I am a soldier in the border army

Chapter 547 I can’t defeat the bandits, and I can’t suppress the common people?

Yinping City was strong, and Huang Tian’s army lost a lot of lives when they captured the city.

Later, the situation became reversed and everyone thought that it was the turn of the Zhen Liao army to sacrifice their lives to fill the big city of Youzhou.

But no one expected that the situation would be reversed by a Mohist creation that had never appeared before.

As of now, this once unknown city in Youzhou has not only failed to successfully consume the strength of the Zhen Liao army, but has instead become a solid cage that has trapped and killed hundreds of thousands of Huang Tian’s troops.

As one side gained strength while the other lost strength, the originally not-so-significant trend of strength and weakness gradually reversed.

This left many people who were following the war dumbfounded.

This was particularly evident throughout the Youzhou governor's office.

"Hiss - those Youbei warriors actually surrounded the Huang Tian bandits..."

Previously, the Zhen Liao Army said they would capture Yinping City, which was defended by hundreds of thousands of Huang Tian rebels. Their anxiety and jumping up and down can be clearly seen.

Later, when the Zhen Liao army, which was several times weaker than the enemy, divided its troops to block the four gates, they denounced them as "madmen" and cursed them as "stupid".

But judging from the current results, everyone's face is burning and painful.

Look at the way his face was hit, it really made a loud slapping sound.

In the meeting hall of the governor's mansion, a group of officials under the governor's mansion looked embarrassed and grumbled with dissatisfaction.

"This Lord Yan is really something. He clearly has such a sharp battlefield weapon in his hands, but he didn't even inform us in advance."

"We have been worried about him for so many days for nothing."

After he said this, the rest of the officials nodded in agreement.

"Yes, yes, after all, we are now in the same boat, and Mr. Yan is being too disloyal."

In a nutshell, it was not their fault for their misjudgment, it was simply because the Duke of Yan hid too much from them.

In this way, the reactions of everyone present at the time did not seem so stupid and short-sighted.

Yuan Feng, who was sitting high in the main seat, listened to these people's complaints. He should have been happy about the Liao Zhen Army's seizing the initiative, but his face gradually became gloomy.

This time, it wasn't just these subordinates who got slapped in the face. Wasn't he, the governor of the state, also slapped in the face?
Thinking of his previous behavior of attacking Han Shao, he felt ashamed.

"enough!"

A cold shout was heard, and the whole room fell silent.

Yuan Feng glanced at everyone and said angrily.

"The Zhen Liao Army was able to come up with so many new weapons at once. It definitely took a long time! It must have made a lot of noise!"

"You actually know nothing about this, and you still have the nerve to say this?"

Yuan Feng almost openly called them trash.

After all, Li Wenjing has the Xiezhi Guards, Han Shao has the Six Gates, and so doesn't his Youzhou City have its own secret power?
But he had spent so much money and supported so many people over the years, yet he still let the Zhen Liao Army create so many powerful war weapons right under his nose, and his own side was still completely unaware of it.
They are neither incompetent nor useless, so who is the incompetent and useless one?
Yuan Feng's chest heaved and he was filled with anger.

All the officials present also looked aggrieved.

"Governor, it's not that we don't try our best."

"We have also sent people to check these days. The Zhenliao Army's various ordnance workshops in Zhenliao City have not produced any similar artifacts."

Yuan Feng said angrily.

"There's none in Zhenliao City, but what about Guanjun City? Is there none in Guanjun City?"

Compared to Zhenliao City inherited by the guy named Han, Guanjun City, as the "place where the dragon rises", is obviously more suitable for the heartland.

If it were him, Yuan Feng would also place all his "core assets" in Champion City, only then would he feel truly at ease.

The officials who heard this hurriedly said.

"I checked! Nothing!"

In fact, if Yuan Feng could think of it, how could they not think of it?

In order to figure out some things as quickly as possible, they even used their magical powers and went to Champion City in person.

Indeed, judging from the traces left in various places in Champion City, there were indeed a large number of workshops there.

But now it has been emptied.

Today, Champion City is completely a military fortress facing the grassland, as well as a trade hub connecting the grassland and Youzhou.

The merchants coming and going from all over the country made the northern border town, which was supposed to be desolate, into a prosperous scene.

"No?"

Upon hearing what his subordinates said, Yuan Feng frowned, somewhat puzzled and unbelieving.

"How come there isn't?"

The officials were so confident in their tone that they were almost willing to offer their own lives as a guarantee.

"Governor, it's absolutely true! It really doesn't exist!"

Looking at the confident looks of these rubbish, Yuan Feng finally believed it a little.

But if neither Guanjun City nor Zhenliao City existed, where did these things come from?
'Could it be...'

Yuan Feng pulled his long beard and suddenly got the answer.

"grassland!"

This is all the territory that the impoverished Han controls now.

If not here, then there.

