Chapter 776: Expand the army by 240,000

Chapter 776: Expansion of the Army by 240,000

Chapter 774: Expansion of the Army by 240,000

The crisis in Jiangxia and Changsha is actually not as serious as Qin Hao said.

Liu Yao is indeed preparing to invade Jiangxia, and Hong Xiuquan is also preparing to invade Jingnan. However, one of Jiangxia and Changsha has the Yangtze River natural moat, and the other is blocked by the mountains of Lingnan. As long as Huang Zu and Han Xuan can return smoothly, there is not a big problem in holding on to the base.

Although Han Xuan did not understand military affairs, he also had general Wei Yan under his command. Wei Yan alone may not be able to stop the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, but the Lingnan mountains are natural barriers to Jingzhou and Jiaozhou. It is not actually possible to block the Taiping Army in Jiaozhou. It was difficult to calculate, and Hong Xiuquan was not determined to go north.

 Huang Zu and Han Xuan didn't know this, so they both agreed to Qin Hao's unequal treaty, and then the rest of the matter naturally became simple.

After Huang Tingjian and Han Yuanji met their respective fathers, they learned that their father agreed to Qin Hao's conditions, so they returned to start handling the handover matters.

The fastest route to Qin Hao's hand in China was naturally the six counties ceded by Huang Zu. After all, it was still very inconvenient to transport money and grain. The amount of money and grain compensated by Changsha was huge, and of course it could not be transported all at once.

The amount of food and money Han Xuan compensated this time was enough to feed 50,000 Qin troops for a year. Changsha couldn't afford the compensation at once, so it could only accompany half of it first, and pay back the rest slowly over three years.

Regarding the ceded six counties, Qin Hao asked Yue Fei to send troops to directly take over the three counties of Nanjun. Xiangyang County has since had fifteen counties.

 As for the three Jiangbei counties in Jiangxia, Qin Hao had other arrangements.

Qin Hao planned to divide the land of six counties in the east and southeast of Nanyang, with Zhangling County as the center, plus the three counties in Jiangbei, a total of nine counties, and a county named Zhangling County.

Qin Hao's behavior of directly dividing a county into several counties will definitely become more and more frequent in the future.

With the advent of the era of feudal lords competing for hegemony, various regions are conquering each other. Today you seize my city, and tomorrow I will seize your county. It will take a long time to completely occupy the other side's territory. In order to govern the new land, it is inevitable to redistribute the territory. .

 In original history, Nanyang was gradually divided into several counties, such as Nanxiang County and Zhangling County. Zhangling County was even established several times and then abandoned several times.

  Shangyong County, which is close to Jingzhou and Yizhou, was separated from Hanzhong County;

Shouchun County in the Jianghuai area was also divided from Jiujiang County.

 The Shu Han Dynasty in the later period directly divided Yizhou's eight counties, three vassal states, 98 counties and 3 roads into more than 30 counties.

It can be seen that such a more detailed division of territory is not only conducive to regional division, but also conducive to local governance, and it can also prevent local magistrates from centralizing power.

  The main purpose of Qin Hao's separate establishment of Zhangling County was to guard against Yuan Shu in the East. After all, the relationship between him and Yuan Shu had always been poor.

As for the selection of the prefect, Qin Hao decided to appoint Xin Qiji, who had made great achievements in this battle, and appointed Zhou Yu's father Zhou Yi as the county magistrate.

Yuan Shu knew how powerful Qin Hao was, and there was also Li Mi in Yuzhou. It was impossible for a war to break out between Qin Hao and Yuan Shu in the short term, and this did not give Qin Hao the opportunity to recruit and train troops on the spot.

"Xin Qiji, I appoint you as the prefect of Zhangling County, commanding the nine counties of Zhangling County. After you take office, you can recruit 30,000 troops on the spot. As for the post of County Cheng, Zhou Yi will take over." Qin Hao said in a deep voice. .

 “Thank you, Lord, for your trust.” The two said excitedly.

