Wang Pu sat there, heroic and elegant, and his smile on his face made people feel good. But Gao Yu, who was smiling while walking forward, knew in his heart that this person was definitely a very influential person around Li Jing.

"The military orders sent by the Minister Gao, Prince Andong has received them." Wang Pang said, "I think everyone is responsible for the suppression of bandits and thieves. Therefore, Prince Andong actively responded to the call of the court. After receiving the order to dispatch troops from the Minister Gao, he immediately dispatched six armies and two navy fleets, a total of nearly 40,000 troops to head south."

Gao Yu had a lot to say, but Wang Pu said: "Now our town [***] sent 40,000 troops south. According to the old system of the imperial court, the vassal army will produce food. One army will provide food for three soldiers. Since our army left the town in July, the 40,000 troops will be calculated based on 120,000 people. In addition, there are 8,000 horse troops in our army, and horse materials should be calculated based on 24,000 horses. Now our army has arrived in Huainan, so please ask General Gao to pull out our army's food for three months first."

Gao Yu was swallowed up by Wang Pu forcibly and had to say: "General Wang clearly understands that the matter of food and grass will naturally be distributed. After the order of the commander of the commander, he also asked General Wang to lead his army to land and follow someone to meet with him to the [***] camp."

"Of course there is no problem going to [***], but the emperor is not short of hungry soldiers. We used to go south to bring our own food and grass. Now please give it to the food and grass for March first."

"The general doesn't have to worry about this matter. As long as the troops arrive on the shore, there will naturally be food and grass supply. The food and grass are now stationed in Yangzhou, [***], Luzhou and other places. Why do you need to transfer it here so much? It's so troublesome to go directly to [***], and it's naturally the food and food that are being supplied there." Gao Yu endured his dissatisfaction and smiled, "But after I entered the island, I saw that the brothers in the town were building water city and city walls. The actions of the soldiers on the island seemed to be going to stay here?"

"We are planning to build a lighthouse on the island to facilitate boating at night. General Gao must not be suspicious." Wang Pu chuckled and said, "It's still the same old saying. Our army has now gone south to help the war. However, please ask the Chief Gao to pay our army's three-month food and salary before we can go to the Hou to transfer it."

As he said that, Wang Pu handed over a piece of paper to Gao Yu.

Gao Yu lowered his head and glanced at it, but he saw that the food and salary that the town [***] went south to the camp demanded to be paid first.

Wang Pu did not speak loudly at all, everything was calculated according to normal circumstances. But after Gao Yu looked at it, the numbers calculated on it were always so amazing.

First of all, Wang Pu completely followed the military standards of food and food supply to the boundary and one soldier, one soldier, and three soldiers.

Wang Pu rounded it into 40,000 troops, and then calculated it as a 120,000 army. The other 8,000 horses were divided into 24,000 troops.

Wang Pu's calculation method is that the average monthly price of grain per soldier is 6 dou of grain per month, plus 5,000 yuan. In addition, the soldiers of the town also have side dishes, and canned meat and vegetables usually have to make a consistent amount of money per month. Of course, considering that the prices of town and Huainan Town are very different, Wang Pu carefully converted all the data into grain.

A soldier’s standard monthly grain consumption is six dou, one dou five and a half kilograms, and one month is thirty-three kilograms of grain. Then, a month’s six jin of money is converted according to the price of grain in Dengzhou, a kilogram of rice is five cents, which is 1,200 kilograms of rice, which is exactly ten shi.

One person has 1,233 kilograms, and forty thousand people is 401,100 stones. If you multiply three more, it will be 1,233,000 stones.

Of course, this does not include horses. A war horse ate three stones of millet in a month, which is calculated as nine stones per month. Eight thousand horses are 72,000 grain.

It takes 1.35 million stones to calculate the three times a month. If it is counted for three months, it is 3.915 million stones of grain.

Gao Yu looked blue, and Wang Pu was simply blackmailed.

The soldiers in the town are well treated well, but other places are not as good as those in the town. An ordinary soldier of the Huainan Army is called "2 liters of rice, plus two jin of money per month." In short, the order issued by the town is almost three times that of the Huainan Army.

Besides, the so-called "one soldier and three grains" are not the case.

After this calculation, the conditions offered by the town [***] are actually nine times higher than those of the Huainan Army.

Thirty-seven thousand troops and eight thousand war horses. According to the Huainan Army's standards, the food and salary for three months was only 400,000, and only 130,000 stones of food per month, including grain and salary and the supply of war horses.

Gao Yu shook his head repeatedly. The conditions offered by the town [***] were too harsh, and he needed nine times the food and salary. How could this be possible?

Although Huainan used to be known as the richest vassal in the world, it was because there was no war in Huainan and no soldiers were raised. In the past, more than ten provinces in Huainan had raised tens of old and weak soldiers. But now, Huainan has experienced several sweeping thieves, and the 40,000 to 50,000 soldiers and horses raised in Huainan Town now have to offer to the court. Gao Pian is now in a difficult position.

Now, in order to deal with Huang Chao who was coming to the east, Gao Pian gathered 70,000 troops, but the court could not provide money and food to support the army. These troops were all eating and drinking in Huainan, and they were all supported by Gao Pian.

