At the end of the Yuan Dynasty, the competition for the deer in the world

Chapter 131 Take Jiangdu to solve the food shortage problem, and return to Sizhou City after some arrangements

Feng Guoyong was a little shocked when he learned from Tang He and Chang Yuchun that both the North City Gate and the South City Gate had been taken.

Especially regarding Chang Yuchun's bravery, he has a new understanding.

He thought to himself, among the Sizhou army, there might be no other strong general who could stand shoulder to shoulder with Chang Yuchun.

Then, all his thoughts were on the east gate and west gate of Jiangdu City.

at this time.

Tang He looked at Feng Guoyong and said: "General Feng, you came in time. The east gate and the west gate may be very difficult to win with the naval forces led by me and Lao Geng respectively. But now, if there are With your help, we can win the East City Gate and West City Gate, I think there is still a lot of hope."

Feng Guoyong saw Tang He's, Geng Zaicheng's, Chang Yuchun's and others' eyes burning with fighting intent, and knew Tang He's intention in his heart.

He pondered for a while, then looked at Tang He, Geng Zaicheng, and Chang Yuchun and said: "In order to avoid nights and dreams, Jiangdu City should be captured as soon as possible, leaving the two gates that have not been captured. I will attack the east gate. , the west gate, I will leave it to you to fight. For this expedition, the general gave me 2 horses, I will distribute 1 horses to you, and I will personally lead [-] horses. I wonder what you think?"

Tang He, Geng Zaicheng and Chang Yuchun were overjoyed when they heard the words.

"Thank you, General Feng!" The three said in unison.

Feng Guoyong waved his hand and said: "It's not too late, let's start to act now! The north gate and the south gate will be guarded by the naval forces led by the two of you. By the way, there is another person who will let you The people under his command saw that this person has a lot to do with the general."

With that said, Feng Guoyong asked someone to bring Shen Lingling.

As for Tang He, Geng Zaicheng, and Chang Yuchun, they all felt that the woman Feng Guoyong mentioned was a relative of the general. They also solemnly nodded and agreed, and told their subordinates to take good care of them.

After that, the [-] troops were divided into two groups.

An army of [-] soldiers, led by Feng Guoyong, headed towards the east gate of Jiangdu City.

An army of [-] troops, led by Tang He, Geng Zaicheng, and Chang Yuchun, headed towards the west gate of Jiangdu City, full of murderous intent.

The Yuan army at the east gate of Jiangdu City saw Feng Guoyong appearing with so many troops, their faces turned pale with fright, and they had no desire to do anything at all.

Feng Guoyong, on the other hand, seemed very surprised.

But he felt that it would be great to be able to capture the East City Gate without fighting, at least to avoid casualties.

On the other side, when Tang He, Geng Zaicheng, and Chang Yuchun led an army of [-] to the west gate, they encountered stubborn resistance.

The remnants of the Yuan army fled to the streets and alleys, and fought fiercely with the [-] troops led by Tang He, Geng Zaicheng, and Chang Yuchun.

The battle was particularly fierce, and the screams continued until the sky was completely dark, and the west gate of Jiangdu City returned to calm.

At this point, Jiangdu City fell into the hands of Sizhou Army.

In the middle of the night, Feng Guoyong issued an order, and the Sizhou Army wiped out the remaining Yuan soldiers in Jiangdu City.

Moreover, according to some account books and rosters in Jiangdu City Wanhu Mansion, he sent Sizhou Army to arrest and imprison all Jiangdu rich businessmen and celebrities who had handed over the account books and rosters to the Yuan army.

For a time, Jiangdu City prison was overcrowded.

In order to solve the problem of not being able to detain so many people in the prison, Feng Guoyong also deliberately set up a camp in the school grounds in the city to guard these people.

After this busy work, they worked until late at night.

Afterwards, Feng Guoyong made some statistics based on some account books and other books of the Wanhu Mansion, and only then did he know that he won Jiangdu City this time, and the grain he got was 140 million shi.

