Lu Wenhuan came to the Production and Purchase Department to ask for an audience, which surprised Shi Zhaizhi, but he still put down his work and met Lu Wenhuan in the public house.

"Changshan! You came just in time!" Shi Zhai said: "I have applied to the imperial court to establish a new Zhaoyi Army and recommend you to be the military commander!"

Lu Wenhuan saluted, "I would like to thank my husband for your support! I came here today because I have something to report, and I would like to ask my husband to make the decision!"

Shi Zhaizhi frowned, "Oh? What's the matter?"

Lu Wenhuan said: "My lord, some people in the Song army have deprived our army of food, which has caused instability among the soldiers. Many people are clamoring to go back to the north bank!"

Shi Zhai's face darkened, "Is this the case?"

Lu Wenhuan said: "How dare you talk nonsense when you are in such a humble position? Our officers and men reported that the food was much different from the time on the north coast."

When Shi Zhai heard this, his face looked a little ugly.

In fact, considering the wealth of the Song Dynasty, whether it was military pay or food, it should not be worse than that of the Qi army.

The soldiers who have surrendered now are not as well fed as those from the north. Someone must have tampered with the food.

Shi Zhaizhi naturally knew about the internal situation of the Song Army, but he never paid attention to it.

Because the Song Dynasty always valued civility over military affairs, the soldiers recruited were refugees and criminals, and the superior officials did not care about them at all.

The Song Dynasty's attitude towards military generals was that they were not allowed to have rights, but deprived them of their rights. If they still wanted them to be loyal to the court, they could only make them rich.

This resulted in them only paying attention to generals but not soldiers.

Shi Zhaizhi knew that the generals were making money, but he always turned a blind eye. After all, he needed the support of the generals. If he could not keep up with the light, he would offend all the generals.

Lu Wenhuan glanced at Shi Zhai and said, "My husband spent a lot of money to recruit Qi soldiers. If I can't retain them, all my efforts will be wasted! If my husband can improve the food, the humble position can stabilize the morale of the army. In addition, the humble position guarantees that I can continue to recruit soldiers for my husband."

Qi soldiers, empty out the navy of King Linyi!"

Shi Zhaizhi pondered for a while, nodded and said: "You go back to the camp first to appease me, I will handle this matter!"

Lu Wenhuan then bowed and resigned, while Shi Zhaizhi summoned his confidants and asked him to send a message to Xia Gui not to withhold food from the Qi army.

Shi Zhai could ignore the other Song troops, but it would be inconvenient for him to change them, which would offend his subordinate generals.

Recruiting the Qi army is related to Shi Zhaizhi's political performance. He must take action and cannot let the insects in the army affect his ability to poach Zhao Tai.

Lu Wenhuan left Chuzhou and returned to the Qi army camp after leaving the Zhizhi Department.

At this time, when the Qi army officers and soldiers saw that their general had returned, they all complained to Lu Wenhuan that the food of the Song army was too poor, including the 500 Qi soldiers who were the first to surrender.

Lu Wenhuan glanced at them coldly and nodded at a few people he knew, "Zhou Rong, Qi Wu, Zhao Ziheng, you guys are not honest. You just followed Ma Degong and ran away without saying hello, which made me lose the army."

Stick. Why don't you follow Ma to gain power and come here to enjoy the good food and drink?"

When several people heard this, they all lowered their heads in shame. Zhou Rong said: "Commander, we also obey the orders of our superiors. But Ma Degong goes to prostitutes every day and does not care about the lives of his brothers. He is not a thing."

Lu Wenhuan waved his hand, "Don't mention these. The general has already reported the food issue to the superior, and I believe it will be resolved soon!"

When several people heard this, they couldn't help but be moved in their hearts, "The commander is still kind to us."

"Humph!" Lu Wenhuan snorted coldly, "I hope you will have some conscience in the future! Get lost! Don't bother me!"

Lu Wenhuan sent them away, leaving only a few confidants to discuss quietly.

Lu Wenhuan pretended to defect to the Song army and had to keep it a secret. Otherwise, if the news leaked out with more than 2,000 people and many people talking, all the previous efforts would be wasted.

Therefore, only Lu Wenhuan and a few officers knew about the false surrender. The Song army secretly inquired in the camp, but could not get any news.

