klisemfg Chapter 1679 Phoenix Girl 42
Chapter 1679 Phoenix Girl 42
The old emperor's health had been deteriorating over the years, and he was addicted to love, alcohol and women. No one spoke in the hall, and at a glance, it was all black and fleeing heads. He was so angry that his blood rushed to his head and he fainted on the dragon throne.
All of this was naturally a secret plot by Shangguan Xu's men. It was not a rash move, but his men found out that Shangguan Ling could not wait any longer, so he sent a woman to the old emperor and drugged her. His men just added fuel to the fire in secret.
Shangguan Ling was very surprised. According to his expectation, the attack should not occur for another half a month. How could it happen so early?
No matter what, the old emperor has been on the throne for so long and refuses to step down. The country is about to be destroyed, and he has not yet become the emperor. He can't hold back any longer.
Shangguan Ling felt that the old emperor was useless. According to his idea, all these good-for-nothings should be driven out of the court and replaced with useful people.
Seeing these fat-headed ministers talking big every day without taking any practical action, he wanted to drag them out and execute them.
Shangguan Ling knew clearly why he was defeated by Fenglin Kingdom.
The military pay was exploited layer by layer, and only tens of thousands of taels were actually received. The soldiers were not well fed, so how could they have the strength to resist the enemy?
Shangguan Ling couldn't help but curse Luo Qingyao inwardly. Since she had done it, why didn't she get rid of it completely?
Luo Qiaoxi is indeed a phoenix girl. Marrying her will bring you the world. The national teacher’s prediction was correct.
If he married Luo Qiaoxi, it would mean that Tianli Kingdom would attack Fenglin Kingdom and be forced to retreat step by step!
As expected, she has long hair but short knowledge. Luo Qingyao only has love in her eyes. Can't she sacrifice herself for him and for the future?
He had no love for Luo Qiaoxi. When he conquered the world in the future, she would be the most noble woman.
But Luo Qingyao's jealousy caused her to flee to Fenglin Country. Now they are at war, and it is his kingdom that is destroyed!
In order to go all out, Shangguan Ling simply let the old emperor die and ascended the throne.
There was a bloody storm in the court. All those he disliked and those who could not do practical work were forced to abdicate. Some ministers jumped out to accuse him and were innocently confiscated and exiled.
Now no one in the court said a word, everyone lowered their heads and submitted to him.
At this time, Ren Weiyi led his troops and captured Qizhou with two thousand soldiers.
The Minister of Revenue of Tianli State was the brother-in-law of the Governor of Qizhou. Of the original 200,000 military pay, only 100,000 remained in Qizhou. The Governor of Qi embezzled 40,000, leaving only 60,000.
The grain shops in Qizhou have raised their prices sharply, and all of this has benefited the Governor of Qi. He can make a profit from it. He spent 60,000 taels of grain, but in the end he could only feed 8,000 soldiers.
There are 100,000 soldiers and horses in the Qizhou area, and there are only four cities left away from the capital. Once they are broken through, the Tianli Kingdom will be completely finished.
The governor of Qi was unaware that the house of the Minister of Revenue, his brother-in-law, had been ransacked. He was still counting silver and sleeping soundly with his concubine in his arms.
He was dragged out by Ren Weiyi himself and hung high on the mast for public display. The people threw rotten eggs and rotten vegetable leaves at him. He finally woke up from his dream and shouted wildly: "My brother-in-law is the Minister of Revenue. How dare you lowly people humiliate me like this? I will send people to your homes and behead you!"
The people were a little scared at first, but someone said, "We are all citizens of Fenglin Country, why should we be afraid of him?"
Yes, why should you be afraid of him?
He is an official of Tianli Kingdom, and we are the people of Fenglin Kingdom.
The pupils of the Qi governor shrank. What does that mean?
Qizhou was captured?
Ren Weiyi simply spread the rumor that the governor of Qi and other officials had embezzled military pay, and persuaded the generals of Tianli Kingdom to abandon their evil ways and join the good. Only by joining them could they have enough food and clothing, and accumulate military merits for themselves.
We are all fighting for our country, so why not turn to our Fenglin country? Not to mention anything else, we can just have enough food to eat.
Ren Weiyi led Qi Qingjin to eat mutton and pork on the spot in front of the Qizhou soldiers and floated towards Shili.
The soldiers, who had no food in their stomachs and only ate wild vegetable cakes and drank clear soup and porridge, were so drunk that their stomachs were rumbling.
Just like yawning is contagious, once you yawn, you'll have two.
They were overwhelmed by the aroma and felt nauseous from hunger.
When I fall asleep late at night, I toss and turn, and all I think about is the mutton soup and the taste of roujiamo.
So some soldiers sneaked through small roads to surrender, one after another. By the time the generals reacted, about a hundred of them had left, and these hundred or so people had shaken the morale of the army.
On the second day, they heard that the governor of Qi had embezzled military pay. It was obvious that the 200,000 military pay could only support 8,000 soldiers and horses. At this moment, the soldiers were filled with resentment.
They were fighting on the front lines, not having enough to eat and not having warm clothes to wear, while the officers in the rear were eating the best food possible, getting fat and plump, and they also belittled these soldiers fighting on the front lines as untouchables who deserved to die.
This ignited their anger, and even the generals could not suppress it.
Ren Weiyi invited them to join him in public, guaranteeing that they would have enough food and clothing, and that they could make achievements and have a meal of meat every seven days.
The Tianli Kingdom has sufficient military forces, some of whom were forcibly dragged from the homes of the people and conscripted. Some of their particularly young faces can be vaguely seen.
Ren Weiyi's words that soldiers who died could receive a pension of 18 taels of silver every year completely moved them.
So the soldiers of Qizhou defected to the Fenglin army. They could die on the battlefield, but their families must be treated well.
But the officials of Tianli Kingdom protected each other and enriched themselves. They were not treated well even when they were alive, so how could their families be provided for after their death?
Most of them were smart people who came to surrender. Ren Weiyi disrupted them and dispersed them into the army. That night he gave them a hot mutton soup.
They ate so much that tears welled up in their eyes. It had been a long time since they had eaten so much and had a bite of meat.
After they finished eating, Ren Weiyi stood on the high platform and said that this was all the military pay that Rong Guohou subsidized to the army. The mutton and pork were delivered by Rong Guohou at regular intervals. "Rong Guohou cares about the soldiers and said that he must not let them down no matter what..."
"The soldiers should eat and drink their fill and conquer Tianli Kingdom as soon as possible. Then when we return to Kyoto, we will reward them according to their merits and make them dukes and prime ministers!" As a female general, Ren Weiyi was looked down upon by no soldier.
Those who looked down on me were tamed by being beaten lightly every three days and beaten heavily every five days.
The newly defected soldiers were curious why the general was a female.
The other soldiers gave them some basic knowledge and gave her the title of "God of Killing".
At first they were a little confused, until when they got up for morning exercise during the day, Ren Weiyi fought ten of them alone and beat them to a pulp, and a shadow cast a shadow over their hearts.
The pretty boy next to her seems easier to bully, but he can't be a killing god like her, right?
He is indeed easy to bully, but Qi Qingjin hates being called a pretty boy the most. Although he is a little weaker, he can still fight five people at once.
The newly defected soldiers found it outrageous. If a pretty boy could be so powerful, Fenglin Country must be full of strong men.
The defeat of Tianli Kingdom was a matter of time. They were glad that they had seen the reality earlier and surrendered earlier. In the future, they did not seek to be granted titles or become prime ministers, but would be content with just a position.