Without the harassment of bandits from Wubao cottages everywhere, more than a dozen counties in the two prefectures can truly embark on the road of rapid development.
Wang Guangyang put down the battle report and became more confident in managing this territory.
At this time, of the four prefectures east of the canal, the two prefectures he governed were on the right track, while the two prefectures of Qinghe and Shanyang were much slower than him.
In particular, the prefect of Shanyang was close to the front line, and generals such as Yang Kan, Liu Wei, and Wang Maozhang were constantly fighting against the Sui army and other surrounding small forces, making it difficult to establish a stable foundation for rule.
Tian Liangyun, the prefect of Shanyang, had to convert the county seat under his rule into a military town first, and continuously transported the nearby people to Qingjiang Mansion on the north bank of the Huaihe River for resettlement.
In order to support the two prefectures of Qingjiang and Shanyang, Sihong used large ships to transport grain, grass and equipment to Qingjiang every day.
"When Qingjiang, Shanyang and other mansions stabilize, we can continue to expand southward!"
Wang Guangyang thought in his mind when he saw the situation of the other two mansions.
At this time, the four prefectures on the east side of the canal have settled down and can implement the last eight characters of his sixteen-character strategy.
In fact, it is just as Wang Guangyang thought.
While Shen Yi and Bu Zhi continued to deal with government affairs and stabilize the internal affairs, Qin Yanhui, who was promoted to staff general, replaced Li Kaifang in Suining, while Li Kaifang, who was canonized as General Jianwei, returned to the center.
He began to be responsible for recruiting, reorganizing and training soldiers.
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On the outskirts of Sihong, at the military camp.
Row after row of soldiers wearing red military uniforms and holding long spears. Under the fierce shouts of the officers, they kept shouting and thrusting the long spears in their hands.
kill! kill! kill!
Accompanied by the loud shouts of killing, the spears in their hands thrust out as fast as possible, then quickly retracted and thrust again!
These recruits only need to train one forward thrust.
The training of military sergeants is mainly concise and practical. They need to master the basic usage of spears, swords, shields and other weapons as quickly as possible.
As for the full set of basic marksmanship and basic swordsmanship, they need to wait until they master flag and drum orders, formation changes and other flag military orders, and become qualified recruits before they can receive the next step of teaching.
have to say.
The new recruits currently recruited by the Huai Army cannot be compared with the beggar army and Murong cavalry that Wang Jinggang encountered when he arrived.
The first wave of soldiers who arrived all mastered the basic skills of swords and guns. Except for the lack of military training methods, they can fight in battle. Once they get the training methods, they will soon become strong soldiers and veterans, reaching the first level. .
"The quality of the recruits recruited this time is not as good as before!"
On the high platform, Li Kaifang, who was in charge of military training, shook his head slightly when he saw the military formations that were constantly training below.
sometimes.
The more brutal the environment, the higher the quality of the soldiers recruited.
After Sihong fell into Wang Jing's hands, it had been peaceful for a year or two, and the harshness of the former Qin army's occupation had long been washed away.
The young and strong people who have settled nearby are also accustomed to living in peace.
The young people in this environment are somewhat inferior to those who often fight in chaotic places in terms of fighting spirit and courage.
However, Li Kaifang did not take this issue seriously.
At any time, the army is a melting pot. Whoever joins the army will undergo great changes after constant training and tempering.
If your fighting spirit is not high, you can change it by rolling around on the battlefield twice.
"Sihong is recruiting another 50,000 new soldiers...there are also new soldiers recruited from other provinces, as well as soldiers reorganized from the troops of Hou Jing, Yang Xingmi, and Pang Shigu. The total number is 300,000!"
Three hundred thousand plus the previous two hundred thousand soldiers, it is a full standing army of half a million.
glutinous rice
Li Kaifang felt a little shocked when she thought of this number.
These are standing soldiers, not counting the guard army and local security militia.
The dynasty in its heyday in history only maintained this number of soldiers. According to calculations over the past few days, the number of civilians in the seven palaces of the Huai Army was almost 4.3 million.
With more than 4.3 million people, there are still 500,000 soldiers... comparable to Qin's ratio of more than 5 million people but 600,000 troops.
Militancy is the best way to describe it.
That is to say, the Huai army has abundant food and grass and can support such a large army.
Li Kaifang also knew the reason why the king wanted to expand his army.
The Huai Army's next goal is to expand southward. The main enemy in the south is Yang Guang, who has occupied Yangzhou and Gaoyou. Yang Guang has more than 10 million people and an army of 500,000 or 600,000.
To defeat it, you need a strong army.
Moreover, if Yang Guang is defeated, Zhang Shicheng, Yu Wenhuaji, and the Beifu Army will become the enemies that the Huai Army will face immediately.
If the Huai army only has 300,000 or 400,000 troops, and when it defeats Yang Guang and his troops are blunt, they will definitely be at a disadvantage when facing off against three princes at the same time.
The best way to avoid this situation.
That is, the Huai army expanded enough soldiers before going south.
Expand arms and prepare for war.
The army expanded to 500,000 soldiers, and preparation for war meant preparing a variety of materials, such as weapons, armor, crossbows, military uniforms, military boots, medicinal materials...
When Li Kaifang was training soldiers.
Various officials in the Ministry of War are also busy preparing supplies.
The Construction Department was directly split, and the craftsmen responsible for building roads were transferred to the Highways Department.
The craftsmen responsible for building the city walls and palaces were divided into the City Construction Department. In addition, the department originally responsible for making military uniforms and military boots was directly divested, allowing powerful families and businessmen in Sihong to set up textile shops to take over...
The knock-on effects of military expansion.
Several central departments of the Ministry of Government Affairs and the Privy Council have undergone changes.
However, the newly established Highways Department and Urban Construction Department did not become one of the thirteen departments directly under the central government, but came under the name of the Ministry of Works.
The remaining craftsmen of the Construction Department are divided into five branches: the Ordnance Academy, the Armor Academy, the Cloud Car Academy, the Bow and Crossbow Academy, and the Instrument Academy.
After adjustment, each department specializes in one area.
A large number of craftsmen were recruited again, and a steady stream of weapons and armor were produced.
Zhao Jianguo, who was originally the head of the Construction Department, was promoted to the position of Minister of the Ministry of Works and also the head of the Construction Department. His task was no longer to build cities and palaces.
He became the supervisor of manufacturing and the engineer responsible for research and development, such as the improvement of cloud cars. Adjustments to the Divine Arm Bow...
In his hands, the cloud car made with spirit stones as energy has been continuously improved, and the utilization rate of spirit energy has been increasing. The spirit stones that could only last for one month before running out of spirit energy can now last for more than two months.
He is even studying how to use spiritual stones to create a chariot that can run rampant on the battlefield without the need for horses.
The entire Huai army.
The officials from the central government to the soldiers and civilians at the bottom are all busy.
There are big changes every day.
These changes were noticed by spies sent by several princes.
Although they could not see the training of new recruits in the army, they knew through various channels the expansion of the Huai army and the constant changes in the civilian population.
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