Chapter 307 News From the North
Yuan Shao's army is many times larger than in history, but Jizhou's population and economy are there. At this time, Jizhou is about seven or eight million, and it is still increasing.
Yuan Shao has this capital.
Behind him is the support of the Zhen family, whose economic strength is astonishing.
And the scale of Cao Cao's soldiers and horses is also much larger. It can be said that all the princes, including Dong Zhuo, have changed a lot from the original history.
The difference is Gongsun Zan. At this time, Gongsun Zan did not occupy Liaodong, but was in Youbeiping.
Ten days later, Dong Zhuo also received the news.
"Damn Zhang Yu, and Cao Cao, who suffered a thousand swords, even raised troops to attack me." Dong Zhuo cursed angrily.
"Prime Minister, according to the information we have received, Yuan Shao's family alone has hundreds of thousands of cavalry. If other people from all walks of life really attack together, their strength may reach more than one million. Therefore, the Prime Minister please order to recruit more troops immediately." Li Ru said.
"Hmph, so what about a million-strong army, they're just a bunch of jumping clowns. I have an army of five hundred thousand from Xiliang, with unparalleled combat power. They can't compare to them."
Although Dong Zhuo was tough verbally, he finally agreed with the decision to recruit 200,000 soldiers and horses from Xiliang and Luoyang areas.
People from all walks of life are urgently recruiting people to prepare for the big battle.
And Zhang Yu also began to prepare.
After the people who went out to help set up the county came back, Zhang Yu began to reorganize.
First of all, his Iron Wall Legion made up 10,000 soldiers and horses.
The armor of the Iron Wall Legion is excellent, they can fight on horses, they can also fight off horses, and they are skilled in bowing and horses.
The Iron Wall Army is Zhang Yu's personal guard army, and the requirements for soldiers are very high, if they are all-powerful.
As for the Fire Legion, the cavalry archers were positioned, and all weapons and equipment were also equipped at this time.
In addition to Zhao Yun's Gale Corps, there are three legions with 30,000 horses, and their weapons and equipment are extremely sophisticated.
In addition, Zhang Yu also established a new legion, Ling Cao's Fearless Legion.
The difference is that Ling Cao is leading infantry.
For an army to attack a city, infantry is more convenient, and Ling Cao's army is not 10,000, but 20,000.
With the addition of 50,000 soldiers and horses in reserve, Zhang Yu's attack force has reached 100,000.
The garrison of 10,000 soldiers and horses was also expanded to 20,000, 10,000 guarding Kuaiji County and 10,000 guarding Wu County.
The regiment is in place, and training follows.
With less than a month to go before the dispatch of troops, each legion will also undergo half a month of high-intensity training.
But Zhang Yu didn't attend. He has an important thing to do now, which is getting married.
At this time, he was already very powerful, and if he was not yet married, his subordinates would be very anxious.
The date has been chosen, just three days before the dispatch of troops.
This time Zhang Yu's wedding was very low-key, and no one else was invited, they were all people within his sphere of influence.
Originally, according to Zhang Yu's current status, it should be handled in a big way.
But Zhang Yu didn't have that time, nor did he have that kind of thought.
The preparations for the battle against Dong and the development of the territory involved too much of his energy.
After more than ten days of preparation, everything is ready.
"My lord, your hundred-county strategy has been completed, but it is said that you have established a county seat, but only a few thousand people gathered there, and most of the surrounding area is a wasteland." Zhang Zhao reported.
"Don't worry, as long as the county is established, I will naturally have a way to make them develop quickly."
Zhang Yu thought for a while and then said to Zhang Zhao: "In the future, such a large-scale county seat will not be established, but in addition to developing the existing county seat, if you find a place suitable for development, you must also establish a county seat and develop it. .”
Zhang Zhao took the order.
There are only five days left before the dispatch of troops, and Zhang Yu's wedding is coming soon.
On this day, Guo Jia happily walked into the Sheriff's Mansion with a few people to find Zhang Yu.
"My lord, look who's here." Guo Jia happily said to Zhang Yu.
"Yuan Tan, why are you here?" What Zhang Yu saw was Gu Yong.
"Haha, my lord, you are going to get married soon, how can I not come, now it is convenient to travel between the north and the south,
Now that the roads are blocked by heavy snow in the north, Wuhuan can't attack, and I have some things to report, so I came here in person. " Gu Yong said.
"Okay, great, please sit down quickly and tell me about the current situation in Liaodong." Zhang Yu said.
"My lord, there are three main things that my subordinates need to report." Gu Yong said.
First, the civil strife in Wuhuan in the north has just subsided, and the Xianbei in the north and the Xiongnu in the west are showing signs of invasion due to their population surge, so Wuhuan dare not attack at this time.
Second, the Lord proposed to build Shenyang City, which has been prepared for half a year at this time, but the construction has not yet started. Please ask the Lord when to build Shenyang City.
Third, we found something in the Mahan Peninsula mentioned by the lord. They have a population of hundreds of thousands, and their strength is not small. Now there are signs of attacking Liaodong.
Gu Yong reported three situations in a row.
The first situation is neither good nor bad. The threat of Wuhuan can be ignored for the time being, but in the long run, it may still face the threat of Xianbei and the Huns.
The third news made Zhang Yu pay attention.
In the later period of the Three Kingdoms, the small countries in the Mahan area frequently invaded, and were later destroyed by Cao Cao.
Today, Zhang Yu has started the mode of population explosion. Originally, the population of Mahan area was only a few hundred thousand, but now it has expanded to hundreds of thousands.
The huge population makes them more offensive.
So Zhang Yu should pay attention to it.
"Yuan Tan, these few pieces of news are very important. Liaodong and Xuantu Commanderies are currently short of troops. After returning, they will add 10,000 troops. In addition, the construction of Shenyang City will start next summer. The scale of Shenyang City must be larger, at least to accommodate a million people." Zhang Yu said.
Of course it is not necessary to deal with Wuhuan, but a Mahan has a population of hundreds of thousands, so the population size of Xianbei and Xiongnu at this time must have exceeded Zhang Yu's expectations.
So Zhang Yu plans to build a super big city.
At the same time, Zhang Yu also asked Gu Yong to pay attention to Ma Han's news.
The news from the north is very important, but Zhang Yu can't take care of it at this time. Fortunately, Gu Yong is there, and Gu Yong is a talent at the prime minister level.
Zhang Yu also asked Gu Yong to establish a few more counties in Liaodong after he returned, but Xuantu County was too close to the grassland, Zhang Yu did not let him establish it, and he would not be able to take care of it at that time.
Arranging all the affairs in the north, Zhang Yu felt that when the battle against Dong was over, he must focus on solving the problems in the north.
In the north, the enemy is stronger. Once the grassland people cannot be stopped, it will be disastrous.
Zhang Yu can't let the Wuhuluanhua of later generations appear, so he has to solve it after the battle against Dong.
Now, what Zhang Yu wants to do is to get married and settle his marriage.
His marriage is not a trivial matter, it is related to the stability of the entire power.
The big wedding is approaching, although I don't plan to make a big deal, but it is more grand.
Xiang Xin was the only bride, something that Zhang Yu couldn't change. Although the others had the same status in Zhang Yu's heart, this was ancient times, and there were still rules.
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