Troubled Times: Start with 800 Dead Soldiers

After Su Xia and Lu Zhishen and others rushed back to Dengzhou Guard, Xiong Hui breathed a sigh of relief,

For Xiong Hui, these two weeks have passed so long that it is not an exaggeration to describe it as a year.

Having such a big issue in Salmon Island left to him to take charge of, made Xiong Hui, a military general, a little weak.

Therefore, when Su Xia came back, he couldn't help complaining in his heart: "Sir, you have been away for such a long time, and there are so many big and small things on the island, I can't take care of them at all."

Su Xia waved her hand: "Xiong Hui, am I not coming back? By the way, the person Fei Ge sent a letter to you to find before, the deputy gunner Hong Tianlei Lingzhen of Tokyo Jiazhanku, what did the prefect Zhou Bin say? "

"Master Zhou wrote back and said that he agrees to our request, but this matter must be approved by the school inspector Tong Guantong."

Su Xia nodded. This Tong Guan was naturally not a good person. She suddenly understood that this was the prefect Zhou Bin who was "nurturing" her.

To maintain and level the navy of your own requires talents. Although you are fighting for the country, you still have to pay the "money" that should be paid.

"Tell Zhu Gui to send 500 taels of silver to the prefect Zhou Bin and ask him to work on this matter for us."

I will write another letter to the prefect Zhou Bin now. As soon as Su Xia finished speaking, she sat at the table and started writing a letter.

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Outside the large tent of the Pinghai Navy, it was almost dawn. Su Xia looked up at the white fish belly in the sky, which gradually turned bright red, and she was filled with endless reveries in her heart.

Everyone has his own destiny, farmers have their own destiny, and emperors have their own destiny.

And I might have been born to lead troops in war!

Su Xia never imagined that she would go back a thousand years ago and become an officer again!

Moreover, he was a naval officer who was in charge of the largest naval force of the Forbidden Army in the Northern Song Dynasty - Ping Haijun!

Pinghai Navy Commander, this official position, by now, should be a major general!

He suddenly transformed and became the commander of thousands of navy troops.

It seems that all this is destined.

On the side, Zhao Wenhui and his brothers from the prison camp stood behind Su Xia, all of them wearing bright silver armor! How majestic!

What a military majesty!

Su Xia put on the military uniform that a commander should wear.

At this moment, he is wearing a phoenix-winged battle helmet with a red tassel on his head, armor on his body, knee armor on the outside, slings on his legs, and combat boots on his feet.

What a majestic general!

Su Xia turned around, Zhao Wenhui and everyone else looked at her in amazement.

Zhao Wenhui first bowed his head: "General!"

The sergeants behind Zhao Wenhui also knelt down and worshiped him, shouting in unison: "General!"

Looking at these capable soldiers, Su Xia felt like she had returned to the special forces for a moment.

"Every department is ready, summon all Pinghai Navy departments immediately, let's order!"

The bugle sounded at the dock of the Pinghai Military Camp in Dengzhou Wei, as a forbidden army force directly under the central government.

Su Xia still had some expectations for this army. On the military platform, the Forbidden Army gathered much faster than Xiong Hui's Xiang Army.

However, Zhou Bin, the prefect, Lord Song, the prosecutor, and Gu Tingye, the commander of the Tianwu Army, all told him: "The Ping Navy has low combat effectiveness and cannot be reused, and cannot deal with pirate attacks, so he was transferred here to serve as the commander of the navy." .”

However, Su Xia quickly saw the clue. The queues were arranged, and there were four full columns. Each column was divided into fifteen columns and twelve rows. There were only 180 people in each column.

From this point of view, the four columns only have 720 men.

Didn't it say that the Pinghai Navy has 2000 personnel?

Su Xia ordered and asked: "Where is the deputy general? Have all the soldiers gathered here?"

A young officer leaned out and said: "Report to the commander, the last general is Li Dong, the deputy general of the Pinghai Navy. All the naval forces under the Dengzhou Guard have gathered here!"

"Compared with the number on the roster, this number is much smaller! Do you know the reason?"

"Report to the commander that there is a shortage of naval personnel under the command of Dengzhou Guard and we cannot recruit troops!"

Su Xia couldn't help but sigh in her heart, walked down from the military platform, looked at the young general, and asked: "Tell the truth, how many ships, artillery and arrows do the navy have?"

Lieutenant General Li Dong couldn't help but become a little nervous. Although he had received a notice a few days earlier that the commander of the Pinghai Navy would arrive at the military camp in the near future, the general's sudden visit still caught him off guard.

Fortunately, Li Dong had a good grasp of the Pinghai Navy and was able to answer all the questions raised by Su Xia.

"Back to my lord, there are more than twenty warships and more than thirty cannons, but only a dozen can fire. There are plenty of bows and arrows!"

Su Xia nodded and looked at the sergeants below. Each of them had a weathered look and a sallow complexion. If their military flags did not show the flag of the Pinghai Navy, it would be difficult to imagine that they were the Forbidden Army.

Is this the elite navy of the Song Dynasty?

Su Xia checked the warships and artillery again. The warships were somewhat dilapidated and dilapidated. What surprised Su Xia even more was that some of the cannons were already rusty!

Lieutenant General Li Dong gave Su Xia an explanation: "General, this cannon is rusty because it has been immersed in water."

Su Xia sighed in her heart, and Zhao Wenhui and others who were following behind to check couldn't help but shake their heads.

Oh my god, there's nothing elite about this!

The elite imperial army is like this, let alone those miscellaneous soldiers from the state capital?

Su Xia stepped off the warship, walked into the military ration warehouse, and asked Li Dong beside him: "Is this where the navy officers and soldiers eat every day?"

"My lord, yes!"

Su Xia opened her pocket and reached into the rice bag. Not only was the rice moldy, she actually saw sand in the rice bag.

"Is this the military ration distributed by the Dengzhou Guard? Is this what you usually eat?"

"General, this is indeed the military ration distributed to us by the Dengzhou Guard! This is what we usually eat!"

Su Xia was in an uproar. He understood why the navy soldiers looked sallow and thin.

It seems that withholding military pay and changing military rations are commonplace among the Forbidden Army!

The soldiers did not have enough to eat, so they were naturally resentful. How could they work hard in the war? How could they defeat the pirates with such an army?

Su Xia turned to look at Zhao Wenhui on the side: "Wenhui, please pass on my order to immediately buy one hundred shi of rice and grain from Dengzhouwei Pier and transport it to the military camp quickly!"

No more fighting with soldiers!

This was Su Xia's first thought. If they don't even have enough to eat, such an army cannot fight!

Su Xia wants to prepare her army!

When these Pinghai Navy soldiers ate rice without sand and mold for the first time, they were undoubtedly deeply moved by their new commander-in-chief.

Lieutenant General Li Dong on the side held his sword and said with some hesitation: "General, we have so many people in the navy and so much food and wages. You solved it for a while, but in the long run, this food problem!"