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Chapter 206 Recover Lost Ground
"Based on the current situation, at least 30 taels of silver are needed!"

Lin Qian didn't open his mouth like a lion. Now that the situation is critical and the enemy is at hand, it would be great if it can be resolved peacefully.

A soldier's salary is three to five taels a year before the big battle, save a little money, 30 taels of silver can be enough for a year's salary of a hundred thousand troops in his hands.

But now it is wartime after all, there must be a brave man under a heavy reward, there is no benefit, why should the soldiers work hard for you?
What's more, 10 people are needed to eat horse chews, and it may be difficult to support an army of 30 with [-] taels of silver for half a year.

However, half a year is enough for Lin Qian to have a more accurate judgment on the follow-up situation, and he will have more time to think about how to deal with it. If the plan goes well, maybe the war will be over in half a year.

"30 million taels?"

The gentry present exclaimed, and immediately looked at each other, but they all had bitter faces, as if asking them to collect 30 taels of silver would ruin their fortunes.

Lin Qian was very familiar with this expression, because he had seen Qu Zhizhou's face countless times.

"Lord Lin, it's not that we don't want to, it's just that the harvest has not been good recently, and the landlord's family has no surplus food!"

A fat middle-aged man sitting next to Lu Shangheng groaned with a bitter expression on his face.

I have to say that his acting skills are superb, without the slightest trace of acting.

It's a pity that Lin Qian knew him. He was the head of the Zhang family in Hongdu. Although the Zhang family was not as good as the Lu family, they were not much different. Otherwise, how could he sit next to Lu Shangheng.

Judging from the experience of the Xiao family and the Shao family’s house raiding, not to mention asking everyone present to collect 30 taels of silver, even this fat man can come up with 30 taels of silver, even not only 30 taels, but also 100 million taels. Gritting his teeth, this fat man could figure it out by himself.

Now he is here to play a bitter scene with him.

"Nowadays when the barbarian army is present, if Hong does not protect it, it will be difficult to protect the gold and silver treasures in your family, wives and children, right?"

Lin Qian was moved with emotion and reason. He didn't understand why these people were so short-sighted. Didn't they see the fate of the wealthy gentry in the Sixteenth City of Yanyun?
Of course they knew, but even so, when they needed their help, asking them to give even a tael of silver was more uncomfortable than killing them.

"What Master Lin said is absolutely true!"

There was another moment of silence, Lu Shangheng raised his hand and waved to the maid beside him, and a maid came with a tray with a bank note on it.

Lu Shangheng took the silver ticket and handed it to Lin Qian, "500 taels of silver is not a respect!"

"100 taels of silver!"

"50 taels of silver!"

"Silver 30 taels..."

The gentry here really gave generously, of course, it was not generous, because even if they only gave 30 taels of silver, the pain on their faces did not diminish in half.

It seems that their pain has nothing to do with the amount of money, as long as it is taken from them, it will make their hearts hurt.

Lin Qian was already laughing angrily.

This is sending beggars away!
In the end, the maid came to Lin Qian with a tray. There were all kinds of banknotes on it, and there were thousands of taels of silver. It was not a small amount of money, but it was a drop in the bucket for the food and salaries of a hundred thousand troops.

"As for the imperial court, I will send someone to pass on a booklet. I hope Master Qu can dispatch some food and grass as soon as possible."

Perhaps because he saw Lin Qian's expression that was not right, Lu Shangheng said, on the surface he was saying to help allocate food and grass, but in fact he was telling Lin Qian, don't be crazy, boy, I am also someone in the court, and I can go to heaven to listen.

Lin Qian smiled, got up and took out the bank notes from the tray, held them in his hands, then walked to the side where the gifts prepared for him by the gentry were placed, picked a box at random, and opened it three times, five times and two times, revealing One of the caskets made of sandalwood.

This box alone is worth several hundred taels of silver!

Open the box again, inside is a jade pendant carefully wrapped in brocade.

The jade pendant is flawless white jade, delicate in quality, warm to the touch, like a handful of brook water, cool and smooth, under the backdrop of the moonlight, it is even whiter and purer. Lin Qian doesn't know much about jade, but in terms of its quality, it might cost a few thousand taels of silver is more than enough.

