Inside the main town office of Datong Town.
Liu Heng ran around the yard where he lived and moved his body.
"Lord, Zhao Fantai is here and is waiting in the custody room." Zhao Wu came to Liu Heng with a piece of clean silk in his hand.
The tiger-character banner captured Shanxi, and Zhao Yutu, the chief envoy of Shanxi, finally had a name and a real name, and was no longer limited to the two governments of Xuanda and Dazhou.
Liu Heng, who was running, stopped, took the silk cloth from Zhao Wu, wiped the sweat on his forehead, and said, "Let's go see him."
After saying that, he walked towards the signing room where he worked.
When he walked to the door, Zhao Yutu stood up from his seat, took a step forward, bowed and said, "I see you, my lord."
"Have you had breakfast? If not, I'll ask Zhao Wu to prepare another one." Liu Heng asked with concern, and walked to the desk at the back and sat down.
Zhao Yutu shook his head and said, "My subordinates haven't had time to have breakfast yet."
"Zhao Wu, you bring two breakfasts and I'll eat with Mr. Zhao." Liu Heng told Zhao Wu.
Zhao Wu nodded and retreated from the signing room.
Liu Heng grabbed the white rice that Zhao Wu had dried on the table in advance, took a sip, and asked: "Mr. Zhao comes here so early, but what's going on in Shanxi?"
"It's okay in Shanxi. Summer grain has been planted and the harvest will be ready in a month. My subordinates came here because of matters in Shaanxi." Zhao Yutu said.
"Shaanxi? What's wrong with Shaanxi?" Liu Heng asked puzzledly. Then he saw that Zhao Yutu was still standing and said, "Sit down and talk."
Zhao Yutu took advantage of the situation and sat down and said: "The Tiger Character Banner is using troops against Shaanxi. The army needs to consume a lot of food and grass every day. Not only that, Shaanxi has been suffering from natural and man-made disasters for many years, and the fields have either failed to harvest or have harvested nothing for several consecutive years. Now Yan'an Prefecture and Xi'an Prefecture has fallen into the hands of the Tiger Banner. In order to ensure that the people in the two prefectures do not starve to death, my subordinates have provided a large amount of food to supplement the supply. If we continue to fight, the food will no longer be enough."
"Isn't it time to harvest the autumn grain? Isn't it enough to have the autumn grain?" Liu Heng asked.
After hearing this, Zhao Yutu immediately cried bitterly: "It's true that the autumn grain is about to be harvested, but except for Datong Prefecture, the other prefectures in Shanxi have just been captured by us. At present, there is only one season of summer grain, and the canals and waterwheels in various places The preparations are not sufficient, and even if there is an autumn grain harvest, there will not be much rich grain, which is not enough to make up for the gap in Shaanxi."
"Then find a way to get it together. Shaanxi must be captured." Liu Heng said.
Zhao Yutu called out to Qu: "My lord, you can't be unreasonable. It's hard for a clever woman to make a living without rice. My subordinates really can't make food. Especially since this year, the Ming Dynasty has begun to regulate the local government to sell grain to us. In addition, the weather is not good." Well, my subordinates really have no choice!"
"Don't yell at me. It's useless. You can't watch all the people in Shaanxi starve to death!" Liu Heng said.
Zhao Yutu said: "I think we can postpone it for two years. After we have accumulated some food, it will not be too late to recover Shaanxi. Anyway, Shaanxi is there and he can't escape."
"You are watching the people of Shaanxi die!" Liu Heng glanced at him angrily.
Zhao Yutu was embarrassed and did not answer.
Because that's what he meant. After several rebel armies from Shaanxi have wreaked havoc in Shaanxi, the remaining population will naturally be smaller and the food needed will be less. It will be much easier for the Tiger Flag to regain Shaanxi.
Liu Heng continued: "I want Shaanxi to be not only the place of Shaanxi, but also the people of Shaanxi. Now the Tiger Flag sits on Xuanfu, Shanxi, and Shaanxi, Hetao. It can be said that there are fewer people and more land. With the current situation The current situation is that the Tiger Flag can support hundreds of thousands of troops at its limit. There are still battles to be fought in the future, and there may be more battles on several fronts. With a small population, how can we support a large army to fight outside."
"How about going to Huguang?" Zhao Yutu asked tentatively.
Liu Heng rolled his eyes when he heard this and said angrily: "What are you thinking! Once the army goes to Huguang, it will fight alone. Even the imperial court can grind us to death."
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Zhao Yutu smiled sarcastically.
I also know that I am greedy. No matter how good Huguang is, it is not something that Tiger Flag can care about now.
"The capture of Shaanxi is not only for Shaanxi itself, but also to completely block the possibility of the imperial court sending troops to the Hetao area." Liu Heng said to Zhao Yutu.
Zhao Yutu hesitated for a moment and asked: "What about the harvests in the past two years on the grassland? There are fewer people there and less food is consumed. Can you allocate part of the food to support Shaanxi?"
"The food on the grassland cannot be moved. There have been some changes on the Mongolian side of the left wing recently. There is no guarantee that there will be no possibility of moving westward. It is likely that troops will be used against them." Liu Heng explained.
Zhao Yutu had a bitter look on his face when he heard this, knowing that it would be impossible to persuade Liu Heng not to use troops in other Shaanxi provinces. From now on, he would have to tighten his belt.
"Check your guns and pack them with medicine." Su Chunguang told everyone, then turned to Zeng Fukui and said, "Is there any other way to leave?"
Zeng Fukui looked around, nodded, and said, "Yes, but if you leave from other directions, you need to take a detour. Otherwise, you may be discovered by the rebels searching in the town."
"Then we can only rush forward." Su Chunguang narrowed his eyes slightly as he looked at the intersection leading out of Liting Town.
Wang Jian said: "Then rush over with force. Anyway, Zhang Xianzhong was killed by us, and Captain Wu's revenge was also avenged by us."
Several field personnel nearby inspected the muskets in their hands.
After coming out of Zhang Xianzhong's residence, they had not had the chance to reload their guns with medicine. Now that they had time, they all loaded up the medicine and prepared for the possible battle that would follow.
"If there hadn't been such a big fuss when killing Zhang Xianzhong, we might have escaped from Liting Town by now." Zeng Fukui said with a wry smile.
A good assassination turned into an assassination. The originally planned evacuation route has now become very difficult to safely escape from Liting Town.
"Who knew Zhang Xianzhong was so vigilant? He woke up as soon as we entered the house. I had no choice but to fire the gun." Wang Jian explained sheepishly.
He also knew that if the shooting had not attracted the attention of the surrounding rebels, they would not be so passive now.
"This accident was expected, but I didn't expect the rebels to react so quickly and arrange for people to block the exit of Chuliting Town immediately." Su Chunguang said while looking at the fire on the road to Chuliting Town.
There are four or five torches in front of them. As long as they get close, they will definitely attract the attention of the rebels around the torches.
"If you rush out, you still have a chance to escape. If you stay, you will definitely be found by the rebels." Wang Jian said.
There was no way they, so many strangers, could evade the rebel search here in Liting Town.
