Chapter 238 Recruitment

Zhao Yu touched his chin and said, "Leaving aside the wood, how is the war situation in Yizhou and Rongzhou now?" How many states and counties have been captured by Anhuaman? ”

Ma Yu said embarrassedly: "To the south of Huaiyuan Village, they are all based on the Anhua barbarian army, or they have been in the same stream!" Its number is ten states! But it's actually only Kyushu! They are Shang'anhua Prefecture, Zhong'anhua Prefecture, and Lower Anhua Prefecture, which are also commonly known as the three states of Anhua. In addition, Yizhou was originally bound to ten states, except for Fanzhou and Hot Spring Prefecture, Shangzhong and the Great Song Dynasty, and Jincheng Prefecture had an ambiguous attitude, all of them had surrendered to the enemy. They are five states in Yizhou, including Zhenning Prefecture, Zhizhou, Wenzhou, Sishun Prefecture, and Mikun Prefecture, and one state in Rongzhou. Many villages and towns in my Great Song Dynasty are in a panic, and those that have been broken and abandoned have been sent to the Transshipment Division every day! ”

Zhao Yu knocked on a few cases and said: "There is a strange place here, that Anhua is so powerful, and it is a soldier of the state." Rongzhou and Yizhou together do not have 2,000 people, how can they still be safe? ”

Ma Yu lowered his head and said with some shame: "Fortunately, it is a barbarian, these barbarians are fighting for the position of the leader, and the three states of Anhua have always been dominated by Zhonganhua Prefecture, and its own state thorn Shi Meng Hanyang has been handed down for twelve generations, as early as the Tang Dynasty, it has been based in Anhua Prefecture, with deep roots." Moreover, this time Kyushu joined forces, of which Yizhou was based on seven states, and Rongzhou only had two states. However, Feng Changqi, the assassin of Anhua Prefecture, broke my Great Song Dynasty, so he became famous in the first battle. Therefore, over this issue of leadership, Zhong'anhua Prefecture and Xia'anhua Prefecture quarreled endlessly. ”

Zhao Yu was also stunned when he heard this, Rongzhou and Yizhou have been able to survive to this day, not because of the soldiers' sacrifice of life and death, but by the infighting in Anhua. This is a great irony of Guangnan West Road, as the leader of Guangnan West Road, how can Zhao Yu get by on his face?

Now the "Anhua Man Rebellion" on Guangnan West Road feels very strange to Zhao Yu. The success of the Song army in quelling the rebellion or the success of the Anhua barbarian rebellion did not depend on who was more elite than whom, and who had more soldiers and horses. Judging from the current situation, the reason for the core victory and defeat is actually who is more pitted than whom. Just like the Song Army, there is Zhang Huaizhi, a guy with great ambition and talent, who buried more than 2,000 Song troops, and caused Guangnan West Road to fall into a place of no return.

And Anhuaman is not far behind, there is Meng Hanyang, who is fighting for power and profit. dragged Anhuaman's hind legs, making the opportunity to occupy Rongzhou and Yizhou missed. This really makes people feel more and more wretched the more they think about it.

"I don't know how many soldiers and horses this Anhuaman has now?" Yang Wenguang saw that the atmosphere was a little awkward, and he was not used to it, so he couldn't help but ask.

Ma Yu listened to Yang Wenguang's question, secretly sighed in his heart, paused, and said: "There are a lot of troops, at the beginning, the army was called 30,000 troops, and now it is called 200,000 troops. Throw away the water, this time Anhua is barbaric and Kyushu soldiers and horses, and the number of troops cannot be more than 50,000! There are no less than 20,000 or 30,000 soldiers and horses that can be used! ”

Yang Wenguang was taken aback and said, "How can such a current army have the ability to get that Anhuaman?" ”

Zhao Yu came back to his senses from his thoughts, nodded and said, "Recruitment is necessary, but it depends on how many soldiers are recruited!" ”

"The more the merrier!" Yang Wenguang was not polite, and directly paraphrased Han Xin's words. But there is no such thing as the latter sentence.

