"This time our army successfully entered Yangzhou and captured Huaidong. However, if we want to achieve hegemony, we only rely on the Jianghuai land, which is still insufficient. Only by capturing Jiangnan can we have the foundation for a country!"
"Of the heroes in the south of the Yangtze River, each prince has at least 300,000 troops under his command. Among them, the Ming army is the strongest, with nearly 800,000 troops. This powerful force also allows the Ming army to conquer the east and west, and single-handedly resist the Liu, Song, and Song Dynasties. Eastern Jin and other dynasties!”
Wang Jingqiu said a little seriously.
A few days ago, Pei Ju had entered Jingkou and successfully contacted Liu Song's forces.
While contacting the other party, detailed information from the princes in the south of the Yangtze River was also continuously sent to Yangzhou.
Among them are the approximate military strength of the major princes and the detailed figures of the Ming army.
After Wang Jing saw this information.
The pressure in my heart began to increase.
The Huai army he established rose all the way and defeated nearly a dozen princes and forces. It was so powerful that it developed to the point of dominating the Yangtze River and Huaihe River.
He has 400,000 soldiers under his command and hundreds of thousands of other soldiers and horses. At the limit, he can draw an army of one million, which can be said to be powerful.
But in the world of China.
Wang Jing is not the only protagonist, such as the Ming Dynasty, Liu Song Dynasty, and Eastern Jin Dynasty. These dynasties have profound foundations and have grown to an astonishing extent before they have fully developed their strength.
Especially the Ming Dynasty.
The military strength expanded rapidly, and the amount of food and grass obtained from the field was also amazing. During the expeditions from east to west, there was never any problem of lack of food.
Just like Wang Jing today, he fought hard all the way in the land surrounded by heroes in the south of the Yangtze River, defeated all powerful enemies one after another, and entered Jinling.
There are 800,000 soldiers alone. Even more powerful than the current Huai army.
While Wang Jing was expanding and developing, the Ming Dynasty was also expanding at an extremely fast speed.
However, the expansion momentum of the Ming Dynasty has slowed down at this time. The Liu Song Dynasty and the Eastern Jin Dynasty are also not soft persimmons. If they want to win the two dynasties, they still have to fight.
After listening to Wang Jing's words, Bu Zhi, Han Xizai and others also looked heavy.
Wang Jing said: "Time is running out right now, and we must expand our army as soon as possible. This time we are prepared to maintain one million soldiers! Only a million-strong army can have the confidence to cross the Yangtze River and go south!"
"An army of one million!"
Bu Zhi, Han Xizai, Su Wei, Xie Hui and others were all shocked.
They have been in Shenzhou World for nearly three years, but their thinking still retains the concepts of the Source World.
One million troops, only Yang Guang and Fu Jian have ever assembled such a terrifying number of troops in the entire history.
As for the rumors of Cao Mengde's 830,000 troops and Liu Bei's 720,000 troops... they are all false. Cao Cao's total troops in the Battle of Chibi were only about 300,000, or even less than 300,000.
And Liu Bei's troops in the battle of Yiling were only 50,000. It was the same as Lu Xun's 50,000. The two sides were evenly matched, and it was not at all a win with less.
A unified dynasty. Under normal circumstances, the number of troops that can be sent out for battle is only about five to six hundred thousand. For example, when Qin destroyed Chu, it only used its entire army of 600,000.
There is also the civil fort in Zhu Qi Town, the Ming Dynasty war god, which is also about 500,000. These are the essence of the dynasty's troops.
Once the army is defeated, the country will be in turmoil.
At this time, Wang Jing said that he would expand the number of combat troops to one million. These were still combat troops, not counting the guardsmen and county patrol soldiers... This immediately shocked several civil and military personnel.
But they reacted quickly.
"One million soldiers are indeed necessary! I previously thought that the number of soldiers could be expanded to 600,000... After listening to the words of the king, I thought that the king had thought carefully and thoroughly!"
