After sending an envoy to Sihong, Xiao Yuanming had already made up his mind.
Especially after the envoy returned, Xiao Yuanming learned the true situation of Sihong from the envoy.
According to the envoy, the people of Sihong City are not said to live and work in peace and contentment, but they can still have a bite to eat.
After several months of continuous training, the soldiers and horses under Wang Jing's command can be considered elite soldiers. If you go into battle a few times, you will definitely become a powerful soldier.
In addition to these, Bu Zhi and Mai Tiezhang, who are both famous ministers and generals in history, are willing to serve Wang Jing.
It can be seen that Wang Jing’s ability is extraordinary.
Those who can attack the strong with the weak and annex the soldiers and horses of the former Qin Dynasty have military strategies, talents, and strong soldiers! Much more powerful than Zhang Lin who only knows how to lead troops to fight.
"It's a pity that this is not Jiankang. If my uncle were here, why would I defect to others!"
Xiao Yuanming sighed.
The three Nanliang Army generals next to him also sighed.
In their hearts, Emperor Wu of Liang Xiao Yan was their real master, although they all knew these days that Xiao Yan's ending in history was not good.
However, Emperor Wu of the Liang Dynasty established Nanliang. When he was young, his civil and military skills were not trivial, but he was a little old and confused in his later years. Xiao Yuanming and the generals of the Xiao family would naturally be closer to their clan leaders and emperors.
Just like people like Xiahou Dun and Cao Ren, even if they are reborn, they will only defect to Cao Cao.
The famous emperors and heroes in history all have their own basic bases. That is my own clan.
It's a pity that even if Xiao Yan comes, he will not appear in Huaibei.
Xiao Yuanming didn't have much choice at all.
"By the way, have you done what I asked you to do?"
Xiao Yuanming suddenly asked.
The general who just spoke quickly said: "The general has sent people to carefully select, and a total of eighteen women have been selected, all of whom are stunningly beautiful."
Xiao Yuanming hummed, "These women, as well as the 20,000 troops and horses under our control, and the 200,000 to 300,000 people are gifts to Wang Jing!"
"As long as Wang Jing can defeat Yuan Shu and Zhang Guiba, give him all these things!"
Xiao Yuanming himself is not a talented soldier. He just wants to have a certain amount of authority and enjoy wealth while ensuring his own life.
In troubled times, conquests, life and death, were very inconsistent with his inner wishes.
Now he only hopes that Wang Jing can really be as powerful as the rumors say.
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With the mobilization of Sihong, all the people in the city, including the children of aristocratic families, scholars, and people of all kinds from all dynasties and generations, all knew that General Zhennan was about to mobilize his troops.
The people at the bottom, as well as the refugees who had nothing, were all classified as Baojia and registered in the Zhennan General Mansion after they came to Zhennan. They were required to cultivate fields and work in exchange for food.
It was the existence of Zhennan General's Mansion that allowed them to have a bite to eat.
I heard that in the future, the General's Mansion will also preside over land distribution, allowing all people to have their own fields... so the people at the bottom are very supportive of Wang Jing.
After knowing that the general was preparing to send out troops, they were also very concerned and prayed that the general could successfully defeat the enemy.
Except for the common people and refugees at the bottom.
There are still some people in Sihong. They are squires, children of aristocratic families and scholars from all dynasties and generations. Among the 700,000 to 800,000 people, it is normal for these people to appear.
In a town of thousands of people, there will always be a landlord and squire.
With such a proportion, it is not surprising that among the 700,000 to 800,000 people, there are children of aristocratic families and country gentry.
After arriving in Sihong, they sent their tribesmen to open fields in the suburbs to support themselves. After Shen Yi relaxed control over the shops in the city, they also took advantage of the situation and opened many shops in the city.
There are tea shops, cloth shops, tailor shops, etc.
They carefully tested the military rules. There are no brainless children of aristocratic families, country squires or landlords who jump out to stir up trouble.
Even the most stupid person knows this.
In these troubled times, they no longer have a foundation or an intricate network of relationships. They are essentially no different from ordinary people. They just have some knowledge that others do not have and know how to think and do things.
They cultivated fields and opened shops in the city, all in accordance with the rules of the military government. They paid as much tax as the military government stipulated, and they never defaulted.
Wang Jing also sighed after learning about their situation.
If the gentry, landlords and scholars in the late Ming Dynasty could be like them, how could the Ming Dynasty possibly perish?
Since they abide by the rules, Wang Jing can naturally tolerate each other.
Of course, fields are the bottom line.
The farmland they cultivated by themselves did not belong to them before Wang Jing ordered the land to be equalized. In the future, they will still have to re-divide the fields according to the rules of equalizing the fields.
Before obtaining the yellow land registration, they need to turn over 40% of the farmland they cultivated themselves...
Boom!
Groups of soldiers ran out of the military camp, led by Baihu and Qianhu, and ran towards the dock, hanging the flag high and fluttering in the wind.
All the soldiers have an extra layer of red military uniforms on their bodies.
At a glance, it looks like a red torrent!
For more than a year, Donghu not only reclaimed farmland, but also planted many mulberry trees to raise silkworms. The mulberry trees and silkworms grew very fast. Tian Liangyun specifically asked thousands of old and weak women to spin silk.
Large quantities of cloth were soon produced.
It's just that cloth is easy to produce, but dye is not easy to prepare. Especially for large-scale dyeing, red is the most convenient, quick and cheapest.
The red military uniform has become the standard uniform for military sergeants.
This torrent of troops with thousands of miles of mountains and rivers covered in red, at first glance, they are kings and elites!
It is obviously different from those Shanzhai Wubao that dominates the mountain.
Even the clothes of the soldiers of Yuan Shu, Zhang Guiba, and Zhang Lin were a little messy. They were obviously strong, but because their uniforms were not uniform, they looked like a ragtag group.
Under a big tree outside the city.
A muscular man watched the army leave.
"God bless! The general will win a great victory this time he sends troops!"
"I hope the general can successfully defeat Yuan Shu and Zhang Guiba this time..."
Not far away, many common people and scholars gathered together, watching the mighty red torrent boarding the warship. Both ordinary people and scholars were praying for Wang Jing.
It's not that Wang Jing is already popular, but they understand a simple truth.
That is, the stronger the general, the safer they are.
No one has forgotten the tragic situation when the first year of Taichu came.
"Brother Lin!"
Lin Renzhao stood under the big tree, and was about to return to the city after the army boarded the ship, when he saw a familiar figure walking over.
The person who spoke was Bu Zhi.
This time tens of thousands of soldiers and horses were dispatched to fight, and Wang Jing transferred the infantry to the central army. At this time Bu Zhao returned to Sihong to assist Zhu Wu and Shen Yi in mobilizing troops, horses and supplies.
He had just sent the Chinese army to the ship and was about to return to the city when he saw Lin Renzhao.
Bu Zhao had a smile on his face, and his eyes quickly swept over the other party, but he saw that Lin Renzhao was slightly silent compared to before.
They originally had a good relationship in Sihong.
However, as Bu Zhi and Si Xingfang defected to Wang Jing and were each appointed, their relationship with Lin Renzhao weakened a lot.
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