Ding Feng and Bi Wu, the two commanders, all went to the vicinity of Wangjiang to recruit sailors, and when they left, Ding Feng was the first to write to Peng Qian who stayed in Wancheng to ask for money, but he was not polite, the lion opened his mouth and directly asked for 500,000 taels of silver.

A soldier's monthly salary is only 800 yuan, and he needs 500,000 taels at once, and even if the cost of ordnance and military funds is deducted, he can almost recruit as many as 200,000 or 300,000 people.

Peng Qian didn't know what Ding Feng wanted so much silver for, but Lin Haotian had already spoken in advance and asked him to fully cooperate, and Peng Qian was inconvenient to ask more, so he took out 500,000 taels of silver from the silver treasury and sent someone to escort Ding Feng first.

Ding Feng had just finished delivering the letter, and Bi Wu followed, but when he wrote to Peng Qian to mention the silver again, there were not many silver taels in the silver treasury, and the silver taels mentioned by Zuihou Bi Wu were only about 150,000 taels, so it can be said that Ding Feng's share was equivalent to three times that of Bi Wu.

In fact, as Lin Haotian said, there must be brave men under the heavy reward, and many people heard that the military salary was very generous, and they rushed to join the army.

Ding Feng had a lot of money in his hand, and when he recruited soldiers, he gave the most military salaries, and naturally attracted the most people who came to join the army.

The recruitment office of the First Army Corps was full of people and the flow of people was continuous, while the recruitment office of the Second Army headed by Bi Wu was sparsely recruited and the doors were crowded.

While the Jin army was expanding its army vigorously, Lin Haotian was very leisurely in Liaodong City, and his most important job every day was to drink and eat.

The three days passed in a flash, and during this time, a total of two pieces of good news came back to Lin Haotian.

First, Lu Kai, Ling Wuya, and other generals who were injured by Sima Changren have returned from injury, which also makes Lin Haotian have two more available generals; second, Peng Qian, Chu Lianyu, Bi Wen and other strategists have rushed from the national capital Wancheng to Liaodong. At the same time, they also conveyed to Lin Haotian Zhao Yu's support for his extermination of the wood.

At this time, the recruitment of the First Army Corps and the Second Army Corps had also come to an end, and in three days, the two armies recruited more than 20,000 recruits, but most of them were recruited by the First Army Corps.

With more than 10,000 troops to replenish recently. Ding Feng was naturally very happy, but his joy did not last long, as soon as Lin Haotian entered his camp, the first thing he did was to gather all the recruits and re-establish the First Army, as the Fourth Army of the headquarters, and then transferred a lot of troops from the First Army and the Second Army to fill the Fourth Army, so that the strength of the Fourth Army reached 30,000. Zuihou appointed Gu Liangyun, who had performed well some time ago, as the commander of the Fourth Legion.

After dealing with the matter of the Fourth Army, Lin Haotian gathered all the generals to discuss the battle of crossing the river.

As far as the current situation is concerned, not only Ling Wuya, Ding Feng, Bi Wu and other generals in the army, but even Peng Qian, Chu Lianyu and other strategists are not optimistic about the prospects of the battle of Wangjiang. Please go out with the general. ”

Lin Haotian didn't know what kind of medicine Chu Lianyu was selling in the gourd, so he followed his son Chu Lianyu out of the big tent with curiosity. The others hurried out.

Chu Lianyu didn't go far, came to a watchtower and stood still, turned back to Lin Haotian and said, "Please go up and take a look." ”

Lin Haotian shook his head helplessly, climbed to the top of the watchtower patiently, raised his eyes and looked at the river, but didn't see anything.

Wait for Chu Lianyu to come up. He asked, "Lian Yu, what are you asking me to see?"

Chu Lianyu pointed to the opposite side of Wang Jiang and said, "My lord, please look!"

Lin Haotian looked at it, and on the other side of the Wang River, in addition to the wooden army camp, there were some warships moored. There was nothing else, he frowned, and said dissatisfiedly: "Lian Yu, if you have something to say, just say it, don't beat around the bush!"

