Jiang Siyuan knew that the next time was his performance. He coughed and pretended to be tidy up his clothes. Then he said seriously: "Since I formed an allied country with you, from top to bottom, I have expressed deep sympathy and concern for the invasion you have encountered. Our Lord and Lord are even more concerned about the war situation of your country day and night... Hearing that the Wei people have had a very fierce attack recently, and your country has been harassed by the Northern Barbarians in the north and are trapped on both sides. Our Lord and Lord and Lord are restless, and the court and the country are even more indignant. Invading your country is like invading your country. After discussion by the court officials, the despise country wants to do great justice to the world, and he wants to share hardships with your country, so he decided to send troops to assist your country and resist the tiger and wolf army of the Western Wei!"

He is worthy of being a censor, and he is very righteous when he speaks this set of words.

Lin Chengfei bowed and asked, "My emperor is also deeply pleased with your country's help. The so-called righteousness is in the world, and your country's actions of great justice are really deeply admired by the despise country. Since your country has decided to send troops, you and I should quickly join forces to attack Wei people together, but I don't know why we can't send troops within two months. Please give me advice?"

"To be honest, before this, although the whole country was deeply concerned about this battle, the whole country has always believed from top to bottom that the Wei people were in unjust troops. Under the leadership of your holy general, the Qing army would definitely be able to defeat the invading enemy in one fell swoop, and the world would soon settle down. Because the whole country was full of confidence in your country, our Northwest Army had never prepared for war. This time, the decision to send troops to help was that the Wei people were too fierce, and your country was even more enemies on both sides, for fear that your country would be damaged, so our Lord and the Lord issued an order to send troops." Jiang Siyuan said slowly: "But General Lin should also know that once the troops were sent, he would be prepared for great preparations.

The amount of supplies, whether it is food and grass or equipment, requires extremely large amounts... Our army has sent troops this time to help, with many soldiers. If the food and grass are not prepared properly, it is absolutely impossible to send troops. After the emperor issued an order, the Ministry of Revenue has dispatched officials to start raising food and grass, and the Ministry of Works has also begun to build a large number of weapons and equipment, making arrows, etc. For news from Beijing, the Ministry of Revenue and the Ministry of Works are constantly working day and night, and it will take more than a month to prepare the first batch of supplies. Then, it will take some time to transport them from Beijing. When the materials arrive in the northwest, it will probably take two months to happen!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Deng Guozhong, the deputy general beside Lin Chengfei, suddenly stood up and said angrily: "If you don't want to send troops, it's clear that why do you have to find these reasons to delay? What kind of righteous army should be used to delay the time of sending troops? Are you teasing us?"

Lin Chengfei turned his head and said in a deep voice: "Stop your mouth!"

Deng Guozhong sat down with a resentment, his face angrily.

Han Mo looked at Deng Guozhong and said calmly: "General Deng, I will understand your mood. Since the despise country has decided to send troops, such military and national affairs are not just jokes, and it is definitely not so-called teasing. You are a general in the army, so you should be clear. Not to mention weapons and equipment, just talk about food and grass. If the logistics supply is insufficient, the soldiers will have no food to eat at that time, and the Wei people will not be able to fight. Our own soldiers will be unable to fight. Since ancient times, there are many cases of defeat in the entire army due to insufficient logistics supply. The Wei people are strong and strong, and they are not easy to deal with. If we are not prepared enough, how can we deal with the wolf-like Wei army?"

Lin Chengfei smiled and said, "General Han and Deputy General Deng are outspoken. He just wants to defeat the Wei army as soon as possible. Don't take his words to heart!"

"I will like honest people!" Han Mo smiled and said, "But our Yan army does have such difficulties. If we are to outsiders, we will naturally not tell our own difficulties. But as General Lin said, you and us are brotherly alliances, so we have to tell each other!"

Lin Chengfei pondered for a moment before saying, "Can your army camp have no food and grass inventory?"

Han Mo sighed: "This winter, heavy snow was flying. The food and grass transported from Beijing before the winter was now very small. It will take only a few days for those small food and grass to send troops."

"In this way, your country will be unable to send troops within two months?"

Han Mo said solemnly: "I have said that if possible, I will want to send troops to resist Wei tomorrow, but...oh, a good woman cannot cook without rice, no food, no reserve of weapons and equipment. I have to consider tens of thousands of soldiers of our Yan army. We can't let our Yan army soldiers go to battle to kill the enemy on hungry days. At that time, the swords and guns will be dull and the armor will be broken. Should they still be allowed to fight against the tigers and wolves of Wei in broken armor and holding dull swords and guns?" He shook his head and sighed: "It is related to the life and death of tens of thousands of soldiers. I have to think carefully!"

Lin Chengfei asked solemnly: "But I don't know how much food your country wants?"

There is no free lunch in the world. The country of Qing is in danger, and Yan sends troops to help. Of course, it is impossible for the sake of righteousness and benevolence. Lin Chengfei already understood what Yan wants in a few words.

To be honest, if Yan State really sent troops to assist Qing State, Lin Chengfei would not be reluctant to send some food and grass. After all, it is natural for others to send troops to do their jobs and let the people of Yan State eat enough.

Han Mo did not answer, but just looked at Jiang Siyuan and asked, "Mr. Jiang, you are responsible for the food and grass in the army. You have counted it recently. If we send troops, how much food is there?"

