Chapter 2358: Decision of Difficult Problems

Near the entrance of the Red River Valley, Lei Mang, one of the seven Lei brothers in Xialu City, had no expression on his face after hearing the report from the sentinel.

This time, Yang Wanwan attacked Xialu, and after he succeeded, his arrogance immediately rose. For Wang Gui, it was somewhat better, but for Lei Mang, who had a relatively small number of people, some noses were not eyes.

Even in the follow-up attack on Xiabian, Yang Wanwan had no intention of letting Lei Mang follow him. He even heard that he even uttered arrogant words in private.

As for the big ones among Xialu, of course most of them were taken away by Yang Wanwan and Wang Gui, and the rest were some second-rate goods that Lei Mang had to work hard to transport all the way back...

This made Lei Mang feel a little unhappy. After all, he represented the seven brothers of the Lei family in the war. Even if he was not a big king, the little king always had to count, right?

The original system of Di people was not very good, but now...

Even less so.

The previous King of Di Ren died suddenly in his prime, and there was no time to explain or nurture the next generation of King Di Ren, which led to disputes among the three families. Although the three families are temporarily united, it does not mean that there is no peace between the three families. We can instantly put aside the barriers, advance and retreat together without any ambiguity, and pursue common prosperity.

It is extremely difficult for future generations to achieve such a great awakening. Is it possible for Di people to achieve it now?

It is almost obvious that Yang Wanwan wants to use Xiabian's meritorious service to raise the flag and then bow his head to Wang Gui and the seven Lei brothers. There are also many people under the seven brothers of the Lei family. Lei Mang himself has several villages, but there are only a few of them. He has the right to control these villages. Even though Yang Wanwan has more nobles than Lei Mang, this power is It cannot be taken away at will.

In fact, even the former King of Di Ren could not directly command his subordinates.

If you really want to think about it, you have to find a slightly tenable excuse, and you can't do it too often, otherwise your subordinates will turn against you.

It is precisely because of this tradition of the Di people that Yang Wanwan’s original strategy was to win over the villages from all over the country, and then try to gather the middle-level people to fight against the upper-level people. At the beginning of Yang Wanwan’s life, there were also villages under the seven Lei brothers. They have been contacted, and some even secretly expressed that they would follow Yang Wanwan. When Yang Wanwan takes over the position of King of Di Ren, he will increase the authority of these small villages and be eligible to participate in tribal meetings and so on, more or less. Also bought some hearts and minds...

Wang Gui is more cunning. Sometimes it is clear that he is the one who files complaints and reports in private, but when things get serious, he often pretends to be a good person to gain a good impression from others. He usually has a smile on his face. , the kind that is poisonous in the stomach. I remember one time the leader of a village had a bad temper, and then Wang Gui provoked him. He made a fool in front of the old Di king, which made the old Di king furious. Although he managed to save his life in the end, Wang Guiming The article says that the leader of the village has a straight temper, but in fact he has a very vicious mind. When the leader of the village was young, he got angry with his father and threatened to kill his father...

Of course, the actual situation is that the leader of the village did not actually do anything, and he shouted out loudly when he was young and ignorant. However, we cannot say that Wang Gui is lying, and then just spread it in front of the public, and suddenly the leader of the village will be The prestige and character were about to reach negative numbers, and the village soon fell apart.

Therefore, Lei Mang is not very clear about what the other seven Lei brothers think, but Lei Mang feels that Yang Wanwan and Wang Gui are not very honest. Let alone Wang Gui's viciousness, just talk about Yang Wanwan. It was a great success at the moment. There were not many people but "tens of millions" all day long. If there were more people, the shouting would be so loud!

In the past, when the old Di Renwang was here, Lei Mang always supported the old Di Renwang in order to please the old Di Renwang. He even acted as a vanguard to suppress other villages and took the opportunity to expand his own strength. He offended many people. It's quite a few. In the past, the old Di Renwang was suppressing him, and no one was engaging in Lei Mang. Now that the old Di Renwang is dead, the previous hidden dangers have been revealed.

