Once Yue Fei has prepared everything, his next target will definitely be Jiangling City.
For this battle, Liu Xiu and Zhu Yuanzhang had accumulated enough food and grass, as well as city defense equipment and a series of other materials.
Moreover, following the lesson of Yang Jian's burning of grain and grass, Zhu Yuanzhang and Liu Xiu did not place the grain and grass in one place, but set up four granaries to place them separately.
Zhu Yuanzhang's goal was to turn Jiangling City into a millstone of flesh and blood, where the Jin army would pay a heavy price.
At the same time, Zhu Yuanzhang also needs to make some other preparations, that is, regarding his retreat. If Jiangling City is attacked by Yue Fei in the future, he must be able to ensure that he can escape unscathed.
A person like Zhu Yuanzhang would never involve himself in other people's affairs. Therefore, it is necessary to prepare enough backup in advance.
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Within half a month, within this half month, Wu Qi and Qin Qiong had arrived one after another. As a result, the number of regular Jin troops under Jiangling City reached 100,000, even excluding those who surrendered.
And within this half time, when Liu Yu and Wu Han resisted to the end and all the captured people after the city was broken were slaughtered, the previous county magistrates of Nanjun were already wavering. They no longer dared to hold on any longer and took the initiative to open the door one by one.
The grades of these small county magistrates were not high, and most of them had limited loyalty to Liu Xiu. They could not risk the lives of their entire family to be loyal to Liu Xiu.
Moreover, the two consecutive killings of prisoners, deliberately spread by Floating Water House, caused an uproar in the hearts of the defenders in various counties. Especially since these soldiers were just new recruits, endless panic spread in their hearts.
If the county magistrates and garrison officials refused to surrender, I'm afraid these soldiers would blow up the camp. By then, the final fate of those county magistrates will definitely be even worse.
Nowadays, in the entire Nanjun, except for the last and most important Jiangling City, the remaining cities have at least nominally belonged to the Jin Army, and only a small part needs the Jin Army to send troops to take over.
Not only Nanjun, but also many cities in Jiangxia took the initiative to surrender. Regarding this matter, Li Mu, who was in charge of this area, was both happy and worried.
It is naturally a joyful thing to be able to deal with these cities without any blood. This will invisibly save a lot of unnecessary military consumption. After all, siege warfare has always been the project with the highest casualties.
However, it was finally his turn to lead the army, but before a formal battle was fought, all this happened. This made Li Mu, who had already thought about a series of battle plans, many of his plans still have to go. It was dead before it even started.
Moreover, the surrender of these cities was due to Yue Fei and Zhang Liang, and this final credit had nothing to do with Li Mu.
After the three groups of troops merged, Qin Qiong's group suffered heavy losses, but Wu Qi's group fought more and more, and their strength increased significantly.
After the Chu army's newly recruited soldiers surrendered, Wu Qi did not waste them, nor did he dislike the lack of combat effectiveness of these recruits. Instead, he recruited them all.
In the end, the entire Nanjun was reorganized into 40,000 Chu army recruits. It can be seen that Liu Xiu really put in a lot of effort to fight against the Jin army. Those who died in the battle, plus those reorganized by Wu Qi, and those who were still in Liu Xiu's hands, Liu Xiu was able to defeat the Jin army during this period of time. More than 100,000 new soldiers were added.
It's a pity that although Liu Xiu recruited so many new soldiers, due to the scheming of Yue Fei and Zhang Liang, it did not produce the effect Liu Xiu wanted to see. Even now, these people have taken advantage of the Jin army, which can help the Jin army's next move.
The reason why Wu Qi wanted to reorganize these people was that the previous surrendered troops were almost exhausted, with only less than 10,000 left. It was really necessary to replenish a batch to replace the subsequent consumption of the Jin army. .
Moreover, the previous batch of surrendered troops were mainly barbarians, and barbarians accounted for the vast majority. But in the next Jiangling City, those who have to be dealt with by these descending troops include barbarians. I am afraid that these people are no longer so easy to use.
Secondly, in Wu Qi's view, real combat is the best training method for a soldier. Therefore, Wu Qi also wanted to use this battle to hone these Chu army recruits.
As long as these people can survive this battle, the prototype of a strong army will already be there.
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Jiangling Camp.
Within a huge tent, Yue Fei was the main leader, and dozens of generals including Wu Qi, Qin Qiong, Chang Yuchun, Li Cunxiao, Huang Feihu, Yue Lun, and Huang Tianxiang were arranged on both sides.
Except for a few generals such as Li Mu and Huang Tianhua in Jiangxia, the generals of the Jin army in northern Jing are basically concentrated here this time. Since the war, Jin generals have rarely been so concentrated.
In the big tent, most of the generals up and down were beaming with joy. These people had either made contributions during this battle and would have their share of the merits after the war, or they had made great contributions during the war. I made a fortune and got some oil and water.
When the water is clear, there are no fish. It is not uncommon to make a fortune from the enemy while fighting. It can even be said to be a very common phenomenon. It is normal for the soldiers to secretly withhold part of the money and food seized by the soldiers when they hand it over.
For this kind of thing, most princes basically don't pay much attention to it, and basically turn a blind eye. As long as they don't violate some bottom lines and don't cause some bad consequences, it's up to them to get whatever money these generals can get.
After all, how much would these generals have if they relied solely on their salaries? They must take advantage of the war to make some money from other places.
Yue Fei, who was in charge, nodded from time to time. If they fought well in the next battle, the Jingbei battlefield would be coming to an end, and only some finishing work would be left!
If Jingbei can really be captured, he, the governor of Jingzhou, will not be as nominal as before.
At least, after it was about to be captured, Yue Fei, the governor of Jingzhou, had half of it in place. As for the remaining half, it was naturally Jingnan who had not yet obtained it.
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