After a different kind of happiness that night, the potter also realized that Xi Shi, like Shangguan Wan'er, the two stunning beauties had fallen in love with him and were willing to marry him.
Then for the potters, there is only one thing left to hold a formal military wedding ceremony, and it is logical to ask for their marriage additional talents.
If it was usual, when the time came, of course the potter would marry them immediately, and he couldn't wait to get the additional talent of marriage, but now, the potter was not in a hurry.
Because the potter wants to collect as much benevolence as possible from them.
There's no way, who called Meng Jiangnu's tear collapse talent, it really consumes too many points, the last time the tears broke down in the city, it cost him 400 points at once, and it directly made him a "poor bastard".
And in order to use the tears talent next time, the potter can only collect as many points as possible and as quickly as possible from his concubines.
It's just that although there are many concubines in Yejing, they have been married to the potters for some years, and all of them can be called "old husbands and wives".
Just like the pottery merchant during his stay in Yejing, although he had exhausted his mind and used all kinds of new means to be happy with the concubines, he only ordered more than 30 points to be collected from them after tossing for a long time If the potter marries Xi Shi and Shangguan Wan'er so quickly, and asks for their bodies, the freshness and excitement between each other will quickly weaken, and it will be even more unfavorable for the potter to search for the benevolent points generated by pleasure and love from them.
That's why the potters didn't marry them for a long time, in order to maintain a sense of mystery between them, so that he could use all kinds of "evil" means to make their hearts surge, so that he could find benevolence from them.
As for Shangguan Wan'er's persuasion talent, even if he doesn't marry Shangguan Wan'er, she can still use her talent as usual, so naturally there is no need to rush for a while.
There is also Xi Shi's critical attack talent, at the moment the pottery merchant is in the confrontation stage with the Taiping army, for a long time, I am afraid that there is no chance to go to the battlefield, although this critical talent is wonderful, but it is not so urgent to obtain it immediately, so there is no hurry.
And the combined talent of all the four beauties of Xi Shi, among the four beauties, he now only has Diao Chan and Xi Shi, that Wang Zhaojun belongs to the beauties of the previous dynasty, and he doesn't have enough points now, and he can't summon them if he wants to.
As for Yang Yuhuan, not to mention, he belongs to the beauties of the later generations, according to the rules of the system at this stage, he does not have the authority to summon the beauties of the later generations at will, and can only hope that Yang Yuhuan will be summoned randomly, but this probability is too small, and there is basically no hope.
Considering all kinds of pros and cons, so at present, it is not the most impatient thing for the potter to marry Shangguan Wan'er and Xi Shi, and it is the most important thing to search for as many benevolent points as possible.
As for Mu Guiying's words, if she can marry her, it would be good to get the additional force value of marriage, but her androphobia is still some time away from being cured, and there is no way to do it for a while.
Not to mention Meng Jiangnu, who followed in the army and was convenient to receive treatment from Bian Que at any time, although she was grateful to herself, but more of a fear, she was still a long way from marrying herself willingly, and all the potter could do now was to take the opportunity of her to join the army and slowly cultivate her feelings.
As a result, in this late autumn season, when the pottery merchant was marching south, he was more leisurely than when he was in Yejing. 100,000 Wei troops on the front line of Linxiang, and the Taiping army formed a confrontation situation, more than a month did not move, in the face of the challenge of the enemy, the pottery merchants just did not move.
All the potters had to do was to have deep ditches and high barriers, and the walls could not be out, while they were in the camp, drinking a little wine, and playing with some new tricks from time to time, so as to find some benevolence from Shangguan Wan'er and Xi Shi.
The potter is not in a hurry at all, because he has the support of the powerful Great Wei Empire behind him, there are countless grains and grasses to eat, countless people to requisition, and the strong national strength makes him have absolute capital, and he can stand still here, and just go on like this.
Hong Xiuquan became more and more anxious, more and more anxious, and gradually began to feel a little struggling.
There is no way, who made him choose a road of exhausting and fishing in order to obtain a large number of soldiers in a short period of time, so that he has the strength to quickly win the world.