The harvest was so rich, it was beyond Feng Guoyong's expectation.

Moreover, these have not included the situation of those wealthy businessmen, celebrities and others who were arrested.

It will take some time to liquidate the gains of those wealthy businessmen, celebrities and others.

According to his conservative estimate, this time, at least 200 million shi of grain may be harvested.

In this way, the food shortage dilemma of the entire 15 Sizhou Army is no longer a problem.

Thinking of this, Feng Guoyong hurriedly sent the information about the Jiangdu war to the General's Mansion in Gaoyou City for eight hundred miles.

At the same time, when Feng Guoyong was about to wait for dawn, he personally led 5000 people to escort the grain back to Gaoyou City.

5000 people were left to guard Jiangdu City.

Although Jiangdu City was taken this time, there were not no casualties. Tang He and Geng Zaicheng had a total of about 4000 navy troops, and now there are only about [-] left.

About 3000 Yuan army prisoners were incorporated.

In other words, even if Feng Guoyong led 5000 people back to Gaoyou City, there were still 1 people stationed in Jiangdu City.

As long as they don't slacken their guard, relying on the abilities of Tang He, Geng Zaicheng, and Chang Yuchun to guard Jiangdu City is more than enough.

To escort this batch of grain, Feng Guoyong not only personally led 5000 people to escort it, but also asked Cheng De to send someone to hand over the food, just to ensure the safety of the grain.

This time he escorted the grain in two batches, 65 shi at one time.

Moreover, after all the grains of those rich merchants are counted, he will give them back a few times.

With this batch of grain, Feng Guoyong believes that the Sizhou Army will grow rapidly in the future.

The next day is dawn.

Cheng De just woke up.

He was busy dealing with military affairs last night, and by the time he was done, it was already midnight.

Although he woke up now, he still felt a little dizzy.

He rubbed his swollen head.

suddenly.

Li Xiaoci came to report that there was an urgent letter from Jiangdu City from eight hundred li.

Cheng De cheered up in an instant, and quickly let the messenger in.

Under the leadership of Li Xiaoci, the soldiers who delivered the letter entered the study of the General's Mansion.

Seeing Cheng De, the soldier quickly knelt on one knee and said, "See General."

Cheng De waved his hand and said, "Is there a result in the battle of Jiangdu?"

As he spoke, Cheng De approached the soldiers.

The soldier quickly handed the letter to Cheng De, and said with a smile: "General, our Sizhou army has won the battle of Jiangdu. Now, Jiangdu City is under the control of our Sizhou army."

Hearing this, Cheng De finally relaxed.

He hurriedly opened the letter to read it. After reading it quickly, Cheng De realized that the Sizhou Army suffered about [-] casualties in the battle of Jiangdu.

However, considering that it was a siege battle, it was expected that there would be these casualties.

What he cared about was that Feng Guoyong said that the grain harvest in Jiangdu this time was as high as 140 million shi grains.

Moreover, Feng Guoyong also imprisoned some wealthy businessmen and celebrities who had made friends with the Yuan army. According to Feng Guoyong's estimation, if these people's homes were searched, he conservatively estimated that there would be at least 60 shi of grain.

The specific number depends on the results of the inventory later.

Cheng De was secretly looking forward to this.

At the same time, Feng Guoyong also mentioned asking him to send someone to hand over to him. After all, he transported so much food with 5000 people, and he was worried that it would be unsafe.

Cheng De also understood this quite well. Even he was a little terrified to transport so much food at one time.

Later, after explaining to Luo Mao and Yao Guangxiao, Cheng De personally led an army of 4000 towards Jiangdu City, leaving [-] troops and [-] sailors recruited by Yao Guangxiao to guard Gaoyou. city.

In addition, Cheng De immediately sent someone to convey his order to let Liu Chongwu and other 1 people return to Gaoyou City.