Holding the jade pendant in one hand and the banknotes he had just raised in the other, Lin Qian smiled again, raised the jade pendant in his left hand, pointed at the mountain of presents and said, "These are what you gave me to Lin Qian!"

"These are done by you!"

Lin Qian raised the bank note in his right hand again, the smile on his face faded instantly, and he said angrily, "If Hongdu falls, what's the use of giving Lin Qian any more gifts?"

Cough cough cough...

Lu Shangheng stood up with a dry cough again, raised his wine glass and said, "Master Lin is going to go to war today, and I will wait for a special glass of wine to see him off. I hope Master Lin wins the flag and regains the lost ground."

"I hope Master Lin wins the flag and regains the lost ground!"

Although they said so, they wanted to die immediately, and there was also a hidden mystery in the congratulatory message, which meant, you Lin Qian is so good, you are so good, you go and take back Yanyun Sixteenth City!

Lin Qian laughed angrily, "Okay, let's make a toast to regain the lost land!"

Everyone felt that Lin Qian's eyes were a little scary, but they thought it was Lin Qian who was unwilling to accept the result and felt aggrieved because he had to accept it.

"cheers!"

"Recover the lost ground...Recover the lost ground..."

Hahaha……

Lin Qian muttered, but suddenly laughed, "Recover the lost ground!"

"In that case, tonight, I will take back all the land you have invaded!"

He drank the wine in the glass in one gulp, and then slammed it on the ground.

In an instant, a group of heavily armed soldiers rushed in and controlled everyone in the courtyard. The Lu family's guest officials, warriors and Confucian cultivators were also restrained by the military masters.

This time, all the gentry in Hefengyuan changed their expressions, and Lu Shangheng's expression was also ugly, but he was not too flustered.

"In these years, you have not only occupied the military land privately, squeezed the people, but also colluded with the barbarians, betrayed the big guns to seek profit, and punished the nine clans according to the big guns!"

Seeing it poorly, tonight's meal is Lin Qian's grand banquet!
If there were no barbarian army outside, Lin Qian might not mind playing with them slowly. After all, although the strong medicine worked quickly, Dagan was already very weak. If the medicine was too strong, it might cause more serious consequences.

But now that his barbarian army is in front of him, he can't care so much. He must first settle down when fighting against the outside world. He doesn't have so much time to intrigue with these old foxes, so he can only fight ten times with all his strength.

"Hehehe..."

Lu Shangheng stroked his beard and smiled, "Just relying on Mr. Lin's empty words, what do you want to do?"

"What can you do?"

Lu Shangheng was confident.

This time Lin Qian didn't smile, picked up the jug, poured himself a drink, and said calmly, "Good question!"

At the same time, Lin Zhenchang drew his sword out of its sheath and swung his head. Lu Shangheng's head flew into the air.

In an instant, the whole Hefeng Garden was in chaos, and the gentry were terrified, only then did they realize that they had offended an evil star.

It's a pity that the entire lotus garden was under Lin Qian's control at this time, and they couldn't escape at all.

Lin Qian, who was extremely angry, poured himself another glass of wine. Lin Zhen sheathed his knife, came to the high platform where the dancers were, and said loudly, "The squire Lu Shangheng colluded with the commander of the guard Shan Liwen to occupy the military field privately." 350 hectares, sell the defense plan of Hongdu to the barbarians, and punish the nine tribes according to the law!
The land is cleared, the money and food are paid back, and all the family properties checked are confiscated! "

……

Chang'an City, the Imperial Palace, and the Minister of Rites came to the Hall of Mental Cultivation.

Today, it is rare that there is no singing and dancing in the Hall of Mental Cultivation. Emperor Qianyuan sat quietly behind the table, and it seemed that he was really nourishing his mind.

"Your Majesty, Lin Qian is crazy!"

"In Hongdu Prefecture, there are 43 noble and gentry families, big and small, all of them were executed. In the entire Hongdu Prefecture, there are 380 families and more than 7000 people...the blood is flowing like a river!"

When Wen Tiren spoke, he felt his liver and gallbladder tremble, "This battle has not even started yet, to attack one of our own people is truly insane and vicious... I hope Your Majesty will think twice, and I hope Your Majesty will make the decision for those innocent souls who died tragically!"

