I will be the master of Xuande

Chapter 171 He must have another trick

Is Liu Jian asking a high price?

Of course high!
What kind of army do you just open your mouth to make a billion?
Are you kidding me!
You ask Luo Yang whether the food and salaries of the Fifth Battalion of the Northern Army cost one billion a year!

But after all, it was the number reported by the State Shepherd, and Tian Feng couldn't just reply directly, but it was no good.

He had to at least hear the reason.

After all, for the upright Tian Feng, the most important thing right now is to solve the problems in Jizhou.

He didn't want to favor Zhuhao or Liu Jian.

He just wants to make the territory of Jizhou safe and peaceful, and bring everything back to the way it was before the Yellow Turban Rebellion.

Therefore, no matter how false the amount Liu Jian said, he still has to discuss it with the other party.

Tian Feng thinks he is a very reasonable person.

Afterwards, Tian Feng bowed to Liu Jian and asked, "Dare to ask the envoy, what is the reason for this one billion army? Please teach me, so that Tian can study this matter carefully with the princes of the counties. "

Liu Jian clapped his hands and said, "Come here!"

Afterwards, Zhao Yun and Xia Houlan were seen striding forward in front of Liu Jian.

"Please give me your orders!"

"Bring me the map!"

"only!"

Not long after, I saw Zhao Yun and Xia Houlan, commanding a few white sages, took a roll of map to the center of the hall, unfolded it and placed it in the center of the main hall.

Tian Feng lowered his head and looked at the map spread out on the ground.

The above outlines are the counties and counties of Hebei.

Liu Jian came to the shelf beside the hall, took off his long sword, and then came to the map, pointing with the scabbard:
"Among the Taihang Mountains, there are Wutai Mountains, Hengshan Mountains, Yunzhong Mountains, Taiyue Mountains, Sumu Mountains, etc., and the Fen River, Sanggan, and Hutuo Rivers are intertwined."

"Across Hebei, You, and Bing, you can overlook Zhongshan, Changshan, Julu, Zhao Guo, and Weijun in the east. You can defend the south but not the north. Bandits and bandits roam freely in the middle, or take Zhending, or Quyang, or Take Yuanshi, or take Wu'an"

"In short, the thieves are in the dark, and I am equal to the light. Where do they want to fight, but if our soldiers and horses enter the Taihang, it will be like entering a maze. The mountains are so high that they may be slaughtered at will. May I ask Mr. Tian, ​​how is this battle going?" beat?"

After all, Tian Feng is a man of great talent, so Liu Jian's question naturally cannot trouble him.

"The thieves are good at traveling in the mountains. They travel in the mountains all year round, trekking through mountains and rivers like walking on flat land. If they confront them in the mountains, they will fall into the three armies. Naturally, they must be lured out of the mountains and set up ambushes to gather and annihilate them!"

Liu Jian said with a smile: "I don't want Mr. to be familiar with military aircraft."

"Don't dare, how dare you show off the superficial way in front of the envoy."

Liu Jian said with a smile: "Since the master also said that it is necessary to set up an ambush, then I would like to ask you, the land of Julu in Wei County is a vast plain with very few mountains. If you want to ambush, where should you put the ambush?"

"Um……"

Tian Feng also hesitated when he heard this.

This Liu Shijun is also a man who has experienced battles and is good at using soldiers. The problem he mentioned is indeed a difficult point.

Jizhou, Hebei is mostly plains, and it can be described as a flat land. Indeed, there are not many places suitable for ambushes.

"Then according to the envoy's will, how should we break it?"

"The land of Jizhou is not suitable for ambushes. There are so many bandits and bandits. You have to use elite cavalry to defend against the enemy in order to break them all at once!"

"Cavalry formation?" Tian Feng was stunned for a moment, and said, "It makes sense."

Liu Jian said with a smile: "Since you also know that if you want to break the Black Mountain, you need to use cavalry to fight, then naturally you won't think that my request just now is too much."

"There are thieves in the Taihang Mountains, big and small. It is said that there are more than 80 million hooligans who have entered the mountain as thieves."

"Even if out of the 80 million people, [-] or [-] people can be strong, the bandits can gather an army of more than [-] strong mountain people!"

