Chapter 536
Now Li Yunfei's territory is in the late Han Dynasty when food and clothing were not enough. It can be said that it is very rich, every family has surplus food, and there is still some money on hand to buy some new clothes. The view of the peaceful and prosperous age.
During the year-end report of the Spring Festival, preliminary statistics were also made. After adding the newly conquered Yangzhou and Jingzhou, the population has reached 3.6 million households, about 17 million. Now China's total population is at most 30 million, so Its own land occupies more than half of the population, and many industries are thriving, which is completely different from those in the northern states.
This is also the main reason why the princes in the north are eager to form an alliance and go south to attack. This is related to their life and death. If Li Yunfei can operate with peace of mind for a few years, they can directly push them over without any resistance at all. Power.
"My lord, the crusade alliance is going to split up and go south..." Early in the morning, Lao Jiu sent a copy of newly collected important information. The general content of the military meeting held by the alliance of princes was actually obtained by Lao Jiu's intelligence department. Here we go.
The intelligence network he worked hard to develop has finally achieved some results, which is indeed gratifying. A huge intelligence network has been formed in just one year, which is already very remarkable.
"You did a good job, old nine. Those who risked their lives to obtain information will be well rewarded!" Li Yunfei formally praised him. He has had a hard time in recent months. The sneak attack a few months ago, his The intelligence network couldn't find out in advance, but it made him feel ashamed.
"Thank you, my lord, for your compliment. Those intelligence personnel have already received enough rewards!" Finally, they could feel proud.
"You have to make persistent efforts to monitor the movement of those troops and cooperate with the defense deployment of the generals in the south. After this war is over, I will count your intelligence department as a collective first-class effort!" However, Li Yunfei didn't plan to go back to defend the city, but chose to continue going north and attack the lairs of those princes. Li Yunfei was not worried that these people could really occupy his territory. The hearts of the people want, the morale is high, the equipment is even higher than the opponent's level, and the right time, place and people are all taken up. It is really unreasonable to lose.
"Thank you, my lord, the students will definitely do their best!" Lao Jiu bowed and retreated, this time he was finally able to show off in front of those senior brothers, and he was quite excited that his intelligence network was stronger.
Most of the generals stationed in various places have been taught by Li Yunfei himself, so when they usually get together, they are mostly called brothers and sisters, and their relationship with each other is quite good. In case of war, the cooperation with each other is also very good. This time The so-called southward movement of the alliance army is very likely to be the result of the annihilation of the whole army. This is no joke.
The total strength of Xuzhou's new army is as high as more than 500,000, but Li Yunfei only took away 100,000, and only more than 100,000 in Jingzhou, so in fact, there are more than 20,000 troops that can be mobilized near Xuzhou at any time, but they are all well-equipped. There is no such thing as a full-fledged army.
Of course, when necessary, those militiamen can be recruited at any time to carry out explosive military expansion. These militiamen often receive some training, and they are also paid for training. Therefore, the public is very active in signing up, and it is also duty-bound to protect their homes. thing. If there is an enemy attack, as soon as the mobilization order is issued, they will go to the army to report in minutes, and they will take up weapons and put on armor to become soldiers.
The total number of militiamen is a bit too much. The total number has exceeded one million. Almost all young and middle-aged people will sign up for military training. Li Yunfei's doing this is of course borrowing from the modern military training system. It's just that in this troubled world, there will be more military training. That's all, in order to increase the enthusiasm of the people, and also include food and housing, wages, Tibetan soldiers and civilians, the financial pressure is not too great, and it can improve the cohesion of the people, which has many benefits...
Therefore, the overall strength is very different. As long as Xu Shu is not a complete idiot, he can easily win the war, and what he has to do is to destroy or expel Liu Bei's army, and then continue to take over the territory. It can be said that the coalition forces came out in full force, and they simply handed over the territory to themselves, and it seemed a bit unreasonable not to accept it.
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Puyang used to have an incomparably glorious history. It is considered to be the birthplace of Chinese civilization. Once upon a time, the battle between the Yellow Emperor and Chi You took place nearby. This is the so-called Central Plains, the cradle of Chinese civilization.
Once upon a time it was so brilliant, but now it seems to be in decline. The city is quite dilapidated. Although it has been repaired by nearby tigers for several months, the city is still quite dilapidated. Years of wars have caused the population here to drop by more than half , all the villages and towns in the vicinity of more than 30 miles add up to a total population of more than 300,000. This is the population that Huyi gathered after he came here. There are not many refugees. This place is almost becoming an abandoned city. up...
