Zhao Hanzhang asked: "What about Xianbei and the Huns?" ”

Chen Wu paused for a moment, and finally gritted his teeth and said, "It's okay to beat them, but in addition to grain and grass, Zhao Jiajun also needs to give me thirty horses." ”

They had few horses in their entire beggar army, but dozens of oxen, which were used to pull the wounded and the old and weak, and if they could not find anyone to hire them, they would have to kill the cattle.

Xianbei and Xiongnu are both brave and famous for their cavalry, and it is natural that they can't be defeated by using cavalry, and Chen Wu doesn't think that he can train cavalry that is more powerful than them.

He has his own style of play, and Zhao Hanzhang asked for thirty horses in order to deliver news.

The cavalry is fast, and he needs more and faster scouts.

Zhao Hanzhang didn't ask about his playing style, and responded in one bite.

Chen Wu's heart sank, he really beat Xianbei and the Huns.

Chen Wu tugged at the corners of his mouth, planning to ask for more grain and grass, "Then does General Zhao want to fight Xianbei or the Huns?" ”

If it was a Xiongnu, he could ask for a little less, and Xianbei would have to increase the price again, but ...... Xianbei hasn't done anything lately, has he?

Ranwen

Why do you want to fight Xianbei?

Zhao Hanzhang said: "I want to hire you to guard the land for me." ”

Chen Shi's eyes widened, and his body couldn't help but lean forward, "Then how to count this grain and grass?" ”

Perhaps because he was afraid that Zhao Hanzhang would regret it, Chen Shidao: "The defense is much less than the daily consumption of food and grass for the attack, and I can reduce it by another two percent." ”

Zhao Hanzhang said: "I want you to guard Gucheng." ”

Gucheng is not very far from here, and you can walk in the direction of Luoyang for a day, but Gucheng is very small, and it can't stop the Xiongnu and Xianbei at all, and Luoyang has natural dangers, and the meaning of Gucheng's existence is more like an outpost.

Able to detect the enemy in advance and warn in advance.

If it's just for a warning, put two teams of men here, two hundred soldiers are enough, why spend a lot of money to hire them?

Chen Shi hinted: "General Zhao, I have 5,000 people here, and I need a lot of grain and grass every day. ”

Zhao Hanzhang said: "Every month I will give you a batch of grain and grass, this year, I will give you a pound of grain a day." ”

Chen Shi rolled his eyes and asked, "General Zhao will hire us next year?" How will the price be calculated next year? ”

"I will set aside a piece of land for you to cultivate in Valley City."

Chen Shi had already expected it, so he couldn't help swallowing his saliva and asked, "That kind of seed, farm tools, and ...... if Ruogu City is invaded?"

Zhao Hanzhang said: "I will provide the seeds, and everyone will find a way to do it together, if Gucheng is attacked, Luoyang will naturally not sit idly by." ”

Chen Shi was excited, but he still thought cautiously.

Didn't the beggars have a place to settle down and farm?

What they have, now Dajin is full of abandoned fields, even houses and cities, and they can farm by finding a place to occupy it.

But if you plant it, you may not be able to reap the harvest, let alone live in peace.

One is that they don't have enough seeds to cultivate;

Second, they did not have the grain and grass to support from sowing to harvesting;

Third, they can't stop the chaotic army that grabs grain with them.

This rebellion includes, but is not limited to, the Xiongnu, Xianbei, the garrison of the city next door, the lord of the Wu Fort, and the wandering exile army.

Hasn't Chen Wu ever farmed?

It was planted that because of a year of hard work, the food harvested in the end was not enough for the soldiers, and more people died of starvation than died on the battlefield, so they chose to wander around begging to make money to buy grain and grass for people to fight.

Although people can die, the number of people who die is better than staying in one place and starving to death.

It's not that there are no forces that want to subdue them, and they themselves are willing to be subdued, but they always backfire.

The King of the East China Sea once wanted to accept them, but he had a large number of soldiers and horses, and although the beggar army could fight, there were only five or six thousand people, and the King of the East China Sea could not be very eye-catching.

And he can let other armies capture good people and sell them to subsidize military expenses, how can he give enough begging soldiers food and grass?

So the beggar army stayed with the king of the East Sea for less than a month and left.

The King of the East China Sea can't afford to support them, let alone other forces.

Chen Wu hinted at Zhao Hanzhang and said: "General Zhao, even if you only count the consumption of 5,000 soldiers, you have to give me 5,000 catties of grain a day, which is a lot, are you sure you want to hire me for a year?" ”

Zhao Hanzhang nodded and said, "Sure!" ”

Chen Wu: "The condition is just to defend the land?" ”

"Yes, it's just to defend the land," Zhao Hanzhang said: "If there is an order to make you expand the land, I will pay another price." ”

This condition was so generous that Chen Wu didn't dare to respond for a while, and he said, "I have to discuss with my subordinates." ”

Zhao Hanzhang expressed his understanding, got up and said, "Call me back before sunset, I will leave for Luoyang early tomorrow morning." ”

Chen Wu should go down.

As soon as she left, he immediately called Feng Long and a few people in, and said in a deep voice: "You say, is there any conspiracy here?" ”

Feng Long also had this suspicion, "Then Zhao Hanzhang is not a good match, the news I received before was transmitted by their Yuzhou army, and I don't know if it's true or not, if it's fake, I don't know what the situation in Luoyang is now, if it's true, then her methods are too clever and ruthless, will we be sold and give her money." ”

Li Tou didn't think so much about it, and asked, "What else do we have to calculate besides one life?" ”

Feng Long: "What if it is our fate that is calculated?" ”

Chen Wu squatted on the ground and thought, and after a while, he shook his head and said, "No, I think I still have some ability to recognize people, she is not like a bad person." ”

Feng Long believed him, and immediately said, "Then do it." ”

"Yes, it's done, it's not a big man's doing," Li Tou's voice lowered, "And if you don't earn any more food, you will starve to death in the army." ”

When Chen Wu heard this, he also made up his mind, "Okay, just go with her!" ”

Feng Long said with some extravagance: "What if you settle down this time?" ”

Even Chen Wu and Li Tou followed suit.

But they don't dare to think too deeply, afraid that the greater the hope, the greater the disappointment.

Not long after Zhao Hanzhang returned to the camp, she received a reply from Chen Wu, and she curled the corners of her mouth, very satisfied.

Zeng Yue and Yuan Li were all puzzled, "Girl, we take out so much grain and grass, we can obviously recruit displaced people to train soldiers by ourselves, why do we have to hire them?" ”

In fact, there is no shortage of soldiers, there are homeless people everywhere, as long as there is food and money, you can recruit a lot of people with a single call.

The soldiers trained by themselves are different, and their loyalty is not stronger than that of hired soldiers?

Zhao Hanzhang said: "To recruit troops by yourself, you not only need food, but also weapons and armor, and you also need to train generals who lead troops, and you don't know how much manpower and material resources are consumed." ”

"And now, we only need to give enough food and grass to harvest a brave army, why not?"

They all think that the beggar army is hired, an outsider, and will not be loyal, but they forget that she and the soldiers she has trained themselves are actually in an employment relationship.

Once they are scattered, they will naturally throw themselves into the arms of others to survive, is she still waiting for them to die for her?

The beggar army is very credible, as long as the money is given, even if it is disabled, it will stick to the task, which is no worse than the pro-army.

These people, if they use them well, will be a great weapon.