"Long live! The Ministry of Revenue only had two million taels left, and it was almost the Ten Thousand Flourishing Festival, so they were unable to support the grain supply this time.”The Minister of Revenue, Zhou Zheng, replied.
"What? Didn't we just receive five million taels of tax silver? Why do you say there's no silver!" Emperor Long Xing stood up and said angrily.
"This…was borrowed by the officials.”Zhou Zheng knelt down helplessly.
Emperor Long Xing was furious. These noblemen were just lying on the court and sucking blood. But because of the Retired Emperor, he didn't have any effective solutions. If they were asked to pay back the money, they would go to the Retired Emperor and cry.
The Retired Emperor would say that he, the Emperor, was not filial and that he could not live a peaceful life when he was old. Emperor Long Xing didn't want to carry the reputation of being unfilial. It was not good for him to govern the world.
" In the future, if an official borrows money from the Ministry of Revenue, ask him to come to me. Without my decree, the Ministry of Revenue cannot lend a single cent," Emperor Long Xing said.
"Yes, Your Majesty." Zhou Zheng got up and returned to the court. He thought to himself that he had angered the Emperor this time. When the Retired Emperor passed away, it would be the time for the Emperor to make a move on the nobles.
This group of nobles were full of mistakes, and they were accurate.
"Transfer out one million taels from my private treasury. That's all, withdraw from court!”Emperor Long Xing said with a dark face.
" Come, come," Bian Cheng said." How did you do it? Tell me."”Liu Sancheng said as he walked.
After Jia Xuan recounted the process. The generals looked at each other. Was it that simple? Were Jurchen all fools?
They did not know Jia Xuan's ability. They only thought that Jia Xuan was lucky.
"Whether it was luck or the Jurchen slacking off, we have achieved our goal.”Liu Sancheng smiled and the generals nodded.
"Commander, what should we do next?”a general said.
"If we send troops and are still at a disadvantage, what if they transfer food from other places and continue to besiege us?”Another general said. For a moment, there was a heated discussion in the tent.
"What do you think, Nephew?" Liu Sancheng looked at Jia Xuan, hoping that this young man would come up with an unexpected idea.
"Milord, if we were to fight outside the city, we would definitely be at a disadvantage. We might as well send a small number of cavalry to harass them. They killed their scouts and made them tired of running around. If they run out of rations and retreat, we can chase them down with our army.”Jia Xuan replied.
"This is a good idea." Liu Sancheng nodded.
He didn't believe that the Jurchen could bring much grain with her.
"Moreover, I can go to other places in the border city and destroy their other provisions.”Jia Xuan continued.
"Good! As expected of the descendant of Duke Rong." Liu Sancheng's eyes lit up. If that was the case, then the Jurchen would not be able to hold on for long. If things went wrong, the Jurchen would have already retreated before the imperial court's reinforcements arrived.
Three days later, Jia Xuan came in and saluted,"Lord Commander, this subordinate has already destroyed the provisions and baggage of the other two places."
"Haha, good, good, good!" Liu Sancheng was overjoyed.
This was the sweat of the Immortal, roaring angrily. "You bunch of trash! How could he let people destroy all the provisions and supplies?”
"Great Khan, that person comes and goes without a trace. By the time we found it, it was already on fire. Most of the rations and supplies had been burned, and only half of the cattle and sheep were left.”a leader said.
"Retreat. We can only retreat. Otherwise, we'll all have to stay here.”The Great Khan said helplessly.
"Report! The Jurchen has begun to retreat." The messenger came to report.
"Gather the troops and follow me out of the city." Liu Sancheng said excitedly.
Because the Maple Fire Guards only had 5000 cavalrymen, they could only bring cavalrymen out to battle. The infantrymen could only wait outside the city.
This time, Jia Xuan also went out with them. Jia Xuan was dressed in black battle armor and held a crescent blade in his hand. He looked heroic and majestic.
Horns sounded all over the city, and the 5000 cavalrymen rushed towards the Jurchen.
When he collided with the troops that the Jurchen had left behind to cover the rear, Jia Xuan finally felt the cruelty of war. Blood splattered everywhere, and severed arms flew everywhere.
