"Although there is a lot of surplus food now, we need to prepare for a rainy day, so all wineries have stopped working. How much medicinal wine is left in the warehouse?"
Li Shiliang responded quickly: "Although there have been battles in the past three years, there have not been many wounded soldiers, so most of them have been retained. Today there are still more than 40,000 kilograms!"
Counting the soldiers stationed in the field, one pound per soldier is still more than enough. Besides, we have not planned to build up a large number of troops in recent years, so it should be enough...
"Keep it safe, don't let the smell of alcohol leak out. In addition, let the medical department prepare more wound medicine and ferment more cowhide..."
Li Chengzhi warned, and then said: "Li Liang, urge the Ministry of Industry not to spend all your energy on making cannons. Not only must soldiers, armor, swords and guns not stop, they must also be forged and forged vigorously... No matter what kind it is, every time
If you have enough for a thousand, you will first replace them with the soldiers, and then hand over the old armor and swords to Huangfu..."
"Huangfu!"
"Servant is here!"
"I will hand over the errands at hand to Xiaoxian in advance, and I will go to Shudun City (the capital of Tuyuhun) as soon as possible in the near future to meet with Murong Zhen and tell him that starting from next month, you can transport thousands of guns and armors each month.
, no dismantling, only exchange for food, one thousand pairs of full armor only costs 500,000 stone food..."
Calculated, a pair of full human armor and a spear head can be exchanged for five stones of grain, which is about 600 kilograms.
It sounds very expensive, but the price in Wei is about this much for a pair of fish scale armor.
If it were the military leaders of Baohan Town and Shanshan Town who smuggled such a pair of armor to Tuyuhun, the price would have increased by at least 50%, which is about eight stones.
If it is trafficked to Nanliang, the price will be higher, at least ten stones more.
Li Chengzhi not only offered the wholesale price, but also gave him an extra gun tip. Tuyuhun refused to agree because his head was swollen.
Sooner or later, Xihai will have a battle with Tuyuhun. This kind of behavior is suspected of being an advantage to the enemy, but the strange thing is that the faces of the confidants in the account are not clear.
First, when Li Song led his troops to the West Sea, the business started as soon as the mines could mine iron sand and the iron fields could forge armor.
Otherwise, it would be impossible for Li Chengzhi alone to save enough grain to feed 100,000 households for two years in just over two years.
Secondly, we only witnessed the power of artillery yesterday. Everyone knows that in front of artillery, even an enemy wearing ten pieces of steel armor can be blown to pieces...
Huangfu Rang stood up and agreed, and Li Chengzhi called Li Song again.
"I've been in such a hurry recently that I haven't gone to the West Sea to see it. How is the alfalfa that I ordered you to sow in Juyan Sea last year?"
"Last year, we harvested more than 2,000 kilograms of seeds. In the spring of this year, we sowed them all again, covering nearly 800 acres, and the growth is quite abundant..."
"That's good!"
Li Chengzhi nodded, "It needs good care and attention. After the seeds are harvested this autumn, there is no need to sow them in fertile fields. In the spring of next year, just sow the seeds on the grassy beach..."
This was discovered by Li Chengzhi accidentally when he was in Luoyang. When he saw dozens of acres planted in Hualin Garden, he realized that this thing existed in the Southern and Northern Dynasties.
However, no one has discovered the beauty of this thing, and it is only grown as a wild vegetable and ornamental flower.
Li Chengzhi specifically sought out Liu Teng at that time, asked for two hundred kilograms of seeds, and secretly transported them to Hexi.
Alfalfa has extremely high nutritional value and is a good forage. If you feed it to horses, you don’t need to add soybeans. It can also save lives during times of famine.
Thinking of this, Li Chengzhi said solemnly: "Go on, wait for the harvest next month, and water it every half a month. After the harvest in September, don't use it all to feed the horses. Save half of it, and it will be like making water."
Military rations are generally dried, ground into powder, and stored in grain depots..."
