Is Liu Jian's asking price high?

High, of course!

What kind of army do you casually open your mouth for a billion?

You're not kidding!

You ask Luoyang if the food and salary of the five battalions of the Northern Army can be used for one billion a year!

But after all, it was the number reported by the state pastor, and Tian Feng couldn't directly say that it didn't work.

He had to at least hear the reason.

After all, for the upright Tian Feng, the most important thing at the moment is to solve the problems in Jizhou.

He didn't want to favor either Zhu Hao or Liu Jian.

He just wants to make the territory of Jizhou safe and make everything return to the way it was before the Yellow Turban Rebellion.

Therefore, even if the amount Liu Jian said is false, he must discuss it with the other party.

Tian Feng thinks he is a very reasonable person.

Then, he saw Tian Feng making a long gesture towards Liu Jian, and asked: "Dare to ask the envoy, what is the reason for this billion army?" Please also ask the envoy to teach me, Tian can also study this matter carefully with the princes of the counties. ”

Liu Jian clapped his hands and said, "Someone's coming!" ”

Then, I saw Zhao Yun and Xia Houlan striding in front of Liu Jian.

"Please command!"

"Take the map!"

"Yui!"

After a while, I saw Zhao Yun and Xiahou Lan, commanding a few white scholars, taking a scroll of maps to the center of the hall, unfolding it and placing it in the center of the main hall.

Tian Feng lowered his head and looked at the map spread out on the ground.

The above outline is the county of Hebei Zhuzhou.

Liu Jian came to the shelf next to the hall, took off his long sword, and then came to the map, pointing with the scabbard:

"In the Taihang Mountains, there are Wutai Mountains, Hengshan Mountains, Yunzhong Mountains, Taiyue Mountains, Sumu Mountains, etc., and the Fen River, Sanggan Mountains, Hutuo and other streams are intertwined,"

"Across Hebei, secluded, and, the east can overlook Zhongshan, Changshan, Julu, Zhaoguo, Wei County, can prevent the south but not the north, thieves and robbers wander wantonly, or take Zhending, or take Quyang, or take Yuan, or take Wu'an"

"In short, the thieves are in the dark, I am equal to the light, where do they want to fight, but our soldiers and horses, if they enter Taihang, it will be like entering a labyrinth, lofty mountains, I am afraid that they will be slaughtered at will, may I ask Mr. Tian, how to fight this battle?"

Tian Feng is a talented person after all, and Liu Jian's problem is naturally difficult for him.

"The thieves are long in the mountains, they walk in the mountains and mountains all the year round, trekking through mountains and rivers like walking on flat ground, if they fight in the mountains, they will fall into the three armies, naturally they still have to lead them out of the mountains, set up ambushes to gather and annihilate them!"

Liu Jian said with a smile: "I don't want Mr. to be familiar with military aircraft." ”

"Don't dare, don't dare, how dare you show off in front of the envoy."

Liu Jian said with a smile: "Since Mr. also said that it is necessary to set up an ambush to annihilate it, then I would like to ask Sir, the land of Julu in Wei County is a vast plain, and there are very few mountains, if you want to ambush, where is the ambush?" ”

"Hmmm......"

When Tian Feng heard this, he was also a little hesitant.

This Liu Envoy Jun is also a person who has been in battle for a long time and is good at using soldiers, and the problem he said is indeed a difficult point.

Jizhou, Hebei Province, is mostly plain, which can be described as a land of flat rivers, and there are indeed not many places suitable for ambushes.

"Then according to the will of the envoy, how to break it?"

"The land of Jizhou is not suitable for ambushes, and there are many thieves, so you have to use elite cavalry battle formations to resist the enemy before you can break it for a while!"

"Cavalry?" Tian Feng was stunned and said, "Reasonable." ”

Liu Jian said with a smile: "Since Mr. also knows that if you break through the Black Mountain, you need to use cavalry to fight in formation, then naturally you won't think that my requirements for talent are excessive." ”

"The thieves in the Taihang Mountain, large and small, are said to have entered the mountains as thieves, and the number of homeless hooligans has exceeded seven or eight hundred thousand."

"Even among these seven or eight hundred thousand people, one out of twelve or thirteen people can be strong, and the thief can gather an army of more than 60,000 strong mountain people!"

