Lin Chengfei glanced at Yu Hai and frowned, but after all, he didn't say anything.

Yu Hai saw that Lin Chengfei didn't speak, his face was slightly colorful, he looked at Han Mo, and said with a smile: "General Han, your army sent troops to help, and I will not treat my friends badly in the state of etiquette." It's not that it's impossible to borrow food, it's just ...... 400,000 stone of grain, it is indeed not a small amount, it is better to do this, we lend 200,000 stone of grain, you immediately send troops, do you think it is feasible? ”

Han Mo didn't answer, and looked at Jiang Siyuan.

Jiang Siyuan's expression was solemn, and he shook his head and said: "No, the so-called three armies have not gone first to the grain and grass, and if there is no sufficient logistics guarantee, our army will not dare to take risks!" ”

Yu Hai frowned, groaned, suddenly looked at Han Mo, and arched his hand: "General Han, can you take a step to speak?" ”

Everyone was stunned, they didn't know why Yu Hai wanted to talk to Han Mo alone at such a time, did he want to persuade Han Mo in private?

Han Mo smiled faintly and nodded, "Okay!" ”

The two of them came out of the tent, and they stopped a short distance from the tent, and Han Mo smiled and asked, "Lord Yu doesn't know what to teach?" ”

Yu Hai looked left and right, then stepped forward, took out a letter from his sleeve and handed it to Han Mo, and said respectfully: "General Han, this is the letter that the Queen Mother ordered me to hand over to you." ”

Han Mo knew that Emperor Chongren of Qingguo died, and the new enthronement was Emperor Tianzheng, the third prince of Qingguo, and the pseudo-princess Zi'er changed from the crown princess to the queen of Qingguo, and the peerless Qinghou has now become the queen mother of Qingguo.

He frowned slightly, and soon opened the envelope, took out the letter from it, opened it, and couldn't help but be very surprised, only to see that the letter did not have a word, but only a picture.

There is a table on the painting, and on top of the table, there is a crown, and next to the crown is an oil lamp, which is lit, and around the crown, there are a few finishing touches, showing that the crown is shining golden under the lamplight.

When Han Mo saw the crown, his heart suddenly jumped, he saw that the oil lamp was quite special, he frowned and thought about it, and a strange smile suddenly appeared on the corner of his mouth.

At the beginning, in the Qingguo Qitian Temple, it was once in the spring breeze after Qinghou, and later used the lamp oil in the oil lamp, isn't the oil lamp exactly the same as the oil lamp painted on this painting?

As for the crown, Han Mo remembered what Qinghou said that night, as long as she cooperated with her, she could help herself become an emperor.

Yu Hai saw a smile on the corner of Han Mo's mouth, the expression on his face suddenly relaxed, and he arched his hand and said softly: "General Han, the Queen Mother has other selfish intentions to hand it over to me, and I will tell General Han that as long as the general sends troops to relieve me of Daqing's position this time, my Daqing will have a heavy report to the general!" ”

Han Mo shook his head with a smile and said, "Moral matters are not for personal gain. After a pause, he said: "Lord Yu, you should know that my Dayan sent troops, and the soldiers worked hard, if your country can't show enough sincerity, the morale of the soldiers will inevitably be damaged, and when the time comes, I am afraid that I will be a little reluctant." In order to stabilize the Northern Barbarians, your country would rather cede the three northeastern counties, and now if you want my Dayan to send troops, can't you even borrow hundreds of thousands of stone grain? ”

Yu Hai thought for a while and said, "General Han, if I can call the shots, let alone 400,000 stone of grain, it is 1 million stone, and I am willing to lend it to your army." However, these grains and grasses are still used to support the officers and men of our Qing army for a long time, and if they borrow too much, they are afraid that they will cause dissatisfaction among the officers and men of our army, and if they mess up the morale of the army, the consequences will be unimaginable. ”

"There are difficulties." Han Mo sighed: "Lord Yu, in fact, in this negotiation, the Holy Lord of the Contempt Country also put the decision-making power in the hands of Jiang Yushi, and it is not easy for the general to make the decision. Seeing that Yu Hai's face showed embarrassment, he said: "In this way, I will look at the face of the Queen Mother and Lord Yu, and personally persuade Jiang Yushi to see if I can be accommodating and borrow less food!" ”