Jiang Siyuan vomited blood in his heart.

I am responsible for the food and grass? It’s really a big mistake. I can’t even transfer a soldier from the Northwest Army. I haven’t even touched a grain of rice in the granary, so where have I counted it?

But at this moment, he could only say seriously: "After the order issued by the capital arrived, the official immediately counted the military rations stored in the grain warehouse now are only 20,000 stones, which is far from the need to send troops."

"Twenty thousand stones?" Han Mo pretended to be surprised: "There is only such a little grain, my army of tens of thousands, and such a little grain can't even support it for half a month!"

Lin Chengfei's face did not change color, but Deng Guozhong snorted coldly.

Of course they would not believe such nonsense. If the Northwest Military Camp really had only 20,000 stones of food, Han Mo would not have sat here so leisurely.

"That's true." Jiang Siyuan said slowly: "So there is too much difference between the food and grass that sent troops."

Lin Chengfei smiled faintly and asked, "How much food does your country need to send troops?"

Jiang Siyuan thought for a while and finally stretched out four fingers.

"Forty thousand stones of grain?" Yu Jianjun breathed a sigh of relief when he saw it, and said, "General Han, can you send troops immediately after having 40,000 stones of grain?"

"Forty thousand stones?" Jiang Siyuan smiled coldly: "Mr. Yu, you are joking. Without 400,000 stones of food, my Yan army dare not act rashly!"

"Four hundred thousand stones?" Yu Hai took a breath of air conditioning.

This huge amount is really shocking. It should be noted that according to the current calculation, as long as it is a little frugal, it will be no problem to eat a hundred thousand troops for eight or nine months.

Shang Zhongli stored a large amount of grain in Wancheng before and after the war, and prepared to defend himself. Moreover, it was the autumn harvest at that time, and Nanyang County was the world's granary. He finally accumulated 1.5 million stones of grain, which also led to the Qing Dynasty's court not saving grain to transport it to the north. In other words, most of the military rations in Qing State are now concentrated in Wancheng.

The people of Yan said that they had 400,000 shi of grain, and their appetite was surprising.

Deng Guozhong had already sneered: "It turns out that your Yan State is so poor that you have no food to eat."

Han Mo smiled and said, "People who are in the army and fight, are different from ordinary people. They have a great appetite. It is normal to eat three or five bowls of rice for a meal."

"We can provide part of the grain... but... 400,000 stones of grain are absolutely not available." Lin Chengfei said solemnly, his tone was extremely firm.

The food and grass in Wancheng have been consumed a lot, and judging from the current situation, the war with the Wei people cannot end in three or two months. After the beginning of spring, Nanyang County, as the granary of the Qing Kingdom, will definitely not be able to cultivate it. In this way, the food supply of Qing Kingdom this year will definitely be in short supply. Although Wancheng is in stock with millions of stones of grain, this batch of grain is the foundation of the Qing army today. Perhaps the court will not be able to supply food to the front for a long time, so the Qing army must maintain this year.

In fact, when Shang Zhongli was there, he had already realized this problem. Although he currently has sufficient food and grass reserves, he strictly controlled the weight. Each Qing army soldier had a standard quota every day.

"General Lin misunderstood that 400,000 stones of grain is indeed not a small amount. How can we bother your country to provide it? It is because we dare not be bothered that we are waiting for our country to raise it on our own." Han Mo smiled and said, "The whole country is doing its best. I believe that in the near future, our two countries will be able to join forces and resist the strong enemy together."

"Then...that won't happen!" Yu Jianjun was anxious: "General Han, your country must send troops immediately, otherwise...or the consequences will be unimaginable..."

Han Mo sighed: "Sir Yu, I will understand your mood, but...!"

"General Han, 400,000 stones of grain is indeed too large. We... are we less?" Yu Hai said in embarrassment. Although he did not know how to march and fight, he also knew that such a huge amount was really unbearable for Qingguo.

"I know you are in a difficult situation..." Han Mo showed sympathy, pondered slightly, and finally said: "Let's do this. If your country really wants your country to send troops immediately, it is not easy for you to refuse. Your country will borrow food from your country by borrowing food. When the food and grass raised by your country arrives, you will return it to your country. I wonder if it is possible?"

"Borrow grain?"

"No," Han Mo said seriously: "The situation is critical, and I am actually willing to go into battle and kill the enemy immediately... If your country can borrow food, as long as the food and grass arrive, the country can consider sending troops immediately."

"General Han, we can't afford to borrow 400,000 stones of grain." Lin Chengfei said lightly: "If your country really wants to borrow, our country can borrow up to 100,000 stones of grain. In addition, we can't get one more grain!"

Han Mo said with ease: "One hundred thousand stones of food is really hard to meet the needs of the despise country. If General Lin is really in a dilemma, then the despise country will not force it, and can only wait for the arrival of the food he has prepared!" After saying that, he stood up and said without any expression. Yu Hai was already anxious and shouted: "General Han, don't be anxious, don't leave first, let's... let's have a good talk!"

Han Mo laughed and said, "Mr. Yu misunderstood. I didn't want to leave. I just sat for a long time and felt a little painful on my butt. I stood up and loosened my muscles and bones!" He asked with a smile: "Mr. Yu means that it seems that you can negotiate borrowing food?"

"There is no room for negotiation for 400,000 stones of grain!" Lin Chengfei said calmly.
Chapter completed!