Chapter 1241: Grain storage exposed
Chapter 1241 Grain depot exposed
Chapter 1239: Grain depot exposed
Qin Hao had long disclosed the high-yielding grains. Even if some forces did not get them at the time, they had definitely obtained the grains through various means after such a long time.
Food seeds are easy to obtain, but it is not easy to promote them. It takes a lot of time to plant and cultivate.
Until enough grain seeds are cultivated for promotion, whether it is the princes of the Central Plains or the foreign races outside the region, the problem of grain and grass is still an unsolvable problem.
Of course, except for the Jin Army, which has already promoted high-yield grain in the Hetao in advance, the Jin Army is also the only force that does not lack food and grass. In this regard, even Qin Hao's Qin Army cannot compare.
The reason why Yuanmeng invaded the Hetao this time was to completely solve the problem of food shortage. Once the Hetao was obtained, Yuanmeng would never be short of food again in the future, so Temujin would mobilize the whole country to fight against the problem. The Qin and Jin coalition forces fought to the death.
At present, it is certain that Yuan and Meng are short of food, and it is still imminent, but Temujin seems to be indifferent, which will inevitably make Yuan and Meng officials have other ideas.
Murong Ke's face was full of solemnity, and he said in a deep voice: "Your Majesty, the Han Dynasty is no longer the cowardly big man it used to be. I, Yuan Meng'e, must never treat the Han people as two-legged sheep anymore.
Although the Han Dynasty is now divided among its princes, the strength of each prince is not weak. If they are doing things like using human flesh to supplement food, Qin Hao will definitely use this as an excuse to call a meeting of princes. When the time comes, I, the Yuan Dynasty, will face But it was not the coalition of Qin and Jin, but the coalition of all the princes of the Han Dynasty. "
Murong Ke is not the only one who thinks so. Other Yuanmeng ministers including Tuo Lei and Hou Ye think so. After all, the living environment on the grassland is extremely difficult. In order to survive, let alone eat others, even your own relatives must eat. .
Weeding out the old and weak, and allowing the strong to survive, this is the unchanging survival principle of the grassland, and it also fully demonstrates the word "wolf nature".
“My beloved, you have misunderstood me.”
Temujin laughed and said: "Since I took charge of the Xiongnu, has there ever been a phenomenon of using human flesh to supplement food?"
All the ministers, including Murong Ke, couldn't help but be startled when they heard this.
In the past, whether it was the Xiongnu or Xianbei, if they were really short of food during the war, they would have no choice but to eat people or corpses, and this phenomenon was also very common at that time.
But since Temujin took charge of the Huns, no matter how difficult the situation he faced, he would obtain food through various methods. He had never let his soldiers eat more food, nor had he used human flesh to fill their food supply. It is precisely because of this that Temujin is so supported by soldiers.
“I, Temujin, have never done this kind of thing like using human flesh as food, and I will never do it in the future.”
Although Temujin said these words categorically, only he knew the truth. After all, he had never done this before because he had never been forced into that kind of situation. After being truly forced to a dead end, Temujin I'm afraid I won't be so determined.
Temujin's words also relieved Murong Ke and others. After all, using human flesh to supplement food is too harmful to the world. It was enough to do it when the Han Dynasty was weak. Now the princes of the Han Dynasty are extremely powerful in various degrees, but they are absolutely We can't do what we did before.
“Your Majesty, how are you going to solve the food and grass problem?” Tuo Lei asked.
Temujin did not answer directly, but ordered from the left and right: "Send Murong Longcheng to come in."
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After a while, Murong Longcheng strode in, knelt down and saluted, "Murong Longcheng comes to see my emperor."
Xuanjingsi failed in their pursuit of Guo Jing. Not only was Zhao Min captured, but most of his forces in the Central Plains were destroyed. However, Murong Longcheng escaped alive with Guan Yutian, also known as Murong Hua.
