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Chapter 169: The Eight Kings don’t listen to advice, the transfer of money and food is in progress

Liu Sheng said seriously: "The Eight Kings must have heard about the discipline of our rebel army in the past few days.

After the capture of Xiangyang City, except for the public trial of several notorious magnates in Xiangyang City, our troops did not harm ordinary people.

In the past few days, our Wei tribe has recruited 800 civilian warriors and 1 civilian servants in Xiangyang City.

Among these people, the family members of Min Yong will go to Runing with our Kuei tribe, but their relatives, as well as the families of Min Hu, are still in the city.

After the Eight Kings entered the city, if they caused chaos in the city and even caused innocent people to lose their lives, how should our army explain to those brave people and civil servants?How to explain to the people of Xiangyang City? "

Zhang Xianzhong was slightly stunned after hearing this.

Probably Liu Sheng's words exceeded his expectations.

But he quickly came to his senses and sneered: "What do you mean, Marshal Liu? Is it possible that our Lao Zhang's soldiers can't make no mistakes against Minqiu?"

Liu Sheng said: "You should know what the soldiers of the eight kings are like. Besides, if you really have no offense with Minqiu after entering the city, why would the eight kings enter Xiangyang? It is better to leave early before the officers and soldiers arrive."

Zhang Xianzhong still has confidence in controlling the troops.

He said with a cold face: "After our Lao Zhang entered the city, he did nothing to the common people!
But those gentry and landlords, wealthy merchants and street tyrants, and corrupt officials should all be beheaded and their homes confiscated!
On the other hand, you, Marshal Liu, only killed a few big households, maybe you were trying to win over the hearts of those gentry and landlords, right? "

Zhang Xianzhong obviously didn't care about killing more people.

In other words, he wanted to kill everyone he disliked.

However, the attitude of the Kuaibu towards the gentry and landlords was to kill some, punish some, and use some.

However, this policy of the Ministry of Education cannot be explained clearly in a few words, and Liu Sheng did not want to explain it to Zhang Xianzhong.

He then sighed: "It seems that the eight kings did not listen to the advice and had to enter Xiangyang after our Wei tribe left?"

"I can come in whenever I want, no one can control me!"

"In this case, let the Eight Kings enter the city and give it a try based on their abilities."

After speaking, Liu Sheng left with two of his men.

He did not allow Zhang Xianzhong's troops to enter Xiangyang City after the Wei tribe left. This was not entirely for the sake of the people of Xiangyang - it was mainly because he was worried that the Wei tribe would lose its reputation in Xiangyang.

Because during their stay in Xiangyang, Zhang Xianzhong's tribe and his tribe were barely temporary allies.

After Weibu left, Zhang Xianzhong's troops entered the city. In the eyes of the people, it was as if Weibu had handed over Xiangyang to Zhang Xianzhong.

If Zhang Xianzhong causes anger and resentment in Xiangyang, the people will certainly hate Zhang Xianzhong first, but there will definitely be many people who hate Weibu.

Therefore, Liu Sheng did not want Zhang Xianzhong's troops to enter Xiangyang City, at least not right after Wei's troops left.

After returning to Xiangyang City, Liu Sheng immediately made a series of arrangements for this matter...
He originally planned to recruit three thousand civilian warriors.

Unexpectedly, after the people of Xiangyang saw the strict discipline of the Yibu rebel army, many young men were willing to recruit.

The Guards responsible for recruiting selected and selected again, but still recruited 800 people and organized and trained eight civilian warrior battalions.

These civilian warriors can stay in the camp for up to eight days and the shortest is only three days. Their training level is extremely low. They will definitely not be able to be sent out to fight, but they will have no problem defending the city.

Liu Sheng planned to let these eight civilians bravely camp the rear and help defend Xiangyang City.

Why is it called co-shou?
Because the main force behind the palace and guarding Xiangyang will be the Shengjie Battalion of the Guards and half of the Huben Battalion including the army artillery posts, plus more than a thousand original Xiangyang rural soldiers!
These Xiangyang soldiers were all locals. Seeing that the rebels did not burn, kill or loot after entering the city, they did not resist excessively and surrendered one after another.

As for the soldiers recruited for the camp, even more surrendered, up to more than [-] people!

Surrendered camp soldiers were treated differently from prisoners.

Liu Sheng planned to take them back and make them into civilian warriors first, so that they could gradually adapt to the discipline of the Yibu Rebel Army, and then select the best among them to join the standing army.

Liu Sheng had figured out Zhang Xianzhong's military strength in the past few days.

