One Thousand Five Hundred and Thirty-Four: Defeating Nieliang, Attacking Yang Tao, and Pointing the Sword to the World (92)
Fengzhen's ability to control the navy and control public opinion is not as good as Wei Ci's, but it is far beyond the normal level of this period.
When Yang Tao and others discovered something was wrong, the rumors had already spread completely, almost like a wildfire, and the people were panicked. Doubled up.
"Bastard—why didn't this matter be reported sooner?"
It is rare for Yang Tao to get really angry. He is indeed a loose-tempered person, but he is not a coward who can keep silent after being bullied.
This matter not only resents Yang Si and Feng Zhen's insidiousness and ignorance, but also resents the inaction of the people under the account. The people are making such a scene, and the relevant news is only brought to his case. Public opinion has already formed a fire, and it will be difficult to extinguish it.
The courtier who was questioned by Yang Tao was very wronged, and he was also innocent.
"The enemy is very cunning. They not only hire beggars and refugees to spread rumors, but also send people to spread rumors in teahouses, restaurants, restaurants and other places. They often use the names of relatives who cannot be reached to deceive the people's trust. Those foolish people are also easy to deceive. Just a few words and you'll be credulous."
The courtiers did not dare to exonerate themselves clearly, so they could only divert their anger and blame the enemy and foolish people.
It is neither spring plowing nor autumn harvest at this moment. Many people are so idle that they have enough time to catch lice.
They can relish a little widow's gossip, not to mention the rumors spread by Fengzhen.
When their people found out, the number of people who knew the rumors was already huge, and the rumors could not be controlled at all.
Yang Tao had a gloomy face, seeing through the man's tricks, but he couldn't really put all the responsibility on the other party.
Qian Sudao, "My lord, the most important thing at this time is to find a way to block the mouths of Youyou. If the rumor spreads further, not only the people will be panicked, but the soldiers under the tent will also be affected. In contrast, Feng Zhen and others Tricks can be ignored."
As long as Fengzhen and the others don't send troops to attack, those provocations and small actions can be ignored.
Yang Tao rubbed his brows with a headache, and asked Qian Sudao, "How to block?"
If there were only a small group of people, it would be fine if they were arrested and severely punished, but not now.
Yang Tao is not good at dealing with these things at all, and usually delegates power to Yan Lin or Qian Su.
"It's a pity that Shaoyang is not here..." Qian Su said with emotion. Yan Lin is training and inspecting military equipment in Huankou at the moment, and he probably doesn't know about this. He continued, "I have a way. It’s possible, my lord, why don’t you listen to it?”
Yang Tao said, "When is this, and if there is a way, tell me."
He is very dependent on Yan Lin, but it doesn't mean that he will only stare at Yan Lin and ignore other courtiers, let alone make them cold-hearted.
Qian Su said, "Since the enemy is spreading rumors that our army has insufficient food and grass, it is better to let them see that the rumors will be self-defeating."
Yang Tao was stunned for a moment, wondering why, "Our army is indeed short of food and supplies, how can we show it to outsiders?"
Qian Su said with a smile, "confusing the enemy is nothing more than a deceitful means, as long as it can stabilize people's hearts."
They are indeed out of money and food, but that doesn't stop them from cheating.
As a result, on the second day, a grain transportation team of a thousand people appeared on the street.
Some wooden rice jars are carried on the shoulders, while others are piled on the car boards and pulled by people.
The common people felt it was novel when they saw it, and stretched their necks one by one to take a closer look.
At this time, a cook accidentally sprained his foot, and the wooden rice jar he was carrying on his shoulder fell to the ground, the opening was knocked open, and the grain inside was scattered all over the floor. The centurion threw a whip at the cook, who was whipped with an ouch and rolled on the ground in pain.
"Hurry up and collect all the grain! Slowly, when will this batch of grain be collected in the grain depot."
The cook knelt down to beg for mercy, hurriedly put the scattered food back into the wooden barrel, sealed the opening again, and with the help of others, put it back on his shoulders.
Whether it is the wooden rice jars carried on the shoulders of the cook or the rice jars piled high on the cart,
Each one is full of weight.
This point can be deduced just by looking at the cook's heavy steps and wheel marks.
The people watching this scene were silently speechless.
"Didn't it mean that the army was short of food and was too poor to get rid of it? Where did the food come from?"
"This batch of grain is worth less than ten thousand stones, right?"
"The previous rumors must have been deliberately released by Liu Xi in an attempt to shake the morale of the army..."
Those who said these words were the nails arranged by Qian Su in advance, and the people around him would only follow suit.
Several batches were transported in this way, and the rumor that Yang Tao was short of food was temporarily suppressed.
When Feng Zhen heard about this, he couldn't help but sneer.
Yang Si smiled and said, "I don't know who came up with such an idea, but he is so bold that he is not afraid of being exposed in public as a fake?"
If Fengzhen and the others got the news in time, they might send someone to rush over to make a fuss and knock over those wooden rice vats.
They would like to see if these full rice jars are full of genuine grain!
Pity--
Yang Si and the others found out much later, and Yang Tao had already suppressed the rumors.
Feng Zhen said, "If Yang Si is even afraid of this little risk, we don't have to fight him, so as not to lower the style."
No strategy is really unsolvable and seamless, and even the best method will have certain risks.
Qian Su can react in a short time, who can say that he did not do well?
Yang Si said with a smile, "If there is a chance, we must recruit this person and let him and Zixiao 'work together'."
Wei Ci manipulated the public opinion to fly, and Qian Su's crisis public relations also made a good appearance. Together, these two people can clean up the black.
Feng Zhen said something sarcastic, "Yang Tao won't fail, but you still want to recruit people he needs?"
Yang Si said, "Then find a way to make Yang Tao fall!"
Feng Zhen said, "Yang Tao's weakness at this time is food, supplies, soldiers and horses. The latter is easy to say, but the former is not easy to solve."
Counting the time, there is still a while before the autumn harvest, so Fengzhen wanted to gamble.
Yang Si asked him, "What are you betting on?"
Feng Zhen said, "It's a bet that Yang Tao's grain reserves won't last until the autumn harvest."
When the gentry were winking at them before, several gentry families occupying countless fertile fields revealed some key news-Yang Tao once sent people to borrow food from them, and the amount of food borrowed was quite large-these gentry were also good people, and they knew the so-called The borrowed food was never returned, and they were not optimistic about Yang Tao, so they declined it. In order to win Feng Zhen's trust, they used this to belittle Yang Tao.
Yang Si understood Feng Zhen's plan.
"You mean to lure Yang Tao's troops to intercept the food?"
Feng Zhen nodded and said, "Exactly what I mean!"
Yang Sidao, "Yang Tao has a lot of people under his tent, so they may not be easily fooled."
Feng Zhen said, "It's fake, of course they won't be fooled, but if it's true? Yang Tao used Zhao to plot against us, why don't we follow his example and follow his method to plot back?"
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