Chapter 1161

Li Tong wanted to say that it's not good to have food, but considering that he also needs to make meritorious contributions, it's better not to turn against Chen dura, so he nodded, "well, as long as we have food and grass, we can send troops to build the state left guard. Anyway, we should help General Chen regain the territory."

Chen dura is very clear that Li Tong did this not to help himself, but to make meritorious service. But now they have a common demand. It's not time to tear down the stage, so they nodded and said, "OK, let me do it."

Chen dura did have some skills. With an old face, he just borrowed enough food from the nearby guard station for 20 days. With these times, in his opinion, it is not a problem to capture Jianzhou left back. As for how to solve the problem of food and grass at that time, it's just to repeatedly collect the food tax of the nearby people.

In order not to be punished, the suffering of the people has long been left behind by Chen dura.

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The Yamen of the capital's household department in the northern Ming Dynasty.

Xu Youzhen, the crown prince's young Fu, the great scholar and the Minister of justice of the Ministry of punishment, came here with a steady official step.

From the first grade officials to the, all the officials of the Ministry of household hurried out to meet them. Soon, even Jin Lian, the Minister of household, came out in neat official clothes. "Oh, I don't know

Lord Xu's visit is really far from welcome. "

"Hahaha, you're welcome, Mr. Jin." Xu Youzhen smiled, hahaha.

The two ministers walked to the Yamen of the Ministry of household together. While walking, Jin Lian asked with puzzlement, "Lord Xu, I don't know why you came to my ministry of household?"

"Hey, it's not the Liaodong war. This Li Tong lost his food and grass. Now more than 100000 troops don't even have food. How can they win the war? So I came to see if I can send them some food and grass first." Xu Youzhen said with a compassionate look.

Jin Lian, as the Minister of household, was very clear about Li Tong's request for money and food. For this reason, he also asked the emperor. The answer was that he needed to supply the grassland war first. If he had enough, he could support Li Tong.

In this regard, Jin Lian fully understood the holy meaning, which is why Li Tong sent documents and memorials again and again, but he didn't see any money and food. But now Xu Youzhen said hello to him about this. Of course, Jin Lian didn't dare to neglect the popular man in front of the emperor.

He didn't want to offend Xu Youzhen and disobey the emperor's order, so he asked tentatively, "Lord Xu, the emperor means to supply the needs of the grassland war first. If there is any surplus..."

"Look, the emperor has said that if there is any surplus, you can give it to General Li Tong. Is there any surplus now?" Xu Youzhen asked, grasping the loophole in Jin Lian's words.

"Yes, yes, but they are all prepared for the troops fighting on the grassland. Lord Xu, you know, after all, it is a battle with the main force of the five-star army. Who knows how long it will be?" Jin Lian replied with an embarrassed face, but he really didn't know that he had actually fallen into the other party's trap when he said these words.

Just as Jin Lian's words fell, Xu Youzhen burst into laughter, "Oh, I'm afraid Jin Daren is joking with me. You said that the main force of the five-star army will be faced on the grassland. Then I would like to ask, is there a powerful king of Wunan in the main force? He is now in Liaodong area? If General Li Tong fails because he doesn't have enough money and food support, once Liaodong area is completely lost, it will directly threaten the safety of our capital, and then it will be destroyed What's the use of taking Shicheng? Are you responsible? "

Jin Lian was stunned at this question. Indeed, if the security of the capital was threatened, it was obviously much more important than winning Shicheng.

Seeing that Jin Lian stopped talking for a while, Xu Youzhen patted each other on the shoulder and said, "for the safety of the capital and in case of an accident in the future, the Emperor may be angry with Lord Jin. I think General Li Tong should give some food and grass. Oh, by the way, this is a ten thousand Liang silver note. Although it's not much, it's also general Li Tong's intention."

A ten thousand silver note from Yang's Bank was put in Jin Lian's hand. It was indeed sent by Li Tong. He knew the manipulation of these officials in the imperial court, so he smashed the pot and sold iron to collect the twenty thousand silver notes, which made Xu Youzhen's presence here more reasonable.

Of course, Xu Youzhen will agree to do so. The most important thing is that Yang Chendong gave orders there. Seeing that Liaodong region is about to enter a relatively balanced stage, how much money and food is not a big deal at this time. On the contrary, giving more to Li Tong will give less to the Northern Ming army on the grassland, which may play a very positive role in the next war there.

