"Report to Guangzong that the war is urgent" The sudden return of the spies caused a silence in the meeting hall.
People felt a little panicked.
The war was urgent because the outcome had been decided.
Once the outcome was announced, the situation had changed.
Qingcang asked: "Tell me, how is the war?"
The spy said straightly: "When Huangfu Song and Zhang Liang fought until yesterday evening, Huangfu Song used a trick to defeat Guangzong County.
The Yellow Turban Army was defeated, and Zhang Liang was also beheaded.
More than 30,000 Yellow Turban Army soldiers were killed, and about 50,000 people were killed.
He was forced to fall into the river and drowned.
Zhang Jiao's coffin was cut open by the Han army, his body was chopped into pieces, and his head was sent to Luoyang.
At this time, Huangfu Song led his troops to Xiaquyang to capture Zhang Bao's troops."
Although he knew the result, he was still a little shocked when the spies reported back.
After all, Zhang Jiao's body was slaughtered after his death, which shows how deeply the court hated him.
Guo Jiaze said: "I'm afraid that the weapons we used to assist Zhang Liang will be discovered by Huangfu Song.
If he uses this as a reason to attack us, I'm afraid we will lose a lot of soldiers."
Qingcang said: "He won't come to fight us in a short time.
After all, the Yellow Turban has not been exterminated yet."
At the same time, someone asked: "Commander, will we aid the Yellow Turban Army again?"
"We still need to assist, but the method will be a little different.
Since we sent a lot of weapons and equipment to Zhang Liang, and now Zhang Liang has failed, the weapons must have fallen into Huangfu Song's hands, so we have to get them from Zhang Bao Some compensation.
As for what to compensate, do you have any good suggestions?”
"I think food is the top priority and food is the most important thing for the people, so let them give us a large amount of food in exchange for weapons and equipment."
"No, they are holding on now.
Food is equally important.
If they exchange food for us, then they are not far from failure.
I think if we exchange it for gold, we are short of money now.
A large amount of gold can put us under pressure. become smaller.”
"We have already printed the money ourselves, so why do we need more gold?"
"This won't work, that won't work either, so I feel like there's nothing to change."
Finally, Wang Zongwei suggested: "Maybe we can exchange them for some iron weapons.
Our army has expanded significantly and we need more and more weapons.
Our own mining speed can no longer keep up with our needs."
Wang Chongwei's proposal quickly attracted the approval of some people.
Someone said: "I think Minister Wang's proposal is very good.
With our smelting level, we can definitely remanufacture poor-quality iron products to create better-quality weapons and equipment."
Others said: "Why didn't I think of this?
They must have leftover weapons after so many people died.
It's useless to keep them anyway.
It's better to exchange them for more powerful equipment."
Qingcang thought to himself, this seems quite reliable.
If we enter the steam age in the future and build steam trains, railway tracks, etc., then the amount of iron required must be huge.
How much iron can be saved at this time will be taken from their hands.
The obtained iron products only require some remaking before they can be used, unlike iron ore, which requires a series of processes such as purification.
Perhaps we can trade in this way in the future, exchanging high-level weapons for large amounts of raw materials.
In the end, even Guo Jia joined the ranks of those who agreed.
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"Minister Wang's proposal is very informative, and I support his opinion."
It can be said that no one objected, which was in line with Qingcang's decision.
"Nacheng, send out news to contact Zhang Bao and others, saying that we can provide them with advanced weapons and equipment, but they need to exchange iron products.
The speed must be fast, don't wait until Huangfu Song and others arrive in Xiaquyang, then it will be too late."
Xiaquyang is not far from Huaxia City, and it doesn't take a day for the spies to go back and forth, but Huangfu Song is different.
He has a large army, and it will take at least three days to get there from Guangzong.
Before Qingcang could send spies to Xiaquyang, guards came to report.
"Report, there is an envoy from Quyang coming."
Everyone, you look at me and I look at you.
It seems that Zhang Bao is much more anxious than them.
No, he is sending someone here again, this time he must be asking for weapons and equipment.
"Let him in."
At this moment, a rough man walked in with a dagger in his hand.
His voice was loud.
When he saw Qing Cang, he knelt down and knelt down.
I was asking for something from someone, so there was no harm in knelt down.
"Zhao Shun pays homage to the Lord of the City."
Before Zhao Shun could tell the purpose of coming, Qingcang said before him: "Zhao Shun, go back and tell your commander Zhang Bao that I, Huaxia City, are willing to assist you with weapons and equipment, but you need to pay a price to obtain these."
Weapons and equipment.”
When Zhao Shun heard this, a smile appeared on his heavy face.
He did not expect that everything would go so smoothly.
You must know that he had been here no less than five times, and every time he was met with disappointment, but today was different, Qing Cang He even took the initiative to ask for weapons and equipment to be sent to them.
It was not a gift, but an exchange.
If you have Huaxia City's weapons, it will be equivalent to strengthening Xia Quyang's defense ability again.
So he said: "Thank you, City Lord.
In fact, our Lord General has already explained this to me, and he has also given me the power.
As long as it is reasonable, I can make the decision."
"Then I will tell you the price.
Each ballista cart has one hundred sets of weapons.
Each set of rattan armor has ten sets of weapons.
Each continuous crossbow has ten sets of weapons."
The iron used in the ballista cart would never be much.
He opened his mouth and asked for a hundred sets for one.
He was not afraid that they would not agree.
After all, the enemy was facing a powerful enemy, so the faster the better.
When Zhao Shun heard this, he showed a trace of embarrassment.
Apparently he knew that Qing Cang would speak loudly, but he didn't expect him to be so cruel.
But looking back, if the city is broken, no matter how many weapons we have, it will be useless.
So he gritted his teeth and said, "Okay, we want a thousand ballista carts and five thousand continuous crossbows.
As for the rattan armor, we don't want it."
Calculating this way, exactly 150,000 sets of weapons can be replaced by 1,000 ballista carts and 5,000 repeating crossbows.
This is the power of technology.
This kind of exchange is unequal, but the other party has no choice but to change.
"Okay, you go back and prepare.
We have agreed to trade right in the middle of Huaxia City and Quyang City."
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Zhao Shun slightly understood that this was to help them.
If Qingcang only allowed them to trade in Huaxia City, it would definitely not be a good thing for Xia Quyang, because at that time, time was getting increasingly urgent, and Huangfu Song's vanguard might have already arrived at the city.
Then their every move will be monitored, and it is impossible to transport weapons openly.
They may also discover them and seize them directly.
As for how Zhang Liang and the others did it, maybe they had something like a tunnel to transport the weapons that Huaxia City had previously assisted them into the city.
Zhao Shunlue said excitedly: "Thank you City Lord for your understanding.
I will go back now to inform them to prepare.
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