Lin Chengfei glanced at Yu Hai and frowned, but he didn't say anything after all...

Seeing that Lin Chengfei was not speaking, Yu Hai looked at Han Mo with a slight look on his face and smiled: "General Han, your army sent troops to help. I will not treat my friends badly in the country of ceremonial rituals. It is not feasible to borrow grain, but... 400,000 stones of grain is indeed not a small amount. It is better to do this. We lend 200,000 stones of grain, and you will send troops immediately. Do you see if it is feasible?"

Han Mo did not answer and looked at Jiang Siyuan.

Jiang Siyuan looked solemn and shook his head and said, "No, the so-called three armies will go first before they reach the food and grass. If there is no sufficient logistics guarantee, our army will not dare to take risks!"

Yu Hai frowned, pondered for a while, suddenly looked at Han Mo, and bowed, "General Han, can you speak with one step?"

Everyone was stunned. I wonder why Yu Hai had to talk to Han Mo alone at this time. Do you want to persuade Han Mo privately?

Han Mo smiled faintly and nodded, "Okay!"

The two left the tent and stopped a short distance from the tent. Han Mo asked with a smile: "Mr. Yu, don't you know what you have to do?"

Yu Hai looked around and then came forward, took out a letter from his sleeve and handed it to Han Mo, and said respectfully: "General Han, this is the letter that the Empress Dowager asked me to give you."

Han Mo knew that Emperor Chongren of Qing Kingdom passed away and the newly ascended the throne was Emperor Tianzheng, the third prince of Qing Kingdom. The pseudo-princess Zi'er changed from a crown princess to the empress of Qing Kingdom. The beautiful and charming Empress Qing Kingdom has now become the empress dowager of Qing Kingdom.

He frowned slightly, quickly opened the envelope, took out the letter from it, and when he opened it, he couldn't help but be surprised. He saw that there was no word in the letter, but just a painting was drawn.

There is a table on the painting, and a crown is placed on it. There is an oil lamp next to the crown. The oil lamp is lit, and around the crown, it is even more highlighted, showing that the crown is under the light, shining brightly.

When Han Mo saw the crown, his heart suddenly jumped. He saw that the oil lamp was quite special. He frowned and thought about it. A strange smile suddenly appeared on the corner of his mouth.

In the Qitian Temple of Qing Kingdom, the spring breeze of Qinghou was once used, and later the lamp oil from the oil lamp was used. Isn’t the oil lamp exactly the same as the oil lamp painted?

As for the crown, Han Mo remembered what he said on the night of the Qinghou that as long as he cooperated with her, she could help himself become an emperor.

When Yu Hai saw a smile on Han Mo's lips, his expression suddenly relaxed, and he bowed and said softly: "General Han, the Empress Dowager has other selfish intentions to me, and I will tell General Han that as long as the general sends troops to relieve me of Daqing, I, Daqing, will definitely report to the general!"

Han Mo smiled and shook his head, "The moral matter is not for self-interest." He paused and said, "Mr. Yu, you should know that if my Dayan sends troops and soldiers work hard. If your country cannot show enough sincerity, the morale of the soldiers will inevitably be damaged. If you go to battle and kill the enemy, you may be a little reluctant. Moreover, the despise country proposed to borrow grain, not to borrow it but not return it. In order to stabilize the Northern Barbarians, your country would rather ced the three northeastern counties. Now that we want my Dayan to send troops, can't we even borrow hundreds of thousands of stones of grain?"

Yu Hai thought for a while and said, "General Han, if I can make the decision, let alone 400,000 shi of grain, even one million shi, I am willing to lend it to your army. However, these grains and grass will support our Qing army soldiers for a long time. If we borrow too much, it will probably cause dissatisfaction among our army soldiers. If the morale of the army is disrupted, the consequences will be unimaginable."

