As soon as Pang Gang said this, everyone stopped arguing and turned their eyes to him.

Pang Gang paused and said: "The last general came thousands of miles away, for the safety of Luoyang, the soldiers pinned their heads to their belts to fight with the thieves, that's all, who let the last general be the general of the Ming Dynasty." But now that there is not enough food and grass in the army, and the reward is not issued, how do you ask the last general to explain to the soldiers in the army, and the last general dares to ask King Fu and all the adults, do you really want to let the soldiers shed blood and tears in Luoyang? If this is the case, the last general will immediately return to Qingzhou with his soldiers! ”

Pang Gang's words landed soundly, and there was silence around him, but he suppressed King Fu and everyone.

Everyone panicked, whether it was King Fu or Liu Yuliang, they all knew what kind of virtue the defenders of Luoyang were, if Pang Gang left, they could be sure that Luoyang would become a meal on the plate of the army in less than three days. Besides, Liu Yuliang is still counting on Pang Gang to drive the Liukou out of Henan, if he really leaves, where will he find such an elite army, will he rely on the remnants of the army in Luoyang City to defeat the generals?

King Fu is also anxious, he is not stupid, if Pang Gang leaves in a fit of anger, who will protect Luoyang, if the rogue invades the huge Fu Wang's Mansion, it will immediately disappear.

After a long silence, King Fu said, "I don't know how much silver and grain and grass General Pang needs?" ”

"500,000 taels of silver, 200,000 stones of grain and grass!" Pang Gang said without hesitation.

"What?"

Everyone exclaimed in unison, and Lu Weiqi's mouth was also grinning like a hippopotamus, he didn't expect that this seemingly ordinary and rigorous general would also sit on the ground and raise the price, and the amount of grain would be increased by four times with one mouth. Although it seems that Pang Gang is quite kind and did not take the opportunity to double the silver, but Liu Yuliang, who was the secretary of the Ministry of War, knew that the army was out on the march, and the silver was all floating clouds, this thing could neither be eaten nor drunk, and it was too heavy to carry, only food was the most tangible thing, but this product was too ruthless, quadrupling the originally negotiated 50,000 stone of grain, and 200,000 stone of grain was enough for his army to eat for a long time, what did he want to do?

Not to mention Lu Weiqi, even King Fu was also scared, 200,000 stone grain was the harvest of the palace in the past year, and it could not be given.

"What, two hundred thousand stone grain? No, never, never! King Fu's head shook like a wave-breaking drum, and his face was as round as a leather ball, and he wrinkled in distress, and he thought for a while before he reluctantly agreed: "The widow can only give 100,000 stone of grain and 300,000 taels of silver, and you can raise the rest of the food and salary yourself." ”

Lu Weiqi and Liu Yuliang glanced at each other, this time Fu Wang can be so generous has greatly exceeded their expectations, it seems that Pang Gang's threat just now has really worked.

It was also a little unexpected for King Fu to be able to bleed like this, and after secretly thinking about it, he showed a reluctant look on his face, and nodded: "Although there are still some shortcomings, you can still let the big families in Luoyang donate some, and it is estimated that it will be about the same." ”

As soon as Pang Gang's words came out, the surrounding officials almost collectively vomited blood, Nima's, 100,000 stone grain is enough for you to eat for a year, you still want to ask those big households, don't be so greedy, okay.

Ignoring the expressions of those people, Pang Gang sat down with his own heart, and he was already satisfied that he could eat with confidence, but his eyes still swept in the direction of Lu Weiqi from time to time, and Lu Weiqi knew that Pang Gang was reminding him that he still owed him 200,000 taels of silver.

However, with 300,000 taels of silver and 100,000 stone of grain as the base, Lu Weiqi was also a lot calmer in his heart, holding a wine glass and thinking about how to ask for silver and grain from those gentry and wealthy households, in fact, not only Lu Weiqi thought so, even Liu Yuliang and a group of officials in Luoyang were no exception, they all had only one thought in their hearts, that is, how to get more money and grain from the rich people in Luoyang, and they could make a small fortune if they got it right

Coming out of King Fu's Mansion, Pang Gang returned to the big tent in the army, he did not rest, but called Cheng Kai, Wang Zhi, Heitie and other generals, and said straight to the point: "Gentlemen, although there are many people, but if you want to capture Luoyang City, you can only use eggs to hit stones, and this official estimates that it will not be long before they retreat, what should we do at that time?" ”

Cheng Kai said without thinking: "What should I do?" Naturally, it should be pursued while the victory is won, so you don't need to ask! ”

"Otherwise, the rogues are often alone, they don't have too much baggage or even artillery, they can go as much as they want, but we can't, just hundreds of artillery can firmly limit our speed, if we pursue, maybe we will be dragged down by the bandits." Wang Zhi expressed a completely different opinion.

"Hmm!"

Pang Gang pondered, the surname of the Liukou determines their wandering surname, if he patronizes and chases the Liukou, maybe he will be in trouble if he is not careful, after all, the huge baggage and the lack of cavalry limit his mobile surname, and he really forced the Liukou to disperse in a hurry, and then he was really dumbfounded.

Hei Tie said with a big grin: "Whatever, anyway, today's killing is so happy, those rogues rushed up one by one, and a row of guns was put over, and they fell to the city wall like dumplings, I estimated that those thieves were killed and injured at least 30,000 today." ”

"Thirty thousand?" Pang Gang thought for a while, and then said: "Have you noticed today, those rogues seem to be bent on death, and their leader doesn't care about the casualties of his subordinates at all, and desperately drives them forward. ”

"Yes!" Cheng Kai also said with some doubts: "I have never seen such a strange way of playing, those rogues don't treat their subordinates as people at all, those leaders will only desperately let their subordinates rush forward, and they won't shy away from anything at all, and I also found a strange thing, their strong and leather armor sergeants have not appeared, and most of the siegers are old, weak, sick and disabled, what is going on?" Could it be?"

"It must be so!" Pang Gang slapped his thigh, "I know, they are deliberately driving those old, weak, sick and disabled to send them to death!" ”

"What, to die?" At this time, everyone was puzzled, and they all looked at Pang Gang with puzzled eyes.

Pang Gang swallowed his saliva, picked up the teacup on the table and drank the water in one gulp, and then said: "Do you think, if you are Li Zicheng, if you find that the other party's city is tall and strong, and the defenders are strong, if you insist on attacking the city, it is very likely that the whole army will be destroyed, will you still be so stupid to drive the whole army to attack the city?" ”

Everyone shook their heads in unison.

"So there is only one result, that is, Li Zicheng deliberately drove those old, weak, sick and disabled to attack the city, and it must have some ulterior motives."

Pang Gang's voice was particularly eerie in the dark night

(To be continued)