Murong Longcheng is not only the top master of the Murong family, but also the first great master of Yuanmeng in the future. Now that Yuanmeng is upright in employing people, Temujin does not want to punish him too much, so he just ordered Murong Longcheng to Dedicate one's crime and make meritorious service.
“If you love me, don’t be polite.”
Temujin raised his hand to help, and then asked: "Have you brought the things back?" "You have brought them back."
With that said, Murong Longcheng took out a picture scroll from his arms, handed it to the guard and then handed it over to Temujin.
After Temujin opened the scroll and took a look, he immediately smiled and said: "Our army captured Zhenbeiguan, but did not capture much grain and grass. After capturing nine counties in Yinshan, the amount of grain and grass seized was not as much as expected.
So the question is, where did the Jin army's food and grass go? Have they all been moved to Yinshan City?
I don’t believe it. In such a short time, Yang Liulang would never have time to move. "
The ministers of Yuan and Meng also began to discuss, and Temujin said: "Yang Silang, please explain, where did the food and grass of the Jin army go?"
Yang Silang couldn't help being shocked, but he had to stand up and answer truthfully: "As the rear area of Zhenbeiguan, Yinshan County stores a large amount of grain and grass, half of which is stored in Yinshan City, and The other half is scattered and stored in secret warehouses in various counties in Yinshan to prepare for emergencies.”
Murong Ke had known for a long time that the grain depots of the Jin army were divided into open warehouses and hidden warehouses, so he was not surprised by this. However, Tuo Lei did not know this. After hearing this, he was overjoyed and said: "Now I, Dayuan, have occupied We have arrived at the nine counties of Yinshan, so half of the grain and grass that the Jin army hoarded in Yinshan has fallen into my hands, Dayuan, but we don’t know where it is? "
“That’s right.”
Temujin nodded, then looked at Yang Silang and asked, "Yang Silang, do you know the location of these secret warehouses?"
Yang Silang shook his head and said: "Only the commander-in-chief and deputy governor of Hetao, my father-in-law and Wang Meng know where the secret storehouse is. Naturally, the general is not qualified to know."
"Yang Silang, do you know that but don't want to tell His Majesty?" Murong Ke asked with a serious look on his face.
Yang Silang said with a sad face: "From the moment I surrendered, there was no way out. If I really knew, how could I not tell it?"
“Who knows you…”
Murong Ke wanted to continue to threaten, but was directly interrupted by Temujin.
“Yang Silang didn’t lie, he really didn’t know, but someone else knew, and that was the Qiao family, one of the eight Shanxi merchant families, who helped the Jin army raise food.”
All the ministers of Yuan and Meng were happy, but Yang Silang was trembling in his heart. He couldn't help but secretly cursed: These traitors deserve to die.
"But haven't the Shanxi merchants who have contact with our army in the north have been taken over by Qin Wen?" Tuo Lei asked.
"It's not that easy. The eight Shanxi merchants have great careers and always have some backup, and this drawing is the last vote of approval of the survivors of the Qiao family."
Hearing what Temujin said, the ministers of Yuan and Meng came to know why Murong Longcheng sneaked into Bingbei.
After the fall of Zhenbeiguan, the Hetao has been completely isolated by Bingbei. One hundred thousand Jin troops blocked the road so tightly that even homing pigeons could not fly through. Once discovered, they would be shot immediately.
The survivors of the Qiao family were unable to pass this information to Hetao, so it was natural that Murong Longcheng had to go and get it in person. Although the Jin army could prevent Yuan Meng's cavalry from entering Bingzhou, it could not stop them from entering Bingzhou, which was only half a mile away from the Grand Master. Murong Longcheng is just a few steps away.
Murong Longcheng could freely travel between the two places, but he could not protect a person from coming over. After the survivor of the Qiao family handed over his things, he lost all their use value and was naturally killed by Murong Longcheng. .
(End of this chapter)