Linzi temporary town government.
Everyone discussed the future strategy for a day.
Various good methods are recorded, followed up with careful study, and then implemented.
And after the meeting ended.
The Taiping Army also began to take action.
Naturally, the more than 300,000 Taiping troops were not stationed in one place.
With Linzi as the center.
The radiation range of the Taiping Army is almost one-third of Qingzhou's territory.
Eight counties, including Changguo, Banyang, Yuling, Gaowan, Zoyang, Dixian, Dongzo, and Qiancheng, are all on the front line facing the Han army's buffer zone.
A total of more than 200,000 Taiping soldiers were stationed in the eight counties.
Moreover, these eight counties almost perfectly defended Linzi's west, north, and southwest directions.
To the south of Linzi, due to the trend of Mount Tai, as well as Weishan and Gypsum Mountain to the east, they are both natural chasms and have geographical advantages.
To the east of Linzi, Linqu, Guangxian, Juxian, Yixian, Shouguang, Pingwang, and Taixiang were all controlled and conquered. Qingzhou and the counties to the west were all controlled by the Taiping Army, which accommodated millions of Taiping people. , plus the original people in various places.
At this time, the Taiping Army had a population of nearly 12.3 million.
They all caught up with Beidi, which Zhang Qi had worked hard to manage for seven or eight years.
You must know that even now, the combined population of Liaoning, Changchun, and Liaodi is only over 6 million.
In less than half a year since the Taiping uprising, one-sixth of the combined population of these three places had gathered.
Sure enough, if you want to have a large population, you have to look to the Han Dynasty.
Today, the number of Han people under Zhang Qi's command is overwhelming. There are six million people in the North, and the number of Han people exceeds more than four million and is close to five million. As for the rest of the population, the Huns are almost hundreds of thousands, and Wuhuan and Xianbei are ten. There are tens of thousands of people, Fuyu Sushen has tens of thousands of people, and some newborns.
This is the demographic makeup of Northland.
However, under Zhang Qi's rule, the concepts of various ethnic groups were not obvious, and the barriers were not large. Everyone was a Chinese people united under the feet of the gods. This was the mainstream thinking in the North.
As for the Zhengxuan team that came to Qingzhou, one of their tasks was to spread this idea.
Qiancheng County.
This is the main defensive area of the Qingzhou Taiping Army.
Its importance even exceeds that of Linzi, the temporary town government.
There is no other reason, because this is an important supply county for the Qingzhou Taiping Army.
Supplies sent from the sea will land in Qiancheng County.
Qiancheng is close to the sea to the north and the Luo River flows to the west. In addition, with the supervision of Dongzo County and Di County, it is a perfect place to serve as a distribution center for materials.
Documents sent from Linzi were also sent to Liao from here.
It only takes three or four days to go there and only a week to go back, and the waterways are extremely developed.
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Shanhai City.
Letters and documents from Qingzhou have arrived.
Hu Lin reviewed it and handed it to Zhang Qi.
"Well, Qingzhou has also started to move. Give them whatever they want. As for the knights, my bodyguard cavalry is temporarily useless, so I will recruit them."
"Sending 4,000 war horses to form and train a team of 2,000 cavalry is enough to deal with Cheng Bushi. Together with the personal guard cavalry, it is enough to dominate the victory of a battle."
Zhang Qi said a few words, and Hu Ling handed over the document, stamped the last seal, and passed it on.
"Your Majesty, how should we deal with the 300,000 border guards commanded by Yu Linlang? Now the two armies of tigers and eagles have used the fastest speed to send the supplies of the people outside the two counties of Yuyang Shanggu back to Shanhaiguan."
"Once those 300,000 border guards arrive, they will definitely concentrate their forces and attack us at Shanhaiguan."
"Yeah, hehe."
Zhang Qi wiped his face to activate his energy and blood.
"Don't worry too much. There is still time. Going north from the land of Sanyi, with the Han army's current shortage of horses, it will not be possible to reach it in less than a year and a half."
"In this case, seize this gap, use Shanggu and Yuyang as the boundaries, build forts, towers, and city barriers. When the time comes, use the city defense battle that the Han army is most familiar with. It must be a wonderful scene."
Zhang Qi chuckled.
Hu Ling cannot be as confident and optimistic as Zhang Qi.
According to the news coming back from Chang'an, Liu Che was gradually regaining control of the court. The methods used by the princes and kings who cooperated with Liao began to be countered by Chang'an, which was a little weak for a while.
Zhang Qi glanced at Hu Ling and roughly guessed what Hu Ling was worried about.
"There is no need for this. Although the war has not started yet, it has reached a stalemate. The next step will be to see the competition of resources."
"The Han Dynasty had a vast territory and rich resources, but it had a lot of people. Our place is small, but our agriculture and fishing are developed, but our people are small. Our two sides are almost equal in terms of resources."
"but!"
Zhang Qi smiled profoundly.
"We still have the Taiping Army. With such a living sign, the anger over the forced conquest of the Han region will only intensify. Just watch."
"Things like uprisings often start a prairie fire with a single spark. It won't be long before all the counties in Han Dynasty will be in turmoil again, especially those places where the Taiping Army passed through."
"Sometimes Zhengzhi means are very useful, but sometimes, they appear to be extremely weak."
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"Master! Why! I don't accept it!"
A village that had just been passed by the grain captain.
A young man with all five fingers on his left hand was cut off, and with a red face, he questioned the old farmer who had just held him back.
"Uh-haha, why, uh."
The farmer's eyes were filled with tears.
He also wanted to know why.
But he knew that if he hadn't taken his third child with him just now, the last member of his family would have been taken away and sent to the army.
"Your eldest brother and second brother were drafted into the army a few years ago and have not returned yet. Third child, do you think they are dead or alive?"
"Probably dead."
Farmers ask and answer their own questions.
"Sanwa, look at your hands. Why are you so ignorant? Last year, you stopped me once. If it hadn't been for your mother-in-law, your whole hand would have been lost. This is your life. Sanwa, it's your life. "
Farmers have accepted their fate, the year before last, the year before that, last year, and this year.
Four years in a row.
Hahaha, four years in a row.
They lived hard year after year, but year after year they were in despair.
Last year, his daughter-in-law and his third son’s mother-in-law disappeared. What will happen this year?
The farmer had resigned himself to his fate, but his son apparently had not.
With red eyes, Sanwa returned to the messy and ugly home.
He inserted a stone sickle into his belt and walked out without saying a word.
Arriving in front of his grandpa.
Only then did Sanwa speak.
"Grandpa, the village can no longer survive, and I have to leave. If you want to stay here, you are an unfilial son. If you go with your son, I can still protect you."
After saying that, Sanwa remained silent again and walked out of the village.
Looking at his son's thin back, the farmer sighed.
Go back to the home you built with soil and grass.
There was silence for a long time.
The farmer used a stone hoe behind the door to overturn his bed, then dug for a while and put a bronze sword on his waist.
Turn around and leave.
(End of chapter)