After Cheng De and his party left Gaoyou City, they set off towards Jiangdu City in a mighty manner.

Those who didn't know thought that Cheng De was going out to fight again this time.

As for the bandits near Gaoyou City, seeing so many soldiers, they all stayed in their dens honestly, and were too frightened to come out to do some shady business, for fear of offending Cheng De and the Sizhou Army and killing them all at once. All gone.

About five hours later.

Cheng De met Feng Guoyong on the way.

Two armies unite.

After Feng Guoyong handed over all the food to the people brought by Cheng De, he hurriedly bid farewell to Cheng De and returned to Jiangdu City with 5000 people.

According to Feng Guoyong's meaning, there is still a trip of food that has not been delivered.

He was going to transport another 65 shi of grain from Jiangdu City.

After thinking about it, Cheng De agreed.

So he set up camp on the spot.

However, Feng Guoyong not only handed over 65 shi of grain to him this time, but also handed over a woman to him.

When Cheng De asked Feng Guoyong what the situation was, Feng Guoyong left directly on the grounds that the journey was far away and he wanted to return to Jiangdu City to transport the current grain immediately.

Cheng De froze on the spot.

Looking at the strange woman in front of him, Cheng De didn't think much about it.

He asked someone to arrange a tent for the woman to rest, so he didn't care about it anymore.

Although the woman in front of him is very beautiful, he already has Ma Xiuying and Luo Yan, and he is already very satisfied with these two women in his life.

There are too many women, which is not a good thing for him.

At least, Cheng De thinks so now.

Shen Lingling didn't take out the silk cloth that had been ordered as a baby kiss, because she saw that Cheng De didn't care much about her.

She was smiling bitterly in her heart at the moment, she thought, maybe in Cheng De's heart, the wife he married was the one worthy of his concern.

And she didn't seem to be in the other party's consideration.

Perhaps, the other party has never heard of her either!
At the same time, she was shocked in her heart.

She didn't expect that Cheng De, who had made a baby kiss with her, would lead so many soldiers and horses, which was beyond her imagination.

In her memory, it was the first time she had seen a person who commanded so many horses.

It's just that the other party ignored her.

This made Shen Lingling resentful.

She wanted to get close to Cheng De, but the big man next to Cheng De stared at her with wide eyes, and there was a hint of warning in his eyes, his eyes were like knives.

It's so nasty!

Shen Lingling gritted her teeth when she thought of that big man who spoiled her good deeds.

This big man is exactly Li Xiaoci.

At this moment, Li Xiaoci was standing outside the tent of Cheng De's army, guarding Cheng De like a door god.

He always kept in mind Liu Chongwu's warning to him, don't let any stranger come within five steps of the general, don't let the general stand by the water alone, don't let the general
In this regard, he has always kept in mind and persisted.

Cheng De wanted to stand by the water for a while, but was directly rejected by Li Xiaoci without hesitation.

Li Xiaoci's rhetoric is that he is worried about assassins, the general should consider his own safety, if there is another accident, what will the brothers in the Sizhou Army do?
After what Li Xiaoci said, Cheng De had no choice but to dismiss this idea.

He didn't want to increase Li Xiaoci's workload, and he was also worried that there would be another assassin to assassinate him.

That assassination cast a huge shadow on Cheng De's heart.

He has no idea.

Therefore, Cheng De had to sit in the big tent of the Chinese army and immerse himself in military affairs.

The night passed quietly.

The red sun rises in the east, and the dawn descends on the earth.

A new day has come.

Cheng De woke up early, and after he inspected the barracks, he stood outside the big tent, looking at the mountains and mountains in the distance, with deep eyes.

Li Xiaoci and a group of soldiers were distributed around Cheng De, forming circles one after another.

Each of them has sharp eyes like a knife.

Not far away, there is a woman, looking here frequently.

However, after she saw Li Xiaoci's battle, she gave up her intention to contact Cheng De.

She has deep resentment towards Li Xiaoci in her heart.

