Martial Arts: Start with 100,000 Xiliang Cavalry

Chapter 96 Conditions
On the court.

Emperor Qingxiang was listening to Fu Chengyang read the letter from Li Shengtian.

All the ministers lowered their heads, looked at their noses and mouths, and listened silently.

"...I hope His Majesty can severely punish the chief envoy of this matter, so as to secure the army's heart."

After reading the last sentence in the letter, Fu Chengyang stood aside with his hands down, quietly waiting for Emperor Qingxiang's reaction.

"Okay, very good! Really good!"

Emperor Qingxiang sneered again and again, and raised his finger to all the officials.

"It's really good, my loves, how dare you even beg for the food and grass of the Northern Army!"

"Your Majesty calm down..."

All the officials knelt down immediately, Emperor Qingxiang's chest heaved violently, it could be seen that he was extremely angry.

He stood up, pushed aside the support of the maid beside him, walked down the steps, kicked an official, and kicked the latter to his back.

"His Majesty?!"

The person who was kicked straightened his official hat and continued to kneel. He was Lu Guang, one of the six ministers.

After being kicked, he didn't dare to feel any anger, but said with a face full of fear: "Your Majesty, Your Majesty, this is..."

"Lu Guang! What are you doing, Minister of the Ministry of War? You are in charge of food and grass. Why did you make such a big mistake? If you don't tell me that you are ugly, I will take your head off." !"

"His Majesty……"

Lu Guang was so frightened by Emperor Qingxiang's scolding that he broke into cold sweat all over his body, but at the moment his life and death were at stake, he still forced himself to calm down and confessed to himself.

"Your Majesty! The minister is only in charge of the general dispatch, but the people below are responsible for the transportation. It must be that the officials below have had bad intentions and secretly sold the military rations."

"Your Majesty, I know that General Li's battle is a big deal, so how dare I be greedy? I ask Rong Chen to go and investigate, and I will definitely find him out and give His Majesty an explanation!"

"Asshole, if your petty official committed a crime, shouldn't you, the Household Minister, be held responsible?"

"Your Majesty is right, I cannot escape the responsibility for my crime!"

At this time, Lu Guang could only follow Emperor Qingxiang and dare not say anything else.

At this time, Prime Minister He Zhongping came out and said: "Your Majesty, the top priority is to investigate clearly, punish severely, recover the food and grass corrupted by ink, and transport it to the North Army as soon as possible. Otherwise, the frontline soldiers will be hungry, and I am afraid that they will die in the war." Great disadvantage."

"...What He Aiqing said is right."

Emperor Qingxiang returned to the dragon chair and sat down.

He stared at Lu Guang for a while, and he could see the killing intent in his eyes, but at this moment, he couldn't really kill the Minister of the Ministry of War, and he had to do something.

"Lu Guang! Keep your head on your neck for the time being. I will order you to investigate clearly within three days, and then collect food and grass to send, otherwise..."

"The minister obeys the order!"

When Lu Guang heard that there was still hope, he was afraid that Emperor Qingxiang would change his mind, so he quickly kowtowed in response.

"Do it now!"

Lu Guang left in a hurry.

Emperor Qingxiang's anger lessened with Lu Guang's departure, he frowned and said, "It doesn't count as a matter of military rations, and the battle for the North seems not to be going well."

Except for the military rations, other military information was also recorded and sent back to the capital.

Therefore, Emperor Qingxiang also knew that Li Shengtian's two attacks now ended in failure, and nearly [-] soldiers were injured, and one lieutenant general was killed by Su Yuan's subordinates, and one general was captured alive.

This record really suffocated Emperor Qingxiang's heart.

He originally thought that after Li Shengtian led the army there, he should be able to capture Tianmenguan within a few days.

Unexpectedly, he suffered a loss and lost the battle.

Some of the courtiers below, trying to figure out what Emperor Qingxiang wanted, also spoke along his lines.

"Your Majesty's words are very true. General Li may be inappropriate in his command."

"The strength of Su Yuan's army is no more than one hundred thousand. General Li's army of 45 lost [-] to [-] in less than seven days. This..."

"Your Majesty should issue an order to tell General Li not to neglect!"

Emperor Qingxiang showed some dissatisfaction with the battle situation, and the courtiers all reprimanded Li Shengtian.

But there are also courtiers who speak for Li Shengtian.

"Your Majesty, Tianmen Pass is easy to defend but difficult to attack. General Li should have been frustrated at the beginning."

"The traitor Su Yuan is not an easy person. He personally commands the command, and the soldiers under him naturally work hard to defend."

"The Li family is a military family, and General Li is even more talented. Your Majesty, please give General Li some more time. He will definitely send good news back."

The courtiers on both sides refused to listen to each other, and Emperor Qingxiang got tired of listening, and waved his hand to shut up everyone.

He looked at Fu Chengyang at the side: "Chengyang, what do you have to say?"

