"Yifu, as far as you know, how many available troops are there in the entire Sichuan and Jinghu?"

On the Yangtze River, a large building boat that can run horses is slowly moving westward driven by dozens of pairs of wing wheels. Around the front and rear of the ship, there are countless warships of various colors, such as vehicles and ships, flying tigers, iron heads, iron harriers, car heads, and four cars. The banner is shrewd, the golden drum is strong, and it breaks the huge waves, and it is mighty.

The main force of the western-aided Song army led by Jia Rudao is marching along the river. The ship was the seat of the traitor, and the cabins were extraordinarily ornate, not on the surface, neither in silk and satin, nor in the sumptuous Persian carpets, or in the gold, silver, and white marble vessels, but in the subtleties. Wood varnish, white copper corners, elegant pine and bamboo textures, and every tenon and tenon joint is tightly sealed. A few Wu Daozi and Mi Fu's calligraphy and paintings are hung on the bulkhead, and a few pieces of ancient porcelain are placed on the Bogu shelf of Huanghuali, all of which are carefully fixed on the Bogu shelf with ribbons, which are obviously not ordinary.

Jia Rudao did not wear official clothes, dressed as a loose scribe, and sat behind a few cases, playing with a jar the size of a foot, finely carved and white, which was carved from the finest ivory. Attention seems to be on the ivory cricket jar, but when he speaks, it is still a matter of military affairs.

In the official cabin, there were three people sitting upright, all wearing official robes, two of them were wearing green robes, it was Liao Yingzhong and Liang Chongru, and one person was wearing a scarlet robe, with a dignified appearance, obviously a high-ranking official above the sixth grade.

Hearing Jia Rudao's question, Liang Chongru pondered for a moment and replied respectfully: "Jinghu, Sichuan and other roads have always had large soldiers stationed in Tuntun. The soldiers of Jinghu include 84,000 troops under the jurisdiction of Ezhou, Jianglingfu and Jiangzhou, and 28 tuns in Jiangzhou, Hubei, Jing, Xiang, Tan and Huang, with a total of more than 160,000 officers and soldiers. A total of twenty-four five thousand. After years of war in Sichuan, it is difficult to count the number of officers and soldiers in Suotun, but it is only known that Chunyou had more than 183,000 troops 12 years ago. Now it is only divided into Hezhou, Chongqing, Luzhou and Sichuandong Mountain, and it is estimated that the number of soldiers is not less than 100,000...... In addition, there are many volunteers in Sichuan, and the Sichuan System and Construction Division has repeatedly said that the number of volunteers is too large to calculate. As for the armies that came to the aid of the west, they have not yet been counted. ”

Liang Chongru is talking about the strength on the books. Jinghu, Sichuan, and Lianghuai have always been the front lines of the Southern Song Dynasty against the north, and there have always been many garrisons, and there are more and more trends! During the Shaoxing period of Emperor Gaozong, the number of troops in the three major theaters was still around 300,000, and now, the number of troops in Sichuan and Jinghu alone is more than 340,000, and the total number of troops in the two Huai has exceeded 500,000! If we include the Hunan, Guangnan and other roads that are resisting the Wuliang Hatai Division, and the army under the jurisdiction of the Yangtze River Control Division in charge of the defense of the Yangtze River. The soldiers under the command of Jia Rudao, who served as the ambassador of Xuanfu in the north and south of Jingxi Lake and Sichuan, and the two Huai soldiers who were raised by the capital, can be claimed to be millions!

Hearing Liang Chongru's report on the flow account, Jia Rudao smiled faintly: "Yifu, I didn't ask you how many soldiers there are in the account, but how many soldiers are available?" ”

"How's that to be used?" Although in the face of a high-ranking figure like Jia Yidao, Liang Chongru's demeanor did not diminish at all, he asked with a smile, and then asked himself, "If you defend the city, the more than 340,000 soldiers in Jinghu and Sichuan will be about the same." If you want to go out of the city to fight, it is estimated that you will have to make a few discounts and add 8,000. ”

"Eight thousand?" Jia Rudao put down the cricket jar and looked at Liang Chongru with some strange eyes.

"The 8,000 people of the Imperial Thunderbolt Navy are all usable soldiers, and the battle array can be used by tens of thousands of people!"

