Blood from Daming

Chapter 648 "Deliberation"

Yang Zhenlei told Xue Yun that corn was planted in the five forts on the side walls, and sweet potato planting in Zhenchuan Fort and Hongci Fort was better in the early stage. I believe that this year's sweet potato and corn will have a bumper harvest. This year, Datong Prefecture can be self-sufficient in food. If The harvest of wheat and beans is better, and there should be surplus grain in Datong Prefecture.

Xue Yun was very pleased to hear this and said: "That's good. Now that Datong will be hit by a disaster next year, the food is ours. Whoever has the food will have the initiative, but we still can't take it lightly. Now our Xue family has secretly bought Datong. With 30 shi of rice, wheat, and miscellaneous grains around the mansion, plus the previous 20 shi of grain reserves, Xue’s army’s rations are enough for 10 horses and horses for more than a year. But thinking about the upcoming disaster victims in Shaanxi and Shanxi, these grains are just a drop in the bucket. "

Yang Zhenlei opened his mouth wide in shock and said, "Master, you wouldn't use the food from our Xue family army to help the victims, would you?"

Yang Zhenlei's words attracted Xue Liu, Li Xiaoyong, and Wang Erwa to look at the young master eagerly, Xue Yun shook his head and said, "Brother, what are you talking about? In the next few years, if Da Ming will be able to have a smooth sailing, I am afraid that there will be no good harvests in the chaotic situation, and I am saving food now to prepare for rainy days, at least so that Datong Mansion will not be chaotic."

Yang Zhenlei nodded and said: "Young master, you are really far-sighted, what you said now makes my subordinates suddenly understand."

Xue Liu, Li Xiaoyong, and Wang Erwa also echoed, and Yang Zhenlei said: "Master, when my subordinates returned to Datong City yesterday, they received a report from General Mie-Sai from the Mie'erliang Department, and he arrived in Wanquan with the flying eagle flag Swimming around the right guard."

Xue Yun said: "In this case, the Xuanfu may not be able to fully support Cao Wenzhao. When will Harizhula's troops arrive?"

Yang Zhenlei replied: "Master, the mistress should have passed the Wulanchabu League, and the forwards will arrive at Fengzhen and Yanghe in two or three days, and the main force will meet up with the flying eagle flag that destroys the fortress one or two days later." .”

Xue Yun was silent for a while and said: "In a few days, my young master is going to go to Fengzhen to stop the Mongolian army. When Cao Wenzhao comes, the sixth brother will meet him and have a contest to win the championship."

The four of them understood that Xue Yun was going to avoid the limelight, lest someone say that Xue Yun was stubbornly refusing to take up his seat in Datong City, so Xue Liu said: "Okay, since the young master has improved his skills, I feel that I am full of strength, to be able to compete with Cao Wenzhao, hehe, it is very enjoyable."

Xue Yun said with a smile: "Cao Wenzhao's martial arts is very strong, but that was when the Sixth Brother's skill did not reach the fifth level. Now the Sixth Brother has no big problem in defeating Cao Wenzhao, but his nephew Cao Bianjiao and Xue Jiajun have no one." right."

Xue Yun's words made Yang Zhenlei, Li Xiaoyong, and Wang Erwa feel dissatisfied. Xue Yun said earnestly: "Don't be unconvinced. The grandson said that only by knowing the enemy and knowing yourself can we win every battle. Our Xue family army does not engage in emotional battles, let alone We are just following Cao Wenzhao, not trying to fight them to the death."

Yang Zhenlei said: "Master, can this subordinate fight against Cao Bianjiao?"

Xue Yun thought for a while and said: "Brother Yang, you want to sit in Datong City and monitor dissidents like Yu Dacheng, how can you go to the front to fight against the enemy?"

Yang Zhenlei said: "Master, my subordinates are asking me how much worse my martial arts are compared to Cao Bianjiao."

Xue Yun said: "Brother, now Cao Bianjiao's martial arts is equivalent to the fourth level of the Plum Blossom Magical Art. Considering that he is very young, after a few years, the elder brother will reach the fifth level of the Plum Blossom Magical Art, so he should be slightly better."

Yang Zhenlei asked: "Master, you mean that Cao Bianjiao's martial arts might be higher than Cao Wenzhao's?"

Xue Yun nodded, and Li Xiaoyong shrugged his shoulders and said to Wang Erwa: "Erwa, if Mr. Yang can't do it, I can't even do it. How are you practicing with the young master Meihua?"

Wang Erwa said: "Brother Li, my little brother is only at the third level now, so it's even worse."

Li Xiaoyong snorted: "Erba, you can do it. Your elder brother Li is still swinging up and down the third level, but you actually passed the third level. As expected, you are the one who is close to the water. Believe it or not, the eldest brother will cut you."

Wang Erwa hurriedly apologized and said, "Brother Li, my younger brother accidentally surpassed you in practice. I forgive my younger brother. I will just practice slowly in the future."

Li Xiaoyong scolded in a low voice: "Boy, you surpassed brother by accident. If you practice hard, you'll be fine."

Xue Yun asked, "Xiaoyong, what are you talking about with Erwa?"

