When the logistics received this news, they immediately went to find Zhao Guogong. The two thousand people led by Niu Shishi were already self-sufficient, but Xue Gui still asked him for food and grass every day.
Zhao Guogong went to the official document to ask Xue Gui, and after receiving the reply, he wrote to Xue Gui, "It can be used for food and grass from big households."
He also wrote to Niu Cishi, "Don't take over the common people. Your Majesty is a teacher of benevolence and righteousness. You must leave goodwill for future generations."
Zhao Guogong informed the emperor of this matter, curled his lips and said: "Goguryeo is simply killing chickens and taking eggs. Food and grass have been expropriated three times around the domestic city, leaving the people with nowhere to rely on, let alone farther places. Even without us, I'm afraid they will survive." Not a few years."
He said again: "Xue Gui is young and inexperienced, he is not as old as Niu Shi."
The emperor nodded and commented: "Niu Cishi can govern the country and lead troops in battle. Xue Gui is also a fierce general."
The emperor's heart moved, and he asked: "Brother, what do you think of Niu Cishi as the governor of Andong's Protectorate?"
Zhao Guogong thought for a while and said: "It is feasible, but... will the promotion be too fast?"
The emperor smiled indifferently and said: "He is a sledgehammer, why use it to kill chickens? Besides, with his qualifications, it is not too early to be promoted to governor, but he came from a poor family and no one recommended him."
If it weren't for this Eastern Expedition, he would not have known that there are so many outstanding people hidden in the borderlands.
Xue Gui counts as one, and so does Niu Cishi.
If it weren't for the internal strife between Silla and Baekje, he might not have needed his personal conquest, and Niu Shishi would have quietly defeated Liaodong.
Zhao Guogong no longer has any opinions, and the two of them tacitly stopped talking about this topic. It is not good to spread this kind of appointment and dismissal in advance.
Xue Gui got Zhao Guogong's advice, and he finally knew how to expropriate grain and grass without causing too much public resentment, so he led his soldiers to two small cities, first expropriating with the officials in the city, and then expropriating with some big families, as well as the people in the city. Grain shop, etc.
For a time, rich businessmen and some landlord families suffered heavy losses, and many people went to the inner city crying.
Niu Shishi acted more gently. After he took over the city, he directly took over the warehouses in the city. Well, they were basically empty warehouses. Then he went to sit in the official’s house, and after collecting a few carts of grain, he went to another house for a while. sit.
Some people are stingy, they obviously have a lot of grain at home but they are unwilling to take out a single grain, and instead propose to take the Jin army to the countryside to collect from their tenants' homes.
Niu Cishi sneered again and again, Goguryeo had searched everything that could be searched, and if he went to collect from ordinary people, wouldn't he take the initiative to bear their grievances
And what else can they search for
When encountering such a stubborn and unconscious person, Niu Shishi did not use force, and directly took the soldiers to his house for dinner.
He took 2,000 people, 500 people went to another place to collect the villages and towns along the way, and the other 500 people went to another place, and he took the remaining 1,000 people to eat, and the other party would be honest after eating two meals. up.
In the end, he was satisfied and left with four or five carts of grain.
His lieutenant ate until his belly became round, and said with a smile: "My lord, they were too quick to give up, just keep being stubborn for two more days."
They can only eat 70% full when they eat by themselves, which is no better than being a guest. Since they are guests, even if the dishes are less, they still have to eat enough, right
These two meals were the best they had eaten since their expedition.
He no longer envied those in the camp who ate horsemeat.
During the siege two days ago, three of their war horses died, and seven of the enemy's horses died, all of which were skinned and eaten.
It's a pity that they went out to make a surprise attack the next day, and they didn't have time to eat a piece of meat.
Now they are not envious at all.
There are more than 50,000 people, divided into ten horses, and everyone can eat a piece of meat. I'm afraid they can't even see a piece of meat. How can they be as good as they are now.
Niu Cishi said: "This is a raid, do you know about the raid? We have to hurry up, it's already the second day, and it's cold now, everyone will rest in the city tonight, and continue tomorrow morning, at least one city a day. "
These cities have no resistance at all. Some small cities are not even two feet high, and they can be climbed up with a ladder. The attack speed is very fast, and the slowest thing is to collect food and grass.
Qibi Heli was seriously injured, and now Gao Zhi, Ashina, Xue Bei and others took turns to call for a siege.
After the First World War, the people on the tower became a little more arrogant. They no longer just received scolding blindly, but retorted from time to time. The armies of the two countries scolded each other across a tower and a large open space.
When Gao Zhi appeared on the stage, he was mostly consoling, and now the people on the tower were impolite, scolding Gao Zhi from top to bottom, from inside to outside, and announced the imperial edict of King Goguryeo, removing Gao Zhi from the family tree. Get rid of it and reduce it to a criminal...
Gao Zhi's face was very ugly.
Although he would be scolded when he appeared on the stage before, he had never been scolded so harshly, let alone an imperial edict.
Zhao Guogong saw all this in his eyes, and said to the emperor: "Now the siege of the city will be more difficult to be effective. The other party's determination has become firm, and this is a serious problem."
Bai Erlang stood behind listening drowsily, a little distracted.
Bai Shan's injury healed a lot, these two days whenever he was free, he was called over to ask questions about the situation of the two raiding armies and the situation of the siege.
The key is that he is in charge of the logistics of the medical account, how does he know so much
All I could do was to watch the Emperor Konglai circle around, listen to some news and pass it on to him.
Sigh, when did Bai Shan become so hardworking, it is rare to get injured and rest, why bother with these things
Bai Erlang felt so sleepy that he couldn't keep his eyes open, his mind gradually drifted away, his thoughts drifted away, and when he came back to his senses, he heard the emperor calling him.
He shivered and tried to open his eyes to look at the emperor.
emperor:"… "
Gu Zhong glanced at the emperor cautiously, and reminded Bai Erlang in a low voice: "My son-in-law, Your Majesty asks you how to defeat people's hearts?"
Bai Erlang swallowed, his mind was muddled.
Both the emperor and Zhao Guogong looked at him.
The emperor was a little disgusted, his son-in-law was too disappointing, Zhao Guogong was also a little dissatisfied, how could a talent like Mingda be matched with a son-in-law like Baier
The emperor turned his head and saw it, and was dissatisfied again. Although Bai Er was not witty enough or diligent enough, he was handsome, kind-hearted, and affectionate with Ming Da. The empress liked him very much, why should you despise him as an uncle
Bai Erlang thought hard, and finally found something relevant from his previous learning and memory, "Attack it with fear, and then accept it with benevolence and righteousness?"
The emperor opened his eyes and asked him directly, "Who said that?"
Bai Erlang didn't hide anything, and said directly: "Mr. Zhuang said it."
He said: "When we were studying, the teacher asked a question, and he said at that time that to take over the people of a country is not only to take over its territory, but also to take over its hearts, to convince them, to change their customs, and to agree with the principles of the country. It is subdued."
The emperor nodded approvingly, "Since Shi Zhuang became the prince's teacher, the prince has grown a lot."