Late Tang

Sitting there, Wang Pu looked heroic yet elegant, and the smile on his face made people feel good.But Gao Yu, who walked forward while smiling, knew in his heart that this person was definitely an extremely influential person around Li Jing.

"The military order passed down by Gao Shizhong has already been received by King Andong County." Wang Pulang said in a loud voice: "Our town [***] also believes that everyone is responsible for this matter. Therefore, King Andong County actively In response to the imperial court's call, after receiving the order from Gao Shizhong to transfer troops, he immediately dispatched six armies plus two naval divisions and two fleets, a total of nearly [-] troops to go south."

Gao Yuzheng had a lot to say, but Wang Pu said again: "Now our town [***] has sent 12 troops to the south. According to the old system of the imperial court, the army of the feudal town will provide food. And one soldier provides food for three soldiers. I Since the army left the town in July, the [-] troops should be counted as [-]. In addition, there are [-] horses in our army, and the horse supplies should also be counted as [-]. Now that our army has arrived in Huainan, please ask Gao They all pulled out our army's food and grass for March."

Wang Pu swallowed the words in Gao Yu's mind, and he could only say: "General Wang knows that the food and grass will be distributed naturally. Before receiving the order of the capital, I would like to invite General Wang to lead the army ashore. , first go to [***] Day Camp with a certain teacher to meet up."

"Of course there is no problem going to [***], but the emperor does not send hungry soldiers. We used to bring our own food and grass when we went south. Now please pull out the food and grass for March first."

"Don't worry about this, general. As long as the soldiers are on the shore and arrive at the camp, there will naturally be food and grass supplies. The food and grass are now stored in Yangzhou, [***], Luzhou and other places. Why do you need to go to this side? It's so troublesome, just arrive here [***], of course they provide food and pay over there." Gao Yu forced a smile while holding back his dissatisfaction, "But after I entered the island, I saw that the brothers in Zhen [***] were building a water city and a city. Fortress, the actions of soldiers and horses on the island seem to be stationed here forever?"

"We are going to build a lighthouse on the island to make it easier for boats to sail at night. General Gao, don't be suspicious." Wang Pu said with a chuckle, "It's still the same old saying, our army has already gone south to help the battle, but please ask Gao Dutong will pay our army's food and salary for March, and then we will go to listen to the marshal's transfer."

With that said, Wang Pu handed a piece of paper to Gao Yu.

Gao Yu lowered his head and glanced around, only to see that what was written on it was the food and salary that Zhen [***] went south to camp and asked to be paid first.

Wang Pu didn't open his mouth at all, and everything was calculated according to the normal situation.But Gao Yu looked around, and the numbers calculated above were always so astonishing.

First of all, Wang Pu fully complied with the standard of supplying food for the three soldiers.

There were 7000 troops in the town [***], and Wang Pu directly rounded it up and counted it as an army of 12, and then tripled it to an army of [-].Another [-] horses, tripled to [-].

Wang Pu's calculation method is that each soldier in the town [***] is given an average of six buckets of grain per month, plus five thousand dollars. In addition, the town [***] soldiers also have non-staple food, various canned meat and vegetables, After all, I still have to pay the usual money in January.Of course, considering the huge price difference between Zhen [***] and Huainan Town, Wang Pu carefully converted all the data into grain.

A soldier's monthly standard food consumption is six buckets, one bucket is five and a half catties, and one month is 33 catties of grain.Then, six pennies a month, converted according to the price of grain in Dengzhou, is five cents per catty of rice, which is [-] catties of rice, which is exactly ten shi.

One thousand, 230 three catties per person, 4 people is 40 stones, and if multiplied by three, it is 120 stones.

Of course, this does not include horses. A war horse eats three millet stones in a month, and three times that is nine stones in a month.Eight thousand horses are 7 stone grains.

Calculated by three times in one month, the people and horses need 130 million 390 shi. If it is calculated for another three months, it will be [-] million [-] shi.

Gao Yu's face turned blue when he saw it, Wang Pu was blackmailing at all.

It is well known that the treatment of officers and soldiers in Zhen[***] is high, but other places are not as good as Zhen[***].An ordinary soldier in the Huainan Army is given two liters of rice every day, plus two guan of money for one month.Calculated, the list issued by Zhen [***] is almost three times the figure of the Huainan Army.

What's more, the so-called one soldier and three grains, let alone such a thing.

Calculated in this way, the conditions offered by Zhen [***] are actually nine times higher than those offered by the Huainan Army.

There were 40 troops and 13 horses. According to the standards of the Huainan Army, the food and salary for three months was only [-], and the food for a month was only [-] shi, including the supply of food, salary and horses.

Gao Yu shook his head again and again, the conditions offered by Zhen [***] were too harsh, nine times the salary, how could this be possible.

Although Huainan used to be known as the richest vassal in the world, it was because there was no war in Huainan before, and it did not raise soldiers. The entire ten states in Huainan only raised [-] old and weak soldiers.But now, Huainan has been swept by grass thieves several times, plus the [-] to [-] soldiers and horses raised in Huainan Town now have to make offerings to the court, so Gao Pian is also stretched.

Now in Huainan Town, Gao Pian has assembled [-] soldiers and horses in order to deal with Huang Chao who came to the east, but the court can't provide money and food to support the army.

Now Wang Pu is in a good position to pay nine times the food and salary directly. His 30 troops are equivalent to more than [-] troops.