As soon as they heard that it was going to be deposited in the grain depot, a group of cronies knew Li Chengzhi's intention, and a strange look suddenly appeared on their faces.
Could it be that Lang Jun had calculated something that made him so anxious?
It’s enough to let all the soldiers change their uniforms, and use all the more than 10,000 pieces of armor to exchange for food, but they are already preparing to let people eat grass?
Is it possible that there will be a year of great disaster?
Everyone has different thoughts, but no one dares to ask. Because everyone knows Li Chengzhi's temperament, and if he can talk, he will not be stingy with his words.
"In addition, I have to trouble my uncle to recruit more people and give them to the Ministry of Works, so that I can help Li Liang and take advantage of him!"
Li Shiliang raised his hands and bowed: "General, don't worry!"
"Then let's all disperse!"
Li Chengzhi waved his hand, "Li Feng and Li Xiao will stay here first!"
Everyone agreed in unison and retired one by one. Only Li Feng and Li Xiaoxian were left in the account.
Li Feng was the leader of the espionage department, and was also the deputy chief of the military department. Li Xiaoxian was the commander of the Chinese army, responsible for Li Chengzhi's guards, and both Huangfu and Li Feng were Li Feng's deputies.
"It's been half a month since the army was organized, how's it going?"
Li Feng responded respectfully, "Five battalions of armored cavalry and five thousand chariots and soldiers are waiting for the day, and the food and grass are all ready. We only need to give an order from Lang Jun to set off!"
Li Chengzhi tapped the table with his finger and asked calmly: "Which five battalions are these?"
"There are two battalions of Hu cavalry and one battalion of white cavalry. These three battalions are all old warriors. In addition, there are two battalions of the new army, but they are all skilled archers and horses. In terms of personal bravery, they are not inferior to the war cavalry...
The other five battalions of chariot soldiers are all veterans who have been surrendered from the army and have been practicing for several months, so their combat effectiveness is not bad."
After a pause, Li Feng took another look at Li Chengzhi's expression, "Besides, I want to ask for a thousand firearms camps, and I'm going to give it to you!"
Seeing his sneaky appearance, Li Chengzhi covered his forehead and felt helpless: "How cowardly are you?"
Compared with Li Song, Li Feng is the complete opposite. If he can win a battle with 3,000 soldiers, he needs at least 5,000 soldiers.
Just like now, a full 10,000 soldiers were sent to him. Li Chengzhi felt that there was no more, but Li Feng was not satisfied and actually planned to bring another battalion of firearms soldiers?
Li Feng had a shy face and said with a flattering smile: "I don't think about victory before thinking about defeat!"
Think about losing your head first?
Li Chengzhi didn't know whether to laugh or cry: "You are not here to engage in battle, but to sit on the mountain and watch tigers fight and reap the benefits. Not to mention the firearms camp, even half of the 10,000 soldiers are more than enough!
Besides, with me sitting at the rear, you have nothing to worry about. If something unexpected happens and you retreat, who will dare to chase you?"
"Li Xian begged me many times, saying that he was idle, so he wanted to follow his servants to practice hard..."
Facing Li Chengzhi's scrutinizing gaze, Li Feng's voice became smaller and smaller, and in the end he didn't even dare to raise his head.
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With Li Xian's brain, he would be fooled at the slightest provocation. Li Chengzhi could guess with his toes that it was Li Feng who had instigated him.
I just asked one more question today, otherwise Li Xian would have been stalking me tomorrow.
"No!"
Li Chengzhi replied categorically, "Li Xian is stupid, are you stupid too? It's enough to pretend to be Hu Jun, but he is fully equipped with men and horses, and he actually uses firearms? Do you really think Gao Zhao is a fool?"
Li Feng smiled coquettishly: "I'm just in case, just in case!"
Li Chengzhi lazily talked to him again: "Now that we have all the food and grass and the army is ready to go, we will send out troops within three days. Remember not to rush in, just defend Bigan City. In addition, place more scouts along the way, but there are
If there is a sudden change, please come immediately to report it..."