Wang Ranbo coughed and said, "Lord Wang, it's not expensive, it's not expensive, it's too much to recruit, and it's troublesome to raise troops in the future!" ”

Zhao Yu knew what Wang Ranbo meant, in fact, at that time, no matter which local civil officials in the Northern Song Dynasty, they were all disgusted with increasing the power of the martial arts, that is, the matter of military strength. You need to know that raising soldiers costs money! This money is not allocated from the central government, but from the local government!

And if he wants to be promoted, he must have political achievements. Where did this achievement come from? Naturally, the governance place is coming! This is money, and if the repair of an irrigation canal leads to a bumper harvest in the locality, it will be a proud achievement! The problem is that if this money goes to raise soldiers, this civil official not only has no political achievements, but also has a tight face, encounters a famine, has no money for disaster relief, and maybe will be relegated to the bitter place of Qiongzhou (Hainan Island) according to the previous disaster relief ineffectiveness!

Zhao Yu ignored Wang Ranbo's bitterness and asked directly, "Can you recruit 10,000 soldiers?" ”

Wang Ranbo was taken aback, and said that Wang Ranbo was right, and now even Ma Yu, Chen Guangying, Feng Shenji, and other civil and military officials were taken aback.

Chen Guangying had just been scolded by Zhao Yu, and he spoke a little, but in the end he still didn't have the courage.

Ma Yuke didn't have this scruples, and directly persuaded him: "Lord Wang, Guangnan West Road is also poor and bad!" Suddenly, raise an extra 10,000 soldiers, and pay it back for a while, but if you want to raise it for a long time, I'm afraid that the court will have to allocate money to it! And suddenly recruited 10,000 soldiers, and there is not so much equipment, money and food! ”

Feng Shenji also spoke: "Lord Wang, the number of such recruits is too large. Not only is it difficult to maintain the land along the Quang Nam West Road, but also I am afraid that it will cause panic in Vietnam and Dali, in case it attracts misunderstanding between the two countries, I am afraid that the gains outweigh the losses! ”

Zhao Yu doesn't know these truths? It's just that recruiting troops needs the assistance of these civil officials on the West Guangnan Road, and the civilian officials don't want to recruit too many soldiers. Instead of having to worry about recruiting one more soldier at that time, the surname Suo will now make a sky-high offer. After Zhao Yu took a step back, Wang Ranbo was not easy to obstruct.

"Five thousand soldiers!" Zhao Yu said.

Wang Ranboden's face turned white, five thousand soldiers and horses! The settling-in fee is enough to keep the warehouse empty!

"Lord Wang! Five thousand soldiers? A soldier pays twenty yuan for settling in! That's 100,000 yuan! The prince sold the lower officials, and he didn't have that much money! Wang Ranbo said very decisively, speaking categorically, looking like a dead pig is not afraid of boiling water.

Zhao Yu frowned and said, "Okay! Then 4,000 soldiers! ”

Wang Ranbo still refused, and before he could speak, Zhao Yu had already opened his mouth and scolded: "This king has retreated again and again!" Why do you still have an opinion on the deputy envoy? Don't you think that this king's humility is weak? ”

Wang Ran Boden withered, and said sickly: "So...... That's it! However, the prince, the recruited soldiers and horses cannot exceed 1,000 soldiers! The rest are village warriors and feudal soldiers! ”

Although Zhao Yu has fought a war, he is not very clear about the Tao in it, knowing that Wang Ranbo promised so happily, there must be no good thing! He didn't laugh at himself for fear that his subordinates knew that he didn't know something, but asked Feng Shenji, "What's the difference?" ”

Wang Ranbo couldn't imagine that Zhao Yu was so shrewd, and he was even more shameless to ask. I had no choice but to look at Feng Shenji with blank eyes, thinking that Feng Shenji should not stab things too hard.