"The innocent died tragically?"

Sneered and said four words, looking down at the noisy Wen Tiren, Emperor Qianyuan wished Dongchang would take him down with his hand and chop off his head.

But he held back, just as Wen Tiren said, now that the enemy is at hand, the rear should be stable.

This was also the reason why Lin Qian ordered the killer. Since he had already killed him, he would kill him cleanly. He didn't want to cause trouble in the rear because of the remnants of his soft-heartedness when he was fighting on the front line.

"Then do you know how many things were copied from the homes of those 'innocent deaths'?"

Emperor Qianyuan was a little manic.

Without Jiaofangsi's Yingge Yanwu, he felt uncomfortable all over. Over the past ten years, he has been used to this kind of life, but now after all, the enemy is now, no matter how uncomfortable he has to restrain himself.

Wen Tiren realized that something was wrong, so he didn't dare to say any more, he knew that Emperor Qianyuan had more to say.

"1000 taels!"

"1000 taels of silver!"

"I worked hard on taxes for three years!"

"The noble gentry in the Hongdu Prefecture can collect the taxes that I have worked hard for for three years!"

Emperor Qianyuan was also really angry, "Is this what you call hiding wealth from the people?"

"Then you really did it!"

"My Dagan's national treasury is empty, but they are full of food. The enemy is in front of him, but they are reluctant to contribute a tael of silver to Dagan. Tell me, such moths, they are innocent?"

Wen Tiren felt cold all over his body, but his body was already drenched in cold sweat.

He knew that the guys below were doing something wrong, but he didn't expect to be able to amass such a huge amount of wealth.

From Emperor Qianyuan's words, he even heard something very wrong. What is a place of residence?
In other words, Emperor Qianyuan, who saw the huge benefits in it, was probably motivated to kill the entire noble gentry.

"Your Majesty must not!"

Wen Tiren fell to his knees with a thud, and he didn't know whether he had received too much tribute, or if he really had a big cause in his heart, and shouted loudly, "If you do this, the big work will fall apart!"

Emperor Qianyuan restrained his anger and was noncommittal.

Although he was very angry, he really didn't have the energy to do this. What's more, 1000 million taels of the 800 million taels of silver that Lin Qian confiscated were already being sent to Chang'an, which was enough for him for a long time.

Standing at the head of the city of Huangyun County, this was the last battle of his house raid. Either he didn't do it, or he did it. After Lin Qian ransacked all the gentry's homes in Hongdu Prefecture, he personally led the team and swept Hongdu Prefecture like a whirlwind. In the land of the seven counties, any gentry occupying an area of ​​more than ten hectares, depending on their daily word-of-mouth, either ransacked their homes or fined them.

Lin Qian somewhat underestimated the family background of these wealthy gentry. He originally thought that 30 taels would be enough. Who knew that when the house was raided, he found out that even the worst of the 43 houses in Hongdu Prefecture had more than 30 taels. Two silver!

But they would rather die than donate 30 taels of silver to pay for the army.

Fortunately, Lin Qian had already been preparing for the reform in the few months since he came to Hongdu. He had already collected almost all the information on these gentry, and now it was just the harvest time, so it wouldn't take too much time.

Of course, Lin Qian's actions caused a shock in the entire Hongdu Mansion, but under the shock of the [-] troops, they could only be shocked.

And after Lin Qian wiped out the gentry and distributed their land to the common people, all the vibrations turned into eruptions and cheers.

The people in Dagan are very simple. As long as they have enough land and can harvest enough food to feed them, they will be satisfied. If they can live a little better, they will be grateful, just like Lin Qian is now.

In the later period, Lin Qian would be supported by countless people wherever he went.

At this time, Lin Qian began to recruit soldiers!
He had no choice before, but now that he has 200 million taels of salary, he can choose to ask for more troops!

He doesn't expect these recruits to be of much use, but if they are just defending the city, they should still be of some use. After all, if they are asked to guard their homeland and the land they just acquired, they must be able to inspire some Courageous.

When we returned to Hongdu, only ten days had passed!

The most important thing in this kind of large-scale battle is intelligence. The battle has not yet started, and the confrontation between the scouts of the two sides on the Qianli Plain has become more and more intense. to cheap.

