Reborn in the Water Margin as emperor, built tanks to level the world

On the contrary, the Song army and horses used their country-suppressing artifact to defeat most of our army, throwing away their armor and suffering heavy casualties.

And what about now?

The Japanese country of Japan had been destroyed by the Song Dynasty.

Not long ago, Tian Hu was killed by the Song Dynasty.

In the past, we gathered together the troops of Jin, Fang La, Tian Hu, Wang Qing, Dongying, and nearly half of our entire Goguryeo army, but we still failed to defeat the Song Dynasty.

Now, Japan is lost first and then Tianhu is lost.

With all our efforts, how can we possibly defeat it?

But what if we don't agree to the opinions put forward by these envoys now?

What if after that, the soldiers and horses of the Song Dynasty were the first to charge towards our country?

Just when Jin Shengtai was in a dilemma, wondering whether he should agree to this so-called alliance or not.

In my mind, this thought suddenly came out:

Since the three parties are asking for help from me at the moment, why don't I take advantage of this opportunity to greatly enhance the strength of our army?

In this way, even if the alliance between our forces fails, it will not cause our forces to suffer too much.

Jin Shengtai thought about this, and the tangled expression on his face suddenly disappeared.

Instead, there was a greedy and excited look on his face:

"What you said makes sense when you think about it carefully."

"No matter how you think about it, there is no reason to refuse."

As soon as Jin Shengtai said this, the three envoys standing under the jade steps immediately smiled happily.

I thought it wouldn't take long for their envoy mission to be completed.

But what they never expected was that just moments after the smiles on the faces of the three of them, Jin Shengtai's words immediately made the smiles on the faces of the three of them fade away.

Instead, he looked extremely thoughtful:

"But, at the moment, we Goguryeo are powerless in this matter."

"For example, our army's soldiers and horses have been in decline since the last defeat."

"Not only are weapons in short supply, even the war horses are almost exhausted."

"In addition, Goguryeo has also experienced severe droughts for several years."

"Not to mention the people in the country, even I, as the king, have to live frugally."

"So, if you want me to agree and wait for the monarch's conditions, you must help us."

"If not, even if we want to help, we are powerless."

Since those envoys could be valued by the monarchs of all parties, they were selected as envoys to go to Goguryeo this time.

So no matter who they are, they are almost always responsible for the resourcefulness of their respective camps.

At this time, when I heard that the Goguryeo monarch actually said such words, how could he not understand what the other party was thinking?

But at the moment, the envoys from these three parties have come forward to ask Goguryeo for help. Even so, if they show some sincerity for this alliance, they will not suffer a loss.

When the envoys from the three parties thought of this, they felt a lot better.

So at this time, they spoke one after another, asking Jin Shengtai, the leader of Goguryeo, what kind of assistance they needed here before they were willing to send troops to form an alliance.

Now here in Shengtai, when I saw that the other party agreed so quickly, I felt secretly happy in my heart, and my words became even more open-minded.

But Jin Shengtai smiled slightly, his face full of greed:

"Actually, it doesn't take much. It just needs some weapons, horses, food, and military pay."

"Before this, the envoys also said so."

"The current strength of the Song Dynasty is really not comparable to that of the past."

"In this case, if I send fewer troops here, it may not be able to help."

"If that's the case, then I'll grit my teeth here and send out the generals together with the Imperial Guards."

"According to my expectation, the total number should reach [-]."

As soon as Jin Shengtai said this, the envoys from the three parties laughed out loud.

After all, these three hundred thousand troops and horses are not a small number.

Even if it is used as cannon fodder in the future, it can still be put to great use.

But what Jin Shengtai said immediately after that made the envoys from the three parties unable to laugh anymore.

But Jin Shengtai slowly stood up from the dragon chair.

Then he walked slowly on the side of the jade steps:

"Although it is easy to send out an army of [-] people, it is difficult to get food for an army of [-] people."

"Besides, the strength of the Song Dynasty's army and horses is so powerful now."

"If I don't prepare more military rations here, and our army suddenly runs out of food in the middle of this battle, there will be internal strife!"

"And as the king of Goguryeo, how can I not consider this matter?"

"Therefore, it's not too much to ask for one million dans of grain from you first, right?"

"In addition to the one million dans of grain and grass, do I also need the weapons and horses for my [-]-strong army?"

"Otherwise, it would be outrageous to just let hundreds of thousands of my soldiers walk on two legs and go to the battlefield with broken wooden sticks."

"Although our court had prepared a lot of weapons and horses before this."

"But those weapons and equipment were lost in successive battles during the last war with other countries against the Song Dynasty."

"The existing weapons and horses in our country are either too old to be used on the battlefield, or they are already rusty and cannot withstand use."

"How can we win a war like this?"

"If our Goguryeo army is to be able to exert its maximum strength on the battlefield, it must be equipped with three sets of armor, three horses, and three weapons per capita, right?"

"So that if it gets damaged in the future, it can be replaced at any time. Isn't this very reasonable?"

"If we put it this way, [-] sets of armor, weapons, and horses are also indispensable."

"Of course, in order to make the number easy to remember, we can also set it to a certain number of troops with the grain and grass, and support our army with one million."

"In addition to grain, weapons, and horses, do I also get some money for sending troops to the court?"

"It is said that going to war in another country this time can be regarded as serving the country, but if there is no benefit from fighting, then who will fight?"

"And you have to risk losing your life all the time, right?"

"So one million taels of silver is just a reluctant amount."

"As for the urgent need in the future, it won't be too late to ask for it from your three parties."

"Beyond that, it's the pension."

"After all, every soldier in our country has a wife, children, and children. If he dies on the battlefield, do his family members also have to have pension funds?"

"But this time the coalition strategy was proposed by your three monarchs."

"So I also think that the three of you can work together to pay for the pension."

"Otherwise, I'll tentatively get ten million taels of silver."

"If you don't need it then, we will return it to you. You don't have to worry about this."

"This million of grain and grass, one million sets of armor, one million sets of weapons, one million sets of horses, one million taels of food and wages, and [-] million taels of pension."

"That's it, that should be enough."

"In the future, if I remember what else I need, it won't be too late to ask you for it."