12dz Chapter 560 It’s hard to look directly
Chapter 560 It’s hard to look directly
In the Xia Kingdom, people have a deep-seated fear of the government and the emperor, so very few dare to resist the powerful. Yang Zheng and Yang Erlang are the first, and the boy Yuan Wu is talking about is the second one Yang Zheng has heard!
But... I killed the officials and rebelled because I couldn't survive, so why did that young man kill Xia Yuanying?
Coming to his senses, Yang Zheng looked at Yuan Wu and asked, "Brother Yuan, do you know why that young man wanted to kill Xia Yuanying?"
I know a little bit.
Yuan Wu thought for a moment and replied, "It seems that Xia Yuanying used maids from the Qingwang Mansion to serve the barbarians, which led to the deaths of a large number of maids, who suffered extremely cruel torture before their deaths."
And among those maids who were tortured to death, there happened to be one that the young man knew.
"Damn Xia Yuanying!"
Yang Erlang slammed his hand on the armrest of his chair, gritting his teeth as he said, "The maids in the Qingwang Mansion are all women from ordinary families. Xia Yuanying actually made them serve barbarians! They deserve to die!!!"
Liangzhou borders the grasslands, and the people living in Liangzhou know how cruel the barbarians are to the Xia people, which is why Yang Erlang is so angry at this moment.
Even a fool could imagine the inhuman torture that the women Xia Yuanying used to serve the barbarians would suffer.
"This Xia Yuanying is a beast, he has no conscience whatsoever."
"As a prince, not only did he have an affair with the barbarians, but he also used respectable women from the Xia Kingdom to feed the tigers. It's utterly disgusting."
“That boy did a good job. A beast like Xia Yuanying should be torn to pieces.”
"..."
The other generals of the Yang family army were also furious; what Xia Yuanying had done was simply unbearable for them to look at.
The barbarians and the Xia people have been mortal enemies for thousands of years. Xia Yuanying not only traded with the barbarians, but also used women from the Xia Kingdom to entertain them. He was simply a beast.
"Ah, so this is the royal family of the Xia Kingdom."
Yang Zheng sneered. He had always despised Xia Yuanying's character, so he wasn't too surprised when he heard about Xia Yuanying's actions.
However, a nameless rage still welled up in his heart.
They forcibly abducted respectable women to the Qingwang Mansion, then used them to entertain barbarians, watching them be tortured to death by the barbarians...
Xia Yuanying deserves to be torn to pieces!
"These filthy bugs, I'll chop their heads off sooner or later!"
Yang Erlang said angrily.
He had long lost all reverence for the royal family. In fact, when the Yang family army rose up in Liangzhou, they killed many members of the royal family who had committed numerous evils. However, because these members were all members of the royal family, that is, marginal figures of the Xia family, the impact was not significant.
"Me too! Once Commander Yang leads us into the capital, I'll personally skin and kill all those royal family members!"
"No way! Those members of the royal family must be left for me to kill."
"You must leave me three!"
"I will cut off the heads of five members of the royal family, otherwise I will not be able to quell my anger."
"..."
Inside the room, the generals were talking about beheading members of the royal family.
Yang Zheng then said to Yuan Wu, "Brother Yuan, I have understood the matter clearly. You can leave now."
"Thank you, Heavenly King Yang."
Yuan Wu bowed to Yang Zheng, then turned and left.
After Yuan Wu left, Yang Zheng looked at everyone present and asked, "Brothers, what do you think? Is Xia Yuanying's death good or bad for us?"
"Of course it's a good thing."
A square-faced man said without hesitation, "Leaving aside the evil deeds Xia Yuanying committed, his status as the King of Qingzhou is a huge obstacle for us. Now that Xia Yuanying is dead, the Qingzhou army is leaderless. We may be able to march into Qingzhou and occupy a larger territory."
"Not bad!"
Yang Erlang chimed in, “General, now that Xia Yuanying is dead, the Qingzhou army will surely be in chaos. This is the perfect opportunity for us to send troops to Qingzhou.”
"It is indeed a good time."
Yang Zheng nodded in agreement, then added, "However... given our current state, it's really difficult to launch a major offensive."
With the autumn harvest approaching, the Yang family army is currently focusing most of its energy on the harvest. Moreover, the recent major battle with 25 government troops has also caused considerable losses to the Yang family army. Given the current state of the Yang family army, it is not suitable for a large-scale military campaign.
"General, we must not miss such a golden opportunity!"
A burly man hurriedly said, "If we don't seize this opportunity to send troops to Qingzhou, it will be much more difficult for us to enter Qingzhou again once the Qingzhou army recovers."
"Yes, Commander, now is the best opportunity. If we don't seize it, it may be difficult to go south later."
"General, we must not miss this opportunity."
"We must take advantage of the fact that the Qingzhou army is leaderless and send troops to Qingzhou."
"..."
Others also urged Yang Zheng to make the decision to send troops to Qingzhou and seize more territory.
"I know everything you're saying."
Yang Zheng sighed and said, "But we haven't even established a firm foothold in Liangzhou yet, so where do we find the energy to send troops to Qingzhou?"
Yang Zheng and the White Lotus Sect are different. After the White Lotus Sect occupied Yuezhou, it adopted a predatory development strategy and did not intend to govern Yuezhou properly. Instead, it took whatever it wanted from the people of Yuezhou and plundered their wealth to strengthen itself.
In contrast, Yang's army and the White Lotus Sect had completely different ideas. Yang Zheng always regarded Liangzhou as his base and devoted himself to managing and governing Liangzhou.
The different choices made by the two individuals led to different outcomes.
The White Lotus Sect's methods allowed them to rapidly expand their army, quickly accumulating vast wealth and resources.
As for the Yang family army... because they did not choose to plunder the people, their resources were extremely scarce. Although Yang Zheng obtained a large amount of resources by confiscating the property of landlords, the landlords in Liangzhou usually had more medicinal herbs, gold, silver, and valuables, while the most important thing for the Yang family army, food and fodder... Yang Zheng obtained very little. Previously, they could alleviate the food shortage by obtaining food and fodder from the granaries in various places, but now...
The grain and fodder in the granaries across the country had been completely consumed, and Yang's army was once again facing a food shortage.
Fortunately, the autumn harvest is just around the corner, and once it's over, the harvested grain will alleviate the food shortage for Yang's army.
Otherwise... Yang Zheng would really have to do what the White Lotus Sect did and start robbing ordinary people of their last remaining food supplies.
Yang Zheng is neither capable of doing such a thing nor would he do it.
Therefore, he suppressed the idea of sending troops. Logistics was of paramount importance for the army's expedition, and food supplies were the most important part of logistics. Without food supplies, the army simply could not set out on an expedition.