The barbarian scouts don't want to go around Qianliyuan to detect the movement of the Dagan army, and the Dagan scouts don't even want to detect the movement of the barbarian army.

Lin Qian was already very satisfied with this, and it exceeded his expectations to not fall behind.

"See, reform the tax system, reform the law, kill the gentry..."

"The method of this poet of Heaven's Dao is even more terrifying than I thought. If you really give him another few decades, maybe he can really relieve Dagan. This is the background of Dagan!"

In the barbarian camp, Touman looked towards the direction of Hongdufu City, his eyes were deep, and he murmured in a low voice, "Fortunately, he is not the Qianhuang!"

"Father Wang Yingming!"

Mao Dun who was behind him praised sincerely, full of reverence for the figure in front of him, and then continued, "Now he has only 20 troops in Hongdu Prefecture, and it is the best time to kill him! "

"That's right!"

Touman nodded slightly, with murderous intent in his eyes.

Qianli was originally a good place for a decisive battle!
……

Five days passed in a flash. During these five days, the scouts killed bloody rivers on the Qianli Plain, and no one took advantage.

Therefore, when Touman saw a large army of [-] troops lined up on Qianliyuan, waiting for his arrival, he was shocked.

Dagan has spies in the barbarians, and they also have their own news channels in Dagan. Of course they know that this time Dagan only sent [-] troops.

The combat power of Dagan's army was already weaker than that of the barbarian cavalry, and the number was reduced by half. Of course, they could also guess that Dagan was preparing to defend the city and wanted to compete with them for national power, consumption, and willpower.

That being the case, what is the meaning of the [-] troops lined up on Qianliyuan?
To die?

There will be a decisive battle at the beginning of the war, and the outcome will be determined by one battle?

But why should a 40 army fight against his [-] army?
Yes, Touman did not divide his troops this time.

In his eyes, getting rid of Lin Qian was the more urgent matter, so after learning that Lin Qian was in the frontal battle in Hongdufu City, he led the whole army straight to Hongdufu City without hesitation, and he wanted to kill him here. Lin Qian!
An army of 40 cannot beat an army of [-]. In such a head-to-head confrontation, not to mention a large number of soldiers, it is impossible to switch roles and replace them with barbarian cavalry.

But Lin Qian did it anyway, he didn't believe that Lin Qian was a fool, so, is there any fraud in this?

His scouts hadn't bypassed the city of Hongdu for a while, so he didn't know what was going on behind him, but according to the intelligence of the big spy, Lin Qian should have no reinforcements, at least not in a short time.

These thoughts turned in Touman's mind for a while, and then all dissipated. Now there is only one thought left in his mind, rush over and crush them!

No matter what conspiracy Lin Qian had, he had to fight it.

Otherwise, they came from afar, with an army of 40, but they retreated without a fight in the face of an army of [-]. What is the morale?
He didn't know if Lin Qian had such an idea, but he decided to let this young boy know what the art of war is!

In terms of internal affairs reform, he admired Lin Qian very much. He had a long-term vision and a tough approach. Only such a person could possibly save the terminally ill Dagan.

But when it came to war, Lin Qian was still a rookie. Even though Lin Qian had buried [-] barbarian cavalry in Qianliyuan not long ago, in Touman's eyes, Lin Qian was still a rookie.

Without burying a pot to make food, they set up camp, and with a wave of Touman's hand, the whole army was on top.

On the south side of Qianliyuan, Lin Qian was at the forefront of the army on horseback, and a big red flag fluttered in the wind of Qianliyuan. It was precisely because of this that the 40-strong army faced the [-]-strong army without collapsing .

But Lin Qian could clearly see the fear in the eyes of the soldiers in front of him, and even the [-] northern elites from the Hongdu Mansion who had fought against the barbarian cavalry before. There was no fear in their eyes when they looked at the dark barbarian army ahead, only excitement!

When there are tens of thousands of people, there is no limit, so the ordinary soldiers in the army formation don't know how many enemy troops are on the opposite side, they can only hear the sound of thunder's hoofbeats and the violent noise on the ground. The shock was like an invisible hand grasping their hearts, making their mouths dry and their legs trembling uncontrollably.

Yes, Manqi has launched a charge.