"Everything is difficult." Han Mo sighed: "Mr. Yu, in fact, during this negotiation, the emperor of the country also handed over the decision-making power to the Censor Jiang. It is not easy for me to make a decision." Seeing that Yu Hai looked embarrassed, he said: "Let me do this. For the sake of the Empress Dowager and Lord Yu, I personally advised Censor Jiang to see if he could be compatible and borrow less food!"

Yu Hai showed joy and said respectfully: "It's so hard for General Han!"

The two returned to the tent and sat down. Han Mo coughed twice before looking at Jiang Siyuan and said loudly: "Mr. Jiang, 400,000 stones of grain is indeed not a small amount. Look... can you borrow less!"

Jiang Siyuan frowned, then shook his head and said, "No, I must not!"

Han Mo also frowned, with a bad look on his face and said, "Mr. Jiang, now that the allies are suffering from strong enemies, they are indeed in trouble. We must deal with it as appropriate..."

"General Han, don't forget that you are the commander of the Northwest Army of Dayan. You must be responsible to the soldiers!" Jiang Siyuan's voice also became louder.

Han Mo said sternly: "Don't you even give me the face?"

"The emperor's will, this matter will be decided by me in the final decision...!" Jiang Siyuan was extremely unhappy. He knew that it was not his turn to make decisions in any case, but he had to continue the scene with Han Mo: "Without food, I must not let the Yan army send troops!"

Han Mo clenched his fist and slammed heavily on the table, and said angrily: "Civil Secretary Jiang, the emperor does not know that the war on the front line is urgent. The emperor's intention is to carry out a righteous army, not to let you entangle these here."

Seeing Han Mo like this, Yu Hai was immediately grateful.

Tie Kui, the general of Linyang Pass, who had not spoken from beginning to end, finally said: "General, can the last general say a few words?"

Han Mo's angry look was slightly retracted and nodded, "What does General Iron want to say?"

Tie Kui pondered slightly and finally said, "You can borrow less food, but you can't lose weapons and equipment!"

"Weapons and equipment?" Lin Chengfei and Yu Hai both frowned. It seemed that the Yan people had really made many requests. Before they could discuss the issue of food, they began to use weapons and equipment.

Han Mo also looked like he had just remembered it and nodded, "Yes, I almost forgot."

Yu Hai asked: "I wonder what weapons and equipment your country needs?"

"General Tie, what equipment do we need?" Han Mo looked at Tie Kui again.

Tiekui said solemnly: "Three thousand sets of heavy armor, five thousand faced tiger-faced shield!"

As soon as he said that, Lin Chengfei and the other two changed their color, but Lin Chengfei had already stood up and sneered: "If your country has so many requests, then it would be better not to discuss this alliance!"

Yu Hai also frowned and said, "General Han, this request... seems to be too much, right?"

Heavy armor is an extremely expensive equipment for all countries. Most ordinary soldiers from all countries have leather protective gear. Those with slightly stronger protective gear are just light armor. The so-called heavy armor is three-layer armor. The first layer is iron protective gear made of fine iron, and the middle is tough cowhide protective gear. The innermost is a layer of copper protective gear. The three layers of protective gear are grouped together, and the swords and guns cannot penetrate at all. They are extremely well-made. Each set of heavy armor costs at least 100 taels of silver. The requirements for heavy armor are also extremely high. They must be strong and powerful. Otherwise, those with thin and thin bodies will find it difficult to fight flexibly on the battlefield after being equipped with heavy armor.

Heavy armored soldiers are all the ace troops of various countries, and their combat effectiveness is also the strongest. The Northwest Army of Yan State has organized 120,000, but the heavy armored soldiers are less than 10,000, and they are distributed in various passes. The number of heavy armored soldiers stationed at Linyang Pass does not exceed 3,000.

