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Chapter 353: Cross-Guangzhou Forces

As Deng Yi's words fell, sighs burst into the crowd. In fact, their lives were not easy. They were either enemies or people with erroneous hearts. They were guarding several cities centered on Panyu. Who could stand it every day? After all, not everyone is a desperate person. Most civil servants and the people still yearn for a peaceful and peaceful environment, and fighting was a forced one.

A civil servant couldn't help but sigh: "We are the people of the Communist Party of China, some of whom are descended from the army of the First Emperor to conquer Lingnan, some of whom naturalized liars for hundreds of years, and the other is the people of the Central Plains who have moved south since the Han Dynasty. Among them, the rebellion at the end of the Han Dynasty and the Yongjia period reached its peak!

Alas~~No matter what the reason is, we have already regarded Jiaoguang as our home, but over the past few hundred years, except for the powerful court in the early days of the Later Han Dynasty, it has never been safe all the time. Especially since I have been moving south to this day, there are even more chaos, which makes people sigh. To be honest, we also want to migrate back and forth, but the hometown has changed, and the war in Jiangdong in the Central Plains is probably even worse than Lingnan. Where is the happy land in this world?"

Wei Feng turned his head and looked at it. The civil and military officials and scholars and common people who followed him were all helpless, so he bowed to the surroundings solemnly: "Please rest assured, all elders, I will be ordered by the emperor to assassinate Guangzhou, just to calm down the friendship. If you and I work together, why should we be afraid of the clown?"

"That's right, that's right, please envoy!" Everyone agreed, but Wei Feng could clearly hear that the perfunctory meaning in his words was quite strong. After all, since the rebellion in the district, I don't know how many of the governors of Guangxi and the other provinces have been replaced in more than a hundred years. Isn't Linyi still very moist? And this new governor is fine and tender, and he is young, can he do it?

As for local tyrants and tribal chiefs, even if they were as strong as Tao Kan, they would not dare to confront each other head-on, but adopted a policy of appeasement. As long as they did not violate the few big cities in Guangzhou, they would turn a blind eye. Everyone would not violate the rivers, and all the governors have always been like this!

Wei Feng could roughly guess what they were thinking. He smiled slightly and said nothing more. He was not his style. His style was either not done. He would do it even if he did it!

But Deng Yi took it to heart and asked, "How many soldiers and horses did the envoy bring to Panyu?"

Wei Feng said lightly: "30,000 infantry and cavalry, together with the family members of the army, craftsmen, sailors, etc., a total of more than 100,000!"

"Oh?" Everyone was moved again, and a buzzing sound began to sound, and they believed that Wei Feng was indeed coming with sincerity.

Wang Dan, the prefect of the South China Sea who had been introduced before, seemed to have thought of something. He asked quickly: "Report to the envoy, there are more than 30,000 households in Panyu City, and more than 200,000 Dingkou, I'm afraid... I'm afraid I can't bear these 100,000 soldiers and civilians even if I give my all my strength! Oh, don't misunderstand, my subordinates just tell the truth!"

One hundred thousand people are one hundred thousand mouths. According to the seven liters of rice per person per day, four liters of elderly, weak, women and children, Wei Feng, 40,000 of these 100,000 people, the average rice consumed per day is 5,200 stones. The rice in Panyu is ripe twice a year, and the early rice harvest period is about the turn of May and June, and the late rice can be harvested in about ten days. Could it be that the governor took office at this time and was specially used to harvest rice? If he was cut off, what would the people in the city eat?

You should know that accommodation for Wei Feng's 100,000 people is a trivial matter. The city with a 20-mile radius can accommodate 300,000 to 400,000 people. Now Panyu has only 200,000 people. A hundred thousand more people will not bring great pressure. It is just a bit troublesome to build a house. The key is that the next early rice harvest will be between May and June next year, and there will be eight months. Based on 240 days, 300,000 people will eat just enough food for 200,000 people. Doesn't it mean that the whole city will have to be hungry for more than two months?

In an instant, the atmosphere became a little weird. People were all of the same temperament. Wei Feng promised to help them overcome the threats around them. They welcomed them with both hands. If Wei Feng encountered difficulties in the battle, someone would definitely help. However, just now, and the promise was not fulfilled at all, they had to spend all their money to the new governor. This is not a fault for making a small plan!

Wei Feng was stunned for a moment, and then understood their thoughts. He couldn't help but feel angry and funny. He waved his hand: "I will bring enough food and grass for this trip, and will never give a penny from the people of Panyu. I would like to tell the whole city that the people I brought will be opened up separately and will not compete for water and fields with the indigenous people. Please rest assured!"

As soon as these words were said, everyone's faces were more or less red, and an awkward atmosphere rose in the air. Wei Feng ignored it and asked Deng Yi: "General Deng, how many soldiers are there in Panyu and even in Jiaoguangzhou now?"

Deng Yiluo thought about it and said, "The resignation envoy, Panyu originally had 5,000 defenders, and the last general led another 5,000 troops. Now there are 10,000 troops. Since Guangzhou has relatively no border troubles, the troops are relatively small. The total number of counties and counties is about 25,000. Jiaozhou has many barbarians around, especially facing the threat from Linyi Kingdom, the number of troops must be more, about 40,000!"

Wei Feng understood that Guangzhou has no mobile force at all, so it would be nice to be able to barely guard a few cities, and Jiaozhou is also very limited. I am afraid that the 5,000 troops brought by Deng Yi accounted for at least half of the mobile force in Jiaozhou!