At the same time, [-] cavalrymen on each side of the left and right wings have gone around to the rear. They are going to flank or go around to the rear to cooperate with the front to attack the large army.

Lin Qian didn't care about the two wings, but faced the barbarian cavalry charging forward.

People on the two wings had already gone to deal with it. Lin Zhen on the left led [-] cavalry and [-] infantry to meet them, and pulled the [-] barbarian cavalry on the left to the depths of Qianliyuan.

On the right is Si Shi Tingzhi, the commander of the capital of Hongdu, that is, the guy who cut off the head of the previous commander of the capital, Zuo Shanchong, on the battlefield. He led [-] of the most elite cavalry of Hongdu, and Ten thousand infantry stopped the barbarian cavalry on the right.

Three miles...two miles...

Frontally, the barbarian cavalry was getting closer.

Facing the charge of tens of thousands of people, it was as if the whole world was sweeping towards him at this moment, even Lin Qian couldn't help but tremble a little.

Of course, it is not fear, but excitement, which is a human instinctive reaction.

【Don't you say no clothes, don't you say no clothes?In the same robe as the son, Wang Yuxing master, repairing my spear...]

At this time, the Confucianism cultivators in the battle formation began to chant, and streams of talent and awe-inspiring energy boiled and stirred in the sky, piercing the black clouds brought by the barbarian cavalry, and at the same time, illusory auras of awe-inspiring energy attached to the soldiers' swords, like swords. Like Qi, it makes the original ordinary weapons become extremely sharp.

[Do you say no clothes?Wear the same clothes as your son.Wang Yuxing, repair my armor...]

As the chanting continued, the entire army seemed to be covered with a layer of armor condensed by the awe-inspiring aura. Feeling the changes in the armor and the weapons in their hands, the soldiers who were still a little scared suddenly became agitated. When I got up, I always felt that I wanted to do something with the weapon in my hand, and I even couldn't wait to rush over to fight those barbarians to the death.

It's like picking up a handy stick on the side of the road, and the weeds on the side of the road will suffer.

With a sharp weapon in his body, he will kill himself!
[The wine enters the heart, seven points become moonlight, and the remaining three points roar into sword energy...]

The next moment, when the barbarian cavalry came into range, another part of Confucianism cultivators recited again, this is the "New Poetry Battalion" trained by Li Mubai in the past few months.

Along with the chanting, all of a sudden, streams of sword energy floated over the Dagan army, and then rushed towards the barbarian cavalry who entered the range like a violent storm.

Puff puff……

The barbarian cavalry are worthy of being elite, and they still have the strength to wield their weapons to resist the sword energy during the high-speed charge.

But there was too much sword energy, too dense, and countless sword energy still fell on their armor and their bodies.

Like cutting wheat, the front rows of barbarian cavalry fell neatly to the ground as if they had been combed.

But the compatriots behind them did not hesitate at all, pulled the reins, did not change direction, let the horseshoes fall on the compatriots who were not completely dead, and still charged towards the big army.

shhhhhh...

The sword energy was vertical and horizontal, and another wave of sword energy rained down.

The sound of horseshoes was like thunder, and the barbarian cavalry was less than 500 meters away from the Dagan army formation.

At this time, the archers hiding behind the pikemen opened their crossbows.

"put!"

Following the commander's order, rain of arrows flew towards the barbarian cavalry.

Just as the rain of arrows fell, the rain of sword energy came again, and then the next round of rain of arrows...

The barbarian cavalry were not afraid at all. They had been fighting Dagan for many years and were already used to such battles. They knew that as long as they rushed to the opponent's army, these Dagan soldiers would be as vulnerable as lambs to be slaughtered. It's time!

300 meters... 100 meters...

The pikemen at the front of the big army line became thirsty again. They held on to their shields tightly, hiding their entire bodies behind the shield, while holding their spears tightly in their right hands.

The spears stand obliquely like a forest!

Facing the thorny forest, the barbarian iron cavalry slowed down a bit, and just ran straight into it, like a wave hitting a rock, knowing that it would be smashed to pieces, but still fearless.

boom!
The next moment, the barbarian cavalry ran into the Dagan army formation like a torrent hitting a dam.

(End of this chapter)