I’m The King Chapter 761: : The sound of drum horns is sharp (33)
With a bang, Ji Ling directly overturned the big case in front of him, and the expensive jade wares placed on the big case fell to the ground and shattered.
"Why?" He looked at Tan Feng, whose face was also blue, "Doctor Tan, can you tell me where Gao Yuan's army came from? What did your Yan Lingwei do? I don’t even know anything about major events that affect the fundamentals of a country.”
Tan Feng knelt down and slammed his head heavily on the ground, "This is my fault. Have you found out that the Eastern Army is still hiding such an army? You are guilty, please punish me. "
Ji Ling panted heavily, staring at Tan Feng firmly, thinking of killing him for real, but he also knew that it was just a thought.
Zhou Yu knelt beside Tan Feng with a heavy face, "Your Majesty, the most urgent task is not to investigate Yan Lingwei's dereliction of duty, but to deal with the immediate crisis. The defeat of the soldiers of Tianhe County is inevitable. Let me inquire carefully. After the other party captured Yiyang and Baojing, Ji Wugui mistakenly believed that it was just a small group of people's harassment, and induced Ji Wugui to send two armies to seize the city. There were no troops and horses left, and more importantly, Ji Wugui did not gather the strength of the whole county at the first time, which gave the Zhengdong Army a chance to defeat them. Except for the cavalry, their infantry There are also livestock for transportation, and they move extremely fast. Although there is no new news yet, I think that only the tens of thousands of troops in Tianhe County can be kept by Ji Wugui. If this is the case, most of Tianhe County will fall to the enemy. I hope that Ji Wugui did not issue such an order, so that the garrisons in various places can still stick to the city. In this way , it can delay the opponent's attack speed."
"He has already issued such an order." Tan Feng raised his head. His forehead was bruised and purple. It was obvious that he was extremely regretful for the heavy knock just now. "Before I came to see the king. I have already received a report from Yan Lingwei of Tianhe County."
Ji Ling took a deep breath and looked at the two people in front of him. "Get up, all of you, you are the king's right-hand man, Doctor Tan, just now the king said something serious."
"It's true that the minister has neglected his duty, the king is right to scold him!" Tan Feng shook his head.
"Get up and talk, what should we do now?" Ji Ling tried his best to calm himself down.
Tan Feng and Zhou Yu stood up and looked at each other. Tan Feng said: "Taiwei Zhou, you are in charge of military affairs. What countermeasures do you have in mind for this disaster?"
Zhou Yu thought for a moment, looked at Ji Ling, "Your Majesty, there are more than 50,000 newly formed troops stationed in Jicheng, and there are also 5,000 Habayashi Army guarding the royal city and the minister's mansion, guarding Jicheng. There is more than enough, there are hundreds of thousands of people in Jicheng, and the king gave an order. It is easy to gather young and strong people. Even if Gao Yuan hits Jicheng, with his mere 20,000 troops, it is impossible to destroy Jicheng. Impossible."
Ji Ling snorted, "Taiwei, we have 50,000 newly formed troops, can we just hide in the city and defend instead of taking the initiative to attack. Are we looking for a decisive battle?"
"Your Majesty, although there are more than 50,000 troops. But Jicheng is so big, it needs at least 20,000 to 30,000 well-trained troops. The mobile force we can use is only half, and both I and Doctor Tan have experienced the field combat capabilities of the Zhengdong Army. We are indeed not sure of victory, not to mention that Gao Yuan is here this time. There are 10,000 iron cavalry. Although there are cavalry in the new army, neither the quantity nor the quality can compare with Gaoyuan who controls the prairie. We can stick to Jicheng without going out of the city. Once we go out of the city, I'm afraid Then you will encounter even greater failure." Zhou Yu said bluntly, puncturing Ji Ling's last fantasy cleanly.
"Doctor Tan, what do you think?" He turned to look at Tan Feng.
"Your Majesty, I'm not worried that Jicheng will be taken by force. What I'm worried about now is food." False, young and strong are also easy to recruit, but also because there are so many people, food will become the most deadly problem."
When it came to food, Ji Ling's expression also changed drastically. He was only thinking about military matters before, but he forgot about it.
"Jicheng relies on Tianhe, Langya, and Yuyang for supplies of food. Now Yuyang supplies all the food to Kongde's army. Shahe City in Tianhe County has been lost, and the East Conquering Army is raging everywhere. Don't even think about food. , As for Langya, there is a Tianhe County in the middle, how can food be transported here? Hundreds of thousands of people, how much food do they consume in a day?"
"King, King!"
