vrcanaries Chapter 731 A Rich Harvest
Chapter 731 A Rich Harvest
"Yes, I'm seeking death. Today, I will die, but tomorrow, all of you Yan thieves will die!"
Peng Yu staggered around, looked towards the south, placed the sword across his neck, and roared loudly,
"My lord is in the south, so I cannot die facing north!"
"Your Majesty! Kill the Yan thief!!!"
The bloody man swung the sword in his hand violently, and blood gushed out from his neck.
Peng Yu fell down, but he still died with his eyes open.
Guan Shouchang looked at him coldly and said,
"Cut this beast into pieces with your swords and burn them with the rest of the enemy's corpses!"
"As ordered!"
Guan Shouchang was a proud and arrogant person. He naturally could not bear being scolded. He also did not want to encourage the arrogance of those who would rather die than surrender. If everyone would rather die than surrender, how could he fight the war?
The other three city gates had already been attacked, and some of the Sichuan troops inside surrendered, while others fled.
The Yan army gathered the captured surrendered soldiers together and then rushed them to the military camp outside the city. There were probably more than 20,000 of them.
The rest of the people were left to the White Horse Army to hunt down.
Guan Shouchang came all the way to the county magistrate's mansion, which had already been controlled by the Yan army, and the county magistrate was also detained in the lobby.
When the old sheriff saw Guan Shouchang coming in, he immediately bowed and said,
"Your humble servant greets the general."
"I am Guan Shouchang."
"Your subordinate greets Marshal Guan."
Guan Shouchang sat on the chair, put down his helmet, looked at the county governor, and sneered,
"What? Wouldn't you rather die than surrender? Why are you now groveling and bowing before me?"
The county magistrate said with a bitter face,
"General Guan, you don't know, I am really forced to do this. Sichuan has always been a country with a split between civil and military administrations. All I can manage are the yamen runners and two thousand security guards.
The military power is in Peng Yu's hands.
After receiving your letter, I immediately wanted to surrender. After all, trying to stop the hundreds of thousands of strong army of Dayan with only tens of thousands of soldiers is like trying to stop a chariot with a mantis arm. It is beyond one's ability.
But Peng Yu would rather die than surrender, and instead scolded me.
General Guan, you said that it would be fine if he died alone, but why did he drag tens of thousands of soldiers to die with him?
His crime is unforgivable!
But the troops are in his hands, and I have no say. I am helpless!"
Guan Shouchang smiled upon hearing this.
"Oh? So, the County Magistrate is wholeheartedly on the side of our Great Yan?"
"That's inevitable, inevitable!"
"The County Magistrate is a wise man. I believe you have also seen that my Great Yan is now at its peak, sweeping across the world and unstoppable.
In the east, our army has just annihilated 800,000 troops of the Qian-Chu coalition and taken control of all areas north of the Yangtze River!
The State of Qian was on the decline, and the State of Chu was left with only half of its territory.
Our Eastern Army has millions of strong troops, and it's just around the corner to wipe out the world!
Therefore, I hope the County Magistrate can continue to be smart and not do anything stupid that would harm Dayan."
Hearing this, the county magistrate was overjoyed. It seemed that Guan Shouchang was planning to keep him as an official.
Otherwise, why warn and instruct him?
"Don't worry, General Guan. I will definitely be loyal to Dayan. Dayan is so powerful that even if I were blinded by greed and had a hundred guts, I would not dare to put the heads of my nine clans on the belt to go against Dayan."
Guan Shouchang nodded with satisfaction and said,
"Regarding the appointment of the county governor, I do not have the authority to do so. This requires the imperial court to make the decision on whether you will continue to serve as the county governor.
But you can be the acting county governor for the time being. As long as you do a good job and know how to handle current affairs, I will report the situation to His Majesty truthfully in the military newspaper.
During this time, you must work hard and don't let His Majesty and the court down!"
"I will do my utmost to serve Dayan and will never have any second thoughts."
"That's good. Come, take me to see your granary and treasury."
"As ordered!"
When he went out, he saw Chen Qing and Su Wuan coming in. The three of them greeted each other and followed the county magistrate to the granary.
Arriving at the military granary, Guan Shouchang exclaimed at the mountains of food piled up inside.
"It really is worthy of being the Hanzhong Plain, a major grain-producing county."
The sheriff said quickly,
"Reporting to the commander, the food and fodder here has always been supplied to the frontline soldiers and border soldiers.
Later, King Yong led his army north, and there was more food and grass here.
After the death of Prince Yong, all the food and fodder here was left behind. Peng Yu also stationed 50,000 men there, so he couldn't use up much of the food and fodder prepared for 400,000 men. Now, all of this belongs to you, Marshal."
"Oh, that's right. The army rested for a day and moved the food back to the camp. This food is enough for us to eat until we reach Chengdu."
"As ordered!"
The messenger immediately went to notify the army.
Afterwards, Guan Shouchang went to the treasury to take a look. After counting, he asked someone to use part of it for military expenses, and then recorded the account and signed it. The rest was left here, and the account book was sent together with the military newspaper.
Writing a military report after a battle is not as simple as reporting how many people were killed, how many were captured alive, how many were killed or wounded, and how much territory was occupied.
The spoils of war after each victory, the destination of military expenditures, the money taken from the spoils in the local area and how it was used, as well as various war preparation expenses, etc., must all be recorded and reported in detail.
What we fight for is money and food!
These are things that the coach needs to worry about and take responsibility for.
After finishing these things, Guan Shouchang sat in the county magistrate's office and wrote a military report, while the commanders of each army also sent in the data of each army's battle losses, consumption, enemies killed and prisoners, which were recorded one by one.
Zhang Yide strode in and said with a smile,
"Old Guan, why write so much detail? Come on, let's go. We won a great victory today, we need to drink."
"Why drink? The military report is the top priority, so just drink!"
Guan Shouchang snorted and scolded coldly.
"Well, for something like this, can't you just find a clerk to do it? Why bother writing it yourself? You can just take a look after he finishes.
I'm telling you, you must drink this wine today, there's something very happy going on!"
"What's the big news? Did your wife give birth to a baby?"
"Go to hell, I don't have a wife, it's the prince's wife who's about to give birth!"
"I know Marshal Yu is pregnant. I can't drink every day just because of this. I won't go!"
Hearing this, Zhang Yide smiled mysteriously, pointed at the table with his thick fingers, and said,
"Think about it again, who is the prince's wife? The legal wife!"
Hearing this, Guan Shouchang widened his eyes and said,
"Your Majesty?"
"That's right!"
Zhang Yide slapped a piece of information on the table and said,
"This is a letter hidden inside the military newspaper. It's from Yang Hongying to Xiao Su. It says that His Majesty is also pregnant!"
Guan Shouchang immediately smiled and said,
"Oh, it's great to have a little intelligence officer here. He can always get first-hand information from the east."