Wang Ruohai walked into Wang Xiao's hunting office and said: "More than a month after the Battle of Shaanzhou, there were more than 30,000 recruits in Ruicheng. If by the end of the year, there may be 60,000 to 70,000 recruits. Just from

Shaanxi Road alone has recruited 60,000 to 70,000 new soldiers, so building another army is not a problem at all."

Wang Xiaoxing said: "Since ancient times, Shaanxi has had a tradition of joining the army. We won a great victory in Shaanxi Province, and many people traveled thousands of miles to Tongguan to join the army. Zhongmou, Shaanxi Province and Hucheng also captured many prisoners, no less than 100,000 people. This

After more than a month of careful screening, there are still 60,000 to 70,000 people who want to go home. Among them, about 40,000 are suitable to serve as soldiers. I plan to set up two recruit camps in Gong County and Yingyang to train them.

Training. Add these new recruits together, there are nearly 100,000 people."

Wang Ruohai said: "Most of these prisoners were forcibly recruited by the Jin people and Liu Yu. As long as they are properly trained, they can be a good army. I originally thought that it would be difficult to expand an army and recruit more soldiers. But I didn't expect that it would be so easy!"

Wang Xiaolie sighed: "Consultant, this area is different from the surrounding Xiangyang. The Jin people are raging, the people are suffering, and how many people are displaced! When recruiting soldiers in Xiangyang, single-person households are not recruited, and those with old and weak families who need strong men to support the family are not recruited.

, and brothers are not allowed to join the army together. What about this area? Where are there so many details? Many people are just alone, and their families don’t know where they are. Of course, there are more soldiers. "

Wang Ruohai nodded: "What Commander Ji said makes sense."

Wang Xiaolie stood up, walked to the window, and looked at the bright sunshine outside. Most of the flowers had faded, and green fruits were growing on the trees.

After a while, Wang Xiaolie turned around and said to Wang Ruohai: "It has been about six years since the first year of Jingkang. In the past six years, there has not been a day of peace in the Central Plains. Not only are there frequent wars, but they are also being exploited by various forces.

The life of the people is not easy. We occupy these places and cannot receive much money or food for two or three years. Not only can we not receive money or food, but we also have to transport food from Xiangyang and Dengzhou to make military rations. These two or three years have been difficult."

Wang Ruohai nodded: "Jie Shuai is right. The Central Plains is too dilapidated and it will take time to recuperate."

Not being able to collect money and food does not mean that there will be no income. It is just that for the people, taxes must be temporarily exempted for a few years. Not only the land tax must be exempted, but the business tax must also be reduced. Let the people have money in their hands and be able to start over. But although taxes are not collected

, others are still unavoidable. For example, farmers' corvee service, businessmen's servicing, and some government-run industries can all be regarded as government income.

However, compared with the Xiangyang area, these newly recovered prefectures and counties cannot provide sufficient money and food for the time being.

Of course, with the territory, population, and newly increased economic activities, Wang Xiaolie can print Huizi. With everything waiting to be done, banks can issue loans. Government industries can go north to expand the market. These incomes are enough to support this.

Several years of government expenditure.

Wang Xiaolie said: "Leave these matters to Chen Qiudao and Chen Yuyidao. The counselor's mind should still be on the war. In late May, I plan to go to Hedong with you. If the Jin army launches a war this year, it will be very difficult.

It may start from Taiyuan Prefecture, Hedong is very important."

Wang Ruohai said: "Speaking of this, I happen to have something to report to Commander Jie. The news from Shaanxi is that shortly after the battle in Shaanzhou, Wushu withdrew his troops from Shukou. Looking at the movements of the Jin army, it is possible to withdraw to the north.

The Suide army crossed the river and went to Taiyuan. There are 30,000 Wushu troops. If Nianhan sends troops south again, the Jin army may gather more than 100,000 troops in Taiyuan this autumn, attack Jinzhou southward, and take Shaanzhou directly."

Wang Xiaolie said: "It is difficult for the Jin army to gather 100,000 troops in one direction. It is okay to stay in Taiyuan, but it will be difficult to support it if it goes south to Jinzhou and Jiangzhou. It is more likely that the troops will be divided into two groups from Taiyuan.

. Attack Longde Mansion all the way and Jinzhou all the way. However, it is unlikely that all these 100,000 people are Jurchens."

Wang Ruohai was shocked: "Commander Jie thought there would be other troops? Zhe Keqiu and others from Shaanxi cannot afford to organize many people."

