Yipin Farmer

Ting Shuang excitedly raised the first sum of food and money and transported it to the Pingnan Army in person, preparing to see Bao Qi pinch his neck and not allow him to let his officers and soldiers plunder and rape Na Han, but when he arrived at the barracks, he only saw Geng Xianghua, It turned out that this guy Baoqi claimed to go to Hunan to fight King Wu, but secretly abducted him to Shaanxi to fight Wang Fuchen. He only ordered the lieutenant to go south under the banner of the chief general, and he brought a light cavalry to raid Wang Fuchen's barracks.Ting Shuang was extremely disappointed, and scolded this brat for being dishonest, for hiding such a secret matter from him, such as attacking Hubei and secretly attacking Shaanxi, and when he saw him, he would definitely beat him up.

I was more worried. I heard that Wang Fuchen was also a guy who had experienced many sand battles. I wondered if Bao Qi could get a bargain from him. In order to march quickly, this guy didn't bring a cannon.Anxiously waiting for the good news, Baoqi successfully attacked, and has won a complete victory, annihilating the main force of the king's army.Ting Shuang was both happy and worried. The happy thing was that Bao Qi continued to make contributions to relieve the troubles in the rear. The worry was that the next confrontation would be the more difficult Wu Jun. She couldn't help but blame the emperor. Qi went to eat.

After the war, a large amount of medicines were needed to take care of the casualties. Ting Qiu and Huang Yaoshi from Changping rushed to prepare them overnight with their assistants. Detang's brand name, the soldiers felt that the medicine was very effective after taking the medicine, so they naturally remembered the Meng family's brand name.

Baoqi began to purge the whole of Shaanxi again, severely suppressing officials and businessmen who secretly cooperated with the rebel army.Ting Shuang went to write a letter to persuade him not to expand the scope of the attack. The main enemy, King Wu, is still there. There is no need to crack down on those scumbags, otherwise it would be bad to drive them to the side of the rebels. .

Baoqi laughed straight after reading the letter, and asked Tingzhi, "Do you know what a 'broad united front' is?"

"I don't know." Ting Zhi wiped his sweat, "Brother has a lot of strange words, and I don't know where he got so many strange things. Understand the spirit."

Bao Qi raised the letter in his hand: "Actually, in order to avoid chaos, it is not appropriate to punish the company too much. The culprit must be held accountable. But your elder brother said a lot of new words, what can be united, win over the middle, and attack the stubborn Pai, to isolate the opponent as much as possible, and to strengthen one's own strength. It's funny, but it's useful."

"That's right." Ting Zhi also agreed, "All dynasties punished the rebels, and the suppression was too much, which forced people to stand up and take risks."

Although Ting Shuang's words were too trendy and weird, Baoqi still grasped the spirit and only suppressed a few of Wang Fuchen's stubborn party members and some profiteers who aroused public resentment. Other businessmen who provided military supplies to the rebels were lenient. He dealt with fines, made a lot of money and recruited a large number of wealthy businessmen to help pay for the army.

In Kaifeng, Ting Shuang watched the actions of the Chen family while sitting at the Liangtai. Sure enough, after the public funds were deposited, Yongsheng Bank invested in mining in several coal kilns in Shanxi, but mining disasters occurred, and the investment failed and it was difficult to recover the capital.When Ting Shuang knew about it, he immediately issued an order to ask for 8 taels of silver for urgent use. Now Yongsheng Bank panicked.

Chen Antai is a shrewd person, so far he suspected that Ting Shuang was playing tricks on purpose, and knew that he could not let Yongsheng go, so he went to his old friend Feng, who was acquainted with the Meng family before, to plead for mercy.

Ting Shuang made it difficult for her, and after a while, she agreed to raise [-] yuan first, and sternly threatened: "It is not a small crime to embezzle public funds, and even if you miss military supplies, you will have to search the house and seal the door."

Sun Xing was so frightened that he froze, and went back to raise money quickly, but the [-] silver could not be raised in a short time. In an emergency, he could only ask the money industry association to come forward and ask his colleagues for help to adjust the position, but the help of his colleagues was not a rescue. Poor, Yongsheng's financial situation has been ruined, and it is difficult to save people like a well.At this time, Ting Shuang instructed someone to withdraw the silver with the bank notes of Yongsheng Bank that they had bought in advance.

Yongsheng's business is not authentic, and it is said that the bank should store as much cash as it needs to issue in order to do business, but he issued empty bills of tens of thousands of silver, and Ting Shuang only used [-] silver bills to withdraw it and wanted it to look good.

