This time we are not asking for soldiers, but for food.
There is no food available in Xinzhou. Seeing tens of thousands of officers and soldiers without food, the military may become unstable or even mutiny, and Bianliang City is urgently urged to deliver food and grass to it.
As soon as this memorial came out, the first person to show his dissatisfaction was the third commander, Song Chu.
Before Su Shi set out, he proposed that no matter how long the battle lasted, he only wanted five million guan, plus Gu Jin, the minister of household affairs.
Song Chu was very satisfied with this request and agreed on the spot. Even if he pushed his deputy to take the blame for this, he did not blink an eye.
What this miser only cares about is that anyone who doesn't ask him for money is a good person. As for other things, he won't care about so much.
But now, Wang De is pressing for food and grass, which is tantamount to cutting off his body, how can he agree?
You, Wang Deyong, are willing to replace Su Shi. You ministers are afraid that Su Shi will make too many contributions and will not be able to hold him back in the future. Song Itch doesn't care about these things and doesn't want to. But you can't let me live because of your choice.
The Ministry takes the blame.
It is impossible to have food and grass. You, Wang De, can recruit them on the spot if you have the means, or you can attack the Mongolian cavalry and Xixia and steal food and grass from them.
But if you want to go back and reach out and ask me for it, that is absolutely not allowed.
Song Chu was very dissatisfied, and the second person who was dissatisfied was Renzong Zhao Zhen.
Why did Su Shi never ask himself whether he wanted this or that when he was leading the army on the front line, and what he brought back were either prisoners or good news? When you, Wang De, took charge of the army, he didn't even fight a single battle, and he started to stretch out his hands randomly?
Is this what you, Wang De, do?
This is the man whom all of you ministers recommend to replace you.
Is there anyone who can replace Su Shi?
Isn't this just like a weasel laying down a litter of mice?
If the result of substitution is this, then it is better not to substitute.
"Wang Deyong, does he regard the Eight Hundred Miles Express as a letter home? As a frontline general, he has to report everything. He is incompetent and useless." After reading the memorial, Zhao Zhen said this.
He threw the memorial aside and asked Zhang Mao to give it to the ministers, asking them to come up with some suggestions for handling it first.
When Zhang Mao sent the memorial, he truthfully stated the reaction of the officials, and then looked at the prime ministers with warning eyes. The prime ministers said, "The officials are already unhappy. Your Excellencies, you should discuss it quickly."
A sure way to avoid making it appear that you are really incompetent."
A eunuch actually started to make irresponsible remarks and point fingers at them, which made the prime minister and ministers a little confused. But they couldn't refute anything. This time Wang Deyong's performance was indeed too bad.
Zhao Zhen was dissatisfied, and Song Chu refused to provide money and food. The civil servants who recommended Wang De to go to the north suddenly felt that Zhu Bajie was taking care of his country, and he was not a human being inside or outside.
While they were cursing Wang Deyong in their hearts for being useless, they were trying to find a way to communicate with Song Chu and ask for some money and food.
But Song Chu is called an iron rooster and a miser. How can you convince him with just a few words? It takes time to convince him. But what Wang Deyong, who is on the Xinzhou front line, lacks most now is time.
On the fourth day after Wang Deliang arrived in Xincheng, the remaining military rations in the city were exhausted, and the atmosphere in the city began to become tense.
Especially the 30,000 yuan that he has not acknowledged yet
The state soldiers reacted most violently.
When Su Shi was here, everyone could take some back if they couldn't finish it, or eat three meals a day. It's true that they didn't eat so well even during the Chinese New Year.
All the people in Xincheng saw hope and thought that good times were finally coming.
For this reason, they raised a hundred hands in favor of Su Shi's idea of expanding the Xinzhou Army.
But these good days had only passed a few days. When the Privy Councilor Wang Deyong came, everyone's life went back to normal.
The common people don't care how much higher your official position is than that of Su Shi. They only know one thing: they will believe and listen to whoever can bring them a good life.
Now that there was no food in the city, and seeing that they were about to eat the remaining food, of course everyone quit, and they all rushed to the government office in the city to demand an explanation.
When he woke up early in the morning, before he had even finished breakfast, he was surrounded by people outside his house, which really shocked Wang Deyong. His first reaction was that an enemy was coming, and he quickly ordered his own soldiers to guard him.
At the same time, he sent people to climb over the wall and mobilize the five thousand cavalry who followed.
Five thousand cavalry were in the city and lived not far from the government office. The leading general Zheng Changjiu came quickly after receiving the news. The Xinzhou soldiers and the cavalry confronted each other in front of the government office.
In the end, it was Wang Miao who came with Long Wuwei and prevented the two sides from really fighting each other. Then Wang Miao took the medial position, hoping that Wang Deyong could bring out some food, so that at least the 30,000 Xinzhou soldiers could starve first.
"Sir, there are 30,000 Xinzhou soldiers in the city now. If their families are added, it will be an unimaginable number. If they are really anxious, what will happen?
may appear."
As soon as he met Wang Deyong, Wang Miao gave him good advice.
The manner in which he spoke was no longer as respectful as before.
