Chapter 601: Ping Sibao County (Three) [Please give me a monthly ticket]


    Chen Tang held a busy meeting to discuss where to send troops and staffing, and Qiu Cheng was naturally not idle either.


    Qiu Cheng asked: "According to you, what should we do this?"


    The atmosphere in the conference hall was calm.


    Someone tried to say, "Can you borrow food?"


    Qiu Cheng was frowning: "Who should I borrow it from?"


    In this situation this year, the landlord''s family has no surplus food.


    Otherwise, I wouldn''t have set my sights on Chen Tang.


    Someone said again: "Why would you rather write to the leader?"


    The leader he mentioned was the initiator of the Dragon Slaying Bureau—


    Huang Lie.


    Qiu Cheng recalled Huang Lie''s nest, glanced at the corner of his mouth, and said in his heart: [Huang Lie is a rascal rogue, he still owes his own money and food to pay back, and the refugees and bandits below have hundreds of thousands of yuan. People are still worried about how to raise so many mouths, so how can he borrow them? 】


    Everyone thought about the forces with good relationships.


    The farther ones have food, but the transportation is not timely.


    Some people are poor lately, so they tighten their belts and live.


    After some discussion, it was bleak.


    The core of their meeting was not to worry about how strong Chen Tang''s soldiers were - in fact, in the Longwu County, no matter how many soldiers were recruited, they could not recruit many soldiers. Even if they could be recruited, they could not afford them, not to mention that there was a Yonggu Pass that had to share the troops.


    Chen Tang had to transfer tens of thousands of people if he wanted to send troops.


    I will never let this guy take care of the Sibao County, and he will not care about the soldiers from Yonggu Pass and keep anyone in the house in his nest?


    Qiucheng is really not afraid of thousands of people.


    What he was afraid of was the follow-up issues of the two sides'' war.


    In fact, his current situation is still worse than Chen Tang.


    At least Chen Tang is not short of food.


    He is not only short of food but also short of money.


    The rich and wealthy families in Sibao County had already escaped from the previous few disasters. Qiucheng wanted to "borrow" money from the local tyrants but could not find a partner. The only thing that is thankful is that he was born in the Qiu family. After being held hostage by Zheng Qiao in the big house, he took out the Qiu family flag early and took most of the Qiu family''s resources into account. Relying on the relationship between in-laws and old friends, a batch of materials can also be collected for emergency response.


    But there are only emergency responses.


    The three armies advanced before they moved their food and supplies.


    The gap in war cannot be filled by this point.


    How to fill it out has become a difficult problem.


    The batch of grain in Nanyu County can only last for a while.


    At this moment, someone whispered a suggestion. Everyone present was a literary scholar/a brave warrior, with a clear ear and a clear eye, so he could hear it clearly. They also read this proposal in their hearts, but no one was embarrassed to make it.


    Add to increase taxes to the common people in the country!


    Qiu Cheng was embarrassed: "I''m afraid this is inappropriate, right?"


    He said something bad, but he was also moved inside. He sighed, "In the past few years, the common people have not lived a good life. The first two county magistrates were greedy and banned miscellaneous taxes, which made the people resentful... How can I learn from their methods?"


    This year it is still drought and grain output has dropped sharply.


    "How is it wrong? If the lord had not worked hard for the past two years to restore the people, I would not know what the situation of these four treasure counties would be. Now that the thief is coming, the war is rising again. If the common people do not want their families to destroy them, they should do their best, which is natural."


    The person who spoke was a burly middle-aged general. He was extremely resentful.


    When talking about the word "sincere" he even gritted his teeth.


    Nothing else, the Ninth Five Doctors whose head was picked off by Chen Tang was his younger brother. When he suddenly learned about the bad news, he wanted to put on his wings to chop Chen Tang. Others may not want to fight this battle, but he is a firm pro-war faction with full fighting spirit.


    There were many voices that agreed with him at the moment.


    Someone strikes while the iron is hot: "Lord, going to war with the thief will be more beneficial than disadvantages for us, and may be able to solve the urgent problem."