There was no cash to withdraw, so Ting Shuang's subordinates made a fuss, threatening to report to the government. Yongsheng's capital belonged to Chen Antai, so he was not afraid to sue. Shuang forced him to immediately withdraw [-] taels of public funds. Seeing that Yongsheng had issued so many empty bills, they couldn't save them, so they simply ignored them. Therefore, Yongsheng soon went bankrupt under the trend of a run on the public, and Ting Shuang also used the name of embezzling public funds. Seize all his properties, including houses and land, and use Baoqi's pre-signed memorial to impeach Chen Antai for embezzling public funds.

The imperial court saw that it was the senior commander in front who played on the front line, so it was naturally inconvenient to refute it, so they dismissed Chen Antai and ordered him to quickly make up the public funds owed.

Chen Antai looked at Ting Shuang's smug look, and he knew in his heart that this was a trick he had set up to lure Yongsheng into the pit and then he would break it down. Now he is no longer like the ignorant boy three years ago , the whole body is filled with a confident and steady demeanor, and these all come from the strength of strength and the maturity of mind.

"It's been three days since I've seen each other. Brother Meng is no longer Amon under Wu, and it's just around the corner." Chen Antai sneered slightly.

Ting Shuang also smiled back: "Brother Chen has won the award, but I don't know if Brother Chen can regain his strength and continue to rise to the top? However, this is not the younger brother's business. I also ask Brother Chen to make up the public funds as soon as possible, so as not to make it difficult for the younger brother. "

"Brother Meng's methods are clever and vicious, killing people invisible, I admire you."

"My younger brother's methods are no match for Brother Chen's. It's because Yongsheng has his own problems. His foresight made investment mistakes, and he issued a blank ticket of tens of thousands of silver. Ten years ago, the four major constants joined forces to run against Yiyuan, and as a result, they did business well. It has never been issued a blank ticket, and it is still standing after being run on, but its reputation is better. If Yongsheng abides by the business rules like Yiyuan, it will naturally be invincible. How can it fall? Brother Chen credits this credit to the younger brother It's really overrated." Ting Shuang sincerely pointed out the root cause of the Chen family's failure.

Chen Antai is also a bachelor who does things neatly, and he will not sloppyly shift the responsibility to others for the things he should undertake. This time Yongsheng closed, after all, it was still poorly managed, and Ting Shuang just gave it a push.

"However, I have to remind Brother Meng not to lose your composure, lest you get overjoyed and fall into the sky." Chen Antai smiled sincerely.

"Brother Chen's kindness, please remember, brother Chen, you should eat and rest well, don't be so angry that it's not worth it." Ting Shuang smiled more sincerely.

The two are brothers, and they are as close as old friends who haven't seen each other for a long time. People who don't know would think that these two are sworn enemies.

It's just that Ting Shuang's smile was smug, and Chen Antai's was ruthless. It's not his style to just admit defeat like this.

Baoqi cleaned up the whole territory of Shaanxi, and then he went south to fight Wu Jun with peace of mind.However, the king of Wu is a hero who fought against the country. He is old, cunning and well versed in war. He is by no means comparable to the self-willed Wang Fuchen.He first pretended to be defeated and retreated, lured Baoqi into his pocket, waited for the Pingnan Army to occupy Yicheng, and then sent people to encircle and encircle Yicheng.

Baoqi retreated to Xiangyang and urgently asked for help, but the Jingkou army was stalemate with the King of Fujian's army on the Fujian-Zhejiang battlefield. He only sent people to say that Baoqi should stick to it for two months and wait until the army of the King of Fujian was wiped out.

Baoqi was so angry that she fell to the ground when she received the letter, and cursed: "We will starve to death when he destroys the Fujian army and then comes to help."

Tingzhi persuaded him: "General, calm down. If King Shuncheng really sends troops to help, it will be like opening the door and letting King Min's army take advantage of the emptiness to enter Zhejiang. Then Jiangsu and Zhejiang will fall into the enemy's hands, and the situation will be even worse."

Geng Xianghua also understood: "So we can wait for King Shuncheng to destroy King Min before we can have reinforcements?"

After Baoqi was angry, she also saw the serious situation in front of her. King Shuncheng's Jingkou army was pinned down by King Lu's army on the Jiangsu-Zhejiang battlefield. This territory must not be lost. Wait until he wipes out the Fujian army before turning back Rushing to help myself, I don't know when it will be. Now is not the time to be angry, so I have to try to stick to it. Looking at the city of Xiangyang, as long as there is enough food and grass, it can still be defended for a while.

