Chapter 207 Datang Chen Heavy Industry Group

The left and right guards under Chen Ying led the Mo Dao Army, the hook and sickle cavalry cavalry, the Shooting Army and the civilians supported by the Zheng family, and more than 30,000 troops were storming towards Xingyang City like a whirlwind.

Youdao Chen Ying really can't do such a despicable thing as a person who is short-handed, soft-mouthed, and smearing and turning his back on his face and refusing to admit his conspiracy.

The straight distance from Paomaling outside Hulao Pass to Xingyang is more than 30 miles, but along the curved mountain road and official road, the distance is almost doubled. With the marching speed of this era, this is almost a day's march, and it also needs elite soldiers. Chen Ying, who advocates efficiency, ordered the hook and sickle cavalry and the Yue cavalry to reach more than 6,000 people and horses. As the vanguard, he arrived first, and the Modao Army rode mules, horses, vehicles, or cavalry horses, and then followed, while the infantry trotted forward. In addition to the speed, even Zheng Jian, who was sitting in a carriage, could only eat dust behind him.

Half an hour later, the cavalry and lances led the cavalry to surround Xingyang City. Then Mo Dao arrived in a carriage and horse. After arriving with the baggage troops advancing to Xingyang City, he immediately buried the pot to make war rice. The rice was just ready, and more than 30,000 troops under Chen Ying arrived.

The march lasted nearly sixty miles in two hours, and it was as fast as lightning, which was jaw-dropping.

Although the war has not officially begun, the smell of gunpowder in the air is already choking. Liu Jintang is not a fool. The Xia army soldiers stole the Zheng family in Xingyang without any distinction. The fool also knew that the Zheng family in Xingyang would take revenge.

Originally, Liu Jintang thought that the Zheng family of Xingyang would join forces with the seven sects and five hopes and many Hebei clans to put pressure on Dou Jiande and force Dou Jiande to make concessions. However, he did not expect that the Zheng family would directly take such measures to retaliate. With the help of the Zheng family's materials and manpower in Xingyang, Chen Ying's troops expanded rapidly like snowballs.

Standing on the city wall, watching the densely packed Tang troops outside the city begin to line up. From Liu Jintang, all the Xia army soldiers trembled like sieves.

At this moment, Liu Xiyao, a general of Liu Jintang, also from the Liu family in Beizhou, said angrily: "What does Chen Ying mean?"

As he said that, Liu Xiyao pulled up the horizontal knife and slashed the mercedes of the blue bricks with one knife. Mars shot everywhere, and a piece of brick that was chopped off by the horizontal knife shot onto Liu Xiyao's face like a bullet, and his face instantly flowed blood.

Liu Xiyao, who is in his forties, is a generation lower than Liu Jintang in terms of age. He is the nephew of Liu Heita and Liu Jintang. Liu Jintang glared at Liu Xiyao fiercely and said, "Why are you angry!"

"Killing people is just a lie. What is Chen Ying doing? He will fight and caress him, but he... now he doesn't attack, and caress him, and caress him, so what is he just consuming it all?"

Liu Jintang gritted his teeth and looked at the smoke rising from the Tang army camp opposite: "Damn...what do you want to do!"

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If you ask Chen Ying what he is doing, the answer is very simple. He is eating, not only he is eating, but even the soldiers of the Tang army, along with the military craftsmen and civilians, opened their stomachs and ate crazily.

Although Zheng Jian swears that the Zheng family never detains the food of tenants, except for the more than 10,000 dead soldiers from Zheng family, they are relatively healthy, and other civilians and craftsmen are all skinny and full of slutty faces.

However, time is limited, Chen Ying has no time to supplement their nutrition. However, when it is the turn of a meal, whether it is the soldiers, civilians or craftsmen, Chen Ying is generous in supplying food. Anyway, Chen Ying is not a burden in his heart when he is generous. Chen Ying is not a good person. In this era of strict hierarchy, it is impossible to break this class distinction. Not to mention the civilians themselves, even if the soldiers fight to the death, they will not be able to balance their hearts if they treat the civilians.

