With the arrival of more than 800 Jurchen warriors, even if he didn't use Xinxiang Yong, Li Luo could gather 1,300 combatable soldiers.

In the letter sent by Shi Yan, it was clearly stated that Han Gong had thousands of pirates. You should be able to have an advantage in your own forces.

The opponent has hundreds of leather armor, and his own side has 300 iron armor, even if the number is less than the opponent's, he will not suffer.

Coupled with mental arithmetic or unintentional, if you can be surprisingly unprepared, this battle will be won.

Han Gong opened an iron mine on the island and smelted steel, but why didn't he make iron armor? Obviously, the armorer was not found.

Armor is one of the most important pieces of equipment in the Cold Soldier era, and it is extremely tightly controlled. As a highly professional official craftsman, the armor craftsmen were almost all controlled by the imperial court. Han Gong is a pirate leader, and he really can't meet him if he is unlucky.

However, it is not possible to send troops now, at least let the new Jurchen soldiers eat for seven or eight days, nourish their fat, and restore their strength.

Li Luo saw that most of these Jurchen warriors were big men, a lot taller than the Goryeo. Most of their expressions are resolute and cold, without the frivolous and oily expressions of the Koreans.

Even if it has long been sinicized, the descendants of these hunters who came out of the white mountains and black waters still have some fierce and brave characters.

Not as strong as their ancestors to the point of being "invincible", but more obedient and obedient than their ancestors. This is the source of soldiers that Li Luo needs most now.

It's a pity that most of them have yellow faces and thin muscles, and they look like they haven't eaten enough for a long time, which shows that they are very worried about their lives. It needs white rice and white noodles, big fish and big meat to nourish for a period of time before it can be used to fight.

In addition to this, a number of weapons will need to be acquired.

Fortunately, he was already a regimental training envoy of a county, and he had full authority to purchase bows and arrows, shields, knives and guns in an open and honest manner.

But don't think about buying armor. This thing requires the approval of the Bing Cao (Military Department) (A ticket), and with the "A Ticket" it can be purchased in the official arsenal. The armor of the clan's private soldiers was obtained in this way.

In this way, the expansion of the world's armed forces was suppressed by strictly controlling the armor.

For those who make armor privately, even if it is a top-level gate valve, it must be severely punished. Even if the king of Goryeo is not capable of punishing, there is still the Daewon court to punish.

Li Luo immediately remembered the "eldest brother" Li Ruoyu. Isn't Li Ruoyu serving as a senator in Bingcao? If you say a few kind words to him, will you be able to buy a batch of armor?

Li Luo gave a speech to brainwash the Jurchen warriors, and then left a promise of "eating well, dressing well, and feeding and closing", and threw them to Du Lie.

Then, he couldn't wait to write a letter to Li Ruoyu, with respectful words and no leakage, and finally asked for the purchase of 500 pairs of armor.

Then he ordered the housekeeper Lee Min Ho to send a letter to Inju with generous gifts.

Five hundred armor is definitely not a small number. He expected that Li Ruoyu would not be able to meet his request, but there was still hope for two or three hundred pairs.

After sending the letter, Li Luo arranged for Yan Ying and Yan Tong and other personal guards, asking them to cross the sea tomorrow to buy a batch of bows, arrows, swords and shields to make up for the weapon gap.

After dealing with these matters and holding another meeting above the captain, Li Luo had the time to go into the inner courtyard to greet Yan Duo.

Yan Duo asked, "Have you set a date for sending troops?" ”

Li Luo replied: "Let them eat for ten days first, and then wait for a batch of armor and weapons." It will also be at the end of the month at the earliest. ”

Yan Duo said: "My father had a subordinate who was very good at raising horses, and now he is the shepherd of the horse farm in the Tokyo Governor's Office (Liaoyang), managing tens of thousands of horses. He has already replied......"

When Li Luo heard this, he immediately became nervous.

He wrote back that he could only hide a maximum of twenty mares and thirty stallions a month. Any more and something will happen. ”

Li Luo was a little disappointed, although the Yuan court built pastures everywhere, it still had a very strict control over official horses, especially to prevent Han people.