    If you start a war with Chen Tang, you will naturally annex the entire Longwu County and obtain all the other party''s inheritance. Although Chen Tang knew that his wealth was not revealed and he was very low-key in the past two years, it can be seen from the increasingly plump cheeks and the increasingly improved complexion of the common people under his rule that Longwu County is a fat sheep. Judging from the frequent business activities in Longwu County, the other party’s family is not bad.


    After successful annexation, you can get full blood in one mouthful.


    Qiu Cheng said, "How come I don''t know?"


    There is a win and there is a loss.


    It’s good to win, but what if you lose?


    With Chen Tang''s tone of the manifesto, he was afraid that there would be no chance of a comeback. He didn''t think the other party would stop.


    The current situation is that he has been forced to the cliff.


    In this battle, you can only win but not lose!


    Thinking of this, Qiucheng couldn''t help but secretly say bad luck.


    I thought my neighbor was an embroidered pillow, and I had a good temper. I didn’t expect that the other party was small but had a big temper.


    Everyone negotiated and finally reached an agreement.


    In extraordinary times, let the people under the ruler suffer for a while, and wait for the immediate crisis to be resolved, and the Longwu County will be annexed and compensated at that time.


    Then we discuss how to defend, guess where Chen Tang is invading, and who should we send to resist and guard one side.


    Miao Shu didn''t say a word during the whole process.


    Just looking more silent than before.


    She didn''t speak until it was almost over.


    Everyone looked at her: "...I have heard that since ancient times, many arrogant soldiers have led to defeat, but fewer than defeated the enemy. The thief''s tent may be really crouching tigers and hidden dragons... That day, we fought with his ambush, and the warriors under the tent will not be discussed for now. The literati deserve to be wary of..."


    "I don''t like to hear this. What does it mean to ''the arrogant soldiers lead to defeat''? When will we become arrogant soldiers?" The general who was in charge of the war frowned impatiently, feeling that Miao Shu was targeting him, and his brother''s death was related to Miao Shu''s incompetence, and he could get angry, "Before the war started, you have lost your fighting spirit, and cowards are trying to shake our military spirit, and their hearts are punished!"


    "It is not advisable to increase others'' ambitions and destroy one''s own prestige."


    "Are you completely timid when you fight the thief? Are you scared by others? What are the "pride soldiers" and the "understood enemy"? When an ants look at the stone, they feel the mountains and ridges. When they meet a puddle, they say that the sky is heavy and the sea... Humph! They are just incompetent people!"


    In fact, after she finished speaking, she realized that she had lost her composure.


    When I heard the ridicule of a few people in my ears, my face was silent.


    Only one person supports himself.


    It was the eighth-class Gongcheng who went to the same place and returned to the same place on the same day: "Her words are not unreasonable. I was misled by the outside world before and really thought that the thief was just a thief, so I was careless and underestimated the enemy and hurt so many chariots. Maybe I am really confident in saying this."


    Qiu Cheng gave up Miao Shu''s gaze for his sake: "Madam Shu, do you have a solution?"


    When Miao Shu heard this title, her hand in her sleeve was clenched tightly, and she felt ashamed, and she didn''t dare to look up, for fear of seeing other colleagues'' different eyes - Qiu Cheng had never called herself like this in public before, and had always been called by her position.


    The intimate nickname is called "Shu Niang"...


    It’s a bit of fun.


    She relaxed her mood and said, "I just proposed to borrow food from the leader of the alliance. Although it is inappropriate to borrow food, it is OK to borrow soldiers. Not only the leader, but all forces participating in the alliance can borrow soldiers. Even if they cannot, they can put pressure on the thief. The thief has sent troops to fight against the violent lord Zheng Qiao in the past two years, but the thief has attacked the lord at this moment. How can I know that this person is not a fan of the violent lord?"


    "Since you are a fan, you should be the same as the violent master and attack him!"


    ?(ノへ￣,)


    Thank God, it finally rained heavily for two or three consecutive days. The drought was so severe that it was so difficult to drink even a sip of water. The water was restricted every day... I had to pinch the time to take a bath, for fear that I would lose water after half of the wash...


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    (This chapter ends)