Da Wei Chun

Chapter 608
"Although there is a lot of surplus food, we need to plan ahead, so all the wineries are closed. How much medicinal wine is left in the warehouse?"

Li Shiliang quickly responded: "Although there have been battles in the past three years, there are not many wounded soldiers, so most of them are kept. There are still more than [-] catties!"

Counting the military households in Tuntian, there is still more than one catty for each soldier.Besides, I don't plan to raise troops on a large scale in recent years, so it should be enough...

"Keep it safe, don't let off the alcohol. In addition, order the medical department to prepare more wound medicine and ferment more cowhide..."

Li Chengzhi exhorted, and then said: "Li Liang, urge the Ministry of Industry not to spend all your energy on making cannons. Not only can soldiers' armor, knives and guns not be stopped, but they must be forged vigorously... No matter what kind, every If there are enough for a thousand, you will replace the soldiers first, and then hand over the old armor and sword to Huangfu..."

"Huangfu!"

"The servant is here!"

"Release the errand 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, and meet Murong Zhen, and say that starting from next month, you can transport a thousand pairs of guns and armor every month. , not dismantled and sold, only exchanged for food, only 50 stone grain for a thousand sets of full armor..."

Calculated, a pair of full armor and a gun head can be exchanged for five stones of food, about six hundred catties.

It sounds expensive, but the price in Wei territory is about that much for a pair of fish scale armor.

If it were the military leaders of Baohan Town and Shanshan Town to smuggle such a pair of armor to Tuyuhun, the price would increase by at least [-]%, which is about eight stones.

If it is transported to Nanliang, the price will be higher, at least ten shi.

And Li Chengzhi not only paid the wholesale price, but also gave him an extra gun head. Tuyuhun refused to agree because his head was swollen from eating.

Sooner or later, Xihai will fight Tuyuhun. This kind of behavior is suspected of being superior to the enemy, but the strange thing is that there is no doubt on the face of Fan's cronies.

One is because Li Song led his troops to the West Sea, and the mine had just been able to mine iron sand, and the iron yard had just been able to forge armor, and this business started.

Otherwise, with Li Chengzhi alone, it would be impossible to save enough food for [-] households for two years in just over two years.

The second is that I have only seen the power of artillery yesterday, and all my confidantes know that in front of artillery, even if the enemy wears ten pairs of steel armor, they can be blasted to pieces, so there is nothing to worry about.

Huangfu stood up and promised, Li Chengzhi called Li Song again.

"I've been in a hurry recently, and I haven't been to Xihai to see it. How about the alfalfa you were ordered to plant in Juyanhai last year?"

"I harvested more than [-] jin of seeds last year, and I planted them all in the spring this year. There are nearly [-] mu, and the growth is quite abundant..."

"That's good!"

Li Chengzhi nodded, "Need to take good care of it. After the harvest this autumn, there is no need to sow it exclusively in fertile fields. You only need to find a low-lying grassy beach to sow seeds..."

Li Chengzhi discovered this by accident 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 worth growing wild vegetables and ornamental flowers.

Li Chengzhi found Liu Teng on purpose at that time, asked for two hundred catties of seeds, and smuggled them to Hexi.

Alfalfa has high nutritional value and is a good forage.There is no need to add soybeans to feed horses with this stuff.And it can save lives in times of famine.

Thinking of this, Li Chengzhi said in a solemn voice: "Go on, after harvesting the seeds next month, water every half a month, and after harvesting the second crop of seedlings in September, don't use all of them to feed the horses. Save half of it. Just like making military rations, everything is dried and ground into powder, and stored in the grain depot..."

As soon as he heard that it was going to be stored in the grain depot, all his cronies knew Li Chengzhi's intentions, and a strange look appeared on his face.

Could it be that Mr. Lang has figured out something, that he is in such a hurry?

Let all the soldiers change their outfits, and exchange all the tens of thousands of old armors for food, but they are already preparing to let people eat the chaff?
Could it be that there will be a year of catastrophe?

Everyone has different thoughts, but no one dares to ask.It's because everyone knows Li Chengzhi's temperament, if he can speak, he will never be stingy with his words.

"In addition, I have to trouble Uncle to recruit more civilians to the Ministry of Industry, so that I can help Li Liang!"

Li Shiliang clasped his hands in a bow: "General, don't worry!"

"Then it's all gone!"

Li Chengzhi waved his hand, "Li Feng and Li Xiao stay first!"

Everyone agreed in unison and retired one by one, only Li Feng and Li Xiaoxian remained in the account.

Li Feng is the head of the spy department, and also serves as the deputy head of the military department.Li Xiaoxian was the commander of the Chinese army, in charge of Li Chengzhi's guards, and Huangfu was Li Feng's deputy.

"It's been half a month since the army was assembled, what's going on?"

Li Fenggong responded, "Five battalions of armored cavalry, and five thousand chariot soldiers are waiting for the battle, and the food and grass are all ready. You only need an order from the lord to set off!"