I know that there are only more than [-] people in Zhang Xianzhong's old camp, and the remaining tens of thousands are ordinary people who have been forcibly recruited into the army.

Although Zhang Xianzhong has continued to recruit troops in the past few days, it is estimated that there are only more than 2 young and strong recruits.

The training of Zhang Xianzhong's new recruits was worse than that of the civilian warriors recruited by the Kuai army in the city, or there was no training at all.

In addition, most of them don't even have weapons. They can only use iron farm tools as weapons, or simply hold a wooden stick.

Faced with such a real group of peasant troops, Liu Sheng was confident that Zhang Xianzhong would retreat...
February [-]th, morning.

Huang Gan, the deputy of the Second Regiment, and Liu Changhe, the deputy of the Seventh Regiment, led four battalions of standing troops and 1000 civilians and boatmen, and took more than [-] large and small boats and returned to the north dock of Xiangyang City.

On the night of the capture of Xiangyang, Liu Sheng sent telegrams to Hong Niangzi and Li Changwen respectively, asking them to send troops to help escort the money and grain.

In the end, Liu Changhe led one battalion of the Seventh Regiment, Huang Gan led two battalions of the Second Regiment, plus one battalion of the Hong Niangzi Fourth Regiment stationed in Queshan, a total of four battalions of standing troops entered Nanyang Mansion.

It took the fourth battalion standing army two days to arrive at Biyang, and then took a boat down the river from Bi River to the south, arriving at Xiangyang City in less than two days.

It was the fifth day of February.

The four battalions of standing troops only rested for one night and began the escort mission the next day.

Liu Sheng used [-] civilians recruited in Xiangyang as trackers and boatmen (Xiangyang City is located on the Han River, and the common people can basically swim and punt).

More than 1000 large and small boats collected before and after were used as vehicles.

Nearly [-] shi of grain were transported at one time!

In order to rush for time, these grains were first transported to Tang County, two hundred miles away.

Even so, it took Huang Gan, Liu Changhe and others four days to make the round trip.

The main reason was that it took time to go north against the current - even though there were nearly ten thousand people working as trackers to help pull the boats, it still took nearly three days for the fleet to go north from Xiangyang to Tang County.

On the other hand, when we returned to Xiangyang, we had to go down the river again, and the secretion of water was slow. We could travel day and night, and it only took one day to arrive.

Therefore, this is the second time Huang Gan, Liu Changhe and others have escorted.

The military and political officials organized the people of Xiangyang City to do the loading of money and grain.

Huang Gan and Liu Changhe led their troops into the city to rest and reported to Liu Sheng the situation on the road.

After the two saluted, Liu Sheng took the initiative to ask: "Was the journey smooth?" Huang Gan said: "It was very smooth. The Ming army did not come. The thieves on the road saw that we had many people and boats, so they stayed away. .”

Liu Changhe added: "I think most of the Nanyang Ming army doesn't know about this yet, but they will definitely know it once we transport food there.

This time, even if the Nanyang Ming Army doesn't intercept us halfway, they will definitely take advantage of Tang County. "

Liu Sheng said: "Tang County has half of the Huben Battalion plus one battalion of the Fifth Regiment, as well as a civilian brave battalion to assist in the defense. It should not be a problem in a short time.

Moreover, after Luoyang fell, the Ming army in Nanyang Prefecture was likely to be transferred to Henan Prefecture to encircle and suppress Li Chuang, and they might not have the time to understand the situation in Tang County. "

After Liu Sheng captured Biyang and Tangxian when he came, he tried his best to block news.

When transporting grain for the first time, one battalion of the Fifth Regiment and three sentries from the Huben Battalion were sent north with the fleet to garrison Tang County.

Although Tang County's personal guards, standing army, and civilian soldiers combined still only have 500 people, but with the more than 100 tiger squatting artillery and a sentry musketeer brought by Huben Camp, there should be no problem in defending the city.

In addition, as he said, most of the Nanyang government's attention is currently attracted by the situation in Luoyang. The Nanyang government may not dare to send troops until the situation in Tang County and Biyang is clear.

Sending troops to Tangxian and Biyang will only capture two county towns at most.

But if the army is defeated, it is very likely that even the capital will be lost.

According to the information from the Xunfeng Camp, Nanyang Magistrate is a mediocre person who only knows elegance. It is very likely that he will choose to stick to the city and wait for the imperial army.

But Liu Changhe was right.

If the Nanyang government knew that the Weibu rebels were transporting money and grain confiscated from Xiangyang, they might risk attacking Tang County or intercept the fleet.