Therefore, when Yang Wanwan and Wang Gui intentionally or unintentionally squeezed out Lei Mang and asked Lei Mang to take charge of some tasks that were not profitable and produced no results, others would not say anything to Lei Mang.

After all, Yang Wanwan's previous achievements are there. If he can really win the lower prize and make new achievements, there is no way that the Di Renwang will really fall on Yang Wanwan as "popularly expected"!

But perhaps things in the world are often like this. When you are most excited, the greatest risks often lurk.

After receiving the report from the sentry, saying that Yang Wanwan and Wang Gui were defeated at the foot of Xiabian City and were escaping to Xialu, Lei Mang's thoughts started to move.

The Han people in Xiabian did not pursue them fiercely. I don’t know what they were planning. But for Lei Mang, it was not difficult to send troops to rescue Yang Wanwan and Wang Gui. He only needed to send some soldiers over and guide some Just break the troops and make some preparations here in Xialu, but...

Lei Mang hesitated.

If they abandon Yang Wanwan and Wang Gui now and walk away, Yang Wanwan and Wang Gui will definitely hate themselves by then, and they may turn against each other in the future, making it difficult to continue to cooperate.

Similarly, if you go to rescue Yang Wanwan and Wang Gui, there doesn't seem to be much benefit. You might have to pay out part of what you originally earned. After all, if you go to rescue, you have to do the whole thing, otherwise it is better not to do anything. save.

"King, should we go to meet him..." a confidant on the side asked in a low voice.

There is a hint of Mang in Lei Mang's name, but he is not actually Mang at all.

Making a decision is not difficult, but taking responsibility for the decision is difficult. If you don't have to take responsibility at all and can stand and talk at any time without back pain, how difficult is it to decide something?

For example, those who accuse patients with depression of wanting to be rational, but how can these guys with no back pain understand that since they are depressed, how can they still have rational cognition and thinking logic?

Just when Lei Mang was still hesitating, a piece of news became the last straw for him.

Lei Zong and Lei Han, the seven Lei brothers on the other side, returned in defeat!

And it was even worse than Yang Wanwan and Wang Gui, one was dead and the other was injured!

"Let's... withdraw!" ” Lei Mang ordered, “Damn Yang Wanwan! He killed everyone! withdraw! Let's withdraw! 』

At present, there are problems on both the north and south lines. It is obviously a very bad situation. At this moment, the tree will fall and the hozens will scatter. No, if the tree is to arrive, it must be dispersed first!

Otherwise, if the tree really falls, the one running the slowest will undoubtedly be the worst!

What Lei Mang didn't expect was that in Bazhong, another wave of coalition forces of Di and Ti people were also facing the threat of death...

There are cautious people, and of course there are arrogant people.

The consequences of arrogance are generally not very good.

The three-party coalition forces of the Ti, Di, and Ba people are not united in the first place, and then when they encounter difficulties, they are even less likely to gather together to resist and rely on each other, and more often there will be a situation where each of them will face the disaster. It is even possible that the wall will fall and everyone will push it!

So when the Palestinians took the lead in flying solo, the so-called coalition collapsed immediately.

Digging trenches, setting traps, and the previously discussed plans to ambush Gan Ning and Yan Yan, and give them a good-looking color, all became jokes in the end.

The Ti people and Di people all over the mountains and plains fled.

Yan Yan and Gan Ning chased them for a while, but again, after the Di people completely entered the mountain forest area, they gradually withdrew their troops and did not pursue them closely.

From Bazhong to Nanjiang, especially in the area where Nanjiang enters Daba Mountain, there are hundreds of corpses of Mi and Di people left behind. Some of these corpses were killed by the Han army, and many of them were trampled to death during the rout.

During the pursuit, Yan Yan found that many of the dead people were old and weak, and only a small part of them were young and strong, and he couldn't help but feel a little emotional.

As for Gan Ning, he was still a young man, so he couldn't understand what the older Yan Yan was thinking, but he was a little proud. After all, this battle came all the way from Langzhong, even if he was facing The troops of the Zhiren, Diren and Baren were not considered to be very powerful opponents, but they killed thousands of people, which was considered a great victory.

