Chapter 645 Guo Jia's Dangerous Words
"In addition, these are only the property confiscated in the treasury of the Xianbei people. Because the cleaning time of Longcheng is too short, the cleaning has not yet achieved obvious results, so the property obtained from the cleaning is not included in the calculation. If the cleaning can be completed smoothly, It is estimated that the monetary gain from our trip will exceed four billion gold!"
As if disgusted that the shock was not big enough, Chen Guan dropped another bomb!
"It's unreasonable! The Xianbei people are so rich, and He Lian went out to plunder when his brain was flooded?" Hearing that the harvest is expected to be four billion gold, Shang Ji's mind was buzzing, his eyes were straight, and he couldn't help feeling blurted out.
At the beginning, Shang Ji fooled Lu Bu, saying that the total assets of the Xianbei people were conservatively estimated to be more than 10 billion gold. Shang Ji did not lie on this point, but a reasonable estimate.
However, this is the three parts of the left, middle and right, the entire Xianbei, and the entire property of hundreds of millions of people. Although a dragon city is the capital of Xianbei, it is impossible for it to be so rich!
You must know that the money that Helian looted in the Han area was less than 400 million gold, and this almost drove Helian crazy. If Helian is really sitting on more than two billion gold, is it worthwhile to go south to plunder? Han people are not really easy to bully!
"Hey, let me explain this question!"
But Liu Yi coughed lightly and stood up, "My lord, everyone, this time our army has achieved far more than expected. The first point is that the lord is wise, and the second is God's help!"
Shang Ji also recovered this time, smiled and waved his hands and said, "Wait a minute, God help me, I can understand this, where is my wisdom?"
"My lord successfully recruited Qiqin, the deputy commander of the Xianbei Shamanism's Guardian Army. It is because of Qiqin that we were able to find the Shamanism's treasury!"
"The treasury? Are you saying that the money is from the shamans? That's not right. It's impossible for the shamans to have so much money!" The influence of shamanism in Xianbei is indeed very strong, and it can even be traced back to the Donghu period before the Xiongnu.
But shamanism, as a religion, is still attached to the secular regime in essence. Once a real Xianbei Alliance master is born, then the shamanism has only one way to bow down and be a junior.
It can even be said that the comprehensive strength of either Ke Bineng or Bu Dugen is stronger than that of Shamanism. If the shamanism could come up with more than two billion gold, then he would have quit and established a corrupt country long ago!
"The money was not taught by the shaman. It can be said that we took a huge bargain!" Then Liu Yi didn't hold back, and told the whole story.
In the period when Xianbei was not yet unified, the power struggles within the various tribes of Xianbei were very cruel, and often ended in complete failure of one side. Not only the life of the leader of the losing party is in danger, but even his followers will inevitably die.
This fierce power struggle naturally greatly consumed Xianbei's final strength. After Tan Shikui was born to dominate the grassland, he began to carry out reforms.
However, the Xianbei tradition is too deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, and even Tan Shikui cannot completely stop it. However, in order to alleviate internal friction, Tan Shikui negotiated with the young leaders and leaders of various tribes and stipulated that in internal struggles, as long as one party admits defeat, the winning party must not kill them all. The losing party must be allowed to leave on its own with its close relatives and a small amount of property.
This move is beneficial to any Xianbei nobleman. After all, no one can guarantee that he will be the winner of that struggle, so it can be promoted and implemented smoothly.
This method not only effectively reduced internal friction in Xianbei, but also promoted the development of Xianbei's financial industry in disguise.
No one can guarantee that they will always be winners, so everyone will store their main property while they are in power, in case of emergency.
And who is the best place to save money? Of course, it is the shamanism that has always maintained a neutral position and has far-reaching influence and good strength in the entire Xianbei!
Therefore, shamanism also played the role of a "Swiss bank" in Xianbei. Of the 2.8 billion gold, only about 200 million is the property of shamanism itself, and the rest is the collective deposits of all nobles in Xianbei.
Shang Ji's attack on Dragon City was too sudden, and it took less than a day from the beginning of the battle to the end of the war.
The shamanism retreated hastily, and there was no time to transfer the belongings. Therefore, this unprecedented amount of deposits was wiped out by the Pingzhou Army!
Originally, the treasury where the shamanism saves money is also a secret, and only a few people in the entire shamanism know about it. However, it was unfortunate that Chiqin was one of those people, and what was even more unfortunate was that he was captured and surrendered forcibly!
"That is to say, we provoked all the powerful Xianbei nobles at once?"
"Not all of them, it's about 90%. There are also a small number of Xianbei nobles who did not save money in Shamanism for various reasons." Liu Yi shrugged and said rather bitterly.
"Hehe, it doesn't look bad enough."
Shang Ji could already imagine the crazy scene of the Xianbei nobles knowing that he had spent half of their life savings in one pot. In order to get back his own property, or in other words, for the huge sum of 2.8 billion yuan, the entire grassland is staring at greedy eyes, trying to kill and divide himself!
This Sirius summoning order is estimated to be the one with the largest number of responses and the most active deployment in history!
