Chapter 190: Jinyang City Grain Prices
A soldier hurried over to report it.
"Tell Zhang Taishou, Ma Junhou said that a large number of troops came to the north city gate, saying that the general of Zhenbei is coming, do you want to open the city gate"
Zhang Yi and Feng Xi were shocked, they didn't expect this Zhenbei general to come so quickly.
The two hurriedly followed the soldiers and walked towards the north gate of Jinyang City.
At this time, the north gate of Jinyang City, the situation was tense, and the city gate, which was originally closed at night, was closed at this time. Today is Ma Cheng on duty, and he is pacing anxiously, looking at the thousands of elite soldiers outside the city wall, and saying that he is not afraid that it is fake. Although it can already be seen that the army below is definitely not the Huns, but he doesn't dare to let it in casually.
"Head, did you say that the army below is really General Zhenbei, why didn't I know that there was also General Zhenbei in Bingzhou" A tun chief leaned over to Ma Cheng's side and asked in a low voice.
"You ask me, who am I going to ask, don't talk about the state, even the entire Han has never heard of a general Zhenbei" Ma Cheng said angrily.
"That'...... That must be fake, yes. It's the one who came to attack the city," the little army turned pale with fright, and her legs trembled.
"That's not necessarily, it didn't have before, it doesn't mean that it won't be in the future, and if you come to Jinyang, you don't have to be so troublesome at all" said and glanced down again, and the two thousand archers below had already moved forward, and couldn't help but shrink their necks.
"People want to attack the city, we can't hold it at all, it's not a level at all"
"That'...... So what do we do. ”
"I've already sent someone to report to the county guard, and I'll talk about it when the county guard Zhang comes."
Time passed minute by minute, and the entire Jinyang City was in a hurry, and there were also those who dared to come to the north gate to watch, and the news spread throughout the entire Jinyang City for a while.
Wang Gang was a little impatient with waiting, and the joy he had when he saw Jinyang City was gone. He also ordered Chu Yu to lead two hundred archers to get closer to the city gate to scare the county guards on the city wall.
Two literati appeared above the city gate, raising their eyes to look at Wang Gang. A young scribe shouted.
"The person who came was General Zhenbei in person"
Wang Gang urged his horse to come to the city gate, and looked up. Wang Gang recognized that the old scribe on the city wall was Zhang Yi of Taiyuan County, and said with a smile.
"Mrs. Zhang hasn't seen him for a long time, he will come by order, please open the city gate quickly"
When Wang Gang approached, Zhang Yi naturally saw that the person who came was the newly appointed general of Zhenbei and Wang Gang. And Wang Gang had already recognized him, although he was a little reluctant, but he still ordered.
"General Zhenbei waits for a while, and the order will be given"
Zhang Yi immediately ordered the city gate to be opened, and walked to the city gate with Feng Xi to greet him. When the city gate opened, Wang Gang led more than a dozen soldiers to take Fan Chong and walked into the city gate first.
"I don't know that General Zhenbei is coming, and I will miss my humble position, and I ask the general to forgive me" Zhang Yi, Feng Xi came to Wang Gang's horse, and said with a deep salute.
"Zhang Taishou doesn't need to be polite, now in a special period, it is also appropriate to be cautious" Wang Gang jumped off the war horse and returned the salute to the two and said.
Fan Chong stepped forward, took out the holy decree from the brocade box, and handed it to the two of them.
This is also a process, after all, the king just said that he came by decree, so if he didn't show them the holy decree, it would seem a bit overwhelming.
Zhang Yi and Feng Xi unfolded the holy decree and hurriedly glanced at it, closed the holy decree, and handed it back to Fan Chong with both hands.
"Since there is no problem, let the army enter the city, and ask Zhang Taishou to help settle down"
"I don't know how many troops the general brought with him this time, and he also arranged grain and grass for his humble position," Zhang Yi asked in a low voice.
"Ben will bring a total of 14,000 troops this time, only 4,000 will come with Ben general, and the next 10,000 will be led by Zhang Liao, the general of the Huns, and it will be a little later to arrive."
Zhang Yi and Feng Xi glanced at each other, and there was a bitterness in their hearts.
"The military camp of Jinyang City is slightly smaller, I am afraid it is difficult to accommodate 14,000 troops, and because of the Wuyuan County captured by the Xiongnu, a large number of people poured into Taiyuan County, and Jinyang City also came a lot, and there is a shortage of food, I am afraid it is difficult to supply more than 10,000 soldiers with military rations."
Now the official food in the city is less than 2,000 quintals, barely enough for the defenders in the city to eat until next year, and there are more than 10,000 soldiers, Zhang Yi really has no choice.
"The matter of military rations will be solved by the general, let's arrange the military camp first," Wang Gang said with a little displeasure.
"This will be arranged" Zhang Yi couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief when he heard that Wang Gang had solved the military rations by himself, and hurriedly said.
"The Xiongnu troops are in Wuyuan, it is possible to raid Jinyang at any time, the guards of the city gate are somewhat insufficient, and the north city gate will be defended by the soldiers brought by the general, as for the other city gates, Zhang Taishou should strengthen patrols, don't give the Huns a loophole"
Wang Gang stationed in Jinyang, he must control a city gate, otherwise he will not be happy.
As soon as Wang Gang arrived in Jinyang, he adjusted the armament, Zhang Yi was very unhappy, but he had no choice but to act according to Wang Gang's orders.
And Wang Gang and Fan Chong, under the leadership of Feng Xi, walked towards the state capital.
The government of Bingzhou is in the southern city district, and they enter through the north city gate, which is equivalent to passing through the entire Jinyang City. There are seven or eight miles from north to south of Jinyang, and along the way, Feng Xi kept introducing the current situation of Taiyuan County to Wang Gang, which was also deliberately asked by Wang Gang.
"Feng Juncheng, there are so many hungry refugees in this city, why don't you see a place for soup soup in Jinyang City" Wang Gang looked at the people on both sides of the street, looking at them one by one. I couldn't bear it in my heart, and I was also a little dissatisfied with the practices of the Jinyang Mansion, so I couldn't help but ask.
Hearing Wang Gang ask about this, Feng Xi's heart tightened, and he sighed and said.
"Too many people have poured into Jinyang, and there is not much food in the Jinyang government, and there was a soup kitchen some time ago, but it had to be stopped in the past two days."
"There is not much food, do you want to watch these people die, is there no food on the market" Wang Gang's heart was even more dissatisfied.
"Subordinates...... The subordinate also asked Jinyang Ling, there is indeed no grain in the treasury, and as for the grain in this market, the government can't afford it" After Feng Xi finished speaking, he glanced at Wang Gang carefully.
He naturally knows the situation in the city, but he can't do anything, he was originally from a poor family, and he is also a clean breeze when he becomes a county prince, and the food prices in Jinyang City are controlled by the big families, and no one wants to listen to him at all.
"Oh, I can't afford it, what is the price of grain in Jinyang City now?"
"Four hundred dollars of rice"
"How much"
"Four...... 100 bucks"
"How can it be so expensive, it was only eighty yuan for rice when I was in Luoyang, did someone take the opportunity to raise prices. Take advantage of the fire to rob, the government doesn't care?"
Wang Gang stopped and looked at Feng Xi coldly.
A layer of fine beads of sweat appeared on Feng Xi's head, and a cold wind blew, and he couldn't help but shiver.
"Xiaguan...... Lower official, I don't know what to say"
"You tell the truth, you don't dare to touch them, you will dare"