Section 56

Tai Benshu looked at the crowd arguing below, and unconsciously put his two thumbs on the sides of his head, and gently rubbed his slightly swollen temples with his fingertips.

In the vicinity of Zhizela, water and grass are abundant, and there are herds of cattle and sheep. Compared with the barren Simon, Dongmeng can be said to have mastered nearly eighty percent of the livestock production of the former Northern Mongolia. There are many livestock, there is a lot of grain and grass, and the natural population is dense, and there are many tribes. And the consequence of having many tribes is that there are many ideas, and each tribe has its own army and its own spokesperson, which is far less united than Simon's militarized management. In the past, there was a powerful Simon in front of him, and everyone could work together to fight the enemy. Now that Lanning is besieged, it seems that it is imminent, and there are naturally no scruples between the various tribes. There are fewer scruples, and there are more things to talk about.

For example, now, the Suyun tribe and the Uzhumuqin tribe are fighting over the matter of grain and grass, and the Suyun tribe believes that the more warriors their tribe produces, they should be treated specially, and other tribes will provide food and grass support. The Uzhumuqin Department believes that they are the tribe's greatest contribution in the early stage, and the queen mother sits in the rear, and the dispatch and dredging are even more meritorious, so they should enjoy the worship of others. The two sides fought for such a trivial matter, and in the end, Taiben couldn't do it, promising that his tribe would take the big head, they would make the small head, and the rest would be divided equally according to each tribe. After this kind of mud and down, the two sides nodded reluctantly.

After settling this matter, Taimoto Shu breathed a sigh of relief, thinking that he could stop there, but he knew that there was a problem again. Because what is going to be discussed next is a statement. There is a large area of small countries in the West, and a large part of them are stored as Simon's Pan vassal states, and in the past few days, Louju has united in the northwest, and then gathered more than a dozen small countries to prepare to jointly send troops to relieve the siege of Lanning. Lou Ju is just a strong and middle-class character, no matter how powerful he is, he can't send a few soldiers, and Taiben is naturally not afraid. It is different to add the three northwestern provinces, one of the two parties is the first power in the west, and the other is the governor of the northwest, and He Xiaotian has just repelled the army of the Northern Han Dynasty, which has greatly increased his influence. Now that both sides are calling for troops to be sent at the same time, firmly standing on Lanning's side, this is also an irritating thing.

The two sides united more than a dozen small countries in the west, gathered tens of thousands of troops, known as 100,000 to the outside world, and were assembling in the area around the junction of Xiliang and Louju, preparing to send troops to relieve the siege of Lanning.

Seeing that Simon was about to destroy the country, there were more small countries in the West that secretly swore allegiance to East Mongolia, but after such a series of actions, many small countries became hesitant and simply watched from the sidelines.

But this is precisely what Tai Benshu cannot accept.

As Wu Ming said, the front in Eastern Mongolia is now too long, and logistics and supplies have begun to be tight. These countries secretly declare their allegiance, and the greeting must be rich. And Taibenshu clearly said that he didn't want gold and silver, just grain and grass. Although these small countries do not bring much grain and grass, they can always alleviate one or two things by gathering sand into a tower. But some guys are half-hearted, not only do they give up their original intentions, but there are even some people who are stupid and seem to want to send troops to participate in the "Lanning Reinforcements", how can they not surprise Taimotoshu.

So this announcement is very necessary. Although tens of thousands of words were written on it, the content in it was nothing more than coercion and temptation, on the one hand, it was wantonly promised that as long as it was loyal to Dongmeng now, once the city of Lanning was broken, the tributes of these small countries could be reduced or even canceled. On the other hand, it is naturally a threat, and the 400,000 army, in the eyes of these small countries, is a terrifying number. Louju is the largest country in the West, and the population base does not necessarily have such a level. With such a force, any country can only be swept away, so the threat is also full of weight.

The content in it is fine, and the starting point is good, but when it comes to the payment, there is a problem. His Majesty, the Emperor of Zhizela, was just a puppet, and although the army of 400,000 people nominally belonged to a single country, it was made up of various tribes. Therefore, the name of each powerful tribe needs to be written on this payment. This was supposed to be a trivial matter, but the payment process was unexpectedly difficult. The key point is that there was a dispute between the fourth-ranked Cha cadre and the fifth-ranked Alatan Division. Everyone knows that now the Empress Dowager of Dongmeng Wuzhumuqin is not a good character, although due to the identity of the woman, this woman is not here, but the Wuzhumuqin Department should be ranked second, but no tribe dares to put it in the first, otherwise the Queen Mother will not spare him, so this first position is none other than the Wuzhumuqin Department. And the army was able to hit the city of Lanning, and King Zuo Xian Taiben made a huge contribution, so the Taiwan headquarters was placed in second place, and everyone still had no objections. Su Yun's department sent the most troops, and there were the first warriors sitting in the camp tent staring, and no one dared to argue with him for the third position. But the fourth position on the notice was fought over by the representatives of the tribes. The fiercest fight is the Cha Cadre and the Alatan Department, the strength of the two departments is not much different, Cha Gan Heyi is the director of the Dongmeng Huku Division, and Alatan Qi is the director of the Military Training Department. One of the two is an important member of the government and the other is a cadre of the military government, and neither of them obeys anyone. Seeing that the two of them were getting more and more fierce, Taiben couldn't do it, so they had to disrupt and rearrange it, and follow the ancient method to sort it by strokes, so the two gave up. Looking at the meaning of everyone, who has the big word and whose word is small at the place of payment has to argue, seeing that the face of Tai Benshu, who was sitting at the top, is getting darker and darker, and the people who are arguing shut up.

