Ruan Chen's forehead showed a look of respect and fear on his face: "My lord, your prestige has already spread throughout the entire Yue Land. Pen ~ Fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info Speaking of which, the reason why Ruan Chen Heihu is extremely cautious about this battle is also to take into account the various changes since you took charge of Anzhou. No one thought that Dien Bien City would be captured in a short period of time, nor did they expect that you, my lord, would actually burn Dien Bien to the ground with a fire. In Yuedi, there is a legend in many tribes that you are the reincarnation of a fierce star and evil god. Even the most honorable great shaman has no chance of winning in front of you. The fiasco at Dien Bien City made His Majesty really want to reconcile the two families. Just last year, His Majesty summoned the tribal chiefs of various places to discuss the matter and wanted to reach a settlement with you, Your Excellency. However, the matter was put on hold after all. The main battle faction led by Nguyen Tran Hei Hu, who was the majority among the Viet Cong, agreed that even if they wanted to reconcile, they had to fight a battle with Anzhou before they could reach a conclusion. Now, Nguyen Tran Black Tiger's troops are being assembled from all over the country. 300,000 people are only an early concentration, and they are also the descendants of Ruan Chen Heihu. The remaining troops were stationed in a few places further south. They are waiting for the follow-up troops. Nguyen Tran Heihu attaches great importance to this battle and wants to gather as many troops as possible. In order to persuade the tribes who were watching to send troops, he personally traveled to various parts of the south to ask for tribal leaders. If Nguyen Chen Heihu can convince these people, then Nguyen Chen Heihu should be able to get about 400,000 warriors. In addition, in addition to the southern tribes, the royal families in the direction of Hanoi should also send troops, but it is not possible to determine the number of troops for the time being. After all, the king and the nobles still disagreed on whether to send troops or not. ”

Yang Tianhong fell silent.

300,000, plus 400,000, is as many as 700,000 Yue people.

In addition, there are Vietnamese people from Hanoi who are not counted.

That's an extremely large number.

However, Ruan Chen Heihu also tried his best to win this battle. In addition, there is another problem -- how can Nguyen Tran Heihu mobilize troops from so many places and request troops from all ethnic groups to send troops over a range of at least thousands of miles, so how can it be possible to assemble troops within a few months?

Regarding Yang Tianhong's question, Ruan Chen was a little depressed and puzzled: "I don't know where you heard that Ruan Chen Heihu will send troops within a few months? Nguyen Tran Black Tiger's offensive plan is set for next autumn, not this year. ”

Of course, Yang Tianhong has no news that Nguyen Chen Heihu will send troops within a few months. This is his temptation of Ruan Chen's forehead.

For those who surrender, one cannot disbelieve, nor can one believe all.

Seeing that Yang Tianhong was silent, Ruan Chen Eyu continued: "My lord, you won this battle and defeated me, plus the troops guarding here have surrendered...... Now, there are no sizable Yue troops near Yuan County. I really want to serve your lordship, and I am willing to serve you as the lord. I know that you are prejudiced against the Yue warriors, but since they have surrendered, can you ...... them?"

Yang Tianhong didn't wait for Ruan Chen Eyu to finish speaking, so he unceremoniously interrupted him and asked, "How much grain is stored in this granary?"

Regarding Ruan Chen's confession, Yang Tianhong actually didn't care at all. Under Ruan Chen's command, there are only 2,000 people who can fight. Even if you add the Yue tribe led behind him, the number is tens of thousands. Although Yang Tianhong has now changed a lot of policies towards the Yue people, he is still vigilant against these barbarians who have not yet given up the custom of cannibalism. To truly agree to Ruan Chen's request, it still depends on the specific performance of this person, and whether he really betrays the clan and serves himself. In the words of the Han people in the Central Plains, it is still necessary to have a letter of surrender, and it is necessary to use Ruan Chen's own knife to slash and kill several of his own compatriots. If you can't even do that, then there's no need to believe anything.