Jia Rudao sneered, shook his head and said, "It's just a hair stone and a thunderbolt, how can it be a hundred thousand?" ”

Liang Chongru shook his head with a smile and said, "The lower official has no lies, as far as the lower official knows, the Thunderbolt Water Army is different from the rest of the Great Song Dynasty!" ”

"How is it different? Could it be that the soldiers of the Perak Navy are all three-headed and six-armed? ”

Liang Chongru said: "As far as the lower officials know, the soldiers of the Thunderbolt Navy Army are not three-headed and six-armed, but they don't want money, they don't want life, and they don't fear hardship!" ”

Jia Yidao frowned slightly, looked at Liang Chongru, and was silent for a long time before he said, "Liang Yifu, what you said is true?" There are still such soldiers in the Great Song Dynasty? ”

The scarlet-uniformed official on the side laughed and said to Liang Chongru: "Yifu, you really like to joke, this soldier is not afraid of death or hardship, it is better to say, but it is unheard of not to want money...... These people don't want money, what kind of soldiers do they be? What do they want? ”

This person is Jiang Wanli, known as Guxin, and it is said that he is also both civil and military, and is proficient in the art of war. In the early years, because the main battle was disliked by Emperor Lizong, he was idle for ten years, and he was reinstated as a pacification envoy of Fujian Road not long ago, and he was dismissed by the imperial history not long after. Now he has taken the line of Jia Nidao, and has served as a counselor of the Xuanfu Department with the bachelor of Duanming Palace.

Liang Chongru smiled faintly: "It's not that I don't want it at all, it's just that I want less." Asking for less now is naturally for the sake of getting more in the future. In addition, Chen Qingzhi is good at manipulating people's hearts, setting up righteous instructors in the army, running a military academy with the battalion, and not allowing soldiers to go out, and being locked up in the camp all day long to talk about national righteousness, and adding the theory of ghosts and gods, although it is excessive, but it is to confuse a lot of reckless people. ”

Jiang Wanli's face sank slightly, he was a doctor of the Song Dynasty who was never more traditional. In his heart, he regarded the military ministers as pawns, and he was no longer used to the current support of the military generals on the Western Road. And the theory of ghosts and gods is even more bewitching in his eyes. What does a military minister want to do if he engages in such a thing of beceasing and confusing the public in the army?

However, Jiang Wanli also knew that Chen Dexing was Jia Nidao's favorite general, and he had to rely on him to go west to Fuling this time, so he didn't say anything, just snorted lightly and turned his head.

Jia Rudao didn't care much, he smiled and said to Jiang Wanli: "Ancient heart, if the water is clear, there will be no fish, and if people are observed, there will be no disciples." Now is the time to employ people, and the elite people who can train 8,000 soldiers into elite people who do not want to die, do not want money, and are not afraid of death are the pillars of the country, so what method does he use? There are 8,000 people horizontally and vertically, and when Sichuan and Shu are decided, the official family will have a wealth for him. This Thunderbolt Naval Army...... Naturally, it is also official! ”

Jia Yidao's tone was flat, with an expression of Zhizhu in his hand. If Chen Dexing is now a big warlord who has tens of thousands of troops and still leads the prefect and the governor, doing such a thing may make Jia Yidao aware of something. However, he is now only a military leader with 10,000 people, although he is not small, but he does not have the strength to pull the flag and rebel - there is no territory, what can he use to raise soldiers? Therefore, no matter how strange the Thunderbolt Navy, they can't get out of their palms!

Liang Chongru seemed to be encouraged, and arched his hand at Jia Rudao and said: "Xianggong, Xia Guanjian used fewer troops to aid Sichuan this time, and tens of thousands of troops from the Jinghu army can be selected, with the Thunderbolt Navy Army of 8,000, plus the dead soldiers recruited by the Sichuan side, the east and west will advance against each other, and the surprise attack on Fuling will be able to win a battle." ”

Jia Rudao stroked his beard, thought for a moment, and looked at Jiang Wanli, "What does Brother Gu Xin think?" ”

Jiang Wanli thought for a moment, nodded and said, "Xianggong, Liang Yifu's plan is feasible, but it's just ...... The cooperation between Sichuan and Jinghu has not been very good, and they have failed to form a joint attack on several occasions in the past, so that they have fallen short. ”

Liang Chongru said in a solemn tone: "The lower officials can rush to Chongqing with the Xianggong handbook, and make an appointment with the generals of Sichuan to break through the north and capture the Sichuan River together!" ”

Jia Rudao waved his hand: "Don't worry, wait until I get to Jiangling and listen to what the generals of Jinghu have to say." ”

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