Chapter 104 Rewarding the Great Army

  As soon as Yue Yun said this, Tian Shizhong was greatly relieved in his heart. It seemed that Yue Yun had come here, after all, to urge the delivery of grain.

  Yue Fei must have been unable to spare anyone, and could only send his eldest son under the pretext of visiting the old brothers in the front army, with silver to persuade them to issue grain.

  This was exactly what he wanted, so he agreed to it first, but secretly ordered the grain transport officer to slow down, only allowing him to travel ten miles a day, so that Yue Fei would still not be able to withdraw.

  Besides, even if Yue Fei really wanted to harm himself, there was still Qin Hui to back him up, what's he afraid of!

  Thinking of this, Tian Shizhong smiled and said: "Since the young master has given orders, how dare I not follow? I will immediately order the grain officer to check the stored grain in the warehouse and transport it to Zhuxiantown!"

  Yue Yun heard this and said with a happy face: "Then Yue will thank General Tian!"

  He then turned to a young guard beside him and said: "You immediately go to the city gate, let Mr. Yu bring in the five boxes of silver behind!"

  The guard was slender, with thin lips and narrow eyes, his face slightly pale. He responded with a "yes" and was about to leave the house when Tian Shizhong hastily stopped him, saying: "Young master, your man can't open the city gate just like that, he must hold my token!"

  He thought for a moment and then said to Yang Bo, "Bo Sun, take my token and go with this brother to the city gate. Let General Yue's men bring in those five boxes of silver! Since General Yue thinks so highly of us, we can't disappoint his expectations!"

  Yang Boson took the token and hurriedly went to the east gate of the city with the young guard beside Yue Yun.

  Yue Yun drank a few more cups, as if suddenly remembering something important, and slapped his forehead, saying: "General Tian, look at me getting excited from drinking wine, I forgot to reward the generals. These five boxes of silver must be distributed immediately, otherwise when the five boxes of silver for the front army arrive, it will get mixed up! The brothers in the front army have 7,000 people, and they will definitely ask for two more boxes, which would put General Tian in a difficult position!"

  Tian Shizhong could only smile wryly and say: "It's still the young master who is considerate, Tian Mou is a rough and unrefined warrior, and hadn't even thought of that much..."

  In fact, he had already scolded Yue Yun enough in his heart.

  Originally, he wanted to take most of the five boxes of silver, leaving only a small portion for his subordinates. As for the other five boxes of silver, he had no intention of giving them to the people in the vanguard. But after Yue Yun spoke up, he could only quickly distribute the silver immediately.

  At this time, he looked at the group of subordinates staring at him with eager eyes. He had to put away his greedy thoughts and sighed: "Since the young master is so considerate of you all, I'll let you have a good time now!"

  Having said that, he ordered ten officers to go inside and bring out the five large red trunks, placing them in the center of the main hall.

  Yue Yun, with a drunken expression, walked to the five large red chests with Tian Shizhong and said in a daze: "Tian... General Tian, you guess, how many silver taels are inside these chests?"

  Tian Shizhong stared at the five boxes on the ground, pondered for a moment, and said: "One thousand two?"

  Yue Yun listened and smiled, shaking her head.

  "Two thousand two?" Tian Shizhong asked boldly.

  Yue Yun still smiled and shook his head.

  "Could it be three thousand taels?"

  Tian Shizhong was overjoyed, three thousand two silver ingots were at least equivalent to six thousand guan of money. This is not a small number in the Yue family army. Yue Fei actually willing to take out such a large sum of "funds", must have obtained a lot of gold and silver from the treasuries of the Jin Dynasty cities during the Northern Expedition.

  Yue Yun's face now revealed a hint of an eerie smile: "General Tian, why not come forward and open the box to take a look? This first box of silver is for you personally."

  Tian Shizhong walked to the front of a large red trunk, pulled up the handle on the side with his left hand, and slightly dragged it. He felt that the weight in this trunk was at least over 100 jin, which is more than 1,000 taels. Could it be that the five trunks brought by Yue Yun actually contained more than 5,000 taels of silver?

  Tian Shizhong was overjoyed and with both hands grasped the lock on the lid of the box, he forcefully lifted it...

  Outside the east gate of Xiangyang City, more than 300 soldiers of the Beiwei army wearing black helmets and armor sat in groups of three or five, eating meals brought by soldiers under Tian Shiming.

  They should have been invited to Xiangyang and treated well, but Tian Shi had a ghost in his heart, fearing that these more than 300 fierce warriors would be unfavorable to him once they entered the city.

  Yue Yun also pretended to be unaware of it with a large amount of air, allowing Tian Shizhong to send someone to entertain them outside the city.

  Those dozens of soldiers carrying food saw the warriors of Beiwei Army eating to their heart's content, while they had to stand by with a forced smile, feeling quite discontent in their hearts. They thought that General Tian was being too cautious, with just this troop of over 300 people, even if they entered the city, what big waves could they stir up? It wouldn't be worth losing their own reputation.

  Fortunately, although the soldiers of the imperial guard looked stern, they did not give them a hard time, but instead invited them to eat together. During the meal, they also talked about some interesting things in the army and their experiences fighting against the Jin people.

  Especially when talking about the scene where General Yue Yun and Jin Jun's elite "Iron Floating Diagram" and "Crooked Horse" fought, it was said that they were flying saliva and shocking. Let these dozens of soldiers who delivered food occasionally exclaim in surprise.

  The soldiers guarding the city gate also relaxed a lot when they saw that both sides were so harmonious, and they felt that their general was being too cautious. After all, everyone belongs to the Song army, and even more specifically, they belong to the same camp of the rear guard, is it necessary to make such a big deal about escorting grain supplies?

  Just then, they heard the sound of horseshoes and turned to see Yang Bosun riding towards them with a young Wei army guard.

  The officer guarding the east gate hastily led his soldiers down from the city wall to pay their respects.

  The young guard waved his hand and said, "There's no need for formalities. I'm here on the orders of the Grand Prince to have the soldiers of the Bei Wei army bring in the other five chests of silver as well. The Grand Prince said that when the time comes, they will be distributed among everyone, and each person will get a share!"

  The officer at the east gate hastily cast his inquiring gaze on Yang Bo. Without a formal order, he did not dare to open the city gate arbitrarily.

  Yang Bo Sun then took out the token and showed it to the military officer at the east gate, nodded and said: "Governor Tian has an order, let everyone open the city gate and let them send ten more people to carry the boxes in!"

  The officer at the East Gate was overjoyed when he heard this and hastily ordered his soldiers to open the city gate.

  After a while, the young guard rode his horse swiftly out of the city and spoke to the crowd of soldiers outside the city in a flurry of words.

  At this time, the soldiers patted their buttocks and stood up. Then, ten burly men formed pairs, lifted five large red chests, and followed the young guard in a stumbling gait towards the city gate.

  Yang Bo's son saw the situation and smiled slightly, waiting for the ten burly men to carry the box into the city gate tunnel. Just as he was about to order the city gate officer to close the gate, he felt a light pat on his shoulder.

  Turning back to look, it was indeed one of Yue Yun's subordinates, a young guard about twenty years old.

  He couldn't help but pause for a moment, and asked: "Does this little brother have something to ask me?"