Chapter 266 Military Aid Conditions

It can be said that the effect of this military parade far exceeded the expectations of the Executive Committee and the Military and Police Department. On the one hand, it boosted the morale of the militia soldiers. On the one hand, it is a truly gratifying harvest to receive such enthusiastic support from the local people. Of course

, this kind of reaction from the people is not just a simple group effect, but also comes from their innermost feelings about the management of the executive committee and their identification with the local social system. This also fully proves the various kinds of changes during this period since time travel.

The role played by civil affairs measures.

"The people's support can be used!" Even the oldest Mr. Yuan Ruoxiu was moved by the previous lively scene and continued to sigh after returning to the conference room.

"The common people's support for the militia is so high, which can reduce a lot of resistance to our plan to send troops." Yan Chujie also smiled rarely. As the boss of the Military and Police Department, what he is most worried about is not the danger of cross-sea operations.

But this decision will be opposed by the local people.

"All we need now is to wait for news from North Vietnam." Tao Donglai also agreed with Yan Chujie's view. Since there is no local public pressure, the last obstacle to sending troops is the attitude of the North Vietnamese regime.

The sailboat Gu Kai and Qian Tiandun were traveling on was still dozens of nautical miles away from Tushan Peninsula at this time. According to the original voyage arrangement, it should have reached its destination by this time, but due to poor weather conditions encountered during the journey

, had to change the direct route to Tushan Peninsula, and stopped at Fushuizhou Island for a day to escape the wind and rain. Fortunately, this small delay did not delay the business. When they set off, the base camp had already been contacted through the radio

After removing the garrison on Fushuizhou Island, Mu Xiabai and Feng Annan were asked to contact the North Vietnamese envoy first to express the resolution of the Executive Committee’s willingness to send troops to help North Vietnam resist the attack of the “southern rebels”.

The special envoy sent by North Vietnam to Tu Son training camp to mobilize troops obviously did not have enough authority to handle affairs. Hearing the news, he did not dare to make a decision. He quickly sent someone to ride back to Thang Long Palace to report that the Hai Han people were willing to send troops.

Help, this was something the North Vietnamese regime had never thought of before.

The journey back and forth is more than 200 kilometers, so when the people from Zheng's side hurried from Shenglong Mansion, Gu Kai and Qian Tiandun had just arrived at the dock of Tushan Peninsula. The two sides went forward

After that, they almost rushed to the training camp and began to negotiate about Haihan sending troops.

The representative sent by the Zheng family this time is still Zheng Zha, who had dealt with Tao Donglai before, and his father, King Zheng Zha of Qingdu, is currently dispatching troops near Shenglong Palace, preparing to personally lead the team south.

This is probably also directly related to the current unfavorable situation of North Vietnam on the battlefield.

Zheng Zha seemed relatively calm, and met Qian Tiandun and others one by one without any rush. In addition to Zheng Zha having met Qian Tiandun once, Gu Kai, Mu Xiabai and Feng Annan were all the first.

Seeing that the leader surnamed Tao didn't come last time, Zheng Zha felt a little relieved for some reason.

"Mr. Zheng, we have learned something about the fighting situation of your army in the south through envoys before. However, we have reservations about your intention to transfer this group of people from the training camp to the front line to fight. Although these soldiers

They have been equipped with the weapons we provided, but they have not been exposed to them during the training period. Their actual combat effectiveness may not meet your expectations. The effect of forcibly sending them to the battlefield may not be good. In order to avoid some incidents that we don’t want to see.

Given the situation, we have decided to send a certain number of military advisers to assist you in attacking the rebels in the south." Gu Kai got straight to the point as soon as he came up and stated his intention.

Zheng Zha is not a fool. Of course, he can imagine that the reason why the Haihan people offered to help is not because they are bored, but because they must have some exchange conditions to negotiate with their own side - just like the last time they bought arms from them, the result was

After much discussion, the Haihan people rented a large piece of land in the northern bay. Fortunately, the area there was originally of little practical value. If the Haihan people were willing to dig coal there, it would be good enough. Thang Long Mansion seems to have

There is no actual loss. As for things like immigration, it is not a problem. It happens that Thang Long has a large number of idle people who don’t know how to deal with it. If we don’t think of ways to evacuate, something will happen sooner or later. From this point of view, the Haihan people

The proposed immigration request actually solved a problem faced by Thang Long Province.

But doing business is one thing, sending troops to help fight is another thing. Zheng Zhu asked cautiously: "Mr. Gu, what are your conditions?"

Gu Kai smiled and said: "There must be several conditions. After all, our soldiers have to cross the sea and consume a lot of money. You must make some compensation."

