Li Yao sighed and said, "Do you know why I spent so much money to build the academy? ”

The blind man immediately said, "Big brother, you want to cultivate talents!" ”

Li Yao nodded and said: "You are right, I gave Su Feiguang an army establishment, and the purpose is also like this, since he is good at guerrilla fighting, then I will specially let him fight guerrillas, the world is still big, and their tasks will still be very heavy in the future!" ”

The blind man said, "Big brother, what if you can't afford to raise an army?" ”

Li Yao said: "I have an idea, that is, to cut some troops first!" ”

When the blind man heard Li Yao say the word 'disarmament', he hurriedly said, "Big brother, don't!" ”

Li Yao also sighed: "I don't want to either, but now we have more than 300,000 troops, tens of thousands of horses, and scouts from all over the country, and the military expenditure is conservatively estimated to be five million taels a year, and now I am adding the three and a half million taels you just captured, and my money is only six or seven million taels, at most in a year of resistance, I have no money to use!" ”

After listening to Li Yao's words, the blind man said: "Big brother, with all due respect, the reason why the military expenditure can be spent so much is because the monthly salary we give to the soldiers is too high, the monthly salary of the Liang Dynasty army is only 500 Wen, and we give 700 Wen, nearly half more, do you say that the military expenditure is not high!" ”

Li Yao said: "What you said is indeed reasonable, this is also what I didn't think clearly, I always wanted to use the strategy of elite soldiers, so the monthly salary for the soldiers is relatively high, but now our army is too much, so I plan to choose the best of the best and eliminate a part of the army, so that you can save military expenses, and secondly, you can improve the combat effectiveness of the troops!" ”

The blind man thought for a while and said: "Big brother, your method seems to be better, but I don't approve of it, first of all, let's have more than 300,000 troops, even if some of them are disarmed at that time, in order to maintain the stability of Yiguo, we still need to re-recruit the army, and where to put these laid off troops, it is impossible for all of them to become peasants!" ”

Li Yao said: "I have also thought about these troops, I want to arrange them as local city guards!" ”

'Local city guards? The blind man smiled and said, "If we put the army we have trained in the local city guards, it will harm them, and even if we put it on the local city guards, don't we need to consume military expenses?" ”

Li Yao said: "Put it in the local city guard, then the county will pay for it, if the county can't pay for it, then you can ask the big family to collect it!" ”

The blind man asked: "Big brother, since this is the case, then we will also directly ask for it like a big family, and let them raise an army for us!" ”

Li Yao shook his head and said, "Blind, this is not good, those rich people are already dissatisfied with me, an outsider, if they really do this, then my territory will be really unstable!" ”

The blind man said: "Big brother, when did you look forward to the future so much, if those people are not convinced, they will be beaten until they are convinced, anyway, we have an army, and we are afraid that they will not be able to rebel!" ”

Although Li Yao also wants to deal with these people with iron and blood like the blind man said, his foundation is unstable, if he makes such a big move, Yiguo may really be in chaos!

The blind man saw Li Yao's hesitation and said, "Big brother, even if we want to disarm, we must wait until the Yangyun forces, the forces of the Great Prince of Yiguo and the southern bandit forces are all eliminated, otherwise we simply don't have enough troops to destroy them!" ”

Li Yao saw that the blind man was displeased, and said with a smile: "Okay, blind man, I only said that I have the intention of disarmament, not really to disarm, you are right, the situation in Yiguo is still very chaotic, let's fight first!" ”

When the blind man heard Li Yao say this, he soothed his mood slightly, and said, "Since this is the case, I don't know how the eldest brother is going to deal with the forces of Yiguo?" ”

Li Yao said: "You know why I want to give Su Feiguang an army formation, I just want them to contain the southern bandit army, and my main force will start a war against Yangyun, because I reached a consensus with the prince of Yiguo at the beginning, so I can't do it against him now, but not doing it doesn't mean not taking action, the 40,000 military horses you bring back now come in handy, the heavy cavalry is changed to the light cavalry first, in Yiguo, the heavy cavalry is useless!" I want you to lead all the cavalry troops to the border of the great prince of Yiguo, I want to force him not to dare to do it, and when I finish cleaning up everything that Yiguo should pack, I will come back to clean him up! ”

When the blind man heard that there was a battle to be fought, he immediately put aside the matter of disarmament, and hurriedly asked, "Big brother, what if they bypass our cavalry and attack other counties?" ”

Li Yao glanced at the blind man and said, "You let it go, no matter what outrageous things you do, I will stand on them, you can stop them now!" ”

The blind man smiled: "Haha, big brother, of course this is no problem!" ”

Okay, today is your triumphant day, I'll go to celebrate your achievements, let's get drunk!