Ruan Chen's thoughts are actually similar. He knew very well that Yang Tianhong still didn't believe in his sincerity. It seems that Yang Tianhong didn't fully believe what he said before. It's no wonder that, as a superior person, skepticism has become an instinct. Ruan Chen Eyu is not a general of the Yang Mansion, so it is naturally impossible to be recognized with just a few words. Thinking in his heart, Ruan Chen did not forget to answer, and said respectfully: "Lord Hui, there are 700,000 stones of grain stored here. However, not all of them are rice. There is also a considerable part of coarse grains. ”

"700,000 stones?"

Yang Tianhong was very surprised by this number. He didn't expect there to be so many. Of course, 700,000 stone of grain is not a particularly huge number, even if it is the daily consumption of grain by the people of Anzhou, it is also in an extremely large range. Yang Tianhong was just puzzled by the way the Yue people stored grain. You must know that Yang Sui led his troops to attack around Yuan County before, and he had obtained more than 300,000 stone of rice from various Yue villages. In other words, this time when the troops were dispatched, Yang Tianhong just casually took down a place and seized as much as 900,000 stone of grain.

Of course, 900,000 koku of grain seems like a lot, but in fact, it is inconspicuous compared to the grain that is stored in the logistics warehouses in Anju and Pingju at every turn. The climate here is hot, and it is common to have three crops a year. In addition, the rivers are vertical and horizontal, and the water network is dense, so it is very easy to cultivate. The Central Plains region needs crops that can be harvested once a year, and the grain production here is also extremely abundant. To put it mildly, as long as you are a little diligent, it is difficult to starve to death in a place like Anju.

Food is a good thing. Speaking of which, all countries in the Central Plains are short of food. However, the magnitude of the food shortage varies. Among them, the drought-stricken states of Chu and Qi are the most seriously short of grain. There is also the Qin State, which is located in the westernmost part of the Central Plains, because the land area is mountainous and the cultivated land area is small, and the food supply is also insufficient all year round. At present, the Mengjia Commercial Bank has listed grain trade as a major strategic project. Yang Tianhong brewed a large amount of Qingling jade liquid in Anzhou, and the foundation was also derived from grain.

Ruan Chen Eyu was very smart and guessed that Yang Tianhong attached great importance to food. He smiled and said, "Actually, there are several granaries in other places to the south. As far as I know, the total amount of grain in reserve must be about four million stones. ”

Four million? Yang Tianhong's expression perked up. The purpose of the war is to plunder, even if this war does not get a large number of human slaves, then even if the grain of four million stones can give him a reason to send troops.

Ruan Chen Eyu seemed to have found a way to convince Yang Tianhong, and he smiled and said, "Those places are actually not far from Yuan County. The short is tens of miles, and the long is nearly 100 miles. It's just that there are many forests, rivers, and mountains that need to be crossed. The duty of the subordinate is to be responsible for guarding the granary guards in this area. If you want to get food, you can take these places without much effort, and you can also avoid the defenders from burning food. ”

Yang Tianhong didn't speak, just stood there, squinting at Ruan Chen's forehead. He hadn't cultivated to the point where he could see through people's hearts, and he couldn't see Ruan Chen's thoughts clearly. But no matter how you look at it, I feel that Ruan Chen's Eyu is too cooperative. In the words of another world, Ruan Chen's forehead is an out-and-out spy among the Yue people. But it is also another world's saying, Ruan Chen's forehead is to eliminate the estrangement between each other and become a great hero of national integration.

Thinking of this, Yang Tianhong couldn't help but shake his head and smile bitterly. Compared to the millions of stone grain that he might have obtained, did Ruan Chen's forehead Yu lie? Did he deliberately create an opportunity to escape? These things became irrelevant. Yang Tianhong looked at Ruan Chen's forehead and said slowly: "That's it! You go back to Yuan County with the palace first, and as for the issue of food, we will discuss it slowly." ”

This is indeed not the place to talk. As long as he returned to Yuan County, the thousands of surrendered Yue soldiers under Ruan Chen's Eyu could be firmly controlled. When the time comes, even if he wants to play any tricks, he won't be able to turn over the waves.

Yang Tianhong glanced at his subordinates who were already rebuilding the fortifications, and then turned to look at the small mountains full of boulders. Speaking of which, this place is really an easy place to defend and difficult to attack.

