Chapter 321: Bribery
Since the idea of going to Beijing Province has been decided, let's set off as soon as possible. If it drags on any longer, it is very likely that the Wind Emperor has sent a second crusading army.
After the defeat of the bull-headed army of Gong Jiujiu, the reputation of the Chaoge Army has been soaring. The entire Chaoge Army has become a big hero, and they don't have to give money even if they go to eat. Before leaving, the owner of the hotel also said: It is an honor for the small shop to be able to come to the military master of Chao Gejun, how dare he collect money.
Yi Zhengqi first made the soldiers stunned for two days, and immediately issued a ban. This kind of unhealthy tendencies could never be fostered, even though he had eaten fourteen meals in two days.
The number of troops to be brought with him from the province of Beijing became the primary issue for Yi Zheng. He wasn't short of soldiers now, and there were so many private troops that he didn't want anymore. If it was normal, it would be 200,000, but this number was quickly rejected. It's not that the Chaoge Army doesn't have so many loyal soldiers, if Yi Zheng is willing, even 500,000 can be enough. The question is what the consequences will be if you take so much with you.
Near the province of Beijing, where the regular army now gathers. It was the eyes of the whole empire watching. If the three or four hundred thousand Chaoge army supports the past, it will definitely become the "main force", and when the time comes, it will be difficult to get the military salary without sponsorship, and it will still be cannon fodder. If you lose, you will have a bad name. That group of senators was enough to make Yi Zheng commit suicide 10,000 times in pain.
If you bring less, thirty or fifty thousand soldiers. That doesn't seem like enough to see. If the number of people is small, nothing can be done. It is very likely that when they reach the front of the near Beijing front, the Chaoge army will become a "Chaoge messenger soldier".
In the end, Yi Zhengqi decided to bring 100,000 Chaoge troops over.
This number is just not up or down, which meets the requirements of the bigwigs of various military departments. If you don't help a lot, if you do more, you will become noisy and be pushed to be cannon fodder. Moreover, when it comes to the province near Beijing, Yi Zheng's crazy land grabbing strategy will not work. He was able to survive without any military pay.
When you get there, most of the talk is politics. If the Far Eastern royal family gives you face, they can still support you for a few days. If not, then your Chaoge Army is a militia, how can the royal family raise a militia? The most important thing is that Yi Zhengqi was able to buy weapons smoothly, and he knew that in fact, there were only a few rats left in the treasury. His regular army can't pay military salaries, and his Chaoge army is most likely to support himself.
Yi Zhengqi has already understood. Even many soldiers came over and asked the Chaoge army for some food.
Yi Zhengqi said to the three subordinates: "This time, I went far away. Let's take a look at the real big picture. Don't panic when the time comes, don't lose face for our Song Army. ”
Fu Zhentao said: "Boss, let's go to the front line, do you want to bring any gifts to your old boss?" ”
"What gift?"
"You think, we ran out of the death squad. After several hard work, it has finally come to this day. It can be regarded as a glorious ancestor. Isn't that what you teach us all the time? Be grateful. Give Mu Zhijing's military division, or the supervising army, and the bosses of the expeditionary force, give some gifts! "Fu Zhentao is very good.
Yi Zhengqi agreed: "Good way! We just won a big game, so we're going to get some loot out. But everything has to be kept low-key. Our main gift giver is the Expeditionary Force. ”
Mo Ziying didn't know how to hide it, and blurted out: "Isn't it the main bribery of the prison army?" ”
"Don't say it so badly. It's not a bribe, it's a sponsorship. Or call it a greeting gift. Yi Zhengqi sighed heavily and said, "You should remember that the Second Snow Division of the Expeditionary Force, An'ou Division, is our mortal enemy. At the beginning, our little bit of people were used as cannon fodder by him. He won a battle, but the hateful thing is that before we even understood, most of the brothers died. This feud has been long enough. Be sure to report. ”
He pursed his lips and said, "If you want to make a big move in the province of Jinjing, you can't help us." So, these relationships still have to go. Especially for the other divisions of the expeditionary force, we are targeting Anou, not the entire expeditionary force. Sometimes, when the enemy is strong, it becomes very difficult to get revenge. If we kill one of them, we will be against all the expeditionary forces. If you don't kill him, how can you be worthy of your dead brother. We have brothers who are dead today and who bought them with their lives. ”
Mi Yu didn't know anything about bribery, he didn't give an opinion, but said in a low voice: "The general is right, we have revenge and revenge, and we have kindness to repay kindness." ”
"Take a sum of money from the United Chamber of Commerce, this amount of money is so large that even if we move the An'ou Division, other military departments will not turn against us. In this way, there are really a lot of people to give gifts! Yi Zhengqi snorted coldly, and he suddenly found that even if he held the military power, he couldn't do what he wanted. There is only one truth, and that is that he is not strong enough. If he is of Mu Zhijing's status, if it is An Ou, it is not a matter of anger.
Gold and materials, in addition to the needs of his own 100,000 Chaoge army, he also has to give away a group of military bigwigs. This time, the goods to be prepared by the Asagaku army were enough to be busy for ten days and a half months.
