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Chapter 271 0268 [Don’t be too close, it’s important to hold your position in the military]

When he heard that the person commanding the troops was Liu Qi, Li Bangyan felt reassured and said calmly: "Zeng Zeng is relieved. Since your Majesty has entrusted you with an important task, I will do my best to live up to the entrustment!"

Wu Min and Bai Shizhong have now figured out the joints.

After glancing at Liu Xi, most of the fear in his eyes disappeared.

However, Zeng Mao was still kept in the dark. Seeing Li Bangyan's performance, he admired him and said: "Li Pangyan is really the pillar of the country."

In the past, I had only heard that the prodigal prime minister was just a flatterer and a flatterer, but I never imagined that he could be so responsible.

Sure enough, the rumors were misleading.

Li Bangyan laughed and said, "Come on, let's continue the banquet."

The meal ended with drinking and eating late into the night.

The next day.

Li Bangyan slept until three o'clock in the morning, peeled off the warm and fragrant nephrite wrapped around his body, and washed and changed clothes under the service of his maid.

Arriving at Guanyi's lobby, Bai Shizhong and several others were already waiting there.

Li Bangyan sat down with a golden sword and asked: "Is the Qingzhou bandit coming?"

Zeng Mao replied: "Just now the spies came to report that the rebels are twenty miles away from here."

"Ok!"

Li Bangyan nodded and ordered: "Come here, call Liu Xi!"

Not long after, Liu Xi stepped into the lobby.

After going to a banquet last night, he tossed and turned and didn't sleep all night after returning.

His younger brother and uncle actually became rebels, which he couldn't accept for a while.

The most important thing is, will the officials blame the Liu family for this?

After not sleeping all night, Liu Xi looked a little haggard and his eyes were bloodshot.

Li Bangyan asked with concern: "General Liu didn't sleep well last night?"

"Thank you Li Guang for your concern. I...I have trouble choosing a bed."

Liu Xi forced out a smile and casually made up a reason to excuse himself.

"The thieves from Qingzhou have raised troops to attack Jiyin, which is less than twenty miles away. I have a letter, please give it to General Liu to the rebel Liu Qi."

Li Bangyan did not reveal anything, took out a letter from his sleeve pocket and handed it over.

"The subordinate takes orders!"

Liu Xi took the letter with a complicated expression.

……

Liu Qi sat upright on the horse, with a hint of majesty on his slightly immature cheeks.

Now, there are still ten days left before the January period, and only Xingren Mansion and Yingtian Mansion are left on the entire Beijing East and West Road.

Nie Dong attacked Yingtian Mansion, while he was in charge of Xingren Mansion.

As long as these two mansions are captured, the entire east and west roads of Beijing will fall into the hands of the county magistrate.

"Report!"

"The city gate of Jiyin County was opened, and a group of cavalry came out of the city and came along the official road."

After hearing the scout's report, Liu Qi asked: "How many cavalry are there?"

The scout replied: "Less than a hundred people."

Less than a hundred people?

Liu Qi thought for a moment and then ordered: "Let them come over!"

Rumble!
Not long after, there was the sound of galloping horses' hooves in the distance, and hundreds of cavalrymen appeared at the end of the official road.

"Stop here!"

When they were about a mile away from the army, several scouts stopped in front of the official road.

Liu Xi reined in his horse and said with a complex expression: "Tell your general that Liu Xi wants to see you!"

"You stay here for a moment, and don't rush into the military formation, otherwise the crossbow will not be able to see!"

After a scout gave a warning, he set up his horse and ran towards the army.

All the way to the Central Army, I found Liu Qi. The scout reported: "Capital Commander, Liu Xi wants to see you!"

"Who?"

Liu Qi was stunned for a moment and thought he had heard wrongly.

This reaction shocked the scout, thinking he had remembered the wrong name.

After thinking about it carefully, he replied: "Uh... the man said Liu Xi wanted to see him."

After regaining consciousness, Liu Qi asked: "Which Liu, which Xi?"

"How can I know this... is so humble?"

The scout is about to cry but has no tears. Isn't this damn difficult for him?

Liu Qi also realized that his question was a bit silly, and waved his hand: "Let him come over!"

"Order!"

The scouts, as if they had been granted amnesty, hurriedly mounted their horses and left.

Riding his horse to the front of the Japanese cavalry, he shouted to Liu Xi: "Everyone will let you pass, there is only one person!"

"You wait here."

After turning around and saying something, Liu Xi rode his horse along the official road and headed straight for the army.

