0p0 Chapter 456 Sun Erleng is worried
Chapter 456 Sun Erleng is worried
The Great Zhou State's Shengying City, this city was still the Great Chu yesterday, but today it has changed its name. Sun Erleng rode his horse, led his 500,000 vanguard troops, and walked into this "empty city" with his head held high. Yes, it was an empty city. Except for some old men and women who were too old to walk, there was no young people and children in the city. They all ran away. Before Qi Hong withdrew his troops, he spread many rumors that the Zhou army was going to massacre the city, which scared the people and their families and ran into the mountains. Now there is no food in the city, not even a grain of rice can be found, let alone military supplies.
Sun Erleng rode on his horse, looking at the newly acquired city, and laughed: "This Qi Hong is interesting. He actually said that I want to massacre the city and scare the people away. Now, let alone labor, I have to help him support these old, weak and sick people. Otherwise, the rumor that the Zhou army is brutal will become a fact." Sun Erleng was followed by a young man, riding a horse and marching at the same pace as Sun Erleng, but the deputy commanders and generals on the side were all smiling and had no opinions at all. Because this young man was Sun Erleng's son, Sun Zhengjun!
Sun Zhengjun is eleven years old this year, but he has grown as tall as an average young man. He holds a big axe in one hand. This axe is smaller than his father's, but it weighs about 800 pounds. Sun Zhengjun looked around the city and asked curiously: "Dad, since the Chu army has retreated, why do you want to leave these people to us?"
Sun Erleng glanced at his eldest son and said patiently, "This time we are fighting a war to annihilate a country. Occupying a city is not as simple as occupying it, but also governing it. Governing a city is not easy. Your father is a warrior, and I don't understand too many details. But there is one thing I do know." Sun Zhengjun was like a curious baby and asked quickly, "What is it?" Sun Erleng said, "Of course it's the population. What do you need a city for without people? If there are no people, it is a waste city. Everything in the city needs someone to do it, such as farming, weaving, building bridges and roads. These are all civil servants' business. If you are interested, you can ask your uncle Li next time you see him."
Sun Zhengjun shook his head like a wave master and said quickly: "My son still likes fighting, so let Uncle Li take care of these things." Sun Erleng laughed and ordered: "Xiaocheng, have someone set up a few big pots outside the city and make some porridge for these old people. Don't let them starve to death~" When Nie Xiaocheng heard that the general was going to make porridge for the old, weak and sick, he hurriedly advised: "Marshal, we don't have much food left. We don't even have enough to eat ourselves, how can we give it to them?" Sun Erleng said angrily: "You want me to teach me how to do things? Just go if I tell you to, and stop talking nonsense!"
Nie Xiaocheng's neck shrank, and he quickly ordered someone to cook porridge. Sun Erleng was about to continue talking to his son when he suddenly heard a laugh behind him. Sun Erleng's eyes squinted and he shouted, "Ren Bin! Come here!" A general behind him, riding a tall horse, was chatting with a few comrades. When he heard the commander calling him, he hurriedly drove his horse over and bowed, saying, "I'm here!" Sun Erleng looked up and down at Ren Bin, and asked with a smile, "What were you talking about just now?"
Ren Bin was a little scared and said, "No, I didn't say anything. Did the Marshal hear it wrong?" Sun Erleng was furious and said, "I'm telling you! If you want to play with women, I don't care about you, but you have to manage your wife well! If I hear from my wife that your wife comes to complain again, I will castrate you!" Ren Bin was one of the first 'own people' trained by Sun Erleng. Since he was one of his own, he naturally arranged a wife for him. She was Wei Qiuju, the maid that Wei Mingwan brought with her as a dowry.
Ren Bin said hurriedly: "That woman went to complain to the Madam again? See if I won't..." "Not at all? Do you dare to hit her? Or divorce her?" Sun Erleng said coldly: "When Qiuju married you, you were just a small team leader, penniless, and she followed you without regrets and even gave birth to three sons for you! What? Do you despise her now?" Ren Bin said: "How dare I? The Madam will tear me apart?" Sun Erleng ordered: "Go and ask why the logistics supplies haven't arrived yet, hurry up for me!" Ren Bin was shocked when he heard this, and said anxiously: "Isn't there a messenger..." Sun Erleng said angrily: "I don't like you! Get out now and deliver food and grass for me. You don't have to come back if there is any mistake!"
Ren Bin went to escort the food with his head down. His comrades began to make fun of him, saying, "You were talking about your invincibility just now, but now you are so dejected. Ren Bin, why don't you dare to fight the Marshal?" Ren Bin said angrily, "Man Sanmiao, don't be complacent. When I come back, I will still be the main attacker!" Everyone laughed. Cheng Yong laughed and said, "Next time, I will definitely be the main attacker! No one can compete with me!" Ren Bin tutted and said, "Cheng Yong, it's not that I look down on you. Except for your better fighting skills, how can you compare with me? Fighting requires brains~!"
After that, Ren Bin pointed at his temple. Cheng Yong said angrily, "Are you saying I have no brains?" A group of generals started to quarrel. They hadn't decided when to attack the city yet, but they were already arguing about the main attack. Sun Erleng was used to it, so he ignored them and turned around to ask his personal soldiers, "Are there any letters from me?" The personal soldiers hurriedly replied, "There haven't been any letters in the past few days." "No letters from the capital?" Sun Erleng was a little worried and muttered secretly, "It's strange. Since the war started, my father-in-law hasn't sent me a single letter. Did I do something wrong?"
Since the war began, Sun Erleng has written to the emperor and his father-in-law almost every ten days. But he hasn't received a single reply yet, and he's wondering if he did something wrong. His father-in-law is angry with him. These cities were taken too easily, and Sun Erleng is afraid that it's Qi Hong's trick, so he wants to consult his father-in-law. He's sent three letters in the past few days, but he hasn't received a single reply from his father-in-law yet.
Sun Erleng came to the City Lord's Mansion with a heavy heart. The servants immediately prepared a table of food, and the father and son ate together. Seeing that his father was absent-minded while eating, Sun Zhengjun asked with concern: "Dad, you seem to be worried, why don't you talk to the child?" Sun Erleng heard that his son actually wanted to ask about his worries. What could this little brat understand? However, his wife was not around and there was no one to talk to, so Sun Erleng planned to chat with his son casually, and then smiled and said: "Actually, there is nothing, it's just your grandpa. Dad wrote him several letters to ask him about something, but he didn't reply to any of them."
When Sun Zhengjun heard that it was this, he smiled and said, "I thought it was something else. You are so old, why do you still ask grandpa this and that?" Sun Erleng slapped his thigh and thought to himself, "So that's it! My father-in-law wants me to be independent and not ask him everything! That's right, it must be like this!"