Time flies, and it is noon.

Feng Guoyong escorted 65 shi of grain again to join Cheng De's army.

Cheng De waited until Feng Guoyong gave an order, and the whole army began to march towards Gaoyou City.

When Cheng De and his party returned to Gaoyou City, it was already late at night.

At this time, it was already the time of Hai hour on March 12, 24.

The army rested all night.

The next day, at dawn.

Cheng De summoned Yao Guangxiao, Luo Mao, Liu Bowen, Liu Chongwu and Feng Guoyong.

The venue for this summoning is still in the conference hall as usual.

Cheng De didn't have any extra nonsense, and when everyone came together, he said directly: "Last night, Deng Youde rushed for eight hundred miles, and the Yuan army, Ru Zhongbai and Bo Timur, with a total of 12 troops, attacked Qinghe and Qingjiang. Zhong Yang , Zhou Dexing can last for a few more days, but I'm afraid he can't last for too long. Feng Guoyong, I order you to lead an army of [-] to Huai'an City to support Deng Youde. At that time, you and Deng Youde will discuss how to counterattack the Yuan army. .”

Feng Guoyong replied solemnly: "Follow the order. Please rest assured, General, I will definitely repel the Yuan army with General Deng Pian."

Cheng De nodded, and looked at Yao Guangxiao and Liu Chongwu again.

After thinking for a while, Cheng De said slowly: "Liu Chongwu will be the guard of Gaoyou City, and Yao Guangxiao will assist you. Liu Chongwu, I only have one request for you, to discuss everything with Yao Jijiu."

Liu Chongwu and Yao Guangxiao responded one after another: "Follow the order!"

After Cheng De glanced at Liu Chongwu with relief, he turned to Yao Guangxiao and said, "Yao Jijiu, Gaoyou City's government affairs and other affairs will be entrusted to you. In addition, the navy's [-] soldiers must be fully recruited." , You should also pay close attention to this matter. Also, Xu Yingjie and Liu Ren on Zhang Shicheng's side, have they turned their backs and invested in Zhang Shicheng? You must send someone to verify this quickly, and you must confirm it as soon as possible. It’s [-] miles away and it’s urgent to send it to Sizhou City.”

"Yes." Yao Guangxiao replied.

"Gaoyou City, I will keep 2 people. [-] were brought to Taizhou City by Liu Chongwu before, and the remaining [-] are the newly recruited [-] sailors. Therefore, we must recruit as soon as possible." Cheng De once again exhorted.

Yao Guangxiao and Liu Chongwu nodded heavily.

Afterwards, Cheng De looked at Luo Mao again.

Luo Mao looked at Cheng De calmly.

Cheng De opened his mouth and said, "In Jiangdu, Luo Canjun is fully responsible for all affairs, whether it is government affairs, military affairs, or other affairs. Tang He, Geng Zaicheng, and Chang Yuchun are at your disposal. This time you bring my Order, and lead an army of [-] to set off for Jiangdu City immediately, and you will sit in Jiangdu City. I have great confidence in your ability."

"Afterwards, look at the right time to clear the entire Zhenjiang Road, so that our Sizhou Army can take Jinling City on Jiqing Road later. I will give you full responsibility for this."

"I hope you will not betray my trust in you."

Luo Mao was shocked when he heard this.

He never thought that the general would give him such great power.

Luo Mao was very moved.

He never expected that the general's trust in him would be so great.

This was beyond Luo Mao's expectation.

Similarly, it was beyond the expectations of everyone present.

Luo Mao took a deep breath, bowed to Cheng Deduan and said: "The general trusts Luo Mao so much, Luo Mao is very grateful, he can only repay by taking Zhenjiang Road, please rest assured, the general, Luo Mao will never disappoint the general's trust. "

Cheng De looked at Luo Mao with satisfaction: "You and I have been together for so long, and we know you very well. There is no need to say these words, I believe you."

Luo Mao felt a warm current flowing in his heart.