Realizing this, Yuan Feng slammed the table and said angrily.

"Idiot! How can you be so short-sighted!"

The word "idiot" was not directed at his subordinates, but at Han Shao.

He didn't expect that Han Shao would go to such lengths to guard against him!
They actually set up a workshop for producing weapons of war with such powerful lethality on the grassland. If these skills fall into the hands of the grassland barbarians in the future, it will definitely be a disaster for Dayong!
That's right! At the beginning, he was secretly supporting the Wuhuan tribe to tie up the energy of the Zhen Liao army and consume its strength.

But there is a prerequisite, that is, even if the Zhen Liao army was defeated by the Wuhuan barbarians, he has the confidence to suppress those dirty barbarians.

But now Han Shao is breaking all of this with his own hands.

How could Yuan Feng not be angry?
It has to be said that these aristocratic families that now control Dayong and its surroundings can be called treacherous, bad, and inhuman.

But their attitudes towards the barbarians from all directions were surprisingly consistent.

Take Shi Bi for example, if he had not suffered humiliation in Shendu when he was young, leaving him with lifelong mental disability, he would not have fallen into madness in the end.

But Yuan Feng didn’t know that he was overthinking it.

The main reason why Han Shao moved most of the workshops to the grassland was not to guard against him.

But the cost is taken into consideration.

As the rich mineral deposits on the grassland are developed one by one, it is better to use local materials and produce locally instead of transporting them back and forth, wasting a lot of time and materials.

As for whether the corresponding technology would fall into the hands of foreign races, how could Han Shao not consider it?

It's just that he is too confident in this regard.

He was confident that he could realize his ambitions within the Hunyuan Universe before these hidden dangers were exposed.

What made him even more confident was that the extremely sophisticated techniques of the Mohists were not something that the uncivilized grassland barbarians could digest in a short period of time.

By the time they are able to achieve this, perhaps there will no longer be any barbarians.

Don’t you see that nowadays the Wuhuan nobles all grow their hair like the Yong people, speak the Yong people’s language, and write in the Yong people’s writing?
Haven’t you seen that since the bald monk Fahai preached in Longcheng, many people have begun to practice Buddhism diligently.

Once one practices Buddhism and becomes a monk, one is detached from the mundane world and one’s interest in having offspring is naturally greatly diminished.

In addition, Han Shao asked Lu Yan to secretly encourage the soldiers who stayed behind in Longcheng to take barbarian women as concubines.

After several generations like this, I’m afraid that people on the grassland will only know about the Blue Sky in the World, but not the Eternal Heaven!
It’s a pity that at this moment, the officials of the provincial governor’s office, including Yuan Feng, were unaware of Han Shao’s plans.

They didn't even know that the grassland, which they had always regarded as a wild and barren place, actually hid such a huge treasure.

Therefore, after hearing Yuan Feng's words, his face changed and he scolded him continuously.

Even Daocheng, Yuan Feng's confidant who had become Han Shao's hidden man, frowned slightly at this moment.

But soon they no longer cared about this.

Because just when they were filled with righteous indignation at Han Shao's "stupid" actions and were criticizing him verbally and in writing, suddenly a messenger from the palace came to report.

"Governor! It's bad. A large number of Huang Tian bandits are heading north from the south towards Yinping!" This sudden news made everyone present feel depressed.

Some even looked puzzled.

"How could it be? Where did Huang Tiandao get the reinforcements?"

Although most of Zhuozhou had been lost in the battle with Wei Wei, only a few counties on the west side remained.

However, the governor's office was not cut off from the news of Zhuozhou.

If there were reinforcements coming from Qingzhou, it would be impossible to hide it from them.

So where did this group of thieves come from?

The palace attendant quickly answered the doubts of the officials present.

"According to the spies, it looks like those bandits have kidnapped the people of Youzhou..."

It’s easier to understand when you put it this way.

How could a thief suddenly appear out of nowhere?
"I never thought that those bandits who always claimed to change the fate of the people and that everyone is like a dragon would do such a filthy thing as forcing good people to follow the bandits!"

As they said this, everyone secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

It seems that those Huang Tian bandits are getting anxious and are actually using ordinary people to make up the numbers.

It is true that they are afraid of the real thief Huang Tiandao, but why should they be afraid of these fake thieves who are made up of ants and grass?

Someone rolled his eyes and immediately spoke to Yuan Fengdao cautiously.

"Provincial Governor, do you want us to go and lend a hand to his Liao army?"

As soon as these words were spoken, many people present glared at the person who spoke.

"Why!"

Damn it, I spent money on it!

If he doesn't fight hard to suppress the Liao army, who will?
Yuan Feng was also somewhat dissatisfied. He glanced at the person who spoke and thought to himself.

Could it be that this guy is the poor guy named Han?

No wonder Yuan Feng thought so much.

