"Yuanlong, from tomorrow, we will start recruiting troops again. This recruitment will not only be carried out near Xuzhou, but also in Langya, Pengcheng, Donghai, Xiapi and Guangling counties. Li Chen looked at Chen Deng and said solemnly.

The last time the army was recruited, nearly 20,000 strong men were recruited just near Xuzhou City, and Xuzhou City only had a population of 400,000. However, the entire land of the three countries and two counties under Xuzhou has a population of nearly three million.

Among the thirteen states in the world, Xuzhou is considered to be a large state in terms of population and economy. If such a large state is under the rule of Cao Cao, Yuan Shao and others, I am afraid that it will be enough to draw out hundreds of thousands of troops.

But Li Chen followed the elite soldier policy, even if he recruited troops this time, Li Chen still only needed to be strong. The three kingdoms and two counties of Xuzhou, plus the city of Xuzhou, which has a population of 400,000, as long as he can recruit 70,000 troops and make up for him 100,000 troops.

"Lord, how many troops are recruited at this time?" Chen Deng asked respectfully.

Li Chen looked at Chen Deng and said, "Seventy thousand, this time in Xuzhou City and the land of the three countries and two counties, a total of 70,000 soldiers can be recruited." ”

"Seventy thousand, can you pay it back?" Hearing Li Chen's words, Chen Deng was a little stunned.

Sun Tzu's art of war cloud, three times surrounded, ten times attacked. It is true that if Li Chen really replenished the 100,000 army, and Cao Cao's 300,000 army wanted to take Xuzhou, it would become a fool's dream.

But is an army of 100,000 really so easy to raise? Xuzhou is a large state in terms of output, and the military rations can barely support an army of 100,000. Li Chen's current silver money has no problem supporting an army of 100,000.

However, the most critical problem came, Li Chen's newly recruited army of 70,000 was a new army.

What the Forces nouvelles are, that is, these soldiers have no weapons or armor other than they are not trained.

There is grain in Xuzhou, and there is also money in Xuzhou, but what about weapons and armor? If these two things are not solved, it will be difficult to recruit new troops and let them carry hoes into battle.

The creation of weapons and armor is not something that happens overnight, let alone the armor of an army of 70,000. Tao Qian was not good at raising soldiers, so there was no stock of armor weapons in the treasury in Xuzhou.

Therefore, in Chen Deng's view, it is easy to recruit soldiers, but the difficult thing is how to equip these soldiers.

Seeing Chen Deng's embarrassed face, Li Chen immediately looked at Chen Deng and asked, "Yuanlong, but what's the difficulty?" ”

Chen Deng said respectfully: "Lord, the Xuzhou family has taken your benefits. When it comes to recruitment, it will inevitably not be blocked. With only 70,000 elite soldiers, the recruitment can be completed in half a month at most. Xuzhou's grain storage is sufficient, and it is enough for 100,000 troops to harvest next year. ”

Speaking of this, Chen Deng's words changed: "But, my lord, have you ever thought about how to equip these 70,000 new troops." How do I get weapons, armor, bows, and arrows? ”

"Also, among the 70,000 new troops, there must be a certain proportion of cavalry. But in the case of this horse, the only horses that are abundant today are Youzhou and Bingzhou. Even among Cao Jun and Yuan Jun, there is a great shortage of horses. ”

Chen Deng's words were like a basin of cold water poured on the raging flame that had just ignited in Li Chen's heart.

Ordnance, the problem of ordnance cannot be solved, and it is impossible to let soldiers go to the battlefield with burning sticks.

However, this era is not the era of mechanization in the previous life, the ordnance armor is completely handmade, according to the productivity of this era, if you want to create 70,000 people of ordnance armor, I am afraid that even if there is a year and a half, it will be difficult to build.

However, for a year and a half, where is there such a rich time. After a year and a half, I'm afraid that the daylilies will be cold.

"Yuanlong, what can I do?" Li Chen looked at Chen Deng and asked.

Chen Deng pondered and seemed to be thinking of a way, and after a long time, he said slowly: "If you want to solve the equipment problem of the 70,000 new army, you can only spend a lot of money to buy it." In the whole world, there are only four forces that can stock so many weapons. Cao, Sun, and two Yuan. ”

"Cao Cao's side naturally won't flow armaments to us, Xuzhou is adjacent to Jiangdong, and Sun Ce is afraid that he won't sell equipment to us in order to avoid raising tigers. The only hope is two Yuan, Yuan Shao has been fighting with Cao Cao all these years, and even if there is a surplus in equipment, he is afraid that it is very strictly controlled. Only Yuan Shu's side has a glimmer of hope. ”

"Nanyang Yuan Shu?" Li Chen hesitated.

Yuan Shu's strength is not great among the princes of the world, and the land he occupies is not even as big as Li Chen's Xuzhou, but only the land of Nanyang, Jiujiang, Shouchun, and Huainan.

However, these four counties are all in the Jianghuai River Basin, which is a densely populated and very rich land.

The most important thing is what, the most important thing is that Yuan Shu's territory has not experienced any major wars in these years. Although there is also effective friction with the surrounding forces, there is no serious war.

Yuan Shu has a good big brother, and his relationship with Yuan Shao is not very good, but outsiders don't see it that way. Both of them are children of the Yuan family in the end, and now that Yuan Shao is powerful, if you fight Yuan Shu, it will inevitably be equivalent to giving Yuan Shao the opportunity to send troops.

Yuan Shao is a concubine, and Yuan Shu is a concubine. It's hard to figure out who is waiting for someone to send troops to kill his younger brother, and then he just has the reason why the praying mantis catches the cicada and the yellow finch is behind.

Perhaps it is because of this concern that although Yuan Shu's territory is not large over the years, he has lived a very comfortable life.

Since Yuan Shu has no war, then buy some ordnance and equipment from him, Li Chen thinks there should be something to talk about. And according to the historical records of his previous life, Yuan Shu seemed to be a little greedy for money. After all, when the princes of the Eighteenth Road were begging for Dong, he could do things to deduct Sun Jian's grain and grass.

Thinking of this, Li Chen's heart immediately ignited hope: "Yuanlong, how about leaving this matter to you Chen Clan?" ”

"Lord, the Chen family is afraid that they won't be able to do this. The Chen family has no friendship with Yuan Shu, and if such a large-scale arms transaction is not clear, I am afraid that it will only be half the result. Chen Denghui replied.

"How's that going?" Li Chen had a sad face.

At this time, Chen Deng said: "My lord, your father-in-law must have a way to do this." ”

"Zhen?" Li Chen asked.

"My lord, the strength of the Zhen clan is much greater than that of my Chen clan. Xuzhou Zhen is only a side branch of Zhen, the main vein of Zhen is in Jizhou, and this Nanyang also has a side branch of Zhen. The head of the Zhen family in Nanyang is the cousin of the lord's father-in-law. ”

"In this matter, if there is Nanyang Zhen in it, the certainty of the success of the transaction must be great." Chen Deng groaned.

When Chen Deng said this, Li Chen also felt very reasonable. But now the problem is that Zhen doesn't admit himself.

Li Chen thought about it, and felt that the Zhen family seemed to be a bit hard and not soft, and it seemed that he had to go to the Zhen Mansion.

"Go and call that fool to Cheng Biting Jin, and let him accompany me to Zhen's Mansion." Li Chen commanded at the guard beside him.

Why is it called Cheng Biting Jin, first, he is a lucky general, with the blessing of lucky BUFF. Second, this cargo chief is not like a good person, and it is easier to bluff Zhen's people.

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