At this time, Lu Wenhuan arranged for personnel to guard outside the tent, and said to several subordinates: "What the king means is that the Song army seduces our officers, and we will seduce the soldiers of the Song army. I have suggested to Shi Zhaizhi to improve the food. You

What we have to do is to make the soldiers of Song Dynasty feel unbalanced!"

Faced with Shi Zhai's high price to poach people, Zhao Tai did not have enough money to win over the generals, and was opposed to rewarding him without making any merit.

After analyzing with Wang Wentong and learning about the situation of the Song Army from the former soldiers of the Song Army, Zhao Tai made a bold decision.

Zhao Tai believed that generals who could be attracted by Shi Zhaizhi's conditions, even if they did not betray him today, might betray the Qi army due to other temptations in the future.

Of course, Zhao Tai also knows very well that you cannot use money to test people, because the vast majority of people cannot stand the test.

If Shi Zhaizhi is allowed to recruit his generals like this, there is a high probability that his generals will move to the south one after another. In the end, the morale of the army will be shaken, and the Qi army will gradually collapse.

Therefore, Zhao Tai decided to force Shi Zhaizhi to stop. However, Zhao Tai did not blindly invest money to compare with the Southern Song Dynasty in the treatment of military officers. Instead, Zhao Tai decided to absorb ordinary soldiers who were not valued by the Southern Song Dynasty.

The army of the Song Dynasty was extremely large, and the problem of redundant troops was extremely serious. Shi Zhaizhi could benefit a few generals, but he had absolutely no ability to improve the treatment of all ordinary soldiers in the Song army.

Because there were too many soldiers in the Song Dynasty, even if we improved a little, the number would be astronomical every year, and even the finances of the Song Dynasty would be overwhelmed.

After thinking about this and understanding that the Qi army had an advantage over the Song army in treating soldiers, Zhao Tai decided to let Lu Wenhuan lead his troops to take over Shi Zhaizhi's benefits and consume his money, and then he

The soldiers came back.

As a result, Shi Zhaizhi suffered a big loss. Even if he left a few generals, they would feel uninterested and would not dare to continue to recruit him for fear of meeting Lao Liu again.

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North Bank, Lianshui.Lan

Wang Xiuzhen reported: "Your Majesty, Chuzhou has sent news that Lu Wenhuan has initially gained Shi Zhaizhi's trust."

Zhao Tai nodded slightly, "Very good. In that case, let's continue to let people cross the river. This time we will send reliable brothers!"

Wang Xiu cupped his fists and saluted, "I understand!"

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A month later, at the Song Army's camp on the south bank, under Lu Wenhuan's recruitment, soldiers from the north bank came to seek refuge with the Song Army almost every day. The number of Qi troops who took refuge with the Song Army already numbered more than 5,000.

This made Shi Zhai, the envoy of the Lianghuai system, very happy. According to his understanding, the total number of Qi soldiers in Lianshui was only more than 6,000.

This means that under his recruitment, Zhao Tai's navy has collapsed.

Shi Zhaizhi destroyed Zhao Tai's naval army without spending a single soldier, which made him quite happy.

On this day, Shi Zhaizhi left Chuzhou and arrived at Lu Wenhuan's camp. Seeing the five thousand Qi troops arrayed and practicing on the school field, he couldn't help but feel a surge of pride in his heart.

Lu Wenhuan said: "My lord, these are the officers and soldiers of the Qi army who came to join the Song Dynasty because they were inspired by my husband. Now I estimate that the Qi army's water stronghold on the north bank is almost empty."

"Hahaha~" Shi Zhaizhi raised his head and laughed, "Wen Huan, you did a good job! I will give you credit!"

Lu Wenhuan clasped his fists and said: "I thank you for your support. However, I have a merciless request, please allow me!"

"Oh, tell me!" Shi Zhaizhi waved his hand cheerfully.

Lu Wenhuan said: "My lord, Bei Zhi and the soldiers have been treated well since they crossed the river, but they have not made any great achievements. Bei Zhi and others are navy soldiers. Bei Zhi wants to get on the boat with his brothers to practice, and then sneak attack on the north bank and seize the Qi army in the water stronghold.

Force all the ships to come over." Lan
Chapter completed!