Chapter 533: Grab the warehouse and grab the grain

"Ratch? Who to grab?" Chen Kefu said to Lu Shishen with a smile.

Lu Shishen said: "Of course, we will steal whoever has the food."

Everyone couldn't help but laugh, and the atmosphere in the hall was much more relaxed for a moment, no longer as dull and depressing as before.

Lu Shishen's words robbed the words, although he couldn't tell the reason behind it, but many people in the hall couldn't help but lit up. It seemed like a bright light in the night, which immediately made the ministers who were shrouded in the night and did not know the direction to find the exit.

"Good!" Gao Shilian looked surprised and stepped forward and said, "Your Highness, General Lu said very well. The amount of food shortage is too high now. Although all the colleagues in the Shangshu Province have come up with some ideas, such as organizing refugees from all over the country to hunt, go down the river to fish, or even ask someone to dig wild vegetables. However, they cannot completely solve the current problem. However, General Lu said that he was robbing grain, and the officials deeply agreed with him."

"With the view of the Gao Shangshu, who do we want to steal? Or, who can we have food now?" Chen Kefu smiled.

Although various places in Hebei, Shandong and Huaibei have long been unprepared for defense in front of the Liaodong Army and are easy to take, these places have been snatched and robbed by officers and soldiers and rioters along the way. Even if they snatch them again, what can they get? Chen Kefu wanted to believe these situations, Gao Shilian naturally knew about them. Since he proposed them, there must be a good solution.

Gao Shilian said happily: "Your Highness, during the Daye period, the late emperor built six large granaries along the Yellow River near the Dongdu. From east to west, they were Liyang Cang in Liyang County, Ji County, Hebei Province. In Xingyang County, Luoshui to Xingluo Cang at the mouth of the Yellow River, which is Luokou Cang. Hedong Henei County, Heyang Cang in Heyang County opposite Yanshi to the north of Luoyang. Huiluo Cang is seven miles north of Luoyang City. There are Changping Cang in Shanzhou, Henan Prefecture, and Guangtong Cang in nearby Tongguan."

"These six warehouses are all near the Dongdu and are all set up along the Yellow River. The largest is the Xingluo Warehouse, which has 3,000 granaries and 24 million stones of grain. Most of the other five granaries have tens of millions of grain, while the fewest ones have 300 granaries, with at least 2 million stones of grain. Together, these six granaries have already stored more than 50 million stones of grain. If we can seize these six granaries, we can immediately resolve the grain shortage. Even if we only seize one or two, it can greatly alleviate our food shortage."

Gao Shilian was happy when he said that, but there was not much smile on Chen Kefu's face.

After rubbing his forehead, Chen Kefu shook his head and said, "Although what Gao Shangshu said is good, we cannot relieve our near thirst. Among these six warehouses, the Liyang Cang is the closest to us, but it was already broken by the Wagang army at the beginning of the year. Millions of stones of grain in the warehouse were taken by the Wagang army. It was because of the grain in the warehouse that the Wagang army could instantly expand its troops to tens of thousands. In other words, the strategy to attack Liyang Cang was told to the Dean when I was in Wagang. But I never thought that I had robbed my own grain now."

When everyone heard that millions of food in the Dawn Warehouse had disappeared, they couldn't help but sigh in their hearts, as if they had cut off their flesh in their hearts.

Seeing everyone's regret, Chen Kefu didn't feel anything. Even if the grain in Liyang Cang was still there, it would be impossible for them to take it. Although the Liaodong Army has reached the north bank of the Yellow River, even if it is from Pingyuan County, it is still three counties away from Liyang.

Even the nearest Liyang Cang cannot be taken, and the Luokou Cang, which is still near Dongdu, can only be seen and grabbed. According to his information, Li Mi is currently in a circumvention of Luokou Cang, bent on getting other food and strengthening his troops. At present, Wang Shichong and Li Mi are both staring at the granary with more than 20 million stones, and the two sides are fighting back and forth. Although their Liaodong Army is elite, they cannot cross the enemy forces of several counties to run to Li Mi and Wang Shichong to pick up their teeth.

Neither Liyang Cang nor Luoyang Cang can be taken. The Heyang Cang, which is more west, will return to Luoyang Cang, often close the warehouse, and the four warehouses of Guangtong Cang are even more unthinkable. The tens of millions of stones of grain are given there, and it is just to look at the plums to quench thirst, without any practical effect.

Everyone was a little depressed when they heard that there was no hope of getting food.

However, Li Benlei pondered and said for a while, "Your Highness, in my opinion, although Li Yangcang was captured by Li Mi, he could not have given all the food to the people. According to my speculation, most of the food in Li Yangcang should still be there. The Ji County is still under the control of Li Mi, so the food here should still be in the granary. Now we have taken the Bohai Sea and Pingyuan County along the river in southern Hebei. From Ji County on the north bank of the Yellow River, it is actually only separated from Qinghe and Wuyang County. Now these two counties are occupied by the peasant army in Hebei, and the troops are not strong."

