After hearing Su Jue's question, Lu Tang recalled what he had learned in the Guidance Department's training class.
"I remember that Yuguan was built in the third year of Emperor Kaihuang's reign in the Sui Dynasty. During the Sui and Tang dynasties, Yuguan was an important town in the northeast to protect against Gaogouli. It was also used as a base for the army to advance when attacking Gaogouli. It had a very important status. Importantly, after the fall of the Tang Dynasty, Yuguan fell into the hands of the Khitan, and then it was controlled by the Jin people."
Su Jue nodded.
"For the Liao Kingdom and the Jin Kingdom, Liaodong is their sphere of influence. Once they take over the Central Plains, Yuguan will be of little significance to them, so they don't pay much attention to Yuguan, but for us, Yuguan is quite important. .
Defending Yuguan will prevent the Liaodong gold thieves from easily entering Yanyun, which means that we can buy enough time for the main force led by Alang to move north. Our current military strength is insufficient to annex the entire Yanyun. We must wait for Alang's main force to move northward. Before that, Chongqing Pass must be defended!
The Khitans in Liaodong rebelled before, and the golden thieves sent tens of thousands of troops to attack them. At this moment, the tens of thousands of golden thieves in Liaodong still have the strength to fight. If they are allowed to enter Yanyun, it will be very dangerous for our army. Yuguan is where we are waiting. The biggest reliance. "
Lu Tang nodded.
"No matter how many gold thieves come this time, if you want to pass Yuguan, you have to step over my body!"
Su Jue had no doubts about Lu Tang's statement.
Just as he never worried that Su Yonglin could not defeat the main force of the Jin Army.
In his eyes, Su Yonglin was the best and most capable fighter. If even Su Yonglin couldn't defeat the Jin Army, there would be no hope for their struggle.
Of course, Su Yonglin lived up to Su Jue's expectations and bravery. He successfully defeated the Jin army, almost annihilated it, and devoured a large piece of the real essence of the Jin country in one go. If it weren't for his digestive ability, With the blessing of political and ideological advantages, he could almost be pushed to death.
There is no way, the harvest is too huge, and it is a huge test for the overall absorption and digestion ability of the Liberation Army. Most people really can't deal with such a huge sudden harvest.
Just imagine, more than 200,000 people and hundreds of thousands of horses suddenly belong to you, what would you do?
First, of course, make sure they and their bellies are well fed!
Fortunately, people say that the food stocks of the Liberation Army are still enough to fill their bellies, and the huge amount of seizures is enough to cope with them. They can also feed another 200,000 people, so it is not difficult to fill their bellies.
But war horses are too expensive.
Moreover, spring has just begun, the weather is still very cold, and the grass on the ground has not grown. Even if it does, it will not be as good as the grass on the grassland. In order to make the war horses grow better, they still need to feed them grain and beans. Feed eggs.
This huge expenditure made the wrinkles on Lin Jingchun's face squeeze together again, and he complained bitterly to Su Yonglin, saying that raising these food-eating ancestors cost too much food and manpower, and he had to find a way to solve it. Lose.
But Su Yonglin had no good solution for this. He could only reorganize the army as soon as possible, and then lead the large army north to seize Yanyun and seize the Jin Kingdom's horse farm north of the Yanshan Mountains. In this way, the current breeding situation could be alleviated. The horse is in trouble.
In the Central Plains, these hundreds of thousands of war horses are really a bottomless pit of financial investment. It is impossible to see the bottom of it. Sooner or later, he will be impoverished.
"The only disadvantage of raising horses in the Central Plains is that there is not a lot of pasture for the horses to use. They can only eat grain. But one horse can feed four or five people. What will happen if things continue like this."
Lin Jingchun looked at the expenditure accounts of the Liberation Army with a bitter look on his face, and Su Yonglin laughed in anger.
"Old Lin, don't cry poor in front of me. I know exactly how much money is stored in our account books. My arithmetic ability is very strong. Don't think that I can't calculate anything. You have such a miserly temperament. Can't change it?
If you can’t hold on for a few years, how many months can’t you hold on? In a few months, after I have sorted out the internal affairs, I will definitely lead my troops north to seize the horse farms. In the next few months, please don't cry about poverty in front of me! "
When Lin Jingchun saw that his acting skills were exposed, he could only laugh.