Yu Hai showed joy and said respectfully: "There is such a General Lao Han!" ”

The two returned to the tent, and after they sat down, Han Mo coughed twice, then looked at Jiang Siyuan, and said in a loud voice: "Lord Jiang, 400,000 stone grain is indeed not a small amount, you see...... Can you borrow less? ”

Jiang Siyuan frowned, then shook his head and said, "No, absolutely not!" ”

Han Mo also frowned, his expression was not good-looking, and said, "Lord Jiang, now that the allies are suffering from a strong enemy, they are indeed in difficulty, we must always deal with ...... as appropriate!" ”

"General Han, don't forget, you are the chief general of the Great Yan Northwest Army, and you are responsible for the soldiers!" Jiang Siyuan's voice also became louder.

Han Mo said sharply: "Don't you even give the face of the general?" ”

"Holy Will, this matter is the final decision of this official...... Jiang Siyuan was extremely unhappy in his heart, he knew that it would not be his turn to make a decision on this matter anyway, but he had to play this scene with Han Mo: "Without food, this official must not let the Yan army send troops!" ”

Han Mo clenched his fists, slammed it on the table, and said angrily: "Jiang Yushi, the Holy Lord doesn't know that the frontline is urgent, and the Holy Master's intention is to carry out the righteous army, not to let you entangle these here." ”

When Yu Hai saw Han Mo like this, he was immediately very grateful in his heart.

Tie Kui, the chief soldier of Linyang Pass, who had not been silent from beginning to end, finally said: "General, can the last general say a few words?" ”

Han Mo's anger was slightly reduced, and he nodded: "What does Chief Tie want to say?" ”

Tie Kui groaned slightly, and finally said: "You can borrow less food, but you can't borrow less weapons and equipment!" ”

"Armament?" Lin Chengfei and Yu Hai both frowned, it seems that the Yan people have really put forward a lot of requirements, and the food problem has not yet been discussed, so they began to ask for weapons and equipment.

Han Mo also looked like he had just remembered, and nodded: "Yes, Ben Jiang almost forgot." ”

Yu Hai asked, "I don't know what weapons and equipment your country needs?" ”

"Chief Tie, what equipment do we need?" Han Mo looked at Tie Kui again.

Tie Kui said solemnly: "Three thousand sets of heavy armor, five thousand tiger shields!" ”

As soon as he spoke, Lin Chengfei and the three of them changed color together, but Lin Chengfei had already stood up and sneered: "If your country has so many requirements, then it is better not to talk about this alliance!" ”

Yu Hai also frowned and said, "General Han, this request ...... Seems too much, right? ”

Heavy armor, for all countries, are extremely expensive equipment, ordinary soldiers in various countries, most of them are leather armor, slightly stronger, but only light armor, the so-called heavy armor, is three layers of armor, the first layer is the iron armor made of fine iron, the middle is the tough cowhide armor, the innermost layer is a layer of copper sheet armor, three layers of armor together, the knife and gun can not penetrate at all, well-made, each set of heavy armor, at least cost more than 100 taels of silver, and the requirements of the heavy armor soldiers are also extremely high, must be burly, powerful, Otherwise, it will be difficult for those who are thin and thin to fight flexibly on the battlefield after being equipped with heavy armor.

The heavy armor soldiers are the ace arms of various countries, and the combat effectiveness is also the strongest, the northwest army of Yan State has a strength of 120,000, but the heavy armor soldiers are less than 10,000, and they are distributed in various passes, and the heavy armor soldiers stationed in Linyang Pass do not exceed 3,000 people.

As for the tiger shield, this is Qingguo's ace armor, which is twice as large as an ordinary shield, and is extremely strong, but not heavy, the main reason is that the metal material used to make the tiger shield is a specialty of Qingguo, with high toughness but light weight, which is also the strongest shield of Qingguo, Qingjun's defensive ability is excellent, from a certain point of view, this tiger shield definitely plays a vital role.

