"My lord, generals - although the current battle situation is good, our army also has hidden dangers..."
"There are not many arrows carried with the army!" Zhao Hua said with a serious expression.
If he could rely on the fief to obtain supplies, then Xiong Wuliang could safely and boldly spend arrows - the wood processing factory in the fief had a huge production capacity, which was enough to spend more than a thousand repeating crossbows.
But Zilan lost the key point of [Xiapi] in a blind move.
Xiapi is now no longer under the control of the Chu State. As a result, although Xiong Wuliang currently occupies [Fuli Fortress] and blocks the Qi army's retreat... he himself has also been cut off from supplies.
The arrows that the Chu army can use are limited!
When setting off, the weight that the five thousand Chu soldiers could carry was naturally very limited while ensuring the speed of the surprise attack.
What's more, Xiong Wuliang and Zhao Hua insisted on carrying a large amount of cement with the army to strengthen the city wall - which even led to a shortage of arrows that could be carried with the army!
In Fuli Fortress, all the arrows carried by the Chu army were only 150,000 arrows - which sounds like a lot, but it is not enough to squander like a Liannu.
In the past few days, the Chu army had shot 100,000 arrows.
Now, there are only 50,000 arrows left in the warehouse!
At this rate, it won't last long...
It should be noted that the reason why the Chu army was able to maintain such a high battle loss ratio with the Qi army was largely due to the suppressive effect of the repeated crossbows.
If all the arrows are fired, the Chu army will have to fight in close combat with the Qi army that is several times their size——
The casualties will definitely increase greatly! The Shaohu Army sergeant whom Xiong Wuliang regards as his darling will also suffer a lot of losses!
Zhao Hua pondered for a long time and could not think of any good ideas: "My Lord, you might as well send an order to the Shaohu Army to save some money in the future."
"Send more soldiers and try to collect the arrows that the Qi army shot at the city!"
All the generals nodded in agreement.
But having said that, recycling the arrows fired by the Qi army in this way will not be as fast as the consumption.
It is estimated that in a few days at most, the arrows will be exhausted!
Xiong Wuliang smiled slightly and raised his eyebrows——
"Why are you panicking?"
"Call that Song Zhe over - I want to make a deal with him!"
…
Under the watchful eyes of two Shaohu sergeants, Song Zhe came to Xiong Wuliang. As soon as they met, he bowed and saluted——
"Junhou, are we Song people making too much noise? Are we disturbing the rest of the soldiers of the Chu army?"
"After I go back, I will strictly restrain my subordinates..."
"We must not cause any trouble to our Chu brothers!" Song Zhe slapped his fat chest loudly.
Xiong Wuliang was speechless.
This guy is so spineless!
Having said that - these days, Song Zhe and the five hundred Song soldiers under his command are indeed quiet, which is very worry-free for Xiong Wuliang.
If it weren't for the arrangement of Chu soldiers and soldiers to deliver food and water to these Song people every day...it would almost be ignored that there is such a group of people in Fuli Sai.
Xiong Wuliang waved his hand and said in a deep voice: "Song Zhe, so far, you Song people have done a good job——"
"I called you here this time because I want to make a deal with you."
Song Zhe's eyes lit up after hearing this.
Unknowingly, his waist straightened, and his eyes revealed the sparkle of a businessman: "Please tell me in detail."
Xiong Wuliang smiled slightly: "I want the five hundred soldiers under your command to go all out to sharpen arrows!"
Song Zhe said without hesitation: "How much do you want, Lord?"
Xiong Wuliang: "The more the better, as much as you want."
Song Zhe: "Then I can mobilize the entire Song people in the city to make arrows for the brothers of the Chu army!"
Xiong Wuliang:? ?
This guy is so cooperative that Xiong Wuliang won't be able to fix it.
Song Zhe's eyes lit up: "The Lord doesn't know something - although the general has a low status, he still has some prestige in this Fu Li Fortress."
"As long as the prince's money is given, all the Song people in the city can be driven by the prince!"