"Destroy [-] thieves, and it still spans several counties. I will form a group with [-] elite riders, not many?"

"This... well, not much."

Tian Feng is a wise man. When he heard this, he already understood that he was surrounded by Liu Jian.

But when it came to this point, he couldn't stop listening.

Sure enough, Liu Jian said indifferently: "Two thousand elites, I use the most basic configuration of two horses for one ride. The price of a good war horse should be between 15 and 20 yuan a horse. I sit down The Xiongnu's big Qingyu was purchased in Zhuojun for 40 yuan. Naturally, we can't match all of such expensive horses with Jizhou knights. Then I will take one of them. 17 yuan is a good horse. Two horses, a total of [-] horses, Mr. Yuan Hao, can you figure out how much it is?"

Tian Feng said blankly: "8000 million yuan."

"It's just money for war horses. What about the fine grains for these four thousand good horses? A war horse worth 17 yuan must eat better than humans!"

"And there are two thousand sets of Xuanjia?"

"There are two thousand fine iron swords and spears."

"There are rations for 2000 people for one to two years."

"There are still two thousand Han soldiers' pay."

"Besides, it's just cavalry. Don't I recruit a single infantry?"

"Two thousand cavalry, after all, must be accompanied by two thousand infantry and crossbowmen?"

"How will the food and fodder for these 4000 people and [-] horses be transported?"

"Shouldn't the peasants be recruited? Isn't this money?"

"Taihang thieves overlook several counties, not sure where they come from. The soldiers of the three armies are fighting across the state. Don't the post stations need a lot of post horses to send messages? Just for opportunities?"

"Although this stage horse is cheap, you can get one horse for about seven or eight thousand dollars. If all the pavilions and stations are well prepared, at least a few hundred horses will be recruited. Wouldn't this cost two million dollars?"

"Mr. Yuan Hao, do you think I want more than one billion?"

Tian Feng couldn't help but smile wryly when he heard this.

Of course more!
Yes, you are right!
But how can there be such a reckoning when using troops these years?

First of all, you are not lucky to fight Xianbei and Qiang rebels.

A mere group of Montenegrin troops, is it useful?
Besides, your configuration is clearly based on the configuration of the Luoyang Sanhe elite and the central six counties Habayashiro.

Local wars, is it still necessary?

Many things can be dealt with!
What kind of military pay is given back, just give food!
Tian Feng cupped his hands and said, "It's just a scabrous thief in the mountains. Is this kind of military equipment too much?"

Liu Jian said with a smile: "I don't want to, but you just said that the thieves in the mountains are good at trekking through mountains and rivers. The environment of the Taihang Mountains is intricate. We can't attack, we can only ambush outside, but there is no place to ambush in the Qianli Plain of Jizhou. Apart from using the elite horse army, I cannot guarantee victory..."

"Mr. Tian, ​​maybe the princes of the counties think about saving money when they are fighting against the thieves. It doesn't matter if you don't win. There will be a next time, but what I think is that you must win with certainty! I lost, Luo I am the one who issued an edict over there, and the responsibility lies with me, not the princes of the counties, do you understand this?"

"If the princes of Jizhou really want to ask Liu for help, then they won't want to kill me, right?"

Tian Feng gave Liu Jian a deep look.

It was only now that he finally understood this young man.

He finally understood why, in just a few years, he, a young man from the border county of Youzhou, was able to grow up to a feudal town in a short period of time!

This person... is the true hero!

Did he really do nothing during the three months he came to Jizhou?
Yes, he did not do a single job, he just built a big mansion in Ye City for himself.

but!

However, he used these three months to study the overall situation and situation of the counties and counties in Jizhou, as well as the situation of each family in each county of Jizhou, to understand it!
It is absolutely impossible for him to say what he said today on a whim.

He is well prepared.

Tian Feng heaved a long sigh. At this moment, he felt admiration for Liu Jian in his heart.

Because he understands that the price of this one billion yuan must not be negotiated in the end, and Liu Jian must also know that it cannot be negotiated.

Then he must still have a plan for the next move.

Okay, let Tian wait and see.

(End of this chapter)