Chapter 190 Yang Minggui’s Plan

September 5th.

Chen Mo arrived in Guangming County, which is less than a hundred miles away from Quanyang County. If he marched in a hurry, he could lead the three guards to withdraw from the quagmire of Yuzhou in about three days.

But at this time, he received a reply from Yang Minggui.

He also learned from the letter that Yang Minggui's five generals except himself, Yuan Youchun, Dai Wangmin, and Wang Fa, were all ambushed by the Yuzhou army and the entire army was destroyed.

Obviously, Yang Minggui believed that Yuan Youchun was killed by officers and soldiers.

An army totaling 25,000 people led by two other generals, Wang Kai and Liu Fu, was besieged by officers and soldiers at Dongwei Bridge, and Chen Mo was asked to go to the rescue immediately.

Upon receiving this reply, Chen Mo immediately exclaimed, "What a guy."

He sent an urgent message to Yang Minggui on August 23rd, and he only received a reply on September 5th, almost half a month later.

If Wang Kai and Liu Fuzhen were besieged, there would only be two outcomes at this time, either they would be eliminated or they would break out of the siege.

Even if he was still surrounded, it would be too late for him to rush over now.

Besides, you asked me to come to the rescue without allocating any food?

Chen Mo called Sun Meng, Xia Zhining and others to discuss it together.

After some research.

Chen Mo replied like this.

The general meaning is that I have received the letter, complied with it, and fought a victorious battle. I killed Xu Jie, an enemy general, and now I am offering my head. However, I was pursued by the enemy at the same time, and our troops suffered casualties. Halfway through, food was in short supply, and he asked the commander-in-chief to send troops to reinforce and allocate food.

Regarding the previous killing of Xu Jie, Chen Mo did not ask Yang Minggui for credit, but he could use it now.

Anyway, you don’t know whether I went to reinforce him or not.

But it is true that I won the battle, killed the enemy general Xu Jie, and was chased by the enemy.

Chen Mo reported that 4,000 men would go immediately, 3,000 of whom were prisoners, and asked Yang Minggui for 1,000 shi of food.

False reporting of amounts and asking for expenses were easy for Chen Mo.

Later, Chen Mo asked the three guards to stand still in Guangming County.

It was impossible for him to send reinforcements. He could only live by fishing and training his troops.

That's right, Chen Mo ordered Xia Zhining to teach the three guards to form the Crescent Moon Formation.

…

Yang Minggui received Chen Mo's reply on September 16th.

As for the head that Chen Mo sent over, it already stunk.

But after all, it was the head of a middle-grade warrior, and his face was still recognizable.

After reading the letter, Yang Minggui frowned, glanced at the head in the box, showed Chen Mo's letter to military advisor Xu Mu, and said at the same time: "Thousands of stones of food, how can we need so much? Xia Lin’s tens of thousands of civilians will use up my commander’s three hundred shi of food a day.”

In Yang Minggui's view, even if the troops in front of him have been killed or wounded, it is not as important as him building the Heavenly King's Palace. After all, it is related to whether he can break through to the supreme warrior.

If you run out of people, you can recruit them again, but you can't delay your cultivation.

Therefore, he did not intend to give this thousand stones of food. He felt that Chen Mo could be self-sufficient in controlling a county and could not take care of the demands from above.

"Commander Qu, these thousand stones of food must be given, and a heavy reward must be given, and the whole army must be informed." Xu Mu said after thinking about it.

"Huh?" Yang Minggui looked at Xu Mu.

"Commander Qu, the main battlefield in Fengzhou is currently being hit one after another, and the defeat is so annoying that Tianshi and his old man have a big head. Although Yuzhou is only a secondary battlefield, Xu Jie is one of Liang Song's three generals, and even a member of the Liang family. General, Chen Mo's battle has seriously dampened Liang Song's spirit. If we submit this battle report to the Heavenly Master, can we make him shine?"

Xu Mu is very politically minded. There are thirty-six Qushuai under Tianshi, but only those few confidants can be remembered by Tianshi. Therefore, if other Qushuai want to show up in front of Tianshi, To show off, you must first have a dazzling record.

Although Chen Mo's battle report is not too dazzling, in the current situation of continuous defeats, a decent victory is urgently needed to boost the morale of the army.

In addition, during this attack on Yuzhou, the Heavenly Master ordered Commander Qu to be the vanguard, but Commander Qu did not go in person. Instead, he sent his generals to go, and was ambushed by the opponent and suffered a heavy defeat. If this was When the news reached the ears of the Heavenly Master, he was blamed, but he couldn't bear to live with it.

As for reporting good news but not bad news, Chen Mo's battle report can be put to great use, and it can also cover up the big defeat.

Yang Minggui was nudged by Xu Mu, and his eyes suddenly lit up. At the same time, he exclaimed in his heart that this could still be done like this.

"Commander Qu, also, now that General Yuan, General Dai, and General Wang Fa have all died in the battle, you are short of people and are in urgent need of developing confidants, and Chen Mo is young and has great potential, so he is a suitable candidate.

In addition, after receiving your reply, he immediately rushed to reinforce and severely damaged the Yuzhou Army, which shows that he still obeys your orders and does not violate them. "Xu Mu said.

Yang Minggui completely understood that he could take advantage of this to win people's hearts with heavy rewards. In addition, after informing the whole army, it would also have a positive guiding effect on his reputation, letting everyone know that he knew rewards and punishments clearly.