The Japanese cavalry behind them couldn't help but heave a sigh of relief.

They were just showmen, they looked good, but they didn't dare to go into battle to kill the enemy. At this moment, all of them were so frightened that their calves were weak.

Following the scouts to the Chinese army, Liu Xi saw Liu Qi in the crowd at a glance after dozens of steps.

Liu Qi's outfit was really too showy. He was wearing black armor with gold tiger patterns and a pure white cape behind him.

"Brother Zhu?"

After getting closer, Liu Xi shouted, a little unsure.

After all, he hadn't seen Liu Qi for three or four years, and this was the time when Liu Qi had changed the most. He could only vaguely recognize some of his past background from his brows.

Damn it, you are really a big brother!

Liu Qi was initially a little panicked when he saw his eldest brother, but the other person's name "Brother Zhu" made him unhappy.

He curled his lips and scolded: "Don't get too close. If you want to be called the official in the army, call me the Commander-in-Chief!"

This is Brother Zhu!

Liu Xi's eyes twitched and he gritted his teeth and said, "I've seen Liu Dutong!"

"Ok!"

Liu Qi nodded with satisfaction and asked, "I want to see the president of this capital. What do you mean?"

Since childhood, Liu Zhongwu has been busy with military affairs and is often away from home.

Liu Xi, the eldest brother, did a lot of educating him.

Now that he had the opportunity, he naturally wanted to show off his authority.

Liu Xihen's teeth itched and he took out a letter from his arms and handed it over: "The Prime Minister Li Xianggong, the Minister of the Song Dynasty, has a letter and handed it over to Liu Dutong."

When Liu Qi heard that it was Li Bangyan's letter, he knew it in his heart. After taking the letter and opening it, he found that it was indeed about the Zhige peace talks.

Taking advantage of this time, Liu Xi looked at Liu Qi.The last time we met, the other person was only 12 years old and had a male duck voice.

I haven't seen him for a few years, but he has grown so tall and strong, his facial features have also grown, and there is a hint of majesty between his brows.

Brother Zhu has grown up!
Putting down the letter in his hand, Liu Qi said in a deep voice: "I can temporarily suspend the army, but Jiyin County needs to pay [-] shi of food and grass. As for the peace talks, the capital has no control over it. It needs to be reported to the county magistrate. Go back and tell Li Bangyan , let him wait for a few days!"

"Okay, I'll report it right away."

Although Liu Xi had many things in his heart that he wanted to talk to his younger brother, he also knew that now was not the time to reminisce about the past, so he turned around and left.

Watching his elder brother leave, Liu Qi looked solemn and ordered the military clerk to get a pen and paper and quickly write a letter. After sealing it in a bamboo tube, he handed it to the scout: "Hurry up and deliver this secret letter to the county magistrate. !”

"Order!"

The scout responded solemnly.

Not long after, a group of scouts rushed out of the military formation and quickly disappeared at the end of the official road.

Regarding the peace talks, the county magistrate had already warned him not to agree immediately and to continue to put the pressure on him.

Only by completely panicking the Emperor Zhao and Song Dynasty, including the courtiers, can greater benefits be achieved at the negotiation table.

Thinking of this, Liu Qi waved his hand: "Instruct the front army to march quickly to Jiyin County."

Boom boom boom!
As the military order was passed down, the stagnant former army set off again and quickly approached Jiyin County.

……

But it was said that after Liu Xi led the cavalry all the way back to Jiyin County, he went straight to Guanyi and explained Liu Qi's conditions.

"Fifty thousand stones of grain and grass?"

Upon hearing this condition, Zeng Mao exclaimed.

When the [-]-strong Western Army put down the rebels last year, they had already mobilized a batch of grain and grass from all over Shandong. Now, in the granary of Xingren Mansion, there is not even [-] shi, let alone [-] shi.

Wu Min snorted coldly: "Huh! It's really a lion's mouth!"

"Peace talks mainly depend on the word "talk."

Li Bangyan smiled slightly and said calmly: "The most urgent task now is to let the Qingzhou thieves stop fighting."

"Xiang Li is right."

Bai Shizhong nodded in agreement.

Li Bangyan asked: "Prefect Zeng, how much food and grass is there in the county granary?"

Zeng Mao answered truthfully: "More than [-] stones."

"If I want to use the procrastination strategy, it's better to send a thousand stones of grain to the Qingzhou bandit army first, and we'll talk about the rest later. What do you think?" Li Bangyan said and looked at Wu Min and others.

