Chapter 53 Conquering Yan Ju
"Very good, now we can trust each other."
Jiang Yu put the porcelain bottle into his sleeve pocket and a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.
Yan Ju was able to surrender so quickly, but Jiang Yu left a lot of trouble. Although there was still a lot of surveillance in the future, at least from now on, Yan Ju would not dare to betray Jiang Yu easily.
In this way, the secrets in the army will not be exposed.
"Speaking of it, I was really not considerate at the beginning." Jiang Xu blamed himself in his heart and secretly warned himself not to be careless in the future.
When recruiting soldiers, Jiang Yu privately recruited 20,000 more people, but only 80,000 people reported. If the additional 20,000 people were exposed, King Zhao might immediately deprive Jiang Yu of his military power.
However, not many people know this at the moment. Apart from Xuan Jian and Wang Hu, there are only five people who were promoted by Jiang Qi himself.
"I will give you an antidote every six months in the future." Jiang Yu looked at Yan Ju and smiled and said, "Don't worry, you are the one sent by King Zhao, and I will not kill you easily. If I can see your loyalty to me in the future, I will naturally not use this method to coerce you."
In fact, how can ginger suckling make poison? The so-called poison is actually just a mud ball of ginger suckling. At most, it is to add some herbal juice to adjust the taste.
However, when Jiang Yu flipped over the thunder methods and fear of torture instruments in prison, Yan Ju would not suspect that the poison was fake at this moment.
This is the mental tactic.
"Tell me! King Zhao sent you here, do you have any private instructions?" Jiang Xu asked.
"So, the Marquis misunderstood the King." Yan Ju smiled bitterly and explained: "The King just sent me to the Marquis' army as a deputy general, and never gave any instructions."
"The King of Zhao still trusts the Marquis in his heart, but the Marquis now has heavy troops, and no matter which country the monarch is in, he will not let him go."
Yan Ju once served in Qi and Zhao countries, and naturally had some understanding of the king's methods.
It was precisely because Yan Ju had a grudge against Qi State and was favored by King Zhao that King Zhao sent him to Jiang Yu's army.
"That's right. I'm still a child after all, and King Zhao probably won't suspect that I have any other intentions." Jiang Yu touched his chin and said to himself.
Are you a fucking child?
Whoever believes that you are a child is the number one in the world.
Yan Ju cursed in his heart, but he did not dare to show any disrespectful expression on his face.
At this point, Yan Ju no longer dared to have any other intentions. He had experienced death, so he knew very well that death was terrible, but in fact it was just a matter of a moment.
But many times, the most terrible thing is worse than death.
Just thinking about the torture instruments in the prison cell made Yan Ju dare not easily betray Jiang Yu.
What's more, he is still suffering from a strange poison now.
"Well! Since the matter of serving as a deputy general has been decided, then you can stay in the army." Jiang Yu stood up, tidied up his clothes, and said, "I'm so sorry, if you kill your guard, I will send someone to serve as your guard again. As for where you live, it has been arranged."
"Yes, thank you Marquis." Yan Ju said hurriedly.
"kindness!"
Jiang Xi nodded and then said, "The King of Zhao sent you as a general. I believe you know a lot about military affairs? What are you good at?"
"Qi Bi, the Marquis of the State, I know nothing about military affairs, but I am proficient in mathematics and can manage the military's food and grass." Yan Ju said very self-aware.
"Manage food and grass..." Jiang Yu pondered for a moment and smiled, "Wouldn't that be useless?"
"I dare not!"
"I think so, I will give you two thousand people. Please help me train a scout unit. Before attacking Qi next year, you will sneak into Qi to inquire about Qi's urban defense deployment. What do you think?" Jiang Xu asked.
"The last general will receive the order!"
"Let's go, the air here is not good. Let's see how I've arranged for you?"
"It depends on the marquis."
Yan Ju became honest and Jiang Yu had no trouble.
Originally, it was impossible to let Yan Ju manage the food and grass, but the military ration consumed by Jiang Yu's army every day was 100,000. If you are responsible for managing the military ration, you will soon find abnormalities in the army.
Even if Yan Ju dares not betray him, Jiang Ju still needs to be prepared before gaining Jiang Ju's trust.
As for asking Yan Ju to train the scout to inquire about Qi's city defense, one is to examine Yan Ju's ability, and the other is to see if Yan Jue takes the opportunity to make any changes.
As the days passed, everything in the military camp was on track, and the scale of the farm was further expanded. Although it was not guaranteed that each of the 100,000 people in the army would eat meat every day, at least each person could eat two meals a week.
Even the usual food is more abundant than other military personnel.
If you keep up with the nutrition, your body will naturally become stronger. In addition, you will practice hard every day, and the combat effectiveness of the recruits is also steadily improving.
After the battle against Qi next year and these new recruits are bloody, the 100,000 troops will be considered elite soldiers.
Jiang Yu actually had the idea of farming, but the spring plowing season has passed after recruiting troops. If you want to farming, you can only wait for next year.
But there will be war next year.
Fortunately, Jiang Yu sent troops not only to wait for spring plowing, but also to wait for Pang Yu's troops to come to Hangu Pass. I think there is still time to farm.
Jiang Xu is now crazy.
Raising 20,000 more soldiers, the cost of military rations alone makes Jiang Yan so much that he can't save much money from selling private salt every month.
Only after farming and being able to produce military rations by yourself can Jiang Yu save the money from buying grain.
Jiang Xi doesn't live in the military camp every day now. Jiang Xi gives herself two days off every seven days, and will take advantage of the holiday to go back to Handan to stay for two days.
First, it was to reunite Xuan Jian with his family to win Xuan Jian's heart; second, it was to see if there was any news from Xiaocao; third, it was to take the opportunity to go to court and participate in the political affairs in the court.
However, the current state of Zhao has nothing major to do except the war against Qin.
However, it was Zheng Ji, a few days ago, news came out that he wanted Jiang Yu to deal with the crown prince Zhao Jia as soon as possible so that the young master could move to the position of crown prince.
Jiang Xi could only temporarily appease the prostitute and let her wait quietly.
Gongziqian hasn't grown up yet, so this matter cannot be urgent.
However, in order not to let Zheng Ji lose her confidence in her, Jiang Yu still promised that Zhao Jia would definitely lose the position of crown prince within three years at most.
Time passes, and it is the end of the year in a blink of an eye.
After Jiang Yu worshipped his father in this lifetime, he led Xuan Jian, Wang Hu and 300 personal soldiers toward Handan.
It is worth mentioning that Jiang Yu is now a marquis and can have three thousand personal soldiers.
Wang Hu still served as Jiang Yan's personal military commander.
"Pang Xian has returned. It seems that Handan will be lively this year."
Chapter completed!