Chu Lianyu took a deep breath and said: "My lord, the ships of the wooden army are all warships, not only the ships are tall and large, but also wrapped with iron sheets up and down, while the ships of our army are just small boats and rafts, our army takes these to cross the Wang River, what if the other party takes the initiative to attack and meet the battle?" When a boat and a raft collide with a warship, it is undoubtedly a blow to the stone, and people don't need to attack, but they can knock over our army's boats and rafts as soon as they drive the warship, and then our soldiers don't know who is going to abandon the belly of the fish, so I hope that Lord Wanwang will think twice, and must not attack hastily!"

Lin Haotian really hadn't thought about this, and after listening to Chu Lianyu's words, he was shocked, and he looked carefully at the ships moored on the other side.

As Chu Lianyu said, the warships of the wooden army are all tall and large, generally divided into upper and lower layers, huge in size, and inlaid with iron sheets under the ship's rest.

Lin Haotian rubbed his chin, pondered for a long time, and asked, "Lian Yu, what do you think?"

Chu Lianyu said: "If our army attacks strongly in this battle, I am afraid that there is a danger of annihilation of the whole army. ”

At this time, Bi Wen also climbed up, and when he heard Chu Lianyu's words, he immediately continued: "There is no alarmism about the destruction of the whole army, but it is certain that a strong attack will lead to heavy losses for our army." ”

Lin Haotian asked, "Bi Wen, do you also think that it is not easy for our army to win this battle?"

"Yes, King. Bi Wen smiled bitterly: "If you want to forcibly cross the Zhanghe River, the size of our army's warships must be at least equal to that of the wooden army, otherwise, it will be difficult to win." ”

This is tantamount to nonsense! The shipbuilding industry of the Jin Kingdom is very backward, and it has never fought a water war, and there is no naval army in the country, let alone large warships, and it is estimated that it will take at least three and a half years to build a fleet of such a size on the other side.

He didn't say anything, turned around and went down the watchtower, striding back to the Chinese military tent.

The other generals looked at each other, no one dared to speak, and silently followed Lin Haotian back to the tent.

Lin Haotian wandered back and forth after the Shuai case, his mind racing, thinking about how he could cross the Wang River smoothly.

The hundreds of thousands of troops of the Mu Kingdom have been defeated by themselves, Lin Haotian does not believe that the Wang River in front of him can block the westward advance of his own army, but now that there is such a Wang River blocked in front of his own army, what method can be used to successfully cross it?

Lin Haotian pondered for a long time, and suddenly thought that since the enemy was strong and I was weak, it was better to avoid its edge and find a hidden place to cross the river quietly.

Thinking of this, he raised his head and said, "Boundless!"

"The last general!" Hearing his summons, Ling Wuya hurriedly stepped out of the ranks and bowed his hand.

Lin Haotian said with a straight face: "You quickly send people to investigate, what are the weak garrisons and hidden places along the Wang River, it is best to draw a sketch and show it to me in three days." ”

"Yes, King!" Ling Wuya agreed, turned around and hurried away.

Lin Haotian said to the generals on the left and right: "The banks of the Wang River are vast, and it is impossible for the wooden army to take precautions everywhere, and there must be weaknesses in them. ”

Hearing him say this, Chu Lianyu and the others nodded one after another, if they could quietly cross the Wang River through the gap in the enemy's defense, it would be great, as long as they could go ashore and fight on land, their own soldiers had never been afraid of anyone!

This time, without waiting for others to speak, Chu Lianyu preemptively praised: "My lord is wise, this strategy is very good." ”

Lin Haotian grinned, sat down slowly, leaned back, and fell into deep thought, now all he had to do was wait, wait for Ling Wuya to bring back the exact news.

Ling Wuya didn't spend three days, the next evening, he hurried back to the camp, after seeing Lin Haotian, Ling Wuya took out the sketch of the Zhanghe River he had drawn, spread it on the shore of the table, and said with a happy face: "My lord, the last general will find a good place suitable for our army to smuggle in." ”

"Oh?" Lin Haotian perked up and said busily: "Show me." ”

"It's here!" Ling Wuya pointed to the map and said, and then, he continued: "The range of the Mu Army's defense is ten miles from north to south, and this place is located twenty miles south of the Mu Army's camp, the water here is gentle, the river is also narrow, and more importantly, there is a large dense forest on the other side of the river, and our army can immediately hide in the forest after going ashore to complete all kinds of combat preparations. (To be continued......)