Chapter 879: Grain

"We are short of food, and the emperor of the Ming Kingdom is also short of food, and now the food in the area of Jinzhou in Ningyuan has been taken away by Zu Dashou, and the local people always have to eat food, and the emperor of the Ming State can't ignore them. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info" received the grain and grass, Huang Taiji was also a lot more relieved, he spoke to the Eight Banners of the banner owners Baylor cheer up, "It is not easy to feed so many people, how can the food brought by the Emperor of the Ming Kingdom be insufficient, if the grain and grass are mobilized from the capital, now the Emperor of the Ming Kingdom has made the court angry and resentful, I am afraid that it will not be easy to transfer, so we just need to wait patiently, and wait until the Emperor of the Ming Kingdom runs out of grain and grass, and has to retreat when the army is exhausted, and then pursue with the Eight Banners Iron Cavalry, then we will be able to win a big victory." ”

"The Great Khan is wise, but the food sent by Zu Dashou this time can't be eaten for a few days." Yue Tuo hesitated, now the supply of grain and grass in the Eight Banners all depends on the Guan Ning Army, which is not a good thing.

"Don't worry, Guan Ningjun will never dare to get in the way now, Zu Dashou and Yuan Chonghuan know that the emperor of the Ming Kingdom will never let them go, so only by letting the Emperor of the Ming Kingdom be defeated, they will have a chance to live, before this we have to give what we want, otherwise we will retreat to Shenyang to see how they deal with the anger of the Emperor of the Ming Kingdom." Huang Taiji has a very accurate understanding of Zu Dashou's psychology, "We can retreat to the white mountains and black waters if we are defeated, although the days are hard, but we can always live, but if Zu Dashou is defeated, I am afraid there is only one way to die." ”

"Your Majesty, the capital is far away from here, and it will take time to collect grain and grass, and I am afraid that the grain in the capital has not been delivered yet, and our grain and grass will be consumed." In Ningyuan City, Lu Xiangsheng also vaguely raised this question, in his opinion, those officials left behind in the DPRK and China probably would not let Li Youshun get grain smoothly no matter what.

In fact, after Li You asked the imperial court to transfer grain and grass to the capital, all the civil and military officials in the capital kept complaining and refused to allocate grain and grass, and the matter was urgent and did not dare to delay, so they had to ask Wang Qia, Zhang Zhiji and Yue Yun and others who were guarding the Beijing camp for help, hoping that they could first take out some grain and grass to support for a while.

"Father, now that all the officials of the court are pushing back and refusing to allocate grain and grass in time, now that His Majesty's envoy has found our door, what should we do, and ask my father to show me." Zhang Zhiji couldn't make up his mind, so he asked Zhang Weixian who was lying on the sickbed for help, Zhang Weixian, who had stood tall for three dynasties, was now terminally ill, and it didn't seem to be a few days, but his experience was still not comparable to that of a young man like Zhang Zhiji.

"If it had been a year ago, I would never have let you get involved in this matter, because Your Majesty at that time ......" Zhang Weixian shook his head with difficulty, and did not say anything rebellious, "But since last year, I have not been able to see through Your Majesty, and the decisiveness of Your Majesty's actions reminds me of Taizu and Chengzu......"

"Father, what do you mean?" Zhang Zhiji seemed to have grasped a clue, but he still couldn't make up his mind.

"You go and help rotate around the court, see if there is food there, and allocate some first...... If... If you really don't have it, lend the grain on our Zhuangzi to Your Majesty first. Zhang Weixian pressed the net worth of the British government, "If it was before, I would never lend it to the imperial court even if the grain was piled up in the barn and was going to rot, because I knew that even if you took out a million stone of grain, after the exploitation of those officials in the court, I am afraid that the real thing that can be used is not even 50,000 stone, and there will be no benefit; But now it's different, with Your Majesty's wisdom, you will definitely remember the benefits of our British Mansion, as long as these grains are transported to Ningyuan, they will also be distributed to the soldiers truthfully, and this batch of grain will definitely help Your Majesty solve the Guanning Army and Jiannu, as long as this victory is overcome, Your Majesty's prestige will completely overwhelm the civil officials in the court...... When the time comes, my Ming Dynasty will usher in drastic changes, as long as you hold Your Majesty's thighs tightly, you will be able to keep the wealth of my British Mansion for two hundred years......"

Zhang Weixian intermittently analyzed the power to Zhang Zhiji, and then Zhang Zhiji took out all his skills to help the envoy collect grain and grass, and even took out the grain stored at home, plus the help of Wang Qia, Yue Yun and others, finally put together a considerable amount of grain and grass to be transported to Ningyuan.

"You need to be very careful with this grain shipment." Yue Yun got Li You's instructions in advance, and he no longer had much hope for the discipline of the Ming officials, in order to prevent anyone from sabotaging on the way, he sent the most elite soldiers and horses under his command, and also strictly checked the accompanying people, Cao Huachun and Luo Yangxing also took out the best people in Dongchang and Jinyiwei to observe words and feelings, monitor and supervise to join the grain transportation team.

But even so, there were constant turmoil along the way, some people wanted to take advantage of the night to light the grain truck, there were checkpoints along the way that blocked the road and refused to let them go, and even the Ming officers and soldiers who pretended to be bandits tried to block the road and rob, in order to deal with these things, the officials who tossed and escorted the grain and grass were embarrassed.

"Is this still my Ming land?" He couldn't help but sigh like this, looking around, there were Ming gentry, Ming army, and Ming government, but why did these people seem to treat them as enemies? I wish they couldn't catch up with Liaodong.

"Hehe, it's just that some people don't want to see us send grain to Liaodong to help Your Majesty win." Li Zicheng, who followed the envoy back to Beijing, sneered, "These officials of the Ming Dynasty have long been rotten. "He has seen with his own eyes how Li You cleaned up the local corrupt officials in Shaanxi, if Your Majesty wins this battle, I am afraid that the next step will be to deal with officials in the capital and other places, right? In that case, what's so strange about them desperately obstructing it?

"These people are just mantis arms as cars, and when Your Majesty returns to the court with a great victory, he will take care of them." Cao Bianjiao, who was on the side, responded loudly, although he was born as a military general, but because of the tradition of the late Ming Dynasty, he was not less bullied by these officials and gentry, and naturally he did not have a good impression of them.

With the concerted efforts of Jingying, Song Army, Dongchang, Jinyiwei and others, after going through many hardships and breaking through many obstacles, this batch of grain was finally sent to Ningyuan City, and the food crisis faced by the local people and the army led by Li You was finally temporarily alleviated.

The crisis on Li You's side was resolved, but Guan Ningjun and Jiannu's side couldn't afford it, although their food and grass were still enough, but other materials were becoming scarce day by day, and the weather was getting colder and colder, forcing them to find a way to seduce Li You out of the city for a decisive battle.