Volume 2 Clouds Chapter 4 Bribery
Wang Jing's words not only left Han Lingkun and the others dumbfounded, but also left Luo Youdu speechless.
No matter how hard it is, we can't keep soldiers guarding the border. For a military stronghold like Weiwu City, it's not too much to store food for one or two years.
Three months?
Funny?
Weiwu City is located on Chencang Road. In wartime, transporting food to Weiwu City requires passing through the narrow and difficult Shu Road.
Even Zhuge Liang found it difficult to overcome this grain route, let alone Meng Chang?
Such an important place, but they don’t store any food?
Is Meng Chang out of his mind?
Luo Youdu laughed secretly in his heart. With such a pig-like opponent, he was afraid that he would win this battle easily.
Wang Jing is so familiar with the battle situation on the front line.
Han Lingkun didn't say anything else and agreed to Wang Jing's request to make a test attack tomorrow.
Wang Jing looked at Luo Youdu and asked, "What do you think, Luo Dujian?"
Luo Youdu said without any hesitation: "Duke Baoguo and the Jiedushi will make the decision. I know nothing about military affairs, so I won't embarrass myself."
Wang Jing said loudly: "Since I joined our Great Zhou, I have not made any achievements. Tomorrow I will take the lead and earn a prize for the emperor."
This first military meeting ended hastily, and Wang Jing arranged for someone to send Luo Youdu back to the military tent to rest.
As the chief military commander, Luo Youdu's military tent was near the central military camp.
Cao Bin and Zhang Qiong had already been settled in advance.
In the camp, Zhang Qiong was playing a wrestling game with the guards. He had his upper body exposed and was fighting against three of them alone, having a lot of fun.
Cao Bin got a ladder from somewhere and was looking at the military camp from a high place. When he saw Luo Youdu coming back, he just got down the ladder and went forward to greet him: "Sir!"
Luo Youdu nodded and strode into the tent.
Cao Bin followed without saying a word .
Seeing this, Luo Youdu smiled and said, "There is nothing much to say. Shu is not the Central Plains and has always been caught in internal strife. They have been at peace for ten years, and everyone has long forgotten about military affairs. Meng Chang only knows how to indulge in pleasure. Weiwu City, a city built specifically to defend against invasions into Sichuan, actually did not store food and courted its own destruction."
Considering that it took the Song army 66 days to conquer Shu in history, we cannot really say that the Song army was strong.
Such a ridiculous master, even if he owns Bashu, the most suitable place for seclusion, is just a fish on the chopping board.
No wonder Lady Huarui said, "140,000 people took off their armor, and not one of them was a man!"
Cao Bin's face was full of regret.
Luo Youdu asked in return: "What do you think of this camp?"
Cao Bin thought about it carefully and said slowly, "The camp is full of twists and turns, and the road leads to the central army tent in a circuitous way. There are layers of buildings on both sides, and they are well-arranged. The horses and food are all guarded by soldiers . Duke Bao is not well-known, so I don't want to know the art of war."
Luo Youdu sighed, "Yes, we really can't underestimate the people in the world. Especially those who can make a name for themselves in troubled times are all very capable."
Cao Bin nodded carefully and said, "Bin has learned your lesson!"
Luo Youdu: “…”
On the other side, Wang Jing found Han Lingkun.
There were more than twenty people behind Wang Jing, each carrying ten large boxes.
"Duke Baoguo, what are you doing?"
Han Lingkun swallowed quietly, calculating in his heart how many Da Zhou Tong Bao coins these ten large boxes would have.
In these troubled times, moral character is worthless.
Compared with others who burned, killed and looted, Han Lingkun's love of money was just a small one, which could be considered as a noble moral character.
Wang Jing said: "These treasures are yours, we'll each have half..."
Han Lingkun was overjoyed in his heart, but his face showed hesitation. He wanted to say something humble, but he heard, "Give it to Luo Dujian. As a scholar, you just want to make money. I don't have anything else, but I can still give you this little bit of property."
Han Lingkun's ecstatic expression was frozen on his face. The corners of his mouth, which were stiff and almost smiling to his ears, pulled down little by little. His heart felt as if it was stabbed by a thousand knives. It hurt so damn much.
"What for him?"
Han Lingkun only felt that his voice was hoarse.
Wang Jing sighed and said, "I know you look down on civil officials, and I look down on them too. If you were in Qinchuan, no matter what rank you were, I wouldn't even look at you. But I'm a minister in another place, and I'm not close to the emperor. What I fear most is someone gossiping about me in front of the emperor. The emperor is far away, and if the emperor really believes it, where can I defend myself?"
"This supervisor must be trusted by the emperor. You can afford to offend him, but I, an outsider, dare not offend him. During today's meeting, I found Supervisor Luo to be quite good. He said nothing and did not interfere in military affairs. I like supervisors like him. We fight our own battles, and he does what he should do. We do not interfere with each other, which is just what we like!"
Han Lingkun glanced at the boxes of treasures and thought about Luo Youdu talking about military affairs along the way. What if he really wanted to get involved in the command?
Thinking of this, an inexplicable chill emerged, and Han Lingkun said: "What the Duke of Bao said makes sense, but it's just a bargain for that guy. I'm afraid he won't appreciate it."
Wang Jing said: "Money is just something outside of one's body. There's nothing to be sorry about..." A warlord like him who controls both military and political affairs is really not short of money.
Then he snorted coldly, "If you really don't know how to appreciate my kindness, then don't force me."
With troops in hand, where can Meng Shu and Liu Han not go?
Han Lingkun was shocked and immediately dared not say anything more.
The two of them came to Luo Youdu's tent together with ten boxes of money and belongings.
Upon learning that Wang Jing and Han Lingkun were coming together, Luo Youdu was a little surprised, and took Cao Bin out of the tent to greet them.
"Greetings to Duke Baoguo, Governor Han!"
Wang Jing enthusiastically supported Luo Youdu who was about to bow, and smiled like an old naughty boy: "You are too polite, Luo Dujian. I am old, and I like to make friends with young talents like you, which makes me look younger. This is our first meeting, so I don't have anything to give you. I just got some vulgar things from Han Jiedushi, please accept them."
Luo Youdu glanced at the ten boxes carried by the soldiers behind him, and smiled like a hundred flowers blooming: "How embarrassing!"
As he spoke, he kicked the dazed Cao Bin and whispered , "What are you standing there for? Why don't you ask someone to help carry it into the tent?"
Cao Bin was a little overwhelmed.
Instead, Zhang Qiong came over and said happily, "Let's help too!"
He carried the two large boxes, one in each hand, on his left and right shoulders and walked into the big tent steadily.
Wang Jing's eyes lit up when he saw this, and he was amazed, but he was even happier because Luo Youdu collected it so efficiently.
Han Lingkun's eyes turned cold as a dozen boxes entered Luo Youdu's military tent one by one, and his mood turned chilly.
Luo Youdu seemed very satisfied and kept praising Wang Jing for being better than Lian Po and Huang Zhong, and a more heroic man than the young boys.
Wang Jing also praised with satisfaction that Luo Youdu was the most amazing young man he had ever met in his life.
They flatter each other without any shame.
General Qiu, who had been explaining the intelligence in detail in the meeting tent, suddenly came over quickly and whispered to Wang Jing.
Wang Jing smiled disdainfully and said, "If the king is incompetent, then so are the ministers. Zhao Jizha, the military supervisor who commands Qin and Feng states, has not even reached the front line yet. He has brought five concubines and several thousand soldiers to travel the country, and now he is not even halfway there... At this rate, he will still be on his way even after the battle is over."
