this again, so that Yang Hao will be embarrassed." ”

At this time, Dongfang Lan came over with three carriages, unloaded thirty boxes, and opened them, all of which were yellow and clear gold ingots.

Yang Hao said with a smile: "The brothers have been busy in the snow and mud, so these rights should be given to the brothers to drink a cup of tea." ”

Gu Zan waved his hands and said in a loud voice: "Kill the old decay, torture the old decay, don't dare to accept it." Later, Liuyun said: "Dashuai has made such a great contribution, and there will be a place above the court in the future, our ghost gang has a shallow foundation in the capital, and we will rely on Dashuai to take care of it in the future, and this silver right should be our audience money." ”

Yang Hao smiled: "Our friendship, do we still need to meet for money." ”

Liuyun said: "You are the official, we are the people, the officials love the people, the people love the officials, the officials cover the people, the people support the officials, a little courtesy, do you want to resign." ”

Speaking of which, Yang Hao had no choice but to give up, although there was a shortage of 10,000 stone of grain, but even if the soldiers were allowed to eat with their stomachs open, they could eat for three months, and at that time, if they could not put down the rebellion of Hu Lingyi and Zhang Bozhong, and open up the grain road to the south, then they would simply be captured.

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