Jia Xuan did not have any battle formations or Killing techniques at all. He only relied on his tyrannical body to charge forward. Immediately, wherever Jia Xuan passed. Not a single one survived, all of them were cut in half by Jia Xuan's saber.
Seeing how powerful their commander was, the 100 people behind him instantly felt their blood boil. They roared and followed their commander to kill crazily.
It was really Jia Xuan's hundred-man team that was like an awl that directly stabbed into the Zhenren's camp. He killed the Jurchen until she wailed like a ghost. The Jurchen's weapon could not hurt Jia Xuan at all. Even if it hit him, it would only leave shallow marks.
Following Jia Xuan's charge, the Zhenren gradually collapsed, frantically fleeing back and forth. The army killed all the way until they were ten miles away.
After counting the results of the battle, they had killed more than 8000 Jurchen people. He had lost less than 1000 people. As for Jia Xuan's 100-man team, none of them died. At most, they suffered some minor injuries.
This was already a very glorious result. He had never had such great results in a battle with the Jurchen.
"Not bad, not bad. It was the old Duke's seed. It's much better than those balloons." Liu Sancheng said joyfully. He was not only happy that the old Duke had a successor, but also happy that he had obtained this brave and skilled battle general.
Under the respectful gazes of many soldiers, Jia Xuan and Liu Sancheng returned to the camp. The 100-man team behind him followed closely under the envious gazes of the other brothers.
When the other two Jurchen retreated, there was no such intense battle. He just followed behind the Jurchen and watched them retreat. Even if the border city went out to fight, they would only behead a thousand or so. It could be said that the Maple Fire Guards had become famous in the border army this time.
" Old Liu, let's discuss something," Wang Li said with a smile.
"Hehe! Daren could talk about other things, but it was impossible for him to get Jia Xuan.”Liu Sancheng shook his head like a rattle.
"5000 warhorses. See if it works.”Wang Li laughed sinisterly. He knew that the Maple Fire Guards lacked warhorses, and they had the least number of cavalry among the three guards.
"No, even if you give me 10,000 horses, I won't trade.”Liu Sancheng said.
Such a valiant general with the courage of a tyrant could not be exchanged for anything. Every general had the heart to cherish talents, not to mention that this was the descendant of the Duke of Rong.
"What are you guys fighting for? If the battle report goes up this time, he might not be able to stay with us.”the Maple Forest Guard commander said.
"How is that possible? The border army has the most battles here. If we don't keep such a brave general here, are we going to transfer him back?”Liu Sancheng said.
"I mean, what if he's also a commander? Can you command him?”
Liu Sancheng was instantly speechless. It was possible that this was due to the great battle merits.
"Whatever we say here is useless. Let's wait for Lord Wansui's decree.”Wang Li said.
In the Palace of Heavenly Purity, Emperor Longxing was overjoyed after reading the battle report at the border. He slammed the table and stood up. "What a brave Overlord, what a black-armored general.”
"Dai Quan, do you know who this Jia Xuan is? This battle report says that he is the grandson of the Duke of Rong, Jia Daishan, but I have never heard of him having such a grandson.”Emperor Long Xing asked.
"Replying to Lord Wansui. Jia Xuan was the son of Jia She's concubine. Because of his mother's lowly status, he was chased out of the Jia residence. Later on, when he found out that he was pregnant, he desperately gave birth to the child and passed away. Later on, Jia She took the child back to the Rong Mansion and raised him like this.”Dai Quan replied carefully.
"Oh, so he's not close to the people of Rong Mansion.”Emperor Long Xing said.
"Yes, Lord Long Live. Jia Xuan's life in Rong Mansion was not easy. He was not even as decent as a servant. This time, he didn't know what was wrong with Jia She to give him the position of Zhenwei Lieutenant.”Dai Quan replied.
"No matter what he did, he helped Jia Xuan recruit Zhenwei Lieutenant. If he hadn't gone crazy, how could I have gotten such a peerless general? Haha." Emperor Long Xing seemed very happy.
"This is the emperor's great fortune. There was also such a peerless and fierce general who came to assist.”
"You old thing, you only know how to say what zhen likes to hear.”Emperor Long Xing scolded with a smile.
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