This is the feeling of being trusted, which is great!

Luo Mao nodded heavily.

Some words are best buried in the heart and spoken with actions.

Finally, Cheng De stared at Liu Bowen for a while, and then said: "Mr. Liu, this time, you will go to Huai'an Road with Feng Guoyong."

Liu Bowen bowed and replied, "Follow the order!"

Cheng De nodded, turned his gaze to the crowd, and said, "This time, I will leave one hundred thousand shi of grain and return to Sizhou City with an army of 120 shi and 70 million shi of grain. If there is not enough food for Gaoyou City in the future, it can be transferred from Jiangdu City. According to Feng Guoyong, those wealthy businessmen in Jiangdu and the existing Jiangdu City still have at least [-] shi of grain, which is enough for Gaoyou City and Jiangdu City. Used by soldiers of the Sizhou Army in Chengsi."

"Yes." The crowd responded.

Cheng De continued: "Okay, that's the end of the story. You should all start, and I'm going back to Sizhou City today."

After everyone bowed to Cheng De again, they retreated straight away.

Looking at the empty conference hall, Cheng De quickly gathered 120 troops and prepared to return to Sizhou City with [-] million shi of grain.

This time, because there was too much food to be transported and he didn't want to delay too much time on the way, especially because he was afraid of the rainy day, Cheng De also called 5 civilian husbands in Gaoyou City by means of labor instead of levy.

The people responded quickly.

In the eyes of the common people, not to mention that there is no danger in this trip, the rewards are quite good.

Moreover, they have heard that the children of those who participated in the food transportation this time will have the opportunity to study at Sizhou College in the future.

In Sizhou College, they had heard of the reputation of Song Lian and others.

They also know that Sizhou College will come out in the future and will serve as officials in the Sizhou Army.

Now that they are under the rule of the Sizhou Army, General Zhenglu treats them with kindness and righteousness. After thinking about it, many people with many ideas have decided to participate in it for the sake of their descendants.

At the same time, Cheng De also brought most of the Jinyiwei and Jueshengwei in Gaoyou City, and was responsible for supervising those civilian husbands.

Regarding the remuneration of the peasants, Gaoyou City paid part of it in the early stage, and then Luo Mao transported a batch of property from Jiangdu City to settle the settlement with the people who participated in the grain transportation.

It was already late at night for the busy work of calling the civilian husband.

Cheng De had to postpone his departure until tomorrow.

On March 12th, 26th year, Cheng De and his party, with nearly 9 people, returned to Sizhou City in a mighty way.

On March 12, 28, at sunset, Cheng De and his party returned to Sizhou City.

On this day, officials from various ministries in Sizhou City, as well as people from the General's Mansion waited outside the city to welcome Cheng De and his party into Sizhou City.

Just on this day, the third issue of "Sizhou Daily" published about Cheng De's capture of Gaoyou City and Jiangdu City, and the whole Sizhou City was in a commotion.

Everyone is talking about the brilliant achievements of General Zhenglu.

Now, in the minds of the people in Sizhou City, Cheng De is an invincible general, and there is nothing that cannot be conquered wherever he goes.

At the same time, Cheng De's prestige has also been elevated once again invisibly.

Many people in Sizhou City also understood the current situation.

Many thoughtful people stifled their thoughts that they shouldn't have, and began to try to change their roles and integrate into the Sizhou Army's rule.

Many landowners turned in their grain one after another, just for peace of mind.

Cheng De naturally accepted it with a smile, not for nothing.

Seeing that Cheng De accepted it, many landlords felt more at ease.

They began to accept the rule of the Sizhou Army, from the inside out.

Cheng De's first order when he returned to Sizhou City was to build ten granaries in Sizhou City to store grain.

He planned to send heavy troops to guard every granary.

As for the ten granaries, the Sizhou army was busy up and down, and it took less than five days to build them.

Fortunately, these five days were sunny.