This mountain range is only ten miles away from the county seat of Yuanxian County, and there is a plain along the way, and the garrison here can indeed form a good defensive base that relies on each other with Yuanxian County. It's just not clear where the water source here comes from, and is it troublesome to replenish the water source?

"There is a river in the back mountain here, and there are more boulders there, so it is not difficult to build a secret path to carry water through the gaps in the mountains and rocks. ”

In response to Yang Tianhong's inquiry, Ruan Chen Eyu explained: "There is a large depression on the top of the mountain, and the rain formed a lake some time ago, and as long as it continues to be filled with water, it can store water. ”

The situation is very obvious, and Yang Tianhong also completely understands, he feels that if it weren't for Yang Sui's defeat first, and it was the kind of defeat that lost his armor and abandoned his armor, he would use Ruan Chen's carelessness after his victory to attack and kill, and it would not be impossible to attack this place at one time. However, there is still a very heavy cost of casualties. Despite its own advantages in weaponry, in this era, especially before the development of firearms, terrain superiority is still the absolute reliance of the defenders. What's more, besieging this place for a long time is definitely not a good way. It's a granary in itself, and there's no shortage of food at all, and it's not hopeless to cut it off, but the siege cycle will definitely be unimaginably long. In a word, it is impossible for the Yue people here to starve to death in the siege. On the contrary, because of the delay in time, all kinds of complex problems will appear again and again.

Yang Tianhong is very careful in doing things, he personally took people to check it, and there is indeed a waterhole on the mountain, and there is also a curved path built in the gap between the stones in the back mountain.

"This trail is also secretive, completely exploiting the blind spot of the human eye, and if you don't get close, you can't even notice it. Interesting......"

Yang Tianhong praised it and asked: "This path is manually excavated, whose hand is it?"

Ruan Chen pointed at himself, the expression on his face showed a little smugness, and the intention was very obvious.

"Oh, it's you!"

Yang Tianhong glanced at Ruan Chen's forehead with some surprise, looking at his rugged and brave appearance, he really couldn't see that he had that exquisite mind. He paused for a moment and asked, "So, the defense here must also be from your handiwork?"

Ruan Chen grinned and nodded: "My lord, it is obvious that there are guards here below, and everything is arranged from below." ”

Yang Tianhong didn't want to say anything more. He pursed his lips slightly, thinking to himself: "If this person really wants to serve me, he is a great general who can be cultivated." ”

Speaking of which, Yang Tianhong doesn't value identity. Whether it is a barbarian or a civilized person, as long as he has the ability and can be used by himself, then he has a value that can be valued. What about the Yue people, as long as there are no traitors on their side, then it is normal to appoint the Yue people barbarians. Interests are such a thing, and the effect is the same when applied to any race. If Ruan Chen's forehead is sincere, then Yang Tianhong will not be stingy to the extent of not giving anything.

There are no Yue tribes within dozens of miles around Yuan County. The area here has been divided on the map, and it is basically a residential area based on the homeless villages, and if you want to form a corner, Yang Tianhong, a mountain forest with dangerous terrain, will naturally have to make full use of it. He also had to find a place within a radius of thirty miles and build a fortress where he could garrison troops. In this way, then the entire defense chain of Yuan County will be considered complete.

On the way back, Yang Tianhong asked Ruan Chen a lot of things, and learned that in addition to the surrounding area, there were several granaries in other places. Especially in the area under the control of Nguyen Chen Heihu, millions of stone of grain were almost hoarded. This really shocked Yang Tianhong.

"It is unbelievable that the backward farming system of the Yue people can hoard so much grain!" Yang Tianhong was very surprised.

Ruan Chen said: "Ruan Chen Heihu has concentrated the savings of the whole clan for five or six years, and has been preparing for war. Speaking of which, these millions of grains are not a lot. Far away in the south, the territory is quite vast. There are many water systems, and it is very easy to cultivate rice fields, and millions of stones of grain and grass are only a drop in the middle. ”

Yang Tianhong still believes this statement. After all, a similar situation was mentioned in the information presented by "Cell".