Those who achieve great things must have superhuman vision. For example, take one step to see three steps, or even five steps or more. Obviously, Yang Chendong has such ability, and it is precisely because of this move that it has indeed played a great role in the future grassland war, causing great losses to the northern Ming army.

With 10000 taels of silver and a great reason in front of her, Jin Lian also laughed, "well, Lord Xu, I know how to do it."

Seeing that Jin Lian received the silver ticket with a smile and immediately called her deputy to start arranging the transportation of grain and grass, Xu Youzhen stood aside and laughed.

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Shicheng.

More than a month ago.

The grassland scenery in June is still very beautiful, especially when it rains. There are green water and grass everywhere. The green scene on the wide grassland will inevitably give people a relaxed and happy feeling.

In ordinary times, herds can often be seen around Shicheng, and from time to time, young Mongolian girls can be heard singing that moving and pleasant song. But now, none of this has happened. Although the water and grass are still very high and the scenery is very beautiful, the air here is indeed full of a killing taste and breath.

The ground suddenly vibrated for no reason, and ripples came from the low-lying water. Before long, a cavalry team of hundreds of people came here like a strong wind, and then fell. They are the Liaodong cavalry who are gaining popularity on the grassland recently.

It is only about ten miles away from Shicheng. All this has proved that the periphery of Shicheng is no longer safe.

Such things don't happen occasionally. They often happened three days ago. When these Liaodong cavalry first appeared here, they also fought with the light cavalry regiment of the new army responsible for patrolling the periphery of Shicheng.

Just as the two sides were engaged in a scuffle, more and more Liaodong iron cavalry appeared in all directions. If the light cavalry regiment had not reacted fast enough and their speed was fast enough, they quickly left the battlefield. I'm afraid no one could escape. Even so, in that war, nearly 100 soldiers of the light cavalry regiment stayed here forever.

Since the founding of the new army, it has rarely suffered such a big loss. Just when Liaodong iron cavalry had made a new army to retaliate and began to dig holes, to everyone's surprise, the new army did not have any movement, as if they were not the ones who suffered. This also greatly boosted the morale of Liaodong iron cavalry. They moved more frequently and were closer and closer to the starting city, There is a feeling that Lao Tzu is the first in the world.

The new army headquarters in Shicheng is holding a situation analysis meeting. The leaders of all departments in the new army are all together and are now under intense discussion.

"Junzuo, this Liaodong iron cavalry is really deceiving people too much. Our scouts saw from the city tower that they came to the place three miles below the city this morning. This is a provocation to us. We can't get used to him." Lv Zhuo, the commander of the first riding division, said angrily.

LV Zhuo is an old qualified person. It is difficult to find several people who are older than him in the position of teacher. Because his ability is not too outstanding, he is not promoted very quickly, but he has never used his qualification to pressure people. In addition, he has a good temper and rarely sees who he will be red faced with. Over time, everyone thinks he has lost his spleen. Unexpectedly, he is angry in public today.

It can be seen that Liaodong iron cavalry has been arrogant to what extent.

"Yes, three days ago, our Qingqi regiment was surrounded and lost a company's soldiers. This time, it is time for us to avenge blood and hatred. In any case, we can't spare them." Ma Bian, head of the Qingqi regiment, said angrily.

The other participants did not speak, but judging from the fact that none of them objected, they should have the same idea. Sitting in the first place, Hu mang looked at everyone's performance, and then looked at Yang Si, who came to listen, and shook his head helplessly.

As the commander of the army, Hu mang can hold the ground very well. In the past, no matter major or minor events, as long as he expressed his attitude and opened his mouth, no one would object anyway. But this time, it was obvious that everyone was angry. I was afraid that his personal authority alone could not be stabilized.

"You come." don't want to oppress people. Hu mang looked at Yang Si, who was gloating at all this, and said in an unhappy voice.

"Well, tiger head, don't be angry. I'll come, I'll come." Yang Si saw that tiger mang was really unhappy. He quickly begged for mercy, and then coughed gently to attract everyone's attention. His voice also came out, "everyone, don't worry. If something happens, we'll discuss and solve it together. The sky can't fall."

"Mr. Yang, the sky really can't fall down, but our brothers can't do anything when they are provoked. It's really unbearable. Otherwise, how can our new Army stand in the world." Mr. LV Zhuo thought that Mr. Yang Si came out to live in the mud. When he said these words, he was still angry, and even vaguely reminded Mr. Yang Si, That is, this is the business of our new army, which has nothing to do with your logistics division.