However, Feng Shenji is relying on Zhao Yu now, where does he dare to pit Zhao Yu? After showing a slightly apologetic smile to Wang Ranbo, he looked at Zhao Yu seriously and said: "Lord Wang, although the Xiang soldiers are not strong in the mainland, they are very powerful in the poor places of Guangnan West Road, of course, this has something to do with the abundance of money and food. A box soldier can pay 500 yuan and 5 buckets of rice a month, and the latter is just that! The former is amazing, enough to buy five stone of grain! In winter and spring, there are two silk cloth horses and half a silk cloth, and the treatment is good! ”

This treatment is no different from other van soldiers? That is, there is more than half a horse in Ayaluo, and I think it is the wealth of Bianjung. Just thinking about it carefully, Zhao Yu understood! The price of Guangnan West Road is low, and the price of cloth here is relatively high, after all, cloth manufacturing is a technical job. I don't want these cloths myself, and I can make a lot of money by selling him. Coupled with that money, the money earned in a year is enough to become well-off. And there may be oil and water in it that can be fished, and if you fish more or less, then it depends on the butt sitting there.

Feng Shenji continued: "A one-year-old soldier will cost ten yuan, and a thousand soldiers will cost ten thousand dollars!" If it is 4,000, but it will cost 40,000 yuan, Guangnan West Road is afraid that it will be ruined! However, Xiang Yong did not, but came with his own weapons, and made up 15 wen a month in peacetime and 50 wen in wartime. The feudal soldiers brought their own weapons and horses, had no military salary, and were only exempt from land endowments, and in wartime, one person received five buckets of rice grain per month, and those who had horses received two stones and three buckets of forage. ”

Feng Shenji still knew the situation on Guangnan West Road, but it was very difficult to raise so many soldiers, so in the final analysis, it was a fair word for Wang Ranbo.

Zhao Yu pondered for a while, and said categorically: "1,500 soldiers, the rest are all village warriors and vassal soldiers!" ”

As soon as Zhao Yu opened his mouth, he immediately increased the number of soldiers by five hundred, and Wang Ranbo's face changed greatly! That's 500 soldiers! It costs 5,000 yuan a year to raise soldiers! If you buy a field on Guangnan West Road, it is enough to buy 5,000 acres of good land in a year! Even if you buy paddy fields, it is enough to buy 2,000 acres of paddy fields!

"What's the matter? Don't have the ability? Someone can take over this king! As Zhao Yu spoke, he kept looking at Feng Shenji, as if he was saying to Wang Ranbo, if you dare to say nothing, this king will plan to let Feng Shenji take the throne.

Wang Ranbo pondered for a while, his arm couldn't resist Zhao Yu's thigh, which was about the same size as his arm, and he agreed very wisely, if when he agreed, his face was not like crying and mourning, it would be perfect to the extreme.

"Lord Wang, the lower officials must use troops against Anhua as soon as possible, so the scope of recruitment does not have to be too extensive, just take Guizhou as the center and recruit troops in Rongzhou, Yizhou, Pingzhou, Liuzhou, Xiangzhou and other places!" Ma Yu suggested.

Zhao Yu nodded and praised, and said, "It is worthy of being a veteran, so the matter of recruiting troops will be handed over to Ma Tisha to be responsible!" ”

After a pause, Zhao Yu said to Feng Shenji, Yang Wenguang, and Li Shouzhong: "The three of you will also follow the Ma Ti jurisdiction, and you will despise the Ma Ti jurisdiction than the self-proclaimed king to enter the Gui with this king, and the recruitment of troops this time is mainly based on the Ma Ti jurisdiction!" ”

After that, Zhao Yu comforted Ma Yu and said: "This king is young and can't teach people, so I will trouble Ma Tisha to guide these talents by the way." If there is anything wrong, Matthias will reprimand. ”

Although Zhao Yu's posture was very low, Ma Yu still knew what Zhao Yu meant, and he took the opportunity to hold this new army, not to mention complete control, at least let others control most of it.

Knowing is knowing, can Ma Yu still refuse? Pretending not to know, he said happily: "It is an honor for the lower officials to say this!" ”

When a few people set the rules, they dispersed, and when they left, Zhao Yu suddenly stopped Yang Wenguang.

