After so many days, Lu Dongli also discovered that the most important problem in the army was not training or discipline, but that most of the military supplies were not up to standard.

An army is not elite and strong enough, strict training and control, and the generals lead by example, all of which can greatly improve the combat effectiveness of the army.

However, the lack of military supplies cannot be changed by unilateral efforts.

The swords are all made of inferior iron, and when you fight with the enemy, you can slash twice, although it will not break, but maybe the edge is completely blunt. It is also a problem that the shield that has been dusted in the warehouse for many years can withstand the heavy axes and strong bows of others.

Most of the horses are old and weak, and the whole army can really select only 800 strong horses, how can this point be enough to form a strong cavalry.

The number of arrows is far less than what is recorded in black and white in the booklet, whether the arrows are sharp and sharp enough, and whether the bow will break after a few more pulls, this is also a question that needs to be carefully considered.

Many other defensive equipment or large military equipment used for attacks were either lacking, or old or dilapidated, as the commander-in-chief, Lu Dongli saw all the records compiled by the generals, and his heart was quite desolate.

There has been no war for many years, and the carved bow and sword are full of dust, speaking of which, it is also human nature.

The supply of military supplies to the border gates in various localities was the responsibility of several nearby county governments, and they received a large amount of military expenses from the state treasury every year. As much as you dip, you can get as much fat as you want. In the end, what really goes to the army and falls into the hands of the soldiers is naturally inferior.

In addition to these war goods, the necessities of life also have a great deal of water.

Hollow pillows, useless quilts, and cotton clothes that can't keep out the cold. and expired moldy grain, which has never been less.

It's just that, correspondingly, the things supplied to the generals and marshals will definitely not be inferior, so the commanders of the armies are generally concerned about this kind of thing. It's just one eye open and one eye closed.

The soldiers shivered in the cold wind, and they had to desperately comfort themselves with the meager salary.

One by one, Lu Dongli checked them one by one, personally inspected all the inferior military supplies in the munitions depot, went to eat the soldiers' food with his own mouth, and tore the soldiers' clothes and quilts with his own hands to inspect them.

The heart and mouth are cold a little bit, the hands and feet are cold for a minute, and the chest is gradually depressed. I just want to vomit blood.

Feng Jinjie only patted him on the back casually and smoothed him out. Said softly: "What you see is still after the last attack of the Chen army, and the imperial court has paid a lot of attention to it. As a result, the supply of munitions has improved a lot, and the supplies of the army would have been even more difficult if it had been before. ”

Lu Dongli was stunned and speechless, when he was still a famous prefect, he heard that Dingyuan Pass was breached, and the Chen army drove thousands of men and horses, as if entering the realm of no one. also filmed and scolded the incompetence of the generals, at this moment. Fang knows how difficult it is for a general to face war in such an army.

However, now, he doesn't have much time to be sad and angry.

He had to quickly give an order to let the generals perform their duties and sort out the good military supplies separately as soon as possible, and let the blacksmiths in the army see that they could repair the land, repair it as much as possible, and distribute it as soon as possible.

Then he went back to the Shuai's mansion and plunged into the study and began to write letters.

It is painful and embarrassing to ask people for money and things, and it is even harder to ask for money from a bunch of blood-sucking officials who are afraid to ask for money.

But the matter has come to this point, not to mention that he is begging for things hard, even if he is cheeky, he goes to the door to make trouble, fights, and refuses to leave while sitting in other people's houses, and he has to fight for what the army needs.

A sharp knife may kill many more enemies, a hard shield may save the life of a soldier, and a swift horse may turn the tide of battle if necessary.

Seeing him bury his head in writing letters, Feng Jinjie asked with a smile on the side: "How much meat do you think you can snatch back from between the tiger's teeth with just a few letters?" What's more, the officials of the annexed counties are mostly nine kings and one party. ”

Because Zhao Guo has not fought for many years, the annual military expenditure, in the eyes of all officials, is a source of wealth that can be collected at will without worrying about future troubles. The magnates in the DPRK and China tried their best to arrange their local henchmen to be in the army, or the county government in charge of military supply as officials, and the Nine Kings placed Fan Yao to Dingyuan Pass, so of course they had to try their best to get the military supply position.

Although he is the most powerful of the kings of Zhao State, the expenses are also huge, such a big force must always be raised and kept, and half of the income in the small treasury depends on the military supply.

Taking advantage of the illness of the Nine Kings and deceiving Fan Yao down, it must have made the old prince's heart ache, and now he still wants to ask for money from the various mansions of the military supply, how can it be so easy.

