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Chapter 113 Rearing the Arms for War
"We also agree to start a war with Hou Jin, and the Fourth Brigade requests to fight." Xu Jisheng of the Fourth Brigade sensed what Chu Yun meant, so he said first.

"Damn, our first battalion has guarded the front line for a long time, don't let your people take away all the good things, our first battalion will be the vanguard." Mrs. Yang shouted carelessly.

"All members of our third brigade are also invited to fight! The Jinren used to enslave us to bully their own people. This revenge must be avenged!" Liu Xingzuo also said aside.

Almost all the participating military officers want to participate in this rare battle and build military exploits.

"Everyone, don't worry. If we want to capture Shengjing this time, we will definitely come out with all our strength. The guarding of the rear will be left to the reserve soldiers. Grand Duke Karl, you can draw a brigade from the reserve military service for a little training. Arrange in Gaizhou and Fuzhou defense lines to prevent Houjin from encircling Wei and rescuing Zhao." Chu Yun thought about it.If you don't invest all the main force, you will definitely not be able to gnaw at the hard bone of Houjin. If you really want to go out this time, it will be considered a desperate one.

"Okay, let's beat Hou Jin's bastards together!"

"My infantry brigade has just been equipped with a new type of artillery, and it hasn't had time to actually fight. It's time to practice with the golden man!"

Xu Jisheng, Mrs. Yang and others shouted one after another.

This is not the most important thing after obtaining the support of mid- and senior-level military officers at all levels.As the saying goes, soldiers and horses go first before using food and grass. It is not difficult to mobilize all the troops in southern Liaoning to go north. About two or three months of military pay, various ammunition, and pensions for soldiers killed in battle are the direct costs of waging a war, and the indirect costs are even more astonishing. South lost thousands of labor, and some production stagnation.Due to the urgent production of strategic materials such as solid bullets, muskets, cannons, and cotton-padded clothes, some factories have reduced orders from the private sector, and their income has naturally decreased.According to Chu Yun's estimate, if this battle drags on for a while, his direct losses may be tens of thousands of taels, and his indirect losses may be close to a million taels of silver.

Fortunately, the Kyushu Bank has raised a lot of money this time. As long as Chu Yun runs well, he can withdraw a lot of silver from the Kyushu Bank to start the war.

"The cold winter is coming. We only prepared a little food for the winter. If we want to go to war, I am afraid that we will have to temporarily buy a large amount of food from merchants in Jiangnan and Shandong." Chen Ting said to Chu Yun with an account book, "There are already Shandong , Jiangnan merchants accepted our order and are willing to transport grain from Jiangnan to Liaonan to support us.”

"Did they raise the price on the ground?" Chu Yun asked.

"If ordinary officials buy grain from merchants like them who are not profitable and can't afford it early, they will probably be slaughtered by them, at least doubled. However, our Liao army promised them the use of artillery and warships." Quota and some preferential tariffs in exchange for cheap food." Chen Ting said.

"Sure enough, these guys still have to rely on profit to lure them, so that they can bring food willingly." Chu Yun said helplessly.

The end of the Ming Dynasty was really bad. Businessmen and officials were a group of pig teammates. No wonder Chongzhen called the sky and the earth didn't work.

"My lord, I have to say that this double-entry bookkeeping method is really a good thing. Now our account books are clear at a glance, and every day the bookkeeping specialist will summarize the accounts. We can always see the funds and various materials in stock." Chen Ting Transfer the account books to Chu Yun.

Chu Yun glanced at the funds recorded in the account book, which were stored in several places.The most important ones are the Fuliao Army's own treasury and the reserves of Kyushu Bank.

"Is it a big problem if a large amount of deposits in the bank are withdrawn for the production of armaments?" Chu Yun asked.

"Returning to my lord, the deposits of Bank of Kyushu have not decreased because we have used part of the finance to make up for it. On the contrary, more and more funds have poured into our Bank of Kyushu. If people don't withdraw money outside in a short period of time, it will support us. There is no problem in fighting for three months. It's all right." Chen Ting said.

"Well, after the problem of food, grass and silver is resolved, we still need to find allies. Just relying on us to attack the capital of Houjin, the pressure is too great, and it is too dazzling. We can send people to seek cooperation from Korea."

"Are you saying that you want to ask Korea for help? How many troops should we ask them to send to cooperate with us?"

"Let them send troops at will, it doesn't matter if it's [-] or [-], they're just going through the motions anyway..."

All the middle and high-level members of the Fuliao Army knew that a battle was about to break out, so they hurriedly dispatched troops, supplies, and food.The fourth brigade and the battalions of the second brigade in the rear moved to the front line of Gaizhou one after another, and merged with most of the first brigade, third brigade, and artillery brigade in Gaizhou.The logistics department, which is directly under the military department and is responsible for transportation, temporarily recruits civilians to transport various materials to the front line.These civilian workers are called "temporary workers", and their wages are higher than ordinary workers, on a daily basis.

In addition to the old army going to the front, a new brigade was formed.This new infantry brigade was selected by Archduke Karl from the reserve military service that usually participated in training, and it was called the fifth infantry brigade of the Fuliao Army.Chu Yun, the brigade commander of the [-]th Infantry Brigade, couldn't think of a suitable candidate, or no one with such qualifications to serve as the brigade commander, so he acted as the brigade commander of the [-]st and [-]th Brigade at the same time.The mission of the Fifth Infantry Brigade is to be responsible for the local defense together with the navy when the five frontal brigades attack Houjin.

The large-scale mobilization of the Liao army involved tens of thousands of people, which immediately aroused Hou Jin's vigilance.Later Jin immediately reinforced the strength of one banner to station in the Daliaohe River Basin, echoing the strength of the two banners of Haizhouwei.The three banners immediately recruited strong men on the spot, expanding the strength of the three banners to about 5 people, in order to block the offensive of the Liao army from the south.

However, it's not just the Jin army in Haizhou and Daliaohe who are ready to move, but also the spies lurking in southern Liaoning...

In a small town near the bottom of Iron Mountain in Gaizhou, there is a pawn shop, and many people come in through the stone wall in the backyard.The old shopkeeper of the pawn shop asked Xiao Er to watch the shop in the front hall, and then came to the backyard by himself.

More than a dozen people had already gathered in the backyard.They are either dressed as traveling merchants selling gourd candies, or as woodcutters carrying firewood into the city, or as dark workers mining in Gaizhou Mine.

"Heaven's family, Dajin, has been ordered by his superiors. In order to prevent the Liao army from going north, everything will be done randomly according to Mr. Fan's plan." The old shopkeeper said to more than a dozen Jinren spies in different costumes.

(End of this chapter)