OBS Chapter 618: Ten Thousand People
Chapter 618: Ten Thousand People
"Haha, let's fight this battle to show our power and make Daning not dare to have any evil thoughts in the future. And I don't think Da Shang needs to exist anymore."
Jianfeng smiled.
"I think so too. Brother Feng, guess how many refugees have come to Dashang in the past year?" Lin Xiaofan asked.
"There are 20,000 or 30,000, right?" Jian Feng said. If the refugees from Da Shang wanted to enter Da Qian, they had to pass through the Nantian Gate. He was guarding here, so he had a certain number.
Lin Xiaofan shook his head slightly and stretched out a fist.
"One hundred thousand?"
Jian Feng's eyes widened like bells. It's not that exaggerated, is it? How many people are there in Da Shang? At most, there are only two million people, and only one twentieth of them came this year.
It is no wonder that the Emperor of the Great Shang Dynasty agreed to allow Daqian to pass through the country. If Daqian continues to act like this, it won’t be long before the Great Shang Dynasty will be destroyed without even a fight.
"Yes, one hundred thousand. I bought grain from Dashang at a high price. The nobles of Dashang didn't care whether their country would be destroyed or not, and they sold all the grain to me. The local people had no food to eat, so they had no choice but to come here for refuge."
Lin Xiaofan said.
When he formulated this strategic plan, he did not expect the effect to be so good.
But almost none of the nobles of the Great Shang Kingdom had any backbone. When they heard that someone was buying grain at a high price, they sold all the grain. Not only that, in order to make more money, they exploited the people of the Great Shang Kingdom even more ruthlessly.
The people of Da Shang worked hard for a year and did not experience any natural disasters or wars, but in the end people starved to death.
At this time, there were rumors in Dashang that the treatment in Daqian was good, agricultural tax was exempted for three years, and only one-tenth of it would be required in the future. The desperate people of Dashang could only freeze to death or starve to death in the winter, but now they had such an opportunity, whether it was true or not, they had to give it a try.
Countless people left their homes and came to Daqian to seek opportunities, only to find that the situation was the same as what was said, or even better than what was said.
Will you starve to death without food?
It’s okay, Daqian will give you resettlement expenses.
Can’t make it until next year’s harvest?
It’s okay. You can work in Daqian to earn money and buy food to get through the winter.
Can’t survive the winter without a house?
It’s okay, you can live in your neighbors’ homes for a while, and people around you will help build the house.
No wife?
It’s okay, the state will provide the allocation.
As a result, all the people who came gave positive comments, and some even traveled thousands of miles back to bring their relatives and friends over.
Life in Daqian was much better than in Dashang.
In just one year, a hundred thousand people came here without food to eat.
"Brother Lin, this plan of yours is brilliant!"
Jian Feng sighed and looked at Lin Xiaofan with eyes full of admiration.
This one strike alone could easily bring disaster upon the Shang Dynasty and increase the population of Daqian every year.
With more people, more people will farm and more food will be produced. And if we want to recruit soldiers in the future, we will be able to recruit more people, which can be said to kill two birds with one stone.
But the Great Shang Emperor couldn't do anything to him. The Great Shang Emperor couldn't control the local big families at all, because their power was too great.
In this era, almost all officials are from these big families, and most of the generals in the army are also from these big families. In this case, if the Great Shang Emperor insists on intervening, perhaps the royal family will have to be replaced.
The local people wanted to leave, but they couldn't do anything about it. They had agreed with Daqian that they couldn't stop the people from entering. If they did, wouldn't that be clearly against Daqian?
The merchants didn't have many horses, and most of them were scared by Daqian. It was estimated that once the Qingzhou army stood at the city gate, most of the troops would surrender.
When an army of 200,000 troops marched to conquer Daqian, it could be said that all the top-ranked armies of Dashang went there at once.
The results of it?
Daqian sent 40,000 Qingzhou troops to fight. In the end, Dashan lost nearly 100,000 people and almost all generals were killed.
And it was at such a painful price that they only captured six cities in Qingzhou, less than half of the Qingzhou army, and in the end all the cities were exchanged back.
That battle had completely shattered the spirit of the Shang army, especially the earth-shaking explosion, which everyone who had seen it thought was the wrath of God.
Now, when the Daqian Qingzhou Army was mentioned, many Dashang soldiers were so scared that they couldn't even hold their weapons. In this situation, how to fight?
"Haha, with the brains of those people in Dashang, Brother Lin only needs to use a little trick to make them lose everything."
Lei Pokong praised from the side.
"Brother Lei, I haven't seen you for a few days. Have you improved your cultural level a lot?"
Lin Xiaofan raised his eyebrows and asked. Jiang Li in the past couldn't come up with so many words.
"Haha, I've been with Duanmu Liangjiang for a long time, and I've learned a few words."
Lei Pokong scratched his head and said.
"Speaking of which, the Shang Dynasty is really not nice. Instead of being a vassal of Pan, they let Daning pass through. But this is also a good thing. It will give us a legitimate opportunity to attack in the future."
Jian Feng looked in the direction of Da Shang, his eyes narrowed slightly.
"Since he is not honest, don't blame us for being ungrateful."
Lin Xiaofan said.
If Da Shang paid tribute honestly, it could keep it alive. After all, a large number of people would be imported to Da Qian every year. And this would be much more effective than conquering it.
Taking a city by force would require sending out troops, which would consume soldiers and food. Second, people would die, and the people would inevitably complain.
When these accumulate, there is a possibility of an uprising.
"But we can first give them a heads-up and send an envoy to ask them to bring the tribute over within three days."
Lin Xiaofan said again.
Da Shang allowed Daning to pass through the country but did not send troops. It was obvious that it was not prepared for war and thought there would be room for easing the situation afterwards.
In this case, he could just pretend that he knew nothing and just wanted to receive the tribute as soon as possible. If he took a tougher attitude, Da Shang, as Pan's vassal state, would definitely hand over the tribute honestly.
By then, with the addition of 1,500 war horses, as well as food and silver, it is possible that the situation of the war will change.
Even if Da Shang was determined to be the enemy of Da Qian, it would most likely return the tribute.
From their point of view, if this matter is dragged on, Daqian may notice something is wrong, and the effect of the sneak attack will be much smaller.
Instead of doing this, it is better to pay the tribute honestly and reduce Daqian’s defensiveness.
"good idea."
Jianfeng figured out the solution, nodded slightly, and then arranged for someone to do it.
The Nantianmen entered a state of preparation for war, and the atmosphere became more tense.
Three days later, the 20,000 soldiers who were guarding Iwaki returned. Seven days later, the envoys who had gone to the Shang Dynasty also returned, along with the Shang Dynasty envoys.
"You have come from afar, why are you in such a hurry to leave? Although Daqian is not wealthy, we can still afford to entertain you."
Jianfeng tried his best to retain the envoys, but they waved their hands as if they had seen a ghost.
"We appreciate General Jian's kindness, but we have a lot of things to do in Dashang and cannot spare the time."
"Gentlemen, Dashang has so many capable officials, nothing will go wrong. Please stay a few more days and let us show our hospitality."
"No, no, my son is getting married this year and I have to go back to eat the wedding candy."
After struggling for half an hour, Jianfeng did not make things difficult for them and let them go.
However, judging from the reactions of these envoys, the news that Ningchuan Kingdom wants to use this route to attack must be true.