Lu Xiangsheng smiled and said, "Brigade Commander Du, do you know how much our division's equipment costs?" There are more than 15,000 people in the three brigades and three battalions of our division, and only counting the firecrackers, a firecracker used to cost 30 taels of silver, that is, 60 yuan, but now after switching to new machinery manufacturing, the price has dropped, and it also costs 30 yuan a piece, which is more than 450,000 yuan. As for gunpowder and lead bullet, the current price is also ten parts for one dollar, and a person has to bring fifty copies for a battle, even if only twenty copies are used, that is 30,000 yuan. And that's just the money for normal use. “

He took a sip of water and continued: "A set of scale armor is one hundred yuan, and the plate armor that the Ordnance Bureau is testing now is said to cost two hundred yuan a set, just looking at the scale armor, that is one and a half million yuan." “

"The price of artillery in the artillery battalion is 100 yuan for three catties of guns, 300 yuan for six catties of guns, 600 yuan for nine catties of guns, not counting gunpowder shells, and cavalry is even more expensive, a cavalry is at least equivalent to the consumption of ten infantry, and the monthly salary of our division is 60,000 yuan. The saint is now trying to make money, and the money from the last raid was almost used, and the saint has a great splendid article in his heart, and he needs to have money to make him manifest. “

Wang Chengmin continued: "Yes, I heard last time that the queen mother has reduced her food and clothing, just to use the money to do business, but there are still some corrupt officials in the court, saying that the saint changed the legal system of the ancestors and opposed the saint everywhere, and I really want to kill them with a firebolt." “

Lu Xiangsheng scolded with a smile: "Don't talk nonsense, we are soldiers, the saint said that everyone has their own responsibilities, and the soldiers are only in charge of fighting now, not in politics, I believe that the saint has a way to deal with these people." “

Du Guangting carefully pondered Lu Xiangsheng's words, he can't interfere in politics now, does that mean that he can do politics in the future? His heart is hot, he was born in a military household, and he has long scoffed at the set of ancestral legal systems that cannot be changed, can the son of a military household only be a military household? Without such rules, the emperor wanted to change the legal system of the ancestors, and he raised his hands in favor.

Lu Xiangsheng said again: "Now the situation, we are defending the city, and it is very likely that Jiannu will increase the army, and it will be a little troublesome at that time, so now we must speed up the transportation of the Liao people, and transport the people away first. “

After the meeting, Lu Xiangsheng and others personally came to Haizhou Wei to visit the wounded soldiers. The Haizhou Wei Yamen has been temporarily requisitioned as a hospital, and the medical officers and apprentices are busy inside, and from time to time there are terrible screams, which are the seriously wounded being sealed with a soldering iron by the medical officer.

Because they are always attacking from a distance, the seriously wounded are soldiers who shoot arrows at vital parts such as the head and neck. Lu Xiangsheng had seen the appearance of the plate armor, and he hoped that Sun Langzhong could do a good job of the plate armor quickly, and then Jiannu's arrows would be useless.

He looked at the wounded soldiers one by one, asked about the situation, and comforted them. It wasn't until midnight that he finished communicating with all the wounded soldiers, and Chen Liyuan, who was following behind, saw him like this, and felt that his decision to follow the guards was extremely wise.

The next day, Yue Tuo did not attack, Wang Chengmin took the cavalry battalion to control the area of twenty miles outside the south gate, in order to prevent the Houjin army from sneaking up on the Liaomin, and the Liaomin saw that the Houjin army had arrived in the north of the city, and they were even more panicked, and even those who didn't want to go now wanted to reach Gaizhou and even Fuzhou in one step.

On the morning of the third day, the reinforcements of the Houjin army arrived, and Lu Xiangsheng observed through the telescope, and there were about 3,000 people, all of whom were Houjin armor soldiers. At this time, most of the Liao people had already left Haizhou, and there were about 2,000 people left, all of whom were young and strong.

Lu Xiangsheng ordered to stop letting the Liao people go south, and sure enough, in the afternoon of the same day, the Houjin army surrounded the entire Haizhou. Lu Xiangsheng estimated that the Houjin army should not dare to send troops to chase after the Liaomin, but in order to be safe, he still sent Du Guangting to lead a battalion of infantry out of the south gate, lined up within the range of artillery, and made it look like attacking the Houjin army at any time.

The Houjin army was really fooled, and they also reorganized their ranks, prepared for a fight, and prepared to fight with the guards, but the guards were only in formation and did not attack at all, and they knew the power of the artillery, and they did not dare to take the initiative to attack the guards.

The two sides confronted each other at a distance of about three hundred paces, and the result was that in the evening, the Guards returned to the city in a hurry, and the Houjin army was so angry that it was to death.

Xu Dajin had already left, but Xu Mingsheng had not had time to leave, he came to Lu Xiangsheng, saying that the young men could also contribute to the defense of the city, and asked the general to allow them to go to the city to assist in the defense.

Lu Xiangsheng looked at him playfully, thought for a while and said, "Then how about Xu Xiucai being in charge of managing these young people?" “

Xu Mingsheng agreed: "Then thank General Lu for your trust, where can I find a weapon for Qingzhuang?" “

Lu Xiangsheng called the herald and asked him to take Xu Mingsheng to the treasury to get weapons and armor, and said to Xu Mingsheng: "I hope Xu Xiu can manage these people well, and if you have merit in the future, the court will not treat you badly." “

Xu Mingsheng said: "The reason why we are willing to defend the city is because Jiannu occupies my land, kills my border people, and treats me like pigs and dogs, but it is not greedy for the reward of the court." General Lu, take your leave. “

Wang Chengmin said uneasily: "Commander, is it appropriate for him to take the young and strong?" I don't think this man speaks a little unpleasantly. “

Lu Xiangsheng smiled and said: "Listen to his words, watch his deeds, and then judge him." “

The Houjin army launched a tentative attack the next morning, which was their usual trick, first through the temptation, to find the weak point, and then concentrate on the onslaught, Lu Xiangsheng deliberately suppressed the counterattack at the western city wall, hoping to make them mistakenly think that this place was easy to attack, and then teach them a hard lesson.

The next day the Jin army stopped their offensive and began to send cavalry everywhere, and Lu Xiangsheng thought that they were cutting wood to make siege equipment, but soon found himself wrong, because he saw a group of Han people being escorted to the military camp outside the city.

The other Guards soldiers also understood Jiannu's sinister intentions and cursed one after another. But they are all secretly worried, how to deal with the enemy army driving the Han people to attack the city?

Lu Xiangsheng urgently convened officers at or above the bureau chief level to discuss countermeasures. Now the Liaodong soldiers have basically not been promoted to this level, so these officers are all soldiers of the original Beijing battalion, so it is difficult for everyone to say. Because you said to fight all, those Liaodong soldiers below have opinions, you say don't fight, do you let Jiannu break through Haizhou City, and everyone will be finished together?

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