At night, in the lobby of the temporary military office, Yan Qing and Liu Da and eight or nine other major generals discussed military affairs.

"For an army, the most important thing is three things, territory, money and equipment, there is a foundation for the land, no matter the supply of money and food in the future, or the supply of soldiers will not be broken, money and food is the basis for the survival of the army, everyone understands in their hearts, I will not go into details, today I checked the army and the warehouse, the current army has 40,000 people, according to the monthly consumption of five buckets of grain per person, a month will consume 20,000 stone of grain, but now there are only 30,000 stone of grain in the warehouse, at most a month and a half, everyone has to consider a month and a half later, When the harvest is scarce, where do we get food? ”

Liu Da was silent for a moment and said, "General Yan means that our army is too numerous. ”

Yan Qing nodded, "The army lies in the essence and not in the many, the Jin soldiers are strong, you can't fight the city attack and defense war with the Jin soldiers, let alone the positional war, your way out is in guerrilla warfare, the Jin soldiers come to encircle and suppress, you go up the mountain, and then look for the weakness of the Jin soldiers to raid everywhere, and the Jin soldiers can't defend themselves, this is your way to survive, so my first suggestion is to disarm, keep 5,000 troops, and persuade the remaining 35,000 people to go home." ”

"It's only five thousand!" The crowd exclaimed, "Too little!" ”

"It's not a lot at all, you must know that last year, the army on the entire Shaanxi Road was only 30,000 people, not that they couldn't recruit the army, but they couldn't afford to raise it, and now a soldier's monthly salary is at least 8 guan money, 30,000 people are 240,000 guan per month, and you 5,000 people also need 40,000 guan per month, don't tell us, your soldiers don't need money."

Everyone looked at each other, they really didn't think that the soldiers of their own army still had to eat, didn't they just have enough to eat?

At this time, Liu Da sighed and said: "General Yan is right, every soldier is the pillar of the family, and the family is counting on them to earn money to support the family, if they have no income, then how can their family live?" Such an army will not last long, now because the army has just begun, and there is no talk about money, and soon the New Year is approaching, I estimate that money will be mentioned at that time, but we only have tens of thousands of dollars in our hands, what can we use to support military spending? ”

Everyone was silent, and Liu Dadao: "Then follow General Yan's arrangement, reduce the army, leave only 5,000 people, distribute the money and food to everyone, and let them go home." ”

"But after giving all the money and food to the scattered soldiers, what about the soldiers who stayed?" Liu San spoke quickly, and couldn't help but ask.

Liu Da looked at Yan Qing, this problem was together with the armor and equipment, and he hoped that Yan Qing's could solve it.

Yan Qing smiled slightly: "Actually, I'm very strange, why didn't you fight Linfen County when you started from Jinzhou?" ”

Everyone blushed a little, they didn't fight Linfen County because there were a thousand garrisons there, although they were township soldiers, they were actually regular troops, and their armor and weapons were very advanced, not that they could compare with these wooden sticks and hoes, they were afraid that before the war, the soldiers would run out, although they refused to admit it, but they all knew in their hearts that their army was a group of rabble.

Liu Dagan laughed and said: "Maybe it's because there is food in Shangdang County!" At that time, the most urgent thing was to solve the problem of eating. ”

Everyone responded one after another, Yan Qing smiled faintly, "According to the latest information we have obtained, there is still some army materials and money and food in Linfen County, although most of them have been transported to Jiexiu County, but the money and food materials left in Linfen County are enough for five thousand troops to consume for one or two years. ”

A flash of brightness flashed in Liu Da's eyes, and he hurriedly asked, "How many troops does Commander Yan think we need to send to capture Linfen County?" ”

Yan Qing smiled slightly, "As long as I grasp the vital points of the enemy's army, I can capture Linfen County with a little trick, and I don't need to spend a single soldier!" ”

.........

Linfen County has the only 1,000 troops in the south of Hedong Road, and it is also a Jin Bing, the reason is that Linfen County is a material transfer station on Hedong Road, and Jin Bing built a large number of warehouses here.

Linfen County is a large county, with a population of nearly 200,000 people, the circumference of the county seat is 30 miles, in addition to the Zhizhou County, there is also a person who is also the leader of this county, this person is called Wang Feng, originally the deputy envoy of the Jinzhou regiment, in charge of the 1,000 township soldiers of Jinzhou.

