The reward for carrying a sack of dirt to the city is 100 copper coins...... According to the calculations of Huang Shilang, a city construction expert, and his team, no more than 100,000 sandbags will be needed to repair Yinzhou City.

In other words, Wu Haogu has to pay a maximum of 10 million copper coins, which is almost 13,000 yuan according to the "provincial mo" standard of 770 pieces.

The sacks used to hold the earth—the special tools that Wu Haogu called them—were produced by the Jiehe Merchant City to hold grain. Because the production and demand are very large, the price is very cheap, and if you purchase a large amount, it is only a dozen or twenty yuan.

The price of 100,000 sacks is more than 1 million wen, almost 2,000 yuan. Plus thirteen thousand taels of labor is fifteen thousand.

There are also some tools for defending the city, such as bed crossbows, knife carts (that is, knife carts used to fill gaps), and thistles terrestris, all of which were taken from Fusi's armory and did not cost a penny.

In addition, you have to cut down some trees to make horses, roll wood, pick up some big stones to use as stones, and set up iron pots to boil porridge, dung juice, etc., which don't cost much.

Of course, there are also Huang Dadu, and there are still some masters who command the construction, and the salaries do not take into account the cost of training and building the Yinzhou city wall.

In other words, Wu Haogu received 100,000 yuan from Tao Jiefu, and then only spent 15,000 yuan to repair Yinzhou City...... It's really a generation of profiteers!

However, the Wuda profiteer would not put the 85,000 yuan of "profit" into his pocket, because this "profit" was not earned by him personally, but belonged to the glorious collective of the Sanzhi Forbidden Army...... With these "profits", the soldiers of the Sanzhi Forbidden Army can get a really enough pension after being killed or wounded (the military salary given to the forbidden army by the Northern Song Dynasty court is quite high, but the pension is very small), the meritorious soldiers can also get a little extra reward, and those who serve can bring a small amount of money home.

In short, there are still a lot of places to spend money, if you don't want to find a way to save a little now, who else can you ask for money when the war is over? At that time, it would be good if Tao Jiefu didn't trouble him, how could he pay for it?

Moreover, Wu Haogu is not good at openly using his own money to reward soldiers outside the Heshang City system in the pension world, and he is responsible for the crime of inviting and buying military hearts, and Zhao Ji will not protect him.

Therefore, Wu Haogu had to take advantage of the time when the Shuai Si of Yan Yan Lu had a request for himself, and saved a lot of money.

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An army of nearly 30,000 people, under the command of the military machine, quickly drove into the city from the four gates of Yinzhou City and the breaches formed by the collapse of various city walls. Later, they set up camp in an orderly manner, arranged defenses, and buried pots to cook.

Although the number of the Three Straight Forbidden Army increased by more than 20,000 compared with the original Two Direct Forbidden Army, the food standard was not lowered, and three meals a day were provided instead of the two meals a day system of most Song people. And the food is also very good - among the baggage commanders brought by Wu Haogu from the Jiehe Commercial Market, there are accounts and cooks drawn from the Su Family Grain Store and the Golden Arch Tower. They are responsible for purchasing and cooking the food, which is absolutely satisfying.

Moreover, when Gao Yu brought the two elites to Yan'an Mansion, he discussed with Tao Jiefu a very generous grain and grass supply standard, which was enough for the big guys to eat well.

Knights, warriors and ordinary soldiers are exactly the same in terms of food, today's dinner is the special snack of the Golden Arch Building, white flour steamed cake with minced meat cake, but also with a little pickle, white flour steamed cake can also add a portion. Officers, including Wu Haogu, regardless of their official position, can get an extra little broth.

By the way, all steamed cakes, meatloaf, and pickles are prepared in advance, and you can eat them as long as they are warmed in the steaming drawer. If you are in a hurry, you can eat it as cold.

In addition, each officer and soldier carried three days' worth of dry rations with him. It is the baked Hu cake, which is what later generations called naan. Knights, warriors, and officers can also get some extra pickled beef and mutton jerky from the Jiehe Trading Market.

Wu Haogu took his personal bodyguards Olga and Wu Chenglan behind his back to walk around the troops, each of which became a food unit of its own, sitting around the pot stove and steaming drawer to eat there. It was the first time he led his troops to fight, and it was a large corps of more than 30,000 people, and he was also a famous imperial front three straights, so he had to take a little effort in his heart and carefully strive to lead the troops well. can't smash the brand, otherwise Xuanfu Yanyun's errand will go to Tong Guan in the future.

Therefore, after being promoted from Yan'an, he also showed the demeanor of a famous general who shared weal and woe with the soldiers. Not only did he not bring Bai Feifei out, but he also ate the same meal as everyone (referring to the basic officers), and inspected the barracks before the meal, making sure that the officers and soldiers below had eaten well, so that they could eat with confidence.

While he was patrolling the camp, the order to repair the city wall by "working overtime" had been issued to all the pikemen (the warriors had to undertake the task of guarding and preparing for war, so they did not participate in the repair of the wall), and some of them shouted in the spot: "Hurry up and eat, and after eating, you must carry the earth fortress city." A bag of soil will be rewarded with 100 copper coins, and there will be supper after completion, plus wine and meat! All work hard for the Sprinkle family! ”

"Wan Sheng!"

