After defeating the Guangyuan bandits, Zhang Liang did not rush to send troops to other counties. Instead, he assembled the bandit suppression team again and continued the assault training.
The commander has a great influence on a team. After this bandit suppression, Zhang Liang successfully established prestige in the bandit suppression team. The second training camp, the soldiers were more obedient and it went more smoothly than the first time.
Zhang Liang was planning to leave for other places in the next day or two, but unexpectedly caught Mr. Feng's men.
After learning that Mr. Feng had been in contact with the Tubo people, Zhang Liang immediately realized the seriousness of the matter and rushed back to Xihewan with the prisoners.
As a result, Jin Feng was not in the village, so Zhang Liang immediately asked Xiaoyu to send someone overnight to notify Jin Feng.
If in normal times, if Jin Feng praised himself, Zhang Liang would definitely be polite.
But now he couldn't care less.
"Thank you for the compliment, sir." Zhang Liang replied casually, and then said: "Sir, we are in big trouble now."
"Are Brother Liang worried about the Tubo people?" Jin Feng asked.
"Yes," Zhang Liang nodded and said, "I have fought with the Tubo people before, and I know them very well.
The Tubo people are cruel and greedy, a hundred times more cruel than the bandits.
The bandits exploited the people, but the Tubo people did not regard us well-off people as human beings, and committed all kinds of crimes including burning, killing, and looting.
If the Tibetans come again, there is no point in suppressing the bandits!"
"Xiaoyu, I asked you to pass the news to Her Royal Highness as soon as possible, have you passed it on?" Jin Feng asked.
"It's been passed on. As soon as I got the news, I asked Aqiang to lead people to Xichuan as quickly as possible." Zhang Liang replied.
"Brother Liang, you did a good job." Jin Feng glanced at Zhang Liang approvingly.
Not only can he fight, but he can also detect crises in advance. Zhang Liang is becoming more and more suitable to be a general.
"Sir, what should we do now?" Zhang Liang asked.
"I asked Da Liu to call Xiao Bei and the others. We will wait until everyone is here."
Jin Feng casually pulled up a stool and said, "Xiaoyu, go bring me a bowl of rice."
I had exhausted a lot of energy early in the morning, and then I was on the road all the time, so I was already hungry.
Xiaoyu went to the escort canteen and brought a bowl of millet porridge to Jin Feng, as well as a few steamed buns and a pile of pickles.
"Sir, this is the only thing in the cafeteria."
"It's okay, you can eat whatever you want."
Jin Feng picked up the steamed bun and took a bite.
Halfway through the meal, Tang Xiaobei, Tang Dongdong, the village chief, Mancang and others also arrived one after another.
When everyone arrived, Jin Feng nodded to Zhang Liang while eating, "Brother Liang, tell everyone about the situation."
"Okay," Zhang Liang explained the current situation again.
"Brother Feng, Liangzi, are you too nervous?"
The village chief said: "Tubo has been fighting with us Dakang for only one or two years. They have been fighting since I was a child. They are all small battles. The Tubo people just plunder within the border area and then leave. They rarely go far."
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In fact, not only the village chief, but also Mancang, Tang Dongdong and others felt that Jin Feng was making too much of a fuss.
Only Tang Xiaobei had a thoughtful look in his eyes.
Because when Ninth Princess was a guest in Xihewan, she stayed with him many times and listened to Jin Feng and Ninth Princess analyze the world situation.
"Village chief, this time is different." Jin Feng explained: "In the past few years, Tubo was also fighting internally, and those who invaded the border areas were all stragglers, so they did not dare to go deep alone.
However, the civil strife in Tubo has basically ended in recent years, and it has become restless. It has been looking for trouble and wants to provoke a full-scale war.
Nowadays, Dakang is unable to fight against Dangxiang and the Khitan, and he does not dare to provoke Tubo anymore, so the Ninth Princess went to get married, hoping to use the power of the Tubo people to contain Dangxiang.
Her Royal Highness the Princess suffered many assassinations along the way, all of which were related to Feng Sheng and the party members. Now Feng Sheng has gotten involved with the Tibetan envoys. Her Highness's marriage will probably fail this time."
After Jin Feng's explanation, everyone roughly understood the current situation and why Jin Feng was so nervous.
"I've known for a long time that the Tubo people are ambitious!" the village chief cursed bitterly: "But Brother Feng, I heard from the elders that more than a hundred years ago, the Tubo people conquered Xichuan Prefecture several times, but they all went east.
I’ve never been to northern Sichuan, so I won’t come this time, right?”
The Tubo people were also mainly nomadic and their cavalry was also very powerful.
Guangyuan is located in northern Sichuan and is dominated by mountainous terrain, which is not suitable for cavalry operations. Therefore, after the Tubo captured Chengdu, they usually went east to plunder the Sichuan Basin.
The terrain there is flat and the products are rich. It is the most ideal location for cavalry to plunder. It is rare to visit the Guangyuan area.
"Village chief, no matter whether the Tibetans come or not, we must prepare according to their requirements."
Zhang Liang said: "We can prepare it and not need it, but we can't wait for them to call. But we are not prepared at all."
"Brother Liang is right. We need to bring an umbrella and be prepared when the weather is clear. We can't wait until the boat reaches the middle of the river to fix the leak."
Jin Feng said: "Dakang and Tubo have been feuding for a long time. There must be a fight. Even if they can't fight this time, they will fight in the future."
"I don't think it will be too long." Zhang Liang said: "Feng Sheng has a deep scheming mind and has been traveling in Sichuan and Sichuan for many years. He is very familiar with Sichuan and Sichuan. Now that he has fled to Tubo, it is very likely that he will incite Tubo to attack Dakang.
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"So we must be prepared now!" Jin Feng continued.
"Sir, brother, tell me what to do?" Mancang asked.
"First of all, in order to avoid unnecessary panic, everyone should not tell anyone what happened today!" Jin Feng explained.
"clear!"
"knew!"
Everyone nodded.
"Xiao Bei, I asked the caravan to transport food some time ago. Has there been any result?"
Jin Feng looked at Tang Xiaobei again.
Only when you have food in your hands can you not panic.
Food is the most basic guarantee for survival.
It is also the issue that Jin Feng is most concerned about.
"We just got two ships, and they were both bought from Jingzhao Mansion."
Tang Xiaobei said: "There is news from the south of the Yangtze River. The harvest in the south of the Yangtze River has been good in the past two years. Many grain merchants have hoarded a lot of grain and purchased a lot. However, it will be slower to go upstream. It is estimated that it will take some time.
Only then can I come back.”
"Find more trackers, double the wages, take turns pulling the trackers while ensuring safety, and transport the grain back as quickly as possible!"
Jin Feng said: "In addition, I can buy as much grain as I can from the grain merchants. The granaries at Double Hump, Tin Can Mountain, Hutou Mountain, and Heishuigou are all piled up for me. If they still can't be piled up, I will build another granary!"
"In this case, grain merchants will definitely take the opportunity to charge a premium, and we may not have enough money..."
Tang Xiaobei is confused.
"If a certain grain merchant's price premium is too high, go to the next place and find another grain merchant! As for money..."
Jin Feng thought for a moment and said, "I'll get you some water jade beads later and exchange them for water jade!"
After this period of production, the beads in the glass workshop have piled up like mountains.
As for how much to release, Jin Feng still needs to discuss it with Tang Xiaobei.
But no matter how much is released, it will definitely be enough to buy food.