Li Xiaoyong said: "Master, the little one is getting close to Erwa." Then Li Xiaoyong said to Wang Erwa in a low voice: "Erwa, brother is joking with you, don't take it to heart."

Wang Erwa didn't even say no, Xue Yun said: "Plum Blossom Magical Art is high, you can start from a high level, but it's easier to improve if you are low in martial arts. At this time, it is difficult to purify the two kinds of zhenqi in the body, so improving the skill is the most important thing. It will be slow, and when the true qi is refined and combined into one, you can progress steadily, as long as Brother Yang and Xiaoyong reach the time when the true qi is full, this young master will improve your skills."

Li Xiaoyong said: "Master, now you and Sixth Brother can control Cao Bianjiao. When Master is not around, Sixth Brother will deal with that old guy Cao Wenzhao. Cao Bianjiao has no one to control him."

Xiaoyong laughed and said: "Xiaoyong, we don't want to tear ourselves apart with the court now, otherwise fools will fight soldiers against generals. Are you a vegetarian in your hands?"

Li Xiaoyong said: "Master, when the time comes, I will give him a shot and see if Cao Bianjiao is good or not."

Xue Yun said: "Xiaoyong, don't act foolishly. The uncles and nephews of the Cao family are generals of the Ming Dynasty. Before our Xue family army officially turns against the court, don't hurt these people lightly, so as not to do things that benefit the Jianlu fisherman."

On the second day after Yang Zhenlei returned to the Deputy Commander's Mansion, news of the Mongolian army's invasion spread throughout Datong City. Of course, the news was released by the Xue family army, but it was only announced a day or two in advance. Harijula The army's itinerary can weld up rumors about Xue's army.

Datong City suddenly became tense. The city gates had just been opened for three days. On the fourth day of the seventh lunar month, the four gates of Datong City were closed an hour earlier. Asked Xue Yun, Xue Jia Jun Yang came back from the north and there is no definite news of the Mongolian invasion.

Xue Yun categorically denied that there was a Mongolian army invading Datong Mansion, and repeatedly denied that Director Yang Zhenlei had news of the Mongolian army when he came back from Wubao. This made the officials of Datong City a little relieved. The five forts in the north were full of smoke, and the Yu family army at Wudingmen in the north of Datong City was the first to receive the alarm.

Now all the officials and people in Datong City knew that the Mongolian wolf was really coming, Yu Dacheng let thousands of people in, and after struggling for a while, he closed the Wuding Gate of Beicheng at Shenshi. The envoys from Zhenchuan Fort and Hongci Fort who came to report later had to enter the city through Qingyuan Gate, the west gate of Datong City.

A caravan from Hangzhou was lined up near the Qingyuan Gate. There were [-] carts in total. Just after arriving in Datong City, the Mongolian army went south. The whole caravan started to commotion. No one wanted to go to the Datong Special Economic Zone. Instead, I hope to contact Xue Jiajun to enter Datong City.

The Xue family in the Hangzhou caravan quickly contacted the deputy commander-in-chief's mansion, but Director Yang who came forward did not agree to the entire caravan entering Datong City. The town has not yet figured out the purpose of the Mongolian army, so it is natural not to want to look like a stalker, but the Xue family army sent two thousand soldiers from the Firearms Battalion to camp outside the Qingyuan Gate to protect the safety of the Hangzhou caravan. In this way, it can also be determined whether the Hangzhou caravan is going to the special economic zone or taking refuge in Datong City.

And in the evening of the same day, Xue Yun's deputy commander-in-chief's mansion came to Zhang Gonggong, Governor Zhao, Li Zhifu, Commander Luo, General Zhang, General Liang, and General Yu Sanqian. Everyone gathered in the conference hall for a meeting. On the one hand, there are Xue Yun, Xue Liu, Yang Zhenlei, and Li Xiaoyong, but everyone intentionally or unintentionally ignored Yu San, the representative of the Yu family army. It was Yang Zhenlei who knew the trick, and pulled Yu San to sit beside him, and then comforted Yu with nice words. Three, no matter what, Xue Jiajun didn't look at the monk's face and the Buddha's face, at least he wanted to give his wife Yu Wanqin face.

Everyone wanted to hold this meeting in unanimous agreement, not because they were afraid that the Datong army would not be able to defeat the Mongolian cavalry, but because they were worried about the special economic zone located within the three side walls of Fengzhen. Sheep, mules and horses, fur and old ginseng, silk and satin cloth, gold, silver, copper and iron ware, tea and traditional Chinese medicine, Mengjin local products, and Western goods are all available, including Xue Jiajun and Datong officials, which account for half of the goods.

If this is taken away by the Mongols, everyone will suffer a great loss. Among them, Eunuch Zhang, Governor Zhao, and Zhifu Li are the most anxious. Seeing that their interests in the special economic zone are not small, only Commander Luo is the most determined, because He knew very well that this was just Xue Yun playing a trick, the purpose was to get Eunuch Zhang, Governor Zhao, and Prefect Li to take the initiative to ask Xue Yun to lead the army to leave Datong City.

(End of this chapter)