Chapter 44: A Gambling Contract with Wei Ze
Hearing that there was food coming, the people who had just said that they were going to leave did not leave, and followed Li Feng to the gate of the city.
Outside the city, Wei Ze rode on horseback, heroic and heroic, and behind him were piles of gold, silver, and jewels like hills, as well as rows of small carts loaded with grain beside him, as well as a number of livestock.
Li Feng was overjoyed and personally went out of the city to greet him: "General Wei saved me Youzhou." ”
Wei Ze's archer clenched his fists: "Lord Wang, fortunately, I am not dishonored." Erlongshan has been cleared by the last general, and more than 1,000 bandits have been exterminated, but it is a pity that the three bandit leaders saw that the situation was not good and fled away, but all the cottage materials were seized. ”
Li Feng was even happier and took Wei Ze's hand to welcome him into Youzhou.
The gold, silver and jewels in the back were escorted by the soldiers and pulled into the city under the expectant gaze of the people.
Ahead, Li Feng asked Wei Ze in a low voice: "How much grain is there?" ”
"Less than 5,000 stones."
Li Feng had a headache again, there were now 140,000 people in Youzhou City, and even if they ate eight taels a day, they would consume more than 1,000 stone of grain a day, and these grains would last for five days at most.
Five days later, if there was no news from Fang Cheng's side, the people would have to run away again.
When the two returned to the palace, Wei Ze looked at the table and bedding placed at the door and was very puzzled.
Liu Ji explained, and Wei Ze was convinced: "The prince's plan is very good, and the end will be admired from the bottom of my heart." ”
Li Feng smiled: "Who did you learn this from?" If you can't shoot well, don't shoot it. Liu Ji, let people put things in, don't put them away. ”
Liu Ji didn't understand: "Lord Wang? ”
"If these things are still here, the people will think that we still don't have enough food, and people's hearts are still unstable, so they bring them in and tell them that there is enough food, and I don't have to share weal and woe with them."
Liu Ji's admiration for Li Feng has reached the bones, this prince is simply a genius.
Wei Ze also admired Li Feng very much, but he was still a little strange why this prince had such a bad reputation before.
After entering the study, Li Feng asked, "What is the specific situation of suppressing bandits?" ”
"After the defense of Youzhou, the three mountains went back, Erlong Mountain suffered the heaviest losses, I took the soldiers and horses to raid, they ran away without too much resistance, and looked at the direction to go to Peach Blossom Mountain."
"There are two leaders in Peach Blossom Mountain, Yang Ning in the upper nine heavens, Liu Dao in the lower nine yin, and now there are three more leaders in Erlong Mountain, I am afraid it will be even more difficult to eliminate them."
Li Feng smiled: "You are wrong, it will be easier to eliminate them in this way." ”
Wei Ze was puzzled and interrogated Li Feng about the reason.
The last time Li Feng commanded the defense of Youzhou, he was beaten badly, and he really wanted to take revenge, he looked at Wei Ze and smiled mysteriously.
"General Wei, how about we make a bet?"
"Bet on what?"
"I bet that we can take Peach Blossom Mountain without blood."
Wei Ze shook his head again and again, and said in his heart that he had just praised Li Fengtian for his genius, but he didn't expect to be slapped in the face so soon, and this prince was afraid that he was a little crazy.
"General Wei doesn't believe it?"
"Sanshan Cholera Youzhou has been in Youzhou for a long time, and those who fall into the grass are all ruthless, where is it so easy to surrender."
Li Feng smiled a little treacherously: "If I lose, the three million silver in the treasury, General Wei can take one million taels." ”
"If I win, how about General Wei do a little trick and leave me a hundred veterans."
Wei Ze was shocked, it turned out that Li Feng had this idea, not to mention a hundred veterans, even a veteran, and it was not something he could leave without permission.
Once this kind of thing is discovered, his life will be lost.
"Don't laugh at the prince."