"Your Majesty." Fu Chengyang said, "I also think so and give General Li some time to take a look."

"Ah."

"However, His Majesty should give him an order to make him do his best."

"You're right."

Emperor Qingxiang undoubtedly didn't want to change generals, but he wanted to vent his dissatisfaction.Therefore, a decree is still necessary.

"Your Majesty." At this time, a minister reported, "Recently, envoys from overseas and western countries have come, and I hope that Your Majesty will open the pass and trade goods."

"Small overseas countries are really troublesome! Put this aside for now and talk about it later. Right now, I am most concerned about the traitor Su Yuan. He won't die for a day, so I don't have the heart to care about other things!"

"..."

The ministers looked at each other with different expressions.

There are those who are worried, but there are also those who are secretly happy.

I am worried because Emperor Qingxiang said that there will definitely be many problems in other aspects.

And those who are delighted are the creators of these "many problems".They thought in their hearts that they could take the opportunity to make a fortune elsewhere. Anyway, Emperor Qingxiang didn't care about other things recently.

After going to court, Fu Chengyang went to find Lu Guang, Minister of the Ministry of War, in person.

Inside the Yamen of the Ministry of War, after closing the door, Lu Guang saw Fu Chengyang's face, and knelt down with a plop.

"Nine thousand years calm down..."

Looking at his trembling body, it seemed that facing the indifferent Fu Chengyang was more terrifying than facing Emperor Qingxiang's anger.

Fu Chengyang asked: "What's going on?"

Lu Guang confessed honestly: "Your official, I just took a little..."

"a little?"

"Really!" Lu Guang said angrily, "The lower officials just took [-]%, these damned petty officials, they must have taken the rest, damn it!"

[-]% of the grain, only [-]% was left at the Beida Army.

Lu Guang only took [-]% of it, and the other [-]% was naturally due to his subordinates and other passers-by who took part of the card.

Fu Chengyang said coldly: "I really don't want your dog's life anymore. How dare you take the military rations for rebellion! Do you think this is the food for disaster relief?"

"Lord Nine Thousand Years Old, I know I was wrong! I know that this is an important matter of rebellion, so I only take [-]%. Who knows the group of bastards below..."

"Only you, a bastard, are allowed to take it, and others are not allowed to take it?"

"Yes, yes, the lower official is a bastard! Nine thousand years old, you must save the lower official..."

Lu Guang pleaded incomparably humble.

He knew that if Fu Chengyang didn't protect him, Emperor Qingxiang would definitely kill him afterwards.

Fu Chengyang had a cold face, and he was also in a bad mood.

But it's not just because of the military rations, but also because Li Shengtian wrote two letters in total.

One was read out by him at court, and the other was written to him by Li Shengtian alone.

In the letter, he directly named him and scolded him, saying that Fu Chengyang was lying. The so-called "poisoning" did not succeed at all, but was plotted by Su Yuan's generals, causing him to lose hundreds of the most brave soldiers in the army.

Fu Chengyang was scolded by Li Shengtian, so it's no wonder he was in a better mood.But what made him even more angry was that A San's poison didn't work?
He thought it was unlikely.

He knew the power of the miasma worm, and Su Yuan couldn't possibly be on guard against it.

Could it be that the news leaked?Or is there something wrong with A[-]?
Fu Chengyang was suspicious.

He wouldn't suspect such things before, but since Jia Wu's rebellion, he can no longer fully trust anyone in the spiders.

And now because of the war, news from Mozhou cannot be spread at all.

Fu Chengyang still can't figure out how Su Yuan did this.

He sent a large number of spider members to infiltrate into Mozhou earlier. Didn't any of them successfully join Su Yuan's army?

Did Su Yuan not conscript at all?
Fu Chengyang was full of doubts, and his mood naturally became more and more irritable.

Su Yuan, the boy he had dismissed at the beginning, turned out to be a big trouble now, which he didn't expect.

After regaining his senses, Fu Chengyang said to Lu Guang: "Immediately execute a batch of your subordinates, and then transport the food there! If you make another mistake this time, the gods will not be able to save you!"

"Yes, I understand, thank you Nine Thousand Years Old!"

Lu Guang immediately thanked him. He knew that Fu Chengyang said so, which meant he was willing to protect him.

After Fu Chengyang left the yamen of the Ministry of War, he saw Jia Yi standing at the door of the yamen, waving a folding fan in his hand, as if he was waiting for him to come out.

"How are the members of the Beggar Gang?" Fu Chengyang walked over and asked.

"It will take a few days. Bai Shiquan is transferring people from the sub-rudder." A said with a smile, "The chief helm elders are all good people. If they know that they have gone, there is a high probability that they will not come back, so they refuse to go."

"Hmph, these beggars are not stupid!"

"My lord's words are wrong. They don't want food. Instead, they are the beggars who support them. If you ask me, they are more comfortable than the emperor. They don't need to manage government affairs to enjoy the offerings."