The Modao Army soldiers have the best food level. A large piece of mutton is about one pound, and a large piece of pork is more than half a pound. The Modao Army soldiers are a very labor-intensive work, so they usually provide limited supply of meat. However, with Zheng's complaint, big head paying, Chen Ying opened the supply of the Modao Army soldiers. Even if it is the Modao Army reserve army, each person will have at least one pound of meat, and they can eat any food. Of course, there is no dish. They are all the same. Boiled in white water, eating white flour or fragrant rice. As for the hook and sickle cavalry or Yue cavalry, it is a little second. The treatment they enjoy is eight taels of mutton and eight taels of pork, which is also enough for the dishes and rice. The second is the Tang army's jumping soldiers, which are the suicide squads in the army. The treatment they enjoy is similar to that of the hook and sickle cavalry cavalry. The food of other soldiers is small, and the meat is limited by half a pound.

As for the folks and craftsmen, they were not so lucky. They ate pickles and rice were mixed with millet and sorghum, cooked together, but they were also unlimited. Chen Ying was kind and gave them sheep bones and pork bones to make broth. Each person could drink two big bowls.

Zheng Jian looked at the soldiers who were eating and drinking, and felt a lot of heart. If more than 30,000 people were supplied normally, one thousand stones of grain would be more than one thousand stones of grain a day, but Chen Ying was fine, and a meal actually used more than 1,600 stones of grain, which exceeded two-thirds of the army.

Li Xiuning looked at Chen Ying after she finished her meal and looked at Chen Ying calmly. She brought Chen Ying a cup of tea that was neither hot nor cold, just like a little wife.

Chen Ying asked: "How is the morale of the troops?"

Li Xiuning smiled and said, "He is full of energy and morale is strong!"

Chen Ying nodded and said, "The news has been heard from the Beiwei Army that Liu Jintang's troops were basically concentrated in Xingyang City. There are less than a thousand troops in other places. After one battle, Liu Jintang's troops will be destroyed. Xingyang can be restored!"

Li Xiuning smiled slightly and said, "I have no doubt that we will wipe out Liu Jintang's troops in one battle, but the problem is that Zheng Jian doesn't seem to be happy to see us fight quickly!"

Chen Ying was very surprised when he heard this: "There is still this?"

Li Xiuning lowered his voice and said, "Zheng Jian just quietly gave me 16,000 taels of gold."

Chen Ying said: "So generous, since he dares to give it to him, then you dare to accept it. What are you afraid of? Could it be that he dares to go to His Majesty to sue you for accepting bribes?"

"But, this money is not easy to get!" Li Xiuning suddenly frowned and said, "Can you guess what his additional conditions are?"

Chen Ying chuckled and said, "What's hard to guess? I also heard that Zheng Jian's favorite concubine was taken away by the Xia army general. Could it be that he was handed over to him for disposal? This is fine. I didn't expect that those wastes were so valuable..."

Before Chen Ying finished speaking, Li Xiuning shook her head and said, "No!"

"No..." Chen Ying opened his mouth wide and said in disbelief: "Didn't he let the lives of nearly 20,000 people in Liu Jintang's army? No, no, this is absolutely not possible. These are all young and strong laborers, and they are precious. These people put down their weapons and are excellent farmers. Give them a piece of wasteland, a cow or horse, seeds and farm tools. They can reclaim no less than 30 or 50 acres of land. In a year, a few can also reclaim one million acres of land, and the Tang Dynasty can reclaim one million acres of grain!"

Li Xiuning's voice became even lower. She said in a voice that almost only Chen Ying and the others could hear: "He wants you to take every step and attack Xingyang slowly!"

Chen Ying curled his lips: "This cannot be followed by him. I have the final say in the war. Soldiers are the most important, and Xingyang will also fight quickly, not delay..."

Li Xiuning looked at Chen Ying in surprise and said, "You really don't understand?"

