novelAbuy Chapter 60 Yang Feng: Dare to bully me, I'll make sure none of you have anything to eat!
Chapter 60 Yang Feng: Dare to bully me, I'll make sure none of you have anything to eat!
East Camp of the City.
Yang Feng paced back and forth in his tent, looking somewhat uneasy.
He had a vague feeling that a storm was brewing.
Just then, the minor leader whom Guo Jia's spies had bribed rushed in.
"Commander! I've received word that Jiao is plotting against you!"
Yang Feng frowned and asked, "Where did you get this information?"
"It was something I overheard Jiao Yi saying by chance."
He said the commander-in-chief suspects you of secretly colluding with the Han people and has sent Jiao to find an opportunity to seize your military power!
"Secretly colluding with Han people??" Yang Feng suddenly recalled the Han man in white he had seen in the county government office today.
But wasn't he going to see the commander-in-chief?
As Yang Feng was still wondering, he recalled the resentful look Jiao had given him when he left.
A thought suddenly popped into his head: "Could it be that they're using that Han Chinese man to frame me?"
Just then, Jiao suddenly sent someone to invite Yang Feng to his residence for a meeting.
A guard at the gate led in a junior officer from Jiao's camp to report: "Commander, Commander Jiao has sent someone to invite you to his residence for a meeting!"
The underling immediately seized the opportunity, saying, "Jiao Yi is clearly using the pretext of a meeting to lure you there so he can take you down!"
Yang Feng felt a chill run through his body, and his panic intensified.
He shouted loudly outside, "Tell Commander Jiao that I have important business to attend to and don't have time to go."
The junior officer was completely bewildered, thinking to himself, "Didn't you send someone to deliver a message to our commander? Why aren't you going when the commander comes to invite you?"
After a moment's hesitation, the junior officer called out again, "Commander Yang, our commander sincerely invites you..."
I don't believe you for a second!
Before he could finish speaking, Yang Feng lifted the tent flap and interrupted, "This commander still needs to inspect the granary, I really don't have time to go."
After saying that, without waiting for the junior officer to speak,
Yang Feng then gathered a large group of people and they all headed out of the camp.
Only the junior officer remained in the camp, standing bewildered in the wind.
The granary was located five miles east of the city, right next to the river.
The warehouse was stockpiled with more than 20,000 shi of grain collected from surrounding tribes, which was enough to feed tens of thousands of Yue soldiers in Jing County for half a year.
Yang Feng had only intended to find an excuse to get rid of Jiao Yi's invitation, but when he arrived at the granary, something really did happen.
As Yang Feng walked to a place not far from the granary, he saw a group of his own soldiers gathered in front of it, discussing something.
Yang Feng walked over and scolded, "What are you all doing gathered together like this?"
"Commander!" a soldier cried out upon seeing Yang Feng, "There's a problem with the grain in the granary!"
"!" Yang Feng was startled, and then quickly stepped forward to check it himself.
The outermost stacks of burlap sacks had been cut open, but what flowed out wasn't grain, but mud and sand!
Yang Feng's pupils suddenly contracted, and then he personally cut open several more bags of grain, only to find that they were all filled with mud and sand!
The granary manager knelt on the ground, trembling all over.
Yang Feng's eyes were like knives as he stared intently at the steward and asked, "Speak, what exactly happened?"
"Reporting to...Reporting to the commander...These past few days...only Commander Jiao's men...have come...have come to transport the grain..." The steward was so frightened that he could barely speak.
Upon hearing that it was Jiao Yi again, Yang Feng couldn't help but look up to the sky and sigh, "You bastard Jiao Yi, you won't rest until you've got me dead!"
However, before Yang Feng could catch his breath, another commotion suddenly broke out outside the granary camp gate.
A bodyguard rushed in: "Commander, Commander Lei's men have arrived. They say they want to demand an explanation from you."
Yang Feng frowned: "What explanation does Lei Hu want now?"
"Several of Jiao Yi's patrolmen died outside Commander Lei's camp. The survivors say that you sent people to do it, and they're trying to frame Commander Lei!"
"I'll f*** him! When did I, the commander, send men to kill Jiao Yi's men?" Yang Feng was furious.
However, his anger had barely subsided when his expression instantly turned to terror!
"frame!"