At the end of the hour-long meeting, not only Tai Benshu, but also everyone in the congregation felt exhausted. The group of people dispersed, and Taibenshu spread out on the recliner, and then he let out a long breath. Seeing that Cha Gan Heyi was sitting down, and still had no intention of leaving, he said softly: "Heyi, are you still dissatisfied with the disposition just now?" ”

The governor of Simon is concurrently served by Hu Yanhai, and the same is true of Dongmeng, and the governor of the government is also concurrently served by Taimoto. Cha Gan Heyi is the director of the Treasury of the Government Affairs Department, so he is naturally very close to Tai Benshu, and the two have been partners for many years, so it is much more polite to speak in private. Cha Ganheyi shook his head and said, "The virtuous king has handled it properly, how can the lower officials be dissatisfied?" ”

Taimoto Shu smiled bitterly: "You can think like this, that's the best." Bear with me now, wait for the victory of the war, and then do what he thinks. ”

If he thinks about it again, it is naturally to get back the bird qi he is receiving now. Once Simon destroys the country, Taimoto can be said to have power in favor of the government and the opposition, and he can naturally free up his hands to redistribute power. He can't think about it now, so he can only draw bread to satisfy his hunger with this most loyal subordinate.

As if he was afraid that Cha Gan Heyi would not believe it, he stood up and said, "Soon, once Lanning City is down, we don't have to endure everything." ”

Cha Gan Heyi also smiled bitterly: "The prince is bitter, how can the lower officials not know." But I have to fight, and if I tolerate everything, I, the leader of the tribe, will also do it. ”

Simon was built on the prestige of Nayanda, which certainly caused a very asymmetrical military force and logistical affordability, and was prone to a grain and grass crisis, but at the political level, it was far simpler than Rizela. The leaders of the great tribes near Zhizera were not hereditary, but elected. Chaganheyi means that if he is too cowardly, the elders of the tribe will definitely impeach him. At that time, I am afraid that before Lanning City is broken, he, the leader of the tribe, will be dismissed. At that time, the elders will appoint another leader to serve as the head of the household treasury to protect the interests of the cadres. This is not necessarily a good thing for Tai Benshu.

Tai Benshu walked up to him, and he was so panicked that Cha Gan Heyi hurriedly stood up. Tai Benshu glanced at him and said with some sighs: "Although we occupy the most abundant grassland in Ganbiga, the hearts of the people are too mixed. Fortunately, Nayanda was seriously injured and unconscious, otherwise it would have been a real fight, with this efficiency and state, I am afraid it would ......"

At this point, he shook his head and said no more. However, Cha Gan Heyi understands that in war, it is always Zhuanzhi who is more powerful, more able to gather forces, and more efficient. If it weren't for the coma of the lord of Simon, with the complicated military system of Dongmeng, it would be difficult to win.

The two were sighing, and a personal soldier outside the tent said loudly: "Lord Wang, I caught a spy, and someone said that he knew the latest combat trends in Lanning City." ”

Spies? Do you still know the latest combat trends in Lanning City?

Tai Benshu and Cha Gan Heyi glanced at each other, and they both saw the surprise in each other's eyes. Taibenshu said in a deep voice: "Bring it in and take a look." ”

As soon as the curtain was lifted, two pro-soldiers walked in with one of them. The man was dressed in Simon's military uniform, his whole body was tightly tied, and he had obviously been searched by his own soldiers, and there was nothing else on his body. A pro-soldier on the left pushed him and said, "The front is the prince, what do you have to say." ”

The man stood upright and said proudly: "I have heard for a long time that Corporal Zuoxian Wang Lixian, is this how he treats guests now?" ”

"You ......"