After the Jin soldiers captured Hedong Road, Wang Feng also led the army to surrender to the Jin soldiers, like other army generals, but he was not promoted, and still served as the deputy envoy of the Jinzhou regiment training, in charge of a thousand township soldiers, there were too many things to complete Yanchang, and there were too many officials to appoint, and even Zhizhou was not replaced, let alone Wang Feng.

So there is a rather ironic thing, Wang Feng is still an official of the Song Dynasty, but he is loyal to the Jin State, which is called the Song hat and golden clothes.

Wang Feng is about forty-five or sixteen years old, his wife's surname is Jia, and she is the sister of Jia Li, the original deputy envoy of Hedong Transport.

Wang Feng is notoriously afraid of guilt, and his wife Jia is also famous for the Hedong lion's roar, it is said that since Wang Feng married Jia, he has never had the opportunity to meet other women for 20 years.

It's just that he can't touch other women, but Wang Feng still has a heart disease, his wife Jia gave birth to three daughters to him, but he has no son, and Wang Feng himself has no brothers, two generations of single transmission, since his wife can no longer have children, no heirs behind him has become his biggest heart disease.

The Jia family also knows that he is at a loss, in order to make up for his husband, he took a baby from the Jia family a few years ago to be a son, how can Wang Feng be willing to do it, although he is afraid of his wife, but he still sent the baby back, no matter how bad it is, he can find a stepson from the Wang family, how can he adopt the child of the Jia family?

At noon that day, Yan Qing took a few of his subordinates disguised as businessmen into Linfen County, and they found an inn to live in, so Yan Qing sent someone to inquire about the news and found the person he was looking for.

The next morning, Yan Qing took two of his men down to an alley in the west of the city, seeing that there was no one left and right, he left one person to sentry, and he and another of his men climbed over the wall into a small courtyard, and after a while, the door creaked open, Yan Qing and one of his subordinates flashed out, Yan Qing had an extra wicker box in his hand, and left the alley quickly.

At noon, Wang Feng, the deputy envoy of the regimental training, ran to the alley like crazy and rushed directly into the courtyard, in the lobby, a young woman was sitting at the table and crying bitterly, Wang Feng grabbed the woman and shouted: "Where is my Ping'an Lang?" ”

This woman is Wang Feng's private concubine three years ago, and gave birth to a son to him two years ago, this matter is very secret, even Wang Feng's wife Jia was kept in the dark, only Wang Feng's eldest daughter has come to take care of this woman in confinement, Wang Feng's eldest daughter married Feng Hui, the judge of Taiyuan Mansion, and it is this Feng Hui who betrayed the secret of his father-in-law Wang Feng to the Jingzhao Army Intelligence Battalion.

"I know it too!"

The concubine sobbed and said, "Two men came, snatched the child, and knocked the slave family and the servant woman unconscious,"

"Did you tell him it was my son?"

"I said it, the man smiled and said, just because it was the master's son, he snatched it!"

Wang Feng was stunned for a moment, the other party actually knew that the child was his son, impossible! He grabbed the concubine's hand again, "Have you ever divulged a secret?" ”

"Nope! I never dared to talk nonsense, and the two servants did not dare to go out and say, if we leaked the secret, could the lady not know? ”

Wang Feng is right to think about it, his wife is extremely sensitive, if the news is leaked in Linfen County, she will definitely know, so who leaked her secret?

Wang Feng calmed down, thought about it and asked, "In addition to the child being robbed, what other valuable things were lost, did the bandits do anything to you?" ”

"Nope! My ring, bracelet, and a pair of gold hairpins were on the table, and they didn't even look at me, let alone touch me. ”

The concubine's jewelry was made by Wang Feng for a few hundred taels of silver, and the other party was not interested, which means that the other party is coming for his son, and they must have a plan!

Wang Feng began to look around, at this time, he suddenly found a note behind the door, which was nailed to the door by a knife, Wang Feng was startled, and quickly pulled out the knife and carefully took off the note.

He hurriedly opened the note, and there was only one sentence on it, 'See you at the tavern at the entrance of Xiaosong Village at dusk, only one person is allowed to come, otherwise your son's life will not be saved.' ’

There was no payment below, Wang Feng breathed a sigh of relief, the other party just used his son to coerce him, and the situation was not very serious.

He said to the concubine again: "Ping Anlang is fine, just spend some money, this matter must not be said, just treat it as if nothing happened." ”

"I know, be careful!"