"The two gentlemen came together, but what news came from the Nanliang Army?"
A smile appeared on Wang Jing's face, and he did not regard the competing forces in the north as powerful enemies that needed to be prepared.
While he was immersed in Rourou Village these days, news from the north kept coming.
Among them, Xiao Yuanming of the Nanliang Army sent someone to hint at some of his tendencies.
Nowadays, Sihong is booming, and the army is becoming increasingly elite. The cultivated fields are harvested every twenty days, and Wang Jing's granary is already full of grain.
Even if hundreds of thousands of troops are dispatched, there will still be sufficient supplies.
In this situation where one is competing against another and one is rising, and the forces are growing, it is difficult for Wang Jing to be troubled.
"My lord, you guessed it right! Yesterday, generals Ji Ling and Zhang Guihou joined forces to charge into the battle with cavalry. Zhang Lin lost thousands of elites and was completely at a disadvantage!"
"Xiao Yuanming secretly sent people to ask the lord to send troops to help!"
Zhu Wu said with a smile.
What the Sihong Army wants is for the other party to ask for help. In this case, the Sihong Army will be famous.
After defeating Yuan Shu and the Cao Army, you can annex the Tang Army and the Nanliang Army!
"Speaking of which, the Yuan-Zhang coalition was able to defeat Zhang Lin this time. Ma Yin, who escaped from us in the first place, also made a lot of contributions!"
"When he broke through, he brought two to three thousand Huainan Army elites. With these elites as the core, he can form a fighting force of 10,000 people..."
Shen Yi seemed to have thought of something and also smiled.
The 100,000 troops under Yuan Shu's command are not elite, they can only be said to be average, a little stronger than the rabble. However, the personal guards under the command of General Ji Ling have rich battle experience and considerable combat power.
The truly elite and brave soldiers and horses were Zhang Guiba's Cao Army and Zhang Lin's Tang Army. Both sides are elite soldiers who were killed in the mountains of corpses and seas of blood.
It's just that Zhang Lin's troops are a little short, and he needs to recruit the Nanliang Army, which has average combat power, to compete with the Cao Army.
With Ji Ling's fifty thousand troops, plus Ma Yin's two to three thousand elite soldiers.
There are several generals in the Yuan-Zhang coalition, and they crush Zhang Lin in all aspects.
This situation.
No matter how strong Zhang Lin's personal ability is, there is still some powerlessness. After Xiao Yuanming saw this situation, he naturally had to think more about his family's livelihood.
"Ma Yin, this person is also a talented person. If he had not escaped, but instead laid down his weapons and surrendered, I would definitely use this person again!"
Wang Jing sighed.
Ma Yin was the king of Southern Chu in history, but he was not a man with deep ambitions in essence. During his lifetime, he only dared to call himself king and did not dare to call himself emperor. He obviously knew what was right.
In its heyday, Ma Yin's territory and military strength were stronger than Yuan Shu's.
But there is a huge gap between the two in their ambitions and abilities.
Talents like Ma Yin, who know how to advance and retreat, and know how to measure, don't mind even if they have been kings in history, they can be reused.
Chen Yi and Zhu Wu also sighed.
They all realized Wang Jing's love for talents and respected their lord even more...the lord who could humbly accept advice, cherish talents, value farming and rectify the military equipment was incomparably consistent with the wise master they imagined.
If such a wise master cannot succeed, then God is really blind.
"My lord, Xiao Yuanming's envoy is still in the city posthouse, waiting for a reply... I wonder when my lord wants to send troops?"
Zhu Wu asked.
Wang Jing made some calculations in his mind, thinking about the intelligence coming from the north these days, to judge the extent of the fighting between the Yuan and Zhang coalition forces and Zhang Lin.
"Send troops in five days!"
"It is impossible for Yuan and Zhang Dajun to ignore our army. They want to defeat Zhang Lin as quickly as possible, and then deal with our army with all their strength. Once they start a war with Zhang Lin, they will launch an all-out attack."
"We want Zhang Lin and Xiao Yuanming to feel the pressure, but we can't give Yuan Shu and Zhang Guiba too long!"
Wang Jing thought for a moment before answering cautiously.
Sending out an army is no small matter. The entire Sihong must be mobilized, as well as Van Tho and Quy Nhon.
His power has expanded to the present, with hundreds of thousands of soldiers and civilians, and tens of thousands of elite soldiers.
But it's still not powerful.
Once troops are sent out, they must win. If they fail, their vitality will be lost.
When will Wang Jing be able to occupy the entire Jianghuai land, establish a country and become king, with millions of soldiers and horses under his command, then such a war involving tens of thousands of people will not affect the entire power.
Even if you are defeated, it won't take long to recover.
"This time I will dispatch 30,000 combat troops and 20,000 guard troops, a total of 50,000 troops and horses... Mr. Shen, I have to worry about the transportation of grain and grass and the allocation of materials!"
Wang Jing said.
Chen Yi said quickly: "I understand!"
"Mr. Zhu, please help me count the troops and horses, select the elites, and be ready to send out troops! Let the troops and horses gather in Quy Nhon in five days!"
Wang Jing said this and suddenly asked: "By the way, is the beggar army still safe now?"
Zhu Wu said: "Ran Liang has agreed to the terms of mutual trading with the lord. Tian Liangyun has been promoted to the magistrate of Donghu County and is responsible for trading with the beggar army... The beggar army has just ended the war, at least there will be no changes in the short term!"
"That's good!"
Wang Jing nodded with satisfaction.
The combined forces of Yuan Shu and Zhang Guiba numbered 100,000. If Wang Jing wanted to fight them, he would have to dispatch most of his troops.
But if the elites come out in full force, danger will easily arise in the rear.
Wang Jing didn't want to end up in a situation where he was fighting at the front, only to have his lair behind him raided.
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In the blink of an eye, another few days passed.
Sihong, Wanshou, Donghu and other places began to speed up operations, and their manpower and materials began to prepare for sending troops.
Zhao Jianguo also withdrew from building the city.
The construction department he was responsible for was not only responsible for building cities, but also for building rivers and ditches, palaces, and ordnance supplies.
The master craftsman inheritance he received was extraordinary.
In order to make the transportation of grain and grass safer and more convenient, he upgraded and transformed the vans originally used for combat into carriages for transporting grain and grass.
This new type of van can transport more food. At the same time, when encountering danger, it can lower the surrounding baffles and quickly turn it into a fort.
There is also the production of armor and weapons. After Zhao Jianguo joined, the output has also increased day by day.
The current restriction on the production of armor and weapons has changed from a shortage of craftsmen to a shortage of iron ore.
Thousands of miles around, with undulating mountains and rivers, there are naturally various mineral deposits.
In the past, the weapons and armor of Wang Jing's soldiers mainly depended on capture. Especially after taking Sihong City of the former Qin Army, the arsenal and granary of the former Qin Army made him fatter.
The large number of troops, horses and weapons prepared for the Battle of Feishui became Wang Jing's rapidly expanding resources.
But there is always a time when the seizures are used up.
After arming tens of thousands of people, the inventory of weapons and armor is running low. It is necessary to find iron ore and mine ore to build weapons and armor.
Establishing its own military industry system is also a manifestation of the solid foundation of one party's power.
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