She Song

Chapter 117 Diverging Opinions
Forewarned is forearmed, without prejudging the waste.

Now that he had guessed the court's next move, Han Xiaoyao convened a meeting of the core staff to discuss.

Except for Zhang Cheng and Shen Sanniang who were in Tokyo, all the remaining Han Kee shareholders were present.

After Yuan Shishi, Shen Erniang, Sun Zhi, Li Daoyi, Tu Xiong, Sima Hengru, Zhong Fu, Hao Ren, Xiao Fugui, Zhuo Dani, and Jiang Queer sat down, Han Xiaoyao spoke first.

"The Hanji Chamber of Commerce now has tens of millions of dollars in wealth, [-] soldiers, [-] reservists, and a total refugee population of more than [-]. At present, the vast majority of people can live and work in peace and contentment in the wilderness, with no worries about food and clothing. Everyone says, is it a good life like this?"

Of course this situation is good. They have just survived hard times, so how can we not know what is good and what is bad?
Only Xiao Fugui knew that when Han Xiaoyao made a decision, he was definitely not willing to take advantage of the situation, so he was trying to build internal consensus to counter the imperial army.

Anyway, he didn't have a good impression of the entire Song Dynasty, so he was happy to see the outcome.

Just when everyone was remembering the bitterness and thinking about the sweetness, Han Xiaoyao said something that made everyone's hearts hang.

"According to reliable information, some people in the imperial court ignore our efforts and work for the people of the wasteland and are planning to suppress and weaken Han Ji. They have even dispatched a large number of forbidden troops to prepare to eliminate us Han Ji!"

"Who? Which bastard is so bad? Master, let me kill him!"

Jiang Que'er had no doubts about her master's words. When she heard that someone wanted to eliminate Han Ji, she couldn't help but become furious!

But others were stunned and looked at each other for a while.

Sima Hengru, Sun Zhi and others frowned and asked for the source of the information.

Han Xiaoyao asked Xiao Fugui to recount the abnormal mobilization of the Imperial Army.

Yuan 800 was relieved to hear that there were only [-] people in the Forbidden Army.

"President, as long as the eight hundred soldiers are here, I dare not say anything else, but there will definitely be no return from the Floating Bridge Camp!"

Whoa!

Han Xiaoyao pulled open the topographic map of the Tokyo area on the wall.

During more than three months of research, the garrison map of 20 forbidden troops was clearly marked.

The main camp area in the east of the city, [-].

Nanying, [-].

Xiying, thirty thousand.

There are [-] people in the east and west camps in the city.

There are 3000 people in each of the three gates of the inner city.

On the south bank of the Yellow River, thousands of forbidden troops were stationed near pontoons and ferries.

The closest camp to Han Ji's camp is the Dibei Floating Bridge Camp, with [-] infantry and [-] cavalry.

Er Niang asked: "Why did King Yun and the Imperial City Secretary destroy us? We didn't provoke them..."

Jiang Que'er said angrily, "Don't you want to be emperor? Even the children in Tokyo know about it~"

Sima Hengru touched his beard with a serious look on his face.

Although he is a military heir, he hopes to carry forward what he has learned all his life, and it is best to go down in history.But this time the news was so shocking that everyone panicked, and it was hard for him to say anything for a while.

After thinking for a while, he deliberately asked: "Based on the training level of our rural soldiers and reserve forces, even if the imperial court sends three thousand soldiers and horses, they may not dare to act rashly. Is the president too nervous?"

Han Xiaoyao sighed, and said, "To be honest, even if the imperial court sends 1 people, I won't worry. But there is a very terrible situation, and I don't think Han Ji can resist it."

When he said this, everyone became nervous, even Xiao Fugui became curious.

Er Niang also asked anxiously.

Han Xiaoyao took the pointer and pointed on the map where Sun Zhi was originally stationed, and answered with a slightly helpless tone. "I asked the nearby villages today. In previous years, [-]% of the summer floods occurred in late June, and the flood discharge points were almost always chosen here!"

Everyone didn't understand it at first. Wasn't it talking about the Forbidden Army? Why was it talking about the flood season and flood discharge?
Suddenly, everyone realized the reason why Han Xiaoyao had not spoken out.

