Chapter 5 Expedition Matters (Seeking Collection)
"Have you completed everything I requested" Jiang Qi, who was sitting in the big tent of the Chinese army, put down the last document and rubbed his swollen head, and looked at the civil and military forces in the big tent of the Chinese army, and finally looked at Changshi Tianfeng. {Free}
Although Jiang Qi has handed over power to his subordinates to the greatest extent, there are still too many things for the 20,000 people in the camp to eat and drink Lazar before he can agree to carry it out.
A few days ago, because he visited the ministers in Beijing and rarely returned to the army, the official documents accumulated for more than half a month let Jiang Qi approve them from the time of eating to the time of sunset, which were all official documents that had been sorted out.
"After the last batch of medicinal materials arrives tomorrow, all the customized items, including bamboo kettles, cloth bags that can carry up to ten days of dry food, easy-to-carry ambulance bags, leggings and other items, have made 50,000 sets according to the requirements of the lord, and can be distributed to each battalion within half a day," Tian Feng replied neatly after saluting and took a tray from the table he had just sat on, on which were the items he had just said.
Jiang Qi casually took the first-aid kit and untied the bag, looked at a few closed small bamboo knots and a few wrapped small bags inside, nodded with satisfaction, the three items in front of him were all items that he had just made from the workshop after his request, these items were all items that each soldier carried on his body when he marched, including a water bottle for water, a food bag for dry grain salt, leggings for the march and the most important one for hemostatic medicine, bandages, medicine for common diseases, and spirits to clean wounds.
In addition, Jiang Qi also plans to equip each soldier with a quilt and a thick blanket in the next step, although carrying these things will add nearly ten catties of weight to each soldier, but it can make it very convenient for soldiers to eat and camp on the way, and it can also reduce the consumption of mules and horses for transportation.
Jiang Qi ordered after reading the various items one by one: "Send it to each battalion as soon as possible and explain it, if there is anything to improve after the soldiers use it, you can put forward it, and let the battalions start to make dry food, dried meat and other convenient food, each soldier carries seven days' rations, and after the army sets off until it reaches the destination, there is no need to cook if it is not necessary."
"Nuo" Tian Fengjaw leader ordered.
"How is the training of soldiers now" Then Jiang Qi looked at Guan Yu again, now all kinds of rights in the army have basically been established, as long as Jiang Qi is not there, Guan Yu is responsible for the training of the whole army, Xun Yu is responsible for the rest of the miscellaneous affairs, and now he is in a hurry and because of the large-scale transfer of troops a few days ago, he has to worry about the combat effectiveness of the army.
"Although there are some changes in each battalion, after more than half a month of training, they have basically become an army, and only in terms of battle formations can they show the true strength of each battalion," Guan Yu replied without concealment after slowly twisting his beard.
"If you want to hurry, you can't reach it, plus now that the army is about to march, the training can be temporarily stopped, and the battalions usually do some routine exercises for the soldiers to recuperate, after all, there are still three days before the start of the march, and the soldiers are too tired and not conducive to long-distance marching" "Oh, by the way, give the soldiers near Luoyang a day off and let them all go back to see their families, as for the other soldiers, they sent a letter to their families, this beacon fire is even three months, and the family letter is worth ten thousand gold" Jiang Qi couldn't help but sigh when he said it.
"No," Guan Yu clenched his fists and took the order, and then stepped back slightly and moved to the side.
"How to prepare in terms of public and grain" The so-called three armies did not move the grain and grass first, for an army, grain and grass are naturally very important, but after last year's war, the granary near the capital went to seven or eight, coupled with the continuous natural disasters in recent years, the harvest in various places, after the determination of the expedition, the imperial court only allocated Jiang Qi 20,000 troops to use two months of grain and grass under the influence of Zhang Rang's 'reasonable', and the rest were supplied by the state, as for how to supply the state at that time, it is unknown.
Seeing this, Jiang Qi also had some difficulties, although it was said that the emperor was not short of hungry soldiers, he could use this reason to pick a son, but then he would give up all his previous efforts, and finally after the court allocated hopelessly, Jiang Qi had to be cheeky to buy the food that was hoarded at home before the Taiping Rebellion from the clan, although the clan was willing to support him with 100,000 stones to solve his urgent needs, but Jiang Qi still paid part of the money, as for how much was only given according to the market price at the time of hoarding plus two percent, of course, these two percent were very cheap, The price of food in the market today has more than tripled compared to a year ago.
"The 100,000 stone grain that has been sent to Wubao three days ago has been received, plus the grain and grass purchased from the market these days and the grain and grass brought back from Jizhou are enough for me to use 20,000 horses and horses for half a year, and according to the instructions of the lord, Gu Gongzi of Wu County has been contacted, and he will buy grain and grass for our army in Hedong, last year, Wu County did not poison the grain due to the war, and the price of grain was nearly half less than that of the capital, but it was very troublesome in transportation."
"In this wayγγγ let Yuan Si keep the grain well, try to go north through the trade route first, and at the same time send someone to fetch it, send Yuan Si a piece of my customs clearance arrow to facilitate his travel, and then make plans after the trade road is opened" Jiang Qi thought for a moment and instructed, saying that Jiang Qi looked at Jin Cao, who was frowning when he heard that he still had to collect grain, and said: "But these days, a large amount of grain is purchased, and it seems that there is not too much money saved in the army."
Seeing that Jiang Qi finally looked at him, Jiang Wei kept spitting bitter water: "After the post-war soldiers' pensions, salaries, and the purchase of grain and grass, the money stored in the treasury has been gone, and the remaining money is enough to buy 200,000 stone grain and grass or pay 20,000 soldiers for September military salaries and two great wars like Guangzongγγγγγγ"
Looking at Jiang Wei, who was talking about difficulties with a bitter face, Jiang Qi was amused and said with a smile: "Haha, Zijie, I didn't expect you to be a 'housekeeper' for two months, and you have become calculated, but I heard that there is a saying in the army now, I would rather ask Zhang Yide for wine and Jiang Zijie for money."
