For the past two years, the imperial court has been delaying the deduction of military salaries and military supplies. The Zhenbei Army still has enough food and clothing. Not only will the disabled soldiers be settled and supported, but their families will also be taken care of. Such benefits, not to mention As for the other armies of Qi State, no one can do it even if they look at the world.
Lu Ying can provide such a generous treatment because of the full support of the Bai family. In the eyes of the Zhenbei Army, the Bai family is almost equivalent to the parents of food and clothing. Influence, so what? !
Without further ado, the two immediately stated that they would fully support Bai Fuling's arrangements during the martial law period, and provide the greatest convenience as much as possible without affecting the military affairs of the city and the security of the city.
Bai Fuling got their promise, and after finalizing the details she thought of with them, she hurriedly left the General's Mansion and headed for Tongcai Dental Shop.
After hearing Ju Hong's report, Cui Zhenyi quickly sent Mother Deng out to ask Shan Daogen and Bu Jie about Lu Ying's movements, but the two did not hide anything, they told the truth. Cui Zhenyi heard that Lu Ying would be able to return within three days, and Mother Deng said that the two generals looked calm, knowing that it was indeed as the housekeeper Shi Wei said, that nothing major would happen, so she finally let go of her worries and began to plan how to return to Lu Ying. Before carrying out their own "image project" plan.
In an unremarkable small tribe of barbarians hundreds of miles outside Beiguan City, several big leaders from different tribes were drunk in their respective tents. Last night they received a piece of good news that couldn’t be better. Ying's Zhenbei Army encountered a very rare sandstorm in this season, and according to reliable sources, it is currently trapped in the Gobi Desert near Dajianbu.
The small unit they sent to divert the Zhenbei Army also suffered the same fate. They completely lost contact with each other, but compared to the damage suffered by the Zhenbei Army, this was nothing more than an insignificant sacrifice. The Zhenbei Army, which had been invincible for several years, finally had bad luck. It really made them, who were beaten like bereaved dogs before, very happy.
Under such a sudden and violent sandstorm attack, even if the Zhenbei Army was not completely annihilated, its vitality would be severely damaged. They originally only hoped to send someone to lure Lu Ying and his Beiguan Army away from Beiguan City, and then Cao Wu led the elite cavalry to cooperate with the spies in Beiguan City to ransack Beiguan City and make a fortune. The windfall dampened Lu Ying's spirit by the way, but they didn't expect God to favor them so much. A sudden sandstorm brought them unexpected huge gains.
After receiving this news last night, the leaders who secretly joined forces to watch here were so happy that they almost went crazy. They ordered people to slaughter dozens of lambs on the spot, brought out bags after bags of spirits, and sent everyone Woke up to party all night.
I don’t know if it’s God’s destiny that extreme joy will inevitably lead to sorrow. A piece of bad news gave these leaders a head-watering bucket of cold water—the team led by Caowu to attack Beiguan City came back with a feather. All of them were blocked outside Beiguan City, and they were still unable to open the gap after storming until dawn. Instead, they were injured and scalded by the guards on the city with rolling wood, thunderstones, hot oil and boiling water, and some were shot by random arrows in the dark night. kill.
The leader Caowu returned to the camp of this small tribe with blood-red eyes and the remnants of the defeated soldiers who had been tossing all night. He saw all the drunken and oily tribesmen lying around. Thinking of his bloody battle last night, these people were Drunk and dreaming here, he couldn't help but blow his chest with anger, raised the whip in his hand, and whipped it thoughtlessly at a young man who was leaning on the side of the tent.
The young man was beaten so loudly on the spot that he was completely sober.
Cao Wu asked the reason for their carnival and drunkenness, and immediately turned his anger into joy, and laughed loudly, "Lu Ying, you have today too!"
The leaders were woken up from their drunken dreams by their subordinates. They heard that Caowu failed to attack the city and came back with lost soldiers. They were very depressed. Many of the people Caowu took were warriors recruited by their tribes. There were many casualties. He came back in despair without even picking up a broken pot, and he was dissatisfied with Caowu for a while.
Caowu was able to fight against Lu Ying for several years and retreated unscathed. He is not an idiot. He knew what the leaders were thinking when he saw their faces. , but there are still many of our people in Beiguan City. Before I went to attack, I ordered them to set fire to the city as much as possible and make trouble. It seems that there are not many Zhenbei troops left in the city. It is inevitable that Lu Ying will not be able to separate his hands to control Lu Ying. God bless, the Zhenbei army led by Lu Ying encountered a sandstorm. We just took people to check there. Once we find Lu Ying's remnants of troops, we will kill him! Kill Lu Ying and completely annihilate the Zhenbei Army in the end, otherwise we will kill them so that they dare not be enemies with our ministries anymore!"