Those holy soldiers, whether voluntarily or forced to join the Taiping Army, all their family property and food were nationalized, their houses were burned, and their fields were destroyed.
The benefits of Hong Xiuquan doing this are naturally obvious, and in a short period of time, he has obtained hundreds of thousands of fanatical male and female holy soldiers, swept Jiaozhou with thunder, and even entered Jingzhou.
It's just that the shortcomings of Hong Xiuquan's tactics are also obvious.
The hundreds of thousands of Taiping troops who are not engaged in production can't just fight with faith, but also have to eat and drink enough to work for him, in order to solve the fog of grain, grass and army, Hong Xiuquan's policy is also simple.
One word grab.
First rob the wealth and food of those recruits, in the name of contributing to the holy cause of the heavenly kingdom, and then rob the rich households, every time, except for those who defected to Hong Xiuquan, such as Sima Hui and other powerful families who were helpful to him, the rest of the rich families were looted.
After robbing the rich households, they robbed the treasury of the county and county officials, and looted all the grain collected there.
Robbing the government and robbing the wealthy, this kind of means of getting something for nothing is naturally won the joy of the people in Jiaozhou, so more and more people enthusiastically joined the Taiping army, and even many people also joined the Taiping army inside and outside, helping the Taiping army open the city gate and capture the city where they are located.
It is precisely because of this that the Taiping army was able to capture the entire Jiaozhou in less than half a year.
Then, Hong Xiuquan and his kings found that there was no food to grab in the entire Jiaozhou, and the hundreds of thousands of troops under his command still had to eat.
Hong Xiuquan had no choice, and he summed up with the five people, so when it was too late to pacify Jiaozhou, he hurriedly launched a northern expedition, and the army entered Jingzhou.
On the one hand, Hong Xiuquan of course wanted to destroy the Wei State in one go and seize the world, on the other hand, it was also to continue to attack the city and plunder the land, and to feed the war with war, so as to feed the hundreds of thousands of mouths under his command.
At the beginning of the Northern Expedition, Hong Xiuquan could be said to be smooth sailing, like a bamboo, easily captured Guiyang County, and snatched a large amount of grain, grass and money, but then he kicked the iron plate of Linxiang City.
After besieging the city for several months, Linxiang City was guarded by Zhang as solid as a rock, and it did not move at all.
Hong Xiuquan had no choice but to besiege the city and storm it on the one hand, and divide his troops to loot in all directions to maintain the supply of grain and grass.
The good times did not last long, when the potters led the main force of the Great Wei to come, they divided enough soldiers and horses to strengthen those cities that had not fallen, and those cities that could not be defended, then the people were all moved away, and the grain and grass of the treasury could be taken away, and they could not be burned with a fire, and the walls were cleared, so that he could not grab another grain of grain.
Time passed day by day, Hong Xiuquan could not grab the grain and grass, but the remaining old grain was rapidly consumed, if he could not capture Linxiang, or break the main army of the pottery merchants, open the passage to the north to loot the cities in the north of Changsha, his hundreds of thousands of troops, will face the danger of running out of food.
Once the grain and grass are cut off, whatever is for the holy cause of the kingdom of heaven, what is sacred in the yellow world, all the fanaticism will be dissipated, and hundreds of thousands of Taiping troops will be defeated without a fight.
Hong Xiuquan is well aware of his weakness, so since the day the potters set up camp, he has sent people to challenge day and night, hoping to provoke the potters to attack, so that he can fight quickly.
It's a pity that the potters were not fooled at all, they just ate and drank in the tent all day long, and they were merry, even if the Taiping army scolded hoarsely outside the camp, they only ignored them as if they were barking dogs.
Hong Xiuquan couldn't lure the potters to attack, and in desperation, he could only hope to storm Linxiang, so he personally supervised the battle and launched a fierce attack on Linxiang City day and night.
But what made Hong Xiuquan crazy was that after paying nearly 10,000 dead and wounded, Linxiang City was still majestic, and he couldn't even successfully climb to the top of the city with a single soldier.
Hong Xiuquan's strong attack was not without gains, his Taiping army suffered more than 10,000 casualties, but in exchange for nearly 2,000 Wei defenders, a month's strong attack, only less than 3,000 remained in the city.
