Wang Jing, who was still in Shouchun, naturally didn't know that Hefei and other places had fallen into the hands of the Eastern Jin Dynasty. The person leading the army was the top general Xie Xuan. But even if he knew, he could only sit back and watch the expansion of the Jin army.
Compared to Zhu Yuanzhang and Liu Yu, the threat from the Jin army was actually not great, not because of anything else but simply because Sima Shao was far inferior to Zhu and Liu.
Compared with other monarchs of the Jin Dynasty, Sima Shao was indeed a wise emperor, but among the emperors of all dynasties, his ability can only be said to be pretty good, and he was in the middle to upper class.
But he is not even one step away from the top Mingjun. As long as the monarch of the Eastern Jin Dynasty is still Sima Shao, it will be useless to give him a Wang Dao, Xie An, Xie Xuan, Zu Di, and Tao Kan.
The major aristocratic families of the Eastern Jin Dynasty were good players internally, but it was difficult for them to be tough externally.
Not to mention Hefei, even if the Eastern Jin army could occupy the entire Lujiang border, Wang Jing would not be worried.
After receiving the secret military strategy inheritance of the Langya Zhuge clan, Wang Jing took Gao Xi and Zhou Panlong as a guard and began to return to Sihong.
Before leaving, Fu Youde was asked to stay in Shouchun to clean up various places in Shouchun, and then slowly mobilized troops and horses to start withdrawing troops. While withdrawing troops, Zhu Yi, Wen Qin's troops, and the prisoners of the Wei army were also included, as long as they were elite veterans. They were all incorporated into the fighting force.
At this time, the Huai army had about 1.3 million soldiers.
Wang Jing plans to increase the number of soldiers by another 200,000, for a total of 1.5 million soldiers. In this way, Wang Jing can use millions of soldiers to conquer Jiangnan in the future.
Half a million soldiers and a large number of garrison soldiers were left behind to guard against accidents in the rear.
With an army of one million, none of the several princes in the south of the Yangtze River had such a huge force.
In terms of military strength alone, Wang Jing has a huge advantage and has a 30% chance of victory, but on the battlefield, anything can happen.
Wang Jing will not despise the enemy because of his strong military strength.
The five-tooth warship is like a hill, floating in a wide river. Its huge size allows the warship to crush all waves when it travels on the water, and the people on the ship will not feel any bumps.
The only flaw is that it's not that fast.
By the time Wang Jing returned to Sihong, the autumn harvest had passed, the vast fields had become bare, and the hard-working people had harvested a large amount of grain.
From the first year of Taichu to the present, even if the world has changed drastically, without the blessing of the extremely strong life and reproductive power, the food harvested from the fields alone can feed a family for several years.
Coupled with the favorable weather, there was a bumper harvest every time in the third and fourth years of Taichu.
Not to mention the tens of millions of grains and grains that Wang Jing had hoarded before, the grain harvested in the past two years alone could easily sustain the existence of more than a million soldiers. There are also the military rations harvested by the guardsmen from working in the fields, and the hard labor of being forced to work in the fields for committing crimes...
In the future, when the Huaixi Province stabilizes, it will become a new land rich in money and food, which can provide the Huai army with a large amount of food, grass and soldiers.
“What a beautiful view!”
Seeing the joy of the harvest on the people's faces, Wang Jing on the boat couldn't help but smile.
Huaixi Province is still in the stage of exempting from land tax, but Huaibei Xingsheng has begun to pay grain and taxes normally, and can provide tens of millions of dan of grain every year.
Originating from the great unified dynasty in the history of the world, the country can harvest about 20 million to 30 million dan of grain every year.
The combined land tax of the Huai Army's three provinces totaled more than 10 million shi.
The land that Wang Jing occupies is not as large as the entire country of the Origin World, but the Dingkou under his command already number tens of millions, and the population is comparable to that of a unified dynasty.
The Shenzhou World is vast, and Wang Jing's Huaibei Province, with enough people to cultivate it, is better than several provinces in the Origin World.
The damage to Jiangdu Province was not great.
Under the governance of Su Wei and others, it is also rapidly approaching Huaibei Province.
"This year the weather will be good and the food harvest will be bumper. Our army will be more confident about going south!"
Wang Jing said casually.
"yes!"
Hearing this, Gao Xi admired secretly in his heart. He had read the memorials sent by Sihong, which recorded the farmland, taxation, and household registration of the people in several provinces.
He has a detailed understanding of today's Huai Army.
The Huai army at this time was not as good as those unified dynasties in terms of strength and foundation, but it was definitely better than the dynasties that divided the north and south.
In sighs along the way.
Wang Jing returned to Sihong by boat, and the people who came to greet him were Bu Zhi and Qiao Xuan. Shen Yi and Wang Guangyang were extremely busy during the autumn harvest and had no time to welcome and send off.
"Congratulations, Your Majesty, on your return with a great victory!"
After seeing Wang Jing's figure, Bu Zhi took the lead in stepping forward to congratulate him.
This time the expedition against Shouchun went incredibly smoothly. When Bu Zhao first heard the battle report, he was also shocked. He felt more and more that Wang Jing's great cause was promising and that his sister's decision to enter the palace was not wrong.
"No need to be polite!"
"What happened in Sihong recently, please briefly explain it to me..."
Wang Jing waved his hand and got on the carriage. At the same time, Bu Zhi and Qiao Xuan entered the carriage and asked casually.
Spies from the Military Intelligence Department would send him reports every day. The three central provinces also sent memorials every day.
Wang Jing knew the situation of Sihong and Huai army very well.
But after all, he was not in Sihong. News from the three major provinces and counties would only be sent to the central government. Wang Jing had no idea about many small and unimportant things.
Even if it is a big event, Wang Jing only has some understanding of it and does not know the inside story.
So after returning.
Wang Jingcai gave in and explained to him.
"The autumn harvest has just passed recently. Scholars Shen and Wang are mobilizing officials from the Taxation Department to prepare for inspections in various prefectures and counties to check the tax collection situation!"
"As for the others... I don't know much about internal affairs. I only know these things. I know a thing or two about military affairs and the situation of the princes in all directions..."
As the privy envoy in charge of military affairs, Bu Zhao did not care much about civil affairs, of course to avoid suspicion.
He briefly talked about the affairs of the Ministry of Government, then changed his tone and reported to Wang Jing about the military affairs in various places and the situation of the surrounding princes.
Military affairs everywhere are normal.
The prisoners who were originally defeated and captured by the Huai Army have basically integrated into the Huai Army.
Among them, the more honest elite soldiers were directly incorporated into the combat troops to supplement the battle losses.
Honest but average-strength soldiers were incorporated into the garrison to enhance the stability of public security in various prefectures and counties, while those veterans with bad personalities still served as hard labor as engineers and soldiers, specializing in cutting mountains and stones, building roads, palaces, and canals.
There is only one Privy Councilor in the Privy Council, Bu Zhi, and Bu Zhi is squeezed out by the daily paperwork.
If it were the source world, Bu Zhao would have been squeezed to death from overwork long ago.
That is to say, in the world of China, Bu Zhao has strong spiritual power and amazing potential, so he can persevere in the constant stream of military affairs reports and organize the military affairs in an orderly manner.
When Bu Zhao reported.
Wang Jing glanced at him slightly, his eyes flashed with inspiration. After such a long period of training, Bu Zhao's life level had quietly reached the eighth level.
It's only half a step away from breaking through the ninth level limit.
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