Originally, Wang Miao thought that Wang Deyong was a big shot and must be much more capable than Su Shi, so he chose the former among the two.
But now it seems that this Wang De has lived a long life in vain, his ability is not outstanding, and he is not decisive enough in doing things.
Since you know that there is not much food and grass in the city, and you still despise the Xinzhou soldiers composed of ordinary people from the bottom of your heart, you should dismiss them as soon as possible, or at least blast them out of the city.
But no.
I kept them here with the idea that if anything happened, these people could be used as cannon fodder.
It's fine now, but I left a bomb beside me and couldn't handle it myself, which made the situation so bad.
Wang Miao persuaded the Xinzhou soldiers with good words. After Wang De assessed the situation, he knew that forceful resistance was not possible, so he borrowed a donkey to go downhill and agreed to give part of the rations brought by the five thousand cavalry to the Xinzhou soldiers. However, he also had a request, that is,
They were not recognized by the court in the first place, and now they must be disbanded immediately.
He thought it was just a ragtag group of people before, but now seeing such united Xinzhou soldiers, Wang Deyong was really scared.
"Sir, if the Xinzhou soldiers leave, then there will be too few troops in the city. Once Meng Qi comes and kills them at this time, what can we do to stop them?" Wang Miao was surprised when he heard that the Xinzhou soldiers were asked to disband, and he kept trying to persuade them.
"It doesn't matter. I've already sent someone to mobilize troops nearby with my order. It won't take long for the nearby troops to come to Xincheng to join us. We don't have to worry about the strength of the troops. Also, I've already submitted my order to the court.
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Book, it won't be long before a large number of reinforcements from the imperial court will arrive. Well, at that time, I will settle the accounts with these Xinzhou soldiers who have eaten me."
Wang Deyong is not a boss who is willing to suffer losses. Now the situation is not as good as others, so he has to bow his head.
If there are enough troops around him and they become strong, he will pay back a hundred times the humiliation that happened to him today.
After hearing that Wang Deyong had mobilized troops and that the court would send reinforcements to support him, Wang Miao had no objection and agreed to the other party's request, squeezing some food from the Longwu Guards to give to the Xinzhou soldiers, but they needed to be disbanded immediately.
After the discussion, Wang Miao walked out of the government office, found Shi Qianshan, the general of the Xinzhou Army appointed by Su Shi, and explained what Wang Deyong meant.
"General Shi, after receiving the army rations, you should leave the city. Mr. Wang is the privy envoy of the current dynasty, and I don't know how much higher he is than Su Shi in terms of rank. I'm really upset. I'm afraid it will make your life difficult in the future."
When Wang Miao said these words, he was not trying to scare people. In any case, the Xinzhou soldiers had done their best to deal with the Xixia cavalry, and he did not want to see the hero being dealt with by his own people.
"Okay, even if Mr. Wang doesn't want to see our Xinzhou soldiers, we can just leave." Shi Qianshan did not leave any ink, directly stating that he would leave the city after giving them food and grass.
Wang Miao was a little surprised that Shi Qianshan was so happy. He originally wanted to ask curiously where Shi Qianshan would go next, but after thinking about it, he couldn't control the other party, so asking was in vain, so
He nodded in agreement and turned to leave.
Wang Miao didn't ask because he had no other ideas.
But after he left, Forbidden Army General Xu Ba appeared in front of Shi Qianshan and said straight to the point, "Brother Shi, are you going to find General Zhongwu?"
"What did General Xu Shen say?" Shi Qianshan sighed inwardly, but still pretended to be nonchalant.
"Haha, brother Shi, don't think too much. Brother, I came to you because I want to join you to join General Zhongwu." Xu Ba said his purpose of coming with a smile.
"You want to go find General Zhongwu?" At this moment, Shi Qianshan was surprised.
"Yes, to be honest with Brother Shi, when General Zhongwu left, I wanted to follow him, but the general asked me to stay and asked me to be more careful and not become someone's cannon fodder. Looking at it now, Zhongwu
The general is really a god. This Wang De is holding the title of Privy Council in vain, but he is confused when he does things. There is no future for following such a person, and there may be danger. Therefore, even if Brother Shi does not
Let’s go, I’m ready to leave too.”
Xu Ba did want to leave with Su Shi at the beginning, but Su Shi didn't want to bear too much burden, and he didn't want Wang De to use an empty city and blame himself randomly, so he didn't take them with him.
Thinking that Su Shi had his own plan, Xu Ba decided to stay and see the situation. Maybe Wang Deyong was also a powerful person?
Now it seems that this person is too idiotic. Although Xu Ba does not know that the Liao people have sent troops, he has a feeling that following a person like Wang Deyong is too dangerous and has no future.
It happened that Xinzhou soldiers were making trouble today, and Wang Deyong wanted to send them away in anger. Xu Ba thought this was an opportunity.
Before, I only worried about myself
The strength of the 10,000 reserve imperial troops is still a bit weak. If they can be together with the Xinzhou soldiers, their strength will be enough. No matter where they go, they will be a force that cannot be ignored, so they come to their door.