Zheng Zha nodded and said: "If it's military expenses, that's easy to say. We are willing to pay 20,000 taels of silver and ask you to send troops to drive away the southern rebels."

Gu Kai coughed dryly: "Twenty thousand taels...I'm afraid that's not enough."

Zheng Zhu was stunned for a moment, then asked: "I wonder how many troops you plan to send?"

"Less than a thousand people." Gu Kai also knew that the conditions he was going to raise might make the other party a little uncomfortable, so he simply stated the number of troops to be dispatched a little vaguely.

"This... is only a team of a thousand people, 20,000 taels of silver is not enough?" Zheng Zhu felt unbelievable: "Mr. Gu may not know that in our battle in Annan, 20,000 taels of silver is enough to raise an army of nearly ten thousand people.

.”

"The quality of the army is different." Qian Tiandun interjected: "Mr. Zheng, since you are willing to open this training camp and transfer soldiers and generals to learn advanced tactics from us, it is already very capable.

That explains the problem. In our view, the army of ten thousand people you mentioned is just tens of thousands of farmers. Whether it is combat skills or fighting will, they are still far from the requirements of a professional army. I can say it bluntly, this

These troops are nothing more than chickens and dogs in front of our army."

Zheng Zha's face turned red and he said: "We can recruit one hundred thousand troops in Shenglong Mansion. Even if our combat strength is not high, we will still have strength in numbers..."

"Mr. Zheng, fighting a war must be feasible. Even if you can temporarily recruit so many soldiers, do you have so many officers to command? Or should you break up all your existing troops and send them as commanders?

Then how much combat effectiveness do you think your army of 100,000 people can have?" Qian Tiandun bluntly pointed out the fallacy in Zheng Zha's remarks: "Besides, each of 100,000 people only eats half a catty of rice a day.

That’s 50,000 kilograms of grain. In terms of combat needs, at least ten and a half days’ worth of military rations must be stored in advance. I don’t know that so much grain needs to be transported from Thang Long Palace to a war zone 800 miles away.

How does Mr. Zheng plan to solve this transportation problem? Will he recruit tens of thousands more civilians to transport grain?"

"You...you..." Zheng Zhao pointed at Qian Tiandun and wanted to continue to argue, but these combat theories were his weaknesses. He would make many mistakes if he kept talking. If he continued, he would be caught by Qian Tiandun again.

loopholes.

"Okay, okay." Gu Kai lost no time in jumping out to sing: "Lieutenant Qian didn't mean any harm. He just wanted to explain to you the disadvantages of temporarily recruiting troops from the private sector. Mr. Zheng, recruiting troops from the private sector is not only inefficient, but also

The combat power is worrying. Even if they are forced to go to the battlefield, it may not be able to reverse the situation of the war. On the contrary, it may consume a lot of materials in vain. As for the negative impact this kind of conscription will have on the people, I think even if I don’t talk about it, Zheng

Sir, he should be very aware of it."

Of course, Zheng Zha knew the disadvantages of temporary recruitment from the people. These farmers and soldiers can be used for a while if the battle goes smoothly. If the battle does not go smoothly, there will be a large number of deserters immediately. And because this kind of recruitment is almost a one-size-fits-all approach, usually everyone

All men of appropriate age are forcibly conscripted into the army, and it is very easy to provoke civil unrest among the people. However, the war in the south is now tense, and conscripting peasant soldiers has almost become the last option for North Vietnam. Even if they are aware of the various disadvantages, it

I just had to bite the bullet.

Zheng Zha snorted, but did not express his attitude towards Gu Kai's statement.

Gu Kaihe and others are very good people, and they thought that if they didn't defend themselves, they would be acquiescing, so they immediately continued to persuade: "Although the army sent by us is small in size, they are all elites. Not to mention peasant soldiers, they are your regular army.

That strength is still a long way off. Besides, other combat materials except military rations are prepared and transported by ourselves, all of which do not need to be handled by you. Just imagine how much this 800-mile transportation line can save you.

What are the manpower, material and financial resources? The cost of our troops is certainly not cheap, but it is certainly expensive enough to be valuable!"

Zheng Zha pondered for a moment before asking again: "How do you calculate your military expenditure?"

There's a way! Gu Kai suppressed the secret joy in his heart and calculated for Zheng Zha with his fingers: "The military expenses required by our troops are mainly divided into three parts. The first part is the shipping expenses. We need to combine the personnel and personnel of the combat troops.

To transport materials across the sea, at least seven or eight large-scale ships must be dispatched. During the war, these ships must be waiting near the shore to prepare for maneuvers at any time. After the war, people and materials must be transported back, so this

The freight is not negligible. By the way, if you really plan to send all the soldiers from the training camp to the front line, then we can send sea ships to transport them on your behalf. The freight will be calculated at the lowest cost and it only takes two or three days.

