From eunuch to emperor

Chapter 888 Letter from Yan Shuangyu

Long Chen glanced at the old horseman in the distance again, and rode up to the top of the mountain, Wu Jian immediately arranged for someone to bring the prisoners from Jade Buddha Pass over.

Zhang Qian and the others commanded the army at the foot of the mountain.

When he reached the top of the mountain, He Juntao immediately came over and said: "My lord, Shi Le built a trench in Yangcheng and thickened the city wall. It seems that he doesn't plan to attack anymore, but has turned to defense."

The spies from Xichang sent back the news, and He Juntao reported it immediately.

Long Chen entered the room, took off his helmet, and said: "As expected, Shi Le's attack yesterday suffered heavy losses. If he still dares to do that, all Xixia troops will be wiped out."

Shi Le lost his mind yesterday, counting the tenants, 20 people were killed in one battle, Long Chen was shocked.

He Juntao said: "My lord, if Shi Le sticks to Yangcheng, we will face the problem of attacking the city, and the casualties will be great."

Long Chen said: "I know, but Shi Le is not a fool, we can't let him keep attacking Zhenguo Temple."

He Juntao nodded slightly, and said: "There is another news. Shi Le asked Lu Qichang, the privy envoy, to conscript again. The prefect of Yangcheng came up with a bad idea and asked Lu Qichang to spread rumors, saying that the Lord will eunuch all the men in Xixia and occupy their wives. female."

For such an important place in Yangcheng, there must be some spies from Xichang, and there must be shadows around the prefect.

So He Juntao knew the news immediately.

Long Chen nodded slightly, and praised: "This eunuch is very smart, this strategy is quite vicious."

He Juntao said: "The prefect of Yangcheng is named Zhao Lun, nicknamed Zhi Duoxing, he comes from a poor family, and is very cunning."

"It's just that, will anyone believe such nonsense?"

Long Chen said with a smile: "I will believe it, this strategy is very good, do you know what kind of rumors are most likely to be believed?"

He Juntao shook her head slightly. As a member of Xichang, she often spread rumors, but she never thought about what kind of rumors were the easiest to spread.

Long Chen said: "Directly, you don't need to think about it, you can know what's going on as soon as you hear it, it must be directly related to your own interests."

"Especially those directly related to the body, life and death, wife and daughter, the easiest to spread."

"His rumor is very good, and it can incite the people."

Long Chen remembered the rumors he had heard, such as the hybrid rice was not good to eat, the rice in the supermarket was made of plastic, and the eggs were artificially synthesized...

All these rumors are all related to health, it is easy to understand, anyone can say it, and it spreads very fast.

"Then how do we deal with it? If the Xixia people really believe it, Shi Le can raise an army of hundreds of thousands."

He Juntao felt that Long Chen must have a countermeasure, just like last time, Long Chen spread rumors that Shi Le wanted to distribute the land of the powerful landlord to the tenants.

The powerful landlords around really believed it, and some even started fighting with the government.

Long Chen shook his head slightly, and said: "I didn't think of it at the moment, but this Zhao Lun is too smart, we must deal with him."

Long Chen likes smart people, but for people who are too smart, it's better to die.

He Juntao immediately said: "This subordinate arranges someone to assassinate."

Long Chen shook his head and said: "No, you don't need to worry about this matter, you continue to spread rumors, or say that Shi Le wants to distribute the land to the tenants."

He Juntao bowed, "Your subordinate obeys."

Long Chen thought for a while, and said, "Call Old Wu over."

He Juntao immediately went out and called Wu Jian over.

Wu Jian closed the door, sat down and asked, "What's the matter, Major General?"

Although Long Chen became king, Wu Jian still prefers the title of Major General, and Long Chen is also used to it.

Long Chen said: "I plan to bring some more captives from Jade Buddha Pass over here. The tenants around have left and the fields have been abandoned. Let them farm the fields. The food they grow should be able to supply part of the army's rations."

For the prisoners of Zhenguo Temple, Long Chen imprisoned them in Jade Buddha Pass at the beginning because there was still a big battle in Zhenguo Temple.

If the captives were held in Zhenguo Temple, these people would definitely make trouble when Shi Le attacked.

