Gu Wuchen also wanted to transfer Liu Xilin from Xuzhou to Qingzhou to assist Gu Siyuan.
Liu Xilin had military talents. After being transferred to Xuzhou, with the support of Zhang Yubo and Huaidong, he quickly had more than a thousand elite confidants, which made Zhang Yubo's situation of being alone in Xuzhou a little better.
However, under the suppression of Chen Hansan, it will be difficult for Zhang Yubo and Liu Xilin to expand in Xuzhou in a short period of time. And if Chen Hansan really wants to make any move, it will be difficult for Zhang Yubo and Liu Xilin to live in separate cities with the few manpower they have.
Contain Chen Hansan.
"Xilin might as well go to Qingzhou to help you..." Lin Fu nodded, approving this arrangement.
Huaidong now mainly relies on the Red Coat Army on the northern front to guard against any changes by Chen Hansan. Liu Xilin stays in Xuzhou. In fact, the situation is very dangerous. It is better to go to Qingzhou. Lin Fu hopes that Zhang Yubo can be transferred out of Xuzhou together, but in
Regarding this matter, Zhang Yubo's temper was very stubborn, and it was impossible to persuade anyone.
In addition to Liu Xilin's own military talents and the number of more than a thousand elite troops in his unit, the Liu family is a rare general family in the Dongyang system. Liu Xilin joining the Qingzhou Army can help Gu Siyuan recruit some military attachés, which is what the Qingzhou Army urgently needs.
of.
Due to the large-scale influx of refugees, Qingzhou has enough troops. In addition to Gu Siyuan's troops, Liu Xilin's troops, Jiao Lai River Transport Army and Yangxin County soldiers, some strong men will be recruited from local areas to support the Qingzhou Army to 30,000.
people.
When the Qingzhou Army wants to get the salt and silver of the two Huai Rivers, they must move north to Yangxin to establish a defense line, and together with Liang Chengchong guarding Pingyuan Prefecture and Tao Chun guarding Qinghe and Anyang, they must jointly resist the Donglu Fengrui who are already in the direction of Yannan.
In the ninth year of Chongguan, Lin Fu led the Jiangdong Left Army to the north for King Qin. The most glorious battle took place in Yangxin. During the Yangxin War, Zhang Jin trusted Yangxin County Magistrate. After Zhang Jinxin left Yangxin, Cheng Weiyuan was appointed County Magistrate. Although
Later, the Liang family gained control of Linzi, but they were never able to penetrate their power into Yangxin.
Lu Jingyan's personal guard battalion commanded Chu Zheng and others, who stayed in Yangxin after the war and assisted Cheng Weiyuan in taking charge of local military equipment in Yangxin.
Although the number of soldiers in Yangxin County is small, less than a thousand, they are all elite veterans who have experienced the cruel test of war. Regardless of their armor, they are really the only elite combat force in northern Shandong besides the Liang family and the Changhuai Army.
After the Yangxin War, the city's defense situation was fundamentally improved, and some soldiers and armor were reserved, which was very rare in this world.
In fact, it was difficult for Lin Fu to persuade Cheng Weiyuan, Chu Zheng and others to give up Yangxin and retreat south, leaving Yangxin City to the Liang family for defense.
Lin Fu was also out of reach of Yangxin, and could only support Gu Siyuan to integrate Yangxin's forces. This actually provided a good foundation for Gu Siyuan to take over Linzi and establish a relatively solid defense line in Yangxin.
The stability of the defense line, or whether the city is strong or not, is closely related to the direction of the Donghu people's use of troops.
Take Jinhai as an example: As long as the Donghu people attack Jinhai with no more than 40,000 troops, Jinhai will be an indestructible city. But when the Donghu people gather hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses outside Jinhai, Jinhai is somewhat deadly in city defense.
Weaknesses will be exposed.
The same is true for Yangxin. As long as the Donghu people's troops are not directed towards Yangxin, it will not be a problem for Gu Siyuan to defend Yangxin against the Donghu people's 20,000 to 30,000 partial troops.
Lin Fu supported the Qingzhou Army to fight for more salt and silver in the Huaihe River, supported the transfer of Liu Xilin to the north, and supported the Qingzhou Army to integrate the Yangxin forces. Gu Siyuan and Zhao Qinmin were very satisfied with this. These were also the main purposes of Gu Siyuan personally coming to Huaidong. Unexpectedly, there was no
How much money do you waste on these things?
"Qingzhou wants to form an army, but the shortage of soldiers, armor, and bows and crossbows is still a fatal weakness..." Gu Siyuan put his hand on the desk and told the most difficult thing about the Qingzhou army at present.