However, the metal material of the tiger shield is scarce even in Qingguo, and the value of each tiger shield is more than one hundred taels of silver, and the infantry of the Qing army is only partially equipped with such a high-grade shield.

In Lin Chengfei's heart, the sharp weapon of the country cannot be shown to others, let alone given to other countries, and if he agrees to this condition, three thousand heavy armor plus five thousand tiger shields will be equivalent to paying one million taels of silver for equipment, which Lin Chengfei will not accept no matter what.

In fact, before coming, Han Mo put Tie Kui and Jiang Siyuan together to discuss the matter, and put forward a proposal to ask for equipment, which even surprised Tie Kui and Jiang Siyuan at that time.

The order from Yanjing City was indeed to ask the Northwest Army to ask for as much grain and grass as possible from Qingguo, but there was no order to ask for equipment, Han Mo asked for weapons and equipment, it was an extra price, and Jiang Siyuan believed in his heart that it was impossible for Qingguo people to agree to this request.

Han Mo's expression was much more serious than when he talked about grain and grass before, and he said: "General Lin, I will guarantee that after this battle, these weapons and equipment can be returned to your country, but now, your country must show your sincerity!" ”

Lin Chengfei said indifferently: "The so-called sincerity shouldn't be shown like this?" And the equipment you asked for, even if the general wanted to, could not give it. Whether it is heavy armor or tiger shield, the number of them in our army is also scarce, and your country will ask for 3,000 heavy armor and 5,000 tiger shields, which is really not something that our country can afford! ”

Deng Guozhong also sneered: "I think it's fake that you sent troops to help, and it's true to rob while it's hot!" ”

Jiang Siyuan also stood up suddenly, and sneered: "Not to mention the Northeast Army and the Northwest Army of your country, just the southern army of your country, the number of tiger shields exceeds 20,000, and the heavy armor also has nearly 15,000 sets, if the number is insufficient, I am afraid that it will be difficult to convince people, right?" He was also solemn at this time: "Since I, Dayan, am ready to fight against a strong enemy with you Qingguo, there are some things that cannot be separated from each other, and the so-called alliance cannot be just talked." ”

Jiang Siyuan's news was naturally told by Han Mo, and the amount of equipment that Han Mo knew was naturally the intelligence in the Northwest Army, when Xiao Huaiyu was in charge of the Northwest Army, the biggest enemy he faced was Qingguo, and naturally he went all out to explore Qingguo's exquisite equipment.

And these equipment of Qingguo were obtained by Shang Zhongli with all his might during the period of commanding the army, and it was precisely because of this that the Qing army maintained a certain combat effectiveness.

Lin Chengfei said lightly: "What does Lord Jiang mean, is it just for me to let Qingjun take off his equipment and hand it over to your army?" ”

Jiang Siyuan said in a deep voice: "This time it is just for the alliance to negotiate, and this official is not willing to have a dispute with you, but if there is no such heavy grain and grass, the country is not well prepared, and it is really difficult to send troops!" ”

Lin Chengfei's face was extremely ugly, but Yu Hai was extremely embarrassed, and he could only look at Han Mo, with a begging look in his eyes.

The will of Shangjing, that is, Yu Hai must reach an agreement with Yan Guo and let Yan Guo send troops to assist, but now the price proposed by Yan Guo is too high, if he agrees easily regardless of the consent of Lin Chengfei and other military generals, he is afraid that it will cause turmoil in the Qing army itself, and he will not have good fruit to eat at that time.

When Shangjing's will made him the decision-maker of Qingguo in this negotiation, Yu Hai was extremely excited, but at this time, he felt great pressure and understood that this decision-maker was really not easy to do.

He looked at Han Mo with a look of pity, only hoping that Han Mo would come out to relieve his pressure for the sake of the face of Qinghou's letter.

Han Mo acted as if he didn't see it, touched his chin thoughtfully, and after a long time, Han Mo slowly stood up and said word by word: "Two hundred and fifty thousand stone grain, two thousand heavy armor, three thousand five hundred tiger face shields, your country agrees, our army will send troops immediately, otherwise, ...... Only after the arrival of military supplies from the contemptible country, we can discuss it! After a pause, he said sincerely: "Ben will ...... No laughing! ”g！ ~！