"Well, if I lose, I'll give it to a million pairs of hands. If I win, how about buying you a hundred veterans for one million taels, you can discuss this matter with Liang Feiyang. ”
"What does the prince want a hundred veterans to do?"
Li Feng said: "Youzhou City was originally scheduled to have 1,000 guards, but the corpse of the predecessor Zhizhou Huang Xian was vegetarian, and there were only 600 soldiers in Youzhou during the defense of the war, and now there are all dead and wounded. ”
"I need to retrain the new defenders to avoid the same situation as the Battle of Youzhou."
The reason is reasonable, Wei Ze said that he still has to go back and talk to the town guard.
"No problem, then without further ado, let's go now."
Wei Ze was taken aback: "The prince wants to go over in person?" ”
"Since it's a gambling contract, of course I have to be there in person. During my absence, Liu Ji was in charge of the government affairs of Youzhou City, and the military affairs were temporarily handed over to Zhang Shoulin. ”
"Lord Wang, I'm worried about your safety."
Li Feng smiled slightly: "The defense of Youzhou has been fought, are you still afraid of this?" ”
Wei Ze knew that he couldn't persuade him, so he had to agree.
The army had Wei Ze to do rectification, and Li Feng called Liu Ji and Zhang Shoulin, who was still recuperating from his injuries.
"I'm going out for a few days, Liu Ji, you are responsible for the government affairs in the past few days, you must appease the emotions of the people, and the policy of apportioning the land into the mu must also be written as soon as possible."
"Zhang Shoulin, you are in charge of military affairs, there should be no more bandits attacking the city in the near future. You need to pay attention to the security of the city, especially the granary, which must be guarded by yourself, and there must be no mistakes. ”
Liu Ji and Zhang Shoulin glanced at each other, and both saw the ecstasy in each other's eyes, one of them was originally a small six-rank official, and the other was just an ordinary guard, and after following Li Feng, they ushered in the peak so quickly.
Also, Zhao Kang in the cell kept a close eye on him and didn't let him come into contact with the outside world. The one named Xie Zhixin, if he takes the initiative to ask for an official, let him start with paperwork and sharpen his temperament. ”
The two knelt down to receive the order.
After Li Feng gave orders to the two of them, he rode to the temporary military camp outside the city.
Wei Ze had already counted the number of people, and when he came, it was two thousand, and he lost more than a dozen people after destroying Erlong Mountain, leaving more than 1,900 people.
Although Li Feng has the experience of commanding the defense of Youzhou, but the march and battle, or Wei Ze is more professional, Li Feng asked everyone to obey his command, and always pay attention to how the ancient march and battle were arranged.
The cavalry charge is fast, but the march is not fast.
Li Feng rode on a horse, as if he had come out to play.
After walking for a long time, two fast horses ran back from the front, said a few words to Wei Ze and left.
Wei Ze came to the position of the Chinese army to report: "Lord Wang, visit the Malay report, it is Peach Blossom Mountain not long ahead, and there is no sentry along the way, so you can move forward with confidence." ”
"Then hurry up, I can't wait to see what Peach Blossom Mountain looks like, I hope the mountain is as its name suggests, full of peach blossoms."
Wei Zexin said that the reputation of Youwang is really not in vain, and now it is almost autumn, and the peach blossoms have long been gone, where did the mountains of peach blossoms come from.
The army marched quickly, and the hoofs of the horses rumbled like thunder.
When approaching Peach Blossom Mountain, Li Feng asked the army to dismount and stop, and set up camp to cook.
Wei Ze was a little surprised: "Lord Wang, don't you attack?" ”
"I said, the soldiers will take Peach Blossom Mountain without blood. Send a few people over and shout to them, saying that we are here for the three leaders of Erlong Mountain this time, and we want Taohua Mountain to hand over the people. ”
After hearing this, Wei Ze's expression was surprised at first, but it was quickly distorted by shock.
God!
A stroke of genius!