Li Chengzhi tapped the table with his fingers, and asked in a calm manner: "Which five battalions are they all?"

"Two battalions of Hu cavalry and one battalion of white cavalry. These three battalions are all old soldiers. In addition, there are two battalions of new soldiers, but they are all skilled in bow and horse. In terms of personal bravery, they are not inferior to war cavalry... The other five battalions of chariot soldiers are all veterans of the surrendered army, and they have been practicing for several months, and their combat effectiveness is not bad."

After a short pause, Li Feng looked at Li Chengzhi's face again, "Besides, I want a thousand firearms battalion, and I want to share with my husband!"

Seeing his sneaky appearance, Li Chengzhi covered his forehead, feeling helpless: "How cowardly are you?"

Compared with Li Song, Li Feng is the complete opposite.He needs at least [-] soldiers to win a battle that can be won with [-] soldiers.

Just like right now, a full [-] soldiers were sent to him. Li Chengzhi felt that there were too many, but Li Feng was not satisfied, and planned to bring another battalion of firearms soldiers?

Li Feng put on a shy face, and said with a flattering smile: "I don't think about victory, I think about defeat first!"

Think about losing your head first?
Li Chengzhi didn't know whether to laugh or cry: "You are not going here to fight, but to sit on the mountain and watch the tigers fight, just to reap the benefits. Not to mention the firearms battalion, the [-] soldiers are more than enough to halve!
Besides, with me sitting in the rear, you have no worries.If something happens, just return it, who dares to chase you? "

"Li Xian begged me many times, saying that idleness is idleness, 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 he didn't even dare to lift his head when he said it.

As far as Li Xian's brain is concerned, he will be fooled if he is teased a little bit, and Li Chengzhi can guess with his toes that it was Li Feng's instigation.

I just asked one more question today, otherwise it would be Li Xian who came to stalk me tomorrow.

"No!"

Li Chengzhi replied categorically, "Li Xian is stupid, are you stupid too? Pretend to be Hu Jun, but he is well-equipped, but he still uses firearms? Do you really think Gao Zhao is a fool?"

Li Feng sneered: "I'm just in case!"

Li Chengzhi broke up with him lazily: "Since the food and grass are ready and the army is ready to go, then send troops within three days. Remember not to rush in, just defend Bigan City. In addition, you should place more scouts along the way, but there are If there is a change, report it quickly..."

Li Feng hurriedly said, "No!"

"Now the interior is still relatively stable, so I will hand over the tasks to Xiaoxian first. You can bring all the best of the spy department with you, but you must remember, don't go deep into towns and cities, at most sneak through Langshan, and lobby the Shannan Animal Husbandry Department. ..."

"I understand!"

"Well, go to pass the order first, and I will give you and my faith to practice after nightfall!"

"Haha, thank you sir!"

Li Feng responded loudly, and after a deep break, he said goodbye to Li Xiaoxian and left.

Li Chengzhi let out a sigh of relief, looked at the map, and pointed heavily at Woye Town.

There are all kinds of harm in the Yellow River, but only richness!
Is Gao Zhao good at calculating?
That being the case, don't blame me for fishing in troubled waters...

……

Two thousand miles away, Jinming County City.

The military tents by the Luoshui River are like clouds, with no end in sight.About forty or fifty miles further north, densely packed soldiers were carrying ladders or carrying sandbags, howling and rushing down the city wall.

It has been more than half a month since the siege of the city, and nearly [-] officers and soldiers were killed or injured before they could barely fill up the moat.Since yesterday, Xi Kangsheng ordered soldiers and ants to attack the city again.

But what's weird is that the offensive continued intermittently, as if Xi Kangsheng suspected that he had too many soldiers and deliberately caught up with him to die?
Gao Zhao stood at the top of the city, staring at the city below, frowning more and more tightly.

The soldiers attached to the ant are still the same as yesterday, at most a thousand, and there are no sharp weapons such as building carts or stone cannons.And this way of fighting, even if Xi Kangsheng was given another year, he would not want to capture Jinming County.

What is the intention of this old thief?

Sound east and west?

Show the enemy weak?

But Si, Ding and other prefectures report every day that there is no enemy army anywhere except Lishi, let alone abnormalities.

Then what is Xi Kang's business desire?

Gao Zhao pondered for a long time, but couldn't understand it.He turned his head and asked Li Shixian: "What do Huaide think?"

Li Shixian rolled up his sleeves, and glanced at Gao Zhao lazily: "Xi Kangsheng is a famous general in the world, and he doesn't even have the title of Taiwei, how does Li know?"

"Famous generals in the world? Hehe, the name is just too real..."

Gao Zhao shook his head and smiled, "As the saying goes, like a father, like a son, Cheng Zhitian will let his talents be unparalleled in the world, so Huai De must have something superior, so why should he be humble?"

Like father, like son?
It's okay not to mention it, but Li Sixian's teeth itch with hatred when he mentions it.

