The time they met was repeatedly postponed.
Wei Chen looked at the sky and said, "Brothers have been running around for more than a dozen days and haven't had a good rest. You can gather into the city after an hour, and you should take a rest too!"
"Yes, General!"
"Chu'er, you come to the city with me!"
"Yes, father!"
The father and son walked out of the camp one after another, and all the patrolmen they encountered along the way saluted them respectfully! Needless to say, Wei Chen's prestige in the army is extremely high, but Wei Zhongchu, who has been in charge of the army's logistics for only one month after arriving at the border, is also quite popular. It can be seen that his ability to do things is also extraordinary!
"Have you arranged everything in Shuwan?"
"Well, my father can rest assured, the child has arranged her and Zhang Guanjia in a village where there are few outsiders!"
"That's good... I will give birth in two months!"
"Yes, next spring!" Wei Zhongchu said, a gentle smile appeared on his lips, and he seemed to see the happy smiling face of his beloved wife holding a fat baby in his arms!
Volume Four, The Battle for Hegemony, Chapter 23 Itinerary
The arrival of the soldiers at the border inspires the people of Linzhou. It is like welcoming an army returning triumphantly. Both sides of the main street where the team passes are crowded with people watching Xi-e. The children who admired the general who hunted in the breeze followed behind the horse happily, staring at the feathers on the generals' armors and helmets with gleaming eyes. The straightforward Liang Zhao even bends over and hugs a little boy who is clinging to the side of the horse to his horseback, so that he has a general addiction!
Zili, Wei Chen, Wei Zhongchu, and Cao Shiyi led the guards and several senior elders from the city to greet them.
The general jumped off his horse and knelt down on one knee, holding his fists to see him: "The minister knocks on your Highness, Your Highness is Chitose Chitose!"
"His Royal Highness, Chitose, Chitose!" everyone knelt to the ground and shouted in unison.
"Everyone, please!" After everyone got up, Zi Li continued, "You have worked hard from afar!"
"This is where the ministers and other duties lie!"
After some greetings, Zili announced that he would reward the three armies, leading the generals to the Jianjun Mansion in the high harmony of the soldiers!
"His Royal Highness, there is news from the spies that An Jinluo intended that Yuu had ascended the throne in advance. It is not difficult to speculate that his next move will be to send troops to attack our army in the name of quelling the rebellion!" The generals said.
Hearing, Liang Zhao, the most uncomfortable, stood up with a slap on the table and said: "Then we shall send troops to kill the rebel by surprise before he takes the throne!"
"Liang Zhao, sit down!" Wei Chen frowned and shouted, "If you don't get rid of your reckless and impulsive temper, you will miss big things sooner or later! What do you think this is? You are alone, so many of the brothers’ Xi_ng lives behind you are in the hands of your general. Can you use it as a joke and direct it at will like throwing beans?"
Usually Liang Zhao is used to being reprimanded and it’s okay. It’s just that he felt a little embarrassed when he was in front of the hall this time. He looked at Wei Chen’s dark face and muttered, “Isn’t it time to attack before they attack? If you wait for them We can only be beaten if we send troops!"
Wei Chen's face was darker, but Zi Li smiled, "Major General Liang said that it is not unreasonable! The first attack is strong, and then the attack suffers! But the conditions of the first attack must be paid attention to, if the conditions are insufficient, the first attack The consequences are completely reversed!"
Some people agreed and his Highness agreed with his suggestion, Liang Zhao felt refreshed, "What are the conditions?"
"Well, let's put it this way, what do you think is necessary for a battle?"
"Soldiers!" Liang Zhao blurted out.
Zi Li nodded.
"General!" Cao Shiyi said.
"Battle plan!"
"weapon!"
"armor!"
"forage!"
"horses!"
…
"! Stop it!" Zi Li waved his hand, "There are a lot of things we need to fight, so let's talk about what else we have inadequate?"
"The number of our soldiers cannot compete with the army of more than 400,000!" This is Wei Chen's most worrying thing. The strength of the troops is inherently insufficient, and there are two more.
It's hard to take care of it!
"That's why we have to mobilize the masses to rely on the power of the masses, and recruit new recruits from the masses!" Zili said.
"The plan is like this, but the recruits have to be trained before they can go to the battlefield. Our time is pressing and the war may be on the verge. We don't have more time to train the recruits!"
"Besides, we don't have enough food and grass. Whether we can survive this winter is still a problem. Once we recruit new people, it means we have more mouths to eat!"
"Our weapon armor is inadequate and dilapidated. Without sharp weapons and armor that can protect vital points, soldiers can only wait to die when they arrive on the battlefield!"
Once we talked about it, everyone found that there were many problems in the army and they needed to be solved urgently!
Zili is also a little bit guilty, how should so many loopholes be filled
After thinking for a while, Zi Li said, "So many questions, in fact, the most important thing is two points! One, we are short of money! Second, we are short of food!"
"Weapon and armor, as long as we have money, we can buy it! As for food, there is not much food in Linzhou City. After returning the share of the people, the rest can last up to half a month! And food is very important for marching. We can’t rely on money to buy food and we can’t rely on others too much. Once An Jinluo targets this point and prohibits vendors from selling food to us, then we can wait and die! So we have to do our own food to get enough food and clothing!"
"But your Highness, we can grow this grain by ourselves, but how do we get this money? Is it like An Jinluo's forcibly levying taxes?" A general wondered.
"Of course we cannot impose taxes! Otherwise, everything we did before will be wasted! We make this money ourselves!"
"Earn yourself? How to earn? What to earn?" Everyone was even more puzzled!
"Pull the sponsor!" Zi Li smiled with a curled eye.
Everyone looked at each other!
"Ahem, this hall means that we can attract merchants to invest in our army! Let them contribute money to our army!"
Wei Chen's brows tightened, "His Royal Highness, those businessmen are not fools, why would they give us money for no reason?"
"It depends on our ability!" Zi Li smiled mysteriously, and then asked, "Master Cao, when is An Jinluo set to ascend the throne?"
"Change to enthroned on the first spring day! That is, twenty-seven days later!"
"Well, twenty-seven days!" Zili pondered for a long while, "How long does it take to ride a horse from here to Banzhou?"
"About eight or nine days!"
"What if it's day and night?"
"Five or six days!"
Zi Li nodded and asked, "How is the work of mobilizing the masses going?"
"According to His Highness's instructions, the people we sent have successfully incited the people in several states! Those states are probably busy suppressing the rebellion and there is no time to take care of us!"
"Very well, you let them continue to provoke the people!"
"Yes!"
"General Wei!"
"The minister is here!"
"You go out on the list and recruit new recruits! Then select half of the recruits to train into archers, and make up for what the other half lacks!"
"Yes!" Looking at Zili who was giving orders in front of him, Wei Chen dared to welcome We_i. Such a clever and majestic majesty was so different from what he had learned in the past. It seemed that his majesty's choice was correct!
"Liang Zhao!"
"Subordinates are here!" The aura of His Highness made him stand up and clasp his fists.
"I heard that your skill is extraordinary, then this hall will give you a task!" Zi Li said with a slightly playful head.
"Subordinates will do their best to finish!"
"Well, your task is to escort the main hall to Banzhou!"
"Yes, uh, dare to ask your highness what are you doing in Banzhou?"
"Well, didn't you hear a lot of what I just said? Go to Banzhou to make money! Sponsor!