Chapter 353 Jiaoguang Troops
As Deng Yi's words fell, sighs erupted in the crowd, in fact, their lives were not easy, they were either enemies or people with bad intentions, and they were bitterly guarding several cities centered on Panyu, who could stand it with their heads on their belts every day? After all, not everyone is an outlaw, and the vast majority of civil officials and ordinary people still yearn for a peaceful and tranquil environment, and fighting is a last resort.
A civil official couldn't help but sigh: "Some of our friends are from the descendants of the First Emperor's conquest of the Lingnan army, some are from the naturalized slang bureaucrats who have been naturalized for hundreds of years, and the other part is the Central Plains people who have moved south one after another since the Han Dynasty, among which the rebellion at the end of the Han Dynasty and the time of Yongjia reached their peak respectively!"
Hey~~ No matter what the reason, we have long regarded Jiaoguang as our home, but in the past hundreds of years, in addition to the strong power of the court in the early Han Dynasty, it is better, and the rest of the time has not been stable, especially when I have crossed to the south so far, it is even more chaotic, which makes people sigh in vain, subordinates say something in their hearts, we also want to go back and migrate in the past, but the homeland is not human, and the war in the Central Plains and Jiangdong is only afraid of more Lingnan, in this world, where is there a happy land? ”
Wei Feng turned his head to look, and the representatives of Panyu Wenwu and Shishu who followed him were all full of helplessness, so he solemnly arched his hand to the surroundings: "Please rest assured, I will be ordered by the Son of Heaven to assassinate Guangzhou, it is to pacify Jiaoguang, if you and I work together, why are you afraid of jumping clowns?" ”
"That's, that's, please!" Everyone agreed, but Wei Feng could clearly hear that the perfunctory meaning in his words was quite strong. After all, since the rebellion of the district company, I don't know how many thorns have changed in the two states of Jiaoguang in the past hundred years, so isn't the Linyi country still very nourishing? And this newcomer has fine skin and tender meat, and he is young, can he do it?
As for the local heroes and tribal chiefs, even if they were as strong as Tao Kan back then, they did not dare to fight hard, but adopted a policy of appeasement, as long as they did not offend several big cities in Guangzhou, they would turn a blind eye, and everyone's well water would not violate the river water, which has always been the case in the history of thorns!
Wei Feng could roughly guess what they were thinking. Smile slightly. Don't say much, a mouth full of cannons is not his style, his style is to either not do it, and even do it fifteen together!
But Deng Yi took it to heart. I couldn't help asking: "May I ask how many soldiers and horses did the envoy bring into Panyu?" ”
Wei Feng said lightly: "Thirty thousand foot riders." Together with the families of the army, craftsmen, sailors, etc. More than 100,000 in total! ”
"Oh?" Everyone was moved again, and the buzz began to sound, and some believed that Wei Feng was indeed coming with sincerity.
The birthday of the Taishou King of the South China Sea, which was introduced before, seems to have thought of something. Hurriedly asked: "Envoy Jun, there are more than 30,000 households in Panyu City, and there are more than 200,000 people in Dingkou, I'm afraid I can't bear these 100,000 soldiers and civilians even if I try my best!" Oh, don't get me wrong, my subordinates are just telling the truth! ”
100,000 people is 100,000 mouths, according to Ding Nan 7 liters of rice per person per day, 4 liters of old and weak women and children, 40,000 Ding men in Wei Feng's 100,000 people, and the remaining 60,000 to calculate, the average rice consumed per day is 5,200 stones, and Panyu's rice is twice a year, the early rice harvest period is about the turn of May and June, and the late rice can be harvested in ten days. If he cut it off, what would the people of the city eat?
You know, Wei Feng's 100,000 horses and horses to stay is a trivial matter, a big city within a radius of 20 miles, accommodating 300,000 or 400,000 people, now Panyu only has a population of 200,000, and another 100,000 people will not bring a lot of pressure, but it is a little troublesome to build houses, the key is that the next early rice harvest will not be until May or June next year, and there are still eight months, according to 240 days, 300,000 people eat just enough food for 200,000 people, doesn't it mean that the whole city will be hungry for more than two months?
Suddenly, the atmosphere was a little weird, people are all temperamental, Wei Feng promised to help them calm down the surrounding threats, they raised their hands to welcome, if Wei Feng encountered difficulties in the battle, there would definitely be someone to help, however, this has just come, the promise has not been fulfilled at all, and he has to dig out his family funds to the new assassin Shi, which is not strange for people to make small calculations!
Wei Feng was stunned, and then understood their thoughts, couldn't help but be angry and funny, and waved his hand: "Ben will carry a sufficient amount of grain and grass on this trip, and will never take a penny from the people of Panyu, and then please tell the whole city, the people who will be brought will also be opened up separately, and will not compete with the aborigines for water and land, please rest assured!" ”
As soon as these words came out, everyone's faces were more or less red, and an embarrassing atmosphere rose in the air, Wei Feng ignored it and asked Deng Yi: "May I ask General Deng, how many soldiers and horses are there in Panyu and even Jiaoguang and Liangzhou now?" ”
Deng Yi thought about it a little, and said: "Back to the envoy, Panyu originally had 5,000 defenders, and the last general led 5,000 troops to come, and now there are 10,000 troops, because Guangzhou is relatively free of border troubles, so the troops are small, the total number of counties is about 25,000, Jiaozhou due to the surrounding barbarian forest, especially in the face of the threat of Linyi State, the strength is a little more, about 40,000!" ”
Wei Feng understood, Guangzhou has no mobile troops at all, it would be good to be able to barely hold a few cities, Jiaozhou is also limited, I am afraid that the 5,000 troops brought by Deng Yi account for at least half of the mobile troops in Jiaozhou!