Liaoyang ranch raises 10,000 horses, and that person is a pastoral supervisor, so convenient conditions can only hide fifty horses a month.

Only 600 horses were hidden in a year, which is far from it.

Yan Duo smiled and said: "Don't worry, although the war horse of the official pastor of Liaoyang is not easy to get, you can let him buy it on the grassland and buy it from Naiyan's trading company." ”

Naiyan was the host king of the Mongol Empire, whose fief included most of Liaodong, and was the most powerful Mongol king in the host. This man, like the Mongol kings of the Western Dao, who was also from the Golden Family, was not convinced by the Yuan court and Kublai Khan, and would rebel a few years later.

Naiyan's fiefdoms are Hulunbuir and Liaodong, of course, there are a large number of horses, and he shouldn't care who buys his horses, as long as there are benefits, most of them will agree.

Even if others buy horses to create Kublai Khan's rebellion, it is estimated that this prince is still desperate.

Yan Duo continued: "Nai Yan seems to have the opposite intention, according to the old man's subordinates in Liaodong, Nai Yan is short of salt and iron, so he has been accumulating salt and iron. Let's trade iron for horses. ”

Iron Horse Trade?

Li Luo smiled, and after taking Han Gong's iron ore, it was just used to exchange horses.

Yan Duo continued: "Now Haikou in Liaodong is still in the hands of Nai Yan, and his caravans often go to sea to sell leather cattle and sheep. This trade route is just conducive to our horse purchase. It not only saves the Yuan court inventory, but also saves the goods tax procedures. ”

Li Luo understood that Kublai Khan prevented Naiyan's rebellion, so he controlled the Yongchang to restrict the flow of iron and salt into Liaodong, so that Naiyankong had hundreds of thousands of troops, but it was difficult to rebel.

But Naiyan still has access to the sea, and the way of maritime trade has not been stuck. After all, he is the king of the Mongol sect, and he has not really rebelled, so of course the Yuan court can't go too far.

This opening is Li Luo's chance.

"Although this person was his father's subordinate back then, but now he has become the Bi Ma Wen of the Yuan Court, is he still reliable......

"Wu'er, what is Bi Ma Wen?"

"Uh...... It's Ma Guan'er. ”

"This man is reliable. Because the old man ordered him to be this horse official back then, so that he would have a source of war horses in case of trouble. Now, what you have done is step-by-step, quite methodical, and the father is very relieved, so let him use it for you. ”

Li Luo said: "Then I will bother my father." From my father's point of view, how many horses can I get a year by using him to trade this iron horse with Naiyan? ”

Yan Duo groaned and said, "Hundreds of horses each time, three thousand horses per year should be no difference." If there is more, it will be easy to have an accident. ”

Li Luo said with a smile: "I can buy 3,000 horses a year, plus the horses hidden by the pastoral superintendent, it adds up to 3,600 horses, and in three years, it will be 10,000 horses." ”

Yan Duo stroked his beard and smiled: "It's still easy to do things with money." He raised troops for his father several times, but he lost money and food. Your ability to find money is a hundred times stronger than mine, and your chances of winning in the future are naturally much greater. ”

Li Luo said: "It's not just horses. I want a cow, Taiwan...... There were too few cattle from Haidong immigrants, which affected Tuntian. ”

"Well, there is too much shortage of cattle, so we can only buy cattle through the grassland."

"Father, can the prairie cattle plough the fields?"

"It's not that it can't be done, it's just that it's not as smart as our Yellow River cattle, and you need to tame it to cultivate the fields."

"Prairie cows produce good milk, and my father can drink milk every day to prolong his life."

"My son, when will Xiuning come back? I don't know if she is in danger on that island, but she is worried about her father. ”

"I'm worried too. But my father can rest assured, she is bold and careful, and she will not lose to a man if she kills and decides, and she will be fine. ”

Yan Duo said: "I hope so." ”

Li Luo was actually a little uneasy in his heart, and he was really unaccustomed to being separated from Cui Xiuning for more than 20 days. Not only missed, but also worried.

There are more than 100,000 people on the island, and she only has 800 troops, and she has not yet completed her training.

In the event that a lifetime of fan-hunching out of the mountain, will she be able to ensure safety?