After Wu Min thought for a moment, they all nodded in agreement.

What Zhao Song lacks most now is time, and he can delay it for one more day.

It would be best if Zhongshi Dao and his [-] Western troops could be delayed until they arrived at Xingren Mansion, and they would be more confident during the peace talks.

While everyone was discussing, a soldier trotted into the hall with a panicked expression.

"My dear sirs, I'm sorry. The rebel army is heading straight for the county town. It's less than fifteen miles away from the county town."

This news made everyone's expressions change drastically.

Li Bangyan turned to look at Liu Xi and asked, "General Liu, why didn't the rebels stop?"

"This... even my subordinates don't know."

Liu Xi was also confused. Why didn't Brother Zhu play his cards according to the rules?

Li Bangyan didn't dare to say harsh words. Now Liu Xi was their gold medal to avoid death, so he could only order: "Quick, go there again and say that fifty thousand stones is too much. We can only get twenty thousand." stone."

"The subordinate takes orders!"

Liu Xi led the cavalry out of the city again.

Not long after, he ran into the front troops of the Qingzhou Army.

The 8000-strong front army marched in neat steps with terrifying momentum.

After the scout stopped the other cavalry, he allowed Liu Xi to mount his horse and rush towards the Chinese army.

Seeing Liu Qi again, Liu Xi asked: "Zhu... Liu Dutong, didn't he say he should stop fighting?"

"When did Pontius Tong say he was going to stop his troops?"

Liu Qi glanced at him sideways and asked.

This look of wanting to be beaten once again made Liu Xi angry and itchy his teeth.

Suppressing his anger, he argued: "When we were discussing just now, you clearly said that you would stop the army after paying [-] stones of food and fodder."

Liu Qi raised his eyebrows and said, "Where is the fifty thousand stones of food and grass?"

"This……"

Liu Xi's tone paused.

"Whenever you can collect [-] shi of food to send to our army, the commander of this capital will stop the army."

After Liu Qi finished speaking, he ordered: "If you pass on the order, you must arrive at Jiyin County before the deadline."

"you……"

For a moment, Liu Xi felt that the younger brother in front of him was so strange.

Suppressing the turbulent thoughts in his heart, Liu Xi sent a message: "Fifty thousand dan is too much. We can only get [-] dan."

Liu Qi said sternly: "Although you are my eldest brother, now you and I are our own masters. Don't blame me for being so merciless. We must have fifty thousand stones of food and grass, and not a single stone is missing. Otherwise, once the army arrives, Jiyin County will be destroyed."

Kindness does not hold soldiers.

Since he was entrusted with an important task by the county magistrate, how could he let the county magistrate down?

"I can't be the master of this, just wait."

Liu Xi was just a microphone, how could he be such a master? After leaving these words, he hurriedly left.

Running all the way back to the county town, Liu Xi repeated Liu Qi's words exactly as they were.

Such a tough attitude immediately panicked Li Bangyan and others.

Li Bangyan responded without any hesitation: "Fifty thousand shi is fifty thousand shi. Tell Liu Qi that there are only [-] shi in the granary in the city. He needs to get food from Kaifeng Mansion and let him wait for a while."

No matter what, we have to let the Qingzhou thieves stop fighting first, otherwise if Xingren Mansion is lost, it will be completely over.

It's just [-] stones of food and grass, just give it if you give it. Even if His Majesty knew about it, he wouldn't say anything.

Was the Song Dynasty short of food?

No shortage.

Since the introduction of Champa rice, grain production has doubled.

It’s just the people at the bottom who are short of food.

As everyone knows, Tokyo City alone has more than a hundred granaries, hoarding nearly 800 million shi of food, enough to feed the people of the entire capital for three years.

In comparison, fifty thousand stones is nothing!
……

"Xiangong Li promised you, but there is not much food and grass in the county, so we can only deliver one thousand dan first, and the remaining [-] dan must be obtained from Kaifeng Mansion."

Seeing that the other party agreed so readily, Liu Qi felt a little regretful.

Damn it, less of it!
If I had known this, I should have asked for one hundred thousand stones.

With Li Bangyan's timid character, he would probably agree.

But it was too late to change his mind now, so he could only say in a deep voice: "This Dutong will only give you five days to collect grain and grass. Once the five days are up and the grain and grass are not available, attack the city immediately!"

Li Bangyan and others wanted to delay, but he didn't give them a chance to delay.

The county magistrate is right, the pressure should be given!
(End of this chapter)