Chapter 149 Everything is business
It took about an hour to deliver the money and change the defense. I don’t know if it was because of the Guanning Army, so the two armies directly withdrew from Luanzhou City. They camped in a large village that was chosen outside the city. Anyway, these villages were empty and there were no one. The two groups of people combined for 7,000 to 8,000, and they were a little awkward to settle down. They built some tents outside the village to deal with them all night.
After taking over the city defense, Zu Kuan and Wu Sangui's faces became gloomy, especially when they saw that the opponent was very strict in defense, they only gave up the city gate's defense at the last moment. It was true that the Guangning Army could fight, but looking at the neat military appearance of these two people, it was estimated that these 6,000 people could not defeat them. The key is that the more than 1,000 Jiannu heads were too shocking.
The soldiers who were in the army had never seen blood before, and they could tell at a glance. The white-rod soldiers were a little better, and the green soldiers were wearing strange men, with a woman's bun on the back of their heads, and their chin was raised high, and they were confident and murderous intent. Guan Ningjun claimed to be strong and had no psychological advantage against them.
After fighting for so many years, the Guanning Army has not received much of the heads of real slaves in one battle. If you want a head, they also understand that a real slave is eighty taels. This money must be paid, otherwise why would you explain to the court? If you conquer Luanzhou, you won’t get a single head? You can’t kill Liang and take the credit to the point where a real slave has no head, right?
They didn't have to do this. Wu Xiang, who was the general, took charge of the task and sent Chen Xie to the station and left immediately, and wanted to ask for a cup of tea. It seemed that there was something to say. Chen Xie invited him into his room. The maid brought out from Luanzhou City took the tea out. Wu Xiang couldn't wait to speak, "Brother Sihua, you are doing a good business." Chen Xie pretended to be confused and smiled and said, "You are just a small business, just for a long-term business."
"Since it's a long-term deal, I'm not polite. More than a thousand heads, I'll give you five hundred and give you a discount at the same time. How about it?" Wu Xiang didn't mean anything angry on his face. This guy is definitely a good deal. Bai Baijing's face is always smiling, which makes people angry.
"Brother Wu, it's not that I don't give you face. These heads are not from my family. Otherwise, the white-rod soldiers lack war horses. Five hundred heads. You give 150 war horses, three heads and one war horse, and the extra one is given to me." After looking at the Guanning Army's horse team, Chen Xie was really envious. He said that more than 1,000 horses were seized this time, but they were mainly horses. There were only about 200 war horses, and it was still a long way from Chen Xie's desire to form a 500 cavalry cavalry team.
Chen Xie's price is absolutely conscientious. An ordinary horse is 100 taels per day, but war horses are not the case. Even if there is money, it is difficult to buy it. It is not easy for Chen Xie's scout team to come from 100 war horses. Every time three or five horses are made by some merchants. As time goes by, the source of war horses is even scarce. The market war horses are more than 200 taels, and three first-level one war horses are also discounted.
Wu Xiang simply stretched out his hand and slapped his high-high and said, "Trade!" After saying this, Wu Xiang changed the subject: "Brother Sihua, judging from this meaning, you still need a lot of war horses, right?"
Of course, Chen Xie refused to take the bait and shook his head and said, "I'm not hiding my brother. I brought people out this time to earn money. I'm not a soldier. Dengzhou Camp said that more than 9,000 people were actually a tough one to get to the capital. Now, the soldiers patrol the road, the prefect, the headquarters, and found me. I had no choice but to take this trip. At first, I was not happy, but soon found that the deal was done, and the brother saw it..." Chen Xie said lewdly, laughing, and Wu Xiang nodded understandingly. Everyone was from this background, and they were all skilled in doing things like this. They were all equipped with soldiers and robbery. So many big trucks were full of women. Look at the maid who served Chen Xie and the female soldiers around him, you will know that this guy was a person all the way.
Well, okay, Wu Xiang's understanding was wrong. The main reason was that he saw that there were women in Chen Xie's army, and even robbed this guy, let alone others? In fact, Chen Xie wanted to show off that he robbed Jiannu and had a business with Baigang.
Understanding the error is not the subject, Wu Xiang turned around and said, "Brother, the armor of Baigangbang, I'm so tempted. I've been asking about it as my brother, and it's from the American Plate Armor in Dengzhou."
Chen Xie showed a guilty look and looked at Wu Xiang in surprise. This guy was secretly proud.
"Brother, this is a beheading business." After hesitating for a long time, Chen Xie spoke. He said just now that he was a team training and now he started a carriage business. Wu Xiang really admired this guy's shamelessness when he heard this. Fuck you even have the artillery equipment. Can a little armor be considered a matter?
"Brother, do you need money or war horses? Give me an explanation." Wu Xiang was very straightforward this time. Chen Xie smiled and said, "Do you want to see the goods first?" Wu Xiang waved his hand and said, "No need to see, the dog had experimented with himself in the military camp before. When the Yanling Knife was chopped up, a little paint fell off."
