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On this day, early in the morning, Pang Yi convened all the generals to discuss the meeting, and Jiang Yiyuan and Jiang Yiqu also came to participate together. There are also Chen Fang and Zhou Meng; Zhou Meng was originally Liu Hai's subordinate, and after being rescued by Chen Fang in that battle, he became Chen Fang's person, in terms of martial arts, Zhou Meng is not weaker than Chen Fang, maybe more fierce than Chen Fang, such a talent, how can it be buried, after being discovered by Jiang Yiyuan, he was immediately promoted to a general, and now he is a general at the same level as Chen Fang.

In the main hall, Pang Yi asked, "Lord Jiang, how is the grain and grass and recruits raised?" ”

Lord Jiang here is, of course, referring to Jiang Yiqu, because Jiang Yiyuan is called a military advisor, Jiang Yiyuan is in charge of the military, and Jiang Yiqu is in charge of political affairs.

Hearing this, Jiang Yiqu came out and said: "My lord, there are military disasters in various parts of Surabaya every year, resulting in sparse population, and only 150,000 new soldiers have been recruited in the past few months, as for grain and grass... Bai Wei did not agree to sell, so we are still very short now, if we forcibly send troops to the three northern counties, it can only support two months at most, if it does not go to the expedition, it can support half a year. ”

"My lord, it is recommended to stop recruiting troops immediately, if it goes on like this, it will not be a long-term solution, if the grain and grass are exhausted, it will be a bad thing."

Jiang Yiqu has said these words more than once or twice, but unfortunately Pang Yi just can't listen to them, and he only thinks about one thing all day long, recruitment, recruitment, recruitment... But who knows Jiang Yiqu's suffering, after the recruitment of these hundreds of thousands of troops, the financial and civil resources of Surabaya County have been degraded for at least ten years, and he needs to operate for a long, long time to return to his current state.

Pang Yi also had a sad face, but the wrinkles on his forehead instantly relaxed, and said, "I don't care about this, I just want soldiers." ”

"General, what do you think? Can troops be used against the three northern counties after the beginning of the year? ”

Jiang Yiyuan came out of the queue and replied: "Lord, I don't know if the lord knows about the three northern counties?" ”

"What's the matter?"

Jiang Yiyuan said: "Li Yungang, Zhang Guozhong, Sun Jian and others jointly formulated an internal affairs strategy, and reported to the imperial capital Ling Feng for approval, in the three northern counties to implement the strategy of opening up the wasteland and tuntian, and recruit a large number of young and strong people to open up the wasteland and tuntian, to this day, there are more than 80,000 people distributed in Qingliang, Chu County, Qiang County, and the local government is responsible for restricting and supervising the tuntian. ”

"I already know about this matter, so I called everyone to discuss countermeasures, I think it is better to use troops early than late, and if it goes on like this, I am afraid that it will not be good for me."

Speaking of the matter of Tuntian, Pang Yi was on fire in his belly, Li Yungang, Zhang Guozhong, and those families in Qiang County unanimously supported Ling Feng, this time the Tuntian policy was planned by the family family, and because of the lack of food and military salaries, Li Yungang and others even donated a lot of money, and the families of the three counties were very attentive, looking at their actions, as if they wanted to swear to protect the three counties.

Pang Yi is really distressed, in fact, he has long wanted to implement this strategy of opening up wasteland and tuntian, Jiang Yiqu has also mentioned it many times, saying that it is beneficial and harmless, and it can quickly increase his strength, but Pang Yi did not agree, because in the first two years of the implementation of the plan to open up wasteland and tuntian, he had to pay a great price, and he spent countless amounts of money and grain, and he had to wait until the grain planted was received before he could slowly get better, but now he is fighting every day, where does he have spare money to open up wasteland. What he didn't expect, this kind of loss, the families of the three northern counties actually fully supported it, and unconditionally took out their own money to donate, this is really a miracle in the world, it has never happened before.

Pang Yi couldn't help but sigh, why didn't those big families on his territory support him so much.

Jiang Yiyuan said: "If we go out after the beginning of the year, we can raise a maximum of 400,000 troops, and if we can end the war within two months, it will be fine, but I am afraid that Ling Feng will intervene, and it will be unfavorable to me for a long time." ”

"Whether to go on the expedition or not is entirely up to the Lord's decision, and it is to obey the order." Jiang Yiyuan arched his hand.

In fact, Jiang Yiyuan himself is not sure now, there are advantages to going on the expedition, and there are advantages to not going to the expedition, which is really a dilemma.

Jiang Yiyuan handed over such a major event to Pang Yi for decision-making for the first time, Pang Yi was a little surprised, didn't he care about these major events before, but this time it seemed so indifferent.

Pang Yi is also a shrewd and capable person, after thinking about it, he seems to understand what Jiang Yiyuan means, this is a difficult matter to make a decision, if he goes on an expedition and takes the three northern counties within two months, then everything is easy to say, don't talk about raising these hundreds of thousands of troops, even if it is one million, it can be raised, there are five counties, the territory is vast, and there is a lot of money and grain.

But in other words, if it is not captured within two months, it will be miserable, and the army will face the embarrassment of lack of food, and then the army will be disheartened, and the victory or defeat will be unpredictable.

Pang Yi sat on the top seat, bowed his head and pondered...

Chen Fang stood up and said: "Lord, why should we start with Chu County and Qiang County and implement a big roundabout tactic, the last general thought, why not attack Qingliang County first, if it is captured, we will march to the other two counties, and if it is not captured, it is easy to withdraw to Huai County, and it will not hurt anything." ”

"Can you take it?"

Pang Yi got up, waved his hand and said: "Let me think twice about this matter, and when I think about it, I will tell you, whether to go on the expedition or not, you will know after the New Year." ”

"Break up."

Pang Yi got up and left the lobby with a flick of his robe.

The rest of the people also dispersed.

Jiang Yiyuan and Jiang Yiqu were the last to go, Jiang Yiqu stepped forward and said: "Big brother, Huai County and Surabaya County really can't support the consumption of six or seven hundred thousand troops, if we continue like this, I'm afraid that we will bring about our own destruction, why didn't you persuade the lord just now." ”

Jiang Yiyuan said: "The lord is bent on the three northern counties, and it is useless to persuade him, and besides, I really want to take this opportunity to use troops against the three northern counties, why should I persuade them?" ”

"This..."

The two walked out of the lobby together.

Jiang Yiqu frowned and said, "But, what if we run out of food?" The morale of the army is weak, and the general trend is about to go.... ”

"It's not that serious." Jiang Yiyuan said: "Aren't you responsible for raising grain and grass, you believe that nothing like that will happen." ”

"But I've done my best, the taxes in Huai County and Surabaya County have doubled compared to previous years, and I'm afraid that the people's hearts will turn against me and cause turmoil."

Jiang Yiqu said helplessly: "Even if we stop recruiting troops now and do not go to the three northern counties, the money and grain in our hands can only last for six months, and it will be the autumn harvest at that time, but if we increase our troops again, it will definitely cause a catastrophe." ”

"The people can't get food, what about the big families?"

Jiang Yiyuan said: "The families of the three northern counties can take out their money and capture Ling Feng, can't we from Huai County?" Things are man-made, you might as well give it a try, coercion and temptation, do everything you can, do big things, when you don't stick to small things, as long as you can achieve the goal, any means will do! ”

After speaking, Jiang Yiyuan left quickly. (To be continued.) )