Going directly to the fighting area is definitely much faster than marching by land."

"The second part is the cost of our soldiers' garrison, including the material consumption and military salary of our soldiers during the garrison. This is a very reasonable cost, I won't explain it more. The third part is the cost of participating in the war. If

If our personnel directly participate in the battle, then combat rewards must be distributed to the combatants, and the ammunition consumed must also be included in this part of the cost. Of course, if our personnel are injured or killed during the battle, then the subsequent pension costs

It must also be calculated." Gu Kai finished explaining the rules for calculating military expenses in one breath, and then observed Zheng Zha's face in order to adjust his next strategy.

Zheng Zhu curled his lips and asked with obvious displeasure: "Mr. Gu, have you calculated the approximate amount?"

Gu Kai nodded and responded: "If it is only stationed and not directly involved in combat, the daily military expenditure of our unit is about five thousand taels. Considering the good cooperative relationship between us, this figure is already inclusive.

Including the cost of shipping, there is no need to calculate the shipping costs separately during the war. If you directly participate in the war, you must add the costs I just mentioned..."

Zheng Zha couldn't help but take a breath as he listened - five thousand taels per day! This is still the cost of garrisoning. If he directly joins the war, it is not surprising that the opponent will immediately double this number. What happened last time

Chief Tao, who was always smiling, also put forward a lot of harsh conditions. The Haihan people are really of the same line in this regard! It seems that Lieutenant Qian introduced him just now that Mr. Gu seems to be Chief Tao's cousin? Wait, I

I seem to understand something...

Gu Kai saw Zheng Zha's ugly face and comforted him: "Mr. Zheng, don't think that five thousand taels a day is expensive. Can you buy the peaceful attitude of the southern rebels with five thousand taels of silver? Can it buy victory on the battlefield?"

?This is not the first time we have done business, and the previous transactions were at least hundreds of thousands of taels of silver, right? Did I falsely brag about my products in the slightest? Did I do anything that undermined integrity?"

Zheng Zhuo shook his head and said: "That's not true. Your things are indeed worth the money. There has never been any deductions in the transaction. You have also tried your best to train our soldiers. I know all this."

"That's it!" Gu Kai continued to persuade: "We will not ask you to pay for a long time in advance. If you are willing, you can pay it day by day. If you feel that our army is not worth this

Price, you can terminate this cooperation at any time. You can't suffer a loss if you buy a few thousand taels, and you can't be fooled if you buy a few thousand taels. If you miss our proposal this time, where can you temporarily organize a combat-effective force?

The army will come out to stabilize the overall situation?"

Zheng Zha thought to himself: What you say sounds nice, but in fact, you don’t leave anyone a way out. You pay day by day. Our Zheng family is not so stingy as to be stingy! If you really want to do this, how can you show off in front of the Haihan people in the future?

Start talking about conditions?

At that moment, Zheng Zhuo shook his head and said: "What Mr. Gu said is indeed correct, but the price you proposed is too high. I'm sorry that I cannot agree with it."

Gu Kai asked reluctantly: "What price does Mr. Zheng think is reasonable?"

Zheng Zha was silent for a long time before he said, "If you can reduce the price by half from the previous price, I can agree to this immediately."

"If the price is halved, the number of troops we send will also be halved." Qian Tiandun responded to Zheng Zha without any hesitation: "Mr. Zheng probably forgot one thing. What is urgently needed to add support to your civil war now is not

We, but you. If the South Vietnamese army can really advance all the way north, how much actual damage will it cause to us? We are just businessmen, and what we can sell to you can also be sold by then.

To the new people in power. If you feel that continuing to fight will not turn the tide of the war, you might as well think about your options first like we did..."

"That's enough!" Zheng Zha's face turned red again, but this time it turned red more because of anger: "No matter what, there is no way Ruan Ni can continue to advance north! Even if I, the Zheng family, fight to the last soldier,

I will never compromise with Ruan Ni!"

"Mr. Zheng, we admire your courage very much, but in addition to courage, what war requires is also sufficient strength. In our opinion, the army currently controlled by you already lacks the ability to reverse the situation.

The strength of the battle situation. Even if you bring all the musketeers here onto the battlefield, you may not be able to defeat your opponent. After all, judging from the current battle situation, the opponent's musketeers have formed an army much earlier than you. It's just that

I haven’t used it yet.”

"It's probably those hateful Western priests who are behind this!" Zheng Zha had no doubt at all that the Haihan people would sell the same weapons to the south. In his opinion, the most hateful ones were those who sold muskets to the southern rebels.
To be continued...