Now Wang Pu is so good that he directly offered nine times the food and salary. His 40,000 army is equivalent to more than 300,000 troops. Even if Gao Pian sells the goods, he can't afford it.

It turns out that the visitor is not kind!

The town came from thousands of miles away and built a city on other people's territory. While saying that there was no food in the army, the other was stationed troops to build a city.

But what made Gao Yu a little helpless was that although the Hu Douzhou that the town now occupied was close to Huainan Town, its naval warships could even reach the city of Yangzhou for a night. However, the Hu Douzhou land belonged to the hands of Zhou Bao, the navy of Zhejiangxi Town, which was across the river. With the current turn of the two brothers Zhou Bao and Gao Pian, this matter is even more complicated.

What is the purpose of the town?

Could it be that Li Jing transferred tens of thousands of towns to the south to prepare for the attack on Huainan?

If Li Jing really had this idea and stationed this army here, and when the Huainan army headed to Jiangxi, the town [***] suddenly stepped up the river and attacked Yangzhou directly. This would be very dangerous. Judging from the situation where Li Jing led the town [***] to sweep Liaodong in a few years, and the attack was invincible and invincible, this possibility is extremely great.

If Li Jing really wants to take advantage of the fisherman, then he has to find a way to prevent it no matter what.

"100,000 shi!" Gao Yu planned to test the bottom line of going to the town again. "Huainan is willing to give the brothers in the town a month of 100,000 shi. They can first get 50,000 shi and deliver it in Hailing. The other 50,000 shi needs to be collected at the [***] camp."

Wang Pu smiled at Gao Yu.

Finally, he shook his head, "Since we are fighting thieves for the country, we are not willing to be petty. In this way, we will reduce the fraction of the money behind. We will pay one million stones of food and salary for one month, and then pay for the remaining two months."

Gao Yu couldn't help but shake his head and smile bitterly when he heard this: "General Wang, we need to show some sincerity to fight against the country. Although Gao Shizhong and Prince Li had some misunderstandings before, I believe that the Prince is not the kind of person who will retaliate with grudges, and he doesn't believe that it will be the kind of person who ignores the country's major affairs for some past trivial matters."

"Of course the prince is not that kind of person." Wang Pu's tone eased slightly, "If the prince was still thinking about the previous incident, how could he send a large army to go south? You know, the prince is currently regaining the land of Liaodong for the country and fighting against Goguryeo. At this time, even a little more troops would be good. But the general still sent 40,000 troops south. Isn't this sincerity? Our army has arrived, and he refused to let the high minister even pull out some food. How can we accept Gao Shizhong's command with confidence?"

"If Gao Shizhong is really embarrassed, we can also not let Gao Shizhong provide military service. We can solve the problem of food and grass. At the same time, we are still willing to send troops to help Gao Shizhong suppress the bandits, but in this way, some things will have to be changed."

Gao Yu heard something in Wang Pu’s dialect.

I couldn't help but look forward to his plan. In fact, Wang Pu's plan was not complicated.

That is, the town does not need Gao Pian to provide military service, but therefore the town is nominally under Gao Pian's command, but it cannot be mobilized. The town is a separate route and is responsible for blocking and intercepting the Yangtze River. The main responsibility is to prevent Huang Chao's army from crossing the river and prevent him from fighting from Jiangxi to Huainan.

But similarly, Gao Pian must provide convenience to the town. For example, the Huainan Army, the Zhenhai Army, the Zhennan Army, the Jingnan Army, etc. must not intercept the Zhen's fleet. At the same time, the land troops of the town can pass through each town at any time.

Of course, the most important thing is that Gao Pian must allow the town [***] and the merchants in Shandong Liaohai to trade in the Jianghuai River and not set up checkpoints and heavy buckles. In addition, Gao Pian must also allow the town [***] to recruit refugees in the Jianghuai River and other main conditions.

Gao Yu heard what Wang Pu said.

To put it bluntly, Li Jing's army went south to protect the merchants and open up the way rather than to help fight and suppress bandits.

Previously, Gao Pian joined hands with the towns to cut off Li Jing's business road, sealed shops, and seized caravan merchants' goods, but it immediately attracted Li Jing's tough revenge and directly sent a fleet to rob the southeast coast.

This incident even caused Gao Pian to lose his position as the governor, turn against Zhou Bao, lose the support of the towns, and become a lonely man for a while.

It is precisely because of this that the people in Huainan Town realized that Li Jing’s reverse scale was actually a business in Dengzhou.

Gao Yu felt a little moved. He understood that these words must have a bit of real surname.

If the town [***] goes south, it is really just to ensure the development of Southeast commerce, and it is not impossible.

Then, maybe Li Jing's trip to the south was not really meant to be unfavorable to Huainan Town.

"Is that true?" Gao Yu looked at Wang Pu with sharp eyes, and he was convinced in his heart, and Qi Sheng was suspicious!

However, he did not feel relaxed because of this. Instead, he was worried. No matter what, he was already sure in his heart that although Li Jing's fleet of southbound troops did not come to attack Huainan, he had no intention of being at peace. Tens of thousands of troops were stationed in Hudouzhou, the Yangtze River Estuary, and it seemed that he had already planned to stay forever.
Chapter completed!