Now that the big battle at Zhenguo Temple is over, Shi Le has been defeated, and people can also be used.

Shi Le repaired Yangcheng and prepared to fight Long Chen for a long time. Long Chen had to solve the problem of military rations.

There was a high probability that war had already started in the south of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty, and the military expenditure was huge, so Long Chen didn't want to increase the taxes of the common people.

The best way is to farm the fields and let those captives work.

"Tuntian? Is it the same as before?"

When Long Chen was training the Long family army in the capital, he used the method of garrisoning the fields.

At that time, the state treasury of Da Zhou was not sufficient, Long Chen adopted the farming system, and reclaimed the wasteland, half of the troops were trained, half were cultivated, and they came in rotation.

The grain grown is used as rations for the army, and there is no need to pay taxes.

"Yes, that's the case, but now the Xixia captives are farming, and our people are watching."

It used to be very hard for the Long family army to farm by themselves, but now with [-] captives in their hands, the Long family army only needs to supervise them.

"Understood, it's a good idea, but this place is in Xixia, what if they run away?"

Wu Jian was worried that the captives would run away when they were farming.

Long Chen said: "It's simple, let some go on purpose, then catch them back, behead them in public, and scare them."

"Give some more benefits, tell them, help farm the land, wait for me to destroy Xixia, let them go home, and count their credit."

"Everyone can keep some of the food grown, or give them money."

"When I let them go home, I'll have money left."

Wu Jian was overwhelmed after hearing this, and said with a smile: "Young generals are really treacherous! With both kindness and power, they must be honest."

Long Chen laughed and said: "Uncle Wu, are you praising me or hurting me?"

Wu Jian chuckled and said, "Of course I'm praising the young general for being smart, so I'll do it right away."

Wu Jian smiled and left the room. He felt that his major general was getting smarter.

Wu Jian took a step and laughed, happily walking down the mountain, just in time to meet He Juntao who was going up the mountain.

"General Wu, why are you so happy?"

Wu Jian smiled and said, "It's nothing, I'm just happy."

Wu Jian hummed a little song and walked down the mountain. He Juntao understood what made Wu Jian so happy?

Ignoring Wu Jian, He Juntao hurried to the top of the mountain, knocked on the door and entered the room.

"My lord, there is a person who sent a secret letter, who claims to be Wanjinlou."

He Juntao handed a bamboo tube to Long Chen.

Long Chen took the bamboo tube, took it apart, looked at it, and said with a smile: "Just as I said that I want to deal with Zhao Lun, Wanjinlou came here."

"You come with me to Xifeng City, and leave now."

This is a message from Yan Shuangyu, saying that she wants to meet Long Chen and talk about the assassination.

Coincidentally, Long Chen wanted to deal with Zhao Lun, so he could get Wan Jinlou to do it.

He Juntao asked, "Do you want to prepare?"

What He Juntao meant was whether to arrange for people from Xichang to explore the way first, in case Wan Jinlou plotted against him.

He Juntao couldn't trust these profit-seeking assassins.

"No need, Shen Wanjin has a request for me, and this person is very smart and knows who to bet on."

Long Chen didn't believe in Wanjinlou, but believed that Shen Wanjin clearly divided the stakes.

The business of Wanjinlou depends on Long Chen, and it is very likely that Long Chen will have the final say in the world in the future.

Faced with such a situation, Shen Wanjin would only choose to curry favor with himself, and would not frame him.

"Okay, I'll clean up."

Long Chen changed his clothes and went out in only a commoner suit.

He Juntao brought the horse over. She was wearing a commoner coat, but she was still wearing thin armor.

The two rode down the mountain, Zhang Qian saw Long Chen and the two coming down, and asked, "My lord, where are you going?"

Long Chen said: "Jun Tao and I will go back to the Jade Buddha Pass, you are optimistic about this place."

Zhang Qian nodded and said, "Don't worry, be careful on the road."

Long Chen smiled and said: "Understood."

Zhang Qian was worried that Shi Le would arrange an assassin to ambush him, so Long Chen agreed casually.

In this world, there is no assassin who can kill Long Chen.

Long Chen and He Juntao rode their horses towards Xifeng City, at this time the sun was setting and it was almost dark.