Ji Ling hadn't answered yet, suddenly there was a hurried shout from outside the main hall, the three of them turned their heads and saw Chunyuyan rushing in from the outside angrily, Chunyuyan had now been promoted to the head of the Yan Kingdom Although Shoufu is the number one person next to King Yan Ji Ling in name, in fact, his status and power are all behind Zhou Yu and Tan Feng.
"Chunyu Shoufu, what happened again?" Ji Ling asked angrily, "Just now I sent someone to look for you, but no one found you. Now is a time of national calamity, you Where did you go when you were not in charge of government affairs in the duty hall?"
Chunyu Yan was sweating profusely from anxiety, he almost trotted all the way here, he was not too young, he rushed all the way like a spark, but Ji Ling scolded him all the way, Immediately, his face turned black, "My lord, all the grain stores in Jicheng have closed their shops, claiming that the grain has been sold out. Now that the Eastern Expedition Army has conquered Tianhe County and is attacking Jicheng, the news is flying all over the sky. I hurriedly went to the grain store to buy grain, but I didn’t get any grain, the voices of the people were boiling, and troubles were happening everywhere in the city, and I just went to appease a few places, when I was summoned by the king.”
"Chunyu Shoufu, the king is also very worried, and the king knows the hard work of the first assistant." Tan Feng hurried over to smooth things over.
At this time, Chunyuyan didn't care about anything with Ji Ling, so he could only nod his head and said, "Your Majesty, the city is in chaos right now, and many people have packed up their belongings and started to flee. The four gates of Jicheng are closed. Even the gates of the city are crowded with people, if we don't come up with a proper solution, I'm afraid there will be chaos in Jicheng before Gao Yuan calls."
"What, what should I do?" Ji Ling has never experienced this kind of chaos after all. There is no way out.
"Your Majesty, please issue an order immediately, and ask Taiwei Zhou to send troops to suppress these riots first." Tan Feng said loudly: "At this moment, there must be absolutely no chaos in the city."
"The suppression lasts for a while, but can it be suppressed for a long time? The common people always want to eat, if they are going to starve to death, wouldn't they come out and make trouble?" Chunyu Yan said.
"Of course it's not just about repression." Tan Feng grinned grimly. Now, what will the minister arrange for Yan Lingwei to copy all these grain merchants one by one."
"Many of these grain merchants have very deep backgrounds!" Chunyuyan reminded.
"Profound background?" Ji Ling suddenly sneered, "Could it be that the backstage of these people is stronger than the four people in this hall?"
"Your Majesty, I will pick a few companies first. Chunyu Shoufu is going to greet some other people in private, and tell them that if they don't know people, don't blame me, Tan Feng, for being rude. Believe me They will still find out." Tan Feng said.
"That's all I can do for now, but how long will it last?" Chunyuyan sighed.
"Your Majesty!" Tan Feng turned around and bowed to Ji Ling, "Please issue an order from the King. From now on, Jicheng will be under military control. All the people and officials, regardless of status, rich or poor, All the food in the family must be handed over, and all the collected food will be filled into the king's warehouse. From now on, all the people of Jicheng will be supplied based on the head. Take out all the food in the house."
Ji Ling's eyes lit up, "This is a good idea!" He looked at Zhou Yu and Chun Yuyan, "What do you two say?"
"I agree!" Zhou Yu said simply.
"I agree too!" Chunyuyan could only nod along~IndoMTL.com~Well, first of all, I will ask Taiwei Zhou to send troops to suppress the riots in the city. , then Chunyu's first assistant will come forward to appease them, and they will use both soft and hard methods. I am not afraid that they will not give in. After completing these things, I will announce that Jicheng will enter wartime control. , that is, beheading. "Ji Ling said loudly.
"I obey!" The three bowed at the same time.
"But this is just an internal matter in Jicheng. How to retreat the enemy, the three of you have a good plan. Even if Gao Yuan can't defeat Jicheng, if he doesn't retreat for a long time, then what should we do?"
"The first thing to do is to withdraw Kong De from Yuyang County and let him come back to serve the king." This time it was Chunyuyan who spoke first, "Then ask the king to issue a king's order and order all the county governors , must send troops to serve the king. Although the troops in various counties are limited, there must be only 20,000 horses in Gaoyuan who have entered Tianhe County. There are too many ants to kill elephants. It is impossible for him to stay here for a long time. In addition, please ask Dr. Tan Inform Donghu and ask them to act earlier to reduce the pressure on our place. As long as the Hetao war resumes, Gao Yuan will not care about here for the time being."
Ji Ling nodded slightly, "Chunyu Shoufu is an old man, so let's do it this way." (To be continued)