Chapter 76 When the agreement is reached, the front of the army will be turned on again
"I see! It seems that your Song Dynasty is indeed in crisis, but although my Red Phoenix Army is brave, it is also beyond the reach of the whip, but I am afraid that it is more than enough and not enough. Pen %Fun %Pavilion www.biquge.info"
Yu Wenwei shook his head and sighed repeatedly, making people feel that at this moment, the Chifeng Army was really as he said in his words, and there were still many problems that had not been solved.
He had been in the officialdom for a long time, so he naturally knew that the Song Dynasty was bloated and huge at this time, and the government decrees were complicated, and it would be strange if they could easily get the firearm that they had spent ten years working on.
Jiang Wanli choked suddenly, and all the words he was about to say were stuck in his throat, and his eyes struggled for a long time before he lowered his voice and pleaded: "If Xiao Fengken leads the crowd to surrender and offer firearms, I can make him a martial arts doctor, and he has served as the pacification envoy and chief manager of the two roads of Hedong North Road and Hedong South Road!"
Before he came here, he knew that if he wanted to impress the Red Phoenix Army, he had to be rewarded with merit, and the holy decree of the reward was hidden in the sleeve of his coat, otherwise how could he make Xiao Feng tempted and make him obediently offer firearms?
Yu Wenwei shook his head: "It's really funny." The two roads of Shandong and Shanxi were captured by the disciples of our army after going through hardships and dangers, and they should have belonged to the command of our Chifeng Army, and as for the so-called martial arts doctor and the so-called pacification envoy, it is just a passing cloud for my lord, so what does it matter if she wants to be the emperor? It's just that the war is tense now, so it has not been held! If you want to exchange the secrets in our army for such a false name, this calculation is too easy?"
"In that case, how can we hand over the firearms?"
Seeing that his abacus was seen through, Jiang Wanli was extremely helpless, according to the current situation, I am afraid that Xiao Feng of the Red Phoenix Army is not such a greedy and vain person, if you want to obtain the method of firearms from his hands, I am afraid that it will not be easy!
Yu Wenwei opened his mouth and said: "100,000 tons of cloth, 300,000 quintals of grain and 60,000 quintals of salt!"
At present, the Hedongbei Road and Hedongnan Road occupied by Xiao Feng are located in the basin area of the Taihang Mountains, which can be regarded as the Lingxiu of Zhongtiandi, and has been one of the sources of China since ancient times. However, because of the devastation of the war, there is not enough food to produce in the land, which is the salt that human beings urgently need
"So much?"
With a frown, Jiang Wanli was stunned.
He already knew that the other party would open his mouth when he came this time, but he never thought that there would be so much in one opening.
With so much food and salt, it can fully meet the needs of millions of people, and of course, the money and food consumed are beyond imagination, at least in terms of the current power of the Song Dynasty, it is simply inadequate.
Yu Wenwei looked contemptuous: "It's just that you need it all the way, is it too much?"
He had also served as a magistrate, so he naturally knew all the way, and at best he could produce these.
It is extremely difficult to transport the grain and salt here, not to mention that the quantity is so large, that it is really difficult for our army to be satisfied. With a helpless face, Jiang Wanli had no choice but to explain that it was too far to send so much grain and salt through the territory under the jurisdiction of the Mongol army to the southeast road of Hedong.
After all, this is the Middle Ages, and it is not a modern society that has a train to help it, so it is extremely difficult to transport it.
"And how much do you think it should be?"
"50,000 taels of cloth, 100,000 quintals of grain, and 10,000 quintals of salt. ”
"In my opinion, at least 70,000 or 200,000 quintals of cloth and 30,000 quintals of salt are needed!"
"This time the number is really huge, and our army is currently understaffed and completely unable to escort it. At most, it can be 150,000 quintals of grain and 20,000 quintals of salt. ”
“......”
The two argued for a while, and finally determined that there were 60,000 taels of cloth, 160,000 quintals of grain, and 20,000 quintals of salt, and when the grain was delivered, they would pass on the method of many firearms to the Song Dynasty, so that they could also resist the Mongol army that was in full swing.
After the discussion, Jiang Wanli felt that if he went back like this, he was afraid that he would not be able to explain to the officials of the imperial court: "That's right." It is said that the head of your family is a pair of young women with a unique style for ten years. Why didn't I come here today and never see your lord again? If so, I wonder if you can help me meet you?"
"My lord was fighting with Shi Tianze in Taiyuan a few days ago, so he couldn't get out, so he arranged for me to come over to meet him. If you neglect him, please apologize!" Yu Wenwei didn't feel any difference, but replied after thinking about it: "Of course, if you want to see him, you can do that." It's just that the rain of swords, guns and swords in Taiyuan City is very dangerous, I'm afraid you won't be able to stand it. ”
"Why should I be afraid of a sword? It's okay for me to go and see?" Jiang Wanli nodded slightly and laughed loudly.
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Xiao Feng received a message from Yu Wenwei, and also smiled with satisfaction, if this batch of materials was delivered in time, then the Chifeng Army would be able to support more time.