Baoqi immediately wrote a letter in hand, with 2 taels of silver notes attached, and ordered someone to send Tingshuang urgently, asking him to find a way to raise [-] stone grains, and no matter what, they should be transported to Xiangyang as soon as possible.

Ting Shuang received the handwritten letter with a grim expression. In the past, Baoqi only signed the documents with him. This time, in addition to the signature, he also used the seal of the general and the words "in any case". It can be seen that the situation is urgent. Let's look at Xiangyang Already surrounded by enemy troops, transporting food used to be difficult and dangerous, but no matter how difficult it was, we had to find ways to raise it.

Ting Shuang immediately ordered his subordinates to raise grain separately, and forcibly searched all the grain stores in Kaifeng and nearby places. When more than half of the grain was raised, he hurriedly loaded it into the car and set off for shipment, and told Qin Shu to continue raising the rest of the grain.

"In case I can't come back, I'll leave this place to you." Ting Shuang solemnly explained the matter to Qinshu, and he also knew that it would be extremely difficult and dangerous to break through the enemy's encirclement line and transport food there.

Qin Shu wiped his eyes, suppressed his worries and sorrows, and expressed that he would do the rest well.

Ting Shuang brought the militiamen directly under him to guard the grain, and some soldiers and horses guarding Kaifeng, and escorted the grain truck to the area around Xiangyang at the fastest speed.

The scout horse sent by Baoqi saw the food team and hurried forward to greet them.

Ting Shuang hurriedly asked about the situation in Xiangyang.The spies said that after several battles between the two sides, when the Pingnan army ran out of arrows, they threw stones and wood down to stop the attacking enemy. It was full of blood and brains.

Baoqi struggled to support and waited for reinforcements, her eyes were bleeding.

The spy was very eloquent, and his description was thrilling, recreating the tragic offensive and defensive battle at that time.

Ting Shuang was very sad and anxious when she heard this, and she was even more pessimistic when she asked about the situation of reinforcements. King Shuncheng's Jingkou army was pinned down by the enemy in the Fujian-Zhejiang battlefield. In order to protect Jiangsu and Zhejiang, they could not immediately send troops to help. Reinforcement is very difficult, if the reinforcements are not enough, you can only rely on the city to hold on, if you want to hold on, you must have food and grass, otherwise there will be chaos if there is no war.

Ting Shuang followed the spies to the top of the nearby mountain and looked through the binoculars. He saw black flags everywhere, and Xiangyang was completely surrounded. It seemed that King Wu was bound to win, and he had to take Xiangyang. Ting Shuang saw in the novel that Xiangyang It is the gateway to the north and the south, and its location is urgent and important. It is a place that must be contested by military strategists. Looking at the densely packed enemy barracks and the continuous and well-organized barracks, unless a hundred thousand troops rushed to help break a breakthrough, otherwise it would be very difficult to break through.

Ting Shuang checked the terrain, then looked at the barracks on both sides, searched all his brains, and went through all the military movies and forum books he had read, but he couldn't find a way to break through the encirclement.

Li Dongsheng saw that he was worried and anxious, and comforted him: "Don't worry, Xiao Baoji has his own aura, and nothing will happen."

But the spy was too straight-minded, and said: "It is the responsibility of leading soldiers and officers to guard the land. They should live and die with the city, and repay the king's kindness with death."

Li Dongsheng and Ping An stared at the blank spy.

"He will live and die with the city, so I will live and die with him. It's no big deal." Ting Shuang made up her mind, and was not in a hurry. She started to think of a way, and asked the spies: "Can there be a nearby village or a mountain to store food and grass?"

"There is Niu Shou Mountain to the west, which is quite dangerous and can be temporarily avoided." The spy pointed to a mountain near Xiangyang City.

Ting Shuang led people to escort the grain cart to Niu Shou Mountain, and passed a village at the foot of the mountain, only to see that the village was desolate and desolate, with no smoke from cooking, and no people.

Ting Shuang went over and asked, "Old man, do you know if there is anyone in this village who can cook us a pot of hot water?"

The old man raised his eyelids and said: "When Wu Jun came, he took away all the food. Now the village lives only on tree roots and turf, and even the pots are conscripted to make weapons."

"I don't even have a pot." Ting Shuang was depressed, and then saw the villagers poking their heads out of the house one after another, their faces were full of fear and guard, and the arms and legs of several children were as thin as hemp sticks. of.

Ting Shuang felt pity, and said, "I have food here, and I will give you dozens of stones to tide over the difficulties temporarily."