Put all the escorted grain back into the granary, and arrange trustworthy people and heavy soldiers to guard it.

Cheng De's taut string was only a little loose.

In the five days since he returned to Sizhou City, he has been living in the barracks, working with the soldiers of the Sizhou Army on building granaries and training, which he personally takes the lead in supervising.

After five days, he handed over this matter to He Jiusi and Li Xiaoci.

And this day is already April 12, [-].

Cheng De returned to live in the General's Mansion.

When he woke up, he found that the person next to the bed was no longer there.

at this time.

Cheng Decai saw Ma Xiuying entering the room carrying a bowl of light rice porridge and two large pancakes.

Seeing Ma Xiuying's ruddy complexion, Cheng De smiled.

Ma Xiuying glanced at Cheng De, then rolled her eyes at Cheng De, and said, "The rice porridge that has just been made, warm up quickly."

Cheng De didn't delay at all, and went straight to Ma Xiuying, held Ma Xiuying's hand, and said with a smile: "I was just hungry, and sister Xiuying came with food. It's really Cheng De who can marry Miss Xiuying." De good luck! Sister Xiuying, I haven't seen you for nearly a month, I miss you so much!"

Ma Xiuying patted Cheng De's hand away, and said angrily: "Hmph, I haven't seen you write a letter back for almost a month, let me wait in the mansion, and said you miss me."

Cheng De tightly grasped Ma Xiuying's hands again, and looked directly into Ma Xiuying's eyes, until both of them's eyes were drawn, Cheng De said: "It's my fault, I won't do it anymore."

After Ma Xiuying heard the words, she nodded in satisfaction and said, "It's more or less the same."

Immediately, Ma Xiuying frowned, and stared closely at Cheng De: "What's the matter with that long scar on your chest? I remember that you didn't have it before your last expedition. Brother De, why don't you explain it to me?" ?"

Cheng De's eyes flashed, and he buried his head in drinking rice porridge and eating pancakes, but did not respond to Ma Xiuying's words.

Ma Xiuying was silent, her eyes were a little red.

Cheng De caught a glimpse of this scene inadvertently, and felt that the pancake he was holding tightly in his hand was no longer fragrant, so he spread his hands and said, "Okay! Sister Xiuying wants to know, so I'll tell you all about it!"

After finishing the words, Ma Xiuying sat down next to Cheng De and looked at Cheng De fixedly.

Cheng De sighed: "War, it is inevitable that you will get some injuries. If there is a real war, I will recognize the scar I suffered from the injury, but this scar was left by the assassin sent by the Prime Minister Tuotuo of the Yuan Dynasty to assassinate me. .In that assassination, I was almost killed."

Cheng De didn't continue talking, Ma Xiuying's eyes showed distress.

Cheng De was silent for a while, and then continued: "That time was the most dangerous time in my life. I was in a coma for three days and bled a lot. At that time, I thought I was going to die! Before I passed out In just a short moment, I thought a lot, but I found that the ones I missed the most were Miss Xiuying and Yan'er."

"In this world, you two are the ones I am willing to risk my life to protect."

When Ma Xiuying heard Cheng De's words, she couldn't help leaning on Cheng De's arms, her tears flowed down silently, her nose was sore, and she choked up: "Brother De, you must protect yourself from now on. If you are gone, I really don't know who People, how should we live in this world? In this world, Brother De, you know that you are my Ma Xiuying's lifelong support!"

Cheng De gently wiped Ma Xiuying's tears with his hands, feeling a little warm in his heart, he held Ma Xiuying's shoulders tightly with his hands, quietly enjoying the rare leisure and warm scene.

This time, he really felt that when he came to this world, he was the person he cared about the most.

With concern, it means responsibility.

He will not evade this responsibility, but choose to shoulder it.

It's nice to feel someone cares.

After Cheng De sighed deeply in his heart, he hugged Ma Xiuying and remained silent.

He felt that the hearts of the two were closer than before.

(End of this chapter)