At night, in the lobby of the temporary military yamen, Yan Qing, Liu Da and eight or nine other major generals discussed military affairs.

"For an army, the most important thing is three things: territory, money, grain and equipment. If there is territory, there will be a foundation. In the future, no matter whether it is money and grain supply or military supply, it will not be interrupted. Money and grain are the foundation for the survival of the army. Everyone knows in their hearts, so I won't go into details. Today I checked the army and warehouse. There are currently 40,000 troops in the army. Calculated by the consumption of five dou of grain per month, 20,000 stones of grain per month, one month will be consumed. But now there are only 30,000 stones of grain in the warehouse, which lasts for a month and a half. Everyone has to consider that it is just the time when the green and yellow people are not in line. Where can we get the food?"

Liu Da was silent for a moment and said, "General Yan means that our army is too large."

Yan Qing nodded, "The army is about strength, not about quantity. The strength of the Jin soldiers, you cannot fight against the Jin soldiers in the city, and even more impossible to fight positional wars. Your way out is guerrilla warfare. When the Jin soldiers come to encircle and suppress them, you go up the mountain and then find the weaknesses of the Jin soldiers to raid everywhere, and the Jin soldiers are unable to defend themselves. This is your way to survive, so my first suggestion is to disarmament, retain 5,000 troops, and persuade the remaining 35,000 people to go home."

"It's only five thousand!" Everyone exclaimed, "It's too few!"

"It's not a big deal at all. You should know that the entire Shaanxi Road army last year was only 30,000. It's not that it couldn't recruit troops, but it couldn't afford to support it. Now a soldier's monthly salary is at least 8 guan, and 30,000 people are 240,000 guan per month. You 5,000 people also cost 40,000 guan per month. Don't tell us, your soldiers don't need money."

Everyone looked at each other. They had never thought that the soldiers of their army would still need salary, so wouldn’t they just have enough food?

At this time, Liu Da sighed and said, "General Yan is right. Every soldier is the pillar of his family. The family expects them to earn money to support his family. If they don't have an income, how will their family live? Such an army will not last long. Now it is because the army has just begun and the issue of money has not been discussed. The New Year is coming soon. I guess we will mention money at that time, but we only have tens of thousands of chunks of money. What can we use to support military expenditure?"

Everyone was silent, Liu Dadao: "Then follow General Yan's arrangements, lay off the army, leave only 5,000 people, and distribute the money and grain to everyone, so that they can go home on their own."

"But I gave all the money and food to the dispersed soldiers, what should I do if the soldiers who stayed?" Liu San said quickly and couldn't help asking.

Liu Da's eyes turned to Yan Qing. This problem, together with the military armor and equipment, he hoped that Yan Qing's could be solved.

Yan Qing smiled and said, "Actually, I'm very surprised. Why didn't you attack Linfen County when you started an army from Jinzhou?"

Everyone blushed. They did not attack Linfen County because there were a thousand garrisons there. Although they were village soldiers, they were actually regular troops and their weapons were very advanced. They were not as good as those of their wooden sticks and hoes. They were afraid that the soldiers would run away before the war could be fought. Although they refused to admit it, they all knew in their hearts that their army was a group of mobs.

Liu Da laughed dryly and said, "Maybe it's because Shangdang County has food! The most urgent thing at that time was to solve the problem of eating."

Everyone responded, and Yan Qing smiled faintly, "According to the latest information we have obtained, Linfen County still has some military material and money and grain. Although most of them have been transported to Jiexiu County, the remaining money and grain in Linfen County is enough for 5,000 troops to spend one or two years."

A bright color flashed in Liu Da's eyes, and he asked quickly: "How many troops do Yan Zheng think we need to send to capture Linfen County?"

Yan Qing smiled slightly, "As long as I grasp the enemy's key points, I can seize Linfen County by using a little trick, without spending one soldier!"

Linfen County currently has the only 1,000 troops in the south of Hedong Road, and it is also the Jin soldiers. The reason is that Linfen County is a material transfer station on Hedong Road. The Jin soldiers built a large number of warehouses here. This time, the Jin soldiers transported a large amount of materials to Jiexiu County, which was transferred out from the Linfen County warehouse.

Linfen County is a large county with a population of nearly 200,000 people. The county town is 30 miles in circumference. In addition to the prefectural magistrate, there is another person who is also the leader of this county town. This person is named Wang Feng. He was originally the deputy envoy of Jinzhou's regiment training and was in charge of a thousand township soldiers in Jinzhou.