Such a small amount of troops is definitely not good. Wei Feng couldn't help frowning, and Deng Yi bowed again: "Report to the envoy, since you have brought troops here, then it's time for the general to return to Longbian to report his life. When will Panyu be handed over to you?"

"Uh?" Wei Feng was stunned and let Deng Yi go now. Isn't this a joke? He was still thinking about how to collect Deng Yi as he had used, so he said with a haha: "No, no hurry, haha~~ This general's personnel are coming ashore one after another. To settle down, at least there is a heavenly warrior. He has to ask General Deng to work hard for a while!"

"Your sir, don't be polite!" Deng Yi didn't take it seriously, and responded casually.

Liu Xingnan looked at Wei Feng suspiciously and took it and asked, "General Deng, isn't there a lot of Dingkou in Panyu? The entire Guangzhou has a population of one million, right? Why can't we win more taxes? And Jiaozhou? Why is there only 40,000 troops?"

Deng Yi only thought that Liu Xingnan was Wei Feng's wife and concubine, and he was not willing to offend others for nothing, so he said politely: "You little lady, you don't know anything about Panyu. Most of them are good people, but good people have no obligation to join the army. Moreover, Jiaozhou is used as a barrier. Since the Qin Dynasty's southern expedition to build Panyu City, it has never been invaded by foreign enemies. Therefore, it is difficult to recruit good people to join the army. As for the entire territory of Guangzhou, there are countless chiefs of tribes and local tyrants, and they have control over the large number of Dingkous outside the cities controlled by the court. There are thousands of connections between them. With the meager power of the court, how can they do anything to them?

As for Jiaozhou, although it is surrounded by the barbarians and everyone is ready to fight, due to the lack of arable land, there are few Jin people who moved there. The total number of counties is only more than 500,000, and the 40,000 troops has reached its limit. If the re-expropriation is affected, it will affect the harvest and cannot be conquered!"

"Oh! Thank you General Deng!" Liu Xingnan was a little surprised. After saying thanks, he begged the women. Wei Feng kept saying good news, Guangzhou turned out to be a mess!

Wei Feng also made a clue in an instant. The problem with Jiaozhou is the foreign enemy, which is nothing to say. According to his style, he can only engage in genocide. Unless he hides in the tropical rainforest and does not appear, he will kill one person, and even if he cannot kill them completely, he will turn them into real monkeys!

Guangzhou is much more complicated. The key is that the local tyrants and tribal chiefs are too powerful. These people are submissive to the court on the surface, but in fact they have strange thoughts, like powder barrels, which will blow Guangzhou out of recognition with a bang at any time!

Chang Kaishen once said that the country must be settled before fighting foreign countries. Originally, Wei Feng's plan was to attack Linyi Kingdom in winter, but according to the current situation, Chang Kaishen's strategy must be adopted, that is, to first remove the threat from local tyrants and tribal chiefs, so that Jiaozhou can be taken into account!

Accompanied by secretly planning and chatting with Panyu's civil and military officials along the way, he unknowingly arrived at the residence arranged by Deng Yi. From the outside, this house was large enough, and there were always dozens of yards. Some of the mud on the walls had not been dried yet, and it was obviously a temporary worker. Overall, Wei Feng was quite satisfied and couldn't help but turn his admiring eyes to Deng Yi.

Deng Yi reached out and signaled: "There will inevitably be omissions in a hurry. Please be surprised. The king will take someone to repair it separately. This... Please enter by yourself. The last general will not go in. I will wait in the main hall of the prefecture to welcome the envoy!"

"Hey~~" Wei Feng bowed around: "Thank you for your kindness, but the soldiers are still on the beach one after another. In order to cause trouble, I have to go over and take a look. Let's settle down again. Let's have a drink and have fun with you. Thank you for your thanks today. I will thank you here!" As he said that, he turned around and ordered: "Daolian, girl, go in first, take a break tonight, don't wait for me."

"Oh!" Wang Daolian and Chen didn't say much, and called a large group of female yakshas to walk into the yard with Wang Man and the girls.

Panyu Wenwu only thought Wei Feng was a polite word, and was still persuading you and I. Wei Feng had to refuse again and again before hesitating, but Deng Yi did not leave. After a moment of hesitation, he said, "Can you go to the beach with me?"

"Oh? What's wrong with General Deng wanting to go? Come, please!" Wei Feng didn't refuse, and then called his personal guards to lead a war horse to Deng Yi, and several cavalry galloped towards the city gate.

Ten miles away was fleeting. When he arrived at the beach, Deng Yi couldn't believe his eyes. He dared to swear that he had never seen such a huge scene in his life. Under the increasingly dim sky, the flames on the sea seemed to be endless. With his eyesight, he could not count how many boats there were!

On the beach, sailors, soldiers, and women and children accompanying the army are transporting supplies and horses to the shore. The coast has piled up piles of goods as high as mountains, but what is really shocking is that the scene is complicated but not chaotic!

The goods were roughly piled up in areas, including food, weapons, armor, camps, war horses, and others. Each had its own areas. In addition to some of the people who came ashore, some of them were responsible for the warning, and the rest was to make fires and make rice. Except for the sounds of trumpets and shouts mixed with the sound of waves, there was almost no other noise coming! (To be continued...)
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