But in response to that sentence, people die for money and birds die for food, and it is impossible to spit out the fat that has reached the mouth. In the end, who is the prey and who is the hunter, it depends on the means!
"Everyone, everyone has heard the specific situation. We have two ways to go next. First, immediately abandon Dragon City and quickly return to the teacher with the property we have harvested so far; second, continue the original plan and wait until Dragon City is destroyed. If you want to withdraw the troops again, please tell us what you think!"
Everyone fell silent when they heard the words. In this case, it is obviously more cost-effective to abandon the city. After all, with a huge asset of 2.8 billion gold, as long as they can successfully return to Pingzhou, it will be worth losing this battle!
However, choosing the first path felt like escaping, and it didn't match the Pingzhou Army's consistent combat style.
In addition, just now Chen Guancai said that if the cleaning of the entire Dragon City can be completed, the total harvest is expected to exceed 4 billion gold, and at the same time there will be a king city-level city heart, and a large amount of building materials and blueprints.
Faced with these temptations, no one can easily say a word.
Greed is the original sin!
"General, can you say a few words, kid?" After a moment of silence, the first one to speak out was Guo Jia, who had never said a word in the past.
"Bong Xiao, please tell me!"
"Generals, gentlemen." Guo Jia got up and cupped his hands to everyone present, and continued: "In my humble opinion, in this battle, we should and must stick to Dragon City until it is completely destroyed!"
As soon as Guo Jia opened his mouth, he attracted everyone's attention. Although no one spoke before, most of them tended to retreat as soon as they saw a good deal, so as to avoid the result of stealing chickens and losing money.
"I can understand the choice to persevere, but why do you say you must persevere? Is it possible that giving up Dragon City now will cause any harm to our army?"
"General, let's listen to the boy to analyze one by one for the general!" Although Guo Jia is only fifteen years old, he has already begun to have the demeanor of a ghost. Facing everyone's suspicious eyes, instead of panicking, he talked freely.
"May I ask the general, what is the strategic goal of our army in this battle?"
"Eliminate Xianbei, relieve the border troubles in the north, and at the same time plunder and enrich yourself." Shang Ji stated the strategic goal of this trip without any hesitation.
"In the opinion of the general, if we evacuate Dragon City now, can we accomplish this strategic goal?"
Without waiting for Shang Ji's answer, Guo Jia continued on his own: "As far as I know, the general's Northern Expedition to Xianbei at this time is just taking advantage of Xianbei's civil strife, and at the same time, it is also an idea to defeat each other. I don't know what the boy said. Is there a mistake?"
"good!"
Shang Ji frowned and said intently. He already roughly guessed what Guo Jia was going to say.
"Returning to the teacher now, not only have we missed the excellent opportunity to eliminate Xianbei, but there are even more serious consequences waiting for us. Please forgive me for speaking bluntly, Xianbei has a vast territory, and there are tens of millions of people in armor. If it is not occupied I am afraid that the generals may not be able to defeat Xianbei due to the cheapness of Xianbei's civil strife. In terms of overall strength, Xianbei is still above Pingzhou."
Although everyone was a little unhappy when they heard the words, they had to admit that what Guo Jia said made sense. In terms of final strength, Pingzhou is really not as good as Xianbei.
Guo Jia ignored everyone's expressions and continued: "The Northern Expedition to Xianbei went smoothly for two reasons. One is the Xianbei internal struggle, which gave us an opportunity. Two, General Lu, General Gongsun, and Inspector Ding Wait for your allies to help you.
If the general returns home with a huge sum of money at this time, how will he get along with several allies? Several generals ask for spoils, will the general give it or not? If you give it, how much will you give? These can be dirty all your life.
In addition, after He Lian's death, Xianbei tended to fall apart. Now the general has a huge sum of money. Under the temptation of huge funds, the Xianbei people will definitely temporarily put aside their internal struggles and wholeheartedly pursue the general to rob property. It can be said that to a certain extent, the general helped the Xianbei people complete the temporary unification.
A huge sum of 2.8 billion, such an astronomical figure, I am afraid that Xianbei will not give up even if he chases after Pingzhou. Can General Zidu use the power of Pingzhou to counter the tens of thousands of red-eyed Xianbei troops? With the current situation of the big man, the court rescue is out of the question. Even when the time comes, there will be no fewer people who take advantage of the fire. Ding Yuan, Gongsun Zan and others can turn from allies to enemies in an instant, and Han Fu, Yuan Shao and others will not mind biting a piece of flesh from the general!
Oh, by the way, I heard that the general and the regent of Joseon (Park Eun) of the foreign kingdom Lee's family are also dirty? It is estimated that this Xuyang Jun will not give up this good opportunity for revenge. When the time comes to attack from all sides, will the general be able to withstand it? "
"No, no... As for it?"
Guo Jia's words made everyone's heads break out in cold sweat, and Su Huan said in a bit of a gnawing voice.
Guo Jia turned around and smiled, showing a row of white teeth to Su Huan, bowed and said, "General Su, what do you think the kid said is wrong? Please correct me, General!"
"This... this..." Su Huan was at a loss for words for a moment, stuttering and unable to speak. Thinking about it carefully, the situation described by Guo Jia is really very likely to happen!