Therefore, additional manpower must be deployed for the second delivery.

Thinking of this, Liu Sheng ordered: "This time we have collected more than 800 boats from Xiangyang Prefecture, including many large boats with more than a hundred stones.

Together with the more than 1000 boats previously, you can transport [-] to [-] shi of food at one time.

Therefore, I decided to let Helianyue lead two battalions and the Xiaoqi battalion to escort you with you this time.

After going to Tang County and then coming back for the third delivery, it's basically done. "

After hearing this, Liu Changhe couldn't help but said: "Such a commander-in-chief only has one battalion of the standing army and one and a half battalions of personal guards left. Isn't that too little?"

Liu Sheng smiled and said: "Two and a half battalions are enough - don't forget, you guys, there are eight battalions of civilian warriors here in Xiangyang City."

After asking about the situation, Liu Sheng asked Huang Gan and Liu Changhe to go down and rest - as the main escorts, they had not been able to sleep well for four days, and they were really exhausted.

Liu Sheng first went to the city for inspection, and then went to the north dock to learn about the shipment progress.

Speaking of which, the rebels stayed in Xiangyang City for nearly ten days and did a lot of things.

Not only were six large-scale criminal households put on trial, but more than a dozen large households were also made to pay fines ranging from thousands to tens of thousands taels of silver, and grain ranging from a few hundred to several thousand dan.

Because the rebels did not occupy Xiangyang for the time being and were not short of money and food, they did not force money and food from major households this time.

In other words, some of the large households and wealthy businessmen in Xiangyang City who were usually law-abiding did not suffer any losses after the Yibu rebels entered the city this time.

Even so, the Ministry of Finance also confiscated nearly 50 taels of silver from the six large households that were put on trial.

Counting the fines imposed on more than a dozen large families and wealthy businessmen, the amount was nearly 70 taels.

The total amount of grain confiscated and confiscated was [-] shi, which was more than double what Liu Sheng gave to Zhang Xianzhong.

Including the seizures from Prince Xiang's Mansion and the government's warehouses, the Wei tribe obtained a total of nearly 30 taels of gold in Xiangyang this time!
More than 430 million taels of silver!
32 shi of food and grass!

Nearly 20 shi of food!

Among them, grain and grass mainly consist of grain, soybean feed, and fodder, so the grain collected from Prince Xiang's Mansion and the homes of wealthy households are calculated separately.

However, in the past ten days, the rebels and the civilian warriors and civilian men they recruited have consumed a lot of food and grass.

Recruitment costs a lot of money and food.

Not to mention what was given to Minyong, because Minyong moved his family to Runing with the rebels, and the money and food he received must have been transported by ship.

However, all the money and food received by the civilian husbands from applying for the army were placed in their homes in Xiangyang.

Because the civilian husbands who followed the army to the north were not only tired, but also very dangerous.The money and grain that the Wei tribe had copied from Xiangyang this time was too much, so they were very generous, giving each citizen five taels of silver and five stones of grain!
a lot of!

But this is not only a salary, but also a settlement fund for the civilian husbands - even if a civilian husband dies due to going north with the army, the Ministry of Health will no longer need to provide compensation.

Therefore, the actual money and grain that Kueibu has to transfer is not that much.

The total includes: 30 taels of gold, more than 420 million taels of silver, 15 shi of grain, 30 shi of grain and grass, and several other important materials.

Among these supplies, gold and silver, which appear to be the largest in quantity, occupy the least amount of ships.

If the silver is calculated as 200 kilograms per stone, more than 420 million taels of silver is only more than [-] dan.

If calculated in tons, it is only more than 260 tons.

Speaking of which, the boats collected by the rebels were all relatively small. Most of them were small boats with dozens of stones or more than ten stones. They were even small fishing boats that could only carry a few stones of goods. The largest ones did not exceed two hundred stones.

But gold and silver, as valuable items, were naturally shipped in "big ships" worth more than a hundred stones.

Including jewelry, calligraphy and painting curios, etc., thirteen ships were finally loaded.

What occupies most of the boats is grain and grass.

The total of grain and pure grain is 45 stones!

Nearly 10 shi were transported before, but now there are still more than 35 shi left.

Therefore, even if nearly 20 stone was transported this time, it still needed to be transported again.

Fortunately, Liu Sheng was prepared to stay longer to see if Zhang Xianzhong would attack the city.

Zhang Xianzhong was also afraid of being blocked by the main force of the Ming army in Xiangyang, so he might not dare to stay outside Xiangyang for too long.

Within a few days, he will definitely take action...
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