At night, Wang Yue was led by a personal guard to the prefect's mansion to meet Liu Cheng.
When Liu Cheng saw him, he asked, "Is there any news about Yang Feng and Yu Fuluo?"
Wang Yue cupped his fists and said, "Yes, General Yang Feng's 30,000 bandit troops and Yu Fuluo's 10,000 Huns cavalry are currently entrenched in Linli County.
They occupied the county seat and killed all the officials in the city.
There were also many civilians in the city.
Killed, according to inference, hundreds of people currently alive in Linli County I'm afraid less than half of them have surnames.
Many women have been abused by bandits and Huns.
The weather is getting colder these days and there are signs of snow.
Therefore, these bandits and Huns are entrenched in Linli County and have not moved.
However, It will be hard to say when the weather improves a little bit.”
"In addition, in view of the large force and destructive power of the bandit army and the Huns, Han Fu, the newly appointed shepherd of Jizhou, was worried that Yang Feng and Yu Fuluo would send troops eastward to Yecheng, so he mobilized 6,000 elite troops, led by general Qu Yi. , and stationed troops between the Huan River and Zhang River to prevent Yang Feng and Yu Fuluo."
Compared with the more than 40,000 troops of Yang Feng and Yu Fuluo combined, the strength of 6,000 men is indeed a bit small.
The attack is weak, but the defense is sufficient.
With the Huan River in the middle and the 6,000 elite troops of Qu Yi blocking the way, Yang Fenghe Yu Fuluo had some difficulties in entering Yecheng.
Liu Cheng walked to the Kan map and looked at it.
He took a pen and marked Yang Feng and Yu Fuluo's troops in Linli County, and marked Qu Yi's 6,000 elite troops between Huan River and Zhang River.
Then he asked: "Is there any news about the situation in Hedong and Shangdang?"
Wang Yue said: "Although Shangdang is close, there are mountains and mountains along the way and the road is difficult.
The news came a little later and there is no accurate news yet.
On the contrary, there is detailed news from Hedong.
Guo Da and Li Le commanded 50,000 troops.
He was entrenched in Jiangyi, Pishi, Linfen, Xiangling, Beiqu, Pingyang and Yangxian.
Guo Da was in Jiangyi , personally commanded 30,000 troops to defend Hedong County soldiers; Li Le commanded 10,000 troops to garrison Pishi to defend Niufu, Shaanxi.
There were more or less troops stationed in other counties.
In the past few months, the bandits captured the city and grabbed a lot of food and supplies for the winter.
No worries, now that the weather is cold, the bandits are not worried about running out of food, so they have stopped expanding."
Liu Cheng also used pen and ink to mark the troop deployment of the Hedong bandit army on the Kan map according to Wang Yue's report, and then said to him: "If there is any news about the Shangdang, please report it immediately.
In addition, regarding the distribution of the bandit army, we will I hope the more details the better, sometimes there is a fundamental difference between a thousand people stationed in a county and a 3,000 people stationed there.”
Wang Yue cupped his fists and said: "I understand, the general will definitely order people to try their best to find out clearly."
After Wang Yue left, Liu Cheng thought for a while and sent someone to summon his staff and military lieutenant generals to discuss the matter.
As soon as the people sent there left, a small school came in outside the door and reported: "General, Bo Yangjun, the princess of Hanoi County, came to ask for an audience.
He also brought several followers with him to carry several large wooden boxes, which looked like they were filled with property."
"Oh" Liu Cheng was stunned for a moment, but he immediately understood what these people were here for, so he waved his hand and said: "Bring them in" "promise" After a while, Yang Jun was led in by the soldiers.
He was followed by four servants carrying two wooden boxes.
He bowed to Liu Cheng and said, "I'm here to pay my respects to the general."
Liu Cheng asked: "Master Yang, why do you come to see me so late?"
Yang Jun looked around and saw that there was no one else except the guards around him, so he handed over his hands and said: "General, I have also heard about those businessmen who were driving up prices and were arrested and imprisoned in cells under the general's order.
These people are indeed Damn it, he actually ignored the overall situation for his own selfish interests.
It would not be an exaggeration for the general to kill them all, but these businessmen are the pillars of Hanoi County's business community.
If these people are all killed The market order in Hanoi County will inevitably be in chaos.
The businesses they engage in are daily necessities for the people.
Without them, the food and clothing of the people will be a big problem.
On behalf of all the officials and people in Hanoi County, the official asks the general for help.
Can you spare them the death penalty?
You see, these are some money that their family members shamelessly raised from relatives and friends to atone for their sins.
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Please accept it, General."
Two wooden boxes were opened, and two boxes filled with five baht coins were exposed.
Liu Cheng just glanced at it and said, "Although I ordered their houses, shops and warehouses to be searched, I also know that Their wealth is definitely more than So a little bit, who doesn’t understand the principle of cunning rabbits and three burrows, let alone those treacherous businessmen who explode two ounces of oil even when mosquitoes fly over?
There are twenty or thirty people in total, and they just want to use such a small amount of money to buy their lives.
It’s too worthless.”
Yang Jun didn't expect Liu Cheng to be so greedy.
He had confiscated such a large batch of goods and money, and now he wanted to extort a huge sum of money.
However, the situation was stronger than others, so he had to say: "I also know that I want to buy such a small amount of money."
Their lives are indeed short.
I don’t know how many subordinates the general wants to go back to discuss with their families."
Liu Chengdao: "Based on the standard of these two boxes of five baht, each person has one box.
Once the money is delivered, they can go home."