After the Jin soldiers captured Hedong Road, Wang Feng led his army to surrender to the Jin soldiers, like other military generals. However, he was not promoted and still served as deputy envoy of Jinzhou regiment training, in charge of a thousand township soldiers. Wanyan Chang had too many things and too many officials to appoint, so he had not even changed the magistrate, let alone considering Wang Feng.

So an ironic thing happened. Wang Feng was still an official of the Song Dynasty, but he was loyal to the Jin Kingdom. This was called Song hat and golden clothes.

Wang Feng was about 45 or 46 years old, and his wife's surname was Jia. He was the sister of Jia Qiu, the former deputy envoy of Hedong Transportation. Wang Feng was promoted from a small prison chief to a deputy envoy of the regiment training, in charge of Jinzhou Prison Camp and Yi Qian Township soldiers.

Wang Feng is famous for fear of his wife Jia family, and his wife Jia family is also famous for the roar of Hedong. It is said that since Wang Feng married Jia family, he has never had the chance to meet other women in twenty years.

It would be fine if he couldn't touch other women, but Wang Feng still had a heart disease. His wife Jia gave birth to three daughters for him, but he had no sons. Moreover, Wang Feng himself had no brothers. He had two generations of single generations. Since his wife was unable to have children, his biggest heart disease has become his heart disease.

Jia also knew that he was in the wrong. In order to make up for her husband, she carried a baby from the Jia family a few years ago to be a son. How could Wang Feng do it? Although he was afraid of his wife, he still sent the baby back. No matter how bad he was, he could find a stepson from the Wang family. How could he adopt the Jia family's children?

At noon that day, Yan Qing brought several subordinates to Linfen County disguised as merchants. They found an inn to stay in. Yan Qing sent someone to inquire about the news and found the person he was looking for.

The next morning, Yan Qing brought two men to an alley in the west of the city. Seeing that there was no one on the left and right, he left one to keep watch. He and his other men climbed over the wall into a small courtyard. Soon, the door creaked open, Yan Qing and one of the men flashed out, Yan Qing had an extra wicker box on his hand and quickly left the alley.

At noon, Wang Feng, deputy envoy of the regiment training, ran to the alley like crazy and rushed directly into the yard. In the lobby, a young woman was sitting at the table crying sadly. Wang Feng grabbed the woman and shouted: "Where has my Ping'an Lang gone?"

This woman was a concubine whom Wang Feng had raised three years ago. She gave birth to a son for him two years ago. This matter was very secret. Even Wang Feng’s wife Jia was hidden in the dark. Only Wang Feng’s eldest daughter had come to take care of this woman during confinement. Wang Feng’s eldest daughter married Feng Hui, the judge of Taiyuan Prefecture. It was Feng Hui who betrayed his father-in-law Wang Feng’s secret to the Jingzhao Army Intelligence Camp.

"I know too!"

The concubine sobbed and said, "Two men came, snatched the child away, and knocked the slave and the servant unconscious,"

"Did you tell him that it was my son?"

"I said it, and the man smiled and said, "It's because it's the master's son that he snatched it away!"

Wang Feng was stunned for a moment. The other party actually knew that the child was his son, which was impossible! He grabbed the concubine's hand again, "Have you ever revealed the secret?"

"No! I never dare to say anything, and the two servants dare not go out to say something. If we reveal the secret, how can the lady not know?"

Wang Feng thought about it and was right. His wife was extremely sensitive. If the news was leaked in Linfen County, she would definitely know. So who leaked her secret?

Wang Feng calmed down, thought for a while and asked again: "Besides the child being stolen, what valuable things have been lost? Have the bandits touched you?"

"No! My rings, bracelets and a pair of gold hairpins were all on the table. They didn't even look at each other, let alone touch me."

The concubine's jewelry was made by Wang Feng for hundreds of taels of silver, but the other party was not interested, which means that the other party was coming for his son, and they must have had some plans!

Wang Feng began to look around. At this time, he suddenly found a note behind the door, and was nailed to the door by a knife. Wang Feng was startled and quickly pulled out the knife and carefully took it off.

He hurriedly opened the note, and there was only one sentence on it, "I saw it at the tavern at the entrance of Xiaosong Village at dusk. Only one person is allowed to come, otherwise your son's life will be unsuccessful."

Wang Feng breathed a sigh of relief after there was no signature below. The other party just used his son to coerce himself, and the situation was not very serious.

He said to the concubine again: "Pinganlang is fine, just spend some money. Don't tell this matter, just pretend nothing happened."
Chapter completed!