 Xin Qiji is both civil and military, and with an army of 30,000, even if he is not a match for Yuan Shu's civil and military forces, he will definitely be able to delay Qin Hao for enough time.

Now the main opponent of the Qin Army is Dong Zhuo, so there are not many manpower available to guard Yuan Shu. After Qin Hao solves Dong Zhuo, he will definitely send a general to Xin Qiji.

With the division of Zhangling County, Qin Hao had four counties under his command, and Jingzhou also changed from nine counties to ten counties.

Although Nanyang County was divided three times, leaving only fourteen counties, it was still the richest and most populous county under Qin Hao's command.

 After these three divisions, the overall situation of the Qin army is also rough. Nanyang County has jurisdiction over 14 counties including Wancheng. The prefect Qin Hao has an army of 120,000.

Xiangyang County has jurisdiction over fifteen counties including Xiangyang. Yue Fei, the prefect, has 60,000 troops.

 Nanxiang County has jurisdiction over eight counties including Nanxiang. The prefect Zhang Liao has 30,000 troops.

 Zhangling County has jurisdiction over nine counties including Zhangling. Xin Qiji, the prefect, has 30,000 troops.

Among these four counties, except for Yue Fei's Xiangyang County, which will be changed in the future, Qin Hao of the other prefectures and counties is no longer planning to change.

Once the layout of these four counties is completely formed, Qin Hao's troops will rise to 240,000, surpassing Qin Wen of Bingzhou and becoming the second largest prince after Dong Zhuo.

Before going south, Qin Hao controlled one county and thirty-six counties in Nanyang, with 2.4 million people and 130,000 troops.

 Now Qin Hao owns four counties and 45 counties, with 3 million people and 240,000 troops.

In just a few months, the territory of the Qin army did not increase much, but the number of troops increased by 110,000.

This is because the Qin army has strong financial resources and the large population of the four counties, otherwise it would be impossible to expand the army so quickly.

Such a rapid expansion of the army will inevitably lead to a decline in overall quality. Therefore, Qin Hao will not let the new soldiers go to the battlefield easily before they have been thoroughly trained. Moreover, it takes time to build weapons and armor.

As news of Dong Zhuo's absurd behavior continued to spread from Chang'an, Qin Hao could already foresee that the day to challenge Dong was approaching.

This time to deal with Dong Zhuo, Qin Hao will only use 120,000 troops from Wancheng, while 120,000 new troops will stay and garrison the base camp to protect the four counties in northern Jing.

After the Battle of Jingbei, Kou Xun among the twenty-eight generals in Yuntai was the only enemy general to be captured alive.

Kou Xun Yuntai ranked fifth among the twenty-eight generals. He was also a political general with both civil and military skills. Qin Hao also tested his fifth dimension for the first time.

Kou Xun: Commander 93, Force 82, Intelligence 92, Politics 96, Charisma 88.

This attribute is too balanced and comprehensive. Kou Xun is simply an all-rounder. No wonder he can be photographed in fifth place on the cloud platform. How could Qin Hao let such a talent go?

Qin Hao thinks that his eloquence is pretty good. He even persuaded the sage Zhang Liang, but he can't help a little Kou Xun?

 It turned out that Qin Hao was slapped in the face.

Ren Qinhao said that his mouth was dry and he even made a promise that he would not let Kou Xun deal with Liu Xiu, but Kou Xun remained indifferent.

This made Qin Hao lament the loyalty of Yuntai generals, and at the same time he couldn't help but lament Liu Xiu's good luck. All his generals were devoted to him and were unwilling to betray him even to death.

Just because Kou Xun is unwilling to surrender does not mean that Qin Hao will give up. If he cannot convince Kou Xun, then let Kou Xun's family slowly persuade him.

 If it doesn't work for one day, it will be one year, if it doesn't work for one year, it will be ten years. Anyway, Qin Hao is very patient, and he is not short of Kou Xun.

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