Using the Yanling Knife of the Ming Dynasty to cut 65 manganese steel plates is really not fun at all. Chen Xie was really surprised. In just one moment, Wu Sangui had tested the quality of the armor. Think about it carefully, there is no need to ask, it was Ma Xianglin who did it. This guy loves to brag and doesn’t know what his surname is after drinking some wine. Alas, he is a decades old and doesn’t care about him.
"Brother, it's not that you don't give you face. The output of this kind of armor is very low. It can be up to 500 pieces a year." Chen Xie talked about the output of the Ming Dynasty, but he didn't talk about modern society. In modern society, this is punching machines and molds. The simpler one is just a piece of steel plate, but occasionally a few holes are drilled. This thing is just about the front and the back.
Chen Xie did not intend to equip the regiment camp with a simplified version of plate armor. In his opinion, this thing is a living target in front of the Minni rifle. This thing can actually protect the torso, and an iron helmet must be added to be considered a set.
"How about two pairs of armor exchange for one war horse?" Wu Xiang offered the price. Chen Xie sneered and said, "I said, brother, don't bring such a price-saving one. This kind of armor is not the armor itself, but the special steel and craftsmanship it uses. Forget it, you don't understand this. For everyone to deal with it for a long time, I'll give you some discounts, a one-time price, and three pairs of plate armor exchange for two horses. At this price, you don't have more, and you can provide up to 200 pieces a year. I have to give the other ones to the white pole soldiers, otherwise they can fight for me?"
Speaking of this, Wu Xiang smiled and nodded, "The deal is completed, and someone will come to pick up the goods when the war is over."
When Chen Xie sent Wu Xiang away, this guy was slow and stuttering, and his eyes were looking around. Chen Xie was not careful not to him, so he was rubbing and observing casually, and he sneered in his heart.
The next morning, when Chen Xie was organizing his army and setting up the camp, Wu Xiang came again. This time he sent a memorial, which meant to be a conciliation. According to this memorial, Zu Dashou found out that the main force of Jiannu left and decided to attack Luanzhou and combine the things into pieces.
Coincidentally, Chen Xie led his troops to attack Luanzhou. Jiannu and rebel general Li Jichun had about 5,000 troops, and fought fiercely with Chen Xie and Baigan War Department outside the city. After Wu Xiang discovered it, he first stole the city with infantry, and then surrounded Jiannu's retreat with cavalry. He attacked from front and back, Jiannu was defeated, and Guanning army took advantage of the chaos of Jiannu to seize Luanzhou. The east and west armies each had their own gains.
Self-boasting in the memorial is naturally indispensable. Chen Xie saw that there was no big problem, so he nodded and agreed. He pulled Ma Xianglin and Qin Yiming to sign the memorial, which was considered a joint report by the three families. According to the size of the official position, Wu Xiang ranked first. He took a considerable advantage. Chen Xie and others didn't care about this for the sake of the silver.
But Chen Xie and the others underestimated the shamelessness of Guan Ning Army. They tampered with the memorials. They left blanks in the signing place. After turning around, Zu Dashou signed his name. Although the content of the memorials has not changed, Zu Dashou's first merit will definitely not be eliminated. When the civil servants of the Ministry of War saw this memorial, they would definitely understand that Cheng Zu Dashou was the protagonist, and Chen Xie and the others were soy sauce parties.
This was something Chen Xie didn't expect. Even if he knew about this, Chen Xie didn't care. During this trip to Luanzhou, the current silver was brought back more than 80,000 taels of grain, 4,000 stones of grain, dozens of carts of cloth, and several large trucks of antique calligraphy and paintings were installed. The most important thing is that after Guan Ningjun got involved, Chen Xie seemed less prominent, and there was also an additional channel for war horses in the future.
Besides, in Chen Xie's eyes, all this is business!
In short, being able to earn a lot of money will solve the difficult problems. Chen Xie will be angry at all. Qin Yiming and Ma Xianglin will not be angry even more. This time, he made a lot of money. Although he had to pay for the silver in the plate armor and other equipment, the messy expenses added up to almost no amount of money left. The problem is that the problem of silver purchased from Chen Xie is solved. Is this debt of favors not easy to owe, right?
Wu Xiang personally returned to Funing City. When he saw Zu Dashou, he told him about the incident, which scared Zu Dashou. He really killed more than a thousand Jiannu with a group of gangs and a group of local beggars, and he still won the field. This combat power was too amazing. After asking carefully, he realized that the other person was well equipped, especially the plate armor, which was good with steel. Wu Sangui cut it with the Japanese knife and left a white mark, which could not be cut through at all. This was beyond the scope of making steel.
The incident was reported to be reported at Shanhaiguan and was worried about the current situation. Sun Chengzong also scared the old man. He actually took back Luanzhou with a sneak attack? This only shows that the Later Jin army had retreated, and the previous advance westward was a tactical deception. Lao Sun knew very well that even if he knew that the other person was a tactical deception and the Ming army could not win the field battle, you could only watch the other person retreat and stare at him. (To be continued...)
Chapter completed!