"I'm afraid of being poor, but I'm reluctant to spend money. I'm very happy when I take it in. But when I take it out, it hurts like a knife cutting flesh on my body. It's a heartbreaking pain, but it's nothing else. This...A Lang, you He knows me."
"You, you, you."
Su Yonglin shook his head helplessly and said with a smile: "It means you have a temperament suitable for managing money. If it were someone else, you wouldn't be able to keep it all and I would spend all the money lavishly. Come on, don't use your strength on my side. Burn incense." Let’s pray we can go north as soon as possible.”
Lin Jingchun failed and could only leave Su Yonglin's office dejectedly.
Su Yonglin is crazy busy these days.
Civil affairs, military affairs, finance, and there were countless applications to meet with him. Of course, he rejected all these applications, saying that he didn't have time now, so he accepted all the gifts from those guys.
For example, the Qufu Kong family donated a large amount of grain and money to reward the army, as well as carts and carts of cured meats and beans, which were delivered to the Liberation Army with great fanfare, which made Su Yonglin very happy.
After accepting the gifts, Su Yonglin asked the Kong clan member responsible for delivering the gifts to go home.
Not a single meal was taken care of.
Collect the things. If you want to get benefits from meeting, don't think about it for now.
Can I come here whenever I want?
Just give me a gift once and you can meet me?
I'm sorry, my current worth is different. If I want to meet, I have to bring more and more things to build the stairs. Otherwise, there will be no way.
You didn’t come when you could, but now you want to come?
Wait!
I want to take care of the gold thief first, and then you all line up to meet me in Zhongdu!
Su Yonglin is so domineering and confident now. He doesn't want to give any face to this group of people. That's what these people are like. Give him some sunshine and he will shine. Give him some color and he will shine. Dare to open a dyeing workshop.
Su Yonglin's attitude certainly made those who wanted to see him worried and angry, but there was no way. Su Yonglin was not afraid of their anger, but they were afraid of Su Yonglin's anger.
They now have hundreds of thousands of troops at their disposal, and are about to become the overlord of the Central Plains. Of course, their temper will rise.
Are you angry too?
I'm sorry, but Su Yonglin has the capital and ability to do this, convincing people, and making people have to do what he says.
If I ask you to wait, you will wait; if I ask you to lie down, you will lie down.
I do not have time.
Su Yonglin wasn't lying. He really didn't have time to deal with these "eternal masters". He was now focusing all his energy on handling post-war affairs and caring about the Western Expedition to Kaifeng.
Although there were many people who could help with post-war matters, he had to attend some important occasions in person.
For example, the highest-ranking Jin Army generals Wanyan Yiying and Yi Lacheng were captured in public trials.
Su Yonglin collected some criminal evidence provided by the Jin Army prisoners about the crimes of Yi Lacheng and Wanyan Yiying, and then personally presided over the public trial of these two people in front of the Jin Army prisoners of war.
The public trial of these two people was a huge crowd, and there were countless people who came to watch. The entire Licheng could not accommodate them.
Su Yonglin was the one who finally beheaded the two men. When the two heads fell to the ground, the shouts of the prisoners almost deafened Su Yonglin's ears.
The bodies of Wanyan Liang and Wanyan Benjian were obtained by Su Yonglin, but Su Yonglin did not give up using their bodies.
He conducted a different kind of trial on these two people, announcing their faults and guilt, and then whipped their corpses. After whipping their corpses, their heads were cut off as evidence, and their bodies were burned, bones crushed and ashes scattered.
The Jin Army prisoners of war were so excited that they shouted until their voices became hoarse. They were completely devoted to the Liberation Army and had no doubts about joining the Liberation Army. They were so enthusiastic that they even competed with each other to join the Liberation Army and join the Liberation Army in the Northern Expedition to Yan. Yun, take back their hometown.
With such a sufficient number of soldiers, Su Yonglin did not accept them all. Instead, he set a threshold and recruited those with better physical conditions to join the army. The others were slightly appeased and included in the logistics, and he would allow them to go home after meeting Yan Yun.
The army needs soldiers, the land needs farmers, and the villages need men.
The number of the Liberation Army began to expand rapidly.
At the same time, the military operation to attack Kaifeng led by Zhang Yuejing also started smoothly.