"Lord, you don't know, this army needs money to eat, drink, and Lazar every day, since the lord let the last general serve as a soldier, the last general is like sitting on pins and needles every day, watching the money in the library continue to decrease, that is a suffering, the last general almost pulled a money in his hand in half to speakγγγγγ "Seizing this opportunity, Jiang Wei naturally will not let go of Jiang Qi, that is a desperate chase."
"Hahahaγγγγγ" Seeing Jiang Wei's almost splashing appearance, everyone present let out a burst of good-natured laughter.
"Okay, okay, it seems that it's really right to get you a profiteer to take care of the money, you don't have to complain to me here, this is about to go to war, as long as my Jiang Jiajun comes out, is there still a shortage of money, so that the money in food is indispensable, now I will take out thirty percent of the money at a time to see how much I can prepare, as for the military salary, there can be no shortage of soldiers, although the army has not set such a precedent before, but in my Jiang Jiajun as a soldier, it should be paid as if working elsewhere, Only in this way will the soldiers feel that there is some point in joining the army, and besides, they have a small family to save, and now they are about to go to the war, Zijie, you go back and arrange for the next month's military salary to be sent in advance and let the soldiers send it home together with the family letter, as for the lack of money in stock, you don't have to worry about it, I will let you have more money in the treasury in the future, so you will worry."
After comforting Jiang Wei, Jiang Qi also began to feel difficult for money, although he said it soundly, but after all, it is money, not to say that there is, if you have been relying on the imperial court to supply, it is equivalent to holding your lifeline in the hands of those eunuchs, this is absolutely impossible, just like this expedition, the imperial court allocated him 200,000 money, which is not enough for 20,000 troops, and the military salary for a month is useless at all.
And now there are rumors in the imperial court that all the money from the emperor's previous sale of the official mantle was persuaded by the emperor to be used to fill the military expenses when the Taiping Dao rebellion was regretted, and now all the money from selling the official mantle again is placed in the homes of Zhang Rang, Zhao Zhong and others in case such a thing happens again, in the face of such a situation, Jiang Qi has to find a way to make a fortune by himself.
"Nuo γγγ" Although he knew that Jiang Qi was just comforting him, Jiang Wei didn't have much to do, now what else could he do except help him hold his money bag tightly, of course, as a subordinate staff, he also knew how to do it in order not to affect the morale of the army, and after hearing Jiang Qi's instructions, he agreed cleanly and returned to his position.
"Has the George altar been built," Jiang Qi then looked at Xin Bi, who was slightly dusty, and asked.
"The Lord of Qiqi is urging, and it will probably be completed early the day after tomorrow," Xin Bi said after saluting.
"Let the generals pay attention to safety, and don't be too luxurious, although the sacrificial flag should be grand, it is just a ceremony," Jiang Qi told again.
"Subordinates understand"
"Gongda, are you waiting to make a route for the army," finally Jiang Qi looked at his chief staff Xun You and said.
Hearing Jiang Qi's inquiry, Xun You, who had already been prepared, stepped forward without hesitation and saluted and said: "The route of the Qiqi Lord's march is in accordance with the intelligence of the Sword Battalion and the requirements of the Lord, and finally after the discussion of his subordinates and George, Yuan Hao, Changwen, and Zhicai, it has been customized, and there are two routes, one main and one reserve, which have been sealed after being formulated," Xun Yu took out a small section of bamboo from his cuff and sealed it with a firearm and put it in front of Jiang Qi.
"Okay, Wen Ruo writes the order" Jiang Qi took the bamboo with the road map and looked at it in a hurry, after all, this is a march in the territory of the Han Dynasty, and it is only an ordinary march route, the requirements are not strict, and he generally takes the official road, he has nothing to worry about, after carrying it into his arms, Jiang Qi signaled to Xun Yu, the master book who had already prepared pen and ink next to the table, and wrote the order: "First, the generals of the whole army must return to the camp in two days, that is, when they have sunset, if there is a delay in the military law disposal, second, Geng Wu and Sun are cooking, and the camp is pulled out at the hour, When the whole army gathers in front of the altar a mile outside the camp, third, when going out on the expedition, remember that the whole army must be strict and the banner is held high, if the battalion does something that damages the army's appearance, there is no need to go out, and an army that does not even respect its own identity has no value in existing."
"Please Lord Gongyin" As Jiang Qi spoke, Bi Xunyu put down the wolf pen in his hand, blew the ink that had not dried, and then got up and took the order written on Cai Hou paper to Jiang Qi and said.
"You can use the seal" Jiang Qi glanced at the official document and nodded to allow the seal to be used if there was something inappropriate, the general seal has always had a pivotal position, just like Jiang Qi's current Zhenbei general seal Although the power is not large, but there is no problem in mobilizing people and horses in one place and one county, naturally this big seal he carries it every step by inch, and every time he uses the seal, he has to confirm whether the covered thing is appropriate, after all, the seal represents him, and of course he has to be careful if the soldier is no trivial matter.
After watching Xun Yu finish using up the seal, Jiang Qi put the big seal that could mobilize all the people in the camp into the seal box, and personally put the big seal on the shelf next to the screen behind him, and then continued: "Okay, the time is almost there, everyone is busy in the next few days, except for the generals guarding the camp, the rest will go home to accompany their families", now that many generals' families are in Luoyang City, Jiang Qi will naturally not be unreasonable, seeing that the city gate is about to close, Jiang Qi immediately waved his hand and let everyone leave.
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