super concubine

Chapter 585 Rumors
Watching Xiao Mo fight is like performing with him alone.

Xiao Mo not only uses resourcefulness and tactics on the battlefield, but Xiao Mo also uses diplomacy to take advantage of all the weaknesses of the enemy, and then try his best to amplify this weakness infinitely!

Xiao Mo completely penetrated this war into the cultural and economic differences between An Dynasty and Liao Kingdom, as well as military strength and other comprehensive aspects.

According to Xiao Mo's style of play, everyone realized that this time the war with Liao Kingdom, because of Xiao Mo's leadership, it is estimated that it will be much more complicated than before!

This kind of war is more difficult to control, and the requirements for leaders are very high!

But everyone is full of confidence, because there is still Xiao Mo in everything!
Next, everyone was very curious about what actions Xiao Mo would make, and what kind of articles he would make in the Liao Kingdom to force the Liao Kingdom to send troops!
But under everyone's expectant eyes, Xiao Mo said: "Don't stare at me, just wait and see!"

Then, Xiao Mo asked everyone to go back, leaving only Yang Yanqi in the tent.

"Bamei, help me grind ink..." Xiao Mo said to Yang Yanqi.

Then Yang Yanqi took out the ink ingot and Duan inkstone, and began to grind them lightly. Yang Yanqi also asked Xiao Mo: "Ziheng, but you want to write a letter again?"

Xiao Mo nodded and said, "Not bad!"

Even with these two words, Xiao Mo refused to say one more word in front of Yang Yanqi, Yang Yanqi couldn't help but raise her mouth.

After the ink came out, Xiao Mo began to pick up the brush and write letters.

The letter was written to Shi Shikai, and Xiao Mo asked Shi Shikai to help him do some things in the Liao Kingdom.

After finishing the letter to Shi Shi, Xiao Mo wrote another letter, which was addressed to Xiu Zhiming. In his heart, Xiao Mo asked Xiu Zhiming to go to Ji Ping and find a way to control the food in the hands of the merchants. First cut off all the way for An Dynasty's grain to flow into the Liao Kingdom.

Most of Liao's food supply is self-sufficient, but a lot of it is purchased in An Dynasty by merchants and caravans traveling between An and Liao.

What Xiao Mo had to do was to cut off the way for the Liao Kingdom to obtain food in the An Dynasty.

Originally, the An Dynasty and the Liao Kingdom were at war, and the exchanges between merchants should have been terminated because of the war.However, after hundreds of years of Sinicization in the Liao Kingdom, the accent of the Liao people, including their clothing and appearance, is very similar to the people of the An Dynasty, and it is difficult to distinguish them. Therefore, Xiao Mo knew that there must be businessmen from the Liao Kingdom who came to An Dynasty to buy grain, and then passed through the waterway shipped back to Liao.

After Xiao Mo asked Ji Ping and Xiu to monopolize An Dynasty's food by taking advantage of Chaotang and Xiu's status in the business world, this would prevent An Dynasty's food from flowing into the Liao Kingdom, and at the same time force the Liao Kingdom to speed up the progress of the war .

The two letters were naturally handed over by Xiao Mo to his detectives, and they were quickly sent to the capitals of Liao Kingdom and An Dynasty.

Starting from Taiyuan, it is of course closer to Liao.

Because the center of the Liao Kingdom moved to Xijing, Shi Shikai naturally moved to Xijing with his people.

Shi Shikai opened a teahouse in Xijing. Drinking tea was still considered a luxury in the Liao Kingdom. Usually only those high-ranking officials and nobles liked to stroll around the teahouse, so the business was not very good.

But Shi Shikai is not afraid of losing money, what he wants is the news among these dignitaries!

After receiving Xiao Mo's letter, Shi Shikai didn't dare to check it immediately, but went back to his room, and opened the letter by himself.

After reading the letter, Shi Shikai immediately burned the letter, and then called his subordinates in to give them some instructions!
The next day, in the city of Xijing in the Liao Kingdom, there were some rumors in the streets and alleys.

The rumors became more and more intense, and finally spread to all the major teahouses, restaurants, and inns in Xijing.

"Hey, have you heard? This time, all the ships we sent to Anchao to buy food were detained..."

"You heard that too?"

"Yeah... An Chao seems to be serious this time, not even a grain of food can be shipped out..."

"Huh? Is it true?"

"of course it's true……"

"And...we also heard that the imperial treasury is almost empty now, and the grain in the granary has been transported to the front line. The 50 troops are eating and drinking day and night. Think about it... how much food will be needed? ?”

Such rumors, once spread to ten, ten to a hundred, finally caused panic in the Liao Kingdom, and the people in the major grain stores also began to frantically grab grain.

The speed at which the messages spread and the impact they had caused were so great that the ministers of the court of the Liao Kingdom were completely caught off guard.

When Yelu Hongji and Zhang Xiaojie reacted and ordered the grain shops to ban the sale of grain, the grain in those grain shops in Liao Kingdom, even the door panels were taken away by the people!

This incident shocked the entire ruling and opposition parties in the Liao Kingdom, and also made Yelu Hongji, Zhang Xiaojie and others look regretful.

If I knew this earlier, I should have prepared earlier and controlled the food first, but now...

It's too late to say anything, and...

It was true that the rumors said that An Chao suddenly began to control the food in an all-round way, and blocked the coast, and all ships were not allowed to go to sea!
Yelu Hongji was so anxious that he hurriedly summoned all the ministers to come to discuss the matter, but in the end... Of course, there was nothing to discuss.

The land in the Liao Kingdom was originally barren, and rice could not be grown, and the people of the Liao Kingdom usually ate livestock or pasta and other things, and the food was purchased secretly in the An Dynasty.

Now that the An Dynasty has cut off the food supply of the Liao Kingdom, and it has been cut off so thoroughly, it also makes Yelu Hongji and Zhang Xiaojie very helpless.

In the end, Yelu Hongji had no choice but to say: "If there is no rice, there will be no rice! Also, Zhang Aiqing must tighten control and stop the loss of food. Otherwise, what will the hundreds of thousands of troops on the front line do to support them?"

Zhang Xiaojie asked in embarrassment: "Your Majesty, the front line has not fought for a long time, and it is always so exhausting. It is extremely unfavorable to my Daliao. Now that this happened again, it will make my Daliao worse. If you don't send troops again ...I'm afraid that the soldiers will be too hungry to move before our Daliao war begins..."

Yelu Hongji said: "Uncle Liberty Wang and Huo Aiqing are in charge of military and political matters... Besides, it's almost August, and the wheat is almost ripe, so let's support it for a while!"

"Your Majesty!" Zhang Xiaojie said: "I will tell you my Majesty. As the saying goes, a good woman can't cook without rice. The minister is in charge of the treasury. Now there is no food for every state and government. If we don't make preparations early, I'm afraid disaster is not far away!"

After finishing speaking, Zhang Xiaojie bowed down to Yelu Hongji and said: "I implore the emperor, order to send troops!"

Following Zhang Xiaojie's prostration, many people in the Liao Kingdom knelt down together, and said in unison: "Please order the emperor to send troops!"

(End of this chapter)