Chapter six hundred and fifty second generous donation
Every border pass is guarded by at least tens of thousands of troops, and the total number of troops at all the border passes in Dali is at least several hundred thousand soldiers.
The supply of food, grass and weapons for hundreds of thousands of people is not a small amount and must be allocated from various places. Without affecting the economy of various places, under normal circumstances, supplies for border soldiers can be prepared for several months at a time.
Another reason is that the border is too far away from the capital, so the so-called generals' military orders abroad are not allowed. In order to suppress the generals who control heavy troops, or to be more direct, to prevent them from relying on their own troops and rebelling, we will not provide them all at once.
Too many supplies.
If the border officers and soldiers are not supplied with supplies in place, they will mutiny over time, so the grain, grass and weapons transported this time cannot be used for other purposes at all.
And without food, grass and weapons, no matter how good Prince Yu's plan is, it is too much for a clever woman to make a meal without rice, and there is no way to implement it.
Thinking of this, the eyes of everyone in the hall dimmed, and then someone let out a deep sigh.
After discussing it for a long time, I didn't think that we should still use the original method, suspend trade and hold on to the city.
Di Xin looked at them strangely: "Who said we have no food, grass and weapons?"
"Alas~"
Commander Lu Ran sighed and said with a grimace: "Your Highness, the soldiers' supplies cannot be touched. We are already prepared, isn't it just fighting? We have been fighting the Turks for many years, and now it is nothing more than fighting.
Just one more fight."
"That's right, it's just a fight! We admit that we can't compete with the cavalry, but if we defend the city, we can defend it no matter how many Turkic troops come."
"Yes, I can't wait to be afraid of some Turkic children!"
"Just hit me, my knife has been sharpened long ago!"
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The gloomy atmosphere quickly disappeared, and fighting spirit ignited in the eyes of all the generals.
To put it bluntly, these soldiers are not afraid of fighting. What they regret is that they have managed to make the border pass more lively in the past few months, and once the fighting begins, it will return to its previous state.
Now that it was determined that there was really no way to avoid these losses, they simply broke the pot and were prepared to make it difficult for themselves and not to make it difficult for the Turks who were preparing to invade the south.
"That's right, our border officers are all brave men. My mother-in-law and mother-in-law look like they are so timid."
"Madman" An Junshan suddenly burst into laughter, showing a cruel smile: "The bones in Yanqueguan are not so easy to chew. Since the Turkic children don't know whether to live or die, let them know how many knives the border men have."
Sharp."
"kill!"
"kill!"
"kill!"
As An Junshan suddenly clenched his fist, all the soldiers raised their clenched right fists and shouted loudly.
The soldiers here are at least in the middle stage of martial arts, and there is even an innate grand master. So many martial arts energy and blood are stirring together, and the entire hall instantly rises with a solemn murderous aura.
Only Di Xin scratched his head and asked with a puzzled look on his face: "Have you forgotten that in the imperial edict just now, the imperial court rewarded the last great victory?"
After Di Xin said these words, the hall suddenly fell into silence.
It's like when an old CD suddenly jams, and everyone's "kill" shout in the middle of shouting can no longer be heard.
The atmosphere suddenly became confusing and awkward.
An Junshan, who had yelled the loudest just now, put down his fists and looked at Di Xin with a resentful look, wishing he could dig a hole and burrow underground on the spot.
He does have the ability, but it would undoubtedly be more shameful to do so.
After a while, An Junshan suddenly reacted and asked in disbelief: "Your Highness, are you willing to give up your part of the reward?"
Seeing Di Xin nod, he slowly opened his mouth.
All the officials also stared.
The last time a Turkic army of 20,000 was defeated, although it was An Junshan and other 800 cavalry who were temporarily composed of almost all the generals in Yanque Pass who were responsible for the killings, the greatest credit was undoubtedly Di Xin who proposed the strategy and participated in it personally.
The battle report submitted by Anjunshan also highlighted Di Xin's role in this victory.
In addition, God Xin Nai was the top general of Yanque Pass. After verifying that the battle report was correct, the imperial court was shocked and also distributed the reward.
The first is to allow the border border to increase the number of troops by 20,000.
Di Xin guessed that the old emperor saw that the Turks would be short of food and specially added it in order to prevent the Turks from invading southward after the food shortage. However, the plan could not keep up with the changes, and the Turks started their southward invasion several months in advance.
However, the increased establishment is not useless. If he can recruit 20,000 soldiers, Di Xin does not need to reduce the establishment of other services in order to form cavalry.
Then comes the real reward.
For those participating in this battle, all officers below the fourth rank will be promoted by one level. If the fourth rank is included and above, the silver reward for everyone will be doubled.
Then, in order to balance the minds of others who did not participate in this battle, all soldiers at the border were given an extra month of silver.
The rest is the reward given by Di Xin alone.
Tens of thousands of households with food towns, which means that the taxes of tens of thousands of households that could not be reported to the court before and put into their own pockets have been doubled.
Then there are enough weapons to arm 60,000 people, and enough food and grass to consume 60,000 people for half a year.
To be honest, Di Xin was a little shocked by the old emperor's courage at that time.
With these weapons and food, he could even establish himself as king directly at the border without being subject to the control of the capital.
But Di Xin soon figured it out.
It should be because the information about grain and grass was leaked last time. On the one hand, the old emperor wanted to appease him, and on the other hand, he also wanted to prevent this from happening again, so he sent these supplies in the name of a reward.
As for the possibility that local generals might support themselves with troops after being restrained without food, grass and weapons, the old emperor was not worried at all.
The General Zhenguan of Yanque Pass is his descendant. Even if he rebels, Da Li will still be named Zhao in the end. The left and right meat will be rotten in his own pot, so there is nothing to worry about.
But no matter what, these provisions and weapons were nominally Di Xin's personal property.
From the kings and nobles of Dali to the common people of Ming Dynasty, there are many people who want to evade the taxes that should be paid. How can anyone be willing to use their own things to fill the gap in the official family.
You know, even the emperor most of the time replenishes his own internal treasury from the national treasury instead of using the internal treasury to replenish the national treasury.
Therefore, although the eunuch had just announced the imperial edict and everyone knew that a large amount of food, grass and weapons would arrive at the border within a day or two, they subconsciously ignored it.
Enough weapons to arm 60,000 soldiers and half a year's worth of food and grass. If converted into gold and silver, they could at least pile up a small mountain, not to mention the additional value.
It would be impossible for any of them to be willing to take out these things again.
However, His Highness Prince Yu showed no hesitation in his words and contributed directly.
Commander-in-chief An Junshan, commander-in-chief Tongzhi Luran...even the youngest general suspected that he had heard wrongly.