Yang Tianhong asked Ruan Chen's Yu Yue people how many people there were, but the answer he got was somewhat vague. The Yue people are not a country in the strict sense of the word, and they do not even have the habit of registering their household registration at all, and no one knows exactly how many people there are. Ruan Chen Eyu is only a small tribal leader, I am afraid that even Ruan Chen Heihu or the king of the Yue tribe himself will not be able to answer this question.

Back in Yuan County, Yang Tianhong asked people to arrange a resting place for Ruan Chen's forehead, which naturally had the meaning of surveillance. He ordered the older Yang Qian to directly instruct: "There is a plain to the west of Yuan County, and ten miles away there is a granary built in the middle of the mountain, which contains 700,000 stones of grain. All you have to do is leave 20,000 people there, enough to feed for half a year. The rest of the part was immediately mobilized and transferred to the Yuan County reserve. ”

Yang Qian has been following Yang Tianhong south, temporarily responsible for handling various affairs in Yuan County, of course he knew the news of the capture of the granary, but when he heard that there were 700,000 stone grains, he still felt shocked. Yang Qi quickly came back to her senses, agreed with great excitement, and went down to do something.

Yang Tianhong called Yang Ze, the personal guard, and ordered: "This duke will write an order, you will personally go back to Anzhou, and let Lord Assassin Shi Cao and Luo Fang act according to the order of this duke." Note that this matter is not trivial, and it is related to the resettlement of millions of displaced people in Yuan County. You must hand over the letter to Lord Thorn in person, and there must be no omission. ”

Yang Ze naturally responded to the order.

Before heading south, Yang Tianhong knew that some grain would be captured in the battle. However, Yang Tianhong never expected that there would be so many seizures. In this way, it is obvious that the preliminary preparations are somewhat insufficient, and new measures need to be taken, and it is also necessary to mobilize manpower from Anzhou and Pingzhou as soon as possible, otherwise it will only rely on the auxiliary troops of the Xuanhuo Legion to transport food, when will it be transported? In addition, the number of carriages also needs to be requisitioned.

Back at the military tent, Yang Tianhong ordered someone to find a topographic map of the south drawn by the "cell". He quickly found on the map the location of the granary that Ruan Chen Eyu had mentioned in the conversation earlier. As Ruan Chen Eyu said, these places are indeed far away from Yuan County. But the benefits are also obvious, as long as these places can be successfully captured, at least the difficulty of logistical supply can be greatly reduced. It was of great help to the expansion of the scope of Pingju and Anzhou, as well as the plan to go south.

"In addition to the need for the people to endure the need to continue to increase, the combat troops should also be transferred to another part ......"

Thinking of this, Yang Tianhong frowned again and muttered to himself: "Yang Sui's department was defeated, and this part is temporarily abolished." This guy, alas!"

In a small number of operations, the attack on the Vietnamese cottages around Yuan County was not a big loss. It's just that the climate in the south is hot, and some of the injured have temporarily lost the ability to fight again because of the lack of adaptation to the water and soil. The biggest casualties were the deaths and wounds of thousands of soldiers when they captured the mountains. All in all, as many as thousands of soldiers have evaporated during this period of time. The troops used in Yang Tianhong's plan are only close to the figure of 50,000.

Of course, it is not the whole of the Xuanhuo Legion, but only the tentative strength used to stabilize the surrounding areas of Yuan County. But in any case, even if one of these people died in battle, Yang Tianhong still felt very distressed.

"Nima, an unknown Ruan Chen Eyu, relying on the convenience of the terrain can inflict such heavy casualties on our army, so what if there are a few more terrains like the current one, or a few more people like Ruan Chen Eyu or more powerful than him?"

Yang Tianhong instinctively felt that this was not impossible: "What's more, whether it is two months or next year, Ruan Chen Heihu will be entangled in the army to kill." In short, the future battles must be fought within the favorable range that I have chosen. If you encounter today's situation again, you can either give up or look for another target. Speaking of which, these methods should also be known to the leading generals below as soon as possible. The gains and losses of one place and one city should not lead to large-scale losses of troops. (To be continued.) )