More importantly, Gan Ning finally followed Yan Yan's advice, attacked the Ji Di coalition forces, and rescued a large number of plundered people. When these people thanked Gan Ning profusely and held each other's heads to mourn their lost relatives, Gan Ning felt proud and happy, but also quite sad. Anyway, his emotions were very complicated.

The people were saved, but now there are some thorny problems. The area around Nanjiang City is full of dens. The average young man can survive in winter, but there are still many people among the people. Women, children and children, if they don’t have a shelter in this winter, they may not be able to survive the winter even if they are rescued!

"Where's Nanjiang Shou?" 』

Gan Ning asked the clerk.

When they arrived in Nanjiang, Gan Ning discovered something very interesting.

Nanjiang was not captured!

Maybe it’s due to being a traitor and not good at attacking cities, or maybe they feel that Nanjiang is not a big city and knocking it down will outweigh the gains. Anyway, I don’t know the specific reason. Anyway, Nanjiang’s city wall is intact, and the people inside the city have not suffered. .

To a certain extent, Nanjiang is considered good, right?

After all, no soil was lost, right?

But the more interesting thing is yet to come. The clerk from Nanjiang lowered his head and said: "General Qi... This, the county magistrate, um, is missing..."

"What do you mean missing?" Gan Ning frowned.

The clerk still lowered his head, "He just disappeared... When the thieves attacked the city, he disappeared for some reason..."

Gan Ningba smacked his lips and said, "Run away?" 』

The clerk lowered his head further and remained silent.

Escape from battle, whether it is for the civilian series or the general series, is not something worthy of honor. Not to mention facing military chaos at the level of the Di people, Ji people and Ba people.

Yes, that's right. Even if you escape from the battlefield, there is still a difference between fifty steps and a hundred steps. Just like the results of tax evasion of 10,000 yuan and tax evasion of 100 million yuan are definitely different.

"Where's the county magistrate?" Call over! Gan Ning said in a deep voice.

The clerk still didn't raise his head, "General Qi, the county magistrate... The county magistrate was attacked by thieves before, and went to the formation to supervise the troops. Unfortunately, he was injured by a stray arrow, and now he is recovering in the city..."

"Hey! Gan Ning couldn't help but laugh, "There is no county guard in Nanjiang, the second county magistrate is injured, and the city is still intact... It's not easy..."

"It's all thanks to the fathers and the people in the city who stayed calm in times of crisis and worked together to protect Nanjiang..." The clerk never raised his head from the beginning to the end, "Nowadays, people are living outside the city. It's difficult to distinguish between good and evil. This is not what the people in Nanjiang City want." You are ruthless, but you are unable to provide relief. Please ask the general to lead the refugees back home quickly, which is the right way..."

"Um? ! "Gan Ning raised his eyebrows, then glanced at Yan Yan who didn't say a word from beginning to end, and then waved his hand, "I know, you go down first! 』

The clerk nodded and bowed and left.

Gan Ning watched the clerk leave, sneered and said, "Old General Yan, how many lies did you say this guy... told?" 』

Yan Yan stroked his gray beard and said after a moment of silence: "It should be...how many truths are there..."

"Um? "Gan Ning turned around, his eyes widened, then nodded, grinding his teeth, "Hey! The old general still sees clearly! This guy... hum..."

Yan Yan stopped talking again.

Gan Ning rolled his eyes and moved closer, "Brother Yan, brother, please give me the rules..."

Yan Yan smiled, shook his gray beard and shook his head.

"What do you mean?" Gan Ning asked.

Yan Yan sighed and said, "It's not easy..."

Gan Ning and Yan Yan also knew that these refugees could not stay here in Nanjiang for a long time and needed to go to Central Sichuan to make arrangements. However, on the one hand, Central Sichuan itself had not been pacified yet, so no one could come to accept this matter. On the other hand, even if someone If you are willing to take over, you also need money and food. You can't just let these refugees really become refugees and plunder them all the way back?

If this really comes to that, I don’t know how many more tragedies will happen among these refugees!