As for the tiger-faced shield, this is the ace armor of Qing Kingdom. It is twice as big as an ordinary shield. It is extremely strong, but not heavy. The main reason is that the metal material used to make the tiger-faced shield is a specialty of Qing Kingdom. It has high toughness but light weight. It is also the strongest shield in Qing Kingdom. The Qing army has excellent defensive capabilities. From a certain perspective, this tiger-faced shield definitely plays a crucial role.

However, the metal material of the tiger-faced shield is rare even in Qingguo. The value of each tiger-faced shield is more than 100 taels of silver. The Qing army infantry is only some of the people equipped with such high-end shields.

In Lin Chengfei's heart, the country's weapon cannot be shown to others, let alone given to other countries. Moreover, if we agree to this condition, three thousand heavy armor plus five thousand tiger-faced shields will be equivalent to paying one million taels of silver for equipment, which Lin Chengfei would not accept in any case.

In fact, before coming, Han Mo brought Tie Kui and Jiang Siyuan together to discuss matters and proposed to ask for equipment. At that time, Tie Kui and Jiang Siyuan were even surprised.

The order from Yanjing City was indeed to ask the Northwest Army to ask for as much food and grass as possible from Qingguo, but there was no order to ask for equipment. Han Mo asked for weapons and equipment to offer more prices, and Jiang Siyuan believed in his heart that the people of Qingguo would never agree to this request.

Han Mo's expression was much more serious than before talking about food and grass, and he said seriously: "General Lin, I promise that after this battle, these weapons and equipment can be returned to your country, but now, your country must show your sincerity!"

Lin Chengfei said calmly: "The so-called sincerity should not be expressed in this way? Moreover, the equipment you requested cannot be given even if I want to. Whether it is a heavy armor or a tiger-faced shield, there are few in our army. Your country needs 3,000 heavy armor and 5,000 tiger-faced shields, which is not something our country can bear!"

Deng Guozhong also sneered: "I think it's fake for you to send troops to help, and it's true that you take advantage of the situation to rob!"

Jiang Siyuan also stood up suddenly and sneered: "Not to mention the Northeast Legion and Northwest Legion of your country, only the army in the south of your country town, the number of tiger-faced shields exceeds 20,000, and the heavy armor also owns nearly 15,000 sets. If the number is insufficient, it is afraid it will be difficult to convince people?" He also looked solemn at this moment: "Since I, Dayan, are preparing to fight against the powerful enemy with you, some things cannot be divided into each other, and the so-called alliance cannot be just a word."

The news about Jiang Siyuan was naturally informed by Han Mo, and the amount of equipment that Han Mo knew was naturally the information in the Northwest Army. When Xiao Huaiyu was in charge of the Northwest Army, the biggest enemy he faced was Qingguo, so he naturally had to inquire about Qingguo's exquisite equipment.

The Qing State's equipment was obtained by Shang Zhongli's efforts during his command of the army. It was precisely because of this that the Qing army maintained a certain combat effectiveness.

Lin Chengfei said lightly: "Mr. Jiang means that I asked the Qing army to take off my equipment and hand it over to your army's equipment?"

Jiang Siyuan said in a deep voice: "This time I am just an alliance negotiation. I am not willing to have a dispute with you, but without these supplies, the customs country is not prepared enough, and it is really difficult to send troops!"

Lin Chengfei's face was extremely ugly, but Yu Hai was extremely embarrassed and could only look at Han Mo, with a begging look in his eyes.

The order to go to the capital was to instruct Yu Hai to reach an agreement with Yan State to send troops to assist. However, the price proposed by the Yan State is too high now. If you agree easily without regard to the consent of Lin Chengfei and other military generals, it would probably cause turmoil in the Qing army itself, and you would not have any good results at that time.

When he was the decree of the capital, he became the decision maker of Qingguo in this negotiation, Yu Hai was extremely excited, but at this time he felt extremely pressured and understood that this decision maker was not easy to be a good person.

He looked at Han Mo with a mercy look, hoping that Han Mo would come out to relieve his pressure in view of the letter Qinghou.
Chapter completed!