"Is General Chen worried that the tens of thousands of troops in the city are no match for the thousands of rebels outside the city?"
Cui Changshi heard it, and neither Yang He nor Chen Yongfu were afraid of the rebels and did not dare to go out of the city to fight head-on with the rebels outside the city.
Chen Yongfu said: "Most of the 20,000 soldiers and horses in the city are young and strong new soldiers, and the rebels outside the city are all veteran soldiers who have come all the way from Shanxi and Shaanxi and have experienced many battles. There is a saying that one hundred thousand new soldiers are no match for ten thousand." Old pawns, these new pawns can be used to defend the city. It is difficult for them to be the opponents of the old pawns when they go out to fight head-on."
"According to General Chen, the siege of Kaifeng City cannot be solved?" Cui Changshi's face became unhappy.
The palace is willing to use part of the money and food to support the officers and soldiers in the city to defend the city, just to be able to resolve the siege of Fengfu City. If the officers and soldiers in the city can't do it, he doesn't mind persuading His Highness the King of Zhou to play Yang He and other officials to let the court send An official who can lift the siege of Kaifeng's capital comes to Henan.
After hearing this, Chen Yongfu looked at Yang He.
Seeing Yang He nod to him, he said: "Cui Changshi, don't worry, the siege of Kaifeng Fucheng will definitely be solved."
"Didn't you just say that the city is full of new soldiers and is no match for the rebels outside the city? How come it's no longer possible? The new soldiers in the city can beat the old soldiers of the rebels." Cui Changshi said with dissatisfaction.
I feel that Chen Yongfu's statement about having a new soldier and an old soldier is to deceive himself and His Highness King Zhou. The ultimate purpose is just to get more benefits from His Highness King Zhou and deliberately make the matter more serious.
Chen Yongfu is also a human being. As soon as he heard Cui Changshi's words, he knew that the other party had misunderstood. He quickly explained: "The new soldiers in the city are definitely no match for the veteran soldiers of the rebel army. However, it is not that there are no old soldiers in the city. A team of A team composed of several hundred veterans still doesn’t have much of a problem.”
"You mean a sneak attack on the rebel camp?" Cui Changshi reacted, and at the same time he remembered the sneak attack on the rebel camp mentioned by Yang He and others.
Chen Yongfu said with a smile: "Yes, it's a sneak attack. When tens of thousands of rebels surrounded the city originally, I didn't have much confidence. Now the rebels only leave a few thousand soldiers and horses to siege the city, giving us a good opportunity to go out of the city for a sneak attack."
"I don't understand military matters. Since General Chen is confident, I can give an explanation to His Highness." Cui Changshi felt that Chen Yongfu, the commander-in-chief, believed that a sneak attack on the rebel camp could be successful, and that the same should be done to lift the siege of Kaifeng City. Something quick.
At this time, Yang He said: "Please Cui Changshi to tell His Highness that it won't take long before the siege of Kaifeng City will be lifted."
"With the guarantee from Governor Yang and General Chen, I can go back and inform His Highness with peace of mind." Cui Changshi stood up from his seat, cupped his fists and cupped his hands towards Yang He, "Prince Zhou's Mansion will send a batch of money and food soon. , used to support Governor Yang in guarding Kaifeng Fucheng."
"Thank you for being here, Your Highness." Yang He stood up and clasped his fists in the direction of Prince Zhou's Mansion.
"I am resigning."
Many people in Cui Changshi's court bowed their hands and left the hall.
Yang He personally sent Cui Changshi outside the house before turning back to the lobby.
In addition to the Kaifeng magistrate who left before, many other officials, big and small, are all here.
"I hope you all will work together to guard Kaifeng Mansion with me." Yang He bowed to the officials in front of him.
"We are willing to share life and death with the Governor."
All the officials present returned the greeting.
Soon, all the officials dispersed, leaving only Chen Yongfu alone.
"Mr. Chen, tell me the truth, are you really sure about the sneak attack on the rebel camp?" Yang He has been in Henan for so long, and his successive defeats in the war have made him afraid of being attacked by the rebels. The military camp has a high chance of success, but I still can't help but feel a little worried.
The reason why he showed confidence in front of the royal family chief was that he didn't want to show his timidity in front of King Zhou, and secondly, he wanted to defend the city of Kaifeng, which indispensably required the support of King Zhou's palace in terms of money and food.
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Chen Yongfu, who also suffered a lot from Tiger Flag, was not as sentimental as Yang He. Instead, he comforted him and said: "A sneak attack on the rebel camp is a huge gain for us. Even if it fails, it will only cost us a few dollars." A hundred soldiers did not suffer much loss in defending the city."
"But how can there be so many old soldiers in the city to sneak attack the rebel camp." Yang He knew in his heart that Chen Yongfu's elite soldiers had been scattered to death in several battles with the rebels, and there were only There are less than a hundred people.
In order to preserve their strength, the opponent cannot use the only remaining soldiers and horses around them.
Therefore, the soldiers and horses who sneaked into the rebel camp could only find a way from other places, but the only soldiers and horses he could trust in the city were Chen Yongfu's soldiers and horses.
As for Xuanwuwei and the remaining soldiers in other places, he really had no confidence.
Chen Yongfu said with a smile: "The Superintendent need not worry. He knows the soldiers and horses that will be used to sneak out of the city to attack the rebel camp, and will never delay the Superintendent's important event."
"What are you going to do?" Yang He asked.
Chen Yongfu said in a relaxed tone: "Money can make the world go round. As long as you use money to motivate the soldiers below, you can always find some people who are not afraid of death."
"Where's the money? Where did it come from?" Yang He frowned.
The 20,000-strong army was in Kaifeng City, spending a lot of money and food every day. He searched almost all the wealthy gentry households in the city, and then he could barely stabilize the army in the city.
A surprise attack on the rebel camp would cost at least several hundred troops, and even if one person only received a few taels of silver, it would still be a large sum of money.
Chen Yongfu pointed back and said: "His Royal Highness King Zhou has promised to provide some money and food. In order to lift the siege of Kaifeng Mansion as soon as possible, His Highness King Zhou will not be stingy with such a small amount of money."
Thousands of taels of silver are just a drop in the bucket for a vassal king like King Zhou.
"I hope so!" Yang He was not sure how much food the Zhou Palace would spend to support the defense of the city.
Although King Zhou, the long history representative of the palace, promised to provide some money and food, it was still up to the King of Zhou himself to decide how much food he might spend.
Like what Chen Yongfu did, one or two thousand taels of silver would not be enough.
There are many people in Kaifeng Prefecture who can afford such a large sum of money, and many officials in the city can easily come up with thousands of taels of silver themselves.
However, this money was used to defend the city and was for official business. It was certainly impossible for the officials to use their own money to make up for the shortfall, and it was impossible for the wealthy gentry in the city to provide money again and again to defend the city of Kaifeng for the imperial court.
If the wealthy families in the city are forced into a panic because of the money issue, these wealthy families may directly surrender to the thieves, which will in turn cause more harm than good to the defenders of the city.
Therefore, in his opinion, the most suitable person to take out this money is His Royal Highness the King of Zhou. In any case, the defense of Kaifeng City is for the sake of their old Zhu family.
