Li Qing knew more than He Shun.

Zhou Quan had a plan when he left, and these people, according to the plan, do their own things, Zhou Quan will naturally come to clean up the situation in person.

The only thing he was worried about was whether the Five Kingdoms City would be able to hold out until Zhou Quan's arrival.

This worry was put aside with the arrival of the Blue Bird again.

"Yanai, you're here!"

On the dock, Li Qing hadn't spoken yet, He Shun took two steps, and tears flowed out. Seeing him like this, Li Qing secretly screamed in admiration, and there was nothing else to say.

"Thank you, Governor Lai, hard work!" Zhou Quan helped He Shun who was bowing down, then patted him on the shoulder, and then saluted Li Qing.

After the ceremony, Zhou Quan didn't ask what the situation was—there was nothing unusual about the Five Kingdoms City now except that it was heavily guarded, so he knew that the situation was not serious enough to be unsupportable.

"I brought you a letter from home, and in addition, I also brought some Central Plains products on the ship, you can get them yourself later." Zhou Quan smiled lightly: "The only thing I didn't bring to you is the cook from Jingshi." ”

Everyone laughed, and Li Qing and He Shun, who were originally very nervous, instantly calmed down.

Then they noticed that from the Blue Bird, two more people came down.

These two people are older than Zhou Quan, they are close to thirty, and they are definitely not array teenagers. The clothes they wore proved that they were scholars, perhaps because they were not accustomed to life at sea, and when they came up, their feet were visibly weak.

Zhou Quan did not introduce Bai Xianfeng and Dong Changqing to Li and He, and after Bai and Dong relieved themselves, their eyes were still full of disbelief.

"Tokai Chamber of Commerce...... How can there already be such a foundation, and it was taken from the hands of Goryeo? ”

"I heard that Goryeo is also a big country in the eastern part of the sea, and Ming Gong did this...... Do you want to use one person against one country? ”

No words can describe the shock in the hearts of the two.

At this time, they imagined that Zhou Quan must have done a lot of lawless things overseas, and if he got the Great Song Dynasty, he might be able to capture the law field in a moment.

But now, they realized that what Zhou Quan was doing overseas was even crazier than the craziest thing they thought of!

But......

But there is no place to attack Zhou Quan!

According to Zhou Quan's introduction, this island called Jeju is controlled by a governor, who has long taken refuge in the Liangshan thieves, so in the Great Song Dynasty, he is an outlaw, and the court cannot be held accountable.

The two assistants under the governor, one is the chief arrester He Shun, who is also from Liangshan thieves, and the other Yu Yang is still from Liangshan thieves. Behind them, there is the Donghai Chamber of Commerce that links Cai Jing, Liang Shicheng and others, in fact, even Zhao Ji, the son of heaven, acquiesces in the existence of this chamber of commerce - as long as the chamber of commerce can bring precious metals such as copper, gold and silver that the emperor needs.

"However, the more this is the case, the more promising it is, I just saw the governor Li Qing talking, but the Chinese people are just bold, you and I are full of knowledge, and there is no restraint here, and we are showing our skills together." Dong Changqing muttered to Bai Xianxian.

Bai Xianfeng is from Shaanxi, and he takes a few boats, and he has not recovered at this time, so he can only smile reluctantly.

His eyes fell on Zhou Quan, and he faintly felt in his heart that the lord he followed was only afraid that he would do something bigger than he imagined.

For a while, he was suffering from gains and losses in his heart.

It wasn't until half an hour later that Zhou Quan gathered everyone to hold a military meeting in the governor's palace.

Not only the three leaders of the Governor's Mansion were summoned, but also the middle level appointed by them, and when Zhou Quan entered, he found that the atmosphere was very gloomy, and it was obvious that everyone present had no confidence.

Even the three chiefs of the Doge's Palace.

Li Qing is not familiar with military affairs, He Shun is confused, Yu Yang is swaying with half a bucket of water, although the three of them sit on the top with Zhou Quan, they all know that how to deal with it is still a matter of Zhou Quan's group of cronies.

However, they wanted to be idle, but Zhou Quan did not let go: "Please also ask Governor Li to tell me about the current situation." ”

Li Qing coughed and laughed before he could say anything: "This is a big deal, villain...... I haven't experienced it yet, and I'm worried in my heart, but it's good that Yanai is here...... Now the situation is acceptable, more than 2,000 soldiers and horses of the Goryeo people landed in Wengpo, but there are 150,000 follow-up soldiers and horses......"

only heard the number of 150,000, and most of the faces present changed color, it was Bai Xianfeng and Dong Changqing, who originally wanted to show their skills here, but they were also shocked at this time.

"The Lord of the Saturn, entangled more than 20,000 people, settled in Chaogu, and went out of the mountains every day to harass ......"

Most of the 20,000 natives are rabble, but there are too many of them, and it is still possible to fight a good fight.

"We now have more than 20,000 people, including more than 6,000 Han people and 14,000 natives, and 7,000 young and strong people can be recruited, 4,000 Han people, and 3,000 natives."

Most of the more than 6,000 Han people here are immigrants from Wuqing, but fortunately, most of the people who can escape to Wuqing are young and strong, plus more than 2,000 people from Liangshanzhai, they can gather 4,000 Han soldiers.