Li Feng was busy and said seriously: "No!"
"Now that the internal situation is relatively stable, I will leave the errands to Xiaoxian first. You will bring all the good spies with you, but you must remember not to go deep into the town. At most, you can sneak through Langshan and lobby the Shannan Mubu Department.
..."
"I understand!"
"Well, go and deliver the order first, and after nightfall I will let you practice your faith!"
"Haha, thank you, Mr. Lang!"
Li Feng responded loudly, said goodbye to Li Xiaoxian and left.
Li Chengzhi breathed out slowly, looked at the map, and pointed heavily at Woye Town.
The Yellow River has many evils, but only one thing is rich!
Gao Zhao is a good calculator?
In this case, don’t blame me for fishing in troubled waters...
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Two thousand miles away, Jinming County.
The military tents beside the Luoshui River were like clouds, with no edges visible. Further about forty or fifty miles further, densely packed soldiers carried ladders or carried sandbags, howling and rushing towards the city wall.
It has been more than half a month since the siege of the city, and nearly 10,000 officers and soldiers were killed and wounded before they could fill up the moat. Since yesterday, Xi Kangsheng has ordered soldiers to attack the city again.
But the strange thing is that the offensive continues intermittently, as if Xi Kangsheng thinks that he has too many soldiers and deliberately rushes to die?
Gao Zhao stood at the top of the city, staring at the bottom of the city, his brows frowning more and more.
Ant Fu's soldiers are still the same as yesterday, only a thousand or so at most, and there are no sharp weapons such as carts and stone cannons. With this method of attack, even if Xi Kangsheng is given another year, he will not be able to capture Jinming County.
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What is this old thief’s intention?
Making an attack in the east and attacking in the west?
Showing weakness to the enemy?
However, Ding and other states reported once a day. Except for Lishi, there were no enemy troops anywhere else, and there were no abnormalities.
So what does Xi Kang want to do with his business?
Gao Zhao thought for a long time, but couldn't figure it out. He turned around and asked Li Shixian: "What do Huaide think?"
Li Shixian rolled up his sleeves and glanced lazily at Gao Zhao: "Xi Kangsheng is a famous general in the world, and he can't even get the title of Taiwei. How did Li know?"
"A famous general in the world? Haha, he is just more famous than he actually is..."
Gao Zhao shook his head and smiled, "As the saying goes, like father, like son. Chengzhi Tian allows his talents to be unparalleled in the world. Therefore, there must be excellence in being virtuous, so why should we be humble?"
Like father, like son?
Fortunately, when I mention Li Shixian, my teeth itch with hatred.
If grandpa had the evil plan, how could he fall into the trap of a thief like you?
The more he thought about it, the more annoyed he became. Li Shixian snorted coldly, turned his head and ignored it.
Gao Zhao didn't care, and looked down the city for a while. When he saw that the enemy soldiers had crossed the moat, he waved his hand: "Fire the arrow!"
As soon as he finished speaking, all the archers on the city opened their bows. Nearly a thousand rockets shot down. For a moment, arrows were like a rain of locusts and fire was like meteors.
Having fought for nearly a month, the officers and soldiers were already prepared. In addition to leather armor, they were also covered with a layer of felt and soaked in water.
Although it is very bulky, it is very effective in preventing rockets. If an arrow hits the body, just pull the felt hard and the arrow will pass through. The kerosene on the arrow will be filtered out and extinguished.
The disadvantage is that it is not as strong as iron armor and cannot protect against heavy arrows, resulting in heavy casualties.
As usual, seven or eight rounds were fired on the city, and nearly half of the people below the city were dead and wounded. Just as promised, a golden bell sounded in the south of the city to retreat the troops, and the city also stopped shooting arrows. The remaining hundreds of officers and soldiers retreated like the tide.<
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Gao Zhao was suspicious in his heart, but his face showed no signs of it. Instead, he asked with a smile: "Huaide calls Xi Kangsheng a famous general in the world, but what can he do? Jin Ming has been besieging me for nearly a month. Isn't there still nothing we can do?"<
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Li Huaide's face was full of disdain: "It's just a matter of picking up people's teeth, why should the Taiwei be complacent?"
