The Qing army obtained grain and grass from Korea and Nanjing, which made Gao Yihuan a little passive.

Originally, Gao Yihuan's grain barely supported until the winter wheat matured, and there was no problem, but as soon as the war was fought, the army and the people consumed a huge amount of food, and the grain and grass were somewhat insufficient.

At present, the grain and grass of the Wei army can only last until about May, which means that within a month of the winter wheat harvest, he can only drink the northwest wind.

Gao Yihuan originally thought that the Qing army had only been in the customs for a year, and the bureaucratic system had just been established, so it would be at least six months of this year before the Qing army could be provided with a certain amount of grain and taxes.

At present, the Qing army mainly relies on looting to supply, Duoduo has a meal, no meal, and he can't consume him, but after listening to Xuanyiwei's report, the Qing army can get food from Korea and the south, and Gao Yihuan wants to consume Duoduo, which is unrealistic.

He was in the land of Sanfu, and he was already at a disadvantage in terms of consumption, and the Qing army could still get supplies from the vassal state and the Ming Dynasty, so Gao Yihuan couldn't afford it at all.

If this is the case, Gao Yihuan must end this battle as soon as possible, otherwise he will inevitably be defeated by Duoduo when he runs out of food.

Gao Yihuan frowned and asked, "North Korea is a poor place, and there shouldn't be much food that can be given to the Manchus, right?" ”

Fang Jiayu shook his head, "Returning to the marshal, we didn't make a detailed work on the Korean side, and we don't know the specific number, but the Jin merchants did have frequent activities in Huguang and Jiangxi, they collected grain at a high price, and then bought boats to go south, almost every few days, there were boats along the canal to the north." ”

In the Ming Dynasty, the Jiangsu and Zhejiang regions had a developed economy and generally cultivated various cash crops, and the cultivation of rice moved westward to Jiangxi and Huguang.

The Jin merchants actually went to Huguang and Jiangxi to buy grain for the Qing army, and the Manchu Qing Dynasty was not short of silver, and with the gentry in the late Ming Dynasty who loved money and valued personal interests, and the Ming Dynasty did not restrict it, the Qing army should not have a problem obtaining a large amount of grain.

If this is the case, then this battle is really impossible to fight, and Gao Yihuan has an urge to pick and choose.

Gao Yihuan's face was gloomy for a while, and after being angry for a while, he finally thought about how to deal with it.

First of all, we must think of ways to interfere with the Qing army to continue to have enough food.

At this time, Gao Yihuan pondered for a moment, and suddenly ordered: "Jiayu, you send someone to Guide to inform Liu Heizi and ask him to pay attention to the ships on the Grand Canal, all the grain ships to the north have been robbed by Ben Shuai!" ”

The Jin merchants were originally engaged in trade outside the port, and they should not have taken sea transportation, so the option with the lowest transportation cost could only be the Grand Canal.

Now Gao Yihuan is out of reach, too far away from Shandong, and only hopes that Liu Heizi can stop some grain ships.

"Humble duty, send someone to inform General Liu!" Fang Jiayu clenched his fists.

Gao Yihuan suddenly stretched out his hand again to keep him from panicking, and added, "Tell Liu Heizi to pretend to be a bandit to rob, don't be too public!" ”

Now Nanjing's attitude towards the Manchus made Gao Yihuan very passive, and he kindly reminded Nanjing, saying that after the Manchus get me, they will get you, but Nanjing doesn't believe it, but is ready to help the Manchus get him.

At this time, Gao Yihuan's main force was pinned down by Duoduo, and he was worried that Liu Heizi would be too high-profile and cause the Ming army to attack, and the situation would not be good.

Fang Jiayu clenched his fists when he heard this, "I know about my humble duties." ”

Gao Yihuan bowed slightly, "Okay, you can do it quickly!" After I got out of the account, I called Xinghao by the way. ”

Fang Jiayu clenched his fists and bowed, saluted and withdrew from the big tent.

After a while, the curtain was lifted, and Xinghao entered the tent to give a salute, "The handsome call me!" ”

Gao Yihuan nodded, "How much silver do we have in our account?" ”

Xinghao was stunned for a moment, reacted, and hurriedly said: "There are about 680,000 taels of cash silver!"

