Yuan Fu proposed a method of conscription. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

Shuzhong is very large, they occupy more than half of the place, and it is not difficult to recruit soldiers, not to mention that half of the soldiers and horses they have now were collected before.

Shuzhong is still a little barren at this time, as long as you give them food, someone will work for you.

Conscription is a great way to improve your strength, but it also has some potential pitfalls.

Because Liu Bai got a lot of money through different means a few years ago, there is no problem in buying grain and grass, but now there is not much food in the hands of the people in Shuzhong, and even a lot of it is gone.

And the grain they bought before can only last for a month or two, and if they recruit soldiers, the food will go down faster, and at that time they may only be able to support it for a month.

And if they can't get more food, these soldiers will have no food, and the consequences will be serious, and even cause a mutiny.

After Yuan Fu said this proposal, Liu Bai did not rush to express his position, but pondered.

After pondering for a long time, he finally spoke: "What does Mr. mean, do you want us to capture the Sword Gate Pass in a short period of time through the soldiers we have collected?" ”

Yuan Fu shook his head: "Jianmen Pass is easy to defend and difficult to attack, unless we have ten times the strength of the Tang army, it is impossible to capture it in a short time, and my subordinates just want to recruit troops to expand their strength." ”

Liu Bai frowned slightly, and said, "But what about grain and grass, we don't have so much grain and grass." ”

"The matter of grain and grass is not too tight, we can get grain and grass in many ways, as long as we are willing to pay a high price, I believe that there will be some merchants who are willing to take the risk of trading with us, and besides, Shuzhong has borders with Nanzhao and Tubo, and it is not a problem for us to buy from them."

Speaking of this, Yuan Fu paused for a moment and said, "As for attacking the Sword Gate Pass, when we have troops, we can slowly accompany Tang Zhou to play." ”

There are few troops, many things can't be done, and now that Tubo and the Tang Dynasty are still confronting, the Tang family will be a beautiful way to replenish Tang Zhou's troops for a while and a half, if Liu Bai can have several times the strength of Tang Zhou, it will be easy to win.

After some thought, Liu Bai nodded, he ordered Yuan Fu to go to various places in Shuzhong to recruit soldiers, and in addition, he also had to find ways to buy grain and grass from different places.

Although many people in Shu do not have a very good attitude towards Liu Bai's rebels, there are still many poor people in Shu, and if Liu Bai promises to give them food and military salaries, they will still come to join the army without hesitation.

Of course, there are some people who would rather die than die, but this kind of person is a minority after all, and there are many ways to recruit troops, so the recruitment is still very smooth.

As for the purchase of grain and grass, it went even more smoothly.

As long as they are willing to pay a large price, the merchants of Nanzhao and Tubo will do business with them, and even some merchants of the Tang Dynasty will take risks and trade with Liu Bai.

This is all a normal thing, and in the eyes of businessmen, they only value money.

And just when Liu Bai was recruiting troops and horses in Shuzhong, Tang Zhou's side was already aware of Liu Bai's movements.

For Tang Zhou, Liu Bai's recruitment of troops was a nightmare for him.

As the number of enemies increases, so does the threat to them.

When Liu Bai's strength is strong enough, it is not easy to defend the Sword Gate.

So after Tang Zhou received these news, he immediately called some generals in the army or something.

"Everyone must have known the situation, what do you think about this?"

After Tang Zhou finished speaking, the ancient hero said: "Marshal, the reason why the enemy can recruit troops and horses is mainly the problem of grain and grass, they have grain and grass, they can recruit troops and horses, so if we want to prevent the enemy from becoming stronger, we can only cut off their supply of grain and grass." ”

After the ancient hero finished speaking, Tang Zhou nodded: "Yes, it's just that on the Tang side, we can prohibit merchants from doing business with the rebels, but Nanzhao and Tubo, we can't interfere, Nanzhao is a little better here, the Holy Prison helped them when they were in prison, and they still listened to us, but my Datang is now fighting with Tubo, and they can't wait to cooperate with the rebels in Shuzhong." ”

After Tang Zhou said this, Qin Huaidao also felt that this problem was very serious, if this problem could not be solved, then it would be impossible to prevent the enemy from continuing to be strong.

At this time, Cheng Chumo suddenly said: "What's so difficult about this, send people to inspect, but anyone who finds that merchants are cooperating with the rebels will be killed, I don't believe that those merchants still dare to cooperate with the rebels." ”

Qin Huaidao shook his head: "Brother Cheng, you can kill my businessmen in the Tang Dynasty, but how can you kill Tubo and Nanzhao, and you can also kill those in Tubo, after all, we are hostile now, but what about Nanzhao's, killing their businessmen, wouldn't it intensify the contradiction between my Datang and Nanzhao?" ”

Cheng Chu was silent, and said: "Whoever asks them to cooperate with the rebels, and if they cooperate with the rebels, they are enemies of my Datang." ”

The two muttered a few words, and Tang Zhou glanced up at Chen Buzhou and asked, "Do you have any suggestions?" ”

Chen Buzhou is now Tang Zhou's strategist, but no one takes him seriously, this time Tang Zhou asked him in particular, and everyone turned their eyes to the past, Chen Buzhou was also calm, and said: "Master Hou, how can this matter be solved easily, on the side of the Tang Dynasty, just go down to the ban, but whoever catches selling grain and grass to the rebels will be punished for treason, and there will be no mercy for killing, as for Nanzhao and Tubo, our power cannot be extended, but our hands can." ”

"What do you mean by that?"

"Nanzhao has trade contacts with my Datang, for Nanzhao, we can take a two-pronged approach, on the one hand, notify the king of Nanzhao, let him order to prohibit merchants from trading with the rebels, and second, stop the Tang Dynasty from selling all kinds of wine to Nanzhao."

Hearing that the sale of alcohol was stopped, Tang Zhou understood a little, but Cheng Chumo was puzzled and asked, "What kind of method is this to stop selling all kinds of wine?" ”

Chen Buzhou shrugged his shoulders and said: "Cheng Xiaogong, don't worry, this stop selling all kinds of wine, naturally there is a saying, we all know that wine is made from grain, if we stop supplying wine to Nanzhao, they Nanzhao can only brew it themselves, after all, it is impossible for them to stop drinking, they want to make their own wine, they have to use their own food, in order to prevent their people from not having enough food to eat, and they can drink wine, they naturally have to restrict the food out, and as we stop selling wine, the price of Nanzhao wine will definitely rise, Selling grain to the rebels is not as profitable as making wine, and they will naturally not cooperate with the rebels. ”

At the beginning, Cheng Chumo really felt that what Chen Buzhou said was nonsense, but after listening to Chen Buzhou's explanation, Cheng Chumo suddenly realized, and felt that Chen Buzhou's method was wonderful.

"I really didn't expect it, you kid can, don't think about serving the rebels in the future, I Cheng Chumo still treats you as a person."