Blood from Daming

Chapter 607

Gao Yigong was carefully looking at Xue Yun, the future brother-in-law, but Gao Yigong always felt that there was something unreliable. Seeing Xue Yun's appearance, he was indeed handsome and noble, and he was younger than himself. Such a promising young hero, How could he fall in love with his own widow elder sister? Even if he was afraid, he would be unknown, and in the end he would not even be able to get a place in the concubine's room.

It wasn't Gao Yigong's uneasiness, but Xue Yun's heart is also ups and downs now. Li Zicheng's wife still has a very big celebrity effect for Xue Yun, and there is Mizhi's mother-in-law Suide Han in Shaanxi, and Mizhi is the one who produces beautiful women According to legend, Diaochan, the beauty of the Three Kingdoms, is from Mizhi, and she is one of the four famous beauties in Chinese history.

Xue Yun also looked at Gao Yigong on the side. This Gao Yigong looks really handsome and beautiful. If it is placed in a different time and space, he is definitely a man who can rely on his face to make a living. With such a brother, I believe his sister will never be wrong. Xue Yun suddenly had the idea of ​​making a fake show.

Xue Yun suppressed the excitement in his heart and asked: "Yigong, how is your sister recently?"

Xue Yun's questions were aimless, and the subject matter was very broad and empty, but Gao Yigong felt completely different after listening to Xue Yun's words. General Xue Yun asked his sister the first sentence. There was a lot of contact, and my sister pretended to be aloof, leaving things clean, as if she had never known Xue Yun.

Gao Yigong replied: "Xue Jiajun, my sister is fine, but she is concerned about your body, General. If she knows that the general's body has recovered, she doesn't know how happy she is."

Only then did Xue Yun remember that his stand-in was still pretending to be sick in Datong City, causing Gao Guiying to worry about him. Unknowingly, he felt a little bit ashamed of Gao Guiying, so Xue Yun said slightly apologetically, "It's really a meritorious service." I'm sorry, my body has been recovering for a while, but I have extremely important things to do, so I have been hiding it all the time, that is, only three or five people in the upper echelons of the Xue family army know about it, which makes your sister worry about it. It's uneasy."

When Gao Yigong saw that Xue Yun had made amends to his general, he was in a better mood and quickly replaced his sister, telling Xue Yun not to take these small things to heart. After sewing a suit of clothes and a pair of boots, Xue Yunxin said what was wrong with it, but she still pretended to be very happy and thanked her.

Xue Yun asked: "Yigong, how much food will your Gaojia army village need in total until this time next year?"

Gao Yigong calculated silently for a while and said: "General, there are now more than 1000 people in the village, and there are 240 combat soldiers. If you count men, women, and children, one person per month is calculated as 1000 catties of grain, and one person per year To eat 270 catties of grain, more than 200 people need [-] million catties of grain, deducting three months of grain reserves, at least another [-] million catties of grain will be needed.”

Xue Yun heard that the Gaojiajunzhai still needed 200 million catties of grain to last until May next year. He felt dizzy all of a sudden, and kept talking for a long time. It was about to become chaotic, even sending a little food was just a symbolic meaning, and it didn't help the Gaojiajunzhai to survive the famine.

Gao Yigong also felt that it was outrageous for him to say that he needed 200 million catties of grain, so he recalculated silently and said: "General, it will be fine when the autumn grain is harvested. The main difference is the rations for the families of the three thousand recruits , It’s about 20 catties of grain, but this year’s catastrophe in Shaanxi, I’m afraid the village needs to buy 50 catties of grain first, and then harvesting 100 million catties of grain in autumn will be enough.”

Xue Yun shook his hand and said: "Yigong, you take the problem too simply. This year, not only is there no food in Shaanxi, but there are also large-scale civil disturbances. Whoever has food in Shaanxi is the uncle. Your Gaojiajunzhai is now trying to find ways Grain storage, but there is no surplus in Datong, so we have to find a way to return this food in Shaanxi."

Gao Yigong was disappointed when he heard Xue Yun's words. If there is surplus grain to buy in Shaanxi, his sister would not take the idea of ​​Datong Mansion. The extra food, but the family members of the more than 3000 recruits, is the burden that Xue's army threw to Gao's army. Gao Yigong thought it was natural for Datong's Xue's army to bleed.

Xue Yun thought for a while and said: "How about this, I raise a sum of gold and silver. After you go back to Mizhi, you can buy grain in Yan'an Mansion, Shanxi Taiyuan Mansion, and Pingyang Mansion. Don't think about the price of the grain. How much money you have is all you need." How much does it cost? If there is really no food, beans, sorghum, and live sheep will also be needed, and it should not be later than the end of July.”

Gao Yigong nodded half-understood, at this time Xue Yun and Gao Yigong had arrived at Wuping Pass, and Wen Cunyang, a thousand households at Wuping Pass, followed Li Xiaoyong's capable general, Lei Batian, to welcome the main force of Xue's army. Arrival, now Wen Cunyang Qianhu is very sad, originally to welcome the Pingyang government army, but waited for a border soldier from the court for no apparent reason, probably the Xue family army who helped the gentry drive down the state city a few days ago, Now Xue Jiajun's actions are obviously against the commander of the Shanxi capital, and Wen Cunyang knows that he is the one who is getting angry at both ends of the mouse caught in the bellows.

