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Chapter 136: Preparation with both hands

"Dog's day, where are you an exclusive deal, it's clearly a kidnapping ticket!" When the generals heard this, they couldn't get annoyed with Li Qi anymore. They all pouted and scolded in a low voice.

"That's right, it's a kidnapping! It's just that this meat ticket is a bit special! General Li Qi salivated and slipped down with everyone's tone, "When we get the money, let's go back to recruit troops." After recruiting enough soldiers, they will come to fight in a big boat again, and let the people tease and hand over the second and third strokes. He didn't have enough money in his hand, so he had to persuade the wealthy merchants in the city to donate. Wealthy businessmen can donate once, twice, but if there are too many times, they will definitely not be with him. When the time comes, the governor will bring an army of 100,000 men."

"Nonsense, that person won't spend money to recruit troops if he teases himself?!"

"Why is he so stupid, it's not enough to suffer a loss once?!"

"100,000 troops, do you think that a single person with a knife can come to our left army?"

The generals glared at Li Qi and retorted.

"Listen to me, generals!" General Li Qi made a gesture and explained with a smile, "He will definitely recruit troops, but he won't fight." If you come out to fight in the field, you will definitely not be able to defeat our governor. And squatting in the city, as long as we block the city gate, the waterway will be cut off. It's the same again. As for the 100,000 army, I won't hide it from you, I really feel that the strength of our left army is too thin! ”

"You know!" Liu Ziyun scolded with a smile, and looked back at the small military camp not far away, but his face was a little embarrassed.

Under the influence of Zhu Bayi, they all believed in the strategy of elite soldiers. Judging from the past records of the Left Army, there is indeed nothing wrong with this strategy. However, field warfare is one thing, siege is another. In the field, both sides are basically in danger, and they have an elite army at hand, which is enough to crush more than three times the rabble. However, during the siege of the city, the role played by the soldiers' suzhì was greatly offset by the city defense facilities. Without enough troops to sacrifice, it is impossible to climb the opponent's city.

"I'll tell you the truth, the little ones, the little ones really don't understand! An elite soldier like our Left Army has indeed never seen it before! Li Qi arched his hand again, with a smile on his face, "However, the little one knows what kind of goods the soldiers and horses of the imperial court are." The small ones know that there is a good place for conscription. It is guaranteed that the recruits are all good soldiers, and with a little training, they will not be worse than the soldiers and horses of the imperial court! ”

"Where?"

"Say it, say it?"

Everyone was overjoyed when they heard this, and couldn't help but urge in a low voice. It is not guaranteed that they are all as elite as the soldiers of the Left Army, and it is also a good idea to be able to guarantee that they are stronger than the soldiers and horses of the imperial court. As long as it is a little stronger than the soldiers and horses of the imperial court, it is enough for everyone to gain a foothold in Lianghuai!

However, General Li Qi decisively closed his mouth and looked at Zhu Eighty-one repeatedly.

"Let's talk about it!" Zhu Eighty nodded, smiled and encouraged, "Who doesn't want to have good soldiers!" If you can think of a good way, the next time you recruit soldiers, the governor of Pontus will put you in charge. ”

"Really?" Richie was surprised and delighted, his face full of disbelief. After spending so much effort, what he wanted was to be treated as his own by Zhu Dudu as soon as possible. And one of the signs of one's own person is to be entrusted with important tasks. If he could take the task of recruiting troops for the Left Army in his hands, he would have gotten his wish. In the future, there is no need to feel inferior to other generals everywhere.

"There is no joke in the army!" Zhu Bayi nodded again and said with a smile.

The other party's cousin is very different, not so much a professional officer as a professional trader. Influenced by Zhu Dapeng's soul, Zhu Eighty-one is not exclusive to vendors. He is even willing to bargain with them and entrust them with something to do, as long as the latter can guarantee credibility.

This way of thinking undoubtedly made Li Qi feel a great sense of knowledge. After thinking about it, he lowered his voice and added: "Haven't you heard of it, this Huaidong Road, in addition to rich merchants, the most famous is Yanding." Whether it is official salt or private salt, it cannot be sold at a good price in the hands of local stove households, so it must be collected and transported to Huai'an City first. And then through various means, it is transported to the outside to earn more than ten times the profit. And Yan Ding is a thug who specializes in escorting salt trucks, and he dares to fight hard with people. ”

"The government used to be inseparable from them, and they were afraid that they would rebel and make trouble, so they were very harsh on them. And that Yan Ding watched a lot of silver pass by in front of him every day, but he was too poor to marry a daughter-in-law, how could he be willing? The grievances between the two sides have not been a day or two. Especially in recent years, there have been rebellions almost every year. There are more than a dozen cases of villains personally participating in the pounce. The Governor took the money in his hand, turned around and went downstream to recruit Yanding into the army, and in less than half a year, he would definitely be able to pull out a team of 100,000 people! Then raise 100,000 troops to fight Huai'an, and if you want to break the city, isn't it easy? ”

"That's true. Last time, Lord Lu Luzeng pulled up 30,000 salt dings, and it only took more than a month! And it's still on the Huainan side. Geng Zaicheng, who had been listening with his ears pricked up, raised his head and testified in a low voice for Li Qi.

