ps: If you want to hear more of your voices and receive more of your suggestions, search for the WeChat public account "qdread" now and pay attention to give more support! The scorching summer sun shone on the school field of the Liang army, and the new cavalry battalion commander Wan Wenshan, dressed in armor, led 2,500 cavalry behind him to carry out arduous cavalry combat training under the scorching sun.

Starting, charging, cavalry shooting, slashing, piercing, and the basic tricks that can be used in cavalry combat must be trained. The cavalry and horses soon became tired and sweaty.

Under a row of camphor trees on the side of the school field, Xu Liang, a fellow acquaintance from the fourth grade, was wearing a new scarlet official robe, sitting under the Taishi chair, watching the cavalry training in the field.

It is said that since the establishment of the cavalry battalion of the Liang Army, Lord Xu has come to watch the training of Commander Wan with troops almost every day, a pot of herbal tea, a bench, and Lord Xu has a groaning smile on his face, hiding in the shade of a tree to see that it is all morning.

However, the novelty brought by the cavalry to Lord Xu had not yet passed, and troublesome things followed. Thanks to the more than 1,000 war horses, Xu Liang finally saved thousands of taels of wartime tax silver, and spent them all. Moreover, Luo Baiguan, the head of the Liang army, reported that the forage of the war horses was consumed too quickly, and the silver was spent like flowing water.

Looking at Luo Baiguan's pained expression, Xu Liang realized the severity of the problem. If there is no improvement, the army will end in bankruptcy.

In Xu Liang's study, Xu Liang frowned at Luo Baiguan's stunned gaze and circled around the room, thinking of ways to generate income as he walked.

The wartime tax for July has already been collected, and the money has been spent, and any increase in taxes will certainly cause panic among the merchants in the city, and then cause a popular uprising, which will certainly not work.

Asking for help from the court? That's even more. With Emperor Chongzhen's stingy appearance, it's good not to ask Xu Liang for money.

Collect the payment of Liang Ji and Tongtianxia Logistics to deal with emergencies? It is tantamount to killing chickens and taking eggs, and fishing with all their might. Xu Liang still can't do this kind of stupid thing.

After thinking about it, there is only one last way to go. Fight for war! Think about the Houjin troops in the Liaodong region, isn't it similar to Xu Liang's current situation, there are many soldiers under him, but his family is poor, what should I do? Rob against the Ming Dynasty!

So at another high-level military meeting of the Liang army, Xu Liang knocked on the table vigorously and said bitterly: "How many times has this official told you, our Liang army is different from ordinary officers and soldiers!" The officers and soldiers are paid by the court. Don't worry about eating and drinking, we're different, we are self-funded, and the expenses are at our own expense! The official said again, Liang Jun's family background is very thin, and the Xu Mansion does not have much money to spare! In the future, when you go out to fight, killing the enemy is secondary, and the first task is to grab a lot of loot, what food, and forage. Clothes, boots, spears. Broadswords, pots and pans...... We can use it, and we can exchange it for money, and get it back for me! ”

There was a general of the Liang army at the bottom and smiled: "My lord, if there are none of the ones you said, then can this battle be fought?" ”

Xu Liang narrowed his eyes, looked at the Liang army general like an idiot, and scolded in a tone of hatred that iron is not steel: "Even if there are no objects, there are always one or two donkeys and horses, right?" If these are not already, people. There's always someone, right? If there are no people, are you fighting with ghosts?! ”

The generals burst into laughter.

The reprimanded general blushed and argued, saying, "Donkeys and horses are okay." What do people do when they get it back? Grab food ...... with us."

Xu Liang stepped forward angrily, and a violent shudder slammed on the general's head. Knocked the general to tears.

Xu Liang jumped to his feet and scolded: "Say you're stupid, your brain really can't turn!" How are people useless? Men can be escorted back to the camp to grow crops, women can be given to the brothers as mothers-in-law, children can be brought back as godsons, and the elderly can be ...... Eh, forget about the old man, a lot of age, it's useless to pull it back, it's better to put it back and waste the enemy's food. ”

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Xu Liang instilled his concept of spoils of war to a room full of Liang army generals, and spoke dryly, and when those people were sent back to the camp, Xu Liang left Xing Zhongshan, Wan Wenshan, Dai Feng, Tietou and Luo Baiguan and other backbone of the Liang army to discuss matters.

After pouring three cups of herbal tea in a row, the thirst in Xu Liang's mouth subsided a little, Xu Liang wiped his mouth, breathed a long sigh of relief, and then said: "The guiding ideology of future operations, this official has just said, so I won't repeat it." In a word, grab some more stuff and come back. Now I'm leaving you here to talk about how to regain peace. ”

The generals looked at Xu Liang and waited for him to speak.

Xu Liang rolled his eyes, looked at the crowd, and said, "If you have any good ideas, let's talk about them together." ”

Pingliang guerrilla Dai Feng said: "My lord, although we attacked repeatedly a while ago and killed a lot of thieves, but the thieves are still powerful, before the cavalry battalion has formed a combat force, relying on our Liang army alone, trying to recover Pingliang is tantamount to a fool's dream." ”

Xing Zhongshan said: "The most hateful thing is that the thieves are scared by us for a while, they are defending the city, and they can't leave the city. ”

Xu Liang listened quietly and sighed. Dai Feng and Xing Zhongshan are both telling the truth, Xu Liang's soldiers are still too few, and the face-to-face encounters outside the city are okay, if they besiege the city, then they will be blind, one has no siege weapons, two has no siege experience, and a swarm of rushing over can only be a dead and wounded.