Now there are 150,000 troops in Daxian County, and the road leading to Yaxian County has also been emptied, and now there are only about 30 county towns left in Yiguo Yangyun's forces!

Yidu is now a puddle of muddy water, Fuchuan's women's special combat team has killed many officials under Yang Yun, and Yang Yun is not to be outdone, killing many officials under the Seven Princes, and for a while, Yidu officials have risen up to hire private guards!

It's just that these guards, there are also people in the hands of thin monkeys, and now the big stronghold of Cuixianglou has begun to infiltrate outward, Li Yao asked the proprietress of Cuixianglou to open Cuixianglou in the eastern capital of the Liang Dynasty and the capital of Li Guoguo, the proprietress of Cuixianglou can understand that Cuixianglou was opened in the Eastern Capital, because at that time the national capital of the Liang Dynasty, but Cuixianglou was opened in Lidu, she didn't understand, Li Guo and Yiguo were not next to each other, and Li Guo was not much different from the wild land, why should Cuixianglou be opened there!

It's just that the proprietress didn't dare to ask Li Yao why, what Li Yao announced, just do it!

The blind man only took seven days to pull out 40,000 cavalry for Li Yao, this speed really surprised Li Yao, but the configuration of these 40,000 cavalry is much worse, each cavalry is only equipped with a cavalry knife, two grenades, and none of the rest of the things, the long-range weapon has a sui pistol, but the sui pistol is only equipped with a wind wolf unit, the blind man saw that the equipment department of the cavalry immediately found Li Yao, and asked: "Big brother, why is my cavalry unit so simple, the original standard ten grenades and three rockets?" ”

Li Yao looked at the blind man and said, "Blind, you go to the Firearms City to have a look, where are there still firearms in the Firearms City warehouse now?" Last time, when you went to support Cheng Gao, you took all the firearms in Firearms City, and now you have finally made a little bit and fully equipped your cavalry troops, what do you want! ”

When the blind man heard Li Yao's words, he touched his nose and said, "Oh, big brother, so that's the case, haha, that's nothing, I'll go first!" ”

Li Yao saw that the blind man couldn't get any benefits, and ran away with a smoke under his feet, and said with a smile: "This blind man is really, he is too anxious to increase the strength of his troops, these cavalry are his own treasures, when have I treated them badly!" ”

Li Yao called the guards and said, "Gather all the generals and have a meeting!" ”

The generals above the division level quickly came to Li Yao's big tent, Li Yao looked at the fifteen division commanders under his hands, and said: "Okay, I won't say much nonsense, everyone has been waiting for this day for a long time!" ”

When the generals heard Li Yao say this, they all said happily: "Commander, are we going to fight a big battle?" ”

Li Yao nodded and said, "Now announce the order, the four divisions of the eighth, ninth, tenth, and eleventh divisions will go to the north fifty miles of Yidu and station, and clean up the county towns along the way!" The twelfth, thirteenth, fourteenth, fifteenth, sixteenth, seventeenth, six divisions, were stationed in the west, and the remaining five divisions went to the south to be stationed! ”

The generals stood up and said: "Guarantee to complete the task!" ”

Li Yao nodded and said, "Okay, you go down to prepare first, set off at noon tomorrow, and meet at the designated place in three days!" ”

After all the generals withdrew, the dog head asked, "Big brother, are you about to launch an attack on Yidu so soon?" ”

Li Yao nodded and said: "Yes, for this moment, I have been preparing for a long time, and now that the Liang army has withdrawn from Yiguo, and the southern bandit army is contained by Su Feiguang, this is our perfect moment to attack!" ”

The dog head thought for a moment and said, "Big brother, since this is the case, then our 10,000 troops in Yidu can also start to act now!" ”

Li Yao shook his head and said: "This is not in a hurry, we still have a chess piece at the south gate of Yidu, if you really want to capture them, it is not very difficult, this 10,000 troops, I have to borrow 10,000 troops to get me some money!" ”

The dog head was puzzled: "Big brother, what do you mean by this?" ”

Li Yao looked at the dog's head and pretended to be confused, knocked the dog's head and said, "You kid, what a chicken thief, do you still want me to announce such a task?" ”

The dog head smiled: "Big brother, I am one of your military advisors, you still have to give orders, and I will be responsible for teleportation!" ”