Ma Yu understood, and after glancing at Wang Ranbo, the two showed a subtle smile, and immediately sped up their pace to leave.

Du Xiansheng, who was drafting the fold in the White Tiger Hall, also wrote the fold, picked up the rice paper, blew it, took it, and said, "What do you think, Lord Wang?" ”

Zhao Yu picked it up and read it quickly at a glance, pointed to a few places, and said: "Change these places, don't use any flowery words, just do what you want, this king wants to be direct, not soft!" ”

Du Xiansheng had already taken it for granted, and he didn't look embarrassed, but he took back the draft a little stupidly, and saluted Zhao Yu Shiran and said, "Xiaguan will take it back and revise it!" ”

After that, Du Xiansheng left.

There are only two people in the White Tiger Hall at this moment, Zhao Yu and Yang Wenguang. Yang Wenguang glanced at Zhao Yu, then lowered his head and did not speak.

Zhao Yu looked at Yang Wenguang and asked, "Zhongrong, do you know why this king asked you to stay?" ”

If you change to a doctor, you may turn a corner, or pretend to be stupid. But Yang Wenguang was very direct, and he didn't want to think about whether this would not give Zhao Yu face. "The prince wants to say something about Pan Ti, right?"

Zhao Yu is not annoyed that Yang Wenguang is so direct, he just likes Yang Wenguang, he is honest enough! "That's right!"

Yang Wenguang saw that Zhao Yu had admitted it, and the resentment in his heart couldn't be suppressed, and he said with resentment: "Why is the prince so embarrassed by Pan Tidian? Of course, there is something wrong with Pan Tidian, but it is not like this! And doesn't the prince know that if you do this, it is very likely that Pan Tidian will be pushed to the deputy envoy of the king's transfer? In this way, will the deputy envoy of the king transfer be like today, and he will be scolded by the prince, and he will be pressed when he says he will be pressed? ”

Zhao Yu shook his head and said, "Zhongrong, you are too tender!" Of course, this king has offended Pan Shu by doing this, but have you thought about it? Since Pan Shu dared not to come to see this king, wouldn't he hook up with Wang Ranbo, Zhang Shixun's lackey? Instead of waiting for them to hook up together, take off this king in the back. This king might as well break them up one by one and take advantage of this time to quell the rebellion of Anhua Man. At that time, this king had such a big victory in his hand, could he still dare not see this king? ”

Yang Wenguang was stunned, but his mood immediately became a little low, and said: "The wit of the prince is not something that the last general can guess, but ......."

Zhao Yu interrupted Yang Wenguang's words and said, "This king knows, and he won't be too embarrassed by Pan Shu!" After all, in the final analysis, he is also the grandson of King Zheng! ”

King Zheng, Pan Mei posthumously presented the knighthood also!

Although it is said that Yang Ye died because of Pan Mei, but in the end, the Pan family is a general, and Yang Wenguang doesn't want to be suppressed by Zhao Shu too much because of such a trivial matter, and it is inevitable that there will be a bit of sadness for the rabbit to die.

In fact, even if Yang Wenguang didn't say anything about it, Zhao Yu wouldn't do anything to Pan Shu, after all, although Pan Mei was dead, he still had the aftermath. Otherwise, even if Pan Shu was talented, it would be impossible for him to become a prisoner on Guangnan West Road at the age of thirty-five, which is an official along the way.

If it was possible, Zhao Yu was still ready to recover Pan Shu, an unruly guy.

PS: Let's talk in advance, Mumu will change shifts tomorrow, get up at half past six in the morning to work, and come back at five in the afternoon. As a result, the pit was that he had to leave again for the night shift at half past ten in the evening. How much time in the middle can be imagined, in order to ensure the quality of sleep, Mu Mu estimates that tomorrow is likely to be a break. However, the day after tomorrow will be closed, and the outbreak is guaranteed! If there is any interruption, please forgive me! (To be continued.) )