Fenghou

Chapter 337 Exchange
The defeat of the puppet Qi army also left behind a large amount of supplies, the food alone was as much as [-] shi. Of course, the [-] shi of these grains were the official rations of the states and counties in Jingxiang, and they were all mobilized by the puppet Qi army. In Xiangyang, in addition to food, there are [-] guan of money, [-] taels of silver, [-] pieces of cloth, tents, weapons, gongs and drums, military flags, horses and other supplies.

This attack on Jingxiang consumed almost half of the puppet Qi army's inventory, and almost all of them became spoils of war in the end.

How to distribute these spoils is a big problem. The various forces in Jingxiang who participated in the battle successively included Zhe Yanzhi, the governor of Jingnan, Cheng Changyu, the governor of Suizhou, Chen Qing, the governor of Yue'e, and Xie Qian, the governor of Yingzhou. , Zhang Ziliang, the governor of Xiagui, Liu Hongdao, the governor of Lizhou, and even Wang Yan, the governor and prefect of Jiangling, who unfortunately died in battle.

It is Chen Qing who contributes the most. This is unquestionable. It is reasonable to say that the most effort should be the most rewarding, but everyone does not think so, because Chen Qing is the one who suffers the least loss among all the forces, and Chen Qing is destroying Yang Yaozhi. The battle took away most of the benefits, but other people also participated in the extermination of Yang Yao, and made a lot of efforts, but they didn't get the slightest benefit in the end.

Everyone was fighting for the spoils according to reason and refused to give in to each other, which made Li Gang feel like a fight.

But it was Chen Qing who caused Li Gang the most headache. Although Chen Qing kept silent and did not fight or grab, Li Gang knew that it would not be that simple to let Chen Qing leave with satisfaction.

Even though his head was big, Li Gang still had to face it. This morning, he invited Chen Qing to the newly restored Huguang Propaganda Envoy's office. Hanyang was only a temporary office, and the real Huguang Propaganda Envoy's office was in Xiangyang. It used to be Wan Yanchang's temporary residence.

Chen Qing walked into Li Gang's spacious official room, Li Gang got up with a smile and said, "Chen Dutong is here, please sit down!"

Chen Qing nodded and sat down, Li Gang asked the tea boy to serve tea again, Li Gang smiled and said, "When are you going to return to Baling?"

"Xiaozhi intends to go back tomorrow. I received a document from the Ministry of Rites to return to Lin'an to be honored. I have to go back and prepare."

"When the time comes, we will go together, and I will also return to Lin'an to report on my work."

"Then I'll wait for news from the envoy!"

Li Gang smiled, and then got to the point, "Since Dutong is going back to Baling tomorrow, it is best to confirm the distribution of the loot today. I have a distribution plan here, and Dutong will see if it is reasonable?"

Li Gang took a distribution plan and handed it to Chen Qing. Chen Qing took it and looked at it, but smiled without saying a word.

Li Gang also knew that Chen Qing would definitely be dissatisfied, but it was also difficult for him!Those few were directly under the jurisdiction of the Xuanfu envoy, but Chen Qing was quite special. He was only under the jurisdiction of the Xuanfu envoy in name, but in fact, the Xuanfu envoy could neither move his army nor mobilize his troops. The generals under him, let alone the chief general Chen Qing.

So he had to send Chen Qing away first, so that the other governors could sit down and discuss with each other behind closed doors.

"I know that Chen Dutong deserves the most credit. I will report the truth to the court. I have also sent a detailed battle report to the officials. It will not be true at all."

Chen Qing asked indifferently: "Earlier, Cheng Zhenfu envoy said that I let Dong Xian go on purpose. I don't know how the Xuanfu envoy reported it to the court?"

In order to suppress Chen Qing's credit, Cheng Changyu accused Chen Qing of letting go of Dong Xian's [-] troops in the end, and even Xie Qian also said this, which made Chen Qing quite annoyed.

Li Gang said with a smile: "Of course I am telling the truth. General Chen's soldiers are exhausted after a night of fierce fighting. Facing the enemy's [-] elite army, they are not sure of victory. It is very rare to be able to capture the enemy's luggage in the end."

Chen Qing put down the plan and said: "Actually, my distribution of spoils is not what they think. I think I have outstanding military achievements and ask for big heads. I don't have this idea. I just want fairness. I will also have an explanation to the soldiers when I go back."

"Then, does Chen Dutong agree with this plan? This is a relatively fair plan at present,"

"I agree with this plan, but I have some special requirements, I hope the envoy can agree!"

"Speak! What do you want?"

Li Gang was prepared in his heart. With Chen Qing's great contribution, how could he not have any special requirements, and he would consider it as appropriate. The key is that Chen Qing's requirements should not be excessive.