Fu Zhentao said: "Boss, Governor Mu, what should we send?" ”
Mu Zhijing is really difficult to do here, it is necessary to send it, and it must be done strictly and tightly. At the beginning, the Chaoge army was poor and white, and the three military strongholds were given by Mu Zhijing, so she was a great benefactor.
Fu Zhentao smiled in a low voice and said, "Boss, don't forget." When you were in Lan City, you made a shocking announcement. You may not know that you are busy on weekdays, but I do intelligence, and I receive such news almost every day. ”
"What's the news?"
"You said that we went to the Song Army to support the Beijing Province because of Mu Zhijing. You have a crush on her, hehe, whether it is the prison army, the expeditionary force, the senators' army or our Chaoge army. It can be said that all the armies of the entire Far Eastern Empire are spreading the news about you. This time, our Chaoge Army won Gong Jiujiu again, and it seems that this topic is hot again. With such an old lover, aren't you going to have some romantic gifts? Fu Zhentao said meaningfully.
Yi Zheng said in the middle of winter in his heart, he lied in order to get rid of Ye Qianteng's approach. He thought of Mu Zhijing and grinned, such a sturdy woman, forget it. However, Yi Zhengqi didn't care so much, he believed that Mu Zhijing also laughed. Between the military departments, the bigwigs make a little joke, which is just a little joke after dinner.
After taking care of these, Yi Zhengqi began to wave his army and set off.
The civilians knew that the Asaka army was going to the province of Kinkyo to defend against the beast soldiers, and these heroes were leaving again. They had another grand farewell ceremony. It's just that the civilians are strange, this Chaoge army is quite numerous, but their convoy is even larger. Long convoys stretch over the avenue. The weight was enough to crush the road out of the car marks.
"What are these? Is it all food? ”
"That's so much, enough for our entire city to eat for a year."
The Chaoge army did not hide its whereabouts in the slightest, but made a big fanfare. Everywhere I went, I wanted to tell everyone. Everywhere they went, they sent a message to the Shangrouhe front in the province of Beijing, telling them that our army was hurrying to the front and had reached such and such a city.
The bigwigs of the various military departments are strange, how can they go so slowly according to the normal marching speed? Soon, the sentinels and scouts in the cities in front sent information one after another: it turned out that a large number of supplies were being transported to the Song Army. There were long convoys, each of which needed to be pulled by four horses.
The officers all swallowed greedily: it seems that the Asagaku army is fat and leaking, and it is not false at all. If only these supplies were ours. There were even individual officers who thought about whether to pretend to be bandits and horse thieves and grab a batch. But on the other side is 100,000 Chaoge troops, and it is always not easy to start.
The Asagaku army traveled day and night, and finally left the Heilun Province and arrived in the Kinkyo Province. Once here, it means that there is a possibility that an orc soldier may appear at any time.
A strange, 100,000 urgent letter for help was sent by Chao Gejun, and it was Yi Zhengqi's own handwriting.
"Dear sir, since our army entered the province of Beijing, it has been attacked by beast soldiers for several days, and the valuable goods transported have no choice but to delay the journey. Now I ask your army to send troops to help escort a thousand truckloads of supplies. The location is set in such and such a city! -- Your friend, easy to recruit him. ”
Such a "letter for help" was sent to the hands of the big guys in a very mysterious way. The letters they received were identical except for the change of name. Even the date of the appointment city remains the same.
Everyone is a smart person, do you need to say this so clearly?
As soon as the bigwigs received the letter, they immediately showed amazing effectiveness. "Good! Your army is in trouble, so we naturally want to help. The support team of our army has already set out. ”
Both sides were very happy: look, see how sensible everyone is to the Song Army, and before the people arrive, the ceremony will arrive first. Moreover, this is not a bribe, but just an escort of a batch of supplies for the Chaoge Army. As for how long the escort will be stored and what will be inside, I don't know.
A grand scene appeared. In a certain city, the 1st Snow Division, the 3rd Snow Division, the Supervisory Army, the Senate Army, and the Protector Army met here. Everyone looked at each other and smiled, and they all understood in their hearts.
"Yo, you're here too."
"Yes, I was ordered by my patriarch to help the Chaoge Army escort supplies."
"What a coincidence, so am I!"
But the concerned officer soon discovered that there was a small "Imperial Forest Army" among the objects of Chaogejun's help this time, and this former "rebel army" was not recognized by Chaogejun. But there was an army, and they weren't among them. That is the "Second Snow Division" of the Expeditionary Force.
The expeditionary force is three snow divisions, but the second snow division is missing, is it easy to recruit and forget? It's absolutely impossible. He remembered very clearly, how many people were in the prison army, and how much weight should be given, he had measured and distributed. The officers speculated again, is it because he has no friendship with the second snow division Anou division?
It can't be either. If so, then the Senate army, the Protector Army, these ranks were formed after Yi Zheng left the prison army. He didn't even know where the gate of the barracks was going. Even the Senate army has a share, but the second snow division is missing.
The implication of this is intriguing. But this does not affect everyone, and everyone thinks that they have not found it. It was logical to help Yi Zheng escort the supplies.
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