Two days later.
In Hukou City, 10,000 elite troops of the Huai Army were slowly entering the city. Du Fuwei and his two adopted sons personally greeted them at the city gate.
Since receiving the news of Fugongyou's demise, Du Fuwei has lowered his stance.
Wang Xiongdan even took the initiative to express his willingness to join the Huai Army.
Wang Jing did not expect that before he took the initiative, a prince of Du Fuwei's level would be willing to take refuge.
No one would refuse such a good thing.
However, Du Fuwei was facing the invasion of the former Qin army at this time, and a campaign was imminent, so Wang Jing only verbally agreed to the other party and did not actually recruit the other party's troops.
"The king personally came to help, I am very grateful!"
When Du Fuwei came forward to pay homage, he treated himself as a member of the Huai army with the courtesy of a minister meeting the king.
"General Du's words are serious, and this is what it should be..."
Wang Jing laughed and asked Du Fuwei to follow him when he entered the city. While looking at Hukou City, he talked casually with Du Fuwei.
Du Fuwei introduced him to the city defense of Hukou City and the general situation of his troops.
The troops he possesses are stronger than Fugongyou, and are similar to the information obtained by the Military Intelligence Department. Half of the troops are distributed in dozens of forts around the mouth of the lake.
The other half of the troops in Hukou City are responsible for guarding.
There are more than 400,000 people living in the entire territory near Hukou. There are many forts on the periphery, which are responsible for resisting foreign enemies. Hundreds of thousands of people reclaim land within the protection circle of the forts and cultivate continuously, helping Du Fuwei to hoard a lot of goods. forage.
According to the standards of the Huai Army.
Du Fuwei's territory can be divided into three or four counties, which can barely set up a separate government.
Fu Gongyou's territory can also be set up as a separate mansion.
That is to say.
Wang Jing successfully expanded two mansions within a few days of sending troops. Got a lot of benefits.
The defense of Hukou City was pretty good, but Wang Jing looked at the soldiers guarding the city. Most of them were ordinary people with light training. There were very few soldiers who had reached the first level.
He had a feeling that all it took was a fourth-level general leading a battalion of troops to defeat Du Fuwei's tens of thousands of troops head-on.
In the history of the origin world, it was possible to dominate for a while with the help of human sea tactics and cannon fodder tactics.
But in the mainland of China, most of the princes have begun to train elite soldiers, and some discerning people, like Wang Jing, have begun to popularize the practice on a small scale and create their own elite troops.
It is foreseeable that the future battlefield will definitely be dominated by elite soldiers, and ordinary people will not even be qualified to be cannon fodder on the battlefield.
After entering the city.
Wang Jing did not go to the mansion arranged for him, but brought Du Fuwei, Bu Zhi and others to the top of the city.
On the top of the city, there are many kinds of rolling logs and stones prepared.
After Du Fuwei implemented the strategy of strengthening the walls and clearing the country, a large number of people, grain and grass materials were continuously transported to Hukou, filling the power of Hukou.
Dozens of forts that originally served as defense on the periphery have been abandoned by Du Fuwei. These forts were of no use in front of the former Qin army.
"The preparations for city defense are good, but the speed of clearing the country is too slow!"
Wang Jing walked around the city wall and said.
"How many people are there now outside?"
he asked.
Du Fuwei said: "More than 100,000 people have entered the city, but Hukou City is too small to accommodate so many people. It will be difficult for other people to withdraw! They can only be allowed to escape to the nearby mountains and forests. , to avoid the sweep by the former Qin army!"
Wang Jing immediately said: "The lake mouth cannot accommodate them, so we will first send these people by boat to the Laozi Mountain Camp, and temporarily resettle them on the north bank of the Jinhu Waterway!" Gu Gou
"Every citizen is the foundation of the future national strength, we cannot give up easily!"
"As for the food and grass supplies required to house these people, Sihong will provide them all, so you don't have to worry!"
Du Fuwei naturally had no objection and agreed immediately.
"Where are the former Qin troops now?"
"After they captured Liu Guangshi's camp, they have been resting at Nushan Lake!"
After hearing the question, Kan Leng, who was in charge of the defense of Hukou, replied.
After feeling Wang Jing's momentum in person, his attitude changed unconsciously, and he answered all Wang Jing's questions.
"Still resting?"
Wang Jing frowned slightly, not understanding what Deng Qiang was thinking.
At this time, he saw Fu Youde, who was standing next to him as a personal guard for Qianhu, and asked casually: "Youde thought the former Qin army had some conspiracy. Why did you stand still after capturing Liu Guangshi?"
Fu Youde pondered slightly, and spoke his thoughts directly without being modest.
"The general thought that the former Qin army captured Liu Guangshi and threatened Hukou, but did not necessarily intend to capture Hukou. Perhaps the other party just wanted to contain the king so that he could not personally lead the troops to Baoying and Gaoyou... "
He believed that as long as Deng Qiang was not stupid, he would know the gap between the former Qin army and the Huai army, and would not think of confronting the Huai army head-on.
It is easy to capture Hukou, but after capturing Hukou, the Huai army can block Hukou by relying on the navy with Laozishan Camp as the center.
The former Qin's soldiers, horses and naval forces were unable to pose a threat to the Huai army.
In Fu Youde's view.
Deng Qiang is now using a small number of troops to contain Wang Jing, while most of the other troops are gathering the people and restoring their strength.
"You are right, Deng Qiang may indeed do this!"
Wang Jing's face was calm, with no abnormal expression.
Because of this possibility, he and Bu Zhi had already thought of it.
When he was in Sihong, his strategy was not that complicated. He just wanted to form an alliance with Du Fuwei and then let him act as a shield against Deng Qiang.
But after personally leading the troops to Laozi Mountain, he discovered that the two princes, Du Fuwei and Fugongyou, seemed not weak but were not actually strong.
He only used 30,000 soldiers and horses to sweep Fugongyou.
Even with his support, Du Fuwei could not resist the former Qin army. He needed to personally sit at Hukou to block Deng Qiang, a seventh-level general.
You can stay in Hukou for a short time.
After sitting in Hukou for a long time, how would Wang Jing conquer the four major princes in Huaidong?
The more discussions he had with Bu Zhi, Han Xizai and others.
The more he felt that the former Qin Deng and Qiang posed a great threat to the Huai army.
"The general believes that before the king attacks Huaidong, it is best to mobilize a large army to attack the former Qin army... Compared with Deng Qiang, the four major princes in Huaidong seem to be powerful, but in fact they are easy to attack!"
"Deng Qiang's soldiers and horses of the former Qin Dynasty seem to be short of food and morale, but as long as he is given a chance, the army of the former Qin Dynasty will pose a great threat to the king... We cannot give Deng Qiang a chance to continue to become stronger!"
Fu Youde said in a deep voice.
Although he was not a scholar, he had read many military books and strategies, and he had some understanding of Deng Qiang's reputation and ability.
When he was at the Laozi Mountain Camp, he specifically consulted the central government's scholars and people from the Military Intelligence Department, and gained a more thorough understanding of the former Qin army.
He feels.
Compared with the four major princes in Huaidong, Deng Qiang should be the strategic target of the Huai army.
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