"General. The Meng Yuan people have been weakened. Our next target is to attack Guangchuan Mansion." Feng Chong couldn't bear it anymore, raised his head, and said with clasped fists.
This time the battle.
All generals have merit. Especially Wei Ru, a female figure, actually defeated Wan Yanxian. And for him, a dignified general, to be assigned to guard the family, it was too special and an inconvenience to his talents.
Next time, he must be the main force, kill the generals and seize the flag, and shock Liaodong.
Wu Nian put away his thoughts and looked at Feng Chong with a smile.
Attacking Guangchuan Mansion is a cliché.
Guangchuan Mansion. It has a coastline.
Yingqing Prefecture is a mountainous area, and food production is actually not high. The reason why he can feed so many troops now is all because of the support of the people.
Eat frugally and use rations to support the army.
There are large iron mines that can produce weapons and armor.
Easy to defend but difficult to attack.
These are all benefits.
But there are also many disadvantages. For example, it does not produce horses, nor does it produce salt. Easily controlled by others. If Guangchuan Prefecture is captured.
You can raise horses and have access to the sea.
You can also boil sea salt.
Guangchuan Mansion is an enterprising place. Civil and military officials have disagreed before. Should we separate Yingqing Prefecture first or attack Guangchuan Prefecture first?
Now that Yingqing Mansion is in hand, Guangchuan Mansion is of course the next target.
and.
Guangchuan Mansion has another advantage.
Wu Nian reached into his arms, took out a map and put it on the coffee table to look at. There are three prefectures: Guangchuan Prefecture, Guangyang Prefecture, and Huanglong Prefecture.
They are certainly connected, but they do not form a large area. Rather, it is an arc, which can also be seen as a snake.
Huanglong Mansion is the head, Guangyang Mansion is the body, and Guangchuan Mansion is the tail.
It is very troublesome to transfer grain from Mongolia and Yuan to Guangchuan Prefecture. Moreover, Guangchuan Mansion's defense is the weakest, with only Hou Wancheng having ten thousand households.
There are two households in Guangyang, Jin Ruiyun and Wanyanxian.
There are 60,000 households in Huanglong Mansion.
Just send elite troops and strong generals to block enemy reinforcements. Gather an army and attack Guangchuan Mansion. It can be captured in one battle.
This is the place for progress.
"It's a good idea. But let it go first. As the saying goes, you must be strong to strike with iron. Now we have just captured Yingqing Mansion, and I have attacked the Mongolian Yuan territory, and the soldiers have suffered heavy losses."
"Resigned soldiers, new soldiers, Zhao Yanting, etc. The formation of the soldiers is chaotic, and their combat effectiveness is not that of a mob, but it is not much better."
"How can you fight with the ninety thousand households of Meng Yuan?"
"First reorganize the army and expand it appropriately. Then it won't be too late to attack Guangchuan Mansion. One step at a time and we will walk steadily."
Wu Nian glanced at Feng Chong with a calm expression.
It's no different now than it was then. He was a gambler back then, and he talked about using small things to make big gains. Now you can play it safe without taking risks.
Feng Chong was unconvinced and said, "Why bother? As long as the general appoints me as commander-in-chief and gives me four lieutenants, I can help the general conquer Guangchuan Mansion."
"Give you four captains? If you add yourself, it will be five. Should I give you three captains to resist Chunyuan of Huanglong Mansion?"
"Besides, Xiong Wuwo also has bad intentions." Wu Nian glanced at Feng Chong and his tone became stern.
Feng Chong was still unconvinced, but after thinking about it he didn't continue to find trouble.
Wu Nian is right.
"Zhixing. Take out the population list and let's discuss how many soldiers can be expanded." After suppressing this thorn, Wu Nian raised his head and said to Liu Zhixing.
"Yes." Liu Zhixing was already prepared. He took out a folding book from his wide sleeve on his right, stood up and handed it to Wu Nian.
Wu Nian opened the book and read it, frowning slightly.
Wu Nian believed in Liu Zhixing's ability.
The numbers he counted were unmistakable. But the current actual population of Yingqing Mansion is far different from Wu Nian's expectations.
The current population of Yingqing Prefecture is six counties. The population of men and women is 723,638.
The original population of the three counties was more than 420,000. Now three more counties have been added, but the population has only increased by 300,000.
The size of the population directly determines how much food is produced and how many soldiers can be fed.
If possible, Wu Nian would like to do it all at once. Turn the captains under your command directly into ten thousand households, and each one of them can command tens of thousands of soldiers.
With eight captains, there are 100,000 people.
But this population is...
"I originally had eight captains. I plan to promote Zhao Yanting to the rank of captain. In this way, there will be nine captains."
"Including Feng Chong's cavalry. I plan to expand the strength of each captain to six thousand households. What do you think?"
Wu Nian thought for a while, raised his head and looked at everyone present, and spoke in a serious tone in a negotiating tone.
A Manchu warrior with a thousand households has at least 1,200 people.
Six thousand households means 7,200 people.
Nine captains are almost 65,000 people.
Compared with the total population of Yingqing Mansion, the ratio is almost ten to one. It's already considered a militancy.
The lives of the common people will be very hard, very miserable.
"General. I object. Although Zhao Yanting is brave enough, he is rebellious. I think he is not worthy of trust, let alone a general like a captain."
Liu Zhixing stood up with a very firm attitude and a sharp tone.
Four words.
I don't agree.
Li Yong thought for a moment, then clasped his fists and said to Wu Nian: "General, I have no opinion on how to expand the army. Regarding Zhao Yanting, my thoughts are the same as Liu Changshi's."
"General."
Wang Youxiao and Zhang Haiping also followed with clasped fists. Not to mention Li Yong, the other three are all scholars and care about filial piety.
They all thought it was very unfilial for Zhao Yanting to send his old mother to Wu Nian as a hostage for the sake of glory and wealth.
Based on this judgment, Zhao Yanting must be disloyal.
Wu Nian is a person who listens to opinions very well, but this time he wants to be arbitrary. After he smiled, he said: "Zhixing. Don't get excited. Listen to me first."
"There is a saying. As long as it can catch mice, no matter whether it is a white cat or a black cat, it is a good cat."
"Now I am still alone. To deal with the Meng Yuan people, I need generals like Zhao Yanting."
"People who have achieved great things in ancient times are all heroes who are in charge and are thirsty for talents."
"And I think Zhao Yanting is also a wallflower. But a wallflower has the advantages of a wallflower. As long as I am strong enough, he will not betray me. Besides."
"If Zhao Yanting betrays me. Feng Chong." At this point, Wu Nian turned to look at Feng Chong and said with a smile: "What will you do?"
"There is no need for the general to take action. I will kill him." Feng Chong held his head high and raised his right hand to slap his chest with a proud look on his face.
Although Zhao Yanting and Zhu Qishan were tied, I didn't take it seriously.
snort.
"Hahaha." Wu Nian burst out laughing when he heard this, looked at Liu Zhixing and others, and said, "Look. He, Zhao Yanting, can't make trouble."
After finishing laughing, Wu Nian stood up and said in a deep voice: "Ask Wei Ru to withdraw his troops and come back to Jiang County. Call the school captains to come back."
"Decide on the names of the nine captains, and then train the troops. Occupy Guangchuan Mansion and kill Hou Wancheng."
"Yes." Liu Zhixing and other civil servants were still very uncomfortable with Zhao Yanting's matter. But since Wu Nian said so, they didn't object anymore.
Everyone stood up together and clasped their fists in response.