Wen Cunyang is already in his fifties, so he was able to stay at Wuping Pass, guarding this almost abandoned pass in the interior of Shanxi. If he was younger, he might be dragged to the front lines of Jin Kingdom and Mongolia to serve as cannon fodder. , Wen Cunyang is already an old fritter, Wuping Pass is now in decline, and there are not enough guards. In front of the powerful Xue family army, Wen Cunyang is ready to be a monk for a day.

Together with Lei Batian, Wen Cunyang took Xue Yun and other generals into Wuping Pass, but in Xue Yun's eyes, Wuping Pass was in decline. Standing on the street watching the excitement were basically old people and children, and most of them wore The tattered and patched clothes, occasionally a few women came into view and were also tattered.

When I came to the commander's yamen at Wuping Pass, the roof of the main hall was exposed to sunlight, shining on the floor of the main hall, and the tables and chairs in the main hall were also covered with dust. It seemed that people at Wuping Pass hadn't discussed matters here for a long time. , Wen Cunyang saw that things were not good, and took a few old people in the pass to hurry up and clean the dust on the tables and chairs.

Xue Yun waited for a few old people to clean up the seats near the main seat, and let Wang Erwa, Li Xiaoyong, and Gao Yigong sit together. Then Xue Yun called Wen Cunyang and Lei Batian for questioning. The two sat down next to each other in the chairs behind.

Xue Yun said: "Mr. Wen Qian, why does Wuping Pass feel so deserted?"

Wen Cunyang said: "General Qi, there have been no wars at Wuping Pass for many years. Since the rise of the Eastern Barbarians, the guards have been transferred to Liaodong and Xuandabian towns. Unfortunately, ten of the soldiers who went out did not return one. A dead end, trying every means to escape, and after a few years, it has become what it is now."

Xue Yun said: "Even if Qing Zhuang escaped, Wuping Pass shouldn't be so poor and dilapidated."

Wen Cunyang sighed and said: "Young people have run away, but the number of soldiers to be conscripted is not small, and the national tax on imperial grain has not been reduced at all. Most of the little grain dug out of the soil by the old and the young in the past few years has been taken by Fencheng. The Pingyang Guards took it away, and the family members of the guards in Guanli were busy all year round, half of the time they could only eat wild vegetable chaff and ashes, alas.”

Xue Yunxin said that the Pingyang Guard is ruthless enough, and the food and grass collected will not be reduced at all if there are fewer people. Whoever finds such a boss is really suffering from blood mold. Wen Cunyang said: "General, there were more than [-] officers and soldiers of the Pingyang Guard. It is good to say that something happened in Jiangzhou City and escaped from Wuping Pass that day, so as not to ruin the girls and daughters-in-law in the pass.”

Xue Yun said: "Mr. Wen Qian, now that Xue's army is taking over Wuping Pass, I hope to get strong support from you and the soldiers and civilians at Wuping Pass. How about this? This general will give each of the passers a tael of silver as a living subsidy. As for Pingyang Weizheng Regarding the matter of food, we Xue Jiajun and Pingyang Wei will discuss it, and in short, we will definitely not let the soldiers and civilians of Wuping Pass suffer any more."

Xue Yun then chatted with Wen Cunyang for a while, and then ordered the soldiers to bring a bag containing 100 taels of silver, and gave it to Wen Cunyang as a meeting gift, and then asked the soldiers to give Lei Batian more than 1000 taels of silver. Lei Batian and Wen Cunyang went together to pay the soldiers and civilians of Wuping Pass a haircut.

After Lei Batian and Wen Cunyang left, Xue Yun said to Li Xiaoyong: "You have to talk to Lei Batian about the defense of Wuping Pass, especially the cooperation with Jiangzhou City Wang Dajun, and the equipment for Wang Dajun. One thousand soldiers, and you will be responsible for the safety of Wuping Pass and Jiangzhou City from now on."

Li Xiaoyong said: "Young Master, are you planning to defend Wuping Pass and Jiangzhou City to the death or to be a guerrilla?"

Xue Yun said: "If it is found that Wuping Pass and Jiangzhou City cannot be defended, they can enter Shaanxi and Henan according to the situation. However, under the same conditions, the priority is to move closer to Mizhi Gao's military stronghold."

Li Xiaoyong said: "Young Master, there are too many supplies and food in Wuping Pass, and we need to replenish more for Lei Batian's troops. Otherwise, if the Shanxi Ming Army doesn't come to make trouble, I'm afraid I won't be able to survive."

Xue Yun said: "Xiaoyong, you stay at Wuping Pass for a few days, take a rest at Wuping Pass, see if you can leave some more soldiers, and at the same time communicate with Wang Erwa, and prepare more food and supplies for the soldiers at Wuping Pass .”

Xue Yun finished handling the matter of Wupingguan, and then said to Gao Yigong: "Yigong, Gao's army village can't add any more people for the time being, and those who fight can only find a way with the young women in the village, otherwise there will be no food supply at that time." , the internal affairs will become chaotic. Qian Ben will send it to you after returning to Jiangzhou City. Remember to buy grain and let Ma Ming’s soldiers help you buy grain. By the way, tell Ma Ming if you have extra money Take it out and exchange it for food."

Gao Yigong said: "General, the last general knows, and I don't know when the general will be free to inspect the Gao family's military stronghold in Mizhi."

(End of this chapter)