Once the flood season came, the Imperial Army secretly breached the embankments and released water into the Hanji camp in the name of flood relief. No matter how many rural soldiers were there, it would be of no avail in the face of the force of nature.

However, for the nearly [-] refugees, it would be a tragic disaster and a man-made disaster.

Li Daoyi asked in disbelief: "Can't you? There are tens of thousands of people here..."

Sima Hengru felt like a mirror in his heart. If he were the commander of the Imperial Army, he would definitely avoid a head-on confrontation with Han Ji.

What's more, the Yellow River bursts its embankments and releases floods every two years. It is normal for it to burst its embankments this year. Once the raging flood breaks its embankments, Han Ji's well-trained rural soldiers and reservists will only become the ghosts underwater.

Even if a small number of Korean journalists survive, it will be almost certain that the imperial army will be dispatched by then.

The old master suddenly broke into a cold sweat.

"We must not let them burst the embankment under any circumstances, otherwise everyone and everything in the camp will be washed away by the flood!"

Han Xiaoyao nodded and said, "I think so too. I absolutely don't want the Imperial Army to open the embankment. However, as long as we stop it, they can justifiably slander Han Ji as a rebel, and then send more troops to suppress it." …”

Yuan Shishi knew that once he was taken care of by the big shots in the court, the outcome would often be tragic.

He was about to express his opinion when he heard Sun Zhixian say: "Can we move to a nearby high ground to avoid the flood?"

Sun Zhi had vaguely sensed that Han Xiaoyao had the intention of resisting, but he was afraid of the strength of the imperial army, and at the same time he didn't want to hit his head with a pebble.

Even though one of the Tibei Township soldiers was able to defeat two or three Imperial Guards soldiers, there were a total of 20 soldiers and horses inside and outside Tokyo, and they could kill a mere [-] Hanji soldiers and horses in a heap.

Seeing no hope, he suddenly proposed to give in.

As soon as he finished speaking, he received support from Zhong Fu, Tu Xiong, Zhuo Dani and others to avoid conflict with the Forbidden Army.

However, Hao Ren, Xiao Fugui, and Jiang Queer retorted, believing that since the Forbidden Army had planned to use force, they would not easily let Han Ji leave the wasteland.

Sima Hengru spoke again, saying that there was still some time before the flood season, and suggested that he could discuss with Feng Yu to gradually transfer the refugees, and at the same time send people to assist the Xiang soldiers to patrol the North Embankment to nip problems in the bud.

So the two parties couldn't argue, and finally looked at Han Xiaoyao.

Han Xiaoyao felt that the power of the concession faction was not small. If he directly overturned the table without clear evidence, it would inevitably lead to unrest in people's hearts. This would greatly weaken Han Ji's cohesion and make the hope of fighting against the Forbidden Army even slimmer.

After much thought, I decided to temporarily adopt the suggestion of giving in, and first send the old, weak, women, children, and many supplies to a safe place to test the other party's reaction.

He finally chose Beiqiu Mountain, thirty miles away from the wasteland, as his temporary residence.

"The Production Department, Dibei Township Soldiers, Engineering Team, and Transportation Team will allocate personnel to Beiqiu to set up a camp from now on. The Ministry of Civil Affairs and the Medical Hospital must unconditionally cooperate with this relocation to ensure that 1000 people go to the new camp every day.

Although the wasteland is now our home, in order to avoid disasters to the greatest extent and ensure the personal safety of the refugees, you must strengthen your persuasion and communication work with the refugees! "

After the meeting, Han Ji's senior executives discussed various tasks in groups, and whether the Forbidden Army would really break the dike and release water?

Xiao Fugui and Hao Ren stayed.

"Why give in?"

Han Xiaoyao looked at Xiao Fugui and said: "To retreat in order to advance is not an attitude. Moreover, when the true colors of the imperial army and the imperial court are revealed, our next plan will be easier."

Although Han Xiaoyao didn't say what the plan was, both Hao and Xiao knew it.

The Forbidden Army would never miss such a good opportunity, and Han Xiaoyao didn't seem to want to stop.

This battle will be fought sooner or later!
(End of this chapter)