Han Xizai said.
Bu Zhao agreed: "Yes, the Ming court has 800,000 soldiers. Liu Song, Eastern Jin, and Southern Qi all have hundreds of thousands of troops. If you want to conquer Jiangnan, you must double the number of soldiers!"
"Currently, our army has a total of 400,000 soldiers. Some of them have been damaged after repeated battles, but the strength has been replenished at this time!"
"Choose one hundred thousand from the defeated troops of Yang Shuang, as well as the more than one hundred thousand prisoners of war of the former Qin Dynasty who made great contributions in digging the river channel, and the one hundred thousand prisoners of war of the Sui Navy... This is three hundred thousand!"
Bu Zhao is the Privy Council envoy in charge of the military affairs and has a strong say in the reorganization and expansion of the army.
He knew everything about his family and quickly made arrangements for half of the expansion of the army.
Yang Shuang's soldiers and horses were tempered by fierce battles and were all rare elites. However, some of their soldiers were killed too hard and had not yet recovered, so they only selected 100,000 elites among them.
As for the more than 100,000 prisoners of war of the former Qin Dynasty and the 100,000 prisoners of the Sui navy that Bu Zhi said...these prisoners helped Wang Jing dig the river channel and were the heroes of the Huai army's invasion of Yangzhou.
They also received Wang Jing's promise that after digging the river channel, they would no longer be prisoners, but normal people under the rule of the Huai Army.
These people are all strong young men and veterans.
It would be a pity to put them back to farm, but they happened to be incorporated into the army.
The number of one million soldiers, after a little counting, was 700,000. The remaining three hundred thousand can also be easily solved.
Zhang Shicheng and Yu Wenhuaji's defeated troops can each choose 50,000 people.
The remaining two hundred thousand.
Promoted and recruited from various health stations in Sihong and other places, as well as ordinary people.
Because the Huai army was victorious in consecutive battles, and its sergeants were well treated and given farmland rewards, which was very enviable, so the people in Sihong and other places were very enthusiastic about joining the army.
Bu Zhao was very aware of this situation, so he specially reserved a quota of 100,000 people specifically for recruiting young people among the people.
In fact, the quota of 100,000 people is still less.
The number of young men who wanted to join the army under the Huai Army far exceeded this number, but Wang Jing said that time should be lost to expand the army.
Coupled with what Wang Jing just said about selecting elite captured soldiers...that's why Bu Zhao focused on the prisoners as the source of the army's expansion.
"Yes, I will do as you say! When I get back, I will seriously think about the specific strategy for army expansion, and then write a memorial and give it to me!"
Wang Jing showed a satisfied look.
Bu Zhi is said to be both civil and military, but if we put him in the entire history, his ability is only about first-rate. His military strategy is not as good as Zhou Yu and Lu Xun, and his martial arts is not as good as Zhang Zhao.
If you don't count the bonus of fame and luck, his ability is even slightly inferior to Su Wei.
After all, Su Wei was also an important minister in history who assisted Yang Jian in unifying the world. He also pacified Lingnan...
However, Bu Zhi has a good personality, a very upright posture, and does not have that kind of flattery. As his experience increases, his ability to do things is also constantly improving.
He was asked to do some temple calculation analysis, army reorganization, and troop deployment, and he did a good job.
As for the military advisor who acted as the planner during the war... after Xie Hui arrived, Bu Zhao could give up this aspect.
"I accept your order!"
Bu Zhao should be handed over.
After talking about the expansion of the army, he moved on to the next thing. Wang Jing said: "Pei Ju was sent as an envoy to Liu Song, and he has sent someone to send a memorial, saying that he has met with Liu Yilong!"
"Liu Yilong agreed to form an alliance with our army. Our army will provide Liu Song with food, grass and weapons in exchange for Liu Song's silk, mineral deposits, and spiritual stones..."
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