My clone is on the other side of the starry sky

With the destruction of the Zhang family, the rich families of Sanyang once again chose to compromise with Lu Xuan unconditionally, and Sanyang City quickly returned to stability. However, Shangyang County, a hundred miles away, was not peaceful these days.

The time goes back to the second day after Lu Xuan captured Sanyang.

"Sinan, this army cannot be without food. Now that the food in the palace has been distributed to the people in the city by the bandit army, what should we do now?" Sun Fang summoned his chief clerk and asked with a frown.

After some questioning, the causes and consequences of Shangyang County’s destruction gradually emerged.

The man named Lu Xuan conquered Shangyang County with less than a thousand men. The prefect Zhou Ji and his family members were trampled to death by thousands of people. The officials in Sanyang County except Zhou Ji were almost immediately wiped out by Lu Xuan's group.

As a result, after Lu Xuan left, Shangyang County was unable to restore order. Instead, it became increasingly chaotic. The rebels gathered into bandits and looted everywhere under the banner of the Guiyi Sect, and even big families in the city secretly participated in it.

The official warehouse was looted, and even their military rations were robbed.

If the thieves had stolen it, the problem would have been easier to solve. They could just take it back. With so much food, it was impossible for the thieves to carry it far. But Lu Xuan gave the food to the people. What should they do?

Shangyang County has lost its vitality in protecting the city. Just like Sanyang County, if they directly send troops to grab food, the consequences are not something they can afford.

Mr. Sinan frowned in thought. Compared to Sun Fang, he paid more attention to the many things Lu Xuan showed in this battle.

First of all, this man has great ambitions. If an ordinary bandit takes over a city like Shangyang County, he will probably rob it immediately.

But he didn't. Judging from the information obtained so far, after Lu Xuan entered the city, he targeted only the wealthy households in the city. For ordinary people, it can be said that Qiu Xuan did nothing wrong.

This is also the biggest difference between Lu Xuan and ordinary bandits. It's not that he is not greedy, it's just that he wants something more advanced, and he wants people's hearts!

As for the handling of the treasury, regardless of his position, Lu Xuan handled it very beautifully. He did not have many people. If he fled with the baggage, it would be difficult to go far and it would be easy for the army to catch up.

Therefore, he did not take the food to escape, nor did he defend the city. This shows that this person sees things very insightfully and will not be lost in his mind due to temporary gains and losses.

Finally, he posed this problem to the officers and soldiers. If the officers and soldiers seize food, no matter whether it is military rations or not, they will eventually lose their support. I don’t know how long it will take for Shangyang County to regain its green spirit of protecting the city. But if they don’t grab it, The three armies are without food and may mutiny at any time.

Just this move pushed the officers and soldiers who came to exterminate the Gui Yi thieves into the quagmire.

"Now, let's try to get a batch of grain and grass first. Then I can go to lobby the big families in the city to hand over the grain and grass to temporarily relieve the urgent need." Mr. Sinan thought.

He knew clearly in his heart that after the gap period after Lu Xuan left, there might be people who had food for them, but at this time, it was best not to use force on the people, otherwise it would only make the Yishuo more powerful. To solve the military ration problem, we can only ask these wealthy households for it.

It is definitely not possible to use force. Shangyang City is a county town. The wealthy households living here may not be able to deal with unreasonable bandits, but if the officers and soldiers force them to ask for food, the lawsuit can be brought to the court.

And it may also cause dissatisfaction in the army. Not to mention Bai Xingchang, the Shangyang County captain, many generals in the army are from Shangyang, such as Yang Ao.

Only soft ones.

"Then I'll bother Mr. Sinan with this matter." Sun Fang rubbed his temples with a headache. He was here to suppress bandits, why did he come to his own house after suppressing them?

Mr. Sinan nodded and was about to get up and leave when he saw a general coming in. He saluted Sun Fang and said, "General, Lieutenant Li Kai's commanding officer is running outside the door, saying he has an important military report."

"Wang Ben? Let him in." Sun Fang had an impression of this man. He was an innate master, and he was also the leader of the camp. He was from a good family background. He was from the Wang family of Xiuwu County.

The general agreed and turned to leave. After a while, the king rushed in with the dusty king.

"General, something happened!"

When Wang Ben saw Sun Fang, he immediately knelt down and said sadly.

"What happened? Get up and speak!" Sun Fang frowned.

"General, Sanyang City has been captured by the bandit army!" Wang Ben did not get up, but lowered his head and cried out in mourning.