Xu Liang sighed: "If only we had a few artillery pieces in our hands." Grandma's, a cannon fire over, everything was solved. ”

Speaking of artillery, Xu Liang suddenly remembered the Hongyi sub-mother cannon that was found in the secret room of the Han Wangfu. Then he asked Tietou: "Ah Tie, is that child and mother cannon still there?" ”

Tietou scratched his head and said, "Young master, it's still in the warehouse, and we don't have the manpower to use it in our army, and we don't have enough gunpowder." ”

Xu Liang was silent for a moment, and then told Tietou: "Tell the Tsing Yi Guard, concentrate on finding those who can make gunpowder and use artillery for a while." ”

"Yes." Iron Head replied respectfully.

At this time, the subordinates of the house came up to change the round of tea for everyone in the house, and suddenly there was a sound of tea in the house. Later, Wan Wenshan and Luo Baiguan mentioned some more constructions, but they were not satisfactory.

Xu Liang looked at it and saw that everyone was silent, the secret Dao Liang Jun was still withered, they were all some rough people who debuted halfway, and they still made up for it with a knife and cut people, and it was completely unreliable to make suggestions.

Talent! Why don't we Xu Liang's subordinates have a strategist who is as wise and close to the demon as Zhuge Liang of the Three Kingdoms? Xu Liang sighed in his heart, seeing that everyone's eyes were looking at him, waiting for himself, the commander of the Liang army, to make an idea, he couldn't help but smile bitterly, and said: "Now it seems that it is impossible to fight the thieves." We have to take some side roads, strive to recover Pingliang with minimal losses, and rescue the people of Pingliang from the dire situation......"

"My lord, just tell me what are we going to do? We'll all listen to you. Xing Zhongshan was the most direct, and when he saw Xu Liang shaking his head and talking loudly, he couldn't help urging.

Xu Liang's face was full of black lines, and he secretly said I finally seized the opportunity to show off my literary brilliance in front of your gang of coarse people, why are you so uninteresting? If you don't applaud, forget it, and dare to interrupt me! No su zhì!

Staring at Xing Zhongshan, Xu Liang coughed lightly, his eyes stayed on everyone's faces for a while, and said: "Before the official left Beijing, the emperor asked me how to rescue Pingliang, I said that this time the thieves went to Tianlong, crossed the sky, Shen Yikui, Wang Zuogui and the fourth lady and other four or five gangs of thieves joined forces, so that there is now the scale of thieves in Pingliang Mansion, looking at 89,000 or 100,000 is so scary, in fact, there will be no more than half of them who can really go to the battlefield, and the rest are all old and weak women!" Moreover, so many gangs of thieves who do not belong to each other must be inseparable from each other, and their faces and hearts are not in harmony. I thought about it, but it was best to use this divisive tactic against the thieves. ”

"Your Excellency is wise!" When the generals of the army slapped on the back, they would only say dryly, "My lord is wise," which was so superficial that there was no technical content at all.

Xu Liang looked at the generals, smiled, and said: "It's just that to implement this divisive plan, you need to find a smart and alert person to sneak into Pingliang City and send a letter to the fourth lady in the city on behalf of the official." Who wants to be tired of a trip? ”

As soon as Xu Liang's words fell, Pingliang guerrilla Dai Feng stepped out of the crowd with one foot, hugged his fists and said: "The last general is willing to go!" ”

Xu Liang looked at Dai Feng with a smile, shook his head and said: "General Dai wants to guard Jingzhou and keep Jingzhou safe, it is a matter of importance, and you can't leave lightly." ”

When Dai Feng heard this, the corners of his mouth twitched, he arched his hand, and retreated.

Seeing this, Xing Zhongshan grinned and said, "My lord, leave this matter to me." ”

Xu Liang still shook his head and said, "General Xing has led the army to engage with the thieves many times, and the thieves can easily recognize you, but you can't go." Seeing that Wan Wenshan was also eager to try, he glared at him and said, "Commander Wan is the same. The people sent this time must be people who don't often show their faces in front of thieves, who are smart and alert, and who can adapt to changes. Well, among us, there seems to be only ......" Xu Liang said, looking for a suitable object among the generals in the hall.

Everyone also followed to check left and right, and suddenly, several eyes fell on Luo Baiguan, the head of the Liang army.

Xu Liang was satisfied, nodded again and again, and said happily: "Only Manager Luo is the most suitable to go." ”

Seeing this, Xing Zhongshan, Dai Feng and the others also looked at Luo Baiguan and nodded repeatedly, and looked at Luo Baiguan who was in a daze with a wicked smile. (My novel will have more fresh content on the official WeChat platform, and there will also be a 100% lucky draw gift for everyone!) Open WeChat now, click on the "+" sign in the upper right corner to "add friends", search for the official account "qdread" and follow, hurry up! (To be continued)