Chapter 1134 Yuan Yaojun’s Dilemma

Seeing that no one understood what he meant, Zuo Chengzu had to whisper to everyone: "There is a rumor that you must have heard, that is, the false prince of the Zhong Dynasty took something away when he escaped."

After hearing this, Lu Ling was shocked: "The prefect meant the jade seal!"

Everyone was shocked and quickly looked at Zuo Chengzu, only to see him nod his head and said: "Yes, if this is really the case, then there is a high probability that it is in this mountain, so..."

Everyone became excited when they heard this. If the jade seal was really here, and then it was snatched away by me and others and dedicated to their lord, it would be a great achievement of Ming Tian!

"It's just that if you want to send out a large army, you must report to the lord for permission before sending out troops. Moreover, the remnants of the Zhong family are hiding among these high mountains. If they are not careful, they will escape again. It doesn't matter if they escape, but if the jade seal is captured by them If they are taken away again, it will not be that simple to find them," Kong Xin said with a frown on the side;

"Yes, this matter needs to be discussed in the long term. It is best to report it to the lord first. It would be great if the Yuanrong crossbowmen and Iron Eagle warriors of the Imperial Guard could be sent. After all, there are many remnants of the Zhong family in the mountain, and there are many imperial guards. It is estimated that it will be difficult for the Lujiang County garrison and Xuanwu Camp to capture them all. "Wu Anguo has also participated in many battles over the years, and his vision is far from what he was in Qingzhou, and he added on the side;

After listening to the opinions of the two of them, Zuo Chengzu also realized that he thought too simplistically, so he said: "In this case, then report to the lord as soon as possible and wait for the lord's arrangements, but we must also be prepared. "

"Don't worry, Lord Prefect, Xuanwu Camp will strengthen surveillance of the situation in the mountain. At the same time, starting tomorrow, Xuanwu Camp will send two schools of soldiers to Wan County to block it in the mountain. However, we still need to strengthen our reconnaissance and understanding of the situation in the mountain. No matter how the Lord arranges it, at least we should have a detailed understanding of the specific situation of the Zhong family's remnants, as well as the situation around their gathering place. It is best to understand the situation of this place and the surrounding roads." Kong Xin nodded;

…

In the high mountains to the north of Wan County in Lujiang County, in a valley more than a hundred miles away from Wan County, in a large valley called Yuqianlong, what was originally a small town has now become a county with tens of thousands of people. It was Ji Ling, former prince Yuan Yao and the tens of thousands of troops they led who suddenly appeared from Shouchun City. More than a year ago, while the attention of several princes was focused on Shouchun City, Ji Ling led 20,000 imperial guards and thousands of guardsmen, escorting nearly 10,000 officials and their families to escape here. Over the years it has taken root.

In more than a year, more than 20,000 soldiers and their families have arrived here one after another through various channels. Coupled with the thousands of people originally in this valley, today's Yuqianlang has been renamed. The city of Yuqian County and several surrounding villages and towns have already been enough for 50,000 to 60,000 people to settle there. It is precisely because of the sharp increase in population that Ji Ling and Shu Zhao are extremely busy because they no longer have much food. .

Although they brought a large amount of food and grass into the mountains, the food and grass supplies were only enough for their 30,000 people to consume for a year. In fact, Shu Zhao also knew the importance of food and grass, so after the army arrived at Yuqianridge, they began to move the thousands of people All the garrison troops were disarmed and returned to their fields, and together with thousands of family members and indigenous people, a total of more than 10,000 people stepped up to reclaim the wasteland.

But they didn't expect that at the beginning of this year, the soldiers they sent out to inquire for information found their family members and brought them all to the mountains through various channels. Then it got out of hand. In less than a year, the people in the mountains The population has increased from less than 30,000 to nearly 60,000, so the food in the mountain is far from enough.

The county government office in Yuqian County is now the temporary palace of the prince. Although it is known that Emperor Zhong has passed away, the prince Yuan Yao refuses to ascend the throne and still uses the name of the prince as the director. However, the civil and military ministers of the Zhong Dynasty also There was no strong opposition. In fact, Yuan Shu's proclaimed emperor was the result of his insistence on going his own way.

There were not many people who sincerely supported him, and most people just followed the trend. Therefore, after the Zhong Dynasty only existed for less than two years and was destroyed by a joint attack by several princes, everyone almost woke up.

Now that Yuan Yao has not succeeded to the throne, everyone has not forced it. Now everyone has understood that without absolute strength to support, everything is just a flower in the water, a moon in the mirror.

In the county government hall, Yuan Yao was in charge, looking at the civil and military officials under his command, and said: "Masters, the heavy snow has begun to close the mountain, and the Tang army outside the mountain probably won't notice us at this time of year, but now Our situation is not very good. You all have to wait and see what we should do. However, before you start, I would like to ask General and Mr. Shu to introduce our situation to you."

Ji Ling stood up and saluted Yuan Yao and said: "Your Highness, gentlemen, since the Shouchun breakout last year, we have only had a total of 20,000 Yulin troops and 5,000 defenders. After arriving at Yuqian Ridge, considering the large number of soldiers and the small number of people, we decided to All five thousand defenders were disarmed and returned to the fields, so now we only have 20,000 Imperial Guards. However, although the number of troops is small, the Imperial Guards are the most elite army, so their combat power is not weak. If they fight against the Tang Army outside the city, they are enough to compete with the Tang State. If the Duke's Guards were to defend the city, they would be able to withstand an army of 100,000 soldiers for half a year."

Ji Ling's words made the army feel relieved. At least their lives were now guaranteed. However, Shu Zhao's next words made everyone feel bad instantly.

"Everyone, the 20,000 imperial guards are indeed powerful, but the money and food they consume are not small. The money alone needs nearly 60,000 strings of cash and nearly 40,000 stones of food every month. Now, there are nearly 60,000 people in Yuqian County and within our control. In addition to the 20,000 imperial guards, the rest of these 60,000 people are almost all the families of our soldiers and officials, so we need to feed them." Shu Zhao is now the general manager of Yuan Yaojun's logistics and supplies, while Yuan Si and the other two are in charge of the government affairs of Yuqian County and surrounding villages and towns, and Yan Xiang is in charge of the internal affairs of the entire Yuan Yaojun.

"And the food consumption of these more than 40,000 people is only 30% of that of the Imperial Guards, so the monthly food consumption is about 50,000 dan, but..." Having said this, Shu Zhao looked around at everyone, and then whispered: "Now our grain reserves are less than 200,000 dan, which means that it is only enough for us for more than three months but less than four months. Now it is December, and the summer grain harvest will not be available until the end of June next year. So for more than two months, we will have no food to eat..."