When the leaders of the barbarians heard this, their eyes lit up, and they all nodded and said: "Okay! Let's do it! Kill Lu Ying! Kill the Zhenbei Army! Kill them so that they will never dare to be our enemy!"
These words greatly boosted the spirit of the barbarian cavalry. The moraleless cavalry suddenly became as excited as chicken blood. They all forgot their fatigue and geared up to mount their horses again and prepare to follow Caowu to the place where the Zhenbei Army last appeared. advance.
After thinking about it, Cao Wu was still a little worried, and persuaded several tribes to send the remaining men to bluff outside Beiguan City to ensure that the city would not dare to send people to meet Lu Ying, and then led the cavalry to intercept the Zhenbei Army main force.
At the same time, Lu Ying and Yang Heng were hiding in the ruins of an old city that had been abandoned for many years on the Gobi Desert. The sandstorm had passed. Fortunately, they responded in time and retreated to the old city in an orderly manner under Lu Ying's command. Avoided the most violent areas of sandstorms.
Lu Ying ordered his generals to count the number of people, check the number of casualties and missing people, and sent scouts to investigate the movement nearby. He walked to the highest point of the ruins and headed towards Beiguan City, not knowing what he was thinking.
Yang Heng walked up to him and said, "General Lu is worried about the situation in Beiguan City?"
Lu Ying received an urgent report from Falcon in the early morning, knowing that many elite cavalry from the barbarians were attacking Beiguan City. Yang Heng also read the emergency report, and was very worried about the leaderless Beiguan City.
After hearing what he said, Lu Ying shook her head and said, "There are 800 towns reserved in the city for the Northern Army and two generals, Bu Jie and Shan Dao Gen, which are more than enough to defend Beiguan City. What's more, according to the battle report, the barbarians raided Beiguan When closing the city, Ling'er was probably also in the city."
Ling'er? White tuckahoe? ! Shouldn't she be worried as a weak woman in the city? Yang Heng looked at Lu Ying with a puzzled look on his face.
Lu Yingping said flatly: "With her here, the members of the Bai family can play the greatest role. As long as there is no chaos in Beiguan City and the four gates are closed, even tens of thousands of barbarian cavalry raids will return in vain."
Yang Heng couldn't help laughing. Is the soul figure that Lu Ying spoke of who can control the situation in Beiguan City really the delicate and pretty girl he knew? I've seen a eccentric girl, but I've never seen someone who put gold on her sister's face so hard.
Lu Ying also knew that he didn't believe it, a strange smile appeared on her face and said: "She is not an ordinary woman."
Bai Fuling is indeed very unusual... It is not ordinary to seize the opportunity to make money.
When she arrived at Tongcai Yachang, several merchants and hawkers who were engaged in snacks, food, grain, oil, vegetables and fruits in the city were already waiting there. I came to invite you. These merchants and hawkers are all related to the Bai family. Either they went out from the Bai family on their own, or they were related to those who went out from the Bai family.
Bai Fuling gathered them in the hall of Tongcai Yachang, and said to them: "Now the whole city is under martial law, all shops are prohibited from operating, and all the merchants who are forced to stay in Beiguan City have been arrested by the Zhenbei Army and officials in the city. Strictly controlled in the government office and the commercial office in the south of the city, these people and the people in the city still have to eat and drink to survive. In the past few days before the general returned to Beiguan City, in order to prevent spies from making trouble, the barbarians broke into the city to rob and kill , will not open the gates of the city and will not lift the martial law. Ordinary people are lucky to say that they usually have some reserves at home, but it is difficult to solve the problem of food for merchants who are detained in government offices and commercial offices. The two masters Bu Jie and Shan Daogen in the city have agreed that my family will take the lead in relocating these people and solving their livelihood needs. The reason why you are invited here is because everyone knows the basics, just as General Lu trusts. My Bai family is average, and my Bai family also trusts everyone. If you want to take on this big business, you can get a business certificate from me, and we will arrange to contract the food business for the merchants in the government office and commercial office for the past few days .”
The big and small bosses in the hall looked at each other, all showing ecstatic expressions. This is clearly an exclusive monopoly. Although it is only a few days, it is enough for them to make a lot of money. Besides, those who deal in grain and oil are fine. Food, things are not put away, and now the weather is hot, and things will go bad in a blink of an eye. They were already prepared to lose money, but now they can sell them, and maybe they can make a lot of money. Not happy
Bai Fuling saw that all of them were very willing, nodded and continued: "I have asked Boss Huang from Tongyun Tower to deliver meals to the people in the commercial office and government office this morning. The rice warehouse in Boss Huang's house It is estimated that it has bottomed out. He can’t do this business alone, so he suggested that I find everyone to work together. As for how to distribute it, I will let him discuss it with you later. My ugly words are up front, and I have three chapters with everyone. !"