With such a small number of troops, it is definitely not possible, Wei Feng couldn't help frowning slightly, and Deng Yi arched his hand again: "Envoy Jun, since you have brought troops here, then it is time for the general to return to Longbian to resume his life, when do you want to hand over the defense of Panyu to you?" ”
"Huh?" Wei Feng was stunned, and let Deng Yi go now, isn't this a joke? He was still thinking about how to put Deng Yi into use, so he said haha: "Don't worry, don't worry, hehe~~ The general's manpower is going ashore one after another, to settle down, at least one day, and I have to ask General Deng to work hard for a while!" ”
"You're welcome!" Deng Yi didn't take it too seriously, and responded casually.
Liu Xingnan glanced at Wei Feng suspiciously, then took it and asked, "General Deng, aren't there a lot of Dingkou in Panyu?" The whole of Guangzhou has to have a population of one million, right? Why can't we levy more? And what about Jiaozhou? How come it's only 40,000 troops? ”
Deng Yi only thought that Liu Xingnan was Wei Feng's wife and concubine, but he didn't want to offend people plainly, so he said politely: "This little lady, you don't know, Panyu is mostly good people, and good people have no obligation to join the army, not to mention that there is Jiaozhou as a barrier, since the Qin Dynasty marched south to build Panyu City, it has never been invaded by foreign enemies, so it is difficult to recruit good people to enlist, as for the whole territory of Guangzhou, there are countless large and small tribal chieftains and local heroes, and they have a large number of Dingkou outside the cities controlled by the court. There are inextricable links between them, with the meager strength of the court, how can they be helped?
As for Jiaozhou, although it is surrounded by the barbarians, everyone is ready to fight, but due to the lack of arable land, there are few Jin people who have moved over, and the counties add up to only more than 500,000, and the 40,000 troops have reached the limit. ”
"Oh! Thank you, General Deng! Liu Xingnan was a little stunned, and after thanking him, he coveted a group of women, and the beautiful Guangzhou that Wei Fengkou kept saying turned out to be a mess!
Wei Feng also figured out in an instant, Jiaozhou's problem lies in foreign enemies, there is nothing to say, according to his style, he can only engage in genocide, unless he hides in the rainforest and does not come out, otherwise, kill one by one, even if they can't kill cleanly, they will become real monkeys!
Guangzhou is much more complicated, the key is that the local heroes and tribal chieftains are too powerful, these people appear to submit to the court, but in fact they have different thoughts, like a powder keg, at any time to bomb Guangzhou beyond recognition!
Chang Kaishen once said that the outside must first be at home, and Wei Feng's original plan was to attack Linyi in winter, but according to the current situation, Chang Kaishen's strategy must be adopted, that is, to remove the threat of local heroes and tribal chieftains first, so as to take care of Jiaozhou!
With the secret calculation and the casual conversation with Panyu Wenwu along the way, he unconsciously came to the residence arranged by Deng Yi, this house is large enough from the outside, there are always dozens of courtyards, some of the mud on the wall has not yet dried, it is obviously a temporary work, overall, Wei Feng is more satisfied, and can't help but cast his appreciative eyes to Deng Yi.
Deng Yi stretched out his hand and signaled: "There will inevitably be omissions in a hurry, please make the king hurry to be surprised, the king of the palace will be repaired by others, this please make the king enter by himself, and the last general will not go in, he will wait in the palace of the state capital, for the king to catch the wind!" ”
"Eh~~" Wei Feng arched his hand to the surroundings: "Thank you for your kindness, but the soldiers are still going ashore on the beach one after another, for fear of chaos, Ben will have to go over to take a look, another day, another day to settle down by Ben will do the east, and you will drink and talk, thank you for welcoming you today, Ben will thank you here!" As he spoke, he turned his head and ordered, "Dao mercy, girl, you go in first, rest early tonight, and don't have to wait for me." ”
"Oh!" Wang Daolian and Miss Chen didn't say much, and beckoned a large group of dominatrix to walk towards the courtyard with Wang Man's daughters in their arms.
Panyu Wenwu only thought that Wei Feng was polite, and he was still persuading you and me, Wei Feng had to excuse himself again and again before persuading people to leave one after another, but Deng Yi did not leave, hesitated slightly, and said: "Embassy, can the last general go to the beach with you?" ”
"Oh? Why shouldn't General Deng go if he wants to go? Come on, please! Wei Feng didn't shirk it, and after beckoning the guards to lead a war horse to Deng Yi, he galloped towards the city gate.
The distance of ten miles is fleeting, when he came to the beach, Deng Yi couldn't believe his eyes, he dared to swear, he had never seen such a huge scene in his life, in the darker and darker sky, the fire on the sea was dotted, it seemed endless, with his eyesight, he couldn't count how many boats!
On the seashore, sailors, soldiers, and women and children accompanying the army are successively carrying supplies and horses to the shore, and piles of goods have been piled up on the coast, but what is really shocking is that the scene is complicated but not chaotic!
The goods are roughly stacked in different areas, grain and grass, armor, camp tents, war horses, and others, each with its own area, except for some of the people who went ashore to help, and another part of the guard, the rest is to make fires and make meals, except for the sound of trumpets and shouts mixed with the sound of the waves, there is almost no other noise! (To be continued......)
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