When Lu Shishen heard this, he immediately understood what Li Benlei meant and jumped up and shouted, "Your Highness, Li Mi is now leading the Wagang army to the east of the Eastern Capital. There are not many soldiers and horses on the north bank of the Yellow River. And the Qinghe and Wuyang are just under the jurisdiction of a county rioters, which is a great opportunity. Your Highness, let me go. I stayed at home for half a year and haven't gone out to lead troops to fight, but I'm idle. Your Highness only needs to give me 10,000 troops and horses, no, five thousand light cavalry, and I promise to snatch the Liming. Then your Highness only needs to send Pan to transport grain."

As soon as Lu Shishen's words fell, Chen Qing, Chen Gui, Mao Yi, Guo Xiaoke, Liu Tiezhu, Zhang He and other generals demanded to lead troops to capture Li Yang. Moreover, in order to get this task, one was slapped with a loud sound than the other, and each was less soldiers than the other. Lu Shishen wanted eight thousand cavalry, Mao Yi wanted five thousand, and Chen Qing wanted four thousand. Guo Xiaoke was even more exaggerated and said that he wanted to take the 3,000 heavy cavalry he was now commanding to grab the grain. Chen Kefu's face became darker and darker. If he asked them to continue, they would probably have to bring one or two hundred light cavalry and dare to kill him.

He reached out and tapped the table a few times, and finally made the Liaodong army veterans who had been deliberately left behind by Chen Kefu and had been holding on for a long time honestly.

"War is a joke? Look at your current appearance. Do you think that the Liaodong Army has begun to underestimate the enemy before it is defeated? Do you really think that the Liaodong Army is the strongest among the generals in the world, and are you the most powerful among the generals in the world?"

Chen Kefu was black and taught a lesson, "Think about the battles we fought along the way. When we were in Liaodong, we fought against Goguryeo. Although we had never been defeated, which battle was not a heavy casualty? In the battle of Jinshan Canyon, Liaodong City defended the city, which time was not a tens of thousands of people? We were all seriously injured in a barbaric country. Later, we stationed troops in Linyu, and many soldiers were unable to move forward for half a year when facing a mere pass. After entering the pass, although there were wars, they were all mobs. But even if we fought these peasants, famous generals like Guo Xun and Xue Shixiong were still completely destroyed because of underestimating the enemy. With your mentality, how can I dare to let you lead the troops to fight in the future? I will be afraid that there will be another Guo Xun and Xue Shixiong. If you are not afraid of death, I will not be willing to die in the Liaodong Army to die in vain."

After being scolded by Chen Kefu so severely, Lu Shishen and others suddenly became ashamed. They used to be like a veteran of the Liaodong army, and they were often dissatisfied with Chen Kefu not allowing them to lead the troops now. Even seeing Qin Qiong, Luo Lin and others who were like new recruits were leading the troops one by one, they felt even more unfair. However, when Chen Kefu scolded him, everyone couldn't help but think of the past few years and felt the change in their mentality.

"Please punish your superiors!" The generals all knelt down and apologized.

Chen Kefu waved his hand, "Get up, be prepared for danger in times of peace, be cautious in arrogance, always maintain a normal heart and a clear mind, be a qualified general. Think about it carefully, do you think it is qualified? Forget what happened just now, remember to reflect more after going back. There are still some battles, and you are still young. I hope you can make more contributions to the court in the future, instead of just being complacent about your past achievements."

"Yes!" The generals lowered their heads and stood up.

Chen Kefu stood up, took a light step in the hall with his hands behind his back.

After a while, it was said, "In the current situation, I need you to work together to overcome this difficulty together. Recently, I have heard a lot of rumors. Some rumors say that the court is now about to quell the military and cultivate the civil service, saying that war will perish, and that warriors will perish. It also said that the late emperor is very happy to be successful in his achievements, and that military and military forces will perish, which eventually led to turmoil in the court, and the world will be seven parts." As he said that, Chen Kefu looked at Mao Xi and other civil officials.

He said slowly, "I heard from people that the court is now increasingly turning the cart before the horse. At this time when the world is in danger, it is time to launch a vast army and destroy the world. It is said that the court only cares about those literati, and that is, those who say that they forget the fundamental reason when we launched a military army in Liaodong. It is said that the court should use military men as the country in the future and should not be controlled by the sour officials."

As soon as these words were said, many of the generals over there felt unnatural expressions and bowed their heads and remained silent.

Chen Kefu sighed and continued, "I often listen to people. Among the high-ranking officials of the court today, the world has not yet settled, but they have begun to enjoy themselves. In the capital, they build luxury houses and set up beautiful concubines, and live in and out, and they are surrounded by people. A husband does not farm, or they may suffer from hunger; a woman does not weave, or they may suffer from cold. If people do not farm but eat, they must eat food, not only do not weave clothes but also have fine clothes, but also have fine clothes. They use houses and utensils, play with all kinds of things, and strive for beauty. In Beijing, there are rich people who smell wine and meat, and there are frozen bones on the road. Have you all forgotten your original name? Don't you know that there are countless people outside who are enduring the cold and hungry?"

The Liaodong Army is becoming more and more powerful. At that time, these officials of the Liaodong Army are now all in high positions and are granted titles of marquis and dukes. As their power expands, Chen Kefu also discovered that many of the officials of the Liaodong Army have begun to become extravagant, especially those generals in the army. They are even more extravagant. This situation is even more intense.

He had wanted to say this for a long time, but he couldn't find a suitable opportunity for a while. Now he took the opportunity to tell them, which could be considered as a knock on them.

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