After a massacre, although the two ringleaders, Tadun and Zheng Ming, were lucky enough to escape, most of the soldiers of the Wu Heng Army who were licking their wounds in the camp did not have such a good life. Thousands of soldiers of the Near West were dead. On the spot, nearly 10,000 people were captured. No matter how you look at it, this can be called a brilliant victory. However, Gongsun Ming did not take advantage of the victory to attack Liucheng, but immediately returned to Junmi County. , selected 13,000 strong men from among the Naxiwan prisoners of war, and combined them with the 7,000 cavalrymen of Hei Yeming who had surrendered earlier, to form a wolf cavalry army, under Gongsun Ming's control.
On the sixth day of June, after completing the formation of the Wolf Cavalry Army, Gongsun Ming released some prisoners of war in advance, and asked these prisoners to inform Tadun that they would return the families of the attached soldiers in exchange for the more than 26,000 eliminated prisoners of war. If not, I will personally take the army to Liucheng to have a good communication with him.
Tadun, who was lucky enough to escape back to Liucheng, was in panic all day long. He was already worried that Gongsun Ming would take advantage of his victory. Suddenly he heard that Gongsun Ming was going to replace the families of those who had surrendered to the soldiers, and he was really furious. However, after his new defeat, he The Shanyu throne was already unstable, and various tribes had a strong backlash. Although he had the intention to disobey, he did not have the strength to confront Gongsun Ming. In desperation, he could only swallow his anger and agreed to the substitution proposal, but However, he was procrastinating in action and was very unhappy. Gongsun Ming responded strongly and led his army to Liucheng. In shock, Tadun hurriedly sent an envoy to explain the reason to Gongsun Ming. The speed of mobilizing the families of those soldiers and soldiers who had joined them was accelerated.
On the third day of July, a large number of family members of the surrendered soldiers arrived in Junmi County one after another. Gongsun Ming no longer sent troops to Junmi, leaving General Lu Xiang to lead 5,000 soldiers to guard the city. He led the main force with tens of thousands of Wuheng tribesmen and a large number of cattle and sheep. The horses were withdrawn to Ji County, and Tian Wei, the governor of Youbeiping County, was ordered to properly resettle the Wuheng people within.
The three battles in Junmi City were fought extremely smoothly. Not only did they achieve great power, but they also stabilized the situation in You and Bo. They added more than 10,000 soldiers and horses, captured war horses, cattle and sheep, and other baggage. Tens of thousands of yuan, it seems that the situation is very good, but in fact, the already thin family fortune has been spent completely because of this. This is the result of filling in all the goods collected from Zheng Xiao's mansion and the taxes collected in the summer. Otherwise, I am afraid that Gongsun Mingdu will have to declare bankruptcy. In this case, it will become an urgent matter to solve the financial dilemma as soon as possible. However, the construction of the salt farm has not yet been completed, and the source of a large amount of money in the budget is currently only Exists in imagination.
Being out of money is not a trivial matter. You must know that Gongsun Ming is not alone now. There are hundreds of thousands of mouths waiting for food - raising soldiers requires money, training soldiers also requires money, and the normal operation of the officialdom also requires money. Once there is no money, Those people below will not tighten their belts, they will only do one thing, and that is to kill Gongsun Ming. For this reason, the temporary financial master, Bo Wanghe, has been so anxious that he has not slept a wink for several days. , but Gongsun Ming was not in a hurry at all. He continued to do whatever he needed to do, as if nothing had happened.
"My lord, Zhao Cheng from the weapon shop is here again. He said that the refined iron and wood that were brought on credit must be paid for in the next few days. Now there is only less than 500 gold in the treasury (one gold is ninety-six baht). ), there are only three hundred pieces of cloth left, and only one hundred and sixty-three pieces of silk. These are all reserved for monthly salary and cannot be moved. Look at this..."
Because of the lack of money, Wang He had reminded Gongsun Ming several times. However, Gongsun Ming insisted on going his own way and spent a lot of money. Until now, the family's wealth was completely exhausted. Wang He couldn't bear it and had to take away the money. I came to Gongsun Ming to complain with the account book.
"Don't worry, Yushan. The person who sent the money will be here soon."
Even Wang He's eyes were red from the heat, but Gongsun Ming still looked so calm, without any trace of worry at all.
"this……"
Wang He really couldn't figure out where Gongsun Ming's confidence came from, and for a while he didn't know how to interface.
"Report, my lord, the head of the Zheng family, Zheng Cheng, has come to ask for an audience."
Before Wang He could explain what was going on, he saw Gongsun Leng, the newly promoted commander of the personal guards, hurried in from the outside. He rushed to the copywriter in a few strides, saluted Gongsun Ming, and reported something. .
"Oh, the master who sent the money is here, Chuan!"
Hearing that Zheng Cheng came to ask for an audience, Gongsun Ming was just happy. Gongsun Ming had long expected that Zheng Cheng would be unable to sit still, probably because just two days ago, Gongsun Ming had already spread the word that he was going to The public trial of Zheng Xiao and his son for treason. If the charges are really proven, the Zheng family will be completely done with it once they are implicated. Even if the Zheng family, young and old, have long hid in Wubao outside the city, they can still gather in the densely populated area. In front of Jixian's nearly 100,000 troops, no matter how strong the Wubao was, it was useless. It was strange that Zheng Cheng could not be in a hurry.
"Lord, you..."
As soon as Gongsun Ming said these words, sweat suddenly appeared on Wang He's forehead. Nothing else. Reputation is extremely important in this era. If blackmail is really used to get money from aristocratic families, more than just people will be offended. It is one family but countless aristocratic families. Once the reputation is bad, it is no more than wishful thinking to recruit heroes from all over the world to serve. In Wang He's view, Gongsun Ming's move is undoubtedly extremely unwise. While being frightened, he immediately wants to He opened his mouth to remonstrate.
"Don't worry Yushan, I have my own sense of proportion."
Just by looking at Wang He's face, Gongsun Ming knew what he was thinking, but he didn't take it seriously and never explained. He just smiled and waved his hand, and let out a sigh of confidence.
Wang He really couldn't figure out what kind of medicine Gongsun Ming was selling in his gourd. He just saw Zheng Cheng turning around from behind the screen wall at the entrance of the hall. Even if he had thousands of words, he could only stay in his stomach for now. It's inside.
"Zheng Cheng of the Zheng family has met General Gongsun."
Zheng Cheng's expression was extremely grim, which showed that he had been suffering a lot these past two days. When he saluted, his tone of voice was clearly filled with sadness, and he was obviously mentally prepared to be slaughtered as a fat sheep.
"Clan Chief Zheng, there's no need to be polite. Come and take a seat."
Although Zheng Cheng is white, his descendants can be found in all levels of government in Youzhou. Even if Zheng Xiaoji, the largest mountain, was uprooted by Gongsun Ming, his potential power is still not small. Even if he has no good impression of the family, in such an occasion , Gongsun Ming also had to leave some dignity to Zheng Cheng.
"Thank you for your love, General."
The big families in Youzhou have always had a bad impression of the Gongsun family - in the past, Gongsun Zan was just that. Although he was a little more arrogant, he still focused on wooing the family. In comparison, Gongsun Ming's behavior was not arrogant, but He was extremely tyrannical. If possible, Zheng Cheng didn't want to come to meet Gongsun Ming at all. However, now that he was a slave, Zheng Cheng, who was a fish, really had no other choice but to bow his head. The Youzhou army has surrounded Zhengjiawu Fort from a distance...
