The Wei army in Shangjun lied to the country with 200,000, but the actual army was only 120,000. At that time, Xia Yangjun's first reaction was that Gong Shumeng had eaten a total of 80,000 people's empty salary, which made him very angry.

But after learning about Gongshu Meng Yufushi's deeds of perseverance, Xia Yang Jun felt suspicious of this.

After all, people who are so loyal to the country will not do such a despicable thing. Therefore, after meeting Gongshumeng, Xia Yangjun raised this question.

Faced with Xia Yang Jun’s questioning, Gongshumeng did not dare to hide it, and after sighing, he revealed the whole story.

In fact, the old county magistrate did get a job without paying, but he did not give up his personal pockets, but used the money to the disabled soldiers and the care of Zhan Gu.

After all, the confrontation between Shangjun and the northern alien races has never stopped in the past decade. What’s more important is that given the excellent mobility of the Hu cavalry, the Wei army of Shangjun has almost never gained any advantage in the confrontation with the Hu people, and has been in a situation of being beaten from beginning to end.

It is conceivable how many people were injured and killed by the Wei army in Shangjun during this period.

Young and strong have always been the pillar of a family. The Wei army in Shangjun suffered many casualties, leaving behind a group of women, children, elderly and weak. How can these people survive?

There are also soldiers who were injured and disabled in the war. How can these people survive after being forced to discharge from the army?

"Didn't you give me a pension?"

Xia Yangjun asked with a frown.

"It was a pension." Gongshu nodded, but then shook his head and said, "But those pensions, even if they save money, will be used up for two or three years... Shangjun is different from the people in the hinterland of China. As long as they guard a piece of land at home, they can at least barely make a living unless they encounter natural disasters. However, in our Shangjun, every August and September, foreign tribes come to loot one after another. Although the scale is not large, the harm to the people in the county is not reduced at all... Those disabled elderly and weak are already difficult, and they are harmed by the Hu people and cannot survive at all..."

Xia Yang Jun frowned again: "So, do you lied about the number of troops and used military rations and military pay to help them?"

Gongshu Meng smiled bitterly and said, "I didn't think much at first, but I saw that they were pitiful and took some military rations to help them. Later, gradually, the deficit of military rations became increasingly large. The military rations that had just been transported were originally going to be eaten for three months, but it ended in the early second month..."

"Why don't you report it to the country?" Xia Yang asked in a deep voice.

Gongshumeng was silent when he heard this. His son Gongsun Chi hugged Xia Yangjun and replied in a slightly rushing tone: "Xia Yangjun is a clear-cut master. If it is useful to report it to the country, how could my father come up with this bad strategy?... For the soldiers of my Shangjun army, those widows and war orphans are relatives of our soldiers who died in battle, but the ministers and ministers in China will not take them to heart. Even if my father reported to the country many times and mentioned the issue of pension, there was no response in the country. As a last resort, my father could only use the threat of the Hu people to lie to expand the army and intercept some military rations to help them."

“…”

Xia Yangjun was silent for a moment when he heard this.

In fact, he also understood that in terms of pension, the Wei State did not do that well. For example, the Yuanli Army under his command had a total of 7,000 soldiers who had been slashed to more than 1,000, including 500 disabled soldiers. Only 700 soldiers were left. However, at that time, the country did not immediately issue pensions to his Yuanli Army's family, but immediately incorporated the 700 people into the army attacking Hexi.

Fortunately, Shaoliang kept his promise. After the families of those sacrificed soldiers defected to Shaoliang due to the Battle of Hedong, he assumed the responsibility of taking care of the families of the sacrificed soldiers and distributed food to everyone with the rationing system. Otherwise, Xia Yang Jun shouldn't have arrived in Jiuquan in the future. How should he explain to his former subordinates who died in battle?

After breathing a long sigh, Xia Yang Jun said to Gong Shumeng seriously: "I am about to return to China to serve as the Prime Minister. When I become the Prime Minister, I will find a way to deal with this matter... I think that your father and son are not out of selfish desires, so I will hide this matter for you. However, the empty salary ruins the military atmosphere and will never happen again in the future!"

"Thank you, Mr. Xia Yang!"

The uncle and son were relieved and thanked him.

From the side, although Li He did not say a word, he quietly watched the reaction of his uncle and his son. After all, the other party would defend Shangjun with him in the future. If he was really a guy who was full of personal gain, he would definitely ask Xia Yangjun to replace the father and son.

But according to his observation, the emotional expressions of the uncle and son are quite real, and the situation described should be true.

After thinking about it, he suddenly interrupted, "Have you ever considered farming in Shangjun? Or shepherd the Hu people like this?"

"Military camp?" Xia Yangjun continued.

The strategy of Shaoliang's military camp is no longer a secret four years later. Now Shaoliang can produce more than one million stones of grain a year, which is an indelible strategy.

But neither Qin nor Wei followed Shaoliang's military camps. After all, the army controlled the military farming, which was a way to cause trouble in the eyes of the ministers of the two countries. Shaoliang did not have enough labor and was forced to adopt the military camps. Qin and Wei had sufficient labor, so why did they take the risk of military camps?

But in Shangjun, Li He believed that it was very suitable for military garrison.