It's just that Xiao Xing next to him was puzzled and asked, "Sister." Why have we accepted the material support of the Song Dynasty, but why don't we accept the reward from the Song Dynasty?" After all, when Jiang Wanli arrived, with the holy decree of the official knighthood, if Xiao Feng agreed at that time, then she could justifiably shake her head, and she would have become an official with the official system of the Great Song Dynasty.
"If you accept it, then tell me, where is the order?" Xiao Feng shook his head, with a little inexplicable hostility.
Xiao Xing was puzzled for a moment, and opened his mouth to ask, "Where is the order?" I don't know what my sister is worried about?"
Xiao Feng immediately explained: "For the sake of political priorities, it is most taboo to order longs." The method of military formation is the most taboo patrol. If I accept the official position of the Song Dynasty, I must be restrained by them, and if the orders they issue are harmful to my Red Phoenix Army, if I accept them, my prestige in the army will plummet, and if I refuse to accept it, I will have a reason to accuse me, and riots in the army will be inevitable. ”
After all, the image of Li's total destruction is still vivid, and Xiao Fengke categorically can't completely bury the army he worked so hard to bring out, just for his own top to wear a flower feather.
What's more, she is diametrically opposed to that Li Quan, as a woman, she is shamed by the people of the world, if she abandons her roots without authorization, and instead fights with that group of old fritters in the temple alone, wouldn't it be no different from a sheep falling into the mouth of a tiger?
It is precisely because of this that Xiao Feng did not easily accept Jiang Wanli's so-called reward.
Of course, those grains and salt are needed a lot, and if they are to be sent to the South Hebei Road, it will take at least more than a month, and now Xiao Feng can only rely on the food he has accumulated for many years to continue to support.
Xiao Xing thought thoughtfully, and muttered in a low voice: "I see, that's the case." ”
"That's right. That's why I refused, so as to ensure that the entire Red Phoenix Army was united, lest anyone be provoked by outsiders to ruin my plan to expel the Mongol Tatars. As for when you go back, you must establish a preliminary government in the local area as soon as possible, and you must control those people in our hands. The Mongol is a tiger, but the Song Dynasty is not necessarily a wolf. When he thought of the things that the Southern Song Dynasty had done in history, Xiao Feng couldn't help but feel extremely disgusted, so he would do everything possible to obstruct it, so as to ensure that the entire Red Feng Army was in his own hands, and not become a toy in the hands of others.
For the Song Dynasty scholar, Xiao Feng really didn't have any more interest.
Xiao Xing replied, "I understand." I'll go back and handle it. ”
"That's good. Xiao Feng immediately laughed: "And you also know that our army is weak, and there is not much population in the territory under its jurisdiction, if the Mongols really mobilize all their forces to encircle and suppress together, then my Chifeng army really can't hold this Taiyuan City." At that time, I am afraid that I will have to have a long march! At that time, I don't know how many soldiers will die?" Speaking of the back, her voice was already extremely small, even Xiao Xing couldn't hear it clearly, but at this moment, her lord fell into deep thought, so that the pair of beautiful eyebrows also frowned, but she couldn't help with anything.
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"Tell the general, the Red Phoenix Army has gone out again and again, and has now captured Yangqu Town, Baijing Town, and Tianmen Pass Town!"
In the camp, Na Shi Ji raised his head and looked at Shi Tianze with a solemn expression on the seat, and immediately lowered his head in fear.
"Really, it seems that the other party no longer wants to continue to defend, so is he going to start moving?" Standing up straight, Shi Tianze just stared at the map in front of him in a deep voice, this map was drawn by the Jin Dynasty in the past, because in the past, he and Zhang Xiu attacked the Jin Dynasty's imperial palace in Bianjing together, and only then did they get this extremely precious map.
Now, on this map, he has marked it with various things, so as to display the entire battle situation together.
Placing the stones representing the Red Phoenix Army in the places of these three towns, Shi Tianze asked again: "By the way, how did they break through these three towns?"
They slammed the tiger cannon into the war falcon, and took advantage of the ice dissolving and the canal opening at this time, and used the war eagle to load a thousand soldiers and horses to approach the town of Yangqu at night, first firing continuously with artillery, and then landing on the shore to lower the army and begin to attack the city. Although I sent cavalry to try to stop it, the artillery fire was too long, and the other side occupied the river, so I had no choice but to retreat. Tears were running down his cheeks, and Shi Ji replied helplessly.
After all, in addition to the 1,000 Divine Machine Battalion soldiers and horses, there are Xiao Yue and Quanzhen Sect people in this team to help, and the Buddha they once relied on has all the Nirvana, and even their own generals have been damaged due to the forcible use of the Nine Heavens Yin and Yang Thunder, and they need to recuperate, otherwise how can they let the Red Phoenix Army capture these vital three towns?