The tiger outside Puyang City was looking forward to it early in the morning. After seeing Li Yunfei's figure from a distance, he rushed out, looking very excited. Of course he had reason to be excited. The lord personally led the troops to rescue him. Excited.
"Students are ashamed. This time I went north with a lot of hard work, but the master who was still tired came to help me!"
"There's nothing to be ashamed of, and it's not like you haven't made any achievements. Isn't this Puyang already occupied by you, and the management is still very good. This is a great achievement." Li Yunfei quickly helped him up, and patted He patted his shoulder and said a few words of relief.
"My lord's compliment made the students even more ashamed!"
"Okay, let's go to the city first, and after a rest, follow me to the north to take over the territory."
"My lord, please!" Hu Yi stepped aside and cast a questioning look at Thirty-Six.
It means to ask, is it going to the north to take over the territory, is it to continue to attack the north instead of sticking to it? Thirty-six naturally could see that Hu Yi and the others were puzzled.
"This time, my lord is going to take the four continents of You and Liangji in the north in one go, so this battle is going to be big!" Thirty-six said in a low voice, and Hu Yi's eyes lit up when he heard the news. But the great news is also what he dreamed of, to be able to fight the world with the lord, it doesn't feel too good.
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It was late at night, and Li Yunfei was still studying military maps. The maps of this era are really horrible, but he can only make do with it. He is studying the distance between cities, as well as traffic, terrain and so on.
Now Liu Bei is stationed in a camp more than 30 miles away, and the other forces have withdrawn overnight. Thirty miles away. I don't want to chase those people, just hand over those people to the group of student generals who have been carefully trained for more than a year, and Xu Shu can see that nothing big will happen.
What I have to do is to wait for the army to rest and reorganize, and then go to pull out the camp first. There are more than a hundred thousand people in the Liu Bei Communist Party, and the real elite is only 30,000 to 40,000. It's looking for abuse.
"Xiao Qiao, if you're sleepy, go and rest first, don't stay with me." Seeing Xiao Qiao nod in sleepiness, she hurriedly ordered.
"I'm not sleepy..." Xiao Qiao, who suddenly woke up, quickly expressed that she was very energetic.
"Hehe, don't worry about what you nodded just now, go and rest!"
"... General, can I say something about what's on my mind?"
"Of course, all ears!"
"General, the coalition forces have already divided up and went south. Are we really not going south to help?" Before expressing his thoughts, Xiao Qiao deliberately confirmed it.
"Why, do you think our troops in Xuzhou can't stop the mob?"
"It's okay to stop the intruders, but I think the common people may suffer again. In fact, we went back and drove out those intruders. As long as we develop well for a few years and then carry out the Northern Expedition, everything will come naturally." Since the general asked He said that Xiao Qiao also expressed his own thoughts.
"Well, what you said is very reasonable. I used to plan to do so, but now I can't do it. Now that the defenders of the four northern continents have been evacuated, if foreigners take advantage of the situation and invade south, burning, killing, and looting are comparable The warlords in the Central Plains are much more ruthless, so I must take back all the four northern states, and use strong enough force to deter those foreigners from going south!"
"...The general's vision is really far-sighted, but my vision is too short-sighted." After listening to the explanation, Xiao Qiao could only sigh to herself.
"Don't be self-effacing, you are Zhuge Liang in the female middle school!"
"Female Zhuge Liang? Is the general praising me for being smart?" Xiao Qiao was a little confused. The current Zhuge Liang can be said to be unknown, but there is only a little fame in Jingzhou. What's the big deal.
"Of course... In fact, Zhuge Liang's is a very smart person!" Li Yunfei was about to miss something, and could only justify himself.
"I think he's far less intelligent than the general... By the way, speaking of intelligence, we actually have quite a few intelligent girls in the Phoenix Legion, especially one of the yellow-haired girls who is extremely intelligent!"
"You little girl, don't call anyone else a yellow-haired girl in the future, this will damage your goddess temperament!"
"Well, I've made a note of it, thank you General for reminding me!" Being praised as a goddess by Li Yunfei made her feel indescribably good.
"I don't want to watch it, let's rest first!" After saying that, he stood up and went back to his room to sleep, but Xiao Qiao actually followed him in. Originally, he was no longer camping in the wild, and he didn't have to live together. But after being hugged to sleep last time, Xiao Qiao regarded herself as Li Yunfei's wife, so let's sleep together...Since they are hugging and sleeping together, touching and scratching must be inevitable...