Datang Lingnan King

Chapter 135
Not only food was distributed, but also a lot of salt and linen that were originally shipped in exchange for food, and a little bit was shared among the common people.At the same time, there are notices written by Feng Daiwen and Li Yifu in every place, so that people can explain to the people there, "Zi, there is the Kingdom of Chenla, who does not know the power of heaven, attacks Xianglin County of the Tang Dynasty, and harms the people. The crime is unforgivable. Now Zhenxi In order to attack Chenla, General Feng Daiwen specially recruited personnel to do logistics, and all conscripts will be rewarded with food and farm tools, and the army will be rewarded when they return from victory.”

"We want revenge, as long as we give food, we will go!" A young man from Xianglin County stood up and said loudly to the soldiers.

"Revenge on us, revenge!" A group of young people were easily aroused.They all shouted.

"Register over there. Everyone who registers can receive food immediately, so that the family will have enough to eat. The general will distribute food regularly. We will go to Chenla soon. There is still a lot of food there. We The debt must be paid with blood." The soldier who announced the announcement said loudly.

"Blood debt paid with blood!" Enough young and strong shouted slogans, gritted their teeth to sign up, and took the food home.

This scene was deliberately arranged by Feng Daiwen, and the soldiers were chosen to be articulate. Of course, the most important person in the crowd, "Tuo".

"General Zhao, I want to trouble you with something." Feng Daiwen said to Zhao Chengen who was standing behind him.

"General, please order." Zhao Chengen clasped his fists and said.

"We set off to Xianglin without knowing that it was attacked. We mainly bought food. Nichinan and Xianglin had no food left after the war, so I need to ask the general to go to another county to change it." Feng Daiwen explained.

"Don't worry, general, I won't be able to do this in an hour, and I will come to see you later." Zhao Chengen assured, patting his chest.

"We are all from the Tang Dynasty. Don't force too much. You can exchange salt, silk, porcelain and agricultural tools, as well as gold and silver. Li Yifu will cooperate with you." Feng Daiwen told him that Zhao Chengen would deliberately lower the price to please him.

"The general understands that fair trade will never have other thoughts." Zhao Chengen naturally understood.

"Does Li Canjun understand farming?" Feng Daiwen asked.After the war, Li Yifu was promoted to the post of secretary and joined the army.

"Back to the general, although the family background of the lower official is not bad, but he also worked in the fields." Li Yifu didn't understand why Feng Daiwen asked, but he answered honestly.

"That's good. I have an important task entrusted to you. You must do your best. If you can achieve something, I'm afraid people will remember you in a thousand years." Feng Daiwen explained.

Remaining famous in history is the most lofty ideal of most of the ancients. Li Yifu, who was only 17 years old, was so excited by what Feng Daiwen said.

"Haha, take it easy, the matter is not that serious." Feng Daiwen patted Li Yifu's shoulder with a laugh, thought for a while and continued: "There are no places where there are his specialties. You need to find out that there are three aspects. The first is the terrain. You can take your time, and I will arrange someone to help you in the future. The second resource mineral deposit is also not in a hurry. The most important thing is the third point of food, the food that grows in the ground. Be sure to find out which ones are not available in the Central Plains now. Including vegetables and fruits." Feng Daiwen has always had a kind of resentment towards food. In this era, there is too little to eat. Whether it is fruits or vegetables, there is not much food output. Except for the rich and the rich, the common people have little oily meat. If you have a big appetite, there is enough to eat. The reason for the better output in the past two years is that the output is a little more. The sea and the grassland can be managed by accumulating, but it is still king to be able to produce it yourself.

Li Yifu's eyes lit up when he heard this, he immediately understood, nodded vigorously and said: "Your official understands, I will definitely do my best."

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After two days of repairing, more than 8000 young and strong men were recruited. According to the captives, part of the invasion was actually part of the army borrowed from Funan. The largest city in Funan is Saigong City. It takes half a month to walk. The city is in a place called Zhenpu not far from the sea.After discussion, Feng Daiwen decided to attack Saigong City first, and then Zhenpu.

The realgar, wormwood, and lime from all the pharmacies in the city were collected. These are all necessary items in the homes of the people in the Lingnan area. The Lingnan area is humid, hot, and full of snakes, insects, rats and ants. Will smoke the house with wormwood.Many people will plant wormwood in front of and behind the house, wild cassia, also known as snake kill the door, is a plant that snakes hate the most.A lot of other medicines were also prepared, and people with some medical skills also brought a lot of them, so they set off with confidence.

Traveling day and night, more than 2 people marched slowly along the path, and they only traveled [-] miles a day.It's not that I don't want to take the main road, it's that there is no main road at all, only the small roads between the villages, and there are sentries and scouts arranged in front of them all the time. These soldiers and people are all Lingnan and local people, accustomed to the mountain roads and climate, and they have not reduced their numbers along the way.

When they met villages along the way, Shanzhai Feng Daiwen would arrange for people to explain the benefits of Tang Dynasty to them, the tax was not high, and life was good, and he gave them some salt so that these people would not be afraid of them, and some even showed them the way.As for the villages in Funan and Chenla, the Shanzhai ignored them and gave them a little salt before leaving under the fearful eyes of the people.

Until the third day of June, when the general manager arrived outside the city of Saigon, Feng Daiwen ordered the whole army to enter the woods to rest, and then called everyone to discuss.

Feng Daiwen looked at a few young people who had lost a lot of weight and said with a smile: "How is it? What do you think? It's been a hard journey. If you can't hold on, let me just say that I brought you here mainly to see, and there will be many more in Datang There are places to fight, and there are even worse environments.”

"Thank you, General, for your hard work. The last general is fine. It's just that I didn't get used to it at the beginning, and it's much better now." Several people also understood Feng Daiwen's painstaking efforts, and thanked them together.

"A certain family doesn't want to listen to your thanks. The world is big, and you will all have the opportunity to lead troops alone in the future, so I hope you can learn more. After all, it is impossible to be led every time. You have to learn to think for yourself." Feng Daiwen waved waved his hands.

Several people looked at each other, and Wang Xuance, who was the oldest, said, "Let me tell you about the last general. The general took dozens of prisoners along the way, but he wanted to cheat the city?"

"That's right, that's true, so how do you arrange it?" Feng Daiwen nodded in satisfaction.

Wang Xuance thought for a while and said: "Let's arrange people to go into the city to find out how many troops the enemy has and where they are stationed? Is it the same as what the captives said, and then they are defrauding the city. After entering the city, leave some people to control the city gate and keep the retreat route. The others went straight to the palace, attacked it as quickly as possible, and forced it to surrender."

"Okay, think carefully, real numbers are hard to come by, if you don't count the victory, you can be invincible if you control the city gate first." Feng Daiwen sighed.

"However, we must be clear about our strategic purpose. Because they invaded Datang, they must be punished. Food and property must be compensated. They must not kill too many people. After all, even if Datang is defeated, there will not be so many people to occupy it. "Feng Daiwen continued to add.

"The last general understands! If you kill too much, you will become a life-and-death enemy. If you kill less, you will have more labor to occupy Datang when the population increases." Wang Xuance suddenly realized.

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(End of this chapter)