So what Gan Ning wanted to do with Nanjiang Shou was to provide Nanjiang with some food and grass so that these refugees could move to the next city or country, and then slowly arrange them one by one, so that this large group of refugees could return to their place of origin. , or properly placed.

But it is obvious that the further back you go, the less you have to pay. As Nan Jiang, who was at the front, obviously had to pay more, so Nan Jiang was unwilling.

So, can we say that Nanjiang should pay first, and then the subsequent counties and towns should compensate for Nanjiang's shortfall?

Such a plan may seem wonderful, but in reality it is simply not feasible.

Who will make up for it?

Which family has no hard-to-recite sutras?

If it drags on for a few years, everything will be delayed and become a bad debt, and eventually it will be settled. Even in later generations, there are countless bad debts like this in every industry. Could it be that these people are neither trustworthy nor understand the truth?

Obviously not, it's just that without a high enough level to supervise, promote and implement such cross-regional and cross-department matters, it is simply impossible to do it locally alone...

And now in Sichuan and Sichuan, the bandits in Bazhong in Langzhong are causing chaos in Fangping, and there is chaos in Chengdu in central Sichuan. Gan Ning and Yan Yan may not be able to understand the specific evolution of Sichuan and Shu. They can calm down the rebellion and rescue the refugees. That's great, not to mention that there are some areas in Brazil and China that have endured greater and more disasters.

These areas are really in trouble, and there are times when they can't come up with money or food.

Is it possible that Gan Ning and Yan Yan didn't care, forcing all the localities from Nanjiang all the way, not considering the actual situation at all, and asking local governments to cooperate?

Moreover, according to the clerk, in Nanjiang, the county magistrate is missing, the county magistrate is injured, and the people in charge of the city are the village elders. Then the village elders group is unwilling to open the door, not allowing Gan Ning and others to enter the city, nor allowing the refugees to enter. city.

Village elders, at some point, have become the mouthpieces of a group of people, representing the will of a city and a place. The key is that if it is as described by the little official, these Nanjiang village elders still have "gong"!

The county magistrate who was supposed to be the leader to resist the attack of the Di and Zhirenba people "disappeared" when the thieves broke out. Regardless of whether he really escaped or for some other reason, this county magistrate must have been He never showed up during the resistance against the rebels, so the word "disappeared" was used.

The county magistrate "disappeared", but the county magistrate "stepped forward" and personally went to the city wall to supervise the battle. He was hit by a stray arrow, unfortunately seriously injured, and was recuperating at home. Let me ask, does such a county magistrate count as meritorious service?

The county magistrate was injured, but the village elders "stepped forward" and led the fathers and sons of Nanjiang to resist tenaciously and fight to the death. In the end, they ensured that Nanjiang did not fall into the hands of the thieves and kept the city intact. Such a village elder also said, Is it considered meritorious?

So for such meritorious people now, if Gan Ning and Yan Yan used force...

That's not impossible, but basically it's nailed down. From now on, whenever this matter is mentioned in Nanjiang, even Bazhong, or Bashu, Gan Ning and Yan Yan's reputations will be over. After all, Nanjiang didn't mean that he wouldn't give it at all, but that he couldn't give that much, so he had to work hard to get some support from his teeth.

Ever since, the problem is stuck here, and it can’t be delayed.

Xiang Lang? Xiang Lang is in Brazil, and even if he rushes over, he is out of reach. If Xiang Lang comes over, the refugees will not know how many times they will freeze to death and starve to death. Besides, Xiang Lang only has authority over Langzhong, and Nanjiang is Bazhong, which is basically two places.

This is the reason why Yan Yan never spoke before.

It’s hard to say, and it’s hard to handle.

Could it be said that these refugees are Bazhong people, and then those people in Nanjiang are not Bazhong people? Or is it that Nanjiang has defended the city and the damage is not that serious, so it must spend money and efforts to rescue these refugees? What's more, these village elders in Nanjiang City and the people in the city did not say that they would not save them at all. They just said that they could only do some things within their capabilities and could only provide limited help. Is this wrong?

Suddenly, this problem was placed in front of Gan Ning and Yan Yan...