Yao Qiong arched his hand and said: "At present, the city can only take out 10,000 stone grain and grass, 1,000 gold, 200 cattle, 500 sheep, and 300 horses!" ”

Qin Feng listened to the number reported by Yao Qiong, and was furious on the spot: "Someone came, dragged this person out, cut off his head, and threw it on the head of Jicheng City, and told the people in the city that it is not enough to have a pound of food and gold, and there is still a sheep left in the city, and this general will raze Jicheng to the ground!" ”

A few armor soldiers came over with a ferocious momentum, dragging Yao Qiong to leave.

Yao Qiong's face turned pale with fright, and hurriedly said: "The general is slow, the general asks for so much grain, grass and gold, and the city can't take it out anyway, even if the general is beheaded, it will be useless, it's better to be more realistic, so that the city can take it out, and it won't let the soldiers and civilians in the city starve to death, so that they won't desperately defend the city!" ”

Qin Feng waved his hand when he heard this, and a few business soldiers let go of Yao Qiong.

After Yao Qiong was let go, he breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, it was too dangerous just now, if he hesitated a little, he was afraid that his head would have fallen to the ground at this moment.

Yao Qiong straightened his clothes and said to Qin Feng: "General, I can't hide it, now there are 30,000 stones of grain and grass and 3,000 catties of gold in the treasury, and the general asks for 50,000 stones of grain and grass and 5,000 catties of gold, Wei Duan can't take it out at all, even if he can take it out, he can't give it all to the general, the officials in the city need to pay salaries, and the defenders also need grain and grass and military expenses, if he doesn't have half a penny of money and grain and grass in his hand, how can he order officials and soldiers and horses?" ”

"If he can't command the officials and the soldiers and horses in the city, his assassination history is a false name, so the general can't force him to a dead end, if he is forced to a dead end, he will order everyone in the city to fight with the general, the general is just asking for food and wealth, why do you want to kill a thousand enemies and lose eight hundred?"

Qin Feng touched his chin and asked, "How much do you think Ben is going to ask for?" ”

"30,000 stone of grain and grass, 3,000 catties of gold, 1,000 cattle, 3,000 sheep, and 2,000 horses, this is the limit! In this way, Wei Duan can take out a batch by himself, and then find a batch of big scholars and landlords in the city to apportion, the people only lose some livestock, they still have rations, and the apportionment has nothing to do with them for the time being, so they will not jump over the wall in a hurry! ”

"After Wei Duan took out a batch, there was a slight surplus in the treasury, and he would not risk his death to fight hard with the general, and the big families and landlords in the city were not stripped of their families, and everyone was still able to live, so that they would not go bankrupt and not have a bite to eat!"

Qin Feng thought about it for a while, and had to admit that this guy's analysis was reasonable, but he didn't know how much Wei Duan would extort from those nobles and landlords when he was looking for them.

But this has nothing to do with him, as long as the city is not monolithic, his extortion of Liangzhou this time will definitely succeed.

He said to Yao Qiong: "Okay, according to what you said, 30,000 stone grain and grass, 3,000 catties of gold, 1,000 cattle, 3,000 sheep, and 2,000 horses, which will be delivered outside the city in the early morning tomorrow, will receive a natural retreat, if you dare to play tricks, you will regret it!" Someone, send off! ”

It wasn't until the moment he stepped into the city gate that Yao Qiong breathed a sigh of relief, his life was finally saved, in order to save his life, he had to sell some of the interests of Jicheng, only in this way could Qin Feng believe it, but at the same time, he thought that he had done a good deed for the soldiers and civilians of Jicheng and saved their fate from being slaughtered by the city

Back at the Thorn Mansion, before Yao Qiong had time to report to Wei Duan, Wei Duan's son Wei Kang came up and asked, "Mr. Yao, how is it?" ”

Yao Qiong said: "Wait until you see the envoy!" ”

The two walked into the lobby together, and Yao Qiong reported Qin Feng's bottom line to Wei Duan alone.

After listening to this, Wei Duan said, "It's still too much!" ”

In order to show his merits and the importance of the Flame Army's military camp this time, Yao Qiong deliberately fabricated some facts, "Envoy, after many trials, this condition is already Qin Feng's final bottom line, and he won't give in to any less!" Moreover, the Flame Army is building siege equipment, and it seems that if we don't meet his conditions, we will attack the city tomorrow morning! ”

"Moreover, although Qin Feng's bottom line is still very outrageous, it is also within the scope of the monarch's acceptance, the treasury will take a part, and the nobles and landlords in the city will be able to get together another part, so that Qin Feng will not attack the city regardless of casualties!"

"If the envoy does not agree, once Qin Feng attacks the city, after the city is broken, whether the envoy can continue to serve as the assassin does not matter, I am afraid that the lives of the whole family will be worried, and the whole army and civilians will be slaughtered!"

Wei Duan asked, "How can you be sure that Qin Feng will definitely withdraw his troops and return to Chang'an after receiving this money and livestock?" ”

Yao Qiong arched his hand and said: "Envoy, after entering the camp, I took the opportunity to go to the toilet to check the number of food they stored, with the scale of the flame's troops, they only have seven days of grain and grass left at most, and I thought that this was also the reason why Qin Feng asked for money, grain and livestock, if there was no supply, they would not be able to return to Chang'an, and the army would be scattered on the way due to lack of food!" ”

"If you don't give money, food and livestock, Qin Feng will definitely attack the city desperately! Moreover, since he had received the money, food, and cattle from the envoy, he knew that there was not much left in the city, so why should he waste his troops and go back on the city? ”

Wei Duan couldn't help but nod after hearing this, it turned out that the Flame Army returned to Chang'an with insufficient grain and grass, so he went to Jicheng to raise food, after knowing the inside story, he no longer hesitated, and immediately agreed: "Okay, according to what he said, I will go out of the city early tomorrow morning to hand over!" ”

Under the constant urging of the officials and soldiers sent by the Assassin's Office, the nobles and landlords successively sent the grain, grass and gold that had been showcased, and the government sent soldiers to collect the cattle of the people's homes and the cattle of the cattle traders.

In order to gather enough 2,000 horses, the Assassin Mansion had to pull out all the war horses in the army to make up the number.

Early the next morning, Qin Feng sent Zhu Ling to bring someone to receive it, and the two sides handed over at the east city gate.

After checking, 30,000 stone of grain and grass, 3,000 gold, 1,000 cattle, 3,000 sheep, and 2,000 fine horses, the numbers were correct.

After another day, the Flame Army finally withdrew from its camp, and the soldiers and civilians of Jicheng who got the news were greatly relieved.

Qin Feng knocked another good this time.

On the way back to Chang'an, Qin Feng and Ma Yunlu rode side by side, Ma Yunlu said: "I didn't expect this Wei Duan to be so unhelpful, and he obediently handed over the money, grain and livestock as soon as he was scared by you!" ”

Qin Feng said with a smile: "Whether he pays it or not depends on whether he dares to bet on whether I will attack the city, if I attack the city, he will lose, so he doesn't dare to bet!" ”

Ma Yunlu snorted coldly: "If I were Wei Duan, I would never compromise, the dignified assassin of a state was extorted from so much money, grain and livestock, this official doesn't do it!" ”