Since Zhou Quan left last year, these 4,000 Han soldiers have been practicing and training non-stop, and Zhou Quan even left He Tu and Lu Hai to train these Han soldiers according to the drill code of the array of young people.

After half a year of training, although it is not yet possible to talk about the prohibition of orders, at least these Han soldiers know how to line up and basic battlefield orders.

Of course, this is the statement of He Tu and Lu Hai, in fact, these two people are second only to Ye Chu and Li Bao among the array boys, they have spent half a year training, although they are not as good as the array boys trained by Zhou Quan himself, but among them, in the words of the people of Liangshanzhai who have fought with officers and soldiers, they are "the elite of the officers and soldiers who have won the battle".

But there are not many such elites, and there are only more than 800 people in total.

Seeing that everyone had nothing to say, Zhou Quan said: "Okay, let me summarize the major problems we are facing today. The first is the lack of weapons, although 5,000 soldiers can be mustered, but there are less than 3,000 weapons, and many people can only use wooden sticks as knives and guns. As for the armor, there was a shortage of only five hundred, and it was incomplete. ”

"The second is that the fighting spirit is not strong, many people are very afraid, I don't know why they want to fight here, and some people feel that it is better to go back to the Central Plains than to fight here."

"The third is that the enemy is strong and I am weak, we are alone overseas, the Great Song Dynasty can not give us much support, but Goryeo is pouring into the nest to fight, our defeat is the annihilation of the whole army, Goryeo is defeated, and more soldiers will be sent immediately."

Zhou Quan stretched out a hand, and said one or the other, so that everyone's faces gradually became difficult to look at. Seeing this situation, Zhou Quan smiled: "Everyone, although these three are our disadvantages, but they can't be made up?" I don't think so, and if you can manage it properly, the disadvantages can become the advantages! ”

"First, don't worry about the lack of weapons, I came this time, and brought five hundred armor and six thousand blades, the only thing missing, bows and arrows, but I also have a plan to make up for it. On top of the armor and armament, rest assured, we are not only not afraid of the enemy, but far superior to them...... Later, I will invite you to come with me to see the ordnance drill. ”

"Second, the Han people are not strong in fighting and lack fighting spirit, Governor Lai, you can post a notice, the Donghai Chamber of Commerce has decided to allocate some land on Jeju Island, and all soldiers who participate in the war can arbitrarily obtain 100 acres of land, and if there is meritorious service, there will be a reward. The land acquired will be exempt from paying taxes for five years, and if there is a family member who wants to bring Jeju, the Donghae Chamber of Commerce will bear the burden of going to and from the food store."

As soon as this second rule came out, before others came back to their senses, they heard the sound of a trumpet.

But Dong Changqing, who was sitting at the bottom of the place, couldn't help but applaud.

Bai Xianfeng was still a little puzzled, Dong Changqing saw that everyone was looking at him, his face was slightly embarrassed, and he arched his hand and said: "Because I heard Ming Gong's clever strategy, I couldn't help but praise it." In the past, the strong Qin could sweep across the six countries, and those who relied on it were awarded Tian Er with military merits! ”

Seeing that most of the people were still confused, Bai Xianfeng remembered that many of them were either businessmen or farmers, or even bandits, where did they know what to force Qin to sweep across the six countries. He thought about it, as long as Zhou Quan understood, so he said: "The student has a strategy, which can be picked up for Ming Gong." ”

"Please." Zhou Quan's heart was also moved, this Dong Changqing seemed to be able to strategize.

"The land of the war dead shall be given to their sons or parents, and if there are no children, they shall choose an heir of a clan for them to offer incense!"

In fact, Zhou Quan's plan has this, but Dong Changqing can make up for the second half after listening to it, which is also good. Zhou Quan thought of the fact that he joined temporarily, but he tossed Li Bangyan to death, and said with a smile: "Mr. Dong is really talented, so he will make up for this!" ”

Dong Changqing sat down a little proudly, and Zhou Quan began to say the third disadvantage: "Compared with Goryeo, the Donghai Chamber of Commerce is naturally Goryeo, but Goryeo also has strong enemies, not to mention Daliao, it is Jurchen, and there is a grudge against Goryeo." I had already arranged that as long as the Goryeo people transferred their border troops, the Jurchens would inevitably go south, and at that time, Goryeo could only return to the army! ”

Originally, this was what everyone was worried about, but now when they heard it, their expressions were relaxed.

Also, if Goryeo really transferred 150,000 soldiers and horses to fight Jeju, how could the Jurchens, who were forced by the Liao State, let go of this opportunity?

At this time, because of the alliance with the city, the Liao state not only eased its relations with the Song Dynasty, so that it could mobilize a large army from the south, but also obtained an annual income of two or three million guan through the city, which greatly made up for its weak finances. In addition, the Jurchens were launched earlier than in history, and their chief was still Wu Yashu, and it was not until last year that Wu Yashu died of illness and Aguta took power, so the pressure on the Jurchens at this time was extremely great.

Persimmon to pick up the soft pinch, in the case of the temporary helplessness of the Liao State, to the east to the south, the expansion of Goryeo became the first choice of the Jurchens.

Zhou Quan naturally had a way to send the news of the Goryeo people to the Jurchens.

He explained these coping strategies one by one, and everyone who was still very nervous suddenly felt relieved, as if victory was just around the corner. (To be continued.) )