Chapter 12: The sudden appearance of the imperial army

Although Du Ruhui did not agree to take refuge in Su Shang, he was full of sincerity from Su Shang, and finally decided to accept Su Shang's invitation and stay in the alliance for the time being!

Su Shang was very happy with his decision, trusted him, and handed over many big and small things to him! This made Du Ruhui even more moved!

On this day, Su Shang and Du Ruhui were in the army camp, discussing various things in the alliance!

Du Ruhui handed Su Shang a small notebook, "This is a summary of the development of the Allied Army in the past month or so!" Since the last inaugural meeting of the Allied Army was held for more than a month, the Allied Army has become more and more deeply rooted in the hearts of the people in Donglai! The people of Donglai have given great support! So far, our army has 21,205 soldiers, of whom 16,750 have been recruited! ”

"How's the food, grass, weapons, and supplies?" Su Shang didn't open Qin Ben, and casually put it on the table!

"The original inventory in the army, as well as the donations of the people of the Donglai County family, plus the income from the search and purchase of the alliance chamber of commerce through various channels, now our army has a total of about 45,700 stone of grain, 6,000 quintals of forage, and 730 horses. In terms of weapons and armor, 16,000 soldiers have been relatively well equipped, and the remaining 6,000 people are simply equipped with various weapons such as folk swords! In addition, there were 6,000 taels of gold, 65,000 taels of silver, 200,000 catties of pig iron, and other various possessions worth about 15,000 taels of silver! "Du Ruhui has a good memory, and he said all kinds of detailed data of the army as soon as he opened his mouth!

"The weapons and equipment are still insufficient, and the horses are even more seriously insufficient!" Su Shang frowned and continued to ask, "How is the performance of the three major families in the city this time?"

"The three major families of Wang, Zhao, and Cui in the city donated the most, and they also donated 1,500 stone of food, plus 500 weapons of all kinds!"

Su Shang thought for a moment and asked again: "How is the development of the Alliance Chamber of Commerce?" How well do they collect information about the various craftsmen? ”

"The Alliance Chamber of Commerce is developing quite well! The soap, lipstick, sugar, and salt produced during the meeting were sold very well, and the Chamber of Commerce also provided us with a lot of materials for purchase! There are already more than 2,300 craftsmen of all kinds registered, including about 800 blacksmiths! However, President, I think the Chamber of Commerce should expand beyond Dongnae-gun! In this way, we can provide more supplies! Du Ruhui understood what Su Shang meant, so he said it in detail!

Su Shang nodded and said, "The scale of the Chamber of Commerce is a bit small!" You can arrange for them to develop outwardly! Well, don't use the same name when developing externally! You can also cooperate with merchants from other places, give them gong chǎn products, and then ask them to help us buy supplies! Gather all those blacksmiths together and you can pay them a high price! I want them to help me turn pig iron into weapons as soon as possible! In addition, I am going to set up a craftsman school. Recruit students for free, provide them with room and board for free, and then recruit craftsmen from various industries at a high price to teach them, I want to train a large number of craftsmen in a short time! ”

"Alas", Su Shang sighed, his face was a little bad! "If there are fewer weapons, I can still let the blacksmith build them, and if there are fewer horses, my cavalry battalion will not be formed! Brother Ruyan, is there any way you can teach me? ”

Du Ruhui thought for a while and said, "The lack of horses is indeed a big problem! We don't produce horses in Shandong, and the horses outside can't come in now, so it can't be solved in a short time! However, President, now that we can't form a cavalry, let's develop a different way of thinking and form a naval army! There is a military camp in our East Levendon County, called Dengzhou Battalion! It was a large naval camp of the imperial court, and when the imperial court attacked Goguryeo, it transferred most of the large warships. However, I heard that there are still five or six large warships of more than 1,000 stones, as well as hundreds of small ships of various kinds! Now that there are only a few dozen Chaoting government troops stationed in the naval army camp, the president can send a general to take over! And Wendeng County and Muping County are all shipbuilding bases of the court, which gives us good conditions to develop the navy! ”

Su Shang's eyes suddenly lit up, Donglai County is surrounded by water on three sides, and the development of the water army is indeed a unique condition! And an elite naval army, which can definitely quickly attack the surrounding areas by water in the future!

Su Shang was very happy, and said with a smile to Du Ruhui: "Brother Ruhui, your idea is really good!" Let's develop a water army! ”

"Someone, go and call General Su Xingchen to see me!" Su Shang called a subordinate and commanded!

It didn't take long for Su Xingchen to come! But with him is Li Yixing! As soon as the two saw Su Shang, they immediately saluted him in unison!

The military salute is stipulated by Su Shang! The armor worn by the soldiers is relatively heavy, and it is very inconvenient to kneel and salute, so Su Shang promoted the military salute of the dream world in the army! He made it a rule in the Allied Army that soldiers could only salute others with military salutes! The unique military salute made the soldiers in the army very welcome, and at the same time, it also better condensed the morale of the army!