"Breaking through 60,000 thieves, and still spanning several counties, I should be a group with 2,000 fine horses, not much, right?"

"This ...... Alas, not much. ”

Tian Feng is a wise person, and when he heard this, he already understood that he was surrounded by Liu Jian.

But when it came to this, he couldn't help but listen.

Sure enough, I heard Liu Jian say lightly: "Two thousand elites, I use the most basic configuration of one horse to calculate, the price of a good war horse, when between 150,000 and 200,000 yuan a horse, I sat down on the Hun big green horse, in Zhuo County was purchased for 400,000 yuan, such an expensive horse we naturally can't be fully equipped with Jizhou knights, then I will take one, 170,000 yuan a good horse, one ride two horses, a total of 4,000 horses, Mr. Yuan Hao, can be calculated how much is this?" ”

Tian Feng said expressionlessly: "680 million money." ”

"This is only the money for the war horses, and the food rations of the four thousand good horses? A war horse worth 170,000 yuan can eat better than a person! ”

"And two thousand pairs of armor?"

"And two thousand pairs of fine iron swords and spears."

"And two thousand people's rations for one to two years."

"And the salaries of the two thousand Han soldiers."

"Besides, this is only cavalry, don't I recruit a foot soldier?"

"Two thousand cavalry, after all, you must have two thousand foot soldiers and crossbowmen to accompany you, right?"

"How will the grain of these 4,000 men and 4,000 horses be transported?"

"Shall we not levy the people's husbands, mules and horses? Isn't this money? ”

"Taihang thieves overlook several counties, not sure where they come from, the soldiers of the three armies, cross-state conquests, don't the post stations in various places need a large number of post horses to send messages back and forth? For fighters? ”

"Although this stagecoach is cheap, you can get one for about seven or eight thousand yuan, and if each pavilion is fully prepared, at least a few hundred horses must be requisitioned, so won't another two million dollars be spent?"

"Mr. Yuan Hao, do you think I want more than a billion?"

Tian Feng couldn't help but smile bitterly when he heard this.

Of course much!

Yes, you are right!

But in these years, how can there be such a reckoning with soldiers?

First of all, you are not fighting Xianbei and fighting Qiang.

Just a group of Montenegrin troops, do you use it?

Besides, your configuration is clearly based on the configuration of the elite of the three rivers of Luoyang, and the configuration of Yulinlang of the six counties in the center.

Local wars, do you still need this?

There are many things that can be dealt with!

What kind of military pay is paid, just give food!

Tian Feng arched his hand and said: "It's just a thief of scabies in the mountains, is it too much to make you have such weapons?" ”

Liu Jian said with a smile: "I don't want to, but you said it yourself, the thieves in the mountains are good at trekking through mountains and rivers, and the environment of the Taihang Mountains is complicated, so we can't attack, so we can only ambush outside, but the Qianli Plain of Jizhou, and there is no ambush boundary, except for the elite horse army, I can't guarantee victory......"

"Mr. Tian, maybe the princes of the counties, when they are dealing with thieves, they want to save money, it doesn't matter if they don't win, and next time, but what I think is that they must win nine times out of ten! I lost, I am the one who issued the edict on the other side of Luoyang, and the responsibility lies with me, not the princes of the counties, can you understand this? ”

"If the princes of Jizhou really want to ask Liu for help, then it won't hurt me, right?"

Tian Feng glanced at Liu Jian deeply.

It was only now that he finally understood this young man.

He finally understood that in just a few years, he was able to grow up to a feudal town in a small number of years!

Person...... It is the true hero!

In the three months he has been in Jizhou, has he really done nothing?

Yes, he really didn't do anything, he just built a big mansion for himself in Yecheng.

But!

However, he spent these three months studying the overall situation and situation of the entire counties and counties in Jizhou, as well as the situation of each county and family in Jizhou!

Today's words could never have been said on his improvised behalf.

He's very well prepared.

Tian Feng sighed, and at this time, he admired Liu Jian in his heart.

Because he understands that the price of this billion yuan must be negotiable in the end, and Liu Jian must also know that it cannot be negotiated.

Then he must still have a backup plan ready.

Okay, okay, then let Tian wait and see.