Hong Xiuquan thought that you Zhang Xun only had 3,000 soldiers and horses left, and his troops were reduced by nearly half, so the defense should be greatly reduced, and I should be able to capture it.
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But soon, Hong Xiuquan's crazy mood added unbelievable surprise.
Although Zhang Xun lost nearly half of his troops, the strength of defending the city remained undiminished, but the more he defended, the more tenacious he became Hong Xiuquan was about to go crazy, he really couldn't figure out what kind of incredible ability that little Zhang Xun had to do this.
Outside, the Wei army avoided the camp and could not come out, and there was the iron plate of Linxiang inside, which could not be gnawed down for a long time, and Hong Xiuquan fell into deep anxiety.
Holy Horde.
Another siege failed, as soon as Hong Xiuquan returned to the tent, he roared angrily and scolded: "This damn Zhang Xun, I swear here, after breaking through Linxiang City, I must hang him with thousands of knives and break his body into thousands of pieces to vent the hatred in my heart."
The kings and generals of the Taiping Army who followed left and right also gritted their teeth and scolded Zhang Xun. scolded and scolded, after scolding, Hong Xiuquan and his ministers could only sigh one by one, still helpless.
"King Xi, how much of our grain and grass is left?"
asked Hong Xiuquan.
Wei Changhui said with a busy face: "In the world, our army only has one month of grain and grass left, which can last for a month and a half at most. ” Hong Xiuquan's face was gloomy, he was silent for a moment, and then asked, "What about the Nanwang side, when will the grain and grass I asked him to prepare arrive?"
” In the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, not all are short-sighted, and Feng Yunshan, the king of the south, had previously proposed to Hong Xiuquan that it was not a long-term solution to maintain military supplies by robbing the Wei government money and grain, and it was also necessary to resume production and make up for the deficiency by requisitioning grain.
Hong Xiuquan still trusts Feng Yunshan, and although he did not pay enough attention to this proposal, it still made Feng Yunshan, who stayed in Jiaozhou, "act cheaply".
Therefore, after Hong Xiuquan led the army into Jingzhou, Feng Yunshan, in the name of acting as the king of heaven, ordered the Taiping army of all counties under Jiaozhou to stop destroying grain and grass houses, forcibly pull peasants into the army, and no longer allow the destruction of farmland, but ordered the local officials to start resuming production to facilitate the collection of grain Thanks to Feng Yunshan's efforts, Jiaozhou's economy, which had been damaged by the war, gradually began to regain its vitality and gradually improved, and tens of thousands of hectares of destroyed fields were also replanted with crops.
It's just that, after all, Jiaozhou is a remote and barren place, and after such a troubled situation by the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, the population has dropped sharply, and even if the economy recovers slightly, it will only return to the original economy of less than 30%.
Asked by Hong Xiuquan, Wei Changhui sighed: "Back to the Heavenly King, the King of the South wrote that the grain and grass in Jiaozhou will arrive for at least half a month, and at most it can only be maintained for one month. ” Hong Xiuquan's face was completely gloomy, his fists were clenched secretly, and his sunken eyes were filled with hatred.
After being secretly angry for a long time, Hong Xiuquan took a light breath, squeezed out a little kind face, faced Sima Hui, and asked with a smile: "Mr.
Shuijing, my Heavenly Sacred Cause, I am in trouble right now, what is the best way for Mr. to solve the dilemma?"
"Well" Sima Hui coughed dryly a few times, and said slowly: "According to the old man's opinion, there are actually only two ways for us to choose at the moment, and one of these roads is what the old man said before, withdraw the troops back to Jiaozhou, turn the attack into defense, and move uncontrollably." ” Hong Xiuquan's brows immediately furrowed, and he flicked his hands and said: "I will never withdraw my troops until I have to, Mr. might as well talk about this second way." ” Sima Hui sighed lightly, his expression suddenly became cold, and he said in a solemn tone: "This second way is to exhaust the soldiers of the heavenly kingdom, break the cauldron and sink the boat, and launch a decisive blow to the Wei camp in the north.