Outlaws of the Marsh

Chapter 420 Money can make ghosts turn the millstone (please subscribe!)

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The land of the east of the river, with mountains and rivers inside and outside, is full of dangers, easy to defend but difficult to attack.

The garrisons in Taiyuan Prefecture, Daizhou and other places constituted the first north-south vertical depth defense system on Hedong Road.

And Taiyuan City is the core of this defense system.

As soon as Li Yan led the army here, he stopped moving forward. Even if Zhao Ji repeatedly issued decrees to urge him, even if Xue Sichang, the envoy of the East Economic Strategy and the prefect of Taiyuan, came to beg several times, Li Yan just stopped moving.

Some people may wonder why Li Yan didn't move forward. Is it because he is afraid of war or dare not take risks?
Of course not, the reason why Yue Fei, Wu Jie and others were able to fight in the front was entirely due to Li Yan's presence in Taiyuan City.

In war, it is not only the army that is fought, but also food, supplies, weapons, and supplies.

In this era, transporting these things is very laborious. Otherwise, Li Yan could bring 2 people, tens of thousands of horse-drawn carts, and [-] rooster carts to transport food, grass, weapons, and supplies?And this is not counting the unlucky Shui Yijun and Wu Lin's more than [-] people who were shipped at Liangshanbo.

But even if Li Yan labored and mobilized many teachers, so far, Li Yan has not transported even one-third of the grain, grass, weapons, and supplies that Li Yan wanted to bring to Taiyuan City.

This is actually not the most critical.

The most important thing is that Li Yan is worried that his food, grass, weapons, and supplies will leave the territory of Song Dynasty, and he is worried that Zhao Ji's monarch and ministers will stab him in the back and rob his own food, grass, weapons, and supplies.

No need to think about it, Li Yan also knew that the king and minister Zhao Ji wished that he, a rebellious minister and traitor, would be chopped into meat paste by the Liao people or the Jin people, so there would be one less serious worry.

And as long as Li Yan's army is not locked in Yundi, no one will dare to attack Li Yan's food, supplies, weapons, and supplies.

Therefore, Li Yan will never leave Taiyuan City unless he finds a safe place to stay in Yundi and transports all the supplies he wants to bring to Yundi.

Just when Li Yan was about to die in Taiyuan City, Yue Fei's success report came back.

After Li Yan saw it, he was overjoyed!
Li Yan really does not lack more than 100 million shi of grain, but the key is that the more than 100 million shi of grain is already in Yundi, and it is very rare to save the trouble of transportation. You must know that there is no canal in the north of Taiyuan City. It is quite strenuous to transport anything by people. To transport more than 100 million shi of grain, 10 people would have to transport it for at least a month, and this refers to transporting from Taiyuan City to Yingzhou City.

What's more, Yue Fei also laid down Yingzhou City for Li Yan, and found a place for Li Yan to stay in Yundi.

Li Yan praised without hesitation: "Pengju fought well in this battle. First, it defeated the [-] Liao horse army, and then captured Yingzhou City in one fell swoop. It demonstrated the prestige of our Liangshan army and the prestige of our first army." !"

Li Yan promoted Yue Fei, who had never fought a war, to be the deputy commander, and let Yue Fei be the vanguard. It is impossible for others to have no ideas.

Today, Yue Fei has proved with facts that Li Yan's vision is still accurate, making those negative words disappear completely.

Xu Guanzhong said: "The land of Yanyun has been ceded to Khitan for nearly 200 years. How can the people of Yandi and the emperor of Khitan not have a father-son relationship? If we want to gain a foothold in the land of Yanyun, we must do nothing to the people. , and have definite political views."

Li Yan took it for granted, then glanced around among the civil servants, finally resting his eyes on Liu Ziyu, and said, "Yanxiu, come here."

Liu Ziyu heard the words, the more people came forward, and said: "I don't know what orders the governor has?"

Li Yandao: "I asked you to preside over Yingzhou, do you dare to take this job?"

Liu Ziyu was overjoyed when he heard the words, and said, "Liu Ziyu dare!"

Li Yan said: "Okay, but you have to remember the following points: [-]. Never disturb the people. If soldiers disturb the people, they will be severely punished, no matter who they are."

