Long Zhen's face was ugly, and Tang Jiyuan felt a little regretful when he saw it. He had heard for a long time that the Imperial Guards in the capital were just idiots, all of them were old soldiers. Today, when he saw it, his reputation was well-deserved. According to common sense, two hundred cavalry can fight against infantry with short weapons, one can equal ten.
power, let alone just a bunch of bandits.
The Bagong Mountain bandits could not have killed more than four or five hundred people. Tang Jiyuan exaggerated and said that there were thousands of people. The purpose was to make Long Zhen be timid when encountering the bandits. It was best to abandon the grain truck and flee, so that he could
The food was successfully robbed; but judging from the real appearance of the dragon, it seemed that his words scared him a lot. If he was too timid and did not dare to transport food out of the city, wouldn't it be true that his cleverness was mistaken for him?
Did all the calculations come to nothing?
Thinking of this, Tang Jiyuan quickly made up for it: "However, Commander Long does not need to worry. After several encirclement and suppression campaigns, the strength of the bandits has been greatly reduced, and their number has also been reduced a lot. As long as their ferocity is not aroused, the two hundred cavalry are more than enough to deal with them."
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Long Zhen noticed that he had lost his composure and was afraid, but he had to keep it in his heart and pretend to be a hero no matter how hard he looked, he puffed up his chest and said, "What am I worried about? Can some bandits compare with my elite men?"
Tang Jiyuan thought to himself: Your soldiers are really good at playing with women. After the dinner, they all went into the brothels to recruit prostitutes. Several brothels were severely damaged by these forbidden troops, and several pimps were beaten up. If it weren't for the prefect
Your Excellency mediates it, but they have been unwilling to give up for a long time.
"Commander Long is so arrogant that he carefully selects his brothers. Of course, there is nothing to worry about. I said the wrong thing and I will be punished with a drink." Tang Jiyuan picked up the wine glass and poured it into his stomach. He was left in a mess.
Long Zhendao: "President Tang has thought about me, and I am very grateful. You are right to remind me that we brothers should be careful when we are running errands, but this bandit is on Bagong Mountain, and the official road is hundreds of miles away from Bagong Mountain."
So far away, do they have the courage to come? I don’t think so."
Tang Jiyuan chuckled and said: "That's right, that's right. What's more, the ground is full of ice and snow, making it difficult to travel. Even if they had some courage, they wouldn't dare."
Long Zhen said: "It turns out that the dealer is afraid of this. No wonder they refuse."
Several dealers in the Tang Jiyuan court stretched out their hands and said: "Because of this, I specially invited a few of them here today to let them see Commander Long's style and to dispel their concerns. I believe
Several bosses have already dropped a stone."
Several car dealership owners raised their hands and said, "With people like Commander Long sitting in charge, and two hundred elite soldiers under his command, the bandits are so brave that they don't dare to harass us. I'm worried."
Tang Jiyuan chuckled and said: "You guys are so straightforward, so today I will ask you all on behalf of Commander Long, are you willing to hire the carts in the car dealership to Commander Long to transport grain? Commander Long's price here is not good.
After all, it’s an errand for the imperial court. Once it’s done, Commander Long will be grateful to you for promotion and fortune, right?”
The owners of the car dealership laughed and said: "How dare you ask Commander Long to thank us? This car is naturally hired by the government to transport grain. The price will be based on the market price. The remaining part will be used by Commander Long to buy wine and food, to show that I am waiting.
With respect, tomorrow morning the five hundred trucks from our four major trucking companies will be under the command of Long."
Long Zhen was dumbfounded as he watched Tang Ji Yuandai hire the cart for himself. He was actually still struggling with the problem of bandits and planned to go back and discuss it with his brothers. If the bandits really came, he would be afraid of the two hundred wine bags and rice bags under him.
Everyone wants to die and fight desperately, but they are determined not to do so.
However, now that the matter has come to an end, the carts delivered to the door cannot be ignored, so he hands them over in thanks. Tang Jiyuan was overly enthusiastic and decided to hand over the two hundred carts from the Chamber of Commerce to Long Zhen for free, plus one of the originally collected carts.
One hundred vehicles, a total of 800 large vehicles, and 500,000 shi of grain can basically be transported away. Even if it is close, it is not much different.
Now, I was originally worried about not having a car to transport food. Suddenly, I had the worry of happiness again. The food could be transported. What if I encountered bandits?
Not having a car was a worry, and he was afraid of being blamed for being incompetent. Having a car was also a struggle, and he was afraid that bandits would snatch food and kill him. Long Zhen felt restless next. Chewing a table full of delicious food was like chewing wax in his mouth. This meal
The second half of the meal was tasteless.
After the banquet, Long Zhen actually refused the romantic show arranged by the Chamber of Commerce, and hurriedly said goodbye and went back to the barracks.