"What do you understand?" Chen Ying asked in confusion: "I will not give in to war. As soon as the drum trumpet sounds, the whole army will have one count and one, and all must obey my command."

"Oh... it's really..." Li Xiuning sighed and said, "It seems you really don't understand!"

Chen Ying became even more confused: "Sanniang, do we still need to play the puzzle?"

Li Xiuning coughed and said, "Zheng Jian has a very high seniority in Zheng family. His sister-in-law (the princess Zheng Guanyin) also called him his grandfather. Zheng Rentai, the general of the Right Wu Guard, was his nephew!"

There is no saying that if we trace back to the eight pillars of the Northern Wei Dynasty, Zheng Jian's generation should be Li Yuan's father, Li Bing, and even if we look at the seven nobles of Shandong's sects and five hopes, Zheng Jian's generation can still rank among the top ten. Then the question is, once the Zheng family dies, Zheng Jian is respected in terms of seniority. In terms of merit, he asked Chen Ying to recover Xingyang and restore the Zheng family's achievements, and it is very likely to win the position of the head of the family.

He did not hesitate to give out 16,000 taels of gold, equivalent to 160,000 guan of money to Li Xiuning, with the purpose of making Chen Ying slowly attack, forcing Liu Jintang to jump into the old house of Zheng in Xingyang, and kill all the Zheng family and more than a dozen clan elders. So, in this way, Zheng Jian has lost all the rivals within the Zheng family in Xingyang, and has become the new head of the Zheng family unswervingly.

The status of the Zheng family head of Xingyang is more powerful than that of the kings of the Western Regions or the monarchs of European countries in the Middle Ages. The Zheng family controlled millions of acres of land, had tens of thousands of children and hundreds of thousands of tenants, and had an influence that was beyond ordinary officials. They were simply the country and the king of the king.

Chen Ying understood that when Zheng Jian was holding this purpose, he immediately whistled past ten thousand grass and mud horses in his heart.

"Hold it!" Chen Ying didn't know that if Zheng Jian was like this, he would really not behaved like a person and the sea water should not be measured.

Li Xiuning said: "I knew Chen Lang would not do this, so I will return this handful of gold!"

"Let's wait!"

Chen Ying said: "How can we return the meat we eat when we eat it? This amount of gold is enough for us to buy a few hills and tens of thousands of acres of wasteland. In the future, we will grow flowers and grass and entertain ourselves!"

"But..." A hint of displeasure appeared on Li Xiuning's face: "Do you really agree to Zheng Jian's request?"

"Agree... I'm just agreeing!" Chen Yingge smiled and said, "I'll fight whatever I should fight. He came to the door to find a slap. I'm sorry if I don't slap him."

Li Xiuning said aiqi: "This is to... this is without trust, not a gentleman! I'm afraid..."

Obviously, Li Xiuning did not have a deep understanding of Chen Ying, and for Chen Ying, his reputation was nothing. The most important thing is that Chen Ying was determined to eat Zheng Jian, and he did not dare to make a statement. Because once this matter was leaked, Zheng Jian would not only be ruined, but also Zheng would never let Zheng Jian go, a villain who was slutty inside and outside.

Chen Ying said: "Afraid of being stupid? I'm afraid of him biting me? Sanniang, you can keep the money safe. If you don't collect it, you won't collect it. If he dares to bite me, I'll break his teeth!"

Li Xiuning brushed her hair and said, "Isn't this good?"

"Don't worry, it's okay!" Chen Ying patted Li Xiuning on the shoulder and said, "Don't worry, I'm there."

Chen Ying knew that after the founding of Li Tang, the imperial power and the aristocratic families had huge conflicts due to uneven division of the organs, no, and uneven distribution of interests. For this reason, Li Shimin also sent someone to compile the "Clan Chronicle" in history, but this did not change the nature of the opposition between the aristocratic and the court. Li Shimin, who was extremely disappointed, had to re-open the imperial examination.

