Zhao Xun heard what the soldier said, his face changed, if according to the general county pension system, even if there are more than 10,000 casualties, the pension will not exceed the number of thousands of gold, at first they thought that the Taishan army only relied on tens of thousands of people to chase Li Damu 150,000 people, and Li Damu was defeated into an army, this casualty must not be too many, the pension is only two or three hundred gold, but if it is according to Taishan's system, even if it is a thousand people, they will have to pay more than 20,000 gold or even more.

"This ...... This...... Master Su, your standards are too high. "Zhao Xun Khan has come down, it is said that they can't bear 20,000 gold, but they are sending money and food, and the price is too huge.

"There's no way, when I took over Mount Tai, it was called an erosion, officials and businessmen colluded, officials and bandits connected, businessmen and bandits helped each other, if I didn't reward him, how could I find someone to fight? As the saying goes, 'Under the reward, there must be a brave man'. However, I also understand the difficulties of the Prime Minister, this pension is not needed, and when Li Damu is pacified, I can even let people help you train soldiers, but you still have to pay this salary, and you have to pay according to my Taishan standards. ”

"Master Su, what you said is true? If you can help me Jinan train an iron army like your army, don't say that according to the standard of Mount Tai, it doesn't hurt to pay two percent more! ”

"Of course it's true, but during the training, you can't interfere in the training affairs of the army, if there is a war, my Taishan people can return to the construction on their own, you can't stop it, and you can't force my Taishan soldiers to participate in the war."

"This is natural, the old man will go back and report to His Highness." Zhao Xun happily said goodbye and went back.

Guan Hai has been following Su Xiu's side as a guard since he set out on the expedition, and he naturally witnessed the whole conversation, and after Zhao Xun left, Guan Hai asked: "Lord, do we really want to help Jinan train troops?" ”

"Of course, when did you see me talking?"

"But after all, this is someone else's territory, and it is inevitable that there will be friction with their generals when we send people over, and the brothers are afraid that they will be wronged. What's more, what good is it for us to help them train their troops? ”

"Grievance? I forgive him Liu Kang and don't dare to give me the grievances of Taishan, Jinan is close to Mount Tai, as long as there is a problem, my Taishan army only needs a day or two to attack the army under the city. As for the effect of the training, it is not up to them whether the soldiers in Jinan are surnamed Liu or Su Ke. ”

After listening to Su Xiu's words, Guan Hai only felt a chill down his spine, he was still a powerful lord, on the surface, he was helping Jinan to suppress bandits, and he was helping him train his troops, how could he sound like a good person, but in fact, he had to help him happily with money after being sold.

The key is that Su Xiu is too good at acting, and with the appearance of a good old man just now, no one can associate him with a creature like the Smiling Tiger. Guan Hai really couldn't figure out what kind of ingenious heart a person like Su Xiu was born with, so that he could instantly think of such a bloodless strategy to expand his power.

"Dingyan (the word that Xi Zhicai gave Guan Hai), do you think I'm not kind? I'm also calculating a neighbor like Jinan? ”

"No, to be honest, Jinan has been in the hands of Liu Kang for decades, although it is not famous, but the people are mostly noodles and dishes, if you can let the lord take charge of Jinan, I believe that within three years, the people will be grateful to the lord. There are too many people in this Han Dynasty official, and if there are a few more people who care about the people like this, this Yellow Turban Rebellion will not be possible at all. ”

"Don't slip around and shoot horses, let you follow Zhicai is to let you learn military strategy, not to learn these skills of shooting horses." Su Xiu scolded with a smile.

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In the next month or so, almost all the checkpoints and customs defenses of Jinan were actively moved, Li Damu would be intercepted by Jinan officers and soldiers wherever he went, although he was still almost a touch of collapse as before, but Li Damu did not dare to entangle with Jinan officers and soldiers, Taishan army has been stuck behind like kraft candy, as long as there is a slight delay, Taishan army will come up like a hungry tiger to tear off a piece of Li Damu's meat.

More angry is the Taishan cavalry, the number is not much, only more than 2,000 people, but has been far behind, find the opportunity to come up snake a round of arrow rain, once Li Damu has signs of counterattack, no love of war, turn around and leave, make Li Damu army panic, everyone is in danger, just over a month, the number of soldiers who escaped has reached as many as sixty percent, and compared with the Taishan army, now only the number of people has not occupied the advantage.

In the face of Mount Tai and Jinan's encirclement and interception, Li Damu felt the danger of annihilation, and now the more than 30,000 people who are still around him basically do not have any combat ability, and the defeat and escape all the way make the vast majority of people exhausted, almost collapsed, and constantly chase around like a lost dog, and most of the grain and grass that have been plundered have fallen into the hands of the Taishan Army and the Jinan Army, and his soldiers have fled with him until now, and it is basically wishful thinking to maintain complete combat effectiveness.

"Dashuai, what should we do? Now the garrison of Jinan is completely abnormal, like a mad dog, even if they die, they will bite off a piece of our flesh, the key is that they delay so that the Taishan army pursues behind us, and we have no power to fight back. A staff general under Li Damu said.

"This thing is to blame me, I shouldn't have let Zhou Cang and them fight Mount Tai in the first place, this series of things started from the attack on Mount Tai, no one thought that Mount Tai, who had been weak for many years, recovered so quickly under the management of this doll guard, and the strength of the troops, the equipment was excellent, this person's ability and wrist were simply unheard of, I shouldn't provoke such a killing god, now he is like a maggot on the tarsal bone, chasing me closely, you have followed me for so long, these days will not abandon me Li Da Mu Ming felt in his heart, you have done your best, You can't do anything, surrender, maybe you can find a way to survive. ”

After saying this, Li Damu seemed to be twenty years old, and even his sturdy body began to stiffen. Since the launch of the Battle of Mount Tai, Li Damu has been restrained everywhere, step by step, the past two months have indeed been in torment every day, plus Li Damu is not good at strategic and tactical deployment, before in Qingzhou can be unimpeded, in addition to the Qingzhou officers and soldiers military discipline is lax, no intention to practice, there is also by virtue of the suddenness and incitement of the outbreak of the Yellow Turban, wrapped too many ignorant people. And these people, who were not well fed and clothed, did burst out with unparalleled courage and courage at the beginning.

However, after seeing Li Damu's atrocities and the continuous pursuit and suppression of officers and soldiers, many people began to gradually understand that rebellion was not easy to do, and no matter how weak the officers and soldiers were, they were still soldiers and could fight; No matter how strong he is, he is still farming, and the peasants who take the knives and guns are always still peasants, and without effective training, there is still a lot of difference in wanting to open up the formation and fight the officials and soldiers hard.