Jiang Siyuan knew that it was time for his performance, coughed, pretended to straighten his clothes, and then said with a straight face: "Since the contempt country has formed an alliance with your country, from top to bottom, I have expressed deep sympathy and concern for the invasion of your country, and my lord saint is even more concerned about the war situation in your country day and night. I heard that the Wei people have recently attacked fiercely, and your country has been harassed by the northern barbarians in the north, and is trapped on both sides. Invading your country is like invading the country, after the courtiers discussed, the country wants to do great justice in the world, but also wants to share the hardships with your country, so it was decided to send troops to assist your country and reject the army of tigers and wolves in the Western Wei Dynasty! ”

He deserves to be a doctor of imperial history, with sharp teeth, and this set of rhetoric is awe-inspiring.

Lin Chengfei arched his hand and asked: "My emperor is also deeply pleased with your country's help. Since your country has decided to send troops, you and I should quickly join forces to attack Wei Caishi, but I don't know why we can't send troops within two months, please give advice? ”

"To be honest, before this, although the whole country was deeply concerned about this battle, the country has always believed from top to bottom that the Wei people are unrighteous troops, and under the leadership of the holy generals of your country, the Qing army will definitely be able to defeat the enemy in one fell swoop, and the world will soon settle down. It is precisely because the people of the country are full of confidence in your country that our Northwest Army has never prepared for war. The decision to send troops to help each other this time was also to see that the Wei people were too fierce, and your country was even more attacked on both sides, and I was afraid that your country would be damaged, so my lord saint issued an order to send troops. Jiang Siyuan said slowly: "But General Lin should also know that once the troops are dispatched, they will inevitably prepare a large amount of materials, whether it is grain, grass or equipment, the amount required is extremely large...... Our army sent troops this time, it was to help each other, and there were many soldiers, and if the grain and grass were not properly prepared, it would never be possible to send troops. After the decree of the Sheng, the Ministry of Household has assigned officials and began to raise grain and grass, and the Ministry of Industry has also begun to build a large number of weapons and equipment, manufacturing arrows, etc., the news from Beijing, the Ministry of Household and the Ministry of Industry have been working day and night, and it will take more than a month to prepare the first batch of materials at the earliest, and then transport them from Beijing, and it will take some time on the way, and when the materials arrive in the northwest, I am afraid it will be two months later! ”

As soon as he finished speaking, Deng Guozhong, the deputy general beside Lin Chengfei, had suddenly stood up and said angrily: "If you don't want to send troops, you can make it clear, why do you want to find these reasons to procrastinate, what kind of righteous army do you want to do, and use the excuse of delaying the time to send troops, are you teasing us?" ”

Lin Chengfei turned his head and said in a deep voice: "Shut up!" ”

Deng Guozhong sat down with hatred, and the anger on his face did not disappear.

Han Mo looked at Deng Guozhong and said calmly: "General Deng, I will understand your feelings, since the country has decided to send troops, such a military event is not a child's play, and it is by no means a so-called teasing." If the supply of logistics grain and grass is insufficient, the soldiers will have no food to eat, and there will be no need for the Wei people to attack, our own soldiers will not be able to fight. If we are not well prepared, how can we deal with the wolf-like Wei army? ”

Lin Chengfei said with a smile: "General Han, Vice General Deng is straightforward, if you have anything to say, he just wants to break the Wei army as soon as possible, don't take his words to heart!" ”

"Ben will like upright people!" Han Mo said with a smile: "But my Yan Army does have this kind of difficulty, if it is an outsider, naturally it will not say its difficulties, but as General Lin said, you and I are a brotherly alliance, so I have to tell each other bluntly!" ”

Lin Chengfei pondered for a moment before he said, "Is it possible that your army camp has no grain and grass stocks?" ”

Han Mo sighed: "This winter, the snow is falling, and the grain and grass transported in Beijing before the winter are now very little, and the troops with those meager grains and grass can't support it for a few days." ”

"So, your country won't be able to send troops within two months?"

Han Mo said solemnly: "The general said that if possible, the general would want to send troops to reject Wei tomorrow, but ...... Hey, it's difficult for a Qiao woman to cook without rice, no food, no reserves of weapons and equipment, and she will have to think about tens of thousands of soldiers in our Yan army. I can't let the soldiers of the Yan army go into battle hungry to kill the enemy at that time, and when the time comes, the swords and guns will be blunt, and the armor will be broken, will they still be allowed to wear broken armor and hold blunt knives and blunt guns to fight with the tigers and wolves of the Wei State? He shook his head and sighed: "It is a matter of life and death for tens of thousands of soldiers, and I will have to think carefully!" ”

Lin Chengfei asked solemnly: "But I don't know how much grain your country wants?" ”

There is no free lunch in the world, Qingguo is in danger, Yan Guo sent troops to help, of course, it can't be for any righteousness and benevolence, Yan Guo said a few words, Lin Chengfei already understood what Yan Guo wanted.

Speaking from the heart, if Yan Guo really sent troops to assist Qingguo, Lin Chengfei was not reluctant to send some grain and grass, after all, others sent troops to do errands and came to work hard, so it was a matter of course for Yan Guo people to be fed.

Han Mo didn't answer, just looked at Jiang Siyuan and asked, "Lord Jiang, you are in charge of the grain and grass in the army, you have counted it recently, if we send troops, how much food is missing?" ”

Am I responsible for the food and grass? It's really ridiculous, Lord Ben can't even move a single soldier of the Northwest Army, and the granary hasn't even touched a grain of rice, where has it been counted?