The Qingzhou Transportation Army was organized under the hands of Tang Haoxin. It was mainly responsible for maintaining transportation services on the Jiao Lai River. Less than 20% of the troops were equipped with weapons, and the entire army had less than 100 armors in total.
The scale of the workshops under the jurisdiction of the Jiangning Ministry of Industry is very large, but the amount of armor produced each year is far from the expansion needs of the Manning Prince's Guard Camp, Jiangning Garrison, Changhuai Army, Huinan Army, and Northern Zhejiang Army.
No matter how important the Hehuai defense line is, isn't the southern line undertaken by Dong Yuan, Deng Yu and others not important?
The armor that Gu Wuchen could obtain was very limited, so Gu Siyuan could only ask for help from Huaidong.
"How much can Huaidong squeeze out?" Lin Fu asked Lin Mengde, casually kicking the baggage out of Lin Mengde.
"You have to ask Jingxuan to find out." Lin Mengde casually kicked the baggage to Sun Jingxuan, who was not present.
In the past few things, he supported the Qingzhou Army. After all, it did not directly occupy Huaidong's resources. Lin Fu was also generous. Huaidong's military resources were not generous. Although he could squeeze some of them out to Qingzhou, it would not be free -
- It was a bit hurtful for Lin Fu to discuss this matter with Gu Siyuan in person, so naturally he left it to Lin Mengde, Sun Jingxuan and the others to handle it.
At this moment, a guard outside handed over a piece of paper. Lin Fu opened it and said to Gu Siyuan: "I still have something to do and I have to leave. I asked Uncle Meng De to stay with you. If you have any unfinished business, let Meng De
Uncle De will make up his mind for me..." Without saying anything to Lin Mengde, he left first.
Lin Mengde thought to himself, counting the time, Liu Miaozhen, the girl in the red coat, would probably arrive.
The news about Liu Miaozhen's trip was even tighter than Gu Siyuan's, and they would not even arrange for Liu Miaozhen to enter Chongcheng to avoid leaking the news.
This was where Lin Fu handled official business and met with officials and generals. When Lin Fu left, Lin Mengde sent someone to invite Sun Jingxuan to go to the city with them and move to the garden arranged for Gu Siyuan and others to stay temporarily in Chongzhou to discuss matters.
Gu Siyuan's schedule was very tight, and Sun Jingxuan also expected that they would talk about armor and weapons and other matters tonight, so he did not sleep in the house. When Lin Mengde sent someone to invite him, he rushed to the garden in the city to meet and talk.
During the war in eastern Zhejiang, the Huaidong Army either annihilated or captured a total of about 14,000 Zhejiang, Fujian and Mingzhou surrender troops. Of these more than 14,000 troops, less than half were elites from Zhejiang and Fujian, and insufficient armor was seized.
Four thousand sets were given to the army marching in eastern Zhejiang, but there were still some shortages.
Changshan Camp, Fengli Camp, and Chongcheng Infantry Camp all expanded on a large scale in a short period of time, which caused the sophistication of the Huaidong Army's armor to drop significantly in a short period of time, causing the Huaidong Army's combat strength to also drop a lot.
, it will take a long time to make up for the shortcomings.
"There is a little more room for spears and spears. Three thousand pieces can be made evenly, and more than a thousand pieces of swords and shields can be squeezed out," Sun Jingxuan said. "The only shortage is bows, crossbows and armor. You must know that in the Huaidong Army, Ao Canghai, Zhou
Jun, Ning Zechen and others are not easy to mess with. They all sent people to camp at the door of my house. My Lord's efforts to coordinate did not work. There was some inventory in the prison, and all the armies kept sending people to ask for it. I
Now even if all the inventory in the prison warehouse is given to Qingzhou, there are only 200 sets of armor and 300 rifles..."
Even if only the military attachés above the capital commander or above are equipped with armor, the Qingzhou Army with a strength of 30,000 people will still need 700 or 800 sets of armor. The armor rate must reach at least 30% in order to be called elite armored soldiers. In future wars, the defense will be based on the armor.
The city is the master, and strong bows and crossbows are especially needed.
Although the cost of a walking bow is not particularly high, the preparation of bow materials is complicated and the production cycle of the entire bow is long, so the output is also strictly limited.
"What about the iron materials? Can Huaidong evenly produce some refined iron?" Zhao Qinmin asked.
There are also ironworkers and craftsmen in Qingzhou. As long as there are refined iron materials, weapons and simple armor can be made.