When the soldiers are used, they hate less! In the face of a majestic city like Huai'an, Zhu Bayichi did not dare to insist on his elite strategy. In order to gain a firm foothold in Lianghuai, the expansion of the Left Army is also imminent. Thinking of this, he sighed softly and said in a low voice, "If salt is available, the governor of Pontus doesn't care to recruit it now." Defu, I'll leave this matter to you and Li Qi to do, and Pontus still has some money in his hand, and you can get it in your account when you go back. However, after recruiting, they must train well according to the standards of our left army. Even training while fighting is better than letting them go to the battlefield and die when they come! ”

"Yes!" Geng Zaicheng was also overjoyed, pulled Li Qi, and gave the order.

"What about the followers of the teasing business?" Li Qi was still not satisfied, blinked his eyes, and continued to ask.

"Didn't you just say that he would send someone to talk to him?" Zhu Bayyi smiled, his face full of mystery, "Let's prepare with both hands, one is preparing to attack, and the other is preparing to negotiate with him." If you talk about it, let's talk about it first, don't force him to jump over the wall in a hurry, and recruit people to go to the city to assist in the defense. If you can, hit a dozen. With a one-month deadline, no matter what the result is, there will be no further delay! ”

"Yes! The Governor is wise! ”

"The Governor is wise! If you don't fight a dozen, you don't know how good we are! ”

"Fight, I really can't talk about it if I can't beat it!"

When the generals heard this, they immediately agreed in unison. Before Li Qi said anything to shake the morale of the army, he put down the basic tone first.

Zhu Bayi knew that everyone was unwilling to leave like this, so he smiled and nodded. Then he shook the reins and continued to observe the terrain around the moat, looking for flaws in the defense of Huai'an City. While watching, he continued to ask Li Qi: "Is the wall of this Huai'an City all bricks, or is there a layer of bricks on the outside and clay on the inside?" ”

"If you go back to the governor, you must be covered with bricks on the outside and soil on the inside. All the cities in the world, except for most of the capitals, are estimated to be like this. Otherwise, just one and a half zhang wide city wall may cost millions of bricks. No matter how rich Huai'an City is, it can't afford it! Richmond followed closely and explained aloud with a smile.

"Is the city really a foot and a half wide?"

"Almost, like the horse's face on both sides of the city gate, maybe thicker. This is all prescribed, how wide is at the bottom, and how wide is at the top. It's too narrow, I'm afraid the walls aren't strong enough. If it is too wide, it is easy for the enemy to climb up and kill the foothold, and it is also afraid that the besieging party will use trebuchets to smash it. It is only about four steps wide, which is convenient for defense, and it is not easy to be targeted by trebuchets, not wide or narrow, just right! (Note 1)

"Oh!" Zhu Bayi was once again amazed by the wisdom of the ancients. A city wall, there is still so much learning and exquisiteness. It is no wonder that in the strategy games of later generations, the Chinese people were set up as the people who were best at forging walls.

"We Huai'an have suffered losses before!" The more Li Qi spoke, the happier he became, and he dared to pour anything out. "According to the elders, when the Jin Wushu went south, General Zhao Li was stoned to death by the Jin people on the head of the city with flying stones. At that time, the Song Dynasty had hundreds of thousands of soldiers and did not dare to come to the rescue, and only one grandfather Yue desperately killed outside Huai'an City, but before he could contact General Zhao, Huai'an City had been broken by the Jin people! (Note 2)

This story was unheard of before Zhu Eighty-one. couldn't help but be interested, and asked in a low voice, "Did Yue Fei come here back then?" Did he recover Huai'an in the end? What about General Zhao Li, how did the court treat him in the end? ”

"I don't know!" Li Qi sighed, the expression on his face was a little bitter, "Anyway, everyone knows what happened later." Yue Fei was killed by the imperial court, and it is estimated that no one in Huai'an City will take care of it. As for General Zhao, the imperial court didn't take him seriously when he was alive, let alone after his death?! ”

It's no wonder that the people of this era don't have any national consciousness, and the court treats them as their own people, how can they use their hot faces again and again to stick the cold ass of the court?! Thinking of the era of Zhu Dapeng in later generations, heroes like Zhao Li were never mentioned, but Fan Wencheng, Hong Chengchou and others were repeatedly passed down by people and became heroes who promoted the integration of the nation, Zhu Bayi felt very uncomfortable. He sighed again, turned his mount, and led the group back to the barracks.

That night, he and his group decided on a new combat target. Prepare with both hands, and take Huai'an as the choice. If the goal cannot be achieved, the persecutor will find a way to tease out a huge amount of ransom costs, and then return to Xuzhou to accumulate strength for the future. Anyway, there is a waterway connection between Xuzhou and Huai'an, and a round-trip trip by boat is a matter of more than ten days.

Note 1: In ancient China, there were books on how to build cities, and there were corresponding regulations on the width and height of the city walls. Usually the top of the wall is not built to be four steps wider, that is, six meters. The reason is that it is easy to be attacked by stone bullets.

Note 2: In the first month of the fourth year of Jianyan (113o), the Jin man Wan Yanchang led a large army to attack Huai'an. Zhizhou Zhao Li only held on to 100,000 people for more than 100 days. The imperial court ordered Zhang Jun to support, but Zhang refused to do it; He also ordered Liu Guangshi and Yue Fei to come to help, but Liu Guangshi did not move. However, Yue Fei marched north from Taizhou, attacked Gaoyou, and was blocked at Sandun. Zhao Li was desperate for reinforcements to arrive, and was hungry to boost morale on the city wall, but was hit by Jin soldiers with a catapult and died. Huai'an was broken.