"This must be a trick orchestrated by Jiao himself, designed to frame me!"
Outside the camp gate,
Lei Hu sent a leader with a fierce face.
He was followed by a dozen burly men, each armed with a weapon, their faces full of displeasure.
When the leader saw that Yang Feng refused to come out, he thought to himself that Yang Feng must be feeling guilty.
So he started yelling and cursing at the top of his lungs:
"Yang Feng, what the hell do you mean? You're framing Commander Lei for killing Jiao Yi's men. Are you trying to stir up trouble?"
Upon hearing the shout, Yang Feng was so angry he almost spat out a mouthful of blood...
He suppressed the surging anger in his heart and led his men to the camp gate.
"I never sent anyone to kill Jiao Yi's men, and my men haven't even left the camp!" Yang Feng explained.
"Bullshit!"
The leader, however, showed no mercy and spat out a vicious spit:
"Those two survivors said it themselves!"
They were ambushed and killed by your tribe, and then you hid their bodies in our territory!
Fortunately, two of them feigned death and escaped unscathed, preventing the blame from being pinned on our commander!
Yang Feng was so angry that he trembled all over.
The other party has witnesses, but I have nothing to say, so I'm truly at a loss for words.
Seeing that Yang Feng remained silent, the leader assumed that he had tacitly agreed.
"You wait, my commander will definitely report you to the general!" After saying that, the leader turned and left with his men.
Yang Feng stood at the camp gate.
The spring breeze blows,
He felt no tenderness whatsoever; instead, his whole body felt ice-cold.
If it were just Jiao Yi, he could barely manage.
But now, Jiao has already instigated Zulang and Lei Hu to join forces against him, leaving him no way out.
He really couldn't understand it.
The unpleasantness that a few days ago stemmed from the loss of several dozen bushels of grain from him has somehow escalated to this point.
It's just a few dozen bushels of grain, why would you push yourself to the brink of death?
After regaining his senses, Yang Feng turned around and walked back to the granary camp.
He did not light a lamp, but sat alone in his tent, lost in thought.
The sky quickly darkened.
Yang Feng finally stood up, picked up the tinderbox from the table, and lit the candle.
The firelight reflected on his face, illuminating his bloodshot eyes.
But his expression had returned to calm.
"Someone come here!" Yang Feng shouted.
"Commander!" A guard outside the tent lifted the curtain and entered.
"Pass down the order: everyone pack your belongings and prepare to leave Jing County!"
The guards were stunned.
Yang Feng raised his head and asked, "What, do I have to say it a second time?"
The guard shivered and ran out of the tent.
Yang Feng got up, walked to the tent entrance, lifted the curtain, and looked at the continuous mountain shadows to the south.
There is no place to stay here.
They originally came from the mountains, and now they are simply returning to the embrace of the Mountain Goddess Mother.
"Zulang, Jiao Yi, Lei Hu... you just wait!"
Yang Feng took a deep breath and strode out of the tent.
He was mounting his horse, preparing to leave with the soldiers guarding the granary.
But after taking two steps, he suddenly stopped.
Sitting on his horse, Yang Feng turned his head to look at the rows of warehouses filled with grain, and a wicked thought suddenly arose in his mind!
"Set these granaries on fire! Burn them all down!!!"
………………
In Jing County, at Jiao Yi's residence.
Last night, one of Yang Feng's underlings came to see him.
He said that after returning, Commander Yang thought it over and over again and realized that he should not have withheld those dozens of bushels of grain, as he had offended Commander Jiao and displeased the Marshal.
Commander Yang offered to hand over the granary in exchange for reconciliation between the two parties, and asked Commander Jiao to plead on his behalf before the Marshal.
Seeing Yang Feng's sincere attitude, Jiao reluctantly agreed.
In order to demonstrate his magnanimity,
He even personally supervised the kitchen and prepared a lavish dinner to entertain Yang Feng.
As it turned out, Yang Feng actually made an excuse that there were things to do in the camp and wouldn't come!
Just as Jiao was completely baffled, a sudden, urgent bugle call rang out from the city.
"Fire! The granary is flooded!!!"
"Report this to Commander Jiao immediately! The granary is flooded!!"
A commotion arose outside.
Jiao had already put on his coat and rushed up the city wall; the eastern sky was already glowing red with firelight!
That's the direction of the granary!