Chapter 950: It's better to do it now than to wait for a day
50,000 people is not a small number, and with the soldiers they currently have, the daily food consumption is huge.
Jiang Xiaoxiao looked at the granary full of food. It was only because she had the golden finger that she managed to save them. If there was no space, the huge consumption of food alone would be enough to bring them down.
She doesn't even bother to hide it now.
Of course, there is already a rumor spreading around Yanmen Pass.
Jiang Xiaoxiao of the Jiang family army is the reincarnation of the god of thunder.
Anyone who dares to go against Jiang's army will be struck by lightning.
Before Jiang Xiaoxiao could send Li Yu to find a way to contact the garrison commander in Yanmen Pass.
News has arrived from Yanmen Pass.
The prefect of Yanmen Pass personally brought his men to their Lijia Village, wanting to meet the famous Master Jiang of the Jiang Family Army.
The prefect, Wang Caicheng, came with his government servants and a team of five hundred soldiers from the city defense corps.
They came naturally to receive news.
Lijiacun actually managed to capture two capable Turkic generals.
This is definitely not the point. The point is that these villagers captured the Turkic king but did not send him to their city to claim the reward.
He also secretly sent a letter to the Turkic king.
The Turkic king sent 10,000 horses, 50,000 slaves, and countless cattle and sheep.
No matter how you look at it, this matter has become very big.
If the Turks took the two kings back and led their troops to attack the city in anger, wouldn't it be the hundreds of thousands of soldiers and civilians in the city who would suffer?
And can these villagers outside the village stop the Turkic army?
Of course, the other question is how could these villagers accept these things without saying a word.
Are these things something that small villagers should enjoy?
That’s 10,000 horses. If they were sent to the military camp in the city, it would increase the cavalry force, and there are also cattle and sheep.
There was a snow disaster this year. Not only the Turks were affected, but also the soldiers and civilians outside Yanmen Pass were affected.
These cattle and sheep can fill a large gap in supplies.
Of course, what the prefect can think of is how much wealth he can get in exchange for these things?
You can also ask him to take out some silver to honor Shangfeng and transfer him back to the capital, so that he won't have to endure the wind and sand at the border, and suffer from the pain of the wind and sand, and be worried every day about the attacks of the Turks and the unrest of the soldiers and civilians here.
The prefect thought so, and of course the garrison commander thought so too.
After a discussion, the two immediately sent troops to the village to confiscate these things and reprimanded the villagers for their audacity.
Although some of these border residents are as bold and reckless as the barbarians, they are outnumbered after all. Without the garrison troops stationed there, how could these villagers survive?
In their minds, these villagers were able to defeat the Turkic barbarians and obtain these properties thanks to their garrison.
What makes people jealous is of course the rich supplies obtained in this batch, 10,000 horses!
If these horses were put on the market for sale, every Turkic horse would be a good horse.
Even if the worst horse was sold at the horse market, one would cost between two hundred and eight hundred taels of silver.
This is literally millions of taels of silver.
You know, the imperial court did not have many cavalrymen because of the lack of war horses. It cost a lot to buy good Turkic horses. This was also the reason why they could not win the wars with the Turks every year.
The Turkic cavalry was much stronger than theirs.
Turkic horses are fast and have great endurance.
The Turks are natural herdsmen and horse breeders, and they have a large number of horses.
How can one not be jealous of these horses? There are 10,000 of them.
In addition, there were countless cattle and sheep this time. Although those cattle and sheep were secondary, there were also 50,000 slaves.
Although there were 50,000 slaves, all of them seemed to be old, weak and sick. The problem was that the number of residents in the border areas was decreasing year by year, and they could have left early. Most of them had left.
In order to stabilize local stability, the army repaired the city wall fortifications.
A large number of laborers need to be recruited every year, but the supply has long been insufficient.
Now these 50,000 slaves, that’s 50,000 people.
As long as we give them some food to eat and keep them from starving to death, we will have people to work.
This is definitely a great political achievement, and one can report his military merits in the imperial court.
The garrison general Wang Siyi had already made up his mind to fabricate a war in vain.
If he reported to the court the matter of capturing the Turkic king in exchange for the Turkic tribute, it would be a great achievement for him. With such a great military achievement, he would definitely be promoted.
The group came directly to Lijia Village in a mighty procession. Jiang Xiaoxiao and the others had already received the news.
Jiang Xiaoxiao didn't know the other party's intention, nor did she want to know. Anyway, she had already set her sights on the defenders of Yanmen Pass.
Li Yu has been in contact with his old subordinates recently.
Although the final time of surrender has not yet been determined, a large number of people have already made up their minds.
Especially after they had obtained 10,000 military horses, 50,000 slaves, and countless cattle and sheep with great fanfare, their small village had such ability, and the 10,000 villagers trained on the spot were able to defeat the Turks.
Many officers who were still hesitating had already made up their minds.
"Sir, the prefect has come with bad intentions. These people must be after the ransom money in your hands!"
Li Yu knew too well that these officials were like blood-sucking leeches. They enriched themselves, falsely claimed military merits, and framed loyal officials. There was nothing they dared not do.
The current imperial court is a mess.
It is difficult for those involved to remain immune. Those who have ambitions and ideals have long been excluded from the court. Like them, they can only watch the court become more incompetent day by day.
"If he dares to come, don't leave. I'm planning to take Yanmen Pass, so why not just do it today and take it down at once. We don't have to be so cautious all the time. I want the flags of the Jiang family army to be planted all over the east, west, south and north. We must cherish the fact that there is still a piece of pure land at Yanmen Pass.
The people still have a place to live and work in peace and contentment. Since the country is about to perish, let us create a new world."
Jiang Xiaoxiao's idea was that the new world would naturally mean new reforms and strategies for governing the country. Unfortunately, Li Yu still thought that Jiang Xiaoxiao was ambitious and wanted to be a monarch.
Although Jiang Xiaoxiao is a girl, there are examples of female monarchs in history.
Miss Jiang really has that ability and an excellent business acumen. Just look at how long it has been, and snowflake salt has spread almost all over the country. And glass and cement, which used to be things only available in the vassal states, can now be easily found here.
Don't call it a black-tech grenade, this thing really lives up to its name.
Just like a bomb in my hand.
He didn't know who was supporting Jiang Xiaoxiao behind the scenes, because Jiang Xiaoxiao had never worried about food and grass.
It was as if Jiang Xiaoxiao had endless food in her hands.
Don’t tell me that Jiang Xiaoxiao is really like that.
"Yes, sir!"
Ambition welled up in my heart, perhaps the world will never be the same again from now on.
(End of this chapter)
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