He and Xia Yang Jun simply calculated the calculation: "Even if Hedong grain is transported to Shangjun, it will take at least a thousand miles to travel back and forth. They are all high-altitude mountain roads, which are not time-consuming and labor-intensive. They have to consider the food consumption of the people. It is better to implement the military camp in Shangjun... I have heard people say that if you have food in your hands, you will not panic. Even if the Hu people attack again, as long as you have food in your hands, you will slowly get entangled with the Hu people."

"this……"

Xia Yangjun turned to look at Gong Shumeng, who said in surprise: "We use the army to cultivate farms? This is probably difficult... It is not that no one has cultivated me in Shangjun. But every August and September, the damn Hu people in the north gather to invade, attacking the villages, looting food, women, good villages, and the fruits of hard farming for a year were destroyed by those Hu people. Therefore, fewer and fewer villages were cultivated..."

Li He smiled and said, "If this is the reason, it's very simple. Just kill those Hu people so that they dare not come to invade Shangjun again."

“…”

Gongshu Meng opened his mouth and didn't know how to respond for a moment. His son Gongshu Chi showed a strange expression next to him, as if saying: Speak lightly!

Li He didn't care about the reactions of the father and son, and said with a smile: "This time I am anxious to meet with Gongshu County Governor, just to join the army of both sides and counterattack the grassland..."

"Counterattack on the grassland?" Gongshumeng's expression was slightly moved.

"Yes."

Li He nodded and said, "I have not mentioned just now that your country and my Shaoliang have mastered the methods of training cavalry. At present, there are at least 5,000 cavalry in both countries. If we include the Hu people who surrendered to my Shaoliang, the cavalry on our coalition side has exceeded 10,000... Cavalry will no longer be the unique advantage of the Hu people on the grassland in the future."

"really?!"

Gongshu Meng was shocked and turned to look at Xia Yangjun.

"No," Xia Yangjun said with a smile: "The Hu cavalry who surrendered to Shaoliang taught us how to train cavalry by the Hu people. In addition, the two cavalry equipment tailored by Doctor Ziliang for our coalition, the cavalry of our two countries are not inferior to Hu cavalry at all, especially Ziliang's heavy armored cavalry, with only 2,500 people, and they killed more than 10,000 Hu cavalry in a panic!"

"It turned out to be..." Gongshu Meng was so excited that he couldn't speak.

As the governor of Shangjun, in fact, he had considered imitating Hu Qi to build his cavalry of the Central Plains. However, the cavalry they trained were as powerless as children in front of those Hu Qi who were skilled in bowing and horses, which made Gong Shumeng give up this idea.

Unexpectedly, the coalition forces that had just arrived in Shangjun had already built cavalry, and the number of cavalry had exceeded 5,000 - out of prejudice, he did not include the Hu cavalry who surrendered to Shaoliang.

"No wonder the coalition forces were able to defeat Pilo and Fumeng." Gongshumeng praised excitedly.

"It's all the soldiers who use their lives."

Li He smiled humbly and then said seriously: "Although Hu Meng was defeated, I think he was undead and would inevitably gather three Hu tribes, Yizhan, Wulan, and even Daye, to come together to retaliate. Therefore, I hope to join forces with the governor of Gongshu County, first resist the revenge of the Hu people, and then counterattack the grassland..."

Speaking of this, he suddenly paused.

From the side, Xia Yang Jun smiled at the right time: "The governor of Gongshu County may not know that Ziliang is from my Wei family. Now he serves as the old Liang doctor in Shaoliang. Shaoliang can grow from a small country in the past to a point where Qin State dare not underestimate it. Ziliang is an indelible contribution..."

How could Gong Shumeng, who is nearly fifty years old, not be able to hear Xia Yangjun’s implicit sound?

Even if Xia Yangjun concealed and lied about the number of troops for him, he could not refuse Xia Yangjun's hint.

So he immediately bowed and said, "As long as Dr. Ziliang doesn't mind my old age, I am willing to be the pioneer of Dr. Ziliang."

“Hey.”

Seeing that the veteran was so tactful, Li He also smiled and said with a smile: "I have also heard about Gongshu County Magistrate's deeds of being defended by Gongshu County. How could there be any old saying? I am young and energetic. When I serve as the general for the first time, there must be some omissions. I also want to ask Gongshu County Magistrate to give me more suggestions."

"Where are there." Gongshu Meng laughed.

Between laughter and joy, the two sides determined the master and slave who would join forces.

That night, Li He and Xia Yangjun held a banquet to entertain Gongshu Meng. I don’t know if he was afraid that Li He would not be able to suppress Gongshu Meng after he left. Xia Yangjun mentioned Li He’s various feats when facing the 200,000 Qin army at the banquet. Only when he heard Gongshu and his son exclaimed, he finally understood why Li He was able to be the commander of the coalition army at a mere twentieth age.

The next morning, Gongshumeng, Gongshuchi and his son happily returned to Gaonu, preparing to transfer their troops to Fushi.

Seeing this, Xia Yang Jun also offered Li He a farewell. After all, what he should have done has been done, and it is time to return to China to serve as a prime minister. By the way, he reported the "Shangjun Alliance" he negotiated with Li He to the King of Wei, asking the King of Wei to send an envoy to officially reach this alliance with Shao Liang.

Once this alliance is reached, the relationship between the three kingdoms of Wei, Qin and Shaoliang will inevitably undergo earth-shaking changes.
Chapter completed!