If grandpa had that rebellious son's three-point plan, how could he fall into the poisonous plan of you, a bastard?
The more he thought about it, the more annoyed he became, Li Shixian snorted coldly, turned his head away and ignored it.

Gao Zhao didn't care, and looked down the city for a while, seeing that the enemy's army had already crossed the moat, he waved his hand: "Shoot the arrow!"

As soon as the words fell, the archers in the city all opened their bows.Nearly a thousand rockets shot down, and for a while the arrows were like a rain of locusts, and the fire was like a shooting star.

It has been nearly a month since they fought each other, and the officers and soldiers have already been prepared. In addition to the leather armor, they are also covered with a layer of felt and soaked in water.

Although it is very cumbersome, it is effective in defending against rockets.If an arrow is shot at the body, you only need to pull the felt hard, and the arrow will pass through, and the fire oil on the arrow will be filtered out and extinguished.

The disadvantage is that it is not as strong as iron armor, which cannot prevent heavy arrows, and still causes heavy casualties.

Still as usual, seven or eight rounds were fired on the city, and nearly half of the people outside the city were killed or injured.Just like the agreement, the golden gong sounded to retreat in the south of the city, and the shooting of arrows on the city stopped.The remaining hundreds of officers and soldiers receded like the tide.

Gao Zhao was overly suspicious, but his face didn't show it at all. Instead, he asked with a smile: "Huai De called Xi Kangsheng a famous general in the world, but what can he do? It's been nearly a month since Jin Ming besieged me. Next, isn’t there still nothing to do?”

Li Huaide's face was full of contempt: "This rocket is just picking up people's teeth, why should the Taiwei be complacent?"

Gao Zhao was not annoyed, and the smile on his face remained the same: "Huai De's words are serious, you and my father-in-law, Cheng Zhi and I are a family, how can we pick up the wisdom of others?"

After a short pause, he asked again with a smile: "Three days have passed, how is Huaide thinking? If you agree, I will immediately order to send Hu Chengxue to the West Sea...but you need to write a letter... ..."

Li Shixian sneered grimly: "Even the court has issued an obituary, saying that Chengzhi was killed by you, so why should the Taiwei be hypocritical?"

"Li Huaide, you and I know whether Li Chengzhi is dead or not. How long are you going to pretend to be crazy?"

Just as the storm was about to come, the smile on Gao Zhao's face gradually faded, "If it wasn't for him, who would have held my order, pretended to be Gao Yun, led hundreds of armored horses to the pass, and disappeared in Bugulu? If it wasn't for him, who would have bewitched Li Shao, Yang Shu and others to attack Jingzhou and kill Yuan Chen?"

Li Shixian bared his teeth and smiled, his face was full of gloating: "Even you call him Gao Yun, so why are you slandering my son?"

Gao Yun?

Fortunately, Gao Zhao's heart is as deep as the sea, otherwise he would definitely be trembling with anger.

Because of Gao Yun's tricks, Li Chengzhi's conspiracy caused Yuan Chen's death in vain, and what's more, he lost tens of thousands of soldiers and horses and nearly a million stones of grain and grass.

What's more, if Li Chengzhi hadn't burned Xiazhou camp and Jinming's Youhu Lake, how could he have risen so early?

Thinking of this, Gao Zhao wished to tear Li Shixian's body to pieces.

His face turned cold, and he scolded sharply: "Li Huaide, don't you know what is good or bad, and really think that I dare not kill you to sacrifice the flag?"

If he was afraid, Li Shixian would have been subdued long ago, why bother to endure until today?

He chuckled: "If you want to take the head of Mr. Li, you just order it, no need to talk, and see if Mr. Li will frown?"

After that, he went straight 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.

Li Shixian was so confident that he didn't put Gao Zhao in his eyes at all.Among Zuo Jin's cronies, no one dared to say a word of injustice.

Just because he has learned a lesson long ago, Gao Meng has received a few whips for this.

Seeing Li Shixian going down the city, Gao Zhao no longer had any anger on his face, turned his head and looked down the city again, the officers and soldiers had retreated without a trace.

For some reason, he had a vague intuition that Xi Kangsheng seemed to be procrastinating on purpose.

But what's the use?

As long as there is chaos in the six towns, the overall situation will be settled, and even if there are ten more Xi Kangsheng, they will be powerless.

Suspicious for a while, he had no clue, so he wanted to find his confidant to ask for advice.

The guard just confessed a few words to the general, but before he went to the city, his cronies came to look for him first, saying that a messenger from Shuozhou had entered the city, and asked him to go back to the county government quickly.

"Know what?"

"The subordinates don't know either, but they only know that Shuozhou came to report, saying that they came to report the good news to the Taiwei under the order of Zi Jiangong (Gao Zhi)."

Gao Zhi, good news?
Gao Zhao thought about it for a while, and was overjoyed.

Even if the eldest son Gao Zhi sent someone to report, and it was good news, what else could it be?
Eighty percent of the time Beizhen is done...

Haha, God help me too!
Gao Zhao took three steps and made two steps, and flew down the city wall.

(End of this chapter)