Fu Chengyang glanced at him: "Can't you be a little bit defensive? Put the beggar leader and the emperor together?"

A laughed loudly: "It's almost the same."

"..."

Fu Chengyang was silent for a moment, then stared at A suddenly: "If you are willing to go to Tianmen Pass, you won't have so many troubles."

"Me? Forget it."

"You want Su Yuan to live?"

"Whether he lives or dies has nothing to do with me. I just think this Su Yuan is quite interesting. Although I haven't seen him before, hehe."

"Interesting? Many people will die!"

The smile on Jiasan's face didn't diminish: "If people don't die, what's the point?"

Fu Chengyang snorted coldly, turned and left.

……

Wang Jian held several friends in Qingzhou in his hand to reply, with an embarrassed expression on his face.

In the letter, several friends were willing to help.They even said that they could get more detailed information, because they were among the soldiers responsible for transporting food.

It's just that they want to know what the benefits are, what the rewards are.

If you don't make this point clear and give them a guarantee, then they are absolutely unwilling to help.

Su Yuandao: "This is your friend, it's really kind to you."

"This……"

Wang Jian didn't know that Su Yuan was mocking him, but he could only bear it, and tried his best to say good things.

"My lord, you should promise to give them some benefits. This is definitely a guaranteed profit. Think about it, if you can intercept the northern army's rations once, it will definitely help you win a big victory, my lord!"

"It is."

Su Yuan really wanted to get Li Shengtian's military rations.

It's just that he had just received the news before. Not long ago, the military rations had just been transported once, and he didn't know when the next one would be.

And he can summon the soldiers of the heavens again immediately. If he can summon powerful soldiers, then maybe he can directly push the North Army's camp.

However, it is best to plan for a rainy day and do two things at the same time.

He said to Wang Jian: "I can promise your friends that I will give them a high-ranking marquis after the matter is completed. But will they believe it?"

"This...my lord, you'd better get some first..."

Wang Jian hesitated, as if hinting.

"Silver note?"

"Your Highness is wise!"

"..."

I have to say that bank notes are really hard currency.

And in Su Yuan's hand, there were indeed some bank notes that were used throughout the country, which he found out from several big families.

These guys understand the truth of the three caves of the cunning rabbit very well, and they have a large number of bank notes from various banks at home.Many of them can be exchanged in the capital city and the capital cities of various states.

Su Yuan thought for a moment, nodded and said, "How about 10 taels?"

"Enough is enough!" Wang Jian said happily, "10 taels is definitely enough!"

Those few friends of his were all junior military officials, incomparable to local county government officials, and usually had little money to earn.

At most, they would be greedy for the military pay of some of the lowest-level soldiers, but that was because the generals at the top had finished eating the meat first, and it was their turn to drink the soup.

And this soup may not be comfortable to drink, because the low-level soldiers are too greedy for ink, and these soldiers will make trouble when they are pushed.Once there is a big trouble, in order to appease the anger of the soldiers, the upper-level generals will pull out a few unlucky officers from among them and slaughter them.

This kind of fearful life has been too long, and it is really unbearable.But if you are not greedy at all, there is no way to survive. There is no way, the generals above are already greedy, and if they are not greedy, they will have nothing but starve to death.

For such a few small officers, 10 taels of silver can be said to be a huge sum of money, enough for them to bring their whole family to Su Yuan to work hard.

"That's good, you can write back."

"Yes!"

Seeing Wang Jian busy writing a reply, Su Yuan thought to himself, this little money is nothing, besides, he can get it back after Qingzhou is conquered.

Afterwards, Lu Wuyou, who was in Taiyuan City, also sent someone to send information.

Su Yuan took a look, and there was no sign of poisoning in Taiyuan, but this did not mean that the assassin who was good at poisoning was not in the city.

As for Lu Wuyou's statement that many people want to donate some food spontaneously, Su Yuan naturally agrees with his opinion that there is no need for it, and the common people just do whatever they want.

The only thing in the intelligence that caught his attention was that Jia Wu took the initiative to find Lu Wuyou, saying that he could help search for the spider members lurking in Taiyuan City.

Jia Wu said that he couldn't find the members of the "A" company at the same level as him, because every company in the "A" company was usually not allowed to meet.But he can find out those spider members with the "B" grade and below, because the confidentiality of these low-level members is not so strong, and some members have a fixed behavior pattern.

Su Yuan was very satisfied when he saw this information.If Jiawu can find low-level spider personnel, maybe he can follow the vine and find out the higher-level "A" name.After all, no matter what, if he doesn't find out the guy who used poison, he will definitely not feel at ease for a day.

　Remarks:
　　1. Sorry book friends, there are only two changes today.Today is a crazy Thursday, there are a lot of KFC people, and our part-time employees have to work at night.

　　On weekends, I will make up the fourth update!
　　
　
(End of this chapter)