The sound of cheers immediately resounded in Yinzhou City. 100 copper coins are not attractive to the house slaves, and their annual income is more than 200 yuan, which is the provincial mo, and there are also 15,400 copper coins.

However, the soldiers of the government are not paid, and they are all poor peasants in the countryside, and they are usually reluctant to pay a penny. Now carrying a bag of soil is 100 Wen, and if you work hard to carry him ten bags tonight, won't there be 1000 Wen?

In addition, when leaving Yan'an Mansion, Wu Haogu also gave one of them a reward of a tassel (770 Wen...... This Wu Xuanzan is really a good person!

Seeing that the big guy was quite full at the end, Wu Haogu was relieved. More than 20,000 people are willing to throw off their arms and work, and they will be able to repair Yinzhou City tomorrow morning.

As long as Yinzhou City is repaired, his army of 30,000 will be invincible!

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"King, give the order to send troops!"

"King, you can't let Song Gou be too proud!"

"King, Song Dog deceives people too much, this is the third time......"

Brother Cha paced back and forth in the section hall of the Left Wing Divine Brave Army Division, which had just moved to Xiazhou, and his steps fell heavy and fast, full of impetuousness.

The 40,000 troops he led had now arrived in Xiazhou City, plus nearly 15,000 people from the Divine Warrior Division in the left wing of the city, and 15,000 people who were withdrawing from Shizhou to Yanzhou, a total of 70,000 troops could be mobilized. Among them, 10,000 were elite Iron Harriers and garrisons.

This is definitely a terrifying strength! However, the group of "Han robbers" did not give face at all, and swaggered to rob again. also killed the scouts sent by the Divine Warrior Division of the Left Wing suffered heavy losses, and they were not brave at all......

When the news reached Xiazhou City, not only was the Left Xiang Army indignant, but they asked Brother Cha to fight. Even the generals and colonels who brought the Iron Harrier and the garrison were eager to try, wanting to deal a fatal blow to this "Han cavalry" who didn't know how powerful they were.

But Brother Cha hesitated. After all, the scout cavalry of the Left Wing Divine Warrior Division was swept away, and now what is happening in the direction of Yinzhou is a black eye!

I don't know how many people the Song people have dispatched, how are you going to send troops? Send out 1500 Iron Harriers and 8500 garrisons? It's not a knife to kill a chicken, it's a person leading the nose around.

Moreover, robbers on horseback are very difficult to catch, and if the soldiers really pressed over, they would have run away.

"King, Song Gou's army has been dispatched! Song Gou's army has moved! ”

A small colonel who is a close confidant of Cha Ge suddenly ran over and shouted outside the festival hall.

"The army of the Song people?"

Brother Cha stopped when he heard the sound, and hurriedly recruited people into the tent. Nervous and excited, at the moment he had both in his heart. He was not afraid of the army of the Song people, even if it was a direct attack from the emperor, there was nothing to be afraid of. He had already inquired clearly, the elite of the two straight fronts of the emperor was only thousands, and the elite soldiers in his hands were 10,000! It's enough to fight a main battle.

What really bothered him was the small group of elite cavalry who entered the territory to rob.

The army attacked and couldn't find it, and the team went out and gave it away...... That's the biggest headache!

Then the colonel entered the lobby: "...... The king, it was the commander who stayed in Yinzhou to return to Lirong, and Yinzhou was captured by the Song army! ”

Although Brother Cha's face fell, there was a burst of joy in his heart, but he still said in a deep voice: "Order to come in to Lirong." ”

The junior colonel who came in to report lowered his voice a little: "Back to the king, Commander Xiang Li was seriously injured in an attack on the way to Xiazhou, and is now being treated." ”

"Injured in an attack?" Brother Cha's eyebrows were raised, and he immediately thought of those evil "Han robbers" again. With these guys hanging around on the battlefield, this battle is not easy to fight.

"Did Xiang Lirong say how many Song dogs attacked Yinzhou? How many civilians are there in the army? Brother Cha slowed down his voice, at this time, you must be cautious and cautious!

"The commander of Xiangli said that the enemy was more than 20,000 people, but there was no brigade of civilians to follow."

"King, Yinzhou City is ruined, now it is a cold winter, the land is hard, if there are no 100,000 people, if you want to repair the city wall, you have to spend more than a month."

Immediately, the general of the Left Wing Army made a suggestion, "This is a godsend!" If I can win another big victory in Yongle City, Song Gou will definitely not dare to underestimate my Dabai Gaoguo again! ”

Brother Cha was noncommittal, but just asked: "Can there be people and archers assembled in Yan'an Mansion and Suide Army?" ”

"No news has come that the people and archers have been gathered."

Hearing the report from his men, Chago already knew that he had to fight. The western army of the Song army fought fortress battles on the line of Hengshan-Wuding River, and a large number of people and archers must follow the attack of the large army, and build fortresses and walled cities at any time.

Now since the people and archers of Yan'an and Suide have not been concentrated in a large way, it must not be the main force of the Song army that attacked Yinzhou.

If it is only 20,000 Western troops, then if you have 40,000 troops at home, can you still be cowardly and avoid war?