CHAPTER XXI

Baili Wuji has tried his best, the continuous war and the formation of the new army, which does not need the support of financial and material resources, the national strength accumulated by the Ming State for more than ten years, after this war, has consumed nearly half. And the end of the war is far away, and Baili Wuji has to think about the future.

Before he came, he only wanted to allow the circulation of gold and silver bills of the Ming Kingdom in the Zhou State in exchange for 10 million catties of grain, 10,000 mines, and 30,000 grenades, and now Baili Wuji opened his mouth without the slightest condition, and the amount of support far exceeded his own estimate, which made Chai Rong very grateful in his heart.

Chai Rong gritted his teeth and said: "Big brother, I heard that the gold and silver bills of the Ming Kingdom are very popular with traders, and the copper and iron coins in my country are mixed with good and bad and unmanageable. ”

Baili Wuji smiled, the circulation of gold and silver bills has long been deep into the Zhou State, the convenience of the bills is respected by the traders, and has long been secretly used by the merchants of the Zhou State, but in the territory of the Zhou State, the people have not yet used it publicly, and the bill itself is a large amount, which is convenient for traders to set up, and it is also dispensable for ordinary people.

Of course, with the permission of the Zhou court, it is still very necessary to promote the circulation of bills to the people.

Baili Wuji naturally knows what Chai Rong means, heroes always need face, and if you promise Chai Rong, then let Chai Rong feel balanced in his heart, which can make him feel less indebted to him.

Baili Wuji happily agreed to Chai Rong's proposal.

Seeing Baili Wuji's expression, Chai Rong secretly exhaled.

The matter turned the page. Baili Wuji began to cut to the chase, he thought about it and said, "Second brother, when you are in Ningzhou. You and I have agreed that the Ming State will attack the Bu army from the north by the dragon, sword, and wall line, in order to meet with the Zhou army, but this matter has not been realized, and the special operations army has been stranded in the Zhou State for several months, I propose to re-implement this plan, and now the war is stalemate, whether it is the Ming and Zhou armies. is still blocking Bu and the Liao army, and they already have the feeling that they can't move. At this time, if the Ming and Zhou factions are powerful. The joint attack on the Bu army and the Liao army in the area of Fengxiang Mansion is very likely to break the stalemate and make the Ming and Zhou armies occupy the initiative on the battlefield. ”

Chai Rong thought for a while and said: "The Zhou army was dragged on the front line of Yin, Ning, and Fengxiang Mansions, and Kaifeng Mansion had no troops to send except for the necessary forbidden army. The soldiers under the jurisdiction of the local festivals are mixed. Moreover, the orders cannot be unified, and it is really difficult to mobilize a powerful part at this time. ”

Baili Wuji smiled and said: "Second brother don't have to be embarrassed, the nearly 200,000 troops of the Zhou army are pinned down on the front line of Yin, Ning, and Fengxiang Mansions, and they can't move, but as long as the Ming army defeats the front line of the blocking army, then the Liao army on the front line of Fengxiang Mansion will feel the pressure, and they will face the combined attack of Ming and Zhou." The Zhou army was stationed on the Wei, Jing, and Ning lines, and blocked the rendezvous between the Liao army on the north road and the Liao army on the south. In this way, it is very likely that the Liao army in the south will choose to withdraw after the defeat of the Bu army, as long as the Liao army in the south withdraws, then most of the Zhou army that was pinned down can survive, so as to counterattack to the north, and this game of chess will be completely alive. ”

Chai Rong listened to Baili Wuji's endless talk, nodding his head constantly, and already understood Baili Wuji's intentions in his heart.

Baili Wuji continued: "Second brother, I plan to launch an attack on the blocking army by the Ming army first, and after defeating the blocking army, I will go north to form a flanking attack with the Zhou army in the area of Fengxiang Mansion against the Liao army in the south. But this raid war, depending on the speed, in the case of the obstruction army and the Liao army can not form a joint force, is the key to achieve the strategic goal, now the obstruction army is entrenched in Wen, Li, Ji, Sanquan and other states, and the South Road Liao army is entrenched in Qin, Cheng, Feng, Fengxiang Fu area, the two armies are geographically connected, to defeat the obstruction army before the two armies converge, this matter has to rely on the second brother. ”

Baili Wuji looked at Chai Rong, he knew that this request was excessive, but it was about the war, he had to say.

Hearing that Baili Wuji didn't say anything, Chai Rong looked at Baili Wuji suspiciously, and said, "Big brother, it's okay to say it, as long as I can do my best, I will do my best to help." ”

Baili Wuji said: "The Ming State is located in the south of the Yangtze River, in addition to the original Shu land, the Ming army to the north scheduling is very cumbersome, and delays time, I want to ask the second brother to agree to the Ming State from the south to the north to build two official roads, one from Jinling through Yi, Qing, Di to Cangzhou, through Yanyun, the other from Jinling Ying, Tang, Deng, Shang to Jingzhao Mansion, through Fengxiang Mansion, so that the Ming army can quickly rush to the battlefield, but also make the Ming and Zhou trade closer, but also a good thing for the benefit of the country and the people. It's just that....... ”

Baili Wuji stopped talking again, this is naturally a good thing, but the problem is that this road is built in Chai Rong's Zhou State, although the Ming army can quickly rush to the battlefield, it can naturally quickly rush to any Zhou State and county, and let the armies of other countries gallop in their own territory, which is by no means an emperor willing to agree to come down.

Chai Rong naturally knows where the joint is, he is not worried about the manpower and financial resources to build the road, since Baili Wuji has come out of this matter, it is inevitable that the Ming Kingdom will bear the cost, and Chai Rong is really unable to agree to the request of Baili Wuji, these two roads start from Jinling, a north and south, an east and west, running through the territory of the Zhou State, and now the Ming and Zhou countries are allied, but if the two countries are at odds with each other, with the combat power of the Ming army, then it is not a blink of an eye, and the Ming army will be under the city of Kaifeng?

No matter what, Chai Rong can agree, but only this matter, Chai Rong should not come down.

Baili Wuji knew Chai Rong's embarrassment, and said with a smile: "Second brother, don't be embarrassed, I'm just a proposal, this matter is big, let's talk about it later." Come, drink this glass of wine first. ”

Baili Wuji can easily give up this, but Chai Rong is choked in his throat, this year he has received too many benefits from the Ming Kingdom, and he owes 30 million taels of silver to the Ming Kingdom, Chai Rong really wants Baili Wuji to make a request that he can agree to, but Chai Rong also knows deeply that in addition to this, land, what else can Baili Wuji be interested in in the Zhou Kingdom, and there is only land.

After drinking this cup with Baili Wuji, Chai Rong opened his mouth and said: "Rong is ashamed of my eldest brother, this matter is ......." ”

Baili Wuji stopped Chai Rong again and said: "Second brother Hugh said this kind of thing, I shouldn't have opened my mouth about this matter, it should be me who embarrassed the second brother, this matter ends here, can I?" ”

Chai Rong sighed and nodded in agreement.

Next, Baili Wuji once again discussed the specific details of the above-mentioned counterattack and sabotage operation with Chai Rong, and at the same time coordinated the cooperation between the two armies.

After that, Chai Rong said goodbye to Baili Wuji and went out of Xuzhou to Kaifeng. (To be continued......)