Chen Qing said with a smile: "I don't think anyone will ask for [-] dans of hay fodder, so it's no problem to give them all to me!"

"Okay, I'll approve it now!"

"I don't need the share of food, cloth, weapons, and tents, but I want all the oil and gunpowder. Can this condition be agreed?"

Li Gang sighed in his heart, this is a big problem!
In the past, everyone didn't pay much attention to kerosene, but now everyone has seen the power of kerosene with their own eyes, so everyone is vying for it. Chen Qing was the fastest and snatched all the kerosene and gunpowder in Xiangyang Cangcheng. It was found that there were still thousands of barrels of kerosene in the temporary warehouse under the city wall, and it was really impossible to explain to everyone.

But now Chen Qing is not greedy enough, and he wants to make a plan for the thousands of barrels of kerosene in his hand, how could he agree?

Li Gang smiled wryly, "Keow oil is the most sought-after now. Xie Dutong proposed that he didn't want anything, but three thousand barrels of kerosene. Zhang Zhenfu envoy also asked for [-] barrels of kerosene. Fuel comes first."

"Is there no fire oil in Hanyang Cangcheng?"

When mentioning Hanyang Cangcheng, Li Gang’s face suddenly became a little ugly, “There were thousands of barrels of kerosene in Hanyang Cangcheng, but your family Zheng Ping moved them all away. At first, everyone didn’t care, but now everyone wants it.” Two days ago, I asked Zheng Ping about the thousands of barrels of kerosene, and he said that the water war was all exhausted, Chen Dutong, is that true?"

Chen Qing laughed, "Water battles really consume fuel. Fatty Zheng has always been honest. He said that if he used up all the fuel, then there must be no more fuel."

"He's so honest!" Li Gang, who has always been gentle and refined, couldn't help but swear.

Li Gang said to Chen Qing: "I know why you are chasing after Dong Xian. You are not going to kill the enemy, but to take back the [-] bags of kerosene and [-] barrels of gunpowder that he took away. You have achieved your goal, so you let him go. , I don't care about it, and I will cover it up for you at the court.

But you can't go too far, you have snatched the kerosene and gunpowder of Hanyang Cangcheng and Xiangyang Cangcheng, I only learned from Cangcao Canjun.

And they don't know, if they find out, they will definitely make a fuss. Fortunately, I still have more than [-] barrels of kerosene in my hand, otherwise I will come to you every day. Don't make up your mind about the kerosene in my hand. How much should I give you? I'll give you the spoils. "

"Is there no fuel in Lin'an?"

"Do you think there will be? The kerosene in the Song Dynasty was produced in Yanzhou, and it was captured by the Jin soldiers long ago. In the entire Song Dynasty, only the Western Army and Huguang had kerosene stocks. Now the Huguang stocks in Hanyang Cangcheng are still taken away by you. .”

In fact, Chen Qing learned from Ore Yanzhi that everyone is scrambling for fire oil now, and it is estimated that Li Gang will not give it to himself anymore.

His offer of kerosene now is only in preparation for the next condition to bargain.

"Forget about the oil. I heard that the Xuan Fu envoy got three thousand war horses in Dengzhou?"

Li Gang suddenly realized that this guy came for Dengzhou's war horse.

Li Gang sneered and said: "There are three thousand war horses, but they are not taken as spoils of war. I plan to hand them over to the imperial court, but I haven't told the imperial court about the war horses. It's okay to give them to you. You have to bring something to make peace with them." I exchange."

"I can hand over the [-] troops in Jiangling to the Xuanfu envoy!"

"Don't take me for a fool. You already have [-] troops in your hands. You don't want the [-] troops. They are the Jiangling army. In the future, the court will appoint a new Jiangling town governor, and there are [-] Yuezhou troops. The army cannot be counted as yours, you came with [-] troops, and you can only take [-] troops with you when you leave Jingxiang, this is stipulated in the Privy Council’s letter.”

After a pause, Li Gang said earnestly again: "You boy, don't think that the court is easy to fool. In terms of the number of troops, the court controls very strictly. You are in control. According to the regulations, there are only [-] troops. The extra [-] people are for The logistics are for you, understand?"

"When will I be able to command an army of thirty thousand?"

"If you hold the festival, you can command [-] troops. If you can be named Xuanfu envoy, you can command [-] troops. Next, you can be named as the commander of five capitals."

Chen Qing sighed softly, Chijie means Jiedu Envoy, now in the entire Western Army only Wu Jie is serving as Jiedu Envoy of Yongxing Army and Liu Ziyu is serving as Jiedu Envoy of Xihe Road.

"Then what does the envoy want in exchange?"

Li Gang had a sly look in his eyes, and said with a smile, "I think a hundred cars and boats are pretty good!"

(End of this chapter)