"This can even out some," Sun Jingxuan said, "However, it is not easy to smelt refined iron in Huaidong. The price of grain fluctuates wildly. All the mills in Huaidong pay their wages, refined iron, and swords and spears in real terms of rice and grain.
, armor, foot and bow, Huaidong can squeeze some out for Qingzhou every month, but I hope Qingzhou can use rice and grain to calculate..."
Chaos has emerged, the price of silver and copper has dropped, grain, iron, salt, cloth, and mules and horses have become materials that various forces compete for. When exchanging materials, grain and iron are often used as price comparisons.
After knowing for sure that Gu Siyuan would come to Chongzhou, the people of Huaidong discussed these matters.
"Of course." Zhao Qinmin said.
Gu Siyuan wanted to rely on the Qingzhou Army to become independent and did not want to become a vassal of Huaidong, so he naturally did not mean to take it for nothing. This was what Zhao Qinmin had discussed on the way to welcome Gu Siyuan.
The eastern part of Shandong has not been affected by war in recent years. Although floods and droughts have continued, the situation is much better than that in Henan and other places. In the past, the Tianjin-Hai Grain Road had to draw grain from Shandong, causing a food shortage in Qingzhou. Once the Jin-Hai Grain Road stopped,
Qingzhou's food supply has breathed a sigh of relief.
Of course, rice grain has become the most important material at present. If Gu Siyuan really wants to rely on Qingzhou to become independent, he cannot just allow Qingzhou's rice grain to flow out.
One stone of rice can be exchanged for three kilograms of refined iron or twelve kilograms of rough iron. This is due to the relationship between Huaidong and Qingzhou. If it were other forces, one stone of rice could only be exchanged for two kilograms of refined iron or two kilograms of rough iron.
Ten pounds of rough iron.
In fact, including Qingzhou, the rice grain surplus in eastern Shandong is also limited, but the first political task of Huaidong is to continuously increase rice grain reserves so that it can get better rice grains from Qingzhou. Of course, Huaidong will not trade with Qingzhou
Losing money means that the transaction with the Red Coat Army is a complete loss-making transaction.
The girl in the red coat was even less visible when she came to Chongzhou, and she was even afraid of being bumped into by Gu Siyuan and Zhao Qinmin. Lin Fu specifically instructed Sun Zhuang to escort Liu Miaozhen to the south of Beiguan River and avoid taking the Haidi Avenue, so some delays were delayed on the way.
Chongzhou cleared the Beiyuan elegant house where Su Mei originally lived at the northern foot of Zilang Mountain, and arranged for Liu Miaozhen to move in after her arrival. Sun Wenwan also led a female battalion to take charge of the escort.
When Lin Fu and Gu Siyuan were discussing things in Dongya, they received a note saying that Liu Miaozhen had already moved into Beiyuan. Liu Miaozhen did not want to stay in Chongzhou for a long time. She had a tight schedule and hoped to meet Lin Fu that night.
Qin Chengzu stayed in Huaiyang as hostage, while Lin Fu was in a hurry in Chongzhou. He was extremely busy. He also hoped to meet Liu Miaozhen and exchange for Qin Chengzu's return as soon as possible. After receiving the note, he and Song Jia rushed to Beiyuan Yashe.
Lin Fu and Song Jia were sitting opposite each other in the carriage. The curtains were raised, and some raindrops floated in, hitting their faces, giving them a slight chill.
"I heard that the girl in the red coat is a stunning beauty, but not many people have seen her appearance over the years." Song Jia sat leaning against the carriage, with a lazy look on her face, and her gestures were incomparable to other women's charms. She took Liu Miaozhen's
His appearance told the story, with a slight smile on his lips, he said, "Liu An'er originally wanted to use the red coat girl's marriage to recruit Qin Zitan, but I don't know what happened, and it didn't happen in the end..."
Qin Zitan is still planning for She Feihu in Dongyang County. When it comes to planning, he must be a counselor at the same level as Gao Zongting. His back is because he is the enemy of Huaidong. It is not clear why Qin Zitan is interested in She Feihu.
Hu is so loyal. If Liu An'er had not rushed to attack Xuzhou when Qin and Liu were married, but had led the main force to seek a breakthrough from Dongyang Mansion and threatened Jiangning southwards, perhaps the entire war situation would have changed differently.
What impressed Lin Fu more than Liu Miaozhen's appearance was that Liu Miaozhen's delicate body actually contained a martial arts that was stronger than Zhou Pu, Ao Canghai, Sun Zhuang and others. If he hadn't insisted on stretching his muscles and practicing diligently,
With his sword skills, Liu Miaozhen might be able to kill him in a battle outside Suining City.