Global Warring States: Get the Tang Taizong template at the beginning

Chapter 334: Tiring the Enemy Out
In the northern part of Anzhong County, there is a large village owned by a player lord. The player is leading the villagers to harvest crops in the fields.

After Li Qian defeated Ji Shiyu, the first lord player in Anzhong County, the lord players in Anzhong County gradually accepted Li Qian's offer of amnesty.

In order to recruit more lord players in the future, Li Qian appointed these players who voluntarily surrendered to govern these villages and towns, but they needed to hand over taxes, food, and troops, which was equivalent to the officials of Li Qian's power.

Although they have lost the possibility of commanding their own troops, they still retain some power and have a higher status than ordinary players, which is acceptable.

Moreover, playing the role of an official, a general, a strategist, or even a knight-errant or an assassin is also one of the pleasures of Global Warring States.

"My village has a good harvest this year. If I can submit more grain than the amount the scholar requires, I might be able to gain his important position."

This player personally went to the fields to help the villagers harvest food.

In his opinion, since Li Qian is the number one lord player in the Eastern Han Dynasty, he might become a great prince at the level of a governor, or even a king or emperor in the future. It would be a good choice for him to become a minister of Li Qian's forces based on his achievements.

"Village chief, what a good harvest! This year's crop yield will increase by at least 30%."

The villagers were sweating profusely while rushing to harvest, but they were also very excited.

Although more grain was turned in during the harvest, more grain was also left over.

“I hope the next year will also be good.”

The player's village chief wiped the sweat from his face with a rough towel. Managing the village made him understand the hard work of ancient farmers. If they encountered natural disasters or man-made disasters and the harvest of the year was lost, the whole village would starve, and the villagers would leave their homes to seek a way out, and the village would most likely fall into ruin.

"No, no! Something terrible is happening!"

At the edge of the field, a cavalryman was riding his horse at full speed, shouting that something was wrong.

The player's village chief and the villagers who were busy in the fields stopped what they were doing and looked at the cavalry returning to the village.

The player village chief's expression gradually became serious.

After he surrendered to Li Qian, although he lost his military power and most of the recruited soldiers were conscripted by Li Qian, the village still retained a small team of cavalry and dozens of militiamen to maintain public order.

He usually arranged several cavalrymen to patrol the outskirts of the village so that he could get the news first if there was any disturbance.

The patrolling cavalry was in a hurry to come back and report, which showed that the matter was not simple.

The cavalryman fell off his horse due to panic and said in a panic: "There is a cavalry approaching, with thousands of people!"

"Thousands of cavalry?!"

Both the player village chief and the villagers were extremely panicked and pale at this moment.

With their village's meager military strength and low earthen walls, they could only resist small groups of bandits, but facing thousands of cavalry, they had no power to fight back at all.

"Quick, retreat back to the village!"

The player village chief quickly organized the villagers to escape back to the village.

Da da da……

The sound of horse hooves rang out and dust rose up.

Thousands of cavalrymen came roaring.

The leading general, holding two guns in his hands, came to the village entrance and shouted: "If you don't surrender, don't blame us for being rude when we break into the village!"

"He is the double-gun general Dong Ping!"

The player's village chief recognized this general as Dong Ping, a subordinate of Ji Shi Yu. After all, the weapon used by Dong Ping was too conspicuous.

"Dong Ping's appearance means that the timely rain has returned. With the troops I have, I can't be a match for Dong Ping's thousand-plus cavalry..."

The player village chief weighed the strength of both sides and quickly ordered people to open the wooden door and let Dong Ping's cavalry in.

"Take away all the people and food, and burn what you can't take away!"

Dong Ping gave a death order. "No! Our houses and fields are all here, you can't force us to leave!"

A villager cried out loudly, but was immediately greeted by Dong Ping's iron spear, which killed him with one shot.

"If you resist any further, this will be the outcome."

Dong Ping glanced at everyone present. The villagers were silent and did not dare to resist. They could only follow Dong Ping and leave obediently.

The player's village chief was also among the villagers abducted by Dong Ping's cavalry. He saw that Dong Ping's Liangshan army set fire to his village after robbing people and food. Thick smoke billowed and the black smoke could be seen from miles away.

"What exactly is Timely Rain going to do?"

His martial arts strength is only over 60, and if he dares to resist, he will be killed by Dong Ping in just a few rounds.

Following Dong Ping, perhaps we can find out what happened.

To the north of Anzhong County is Nieyang County. Dong Ping brought the looted people and food to a town called Luye Town.

This town contained not only the population that had been looted from their village, but also the population and food supplies from other villages.

These captured people and population were sent to cities further north.

……

In Xinye County, Li Qian was leading military generals including Li Xiuning, Mu Guiying, Qin Qiong, and Yuchi Jingde to inspect the farmlands in various towns in Xinye County.

If the soldiers and horses are not moving, the grain and grass will go first.

Li Qian's territory was recruiting soldiers frantically, and since the army was going to be on an expedition for a long time, it was necessary to prepare sufficient food and fodder.

In normal times, maintaining an army only means supplying them with the food and fodder they need.

But if you go to war, you will have to conscript able-bodied men to transport food or build camps and fortifications, and the food supply will double.

Of course, the able-bodied men who transport grain can also be asked to bring their own dry food.

But if that happened, it would probably cause a civil uprising just like Emperor Yang Guang of the Sui Dynasty.

In short, sufficient food and fodder are essential.

"My lord, a pigeon has delivered a message that Rang County, Anzhong County, and more than 20 villages in the northern part of Xinye County have been attacked by cavalry from the north. At least tens of thousands of people have been plundered, and hundreds of thousands of stones of food and grass have been lost. The enemy cavalry are still roaming around, and the losses are still increasing!"

Ye Bushou reported the news to Li Qian, and Li Qian's face darkened.

These cavalrymen who attacked the northern territory were most likely the armies of lord players such as the Greatest Emperor of the Ages, King Zheng, Great Liangzao, Timely Rain, and Overlord of Western Qin.

The emperor of all ages planned to use cavalry to attack in different directions, plunder Li Qian's people and food, and thus tire Li Qian out.

Du Ruhui, the military advisor who accompanied Li Qian in inspecting the farmlands in various places, said: "First, the lord was ambushed and killed in Xiangyang City, and now the elite cavalry is raiding the border. The enemy's strategies are endless. I am afraid there is a capable person behind them."

"I will personally lead the troops to attack. No matter how many come, I will kill them all."

Li Qian was annoyed by the Emperor's tactics of tiring the enemy and decided to take action himself to eliminate the cavalry sent by the Emperor.

"Since the other party has already planned it, I'm afraid things are not that simple."

Du Ruhui thought deeply, but he couldn't think of any other tricks the other party might have, so he decided to go to the north with Li Qian to resist the enemy.

Li Qian immediately returned to Tangdu to reorganize his troops.

Before setting off, Li Qian took out the second-rate compulsory recruitment order.

Li Qian was originally hesitant about whether to use this rare item on Zong Luohou, but now is the time to use people, so it would be a good idea to recruit one more general.

(End of this chapter)