But at this moment, he could only say solemnly: "After the order to send troops from Jingzhong arrived, the official immediately counted it, and now the military grain stored in the grain depot is only 20,000 stones, which is far from what is needed to send troops. ”

"Twenty thousand stones?" Han Mo pretended to be surprised and said: "There is only such a little food, my tens of thousands of troops, such a little grain and grass, it can't even be supported for half a month!" ”

Lin Chengfei's face did not change color, but Deng Guozhong snorted coldly.

Of course they wouldn't believe such nonsense, if the Northwest Military Camp really only had 20,000 stone of grain, Han Mo wouldn't be able to sit here so leisurely.

"Exactly." Jiang Siyuan said slowly: "So the difference between the grain and grass sent out is too big. ”

Lin Chengfei smiled faintly and asked, "How much grain does your country need before you can send troops?" ”

Jiang Siyuan thought about it, and finally stretched out four fingers.

"Forty thousand stone of grain?" When Yu Jian Jun saw it, he breathed a sigh of relief and said, "General Han, if you have 40,000 stone of food, you can send troops immediately?" ”

"Forty thousand stones?" Jiang Siyuan smiled coldly: "Lord Yu, you are joking, without 400,000 stone of grain, my Yan army will not dare to act rashly!" ”

"Four hundred thousand stones?" Yu Hai gasped.

This huge amount is really appalling, you must know that 400,000 stone of grain, according to today's calculations, as long as you are a little more frugal, it is enough for 100,000 troops to eat for ** month is not a problem.

Shang Zhongli stored a large amount of grain in Wancheng before and after the war, and was ready to defend it, and it was the time of the autumn harvest, Nanyang County was the granary of the world, and it was not easy to accumulate 1.5 million stone grain, which also led to the Qingguo Imperial Court did not store grain to be transported to the north, in other words, most of the military food of Qingguo is concentrated in Wancheng.

The people of Yan opened their mouths to say 400,000 stone of grain, and their appetite was unexpected.

Deng Guozhong had already sneered: "It turns out that your Yan Kingdom is so poor that you don't even have food to eat. ”

Han Mo said with a smile: "People who are soldiers and fight are different from ordinary people, and they have a huge amount of food, and it is common to eat three or five bowls of a meal." ”

"Food...... We can provide a part, but ...... 400,000 stone of grain, that's nothing. Lin Chengfei said solemnly, his tone extremely firm.

Wancheng's grain and grass have been consumed a lot, and look at the current situation, the war with the Wei people is not three or two months to end, after the beginning of spring, as the granary of Qingguo, Nanyang County will definitely not be able to cultivate, as a result, Qingguo's food supply this year must be extremely scarce, although Wancheng is now stocking millions of stone grain, but this batch of grain is the foundation of the Qingjun today, perhaps the imperial court will not be able to supply food to the front for a long time in the next few days, then these grains must be maintained by the Qingjun for a long time.

In fact, when Shang Zhongli was there, he was already aware of this problem, although there were sufficient reserves of grain and grass, but the amount was very strictly controlled, and each soldier in the Qing army had a standard quota per day.

"General Lin misunderstood, 400,000 stone of grain is indeed not a small amount, how can we bother your country to provide it, and it is precisely because we dare not bother to bother to work, so we will wait for the country to raise it by itself." Han Mo smiled and said: "The whole country is doing their best, I believe that in the near future, you and I will be able to join forces and resist a strong enemy together." ”

"That'...... That's not going to work! Yu Jian Jun was anxious: "General Han, your country must send troops immediately, otherwise, ...... Otherwise, the consequences ...... unimaginable! ”

Han Mo sighed: "Lord Yu, I would have understood your feelings, but ......!" ”

"General Han, 400,000 stone of grain is indeed too large, let's ...... Are we less? Yu Hai was very embarrassed, although he didn't know how to march and fight, but he also knew that such a huge number was really unbearable for Qingguo.

"Ben also knows that you are in a difficult situation...... Han Mo showed sympathy, groaned slightly, and finally said: "In this way, if your country really wants the country to send troops immediately, and the country will not refuse, the country will borrow grain from your country in the way of borrowing grain, and wait until the grain and grass raised by the country arrive, and then return it to your country, I don't know if it is possible?" ”

"Not bad." Han Mo said seriously: "The situation is critical, and the general is actually willing to go into battle immediately to kill the enemy...... If your country can borrow grain, as soon as the grain and grass arrive, the country can consider sending troops immediately. ”

"General Han, we can't afford to borrow 400,000 stone of grain." Lin Chengfei said lightly: "If your country really wants to borrow, my country can lend up to 100,000 stone of grain, and in addition, we can't take out one more grain!" ”

Han Mo said leisurely: "One hundred thousand stones of grain is really difficult to meet the needs of the country. If General Lin is really embarrassed, then the country will not force it, and can only wait for the food that has been prepared by him to arrive! After speaking, he stood up, and before he could say anything, Yu Hai was already anxious, and shouted: "General Han, don't worry, don't leave first, let's ...... Let's talk! ”

Han Mo laughed and said: "Lord Yu misunderstood, Ben Jiang didn't want to leave, but he sat for a long time, his butt hurt a little, and he stood up and loosened his muscles!" He asked with a smile: "What does Lord Yu mean, it seems that borrowing food can be discussed?" ”

"400,000 stone grain, there is no room for negotiation!" Lin Chengfei said indifferently.

Yu Hai suddenly became anxious and shouted: "General Lin, in this negotiation, the will of the Holy Lord is clearly written, and it is up to the official to decide, you ...... Don't forget! ”g！ ~！