When the old man heard it, he couldn't believe it. When he saw Ting Shuang leading the people unloading bags of grain from the grain truck, he was so moved that he burst into tears, and led the whole village to kowtow to thank him.

Ting Shuang hurriedly supported her: "Old man, please don't do this, it's killing me. I have something to ask."

This village is called Lujia Village. The old man is Lizheng in the village. His surname is Lu. He is a good farmer and hunter. Ting Shuang asked him to lead the way and hide the grain in a reliable place in Niu Shou Mountain.

"Does the old man know if there is a secret path to Xiangyang City?" Ting Shuang looked at him expectantly.

Old man Lu simply replied: "No."

Ting Shuang was extremely disappointed, so she had to think of another way, to hide food in Niu Shou Mountain, and then lead a group of people to use Lujia Village as a base to repeat the old technique, that is, to dig tunnels, hoping to open a road to Xiangyang through the tunnels.

The villagers in Lujia Village didn't understand what these people were doing, so they also helped them cover, transport and dig the ground.

Ting Shuang urged his men to dig overnight. After three days of digging, they were almost under the enemy camp. As long as they dug into the city, they could open the grain road.

Unexpectedly, on the fourth day of digging, it was discovered by the enemy. The enemy army used tunnels to prevent sneak attacks in the city, and also closely monitored the situation underground, so they soon discovered that someone had dug the tunnels, watered them with boiling water, and sent a team of troops to kill them. .

Ting Shuang quickly led the people back to the mountain and hid in the cave.At this point, Ting Shuang couldn't cry even if she wanted to, and all the avenues came to a dead end. Could this be the place where he and Baoqi were buried?

It's a big deal, just die with him.

"Which part of the troops besieging Xiangyang is weaker?" Ting Shuang asked the spies.

"They are all the elite of the Wu army, and the troops of King Lu, led by Lu Wenjie, the second son of King Lu, joined forces to attack Xiangyang."

"That's it." Ting Shuang made a decision, and sneaked into the city at night to see if there were any resources available in the city, and if she could mobilize the masses.

Hearing his decision, Ping An resolutely opposed: "This situation is desperate now. General Bao has tens of thousands of horses trapped in the city. Now he can only wait for help. It is useless for you to follow in. Isn't that Are you going to die for nothing?"

"It's a big deal, I'll die with him." Ting Shuang had already seen through it, and was not afraid of life and death.

"But... Eldest Young Master..." Ping An was about to die in a hurry.

"Leading troops and generals to death on the battlefield, I, the food transporter, will inevitably be responsible. At that time, I will be accused of not supplying military supplies and causing the army to stick to the failure. I might as well die."

Ting Shuang had made up his mind and ordered Pingan and Li Dongsheng to guard the grain. If he couldn't come back within three days, the grain would be transported back to other military camps.

"How can I just watch the young master commit suicide," Ping An cried with tears streaming down his face, as if parting from life to death.

"Crow's mouth, you pray hard, maybe I won't die."

Hearing this, Ping An really knelt down and kowtowed to the sky. Ting Shuang couldn't laugh or cry, touched his head, and said, "When you go back, tell the second young master to give you 100 mu of land, [-] taels of silver, and you can ask for a daughter-in-law to live on." Bar."

Pingan cried more and more choked up.

Ting Shuang confessed the matter and immediately asked the spies to lead the way, and slipped into the enemy camp in the middle of the night.

"You said that the defense of King Lu's army is a little weak, so we will pass through there." Ting Shuang said.The spies also thought it was reasonable, and led him into the enemy camp, beat up two enemy soldiers, and changed into their clothes.

Originally thought that changing into the enemy's clothes would pass through the enemy's camp and enter the city smoothly, but if this method allows the opponent to easily touch in, the generals leading the troops will not have to mess around anymore.The patrol saw two figures and asked for a password, but the two couldn't answer, so they immediately arrested the one who had sneaked into the barracks.

The patrol soldiers tied them up and took them to the tent of the general who led the army. The general who led the army was Lu Wenjie, the second son of King Lu Zhixiao, who was ordered by his father to join forces with King Wu's army to attack Huguang. Grab a piece of the pie.Seeing the patrolling soldiers escorting two guys who entered the barracks at night, they found official seals from their bodies, and when they learned that they were court officials, they immediately ordered the beheading without further ado.

Ting Shuang looked at the executioner's steel knife, and Baoqi's moving smile suddenly appeared in front of her eyes, and her thousands of thoughts merged into three shocking words:;

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"Help me."