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On the afternoon of the second day of November, Su Jin took Dynasty Mahan and the "auto-written" official letter from Song Xiang to Yangzhou Guancang, which is located on the bank of Baoyang Lake in the north of Yangzhou City. Guancang chose this place because Baoyang Lake is directly connected to the canal.
, close to the wharf, transportation is convenient, and it is also the military camp of the Yangzhou Xiang Army. Because of this, during the several rebellions in Yangzhou, the mob did not dare to approach the official warehouse.
Due to the tense situation in the city, 5,000 Yangzhou Xiang troops were sent to various parts of the city to implement bans. The left-behind granary was a command force. One command governed five capitals, with 100 people in each capital, totaling 500 people; a small official
Five hundred soldiers were sent to the granary to guard it, which shows how much Song Xiang attached importance to the granary.
The commander of the Granary Xiang Army, Pan Jiang, was a short, capable man in his forties. After Su Jin revealed his identity, the man showed cautious respect.
After carefully examining the official documents from the prefect that Su Jin had brought, Pan Jiang raised his hands and said to Su Jin, who was watching the snowy scene with his hands behind his back: "Your Majesty, this is military rations. The prefect once strictly ordered that it should not be touched under any circumstances."
We don’t have enough military rations, so why did you make such a decision this time?”
Su Jin turned around and glared at him: "Commander Pan, do I need to explain to you? The official document from the prefect is here. You can just act as ordered."
Pan Jiang was a little embarrassed, but he didn't give up. He came to apologize and said with a smile: "Your Majesty, please calm down. I am not responsible for my humble position. It's just that opening a warehouse with military rations for relief is a big deal. Why didn't the prefect come in person? Why didn't I come here in person?"
You’re not coming either?”
Su Jin suddenly got angry and slapped Pan Jiang with a backhand that made stars appear in Pan Jiang's eyes, and he cursed angrily: "You are outrageous!"
Pan Jiang was beaten so dazed that he pointed at Su Jin and said, "You..."
When the soldiers under his command saw their leader being beaten, they all clamored and stepped forward. Dynasty Mahan's iron-tower-like body moved forward, concentrating on getting ready to take action.
Su Jin said: "I'm beating you, a short-sighted person. Who is this envoy? He is the food envoy appointed by the emperor himself. Did you hear clearly? The name of this official position says everything. Regarding food,
All matters are decided by me. It is superfluous to ask for the official document of your family's prefect to open a position. I didn't expect you, a small commander, to come and talk nonsense. I just ask you, do you want to disobey me?"
Pan Jiang covered his mouth and was furious, but he really couldn't understand Su Jin's background and rolled his eyes in hesitation.
Su Jin pointed at his nose and said: "Okay, okay, I didn't expect that the special envoy appointed by the imperial court would be obstructed by a small commander of the Xiang Army. Anyway, I will leave Yangzhou and return to Beijing. I want to send this
This matter has been reported to Your Majesty, not only you, a little commander, but also the magistrate of your family will be involved; it is really strange that there are such subordinates under the Yangzhou Prefecture."
Su Jin waved his hand and turned around to leave with Chaos Dynasty Mahan. Pan Jiang watched Su Jin and the other three people walking towards the gate of the official warehouse without saying a word. Pan Jiang watched Su Jin and the other three people walking towards the gate of the official warehouse. Su Jin was muttering in his heart as he walked and walked out of the second room.
After more than ten steps, Pan Jiang didn't make a sound, and he murmured in his heart: Don't make things worse, it would be a joke if Pan Jiang didn't do this to himself.
Seeing that he was about to walk out of the official warehouse gate, Su Jin's heart became colder and colder, and he secretly cursed himself for overacting. If he had come up and explained to him properly, maybe things would have been different; when Su Jin's footsteps stepped on
When the snow fell outside the courtyard door, Su Jin was already in despair. This matter was completely screwed up.
For the current plan, he must leave Yangzhou immediately. Once the official document is exposed, Song Xiang will definitely join him, but where can he go? After all the calculations, it became his shackles. Su Jin was so depressed that he almost died.
cried.
"My lord, please stay!" Pan Jiang's voice came from behind like the sound of nature.
Su Jin almost sat down on the ground in excitement, stopped, but did not turn around, forcing himself to suppress his excitement.
With rustling footsteps behind him, Pan Jiang trotted up to behind Su Jin. He knelt down in the tunnel and said, "I'm humble and disrespectful. Please forgive me. The granary has been opened. Please inspect the grain."
Su Jin turned around and snorted: "That's ridiculous. I thought you were really stupid enough to disobey orders. Come on, I'm not a grudge-bearing person."
Pan Jiang hurriedly thanked him and stood up. There were palm prints on his face, but his expression was relieved. Su Jin knew that he was also hesitant for a long time like him. There was always doubt in this person's heart, and he had to hurry up to open the warehouse and release grain.
Act accordingly to avoid unnecessary complications.
Su Jin ignored him, strode back to the official warehouse, and dove in.dd