Lu Dongli frowned when he heard this: "I know that the Nine Kings must hate me in their hearts, but the surface article must be done enough, I am the newly appointed border marshal, I have just taken office, and those counties should always send something useful." ”

Feng Jin nodded: "This is also right, according to the old practice, the old and new border marshals are handed over, and the previous term will definitely have a large account deficit, at this time, the county responsible for military supply mobilizes materials, sends a batch of things in time, presses the warehouse, and flattens the account, which is also an unwritten old rule." ”

Lu Dongli said lightly: "Military supplies are different from grain and grass, because there is no war, it is often sent once every few months, if you don't take advantage of this time to ask for more, and wait a few months to wait for the next batch, God knows, at this time, Chen Jun will not fight." When I am newly appointed, even if they hate me, they will slowly probe my bottom, and the face will still be given to me at the beginning. Besides, after all, I am also the commander of the first army, and I have the power to play directly, and some things are too much, and they still have to take care of it, not to mention ......"

He paused for a moment and said bitterly: "Let's use some more heart to spread the news that the Chen army is going to attack us more powerfully." Those officers in the rear will always be a little scared. The last time Dingyuan Pass was broken, the rear counties, without exception, were all looted, officials from all over the country, walking slowly to die in the chaos of the army, walking fast, although they escaped their lives, but they could not escape the pursuit of the imperial court, they would never want Dingyuan Pass to be broken by Chen Guoren again. ”

Feng Jinjie sighed: "Okay, let's give it a try, I hope those officials still have some consideration for the overall situation, even if it is not for the country, for themselves, they should do their best." ”

Lu Dongli spent the night writing several letters asking for money and things. Even if there are tantrums slapping on the table, claiming to play the intimidation of the imperial court, there are also painful explanations and reasoning about gains and losses, and there are detailed counts of the desolation in the army, and the lamentation overflows on the back of the paper, hoping to emotionally touch people's hearts, and so on, several letters are written, and several hairs are gray.

The next day, after ordering the messengers to deliver the letter quickly, Lu Dongli was still uneasy. When it was time to eat, the soldiers put out big fish and meat, and when he saw it, he remembered the coarse grains and mildew rice that the soldiers ate, and he couldn't raise his appetite at all.

Feng Jinjie smiled and asked: "If you don't eat, don't waste it if you don't eat, I'll do it for you." ”

Lu Dongli glared at him, and suddenly said, "I remember, you were in charge of the grain ...... before."

Don't wait for him to finish

?? Jie has already shouted: "I am only responsible for the grain, not for raising the grain, the grain is mine, the food is not good, but it is none of my business." He said stupidly, "Something else is almost there, but the military food must not have an accident, otherwise the army will have to riot, so everything else is escorted by the officials sent by the rear counties, and the military food has always been the general in our army, and he personally went to collect it, if you want them to mix nothing, it is a dream, if you want them to give you a pound of food, that is delusional, as long as the number of shortages is not too much, and the moldy food is not too bad, everyone can only do it." ”

Lu Dongli sighed: "In the future, you will go to receive military rations, and you must check clearly, although the shortage cannot be completely avoided for a while, but it must not be mixed with messy things anymore, how can our soldiers eat moldy rice to fight." ”

Feng Jinjie raised his eyebrows: "Then people have to be willing to be obedient." ”

Lu Dongli gritted his teeth, and a ruthless color appeared in his eyes: "It's really not good, let the Mosha people pretend to be Chen Guoren, and go around twice outside our pass, I will write four or five urgent documents here and hand them back, saying that the food is not good, the soldiers have no fighting spirit, and Dingyuan Pass may be lost at any time, I want to see who has the courage to be charged with such a big crime." ”

Feng Jinjie shivered and stared at him with wide eyes: "You...... When did you become so vicious, you dare to use such an idea, how despicable......" He said, shaking his head, and then couldn't help but clap his hands and laugh heartily.

In his laughter, Lu Dongxiao's face gradually showed a desolate color: "We are like this." Is it considered to be borrowing the enemy for self-respect? ”

"What's wrong with borrowing the enemy to gain self-respect?" Feng Jinjie smiled, very proud, and patted Lu Dong's shoulder vigorously, "Why couldn't you see before, your brain is actually very flexible?" ”

Lu Dongli was slapped by him, his face was blue and his lips were white, and his shoulders were painful, so he hurriedly took four or five steps back and distanced himself from him: "In the future, you don't need to prepare meals for me according to the marshal's style." I eat the same as the soldiers, and the fresh meat, vegetables, chickens, ducks, and fish that I have for the exclusive use of my name will be distributed to the sick or wounded soldiers in accordance with the rules and regulations......"

