Yu Jie was curious and asked: "What does it mean to distinguish numbers by listening to sounds?"
"Listening to the sound to identify numbers is like someone else fiddling with the abacus. I don't need to look at it. I just need to listen and I will know whether there are any miscalculations."
"Is Mr. Wang actually capable of this?"
Yu Jie was surprised. This was the first time he had heard of this ability. In order to verify it, Yu Jie ordered someone to bring the abacus. Wang Shen fiddled with it one by one. He could hear the sound the abacus made clearly.
Then Wang Shen turned his back to Yu Jie, and Yu Jie fiddled with the abacus himself, calculating a series of additions and subtractions of numbers.
Among them, Yu Jie deliberately miscalculated two places, changing the nine numbers into six, and then changing the five numbers into two. In the end, Wang Shen actually heard it and pointed out the mistakes accurately.
Yu Jie was surprised and sighed that he was really talented, so he transferred Wang Shen to the accounting department of the Procurement Department to manage the accounts. After seeking his consent, he appointed him to teach in an academy and teach him accounting skills.
Wang Shen's unusual appointment caused a sensation, and the recruitment hall became even more famous, attracting many people with both ability and political integrity to come here.
Yu Jie made some arrangements and finally raised 30,000 shi of grain for Yangzhou, and then ordered people to escort him to the Yangzhou government office.
The grain transport team was marching when it encountered a Song army and was stopped by the Song army. The leader of the Song army was Jiang Hai, the envoy of Lizhou Road.
It turns out that since the Battle of Wudu Mountain, Meng Gong sent Jiang Hai, Jiang Wanzai, and Peng Yibin to patrol between Yangzhou and Fengzhou in order to isolate the contact between Tuo Lei and Chi Laowen and prevent them from joining forces.
Drive away and act as a barrier.
Today, the grain transport team arrived. Jiang Hai noticed it and was worried about encountering the Tou Lei Meng army, so he naturally stopped it.
Jiang Hai asked to transport the grain to the destination on his behalf to prevent the grain transport team from being intercepted by the Mongolian army on the road.
The Mongolian cavalry came and went like the wind. If this batch of food was plundered, it would be detrimental to the war situation, which would be detrimental to the Song Dynasty.
The officers in charge of the grain transportation team did not dare to make a decision, fearing that they would be prosecuted, but they did not dare to offend Jiang Hai, fearing that Jiang Hai would chop off his head in anger.
Fortunately, Jiang Hai sympathized with him and wrote the letter himself, stamped it, explained the matter to Yu Jie, and bore the consequences. In this way, the grain transport team could safely hand over the grain to Jiang Hai.
As expected by Jiang Hai, Tuo Lei's Mongolian army found out about this batch of grain and immediately came to snatch it. Because the food transport team was not very powerful, Tuo Lei personally came with more than 3,000 people.
Tuolei's current life is hard enough, because Yu Jie issued an order to fortify the walls of the various states and clear the country, and move all available materials, and burn those that cannot be moved, without leaving a single cent for the Mongolian army.
Tuo Lei was unable to join Chi Laowen, Chahan, Salita and others, and could not get supplies, so he had to attack the city everywhere.
However, siege has never been the strong point of the Mongolian army, and the Song army was well prepared, and Meng Gong often intervened with sneak attacks, which made Tuo Lei unable to concentrate, so he was never able to break the city.
If the city cannot be breached, supplies cannot be replenished. This makes the mine-towing army exhausted, and its morale is deteriorating day by day.
A few days ago, Tuo Lei attacked the city of Huayang, but was resisted by Jiang Wanzai. Meng Gong lost no time in sending Peng Yibin to attack from behind. Tuo Lei had no choice but to withdraw his troops.
Now that I heard that there was a large amount of food, Tuo Lei was naturally excited, and he didn't care about the large amount, so he came in a hurry.
Seeing the banner with the word "jiang" hanging among the Song army, Tuo Lei shouted: "Who is coming? I will not kill the nameless ghost. If you want to survive, kneel down and ask for surrender. You can avoid death."
Jiang Hai now has 10,000 elite troops around him. He is naturally not afraid of facing 3,000 Mongolian troops. He said to his subordinates: "Burn all that batch of food and grass."
The subordinates received the order and went to do it immediately. Soon, a thick smoke rose among the Jianghai army.
Tuo Lei was furious and shouted: "What are you doing? Why are you burning food?"
"snort."
Jiang Hai snorted coldly and said: "I am not short of food, so what is the use of it? If you ask me for my name, please listen carefully. I am Jiang Hai. Two years ago, the officials launched a cross-river battle to raid the Kingdom of Jin. The commander-in-chief
He is this general. Meng Gong and Cao Youwen who defeated you at Wudu Mountain were all my generals before. As for Jiang Wanzai who was stationed in Huayang, he was my nephew."
Tuo Lei was surprised. He knew about the battle of crossing the river between Song and Jin two years ago. It was this war that caused the Jin State to pay compensation to the Song State for unknown reasons. It was really strange.
But when I came to grab food today, I didn't expect to meet a coach with Jiang Hai's background. This man must be extraordinary, as can be seen from his former subordinates.
However, even though Tuo Lei was surprised, he was not afraid. In this case, let's settle the old and new accounts together.
Tuo Lei said angrily: "A common man in Jianghai, I will use your head today to pay homage to those warriors who died in the war."
"Hahaha,,,"
Jiang Hai raised his head and laughed, "Tuo Lei, you are stuck in the mud without knowing it. Now you can't join up with the remaining troops, and Dashan Pass has been recaptured by our army again. You are trapped in the Song Dynasty, without food, grass, troops and horses, and it is becoming more and more difficult."
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On the other hand, our army has an endless supply of food, grass and baggage. Now, 200,000 elite troops have been gathered around you, and there are still 200,000 troops on the road. Your defeat is not far away."
Two hundred thousand, of course this is Jiang Hai's boast, but this is full of momentum.
After saying that, Jiang Haihu glared and said sternly: "Now that your situation is over, why don't you just capture him without hesitation!"
As soon as Jiang Hai said these words, the morale of the Mongolian army suddenly fluctuated. Tuo Lei was impatient and angry. He roared: "Kill, kill for me, no one will be spared."
After that, three thousand Mongolian troops rushed towards the Jianghai army, and arrows flew towards the Song army one after another.
Jiang Hai was not at all confused, ordered to form a formation, and at the same time fired arrows to fight back.
"咻咻咻,,,"
The Mongolian army's cavalry and shooting were unparalleled, and the Song army fought back bravely. Arrows from both sides continued to rain, ruthlessly reaping the lives of the other side's soldiers.
This time, Tuo Lei learned the lesson from Wudu Mountain last time and did not underestimate the enemy. Although he was angry, he did not lose his reason. He did not directly fight the Song army in close combat, but chose to launch free throws.
Tuo Lei gave full play to his cavalry advantage and led the Mongolian army to throw sharp arrows around the Song army. Wave after wave of arrows kept shooting at the Song army. Whenever he was about to engage in close combat, he would turn around and leave.
, and then flew over again.
Facing such a Mongolian army, Jiang Hai was not afraid of anything. He commanded the soldiers to keep the formation in order and fired arrows to fight back. At the same time, he looked up at the sky from time to time and counted the time in his mind.
"No, Fourth Prince, the Song Army has reinforcements."
Just when Tuo Lei was excited, thinking that he could completely wipe out the Song army today, the general's words seemed to pour a plate of cold water on him.
He looked back, and sure enough he saw a large army appearing in the south, running towards him. Looking at its size, it was at least ten or twenty thousand troops!