Li Yao pointed to the dog's head and said, "Okay, I said you write!" ”

The dog head quickly took out a pen and paper and said, "Big brother, say it!" ”

Li Yao thought for a while and said, "Give an order to the thin monkey, let the 10,000 palace guards of Yiguo collect taxes from the rich families there with the order of the king of Yi, and let the thin monkey watch the specific amount!" ”

The dog head picked up the letter that was the same as the password and said, "Big brother, are we really so short of money?" It is also necessary to let the thin monkey collect taxes from the big households by the order of the king! ”

Li Yao looked at the dog's head and said: "Is there a shortage of money, you go and ask the fat man, he looks for me eight times a day, and he is almost annoying to death, but I can't help it, more than five million military expenses a year, where can I get so much military spending!" ”

The dog head also knew that the military budget was tight, so he said: "Big brother, since this is the case, let's lower the monthly salary of the soldiers, the Liang Dynasty is such a big empire, the monthly salary of the soldiers is only 500 Wen, our power is not big, the monthly salary of the soldiers is 700 Wen, I don't know and think you really have a rich father-in-law!" ”

Li Yao looked at the dog's head and said, "Okay, don't tell me anything rich, I don't know your mind yet, you just want me to marry the daughter of that rich countryman, the more I look at you now, the more I think you want to sell me for money!" ”

The dog head hurriedly smiled: "Big brother, what are you talking about, you are my eldest brother, how could I sell you?" It's just that this method of making money is really fast, and it's a win-win behavior, why don't you want to? ”

Li Yao said with a smile: "I don't want to be treated like a stallion by you, I will marry someone for this, and I will marry someone for that, I don't believe it, after I occupy the whole territory of Yiguo, that rich businessman will not obediently come over to donate money!" ”

The dog scratched his head and said: "Big brother, after you occupy the entire territory of Yiguo, all the rich businessmen will donate money to you, but there will always be a time when this money will run out, if you marry that family, with their wealth and the ability to make money, I think our military spending will not be spent for decades!" ”

Li Yao was shocked, he couldn't spend it for decades?

Seeing Li Yao's expression, the dog head hurriedly said: "Big brother, think about it, I can hear from the blind man that you want to disarm, so many troops, how much effort has our troops put in, are you really willing to give up like this?" ”

Li Yao's index finger tapped on the table and said, "Dog head, you go down first, the army is about to move, you go get busy first!" ”

The dog nodded and said, "Big brother, then I'll go first!" ”

Well, Li Yao waved his hand and said, "Let's go!" ”

As soon as the dog head left the big tent and had no time to make tea, the fat man ran in. Looking at the fat man's panicked appearance, Li Yao asked, "Fat man, what's wrong with you, why are you panicking like this?" ”

The fat man grabbed the teacup and took a sip of tea, and said, "Big brother, it's not good, something is wrong!" ”

Li Yao asked, "What's the matter, is there something wrong with our army's baggage?" ”

The fat man shook his head and said, "No, there is no problem with the baggage of our army, but there is a problem with our caravan?" ”

Li Yao relieved his heart and said, "As long as there is no problem with the army's baggage, what's wrong with the caravan?" Looted by bandits, or lost money again? ”

The fat man calmed down for a moment and said, "Big brother, the caravan under my command went to the Liang Dynasty to sell goods, but the price was seriously suppressed by the local merchants. ”

Li Yao asked, "Aren't furs and gems all in demand in the Liang Dynasty?" Why do you lose money? ”

The fat man said: "I suspect that someone is secretly manipulating us, this time we went to the Liang Dynasty to sell goods, not only the customs clearance tax is high, the accommodation cost of the restaurant has also become higher, the most important thing is that the officials of the Liang Dynasty will come to check our goods every hour, and the merchant also pressed our price fiercely, if it wasn't for the original point, let us sell the goods at the cost price this time, and recover the cost, otherwise we will definitely lose our money!" ”

Li Yao thought for a moment and said, "If you say so, then there is only one person who is the most suspicious?" ”

The fat man hurriedly asked, "Big brother, who is this person?" ”

Li Yao lightly spit out a few words: "The Great Prince of the Liang Dynasty!" ”

The fat man exclaimed: "The great prince of the Liang Dynasty? Why is he suppressing our prices? Could it be that he has so much money that he has nowhere to burn? ”

Li Yao said lightly: "Suppressing the price of our exports is only his first step, I have a feeling that he will not give up!" (To be continued.) )