Liu Ziyu replied: "Yes."

Li Yandao: "Second, Khitan, Bohai, Xi, and Han people should be treated equally and should not be specialized."

Liu Ziyu replied: "Yes."

Li Yandao: "Third, respect the beliefs of all ethnic groups and don't interfere."

Liu Ziyu replied: "Yes."

Li Yandao: "Fourth, remember, it is impossible for us to win the support of all classes. The foundation of our Liangshanbo is ordinary people. Therefore, during the public trial, don't be soft on those wealthy and nobles with bad records. You don't need to consider political or other factors. Of course , For those kind-hearted rich and nobles, we must also do nothing wrong. In addition, don't feel sorry for our food and don't distribute it to the people just because our food is hard to come by. It should be the same as before, regardless of gender, age or Khitan, Bohai, Xi, and Han people, as long as he is willing to ask, he will be given two stones of grain."

Liu Ziyu replied very solemnly: "Yes."

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Li Yan explained a lot to Liu Ziyu, and then assigned Liu Ziyu enough officials, especially those with rich experience in public trials and food distribution, and then sent a thousand horse army to escort Liu Ziyu and others to Yingzhou.

As soon as Liu Ziyu left, Xue Sichang came to congratulate him: "Congratulations to the governor for defeating the Liao army and taking down Yingzhou City!"

If Li Yan doesn't go to Yundi, Zhao Ji will have trouble sleeping and eating. You must know that Li Yan has 20 troops in his hands. If he turns his guns to Bianliang, Tokyo, what should he do?

Therefore, while Zhao Ji secretly ordered the Western Army to strictly guard against death, once Li Yan wanted to go south, he would decisively send troops to stop Li Yan, while constantly urging Li Yan to go north. Moreover, Zhao Ji not only issued an order himself, but also asked Xue Sichang to come to ask every day.

Therefore, Li Yan knew that Xue Sichang did not come to congratulate him at all, but to beg him to go north.

Li Yan said with a smile: "Prefect Xue is here to ask me when I will go north?"

Speaking of it, Xue Sichang was very enthusiastic about the Northern Expedition to the Sixteen States of Yanyun. He not only expressed his support for the Northern Expedition to Zhao Ji, but also ran back to the capital to meet Zhao Ji in person with his processed and embellished intelligence about the Liao Kingdom. Please recruit teachers, as many as weeping", and he also entrusted Wang Ji, the governor of the state, to "explore the gaps between the Liao people and present strategies for attacking them".

Therefore, Xue Sichang still has a good impression of Li Yan.

Moreover, Xue Sichang knew that Li Yan didn't stay in Taiyuan City on purpose, but because the food, supplies, weapons, and supplies hadn't been shipped, he couldn't leave.

Xue Sichang said: "The emperor's order is hard to disobey, please forgive me."

Now that I have a place to stay, there is no need to drag Xue Sichang any longer. Therefore, Li Yan said simply: "Help me hire 50 people and send all my food, grass, supplies, weapons, and supplies to Yingzhou." city, I will raise my troops and go north.”

Li Yan finally agreed to leave, which made Xue Sichang feel relieved!
However, when he heard that Li Yan wanted 50 civilian husbands, Xue Sichang's face became bitter all of a sudden, and he said, "Don't make it difficult for you to be an official, the governor. There are only 20 people in Taiyuan City. Where can I get you 50?" Civilian?"

Li Yandao: "I will pay three times the wages and pay first, and I will hand over all the money to the peasants. With such superior conditions, if you still can't get me 50 peasants, you are incompetent and you can't blame me. I have to go to the official’s place to refer to you for a copy. In addition, if my food, supplies, weapons, and supplies are not all sent to Yingzhou City, I will not leave for a day, and you can figure it out.” ——Taiyuan City has only 20 The population, but there are still 200 million people outside the city of Taiyuan. Money can turn ghosts around. As long as no one is corrupt from the middle, the people will definitely be willing to come to make this windfall.

Hearing what Li Yan said, Xue Sichang had no choice but to agree, he couldn't let Li Yan participate in his "incompetence", and Zhao Ji was still anxiously waiting for him to drive Li Yan away.

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(End of this chapter)