"Report to the president, there is a court army in the Huangxian area, about two thousand people! Now the army is advancing towards Donglai City, and it is estimated that it will reach Donglai City around midnight today! ”

Imperial Army? Where did the army come from in Huangxian? Could it be...... Su Shang's heart moved, "It should be that the army that attacked Goguryeo has returned!" Brother Ru Hao, do you think I should send someone to intercept them? ”

Du Ruhui thought for a while before saying, "I don't think it's good!" The slogan of the Allied Army is to protect the family and protect the people, we are not rebels! They are the army of the court, and if we attack them, we will become zào fǎn! Besides, they are retreated from the battle against foreign races, and whether they win or lose or not, they are all national heroes! Attacking them will be detrimental to the future development of the Allied Forces! ”

"Brother Ruhan, you are right! Thanks for reminding me! Or I'm going to make a big mistake! "Su Shang is a little afraid, it's good to have a super strategist by his side!

Du Ruhui looked at him and said, "They suddenly appeared in Huang County, they should have been withdrawn from the waterway, I think they must not have much food!" All we have to do is close the gates, and when they arrive, we will ask them to lead them into the city and explain the situation, and we will be able to decide whether they come in or not! ”

Su Shang understood the meaning of Du Ruhui's words, looked at Du Ruhui and smiled, and said, "Brother Ruhui is really scheming!"

Then, he said to Su Xingchen: "Xingchen, you immediately lead the three thousand elites of the White Tiger Battalion to enter the Dengzhou Battalion!" There are still a small number of court troops stationed in the Dengzhou camp, so you try to take over peacefully! After entering the station, you must immediately recruit shipbuilders from Wendeng and Muping counties, and resume the construction of warships as soon as possible! ”

"Yixing, you immediately go and inform San Lang Wang Zhongyi, ask him to close the city gate immediately, and strictly search the people who enter and leave the city gate! After Shen Shi, you are not allowed to go out! Also, you have to send someone to keep an eye on that army at all times, and report any situation immediately! ”

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Just after the unitary hour, a court army of more than 2,000 people appeared outside Donglai City! The ranks of the soldiers are not very neat, the armor is a little crooked, and the soldiers are all tired!

When the commander of the army saw that the gate of Donglai City had been closed, he asked one of his men to negotiate with the soldiers defending the city! The soldiers defending the city finally found Xie Yingdeng!

Actually, Xie Yingdeng was specially arranged here by Su Shang! As soon as Xie Yingdeng appeared at the head of the city, he shouted to the Sui army under the city: "May I ask what the general under the city is called?" Where are you in the army? ”

At this time, a general in yellow armor ran out of the Sui army, this general was about nine feet tall and tall! He hugged the general at the head of the city and saluted: "General Ben is called to come and is the commander of this army!" We are an army withdrawn from Liaodong! Excuse me, what is the name of the general? Why don't you let us into town! ”

Xie Yingdeng also hugged the whole salute, and then said: "Call Xie Yingdeng!" Because Wang Bo's bandit army is rampant, he said that he would attack our Donglai City in the near future! In order to prevent the bandits from stealing the city in disguise, my general's special order is martial law for three months! Those who enter the city with more than five people during the day must be carefully inspected before they can be released, and they are not allowed to open the city gate after the time of application every day! Please forgive me, the general! ”

Lai's mood suddenly changed a little badly, and his face changed! Xie Yingdeng just paused, and immediately said: "But come to the general, please rest assured!" I've already reported it to my lord! Because the lord is now entertaining the envoy sent by the court, he can't come out to greet the general for the time being! But as my lord said, the generals and the generals are heroes of the conquest of foreign races, so let me not neglect everyone! The lord also specially explained that the general and the generals can go into the city to rest tonight, and the other brothers will temporarily be stationed outside the city for one night, and arrange for them to enter the city early tomorrow morning! ”

I think it's a little weird, but I can't say what's wrong! Everything Xie Yingdeng said was reasonable, and the armor he was wearing was also the Mingguang armor of the court! This made him not think deeply, and hugged again: "Then thank you so much, General!" But General Xie, these brothers of mine are extremely hungry and thirsty after a long journey, and I ask General Xie to arrange something for them to eat! ”

Xie Yingdeng laughed and said, "Come to the general, you're welcome!" How can I starve my heroes? Come to the general, please rest assured! I have already commanded it. Meals are being prepared, and in a moment they will be sent directly to the camp! However, please forgive me the general and all the generals! Now we can only let everyone come up through the hanging basket! ”

"Trouble General Xie!" Lai Cheng also laughed, Sui and the generals stepped into the hanging basket......

Is the overlord of the late Sui Dynasty good-looking?