From the time when Li Jing's 10,000 cavalrymen marched south to the time when Huang Tian's bandits invaded, many Younan noble families secretly defected to the north, and some even gave up their family businesses and moved over with their entire clan.

This made Yuan Feng angry and he also became wary of these aristocratic families.

This was also an important factor in his tacit approval of Han Shao's previous strategy of "killing with a borrowed knife".

Seeing everyone's cold and indifferent attitude towards him, and Yuan Feng's gradually gloomy expression, the man who spoke almost had the word "injustice" written on his face.

"The governor of the state is reporting! Everyone, please be patient!"

After making a bow, the man hurriedly said.

"Since the Yellow Sky bandits invaded, they have destroyed countless cities along the way, and many noble families have lost their lives!"

"My Youzhou noble family has lost all face because of this!"

"If we do nothing and just let those idiots of the Zhen Liao Army show off their power, how will people in the world view Youzhou in the future?"

The noble families in the world have never looked down upon the border noble families like Youzhou.

This situation has become increasingly obvious since the military strategists of Gongsun's lineage in Liaodong were swept out of the court.

Don’t you see, in today’s divine capital, scholars from Youzhou can only be relegated to minor official positions.

Who else can hold a high position in the government?
If the thief Huang Tian does not perform well during his invasion of Youzhou this time, the nobles of the world will probably look down upon the Youzhou nobles even more.

Hearing this, all the officials who came from aristocratic families present were silent.

The truth is this.

But they were still reluctant to go into battle to help the Zhen Liao Army resist the reinforcements of the Huang Tian bandits.

To be honest, they were also a little scared by Huang Tianjun.

Otherwise, they, who have always been stingy, would not have easily given up money in order to urge the Zhen Liao army to advance faster.

As for face? It's all gone anyway.

It doesn't matter if we lose a few more points.

As long as their own interests are not harmed.

Seeing that no one present was moved, the person who spoke became a little anxious.

"Don't you think about it? Who can guarantee that those Huang Tian thieves are going to attack the Zhen Liao army?"

"What if they are using the main force of Yinping City to contain the Zhen Liao Army, and then march towards us... in other directions?"

Other directions?

Which direction?

Isn’t it the family power behind these people here?
These words woke the dreamer up.

Everyone present was shocked.

They had previously cut their flesh and shed their blood to ask the Zhen Liao Army to send out troops, all for the sake of protecting the safety of their families.

But the situation doesn't seem good now...

Realizing this, someone finally couldn't hold back and quickly stood up and echoed.

"Please ask the governor to send troops to help the Liao army! To enhance the prestige of the Youzhou clan!"

Yuan Feng glanced at these guys and sneered in his heart.

If the knife falls on your head, do you feel the pain?
However, he also felt that what the official who spoke earlier said made some sense.

This time when the Huang Tian thieves invaded, the behavior of everyone in his governor's office was really too embarrassing.

If the limelight was completely snatched away by the Zhen Liao Army in the end, it would undoubtedly further solidify his reputation as a "paper governor".

In the past, he could have ignored it, or even welcomed it.

But now that the world is in chaos, continuing to endure it will not only be meaningless, but will also have a counterproductive effect on future major events.

Therefore, achieving some results at this time is not necessary, but a must!

His only concern and hesitation right now is what to do if he can’t win?
Wouldn't that be a huge joke?

At this time, he seemed to have guessed what Yuan Feng was thinking.

The person who first proposed sending troops expressed it with a wink.

"Don't worry, Governor. We are not fighting those Huang Tianzhen thieves. They are just fake thieves who are filling in the numbers."

If they fight a real thief, perhaps they are no match.

But when it comes to suppressing ordinary people, who here is not a master at it?

What's more, they know who is the real thief and who is the fake thief, but no one else in the world knows.

When the captured heads are displayed, who will really take them seriously?
Hearing this, the eyes of all the officials who were still hesitating suddenly lit up.

That’s right! In the past, in order to achieve success, we had to kill innocent people to gain credit.

But now even this step can be saved.

After all, now those ants and grass have really followed the thief, whether they are willing or not.

As for suppressing the bandits, they have no choice but to do it!
"Governor! Send out the troops!"

In a nutshell, if I can't beat those Huang Tian thieves, how can I not beat a bunch of common people?
What a big joke!
Seeing the excited and passionate looks of his subordinates, Yuan Feng, who was also moved, lowered his head and thought for a while, and finally raised his arm.

"At a time when bandits are causing chaos and people are suffering, a real man should save the world and save the people!"

"Send the order to the governor of this state! Reorganize the troops and send out the troops immediately!"

But no one, including Yuan Feng, noticed it. Just when they thought they would definitely win merit in this battle and make the governor's office famous.

Daocheng, who was standing behind Yuan Feng, exchanged a subtle glance with the man who proposed sending troops.

There was a flash of ridicule and pity in his eyes.

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(End of this chapter)