Li Xiuning pointed to the dense Xia soldiers on Xingyang City and said, "What are you going to deal with them?"

Chen Ying waved his hand: "All of them are classified as craftsmen, and let them join the Chen Ying Heavy Industry Group of Datang! Hehe, after this battle, our Chen Heavy Industry Group of Datang is afraid that another 20,000 craftsmen will be added!"

Li Xiuning knew that Chen Ying had opened many workshops, but as far as she knew, these workshops were cooperated with the East Palace, and the products were led by the East Palace and purchased by the court, which was equivalent to weapons surveillance outside the Tang Dynasty's court system. Li Xiuning thought for a while and said, "But this requires a lot of food. Do we have so much food to support them?"

"There will be food. I have signed an agreement with the farms in the 18 counties of Henan Prefecture to purchase the grain they have on hand at a price of 90% of the market price of Chang'an. This year, Henan Prefecture has reclaimed about 1.5 million mu of wasteland. I will collect at least 1.5 million stones of grain. In addition to the taxes of the court, let alone feeding 20,000 people, even 100,000 people is more than enough."

In fact, Chen Ying was very greedy. Not only were these Xia soldiers already the food on his plate, but even the more than 1,000 craftsmen sent by Zheng, Chen Ying did not intend to let go. Chen Ying secretly signed a five-year agreement with the price of 100 craftsmen, 80 craftsmen, and 50 craftsmen, and 20 craftsmen.

From the beginning, the Tiger Yi mobilized these craftsmen to migrate to the Qinglin of Chang'an according to the home addresses provided by these craftsmen. If nothing unexpected happens, the families of these craftsmen will be relocated.

By that time, Chen Ying's heavy industry system in Qinglin had been basically completed, including smelting steel, steel processing, armor, bows and crossbows, knives, horizontal knives, four-wheeled carriages, multi-wheeled vehicles, spring steel, bearings and mechanical processing systems, and will complete the preliminary construction.

The soldiers used the fight meal and rolled their eyes to the point of the civilians reluctantly put down the bowls and chopsticks in their hands. After more than 30,000 soldiers and civilians lined up, Chen Ying and Li Xiuning stood in front of the soldiers and shouted loudly: "Are you full?"

The soldiers burst into laughter.

Chen Ying said: "Now there are two hours left before dark. We will conquer Xingyang and make achievements!"

The soldiers cheered enthusiastically: "Cap the Xingyang and make achievements! Capture the Xingyang County and make achievements!" The roars of more than 30,000 people were really deafening. The birds that were surviving flapped their wings in horror and fled from the mountains and forests.

On the hillside more than ten miles outside Xingyang City, the military commander and Zheng Jian were sitting upright and drinking tea. The cheers came with a loud bang, so naturally they could hear it clearly. An Xing smiled and said, "It is really rare for such a strong army to maintain such strong fighting spirit and high morale in two hours. After your Majesty knows, you will definitely be happy! Mr. Zheng, your Zheng family spares no effort to support the court, and Your Majesty will also reward you."

Zheng Jian forced a smile, but wanted to cry in his heart. He wanted to throw this damn Guan Junrong into the mountains to feed the wolf.

He really wanted to go to the front line to find Chen Ying's not trustworthy, but An Xing was very happy. He is now the rich man of the Tongli Money House of the Tang Dynasty. Under the leadership of An Xing, the eunuchs in the palace began to secretly deposit their greedy money into the Tongli Money House of the Tang Dynasty. For nothing else, they could only make money on the ground.

Chen Ying had sent him a message to hold Zheng Jian and raise him a little. This is not much, but it is about six or seven hundred scammers, but it is every year.

An Xing looked at Zheng Jian with a smile on his face, wondering how Zheng Jian offended Chen Ying and whether he would give him some color.

The eunuchs have no other skills. If they say they are harmful to others, they will definitely recognize the second one, and no one dares to recognize the first one.

When Zheng Jian was restless, Chen Yinghu roared: "Attack!"
Chapter completed!