On the afternoon of September 29th.
Wang Jing took a group of civil and military personnel on a building boat and led tens of thousands of elites to pass by Gaoyou Lake. After the Huai army's victory, the morale of the army was at full strength, and every soldier was in high spirits.
If there are people who are good at observing Qi, they can see the evil energy of the Huai army rising into the sky and turning into a black dragon in the void.
The water master belongs to water and respects black color.
Therefore, the condensed military force of the navy also becomes a black dragon. If it is infantry or cavalry, the virtual appearance of the condensed military force is usually a red tiger.
The border between Yangzhou and Gaoyou is indeed a densely populated and sacred place.
When Wang Jing took his warship to see Gaoyou City, he could see the neatly cultivated land on the shore in the distance, as well as the rice and vegetables growing in the fields.
The original mountain wilderness was a land full of poisonous snakes and thorns.
After two or three years of improvement and reclamation, it became a fertile farmland that continuously provides food and grass.
However, due to the war, some fertile fields were not taken care of and some were abandoned.
"If we can capture Yangzhou and Gaoyou, our army will really have the foundation for supremacy! The countless people in this land are enough to support a dynasty in its heyday!"
Wang Jing put down the telescope and said with some emotion.
The dynasties known as prosperous in history, such as the Han Dynasty during the Wenjing period and the Tang Dynasty during the Zhenguan period, had a registered population of only 20 to 30 million people.
At present, there are only so many people around Yangzhou.
Such a population base was enough to support a unified dynasty in original history.
This is only the population near Yangzhou.
The area where Zhang Shicheng and Liu Laozhi in Huaidong are located is also a densely populated place. The combined population of the two sides is millions... There are even more people hiding in the mountains and wilderness.
After Wang Jing took over Huaidong, he carefully managed it and registered all the people in hiding into households, doubling the number of registered Dingkou.
Nowadays, the population under the Huai Army has exceeded five million. With the efforts of prefects, county magistrates, and village and town officials in various places, many people are registered every day.
Even if the Huai army did not go south, with the original land of Qifu, it would still have a population of tens of millions over time.
Bu Zhi said: "Yangzhou is indeed prosperous, but I heard that the population in the south of the Yangtze River is more dense, especially the population near Jinling, which is more than that in Yangzhou. After the king takes Huaidong, he still needs to pay attention to the princes in the south of the Yangtze River. I will come here Look, the Ming army in Jiangnan will definitely become a strong enemy of our army in the future!"
As the saying goes, you have to go to Long to see Shu.
After capturing Longxi, the next step is to capture Bashu... This is somewhat similar to the current situation of the Huai army.
The land of Jianghuai is the barrier to the south. It is also an important boundary between North and South.
In the original history, Huainan and Huaibei were battlegrounds for military strategists.
That is to say, the mainland of China is vast, and many princes have not yet expanded to a certain extent. If the princes from the Central Plains, Shandong, Jiangnan and other places fight and annex each other, they will form a giant power.
Jianghuai has become the focus of competition between the Central Plains and Jiangnan.
If Wang Jing wins the Jianghuai land and is content with it, he will definitely be a rat in the bellows and suffer from both sides.
Jianghuai is "Long", then Jiangnan is "Shu".
If Yangzhou is captured, the Huai army's eyes will naturally turn to the land south of the Yangtze River.
The history of China Continent and the Origin World is different.
There are sufficient civilian populations in all the boundaries between the north and the south, and because of the sufficient development in the past, the population of the south is not inferior to that of the north.
Therefore, there is no saying that the north has unified the south since ancient times.
Because China is so vast, when Wang Jing and Bu Zhi were chatting, they both believed that China might have several dynasties coexisting in the future.
The future goal of the Huai Army is to sweep away the southern princes and become the overlord of the south.
"The Jinling Ming Army is indeed a formidable enemy!"
Wang Jing silently calculated. According to his calculations, by the end of the third year of Taichu, the vitality concentration of the Chinese mainland would be able to support eighth-level to ninth-level creatures.
By then, there will definitely be a large number of famous ministers and generals coming. Including famous monarchs in history will also appear.
The Ming Dynasty, which was once a unified dynasty, will suddenly increase in strength and potential.
Even if the famous ministers and generals from the founding of the Ming Dynasty did not defect, the loyal ministers and good generals of the Ming Dynasty in history are enough to make up for the loss of the founding generals...
If you want to defeat the Ming army, you must not join forces with Zonglianheng...
While Wang Jing was pondering in his heart.
The faint sound of war drums could be heard in the distance. Wang Jing looked up and saw that the warship he led was approaching Gaoyou City.
The Gaoyou City built by the Sui army is located just on the right side of the canal from the south of Gaoyou Lake. This city is somewhat similar to Baoying in the north, but it is more solid and dangerous.
The Sui army in Gaoyou built dikes directly on the bank of the canal in the west of the city. These dikes were deliberately raised like fortresses connected to each other.
At the entrance to the canal, a large trebuchet was built on the east side.
In the middle of the river, there are iron ropes.
It was very difficult for the Huai army to land ashore. If we attack Gaoyou, we will have to brave arrows and stone bombs and pay heavy casualties. Even with heavy casualties, we may not be able to reach the shore.
"The Sui army's defense looks impregnable, and it is difficult to attack!"
Wang Jing saw Gaoyou's defense system with his own eyes and felt that the general who built this defense system, Yang Shuang, the Wei Wang of the Sui Dynasty, was indeed worthy of his reputation.
This ability alone can defeat most generals.
Bu Zhi, Fu Youde, Tang Shengzong and others beside him were either famous ministers with good civil and military skills, or famous generals with their names in history. Their ability and vision were first-rate.
After seeing Gaoyou's situation, they all looked a little bad.
Even Fu Youde, who was good at fighting, could not find any loopholes in the enemy's army for a while.
"The person who supervised the construction of Gaoyou and various defensive forts was He Chou, the minister of the Sui Dynasty Ministry of Industry... This man was good at supervising the construction of palaces, cities, and siege equipment, and he was known as the same as Yu Wenkai!"
"According to the intelligence from the Military Intelligence Department, He Chou also used spiritual stones to create some powerful instruments. However, the names and functions of these instruments were hidden by the Sui army..."
Han Xizai said softly from the side.
After gaining Wang Jing's trust, Han Xizai, the minister of the Ministry of War, rose a lot in status and began to take charge of the intelligence handover between the Military Intelligence Department and the Ministry of War.
Wang Jing only had one fellow countryman who accepted Yu Wenkai's inheritance.
Under Yang Guang's command, he was a master craftsman equal to Yu Wenkai.
In other words, whatever the Huai Army Construction Department can build, the Sui Army can also build.
Equipment such as cloud chariots, talisman arrows, divine arm bows, and city-breaking crossbows.
As long as the Sui army gets it, the other party can easily imitate it.
"He Chou..."
"If we attack Gaoyou and Yangzhou, we must capture this man alive!"
Wang Jing said immediately.
At this time, Wang Jing's thoughts suddenly moved, and he seemed to sense something. He looked towards the Gaoyou City Wall in the distance, and saw a vague figure on the wall.
He didn't need to activate his insight talent to sense the aura coming from the figure in the distance.
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