You must know that these three towns are horns of each other, only dozens of miles apart from each other, and they can be reached by day and night, and Tianmenguan Town is backed by Fenshui, and Yangqu Town and Baijing Town can also rely on the old canal to transport grain and troops, so it can be said that if you want to keep Taiyuan City safe, then these three towns can be used as a barrier to completely block the Mongolian army from the base area, so that it will not destroy the production and recovery work in the base area.
It was precisely for this reason that Xiao Feng waited until the Chifeng Army recovered, and immediately dispatched his soldiers to control the three towns in the hands of the Chifeng Army.
Shi Tianze groaned: "Firearms on the ship? Large-scale shooting with artillery? It seems that this Red Phoenix Army can defeat Monk He Badu, and it really has a set." "Even he is only replacing the previous weapons with firearms, and there is no effective concept of how firearms should be used in the army, and the establishment of troops in the army is completely in accordance with the old system.
However, the Chifeng Army began to ponder how to maximize the power of firearms, such as the large-scale centralized use of firearms, the setting and determination of the Shenji Battalion, the formulation and standardization of artillery drill codes, the centralized command setting of the General Staff, and the existence of Chinese instructors who go deep into the grassroots soldiers, and then to the exploration of firearms on ships at this time, each of which is enough to surprise and tremble the generals of this era.
In this unknown realm, they are much inferior to the Red Phoenix Army.
And this is also one of the advantages of the Red Phoenix Army!
Shi Ji was a little apprehensive, and looked at his uncle: "In that case, can the general tell me how to act?"
Shi Tianze didn't answer, but looked at Na Zhongwei and opened his mouth to ask: "If you think according to what your nephew thinks, how do you think we should act?" After all, you have fought with the Red Phoenix Army and escaped from the other party's hands, so you should also have some opinions. ”
Zhong Wei immediately replied: "In my opinion, although the Red Phoenix Army is weak, the army is united, and it has survived several wars, and it is the lion of the world. And Xiao Feng, who commanded this army, cultivated a pure glass flame, which can make people heal their injuries in an instant, which is why the soldiers in the army are not afraid of death, and one is ten, which can be said to be extremely difficult. With the help of the firearm, the ferocity of which is difficult for ordinary soldiers to parry. Therefore, it is not easy to defeat the other side in a hurry, and I do not recommend starting the battle lightly without ten times the number of troops. ”
"Isn't your rhetoric like this to increase the prestige of others?" Hearing this, Shi Hui couldn't help but feel a little annoyed.
They can also be regarded as a strong army in the Central Plains, but they are so belittled by Zhong Wei, how can they tolerate it?
Zhong Wei shook his head, and then said, "If that's all, that's it." However, in my opinion, what is even more terrifying about the Red Phoenix Army is its organizational structure. As far as I know, Xiao Feng once selected suitable commanders in the army to form a staff department, and there were dozens of members, all of whom were heroic people who had accompanied him since the beginning of the uprising. In addition, outside of this general staff, there is also a Chinese religion, this Chinese religion is also quite eccentric, its members are not the same as the Taoist priest and the Buddha, and the ideas it advocates are mutual trust and mutual assistance, inheritance of ideas, and sharing of knowledge, so it is quite respectful of the development of the sect, and in their spare time, they will hold study meetings to teach ordinary soldiers many skills of literacy, writing, martial arts and military training. And they meet every seven days to discuss what's next. What's more, the legal code "Five-Star War World Decision" in his religion is not kept secret, and all the characters are a copy in their hands, and if they don't understand, they can ask each other, which is diametrically opposed to the practice of other sects that cherish themselves. It is headed by seven people, but these seven people will not be able to hold high positions for long, and more importantly, if they behave inappropriately, they will also be pushed down by the rest of the congregation and cannot occupy them for a long time. ”
"If you act like this, won't the Red Phoenix Army completely collapse?"
Shi Hui said again, after experiencing the previous fiasco in Taiyuan City, he was dissatisfied until now.
Zhong Wei shook his head and said mockingly: "Definitely, in fact, within this staff and the Zhonghua Sect, a multi-person decision-making mechanism prevails, and the goal is determined by voting. If a goal is set, all employees must not violate it, and they must follow this goal. The Red Phoenix Army had not been completely defeated by our army before, but it was thanks to the General Staff and the organization of the Chinese Sect that most of the soldiers were united against our Mongolian army. ”
If such an organizational structure would collapse easily, how could the Red Phoenix Army survive until now, and even completely defeat the Mongol army?
"I thought I had already looked up to the Red Phoenix Army a few points, but I didn't expect that I would underestimate the enemy. With a long sigh, Shi Tianze thought about how many times he had fought with the Red Phoenix Army before, and then he realized the mistakes he had made.
At the beginning, he thought that by entangling that Xiao Feng, he could quickly defeat the Red Phoenix Army, but even if this Xiao Feng was completely suppressed by himself, the Red Phoenix Army was still so fierce.
With more than three times the strength, he was almost driven out of Taiyuan City by the other party, and I have to say that this Red Phoenix Army is really the most powerful enemy he has ever seen in his life. (To be continued.) )