Gao Yihuan was taken aback when he heard this, "Why is there only so much left?" ”

"Marshal, in addition to the military salary, before going north to Xingyang, the army did not capture the silver, and the rewards of the soldiers, as well as the pensions of the soldiers, cost nearly 200,000 taels, and the cost of relocating the people, buying grain and farm tools, is also a large amount. In this operation, the 20,000 new attached battalions were also paid according to the C battalion, and the silver consumption would naturally be much faster. ”

With the seizure of the Chongwang Mansion in Runing, as well as the silver in Shouzhou and Fan Yongdou, Gao Yihuan always thought that he was so rich that he didn't want to spend seventy-seven eighty-eight so soon.

If you don't count the captured war horses, this battle is really a money-losing deal.

Gao Yihuan groaned for a while, accepted the fact that he was going bankrupt after half a sound, and then said in a deep voice: "Xinghao, you go back to Runing, let Hu Cao allocate 300,000 taels of silver, you take this silver, go to contact Ma Hongshan, and ask him to organize some businesses to go to Huguang and Jiangxi to buy grain."

Gao Xinghao frowned slightly, "Dashuai, now that the Ming Dynasty is very strict with the border blockade, even if the humble function sends the silver over, it is bound to be difficult to transport the grain bought!" ”

Gao Yihuan naturally knew this, "I asked Ma Hongshan to buy grain because the Manchu Qing Dynasty was buying grain in Huguang and Jiangxi through Jin merchants. Now I can't stop the Jin merchants from buying grain, so let Ma Hongshan buy it too, raise the price of grain, and can't be cheaper. ”

"Dashuai, the price of grain is stirred, and the grain we can receive is also small, and it can't be shipped, isn't the loss too great!" Gao Xinghao didn't expect Gao Yihuan to have this idea, this is completely harmful to others and not to himself!

Gao Yihuan sneered, "If you can't transport it, Ben Shuai will lead his troops to get it!" ”

"Dashuai wants to fight the Ming Dynasty?" Xinghao was shocked.

At the time of last year's deliberations, the strategy of the Wei army was still to get through the Ming Dynasty, so as not to suffer the enemy on the back.

Now Gao Yihuan said that if he wants to lead his troops to get food, then he will inevitably enter the Ming Realm.

Doesn't this make the already unsmooth appeasement cast another layer of haze, and it is completely useless?

Gao Yihuan shook his head, "I don't want to fight the Ming Dynasty, I want to lead troops to beg for salaries and force the Ming Dynasty to appease." Speaking of this, Gao Yihuan was a little angry on his face, "Ben Shuai was a watchdog for the Ming Dynasty, do you have to spend money to buy bones to eat?" The Ming Dynasty should provide money and food to Ben Shuai! ”

Now Gao Yihuan is in Henan, not only to help Li Zicheng, but also to help the Nanjing court.

If there was no Gao someone, now that Li Zicheng had been defeated from Guanzhong and entered Huguang, even if the Nanjing Imperial Court did not collapse like in history, I am afraid that the result would not be much better.

Gao Yihuan is indeed like a watchdog in Henan, blocking a huge risk for Nanming.

He did so much, but the Nanjing court not only did not give any benefits, but secretly helped Beijing, so Gao Yihuan could only get what he deserved.

Originally, Gao Yihuan wanted to clear his name, but now it seems that he still has to return to his old business, and he must grab a wave, otherwise after this battle, he will not only lack food and grass, but also collapse his finances.

It's helpless, the money comes slowly through formal channels, but it's better to grab it faster.

Of course, he didn't have to grab it now, he had to get rid of the threat of Duoduo first.

For Nanjing, he can see it clearly now, deliberately flattering, it's useless to stick it on his hot face, it's too fucking aggrieved to be a loyal dog, or to be like Zuo Liangyu, make the plate bigger, so big that Nanjing doesn't dare to look at it, don't dare to provoke it, and Nanjing can cast a mouse bogey~

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