Chapter 425: Fight for the Vanguard and Conquer Jiaozhou

"Yes."

Qingying respectfully clasped his fists and accepted the order. Seeing this, General Peng and other veterans were not happy: "Your Majesty, I object. Whether it is fighting the Western Hu people or Mingzhou, Qingying has been the vanguard. It should be our turn now, right?"

These veterans may not need to prove themselves with military achievements, but their soldiers do. If they can't grab the vanguard, how can they make achievements? It's not that they are arrogant and look down on the Jiaozhou garrison. Even the 300,000 troops stationed in Mingzhou are no match for the 100,000 Wei army, let alone the 20,000 Jiaozhou garrison? After the vanguard is finished, they basically have nothing to fight.

"what do you say?"

Wei Chengyi did not change his mind immediately, but looked at Qingying with a slight smile. It was not uncommon for generals to rush to the battlefield. If Qingying was willing to give in, he had no objection.

"Qingying, you are still young, and you will have many opportunities to fight. Why don't you let us have the chance this time?"

Before Qingying could speak, General Peng patted him on the shoulder and spoke in a serious tone.

"Yes, it's time for our soldiers to go out and practice. Qingying, you can't just focus on eating the meat yourself, you should leave some soup for us to drink."

"If the soldiers don't fight a few more battles, their bones will probably be rusted. Qingying, you can't snatch it from us this time."

"Qingying, let us do it. Why don't you take a rest first?"

"That's right, we're all so idle that we're almost going moldy..."

General Chen followed closely behind. With them taking the lead, the other generals spoke one after another, each with their own opinions. Their only goal was to grab the position of vanguard. Qingying's mouth muscles twitched constantly because of what they said, but in order to keep the position of vanguard, he just stood there in a daze and didn't say a word. Just kidding, who knows if he will be led astray by these old foxes after he opens his mouth?
Shen Xiangwan, who was sitting next to Wei Chengyi and listening quietly, couldn't help but feel amused. As the saying goes, a strong soldier makes a strong general. The enthusiasm of the generals can also reflect the attitude of the soldiers. With them around, why worry about not being able to fight all the way to the imperial city?

"No, Qingying, why don't you say something."

After waiting for a long time without getting a response from him, everyone, led by General Peng, gathered around him, as if they would beat him up if he didn't agree.

"Did you give me a chance to speak?"

While they were not paying attention, Qingying escaped from the encirclement and stood beside Wei Chengyi and his wife, saying loudly: "Sir, don't joke. The Second Master has already appointed the generals. How can we force him to change his orders every day? Generals, let me go first this time. If I can't do it, you will be responsible for the aftermath."

"···"

Are you sure this isn't infuriating?

All the generals could not help but grind their teeth. Shen Xiangwan could not help but clench his fist and cover his mouth with a chuckle. Qingying's words were too infuriating. Others didn't know, but they themselves didn't know? The Wei army was extremely fierce. Whether in terms of equipment or combat power, it was stronger than those garrisons in Jiaozhou who probably had never seen blood. Moreover, they were 50,000 people against 20,000 people. If they couldn't defeat them, Qingying didn't need to lead the army anymore. He should take off his armor and go home to farm. How could he give the other generals a chance to clean up the mess?

In the end, it was Qingying who led the troops to attack Anyang the next day. He lived up to everyone's expectations and broke through the gate of Anyang in just two days. However, the garrison in the city did not let the people evacuate. When the city was broken, the garrison pushed the people out to block the guns in order to escape. This move not only chilled the people, but also angered Wei Chengyi and his wife. Without giving other cities in Jiaozhou a chance to react, the army did not stop in Anyang. After instructing Yan Junling and others to appease the people, Wei Chengyi asked the generals to lead 10,000 soldiers each to attack different cities. In less than ten days, they took over the entire Jiaozhou and captured the prefect who wanted to escape and the garrison commander and other officials alive.

"Kill them, kill them!"

At the execution ground in the downtown area of ​​Jiaozhou Prefecture, all the captured officials and their families were taken to the execution platform. Not long ago, Wei Chengyi had people read out their crimes. The people were excited, and the shouts of killing were earth-shaking. They had been oppressed for too long, and only by seeing those corrupt officials being beheaded could they feel the pain in their hearts be slightly relieved.

"cut!"

"No, King Weiyang, please spare my life, please spare my life..."

"No, I don't want to die, Master, save me..."
"Wuwu...King Weiyang, please spare our lives, spare us..."

"Woooo..."

Looking up at the sky, Wei Chengyi, who was personally in charge of the execution, picked up the token and threw it out. The executioners took out sharp knives one after another. The people on the execution platform were shaking with fear and all started crying. They were pitiful, but no one present pitied them. They exploited the people and squeezed their fat and blood on weekdays, and after being defeated, they even let the people take the knife. They were simply cowards and deserved to be beheaded.

Jiaozhou Prefecture Government Office.

"Let the people grow vegetables. Apart from cabbage, vegetables like carrots can be harvested in about 50 days. The government will buy them up at that time. The people will have money and won't have to worry about food and clothing."

In the hall, Shen Xiangwan sat together with Yan Junling and others. They were discussing how to arrange the people's planting and other issues. It was already late August, and there was definitely no way to grow potatoes. Vegetables were the only option.

"Okay, then let's plant carrots and cabbages. As for the seeds..."

Yan Junling did not continue speaking, but stared at Shen Xiangwan. Everyone else's eyes were also focused on her. They had cabbage seeds, and carrots were vegetables introduced from the Western Regions. They could not find so many seeds in a short period of time. This matter was proposed by Shen Xiangwan, so she should have a way, right?
"Leave the seeds to me. Plant some other vegetables in small quantities. I will give you the seeds later. Don't forget to distribute the curved plows and harrows so that the people can plow the land as soon as possible."

Shen Xiangwan did not refuse and was already secretly thinking about which vegetables had a short growth cycle and were suitable for planting now.

"no problem."

Yan Junling, who was in charge of overall coordination, agreed. Then they discussed the matter of assisting the people in developing breeding. Although they had not had time to punish those wealthy families who were unkind to their wealth, they had confiscated a lot of silver and land from the property of those officials. They planned to use the money to buy a large number of piglets, and distribute them to the people after processing them. Anyway, the officials' money was basically the fat of the people, and this could be regarded as taking from the people and using it for the people.

It is easy to conquer a country but difficult to keep it. It took them only ten days to conquer Jiaozhou, but the simple resettlement took more than a month. It was not until October that the army set out again and advanced towards Lizhou. At the same time, the potatoes planted by the people of Mingzhou were ripe. When the yield of five or six thousand kilograms per mu was clearly presented in front of them, the people were excited, and then they couldn't help but burst into tears. If they had had this high-yield grain earlier, so many people would not have starved to death in the drought last year.

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