Sure enough, the visitor was not kind!

The town [***] came thousands of miles away to build cities and fortresses on other people's lands. On the one hand, they said that there was no food in the army, but on the other hand, they stationed troops to build cities.

What made Gao Yu a little helpless was that Hudouzhou, which the town [***] now occupies, is close to Huainan Town, and its naval warships can even reach the city of Yangzhou in a day and night.But the territory of Hu Douzhou belonged to Zhou Bao, the navy of Zhexi Town across the river.Now that the two brothers Zhou Bao and Gao Pian have turned their faces, this matter is even more complicated.

What is the purpose of town [***]?

Could it be that Li Jing's transfer of tens of thousands of towns [***] to the south is really to prepare to attack Huainan?

If Li Jing really had this kind of thought, he would station this large army here, and when the Huainan army went to Jiangxi, Zhen [***] would suddenly go up the river and attack Yangzhou directly, which would be very dangerous.Judging from the situation that Li Jing led the town [***] to sweep Liaodong for several years, and was invincible and invincible, this possibility is extremely high.

If Li Jing really wanted to take advantage of the fisherman, then no matter what, he had to find a way to prevent it.

"One hundred thousand stones!" Gao Yu planned to test the bottom line of Xiazhen [***]. "Huainan is willing to give the brothers in town [***] one hundred thousand guan of food and salary for one month. You can give [-] shi first and deliver it in Hailing, and the other [-] shi needs to be collected at [***] camp."

Wang Pu smiled at Gao Yu.

In the end, he shook his head again, "Since we are asking for thieves for the country, we don't want to be fussy about it. In this way, we will deduct the remaining fraction. First pay 100 million shi for one month's food and salary, and pay for the remaining two months later."

Gao Yu couldn't help but shook his head and smiled wryly when he heard this: "General Wang, we all need to show some sincerity to seek thieves for the country. Although Gao Shizhong and Li Junwang had some misunderstandings before, I believe that the county king is not that kind A person who is sure to get revenge, let alone the kind of person who ignores the country's major affairs for the sake of some trivial matters in the past."

"Of course the king of the county is not that kind of person." Wang Pu's tone softened slightly, "If the king of the county is still thinking about the previous things, why would he send a large army south. You know, the king of the county is now recovering the land of Liaodong for the country. A decisive battle with Goguryeo. At this time, even a little more troops would be good. But the commander-in-chief still sent [-] troops to the south. Isn’t this sincere? Our army has already arrived, and the high servants refused to pull out some food. How can we accept Gao Shizhong's command with confidence?"

"If Gao Shizhong is really in trouble, we don't need Gao Shizhong to contribute to the army. We can solve the problem of food and grass by ourselves. At the same time, we are still willing to send troops to help Gao Shizhong suppress the bandits, but in this way, some things have to be changed."

Gao Yu heard something in Wang Pu's words.

I can't help looking forward to his plan, but Wang Pu's plan is not complicated.

That is, Zhen [***] does not need Gao Pian to serve as an army, but therefore Zhen [***]'s southward camp is nominally under Gao Pian's command, but it cannot be mobilized by him.Zhen [***] formed a road alone, responsible for the blockade and interception of the Yangtze River.The main responsibility is to prevent Huang Chao's army from crossing the river and preventing them from going from Jiangxi to Huainan.

But at the same time, Gao Pian must provide convenience to Zhen[***], for example, the Huainan Army, Zhennan Navy, Zhennan Army, and Jingnan Army are not allowed to intercept Zhen[***]’s fleet. At the same time, Zhen[***] ] land troops may pass through the towns at any time.

Of course, the most important thing is that Gao Pian must allow merchants from Zhen [***] and Liaohai, Shandong to do business in Jianghuai, and they must not set up heavy checks.In addition, Gao Pian had to allow Zhen [***] to recruit refugees in the Jianghuai area and other major conditions.

Gao Yu heard the meaning of Wang Pu's words.

To put it bluntly, Li Jing's southward army was not so much here to help the war and suppress the bandits as it was to protect the merchants and clear the way.

Previously, Gao Pian united with various towns to cut off Li Jing's business routes, sealed up shops, and seized the goods of the caravan merchants. As a result, Li Jing immediately retaliated and sent a fleet to plunder the southeast coast.

This incident even caused Gao Pian to lose his position as the governor, turn against Zhou Bao, lose the support of the towns, and become a lonely family for a while.

It is precisely because of this that the people in Huainan Town knew that Li Jing's Nilin was actually a businessman in Dengzhou.

Gao Yu was a little moved in his heart, he knew that there must be some truth in these words.

If the town [***] goes south, it is really only to ensure the development of southeast commerce and trade, and it is not impossible.

Then, maybe Li Jing's going south didn't really mean to harm Huainan Town.

"Is that really the case?" Gao Yu stared at Wang Pu with sharp eyes, half convinced in his heart, Qi Sheng doubted it!

However, his heart did not relax because of this.Instead, he was worried. No matter what, he was certain in his heart now that although Li Jing's southward fleet did not come to attack Huainan, it was definitely not at ease.Tens of thousands of troops are stationed at Hudouzhou at the mouth of the Yangtze River, and it seems that they have already planned to stay there forever.

On the side of the couch, there are other people sleeping soundly, how can the Huainan army feel at ease in the future! (To be continued.)