si-mexico Chapter 393 The support of the people behind the scenes
Chapter 393 The support of the people behind the scenes
Fairy Meiyan continued,
"There's one more thing, it's very strange."
"what's up?"
"Logically speaking, Shuozhou County is located in the west and is not a major grain-producing county. There was a drought this year, and the landlords don't have any surplus grain.
They could not feed such a large army with just the food they looted.
According to our spies' reports, they have plenty of food, all of which is purchased from landowners in surrounding counties and prefectures.
It can support the feeding of 100,000 people, and the daily consumption is a terrifying number.
We have a big country as our foundation, so these are not problems, but we cannot support an army of more than one million people.
Those rebel sects have no foundation at all. How can they afford to feed so many people?
Where does their money come from?”
After thinking for a while, Shen Changgong said,
"What are you asking me?"
Fairy Meiyan was startled when she heard this, and said in a daze,
"Huh? Am I asking someone else?"
"Hey, aren't we listening to your intelligence now? Even your spies can't collect these, so how can we possibly collect them?
I'm not a god who can predict the future."
Upon hearing this, Fairy Meiyan rolled her eyes at him and said in a sarcastic tone,
"Oh, I thought you, Lord Shen, were a land immortal. You could invent so many weapons and be invincible. If you're not an immortal, what is you?
"What? Such a powerful person can't even calculate such a small thing?"
Shen Changgong narrowed his eyes, looked at the gloomy and complacent look of Fairy Meiyan, and said slowly,
"You want to be beaten?"
"When working, refer to your job title and speak properly!"
Fairy Meiyan retorted to him.
Shen Changgong touched his chin and thought for a while before asking,
"What about the weapons and equipment of those people?"
“The weapons are just average, mostly improvised machetes, spears, etc. There are relatively few bows and arrows, after all, the craftsmanship of bows and arrows is much more complicated than those weapons.
But at least they each had a weapon.
The iron tools they bought were all made into weapons. There were fewer pieces of armor, but more leather and rattan armor. However, most people did not have armor.
One reason is that there is not much iron, and it takes at least one or two years to make a set of full iron armor.
Secondly, they think they are invulnerable to weapons, so who would be willing to wear such cold and heavy armor? "
"That makes sense."
Shen Changgong sighed and said,
"One hundred thousand men, with food, weapons, and money, could not support such a large army with just their previous petty frauds.
Behind them, there are either many wealthy businessmen from Kun Country who are supporting them wholeheartedly, but this possibility is very small, because most of the wealthy businessmen from Kun Country are in Shengjing, and they have been robbed by Emperor Kun, and are still taking out loans to do business.
Or maybe... there's a wealthy country backing them."
Yu Huatian narrowed his eyes upon hearing this and said,
"A great power? Your Highness means that someone is deliberately supporting them in order to cause civil unrest in Yan State, leaving us too busy to take care of ourselves and unable to do anything else?
If we analyze it this way, the biggest beneficiary should be Qi.
The State of Qi was located in the Central Plains. It had people, money, and food, and its national strength was strong. Although it was not as strong as the State of Kun, it was not much worse. It was just that its territory was smaller than that of the State of Kun.
If we are really held back by these rebels, Qi will have plenty of time to destroy Liang and annex its land.
They thought that once Liang was destroyed, we would have no reason to send troops.
As for the five states of Wei, Qin, Chu, Chu, and Qian, they are too far away from us to reach them, making it difficult to achieve anything."
Shen Changgong nodded, and then said lazily,
"That makes perfect sense. There's a strong possibility that Qi is behind this.
They were worried that we would join the war too early and prevent them from destroying the Liang Kingdom, so they gave money to the Yellow Fish Sect to allow them to grow and become stronger, thereby delaying our army.
Little did they know, this is exactly what we want. We don't know how much we want to see them destroy the Liang Kingdom."
At this point, Shen Changgong stood up and made the decision.
"Alright, that's about it. Let's go and wipe out the Yellow Croaker Cult, then stay for a while to wipe out the remnants and wait for the destruction of Liang Country."
"As ordered!"
Everyone dispersed.
The aroma of food wafted through the camp.
At dinner time, Shen Changgong was eating in the general's tent and said to Fairy Meiyan,
"Send a message to your spies, especially the one who has become a general, and have them keep a close eye on the Yellow Fish Sect leader and don't let him escape.
At the critical moment, we can instigate him to fight a decisive battle with us, and then incite more followers to make them more fanatical.
This time, I will catch them all in one fell swoop."
Hearing this, Fairy Meiyan felt a little bit sorry and said,
"But those people are hungry peasants. They joined the rebellion out of helplessness. Do we really have to kill them all?"
Shen Changgong snorted coldly,
"Do you want me to be soft-hearted towards my enemies? I am only soft-hearted towards my own people.
They haven't surrendered yet, and haven't been captured alive. The swords and guns in their hands can still kill our soldiers.
Being kind to the enemy is being cruel to yourself. Do you want me to tell our soldiers not to kill the enemy on the battlefield? How can we fight then?
What's more, this is the first large-scale rebellion since we, Great Yan, took control of Kun Kingdom. We must suppress it cruelly with thundering means to prevent people from other places from causing chaos.
Our policies are good enough for them, allowing them, as civilians, to have a way out. They shouldn't be too dissatisfied.
What if we let those severely brainwashed people escape and they come back to life? "
Fairy Meiyan muttered softly,
"But this is all because your court officials failed to provide disaster relief and deceived their superiors and subordinates."
"So this king will kill those officials and avenge them."
"Oh, well, this is war. I don't understand and I don't care."
"Well, you're a smart woman."
Shen Changgong nodded.
A smart woman should learn to shut up and not try to convince others with her ignorant and superficial knowledge.
Shen Changgong hates the Virgin Mary.
The Virgin Mary cannot lead troops or fight a war.
After dinner, Shen Changgong sent Gongsun Wan'er to sleep with Tu Que Ling.
Then he pulled the female hero sister into the bedroom of the general's tent.
"I'm here to help you fight, not to provide you with pleasure!"
The stinky sister sat on Shen Changgong's legs, being hugged tightly, her soft body pressed against his, being squeezed tightly.
"Really? If you really want to help, can't you just send someone capable enough? Why do you have to come in person? Don't you miss me?"
Fairy Meiyan rolled her eyes charmingly, then hugged Shen Changgong tightly, and said face to face,
"Humph, isn't it because you, a bad guy, left me missing you day and night?"
"Then now..."
"No, you were mean to me today. I have to punish you and not let you sleep."
"Haha, let's change the punishment. How about letting you be on top?"