"What!?" Sun Fang's eyes narrowed, and then he said with a livid face: "Where is Li Kai? Why doesn't he come back to see me!?"

"Go back to the general, General Li Kai... died in battle!" Wang Ben lamented: "Please general, avenge General Li!"

"What happened!?" Sun Fang frowned, looked at Wang Ben and shouted angrily: "Tell me carefully!"

"Yes!" Wang Ben took a deep breath and said slowly: "Yesterday, the thieves mixed with the army and wanted to enter the city. Our soldiers saw through it and forced their way into the city. The thieves chief Lu Xuan first killed Niu Yingzheng, and finally the general Rescue is not enough..."

As Wang Ben explained what happened, Mr. Sun Fang and Mr. Sinan's expressions gradually became ugly.

"What a thief chief!" Sun Fang looked ugly and smashed the table in front of him into pieces.

He has been in the army for many years and has experienced countless battles. Looking back on what happened before, he still doesn't know that Lu Xuan attacked Shangyang County in order to transfer the main force and regain Sanyang.

From the beginning, Lu Xuan's goal was not in Shangyang County, but in Sanyang.

He and the thousands of officers and soldiers, including Zhou Ji, were all fooled around by a little Lu Xuan, but what really shocked Sun Fang was Lu Xuan's decisiveness and ruthlessness. One innate scared the last innate away.

Even thinking about it with his feet, Lu Xuan was at the end of his strength at that time. If Wang Ben continued to fight, he would most likely kill Lu Xuan easily.

But thinking about the scene at that time, after killing a transformation master, he immediately killed an innate master who had been fighting endlessly before. Who knows if there is a back-up plan.

But these are not important anymore. What is important is that Sanyang County was recaptured, and the only merit of his line was taken away. Instead, Shangyang Prefect died, and Shangyang County was also in a mess. What should he explain to the court? ?

"You go down and rest first." After a moment, Sun Fang sighed and waved his hand to Wang Ben.

"Yes!" Wang Ben bowed, said goodbye and left.

"Sinan, Sanyang City must be recaptured immediately. What should we do now?" Wang Ben looked at Mr. Sinan and said with a wry smile.

It's not that there is no time, but that if Sanyang County is gained and lost again, someone in the imperial court will definitely take advantage of this to make things difficult.

I don't know how many people are staring at my position.

But without military rations, what can we do to attack Sanyang County?

After thinking for a moment, Mr. Sinan looked at Sun Fang and said, "General, what do you think of Yang Ao's camp?"

Sun Fang frowned and said, "This man has good martial arts skills and is quite a general, but his personality is too unruly."

"General, do you want to promote him?" Mr. Sinan asked again.

"Even if Li Kai dies, this position has already been decided by someone. What he said... let's grind it out first." Sun Fang shook his head and sighed. Nowadays, major families have begun to pay attention to military positions. There are many generals at all levels in the army. How many people are fighting for it? Yang Ao does have the ability to serve as a captain, but today's army is like an officialdom, and one cannot rise to the position just because of ability.

In the past, big families didn't bother to compete for hard work like the border army, but now the world has changed. Military power can strengthen the backbone, so there are more people fighting for it. People like Yang Ao, who comes from a background like Yang Ao, have nothing to do no matter how great their achievements are. use.

He did feel sorry for Yang Ao, but it also gave him an even bigger headache.

This time, Yang Ao succeeded in regaining the upper Yang. He didn't say that he couldn't do it, but what did he mean? It’s not like the generals in this army have the final say.

"If this is the case, with Yang Yingzheng's character, I am afraid he will be dissatisfied." Mr. Sinan looked at Sun Fang and said.

"What do you want to say, sir?" Sun Fang looked at Mr. Sinan, wondering why he suddenly mentioned this?

"If we want to raise enough food and grass in a short period of time, we can only ask the people for it." Mr. Sinan said solemnly.

"Wouldn't this completely lose the support of the people?" Sun Fang said with a headache.

"So, the general needs an abandoned son to help him accomplish this." Mr. Sinan said softly.

Sun Fang suddenly raised his head and looked at Mr. Sinan: "You mean..."

Mr. Sinan nodded and said: "The abandoned son needs some weight, but the other three captains in the army and the Baijun Lieutenant are not easy to handle. Only Yang Yingzheng has sufficient qualifications."

Sun Fang did not answer, and the hall fell into silence for a moment...