Shanghai: The First Warlord of the Republic of China

"Three hundred and fifty thousand troops."

Ye Yunfei said: "Then how many people do we have now?"

Xu Wenqiang said: "In recent times, I have been actively recruiting people in Jiangnan and Jiangbei, and many people have joined our Longmen."

"However, due to the tight time schedule, we have not recruited too many people yet."

"Over this period of time, we have recruited tens of thousands of people in total."

"Including the original number of people in Longmen, the total number of people now is probably less than 300,000, about 270,000 or 280,000."

Ye Yunfei nodded. This number was similar to what he thought.

Ye Yunfei said: "You said that 350,000 people can deal with Wu Fatian?"

Xu Wenqiang said: "This is just a rough estimate I made after investigation."

"Because Wu Fatian has 400,000 to 500,000 troops, and their equipment is not bad. Even though our Longmen's individual combat capability is stronger than Wu Fatian's, if we want to destroy Wu Fatian directly, we will need at least 350,000 troops."

"Moreover, even if we have 350,000 troops, there is no absolute certainty that we can destroy Wu Fatian."

Ye Yunfei nodded.

Xu Wenqiang is a very cautious person. Since he said 350,000, it means that there is no big problem with this number.

Moreover, three hundred and fifty thousand is just a bottom line.

The more people there are, the better.

Ye Yunfei thought for a moment and said, "What about the money? How much money do we need to settle this account?"

Xu Wenqiang said: "Warfare is a very costly thing, especially when it comes to top warlords like Wu Fatian. Every minute and every second will result in huge expenditures."

"We had already spent a lot of money fighting Lu Yongxiang and Li Chong before, and they were all relatively small warlords."

"I roughly estimated that if we want to fight this war with Wu Fatian, we will need at least 30 million dollars in military expenditure."

"This is also a conservative number. Thirty million is just the minimum. If you want to win, of course the more the better."

After Xu Wenqiang finished speaking, he looked at Ye Yunfei.

Everything he said was precisely calculated.

As for the final decision, of course it still depends on Ye Yunfei.

After listening to what Xu Wenqiang said, Ye Yunfei nodded and said, "Wenqiang, there must be no problem with the data you calculated."

"So, to deal with Longmen, we will need at least 30 million military expenditures and 350,000 troops."

Xu Wenqiang nodded: "That's probably the number."

"However, the situation on the battlefield changes rapidly. Even if we can gather these numbers, we cannot be completely sure of winning this battle."

"But if you can have these people and money, the probability of winning will be greatly increased."

Hearing the conversation between Ye Yunfei and Xu Wenqiang, Ding Li was shocked and said, "It takes so much money and so many people. I'm afraid it will be difficult for us to gather them in a short time."

"Thirty million dollars is an astronomical figure. We in Longmen are so poor now. It would be difficult to raise so much money."

Ding Li is also a member of Longmen’s management and knows Longmen’s situation.

Nowadays, Longmen actually has very little money.

Although Longmen’s income has increased recently, its expenses have also increased accordingly.

Based on the situation in recent months, Longmen’s monthly expenditure is close to one million oceans.

After all, Longmen now has nearly 300,000 people, and it is normal to spend one million oceans every month.

This saves a lot of expenses later.

If it had cost a little more, it would have definitely been over a million.

The monthly expenses are one million dollars.

These 30 million dollars are almost equivalent to Longmen’s total expenditure for three years.

I'm afraid it would be difficult for Longmen to bear such a heavy burden now.

Ding Li looked at Ye Yunfei and said, "Brother Fei, can we get so much money together?"

For people, money is actually the most important thing.

As for people, since we now occupy the south and north of the Yangtze River, it is not difficult to recruit tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of people from the south and north of the Yangtze River.

But in this chaotic world, we have to raise 30 million oceans for military expenses.

It is indeed as difficult as ascending to heaven.

When Xu Wenqiang heard the 30 million, he also felt a little overwhelmed.

Now Longmen basically has more expenses than income every month, and the total funds on the books are only a few million.

It is indeed difficult to raise 30 million at one time.

It seems that the old saying is true: wars are actually fought for money.

Without money, war would be a joke.

Ye Yunfei looked at Xu Wenqiang and said, "Wenqiang, you are the steward of our Longmen. How long do you think it will take for Longmen to raise the 30 million military funds?"

Xu Wenqiang thought for a moment and said, "Brother Fei, to be honest, given Longmen's current situation, it would be extremely difficult to raise 30 million in military funds."

"It may take one or two years to gather so much money."

One or two years.

Ye Yunfei shook his head. It was impossible to wait for a year or two.

One or two years later, there is no telling what Wu Fatian will become.

They are developing, and Wu Fatian is developing as well. Maybe in a year or two, Wu Fatian will become more and more powerful, and by then, he won't even be qualified to take action.

Moreover, with such a long period of time, there is a high possibility of variables occurring in the meantime.

Therefore, you absolutely cannot wait for a year or two.

Wu Fatian must be dealt with as quickly as possible.

Ye Yunfei said: "We don't have that much time. My plan is to take action against Wu Fatian within a month and capture the entire five southeastern provinces."

Upon hearing this, Xu Wenqiang immediately said, "One month is too tight. It's difficult to recruit 350,000 people in one month, let alone raise 30 million military funds."

Ye Yunfei said: "Don't worry about the military expenditure, just leave it to me."

"You are only responsible for recruiting people now."

"Within a month, we need to recruit 400,000 people from Longmen. As long as you can do this, we will be fine."

Xu Wenqiang just said that 350,000 people would be enough to deal with Wu Fatian.

However, Ye Yunfei felt that 350,000 people were too few.

Once he takes action, he must have a 100% chance of winning.

Therefore, 400,000 people is the best choice.

Let Xu Wenqiang recruit 400,000 people within a month, and we will talk about the rest later.

Xu Wenqiang frowned.

It was indeed difficult for him to recruit 400,000 people within a month.

But now that Ye Yunfei has spoken, there is no way he can refuse.

Finally, Xu Wenqiang said, "Okay, Brother Fei, I promise you that within a month, I will recruit 400,000 people to Longmen."

"If the number of Longmen members does not reach 400,000 in a month, I am willing to take responsibility."

Ye Yunfei patted Xu Wenqiang on the shoulder and said, "Wenqiang, I know it may be a bit difficult to urge you like this, but time is tight and we really can't wait any longer."