The soldier shouted angrily, raised his foot and kicked it. Taibenshu stretched out his hand to stop him, and smiled: "Untie this good man." ”

The soldiers untied him, but the man didn't continue to pretend, bowed down and saluted: "Lord Wang, the villain is asked to see him on the order of Lanning Niu Ma Si Bu Rende, and he has something important to tell him." ”

The Household Treasury Department is in charge of money and grain, and the Cattle and Horses Department is in charge of livestock. It can be said that he is the second person under the director of the Treasurer in the Ministry of Political Affairs. The war continued, and Huyanhai almost deprived Niu Ma Si of all rights in order to be simple and efficient, and it was uniformly deployed by Gao Yunertai. Bu Rende has long been dissatisfied with this kind of treatment, and now that the Eastern Mongolian army is pressing, he feels that the country is not far away, and he has long implied centrifugation. A few days ago, Wu Ming proposed this timing, and Bu Rende had already wanted to pass on the message, but the defenders were heavily defended and had no chance. Today, he finally caught the loophole, and was mixed into a sergeant by his subordinates, and sneaked out of the city while the changing of the guard. It was to secretly tell Wu Ming what he planned that day, so as to make a name for himself.

The plan for this battle is as follows. Once the reinforcements from the northwest and Louju arrive, then in terms of numbers, the gap between the number of defenders and the attackers will be narrowed, so that they will have the confidence to compete with Dongmeng. As long as the two sides fight a decisive battle, the grain and grass protection of Dongmeng will inevitably be empty, and when the time comes, the black armor army will take advantage of the chaos to burn grain and grass everywhere and set fire to create chaos. Seeing that the grain and grass were burned, the Eastern Mongolian side would definitely be in chaos, and the soldiers would have no heart to fight, so they only needed to take advantage of the chaos to attack, and the reinforcements were flanked on both sides, and they took advantage of the situation to cover up and kill. Once the momentum of the horse stepping on the company camp is formed, even if the god of war comes, it will be powerless to return to the sky.

Hearing this, the two were shocked. Let the soldiers take this person down to take care of him, Tai Benshu fell into deep thought. After a while, he turned his head to Chagan Heyi and said, "Heyi, what do you think of this plan?" ”

"It's insidious and vicious, but it's not necessarily feasible."

Tai Benshu was still staring at him, and said slowly: "Go on." ”

Cha Ganheyi continued: "It is indeed easy to cause chaos by setting fire to grain, but our army is extremely strict with grain and grass, and the grain and grass between various tribes are separated, even if they set fire, the effect is limited. At most, they only got a few places, but they had too few people to set fires. Therefore, the implementation of this plan is still difficult. ”

He raised his head, already smiling: "Of course, now that we know the plan, they don't have the slightest chance. The subordinate Jianyì and the hundreds of black armor troops were all arrested, so that they could be done once and for all. ”

Nazhitai Benshu shook his head and said softly: "Those black-armored soldiers can't be caught for the time being. ”

Cha Ganheyi's eyes widened, and he said in surprise: "What's this? ”

Taiben Shu said in a deep voice: "First of all, Wu Ming is curious to love, we don't know if this person is his anti-intermediary or bitter strategy, if those black armor soldiers are really taking refuge, wouldn't they be in the other party's arms?" Of course, ordinary people will be caught when they are caught, and I will not scruple so much. But after all, these hundreds of black armor troops are taking refuge in Li Zhong's kid, and if we move rashly, it will inevitably cause the unhappiness of the Northern Han. Although our country is now powerful and does not fear Kyoto, it is even more unwise to make a bad deal with our only ally for such a trivial matter, not to mention the bad reputation. Secondly, if he did it now, Wu Ming would definitely know that the plan was leaked. If Bu Rende really took refuge, wouldn't it hurt him? So we have one less big mole? At the same time, Wu Ming knew that after the plan was leaked, he would definitely think of other methods, and we lost this opportunity to have a prophetic vision. ”

Cha Gan Yi said: "What can I do then, is it just watching like this?" ”

"Naturally, you can't just look at it like that." Tai Benshu smiled slightly: "Since he has come up with such a vicious method, we can pretend not to know, just ask someone to gather the grain and grass of all the tribes, unify the heavy guards, and any of his plans will be a dream." And we can also take this opportunity to integrate all the grain and grass, and in turn stimulate the defenders of Xialanning, let them know that our soldiers are good enough to eat, and if this continues, the morale of the other party will definitely drop. ”

Cha Gan Yi's eyes lit up, and he high-fived and said: "This method is wonderful, and centralized guarding not only saves troops, but also facilitates unified deployment and avoids unnecessary fees." He said it, but he was thinking in his heart: "The prince is really powerful." In this way, our army's food and grass can rest assured. The enemy does not have much food and herbs, and it is not a way to stay in it for a long time, so there is only one way left to fight head-on, and with the morale of the troops of both the enemy and us, our side has already won. ”

Taibenshu lifted the curtain of the tent, from the tall and majestic Lanning city wall upwards, and then to the faint inner city. Finally, stop at the tall and majestic Tianyin Mountain in the distance. Whether what Brende said is true or false, the labor teacher in the city will definitely report to himself. Regardless of the outcome, this is the first male city in Northern Mongolia. Sooner or later, it will fall into his own hands, so that the great cause of the unification of the old country will also be realized in his own hands.

He thought, and there was a faint smile on the corner of his mouth.