Zhao Hua on the side touched his forehead with his hand——
This Song Zhe is comparable to Xiong Wuliang in terms of unscrupulousness.
You are a prisoner! They took the city from you, and if it were a general of the Chu State, he would probably commit suicide in shame and anger to apologize.
As a result, not only was the guy in front of me not ashamed at all, but he was now talking about business with the occupying army in front of him in high spirits?
Song Zhe: "We are talking about business, and I ask your Majesty to forgive me - I wonder how much money your Majesty is willing to pay in exchange for the arrows?"
Shaohu Cangbu on the side stopped and roared: "How can you negotiate terms? You can do whatever the Lord asks you to do. If you don't do it well, I will chop you with my sword!"
Song Zhe, who had always been timid to save his life, now straightened up and spoke plausibly——
"Pay the money with one hand and deliver the goods with the other hand, it's only natural!"
…
Xiong Wuliang was amazed in his heart.
It is said that people from the Song Dynasty are good at doing business, and now Xiong Wuliang has gained a lot of knowledge.
This Song Zhe is a loser when it comes to fighting, but when it comes to doing business, he is really a good businessman.
Xiong Wuliang waved his hand to signal Shaohu to shut up, and then said to Song Zhe: "I wonder if you have heard of 'blank paper'?"
"White paper is the specialty of my fiefdom!"
"I intend to use white paper in exchange for the arrows you made. The more arrows you deliver, the more white paper I will give you!"
Song Zhe's eyes turned green!
Blank paper? In today's world, which businessman doesn't know about blank paper? !
This thing is easy to write on and can completely replace bamboo slips. Now it has become a must-have item on the desks of palace officials, literati, or arty princes for delivering official documents!
Song Zhe only knew before that this white paper was a specialty of Chu State, and the price was as good as real gold!
Unexpectedly, it was unique to the Quyangjun fiefdom in front of me...
"It's a deal!" Song Zhe said cheerfully: "Please rest assured, sir, the goods we deliver will be of high quality!"
Xiong Wuliang nodded gently and looked at Song Zhe in front of him, and for a moment he felt that he was too late to meet him.
The generals, with their heads full of black threads, watched these two guys, who also had no bottom line, happily reach an agreement in front of everyone...
Perhaps, this is the sympathy between profiteers.
…
King Qi Tian Bijiang is in a hurry!
Tens of thousands of Qi troops were trapped in a tight siege, eagerly waiting for reinforcements to break through Fuli Fortress - this damn Song State didn't actually lend a road to Tian Zhen?
Song Guo, you pissed me off!
The King of Qi immediately gave an order to Tian Zhen who was hoarding troops at the border - move forward! The offensive symbol is off the wall!
If the Song army dares to stop them, they will be destroyed together!
Tian Zhen had to obey the king's order and led his 120,000 Qi troops. Regardless of the repeated protests of the Song Dynasty, he boldly stepped into the territory of the Song Dynasty, arrogantly took over the passes along the way, and went straight to Fuli Fortress.
No matter what Qi's original intention was... what he was doing now was tantamount to declaring war on Song.
King Yan of the Song Dynasty was shocked and ordered the whole country to mobilize and resist step by step, trying to stop the Qi army at all costs.
After nearly a hundred years, war broke out again on the land of Song Dynasty.
On August 29, tens of thousands of Qi troops under Jiang Yu had been trapped for nearly half a month.
The envoys from the Song State rushed to the capital of Ying to ask for help from the Chu State. They were willing to serve as a vassal state of the Chu State and asked the Chu State to assist the Song State and jointly fight against Qi's invasion.
King Chu Huai certainly had no reason to refuse this vassal state that came to his door.
The Song State was rich and provided a large amount of grain and grass to the suzerain state of Chu for free - which happened to make up for the lack of grain and grass in Chu State at this time.
After having sufficient food and grass, King Mi Huai of Chu Huai immediately ordered to mobilize another 150,000 Chu troops to fight on the front line with the Qi army!
The army under the command of Prince Mi Heng suddenly increased to 200,000 people!
The strategic balance has begun to tilt.