Feng Jinjie smiled and shook his head: "It is natural to give too extravagant things to sick and weak soldiers, but." You don't have to eat the same as a soldier. The roles of marshals, generals, and soldiers in the army are inherently different. As a commander, if you are treated the same as all the soldiers, what will happen to the other generals? Tell them not to eat meat and vegetables, only eat moldy rice, even if they look like friendly soldiers on the surface, they will inevitably have resentment in their hearts, everything is too much, and you will set an example yourself. Bring all the generals and put their own good dishes. All of them were reduced in half, and they were given to the sick and weak soldiers who needed them. In this way, the soldiers are grateful to you, and the generals have not suffered too much loss, so everyone is at ease. ”

Lu Dongli smiled bitterly and nodded: "It's better that you are thoughtful, I'm too anxious." ”

Feng Jinjie smiled: "What are you thinking about, I just don't want to eat moldy rice with you." ”

Lu Dongli snorted lowly, and that's it. He never expected this person to eat iced lotus seed soup during a drought. There will be selfless thoughts of enduring hardships in the first place and enjoying them in the back.

In this way, I just waited patiently to see how useful Lu Dongliang's letters were. It didn't take long for the first batch of military supplies to arrive after Lu Dongli took office.

The military supplies for Dingyuan Pass were supplied separately by the four counties in the rear, and the governors in charge of the four counties were uniformly deployed, and then transported together.

This time, Lu Dongli had received a report from the soldiers in advance, and knew that the transport team would arrive at Dingyuan Pass in half an hour.

According to the past example, as long as the generals in charge of the delivery of military supplies are counted and signed, the officials of the delivery place go to the marshal's mansion to ask for peace, and after receiving an order from the marshal, they can go back to hand over the errand.

This kind of thing, basically the coach doesn't even need to raise the account, so he will deal with it at will.

But this time Lu Dongli had other plans in his heart, as soon as he got the news, he told Feng Jinjie: "Later, you go to collect it, if the number can reach half of our ideal, forget it, but if you don't even have this, you don't sign for it, just take him to the Shuaifu, and say it in front of me, I will deliberately get angry, beat the drum and raise the account, remember to transfer the tallest and most terrifying soldiers of the army to suppress the formation." At that time, I will slap the table and jump like thunder, we will forget to protect our family and country at the border gate, they will still be restrained and squeezed us, and then I will give him an order to beat him with dozens of military sticks, at this time, you must jump out to protect him, plead for him, I will reluctantly sell your face and let him go, but I have to instruct him that the next time the things sent, if it is still so little, or so bad, I will not beat anyone, but only directly escort the official marching law, cut off the head, and send the head back. ”

Feng Jinjie smiled: "Aren't you playing tricks?" The petty officials they escorted, can control what kind of goods they are holding and how many goods? ”

Lu Dongli smiled bitterly: "For the sake of money, for the sake of things, it's not okay not to play tricks." In the past, it was a soft request to write a letter, but now it is powerful, this is hard, not soft and hard, who is willing to give things obediently. Although the escort place is a petty official, if there is no one to escort it, things will not come. I made a fuss like this, put my prestige to the fullest, and showed my determination, in the future, those who prepare for military supplies, if the land and things are not qualified, I am afraid that few officials will dare to be responsible for escorting them. ”

Feng Jinjie laughed: "Okay, I'll accompany you and sing this red-faced and white-faced lively drama." ”

After the two agreed on the plan, Feng Jinjie went out to let Wang Dabao go to the army, looking for the ugliest and fiercest, tall and fleshy soldiers, and ordered them to hold their swords when they were raised, stand on both sides, and vow to scare people to death without losing their lives.

At this time, a soldier came to report that the military supplies were sent to the front of the pass, and Feng Jinjie rushed to collect it.

Lu Dongli waited quietly in the Shuaifu, and after a short time, Feng Jinjie personally brought a middle-aged official wearing a six-grade official uniform into the Shuaifu.

When I saw that person from a distance, he was putting on a handsome and majestic style, and Lu Dongli, who was sitting in the middle, was suddenly stunned and stood up.

The man took two steps forward behind Feng Jinjie, crossed Feng Jinjie, walked straight to Lu Dongli, and smiled slightly: "Dongliang, I haven't seen you for a long time." ”

See the reader in the dust. Yan's opinion reflected on his own remarks. I do feel that as an author, I have refuted some of the opinions of another reader at length, and some of the things that have been said are very inappropriate and out of proportion, and I feel the need to apologize here.

However, I still think that it is necessary for the author to participate in the debate because of different ideas, and my mistake is that some of the responses are not very appropriate, because I looked at the original post and replied, and later, I didn't realize that my response deviated from the topic.

In addition, a few days ago, I saw a long review written by reader Dimond Ciel, and I was very pleased, and I felt that some of the thoughts about Xiaolou were in place, and they resonated with me, and I was very happy.