Gao Zhao was not annoyed, and the smile on his face remained: "Huaide is serious, you and I are brothers, Chengzhi and I are already a family, how can we talk about others' humiliation?"
After a pause, he asked with a smile: "Three days have passed, what are Huaide's thoughts? If you agree, I will immediately order a horse guard Chengxue to go to the West Sea... But I need you to write a letter in your own hand...
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Li Shixian sneered ferociously: "Even the imperial court has issued an obituary, saying that Chengzhi has been killed by you, so why should the Taiwei be so coquettish?"
"Li Huaide, you and I know very well whether Li Chengzhi is dead, how long are you going to keep pretending to be crazy?"
Just as a storm was about to come, the smile on Gao Zhao's face faded slightly, "If it wasn't him, then who was it that took my order, pretended to be Gao Yun, led hundreds of armored horses to Guanzhong, and disappeared in the thin bone rhythm? If it weren't for him who beguiled Li Shao, Yang Shu and others to attack Jingzhou, who was the one who killed Yuan Chen?"
Li Shixian bared his teeth and smiled, his face full of gloating: "Even you call that Gao Yun, why do you falsely accuse my son?"
Gao Yun?
Fortunately, Gao Zhao's heart is as deep as the sea, otherwise he would definitely be so angry that he would tremble.
It was because Gao Yun was inferior to others and fell into Li Chengzhi's conspiracy that Yuan Chen died in vain, and even more, he lost tens of thousands of troops and nearly one million stones of food and grass.
In contrast, if Li Chengzhi hadn't burned down the Xiazhou camp and Jinming's Youhu Lake, how could he have started the uprising so early?
When he thought of this, Gao Zhao wanted to cut Li Chengzhi into pieces.
His face turned cold and he sternly scolded: "Li Huaide, if you don't know what is good or bad, do you really think that I, Gao Shouwen, dare not kill you to sacrifice the flag?"
If he was afraid, Li Shixian would have relented long ago, so why bother to endure until today?
He chuckled: "If you want to take Li's head, you just give the order. There is no need to say anything. Let's see if Li will frown?"
After that, he went straight down to the city. The general who was guarding him looked at Gao Zhao and saw that he had no orders, so he waved his hand and followed Li Shixian with a dozen soldiers.
With such confidence, Gao Zhao was not taken seriously at all. No one close to him dared to complain.
Just because he had learned his lesson long ago, Gao Meng even received several whippings for this.
Seeing Li Shixian coming down to the city, Gao Zhao's face no longer looked angry, and he knew that what he just said was just a bluff.
He looked under the city again and saw that the officers and soldiers had retreated without a trace. Gao Zhao became increasingly suspicious.
For some reason, he had a vague intuition that Xi Kangsheng seemed to be delaying on purpose.
But what’s the use?
As long as the six towns are in chaos, the overall situation will be decided. Even if ten more Xi Kangsheng come, they will be unable to save the situation.
After being suspicious for a while, he had no clue, so he wanted to ask Gao Meng for advice.
Just after the guard general gave him a few words, before he left the city, Gao Meng's confidant came to see him first, asking him to return to the county office as soon as possible.
When did Gao Meng become so rude?
Gao Zhao was surprised and asked his confidants in a solemn voice: "Do you know what's going on?"
"Shi Jun didn't mention it. The lower official only knew that it was Shuozhou who came to report. Shi Jun's face was full of joy at that time. It should be good news..."
Good news?
Gao Zhao thought about it for a moment and was immediately overjoyed.
Shuozhou came to report, what else could it be?
In all likelihood, it was the eldest son Gao Zhi who sent someone to report, and the matter in the six towns was completed!
Haha, God help me...
Gao Zhao took three steps and then two, and descended the city wall like flying.