Yang Jun was so shocked that he took a few steps back, thinking that this man's appetite must be too big.
You must know that those shopkeepers are their domestic slaves.
There are more than one such domestic slaves in each family.
How can the life of a domestic slave be worth so much?
How much does it cost?
Yang Jun shook his head and smiled bitterly: "General, your asking price is too harsh.
Besides, their family can't afford so much money, and their lives are not worth such a large box of money."
Liu Cheng shook his head and smiled: "Master Yang, I don't understand.
These businessmen are either the backbone of the family.
If they are beheaded in public, their family will definitely fall.
It's hard to say whether the family can guarantee that the family property will not be embezzled by others.
Moreover, Some of them are just domestic slaves of some aristocratic families, but they control the affairs of the aristocratic families behind them.
Business management network, once they die, the family business of those aristocratic families will plummet, and the market will even be occupied by other aristocratic families, and they will be squeezed out of the business circle.
After all, their lives are really not of ordinary value, unless they are behind them.
The aristocratic family really doesn’t want the family business, and will live a life of eating rice bran from now on.”
Liu Cheng's words struck a chord in Yang Jun's life, and beads of sweat appeared on his forehead.
He weighed it in his mind, and cupped his hands and said: "What the general said is unreasonable.
I will go back and talk to their families."
After some discussion, we should treat them with affection and reason, and also ask the general to postpone the execution for a few days to give them sufficient time to raise money."
Liu Cheng waved his hand: "Okay, you go ahead.
I will give them three days to raise money.
If they don't send the money within three days, they will be dead."
"Yes, yes, I will take my leave."
Liu Cheng looked at Yang Jun's leaving figure with a sneer on his face.
Soon, Jia Xu, Xu Shu, Shi Tao, Chen Dao, Wang Shuang, Zhang Liao, Yang Ru and other generals and majors arrived respectively.
Liu Cheng said to everyone: "Mr.
Zhu went to preside over the recruitment matters, and I did not send anyone to inform him.
I have invited you here so late because I already have some definite information about the bandit army in the north of Hanoi.
According to the spies, I According to the news, Yang Feng, one of the bandit leaders, led 30,000 cavalry and the 10,000 Huns cavalry rebels led by the Xiongnu Yufuluo were in Linlu County in the north of Hanoi County.
Now that the weather is severe, they plundered sufficient After supplies Huddled in Linli County.
In addition, our army spies discovered that Han Fu, a newcomer to Jizhou, sent general Qu Yi to lead 6,000 troops to garrison between Zhangshui and Huanshui in order to prevent the bandits from attacking eastward and attacking Yecheng, where Jizhou was governed. time, because there are two rivers Due to the obstruction and surveillance by the Jizhou Army, coupled with the weather, the bandit army did not dare to advance eastward, and did not want to go south to use force with the Hanoi County troops.
Should our army immediately send troops northward, or should we wait for the weather to improve before sending troops?
I wonder if you have any thoughts and suggestions?
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" After hearing this, everyone in the meeting was digesting Liu Cheng's words.
Colonel Yang Ru, the commander of Shesheng, clasped his fists and said, "General, the weather is very cold now.
Our soldiers' clothing to keep out the cold is no thicker than that of the bandits.
If we march in such weather, once it snows heavily, Our army's combat power will inevitably be greatly reduced, or it will be trapped in the middle and unable to advance or retreat, and it will also be difficult to transport food and grass, and the pressure on logistics will increase exponentially."
This is not unreasonable.
When marching and fighting, you must consider the factors of the right time, place, and people, and these factors are still the top priority, especially the weather and terrain.
A little carelessness may cause a major defeat or the annihilation of the entire army.
Liu Cheng nodded and said: "Colonel Yang mentioned the difficulties of the army marching and fighting in today's weather.
It is also a problem we have to face and consider.
Do you have any other ideas?"
Jia Xu cupped his hands and said: "My Lord, there has been a winter truce since ancient times.
The custom of fighting again in the coming year is because the bad weather in winter has caused great difficulties to marching and baggage.
The soldiers also have many complaints and their morale is not high.
Especially It is the loss and difficulty of supplying baggage.
Once the army is short of food, it will have the greatest impact on military morale.
But if we can find a way to overcome the problem of baggage transportation, this battle is not impossible to fight."
Liu Cheng thought for a while and said to the generals: "Let's put aside the logistics and heavy transportation.
Do the soldiers have many complaints about marching in such weather?
Is the morale not high enough?
Chen Dao, Wang Shuang, Zhang Liao, Yang Ru , you all tell me."
Chen Dao stood up and clasped his fists and said: "My Lord, before I changed the training subjects and intensity of the soldiers of the Northern Army and strengthened military discipline, I thought that the soldiers at that time would definitely complain a lot if they marched and fought in such weather, but since After the lord changed the drill subjects, intensity and emphasis on military discipline of the soldiers, this situation has been improved.
It has been ten days since we set off from Luoyang and arrived here.
Most of the soldiers under his command had no complaints.
They immediately packed up their equipment and gathered them when they were told to march.
They then set up camp and rested.
After eating, they went into the camp tent and lay down to sleep.
There were no complaints, only the original shooting sound of those who joined later.
Only the soldiers in the school captain's department had complaints, but most of them persisted, and they didn't have anything to say, but it turned out that they were still a little unhappy."
Jia Xu did not follow Liu Cheng to the Northern Army camp every day, but only went occasionally.
He was not familiar with the training conditions and military discipline of the Northern Army soldiers.
He asked curiously: "Why?"