"Yes, I should be given this thousand stones of food, but military advisor, how should I reward this heavy reward?" Yang Minggui asked.

Xu Mu pondered for a while. He knew that Yang Minggui was reluctant to give up the money, so he said: "It just so happens that General Yuan has also died in the battle. Commander Qu can hand over Qingting County to his jurisdiction. In addition, doesn't he need red copper? Commander Qu can reward him He weighs a thousand pounds.”

"Good." Anyway, Qingting County needed someone to take care of it, so it was just right to give it to Chen Mo. The red copper mine was also picked up for free. He was given 1,800 kilograms without having to pay for it himself. Yang Minggui agreed to Xu Mu's proposal. , and immediately asked:

"Then he asked us to send troops for reinforcements? There are also Wang Kai and Liu Funa, we can't just ignore them, right?"

Xu Mu stroked his short beard on his chin, walked back and forth twice, and finally fanned his feather fan and said:

"But Chen Mo is standing still. Since the Heavenly Master has asked Commander Qu to be the vanguard, if Yuzhou cannot be attacked for a long time, he will definitely send Commander Qu to reinforce him.

As for General Wang Kai and General Liu Fu, there has been no news about them for more than half a month. Chen Mo can be asked to send people to find out about them, rescue them as appropriate, and allow him to act expediently. "

Yang Minggui thought for a while, nodded and said, "Yes."

What Yang Minggui didn't know was.

Although the Tianshi Army lost more than they won in the battle with Fengzhou Navy.

However, the Tianshi Army raided the entire north, and it can be said that they have strong financial resources. In the south, because King Qin's army was fighting with the imperial court, Fengzhou was isolated and helpless. In terms of consumption, it could not compare with the Tianshi Army, so it could not sustain it for too long.

Under this situation, Fengzhou sent a large number of spies (spies) to Qingzhou and began to infiltrate and cause trouble.

…

Late September.

In the mountains outside Guangming County.

"Whoosh"

An arrow shot out of the air and hit the neck of a wild boar that was leaning against a camphor tree. After being hit by the arrow, the wild boar made a "hum, hum, hum" cry and ran forward.

But he didn't run very far before he fell to the ground and stopped moving.

"Madam's amazing shot!" There was an uproar in the forest.

In the mountain forest, Chen Mo, Xia Zhining and dozens of soldiers were riding horses and hunting.

Xia Zhining did not wear a mask, but except for Sun Meng, the soldiers only knew that she had a close relationship with Chen Mo and did not know Xia Zhining's true identity, so they directly addressed her as Madam.

Xia Zhining's face turned red, but she did not refute. She had adapted to this kind of military life. She raised her bow and arrow and said, "Bring the wild boar back. Today I will treat everyone to a whole pig feast."

"good."

"good."

"Thank you, Madam."

All the soldiers cheered.

Back in Guangming County, Chen Mo saw Han Wu walking over in a hurry, with excitement on his face: "County Magistrate, good news."

With that said, he gave Yang Minggui's letter to Chen Mo.

The letter explained that Qingting County was assigned to his jurisdiction, and he received only 30% of the coarse salt produced. In addition, he was rewarded with 1,500 catties of red copper.

The one thousand shi of grain allocated was also on the way, but it would only be sent to Quanyang County for him to transport by himself.

This is indeed good news for Chen Mo. It means that he can expand his base and recruit troops.

Although Guangming County, Quanyang County and other counties are currently at his disposal, before Yuzhou is conquered, these cities and counties cannot develop into their own base areas because they will be attacked by Yuzhou troops at any time. Take it back.

In addition, the population of these cities and counties has migrated towards the hinterland of Yuzhou, and the remaining ones are the old, weak, sick and disabled.

But Qingting County is different. It has a large population. Although it has been devastated by Yuan Youchun, it has resources. In addition, it is considered stable in the territory of the Tianshi Army.

Chen Mo immediately wrote a letter and sent a horse back to Pingting County, asking Geng Songfu to send someone to receive it.

Secondly, let Sun Meng lead one hundred and two guards (shenyong and shenwu guards) and three hundred trap guards to pick up the food convoy and transport one thousand shi of food to Guangming County.

As for what Yang Minggui wrote in his letter, asking him to find out information about Wang Kai and Liu Fu, Chen Mo would do it.

But for the discretionary rescue, even if he could rescue him, he would not do it.

Now he is temporarily staying in Guangming County, waiting for the Tianshi Army to send reinforcements before taking action.

The main word is Gou.

In the evening, Chen Mo gnawed on a roasted wild boar leg brought by Xia Zhining while looking at the map to see if there were any mineral resources such as iron ore around, and then pack some back.

It's a pity that strategic resources like this will definitely not be marked on the map. All the officials in Guangming County have fled, and Chen Mo has nowhere to ask.

Bite off a piece of wild boar.

[Number of meat supplements +0.05, Ziyang Huayuan Gong experience +0.05. 】

[Name: Chen Mo. 】

[Skill: Ziyang Huayuan Gong (Proficiency 6119.6/10000). 】

[Realm: Accepting Qi (Fifth Grade). 】

[Strength: 712. 】

[Skills: Sun Strike (Elementary 1544328/5000000), Cloud Chasing Arrow (Advanced 42362/200000). 】

"At this rate, we should have been able to break through to the fourth level a year ago."

Chen Mo took a sip of the broth and then handed the half-eaten wild boar leg to Xia Zhining's mouth.

Xia Zhining glanced at it with disgust, but still took a bite from an unbitten place, and then said: "It tastes terrible."