Wang Xiaolie shook his head: "In the battle of Shaanzhou, Zheng Jianchong of Hucheng played almost no role, and it was difficult for the Jin army to trust them anymore. In addition to the Han people, the Jin Dynasty also had many Khitans and Bohai people. Yelu Yu saw tens of thousands

The Khitan army has been in Datong Prefecture. With the current situation, it is difficult for Nianhan to come south in person. If he takes Wu Shi as commander, leads the Jin army and Yelu Yujian's army, plus Wu Shu's 30,000 people,

We can also raise an army of hundreds of thousands."

Wang Ruohai pondered for a while and said: "If this is the case, it will not be easy to break through our heavily fortified Jinzhou and Longde Mansion."

Wang Xiaolie nodded: "It's not easy, but we need to take it seriously. Such an army, to put it bluntly, can fight a war to destroy the country. Our army of hundreds of thousands must also cope with it with all our strength. So Datong Mansion

We must master the intelligence of the Jin Army. Once the Jin Army moves, we must move too!"

Wang Ruohai said: "Commander Jie, please relax! I had arranged for someone in Datong Mansion before. After occupying Jinzhou, I added more people to Datong Mansion. By the way, Luan Qingshan and others who were originally in Baowei Village have also gone north.

.I occupied a cottage near Datong Mansion, and I felt at ease."

Wang Xiaolie said with a smile: "These people are naturally disobedient and have difficulty observing discipline, which is a problem for us. When they come to the Jin people's territory, no matter what they do, they always cause trouble to the Jin people. As long as they surrender to the Jin people, it is necessary

It is enough if we can protect our people from time to time. No matter what we do, we don’t have to worry about them."

Wang Ruohai nodded: "I understand."

Wang Xiaoxing said: "It's just a battle in Shaanzhou. The Jin people will definitely be dissatisfied and will fight again. After Liu Yu was established, the Jin army will not go south from the east road in a big way. If they do, they will come from the west."

Lu Lai. There will definitely be a few fights on Hedong Road in the past few years."

After saying that, he turned around and looked at the map hanging on the wall.

After watching for a while, Wang Xiaolian said: "The terrain on Hedong Road is complicated. But as long as you are careful, there are only a few roads for the Jin people to go south. Either take Taiyuan Prefecture, or Pingding Army, Liaozhou. And don't take Taiyuan Prefecture.

, the army cannot be large, and it will not pose much threat to us. After Taiyuan, we must either capture Jinzhou or go east to capture Shangdang. As long as we defend these two places, the Jin army will be helpless."

Wang Ruohai said: "Jie Shuai has already been arranged, so there is no need to worry too much."

Wang Xiaolie said with a smile: "The hundreds of thousands of Jin troops are fighting to destroy the country. How can we not be careful? Be careful, but you still have confidence!"

Wang Ruohai said: "It will take us one or two years to establish a new army and train the army. As long as we hold on for one or two years, we will no longer be afraid of the Jin army! As long as the commander-in-chief has more than 200,000 soldiers and horses, all the Jin army will go south.

So what!"

Wang Xiaolie nodded: "Yes. Our most important task is to expand the army."

Wang Ruohai nodded and said nothing. After a while, he suddenly asked: "Does Commander Jie think that after Wu Shu withdraws, Sa Lihe will be able to defend Shaanxi?"

"God knows -" Wang Xiaolie shook his head helplessly. "There are only less than 10,000 people in Sa Lihe, and it is too reluctant to guard the fifth route of Shaanxi. I heard that recently he informed Jingzhao Prefecture through Zhang Zhongfu, and his troops were concentrated in Fengxiang.

Prefecture and Jingzhou. Privy Zhang holds Qinzhou and Fengzhou, and has tens of thousands of people under his rule. It is said that he has an advantage."

Tens of thousands of Song troops versus nearly 10,000 of Jin troops, what will be the result? Wang Xiaolie shook his head. The two sides can be said to be evenly matched, and any fight is possible. Now, the ones who really control the situation in Shaanxi are the brothers Zhang Zhongfu, Zhao Bin, and Li Yanqi.

and others. They led the elite Shaanxi soldiers of the Song Dynasty to surrender the gold, with tens of thousands of soldiers. If they surrendered the gold, the Jin army would be stronger. If they surrendered to the Song Dynasty, the Song Dynasty's troops would be stronger.

Wang Xiaolie won a great victory in Shaanzhou, and now the situation in Shaanxi has become a mess that cannot be sorted out.

Of course, Wang Xiaolie didn't want to figure it out. Even after the victory, Wang Xiaolie didn't send anyone to Shaanxi to persuade these generals from the Shaanxi and Song Dynasties to surrender. Perhaps some of them regretted it and wanted to return to the Song Dynasty, but there was no way.
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