Chapter 74 First Victory
When the sky started to brighten, Meng Yi also counted the grain on the edge of the river valley. August 1st Middle School ★W√wくW√.
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There are 45 piles of grain "small hills" here, each hill has 20,000 stones of grain, which means that there are 900,000 stones of grain here alone. In addition, there are 60,000 stones of coarse salt and 120,000 pieces of cotton cloth. In addition, there are also mountains of jerky still being counted. These foods are enough to allow the 100,000 army to survive for several years.
After counting these supplies, Meng Yi felt relieved. At the same time, he learned from the hard labor that the food transported in this place was at least four or five times that of this batch of food. Meng Yi was ecstatic and had a little more solemnity in his heart. If he searched for this batch of food and grass, the food for the 500,000 southern expedition army would have been settled. But Meng Yi also knew that it was not easy to find the other food and grass.
Zhang Liang escaped. Although Chen Sheng led the guards to pounce on the river as fast as possible last night, Zhang Liang, who had a more flexible nose than a fox, saw that the situation was not good, immediately ran away, faster than a rabbit. Before slipping away, he ordered hundreds of ships to burn. Fortunately, due to Chen Sheng's arrival in time, some of the ships were extinguished together, and most of the food on them were preserved, and nearly 10,000 stones of grain were preserved. Chen Sheng asked someone to inform Meng Yi to send people downstream to intercept people, but the time was too hurrying, and Meng Yi didn't have time to make a plan, so Zhang Liang had already escaped, which made Meng Yi sigh.
Not only Zhang Liang escaped, but Xiang Liang was gone. The captured guards, all the original Xiong Jue's inner guard, chose to bite their tongues and commit suicide, while the remaining those who were just filling in the numbers did not know what Meng Yi was concerned about.
However, Chen Sheng overheard the conversation between the fat man and Zhang Liang near the granary, which made Meng Yi and Fusu lit up. During the conversation between the two, it was completely confirmed that the senior officials of the empire were involved in this matter, and it also vaguely involved the eldest son Fusu.
After listening to Chen Sheng's story, Fusu's forehead felt a little sweaty. He didn't know that part of the reason for such a big thing was targeted at him.
Fusu was young and smart, kind-hearted, and had a good reputation among imperial ministers and received support from many ministers. The biggest supporters were the Meng brothers, as well as major military generals, such as Wang Jian, Wang Ben, Feng Quji, Feng Jie, Feng Jie and Feng Jie, all supporters behind Fusu. Everyone was loyal to the emperor, and their views actually represented the emperor's position. If the emperor did not make a crown prince when he passed away, they would firmly support Fusu to take office.
The generals were straightforward and had a clear distinction between love and hate. They didn't have to worry too much when choosing a prince to support. They followed the emperor for decades, and their loyal emperor was well aware of it. Even if the emperor was unhappy, they would not express it easily. Fortunately, Fusu's performance was also in a normal way, which made the emperor not have too many concerns.
The civil servant group does not act like military generals. They always hide their own minds, think about the emperor's thoughts, and take into account their respective interests. There are enough talented people around Fusu, and they occupy most of the positions they hold high. If you defect to Fusu in the future, you may not be able to get the rights you want. Besides, the interests represented by some people are completely opposite to Fusu's position, and there is no possibility of reconciliation between them, so these people cannot gather under Fusu's command. They are more willing to support another prince.
Therefore, these people were eager to weaken the power around Fusu and create a series of incidents to continuously weaken the power around Fusu. They knew that the direct attack on Fusu himself in the emperor's mind was a good idea.
Fusu knew that he was the target of public criticism in the court. But he didn't know which people were his enemies. In fact, the forces above the court were mixed, and everyone could be his enemy or his ally. So Fusu didn't know whether it was a person who was interested who was deliberately stumbling on him or such a huge stumbling on him.
"I seem to have some impression of the person you are talking about." Meng Yi pondered for a moment, but shook his head again. The matter involved the senior officials of the empire. Although Meng Yi was the Xianyang Order, he did not dare to say it casually. On the half-burned deck, Meng Yi seemed to be worried.
Chen Sheng didn't ask. He and Meng Yi and Fusu had not known each other for a long time, and the other party would definitely not tell him about such an important thing. Even if he knew, with his current identity, he would not be able to help much.
"After the specific number of this batch of food and grass is sorted out, we will report to the emperor as quickly as possible, and then organize people to transport it to the front line. The military rations in the front are already tight, and the twelve granaries in the empire are almost at a low level. If we cannot raise military rations anymore, we will not be able to raise military rations. If we do not replenish military rations, the 500,000 army will have to retreat!" Meng Yi sighed.
Fusu looked solemn, nodded solemnly, and then said, "The top priority is that we must step up the investigation of the remaining food and grass. Otherwise, Zhang Liang, a traitor, continued to transport food and grass to the southern barbarians, and the southern expedition army would be even more difficult. If we can find that batch of food and grass, the army can survive until at least July and August. When the new grain comes in, the army will be worry-free."
The two did not avoid Chen Sheng's conversation, but Chen Sheng knew that there was no room for him to interrupt. He stood silently and said nothing. Chen Sheng looked at the vast river. He suffered heavy injuries on his shoulders. According to Chen Sheng's own judgment, at least a crack had appeared on his shoulder blades. However, Meng Yi took out a secret ointment and applied it to Chen Sheng, which greatly reduced the injury.
Chen Sheng, who has superb medical skills, was very interested in this secret medicine. When he asked about this medicine, he realized that this was a spiritual medicine given by the emperor. It was made by collecting various precious herbs in the world and specially given to the generals in the army to use it. It was extremely effective in treating trauma. If Chen Sheng had not made great contributions in this trip, Meng Yi would not have been willing to use this secret medicine. You must know that the royal family only had about twenty bottles of this secret medicine a year. Meng Yi was able to be given medicine because of this trip.
Chapter completed!