Chapter 769: Establishment of Xiangyang County

Xiangyang is not only the north gate of Nanjun, but also the base camp of Ding Yuan.

In recent years, Xiangyang has been exposed to the commercial radiation of Nanyang, coupled with Ding Yuan's implementation of the new policy in Nanjun, the entire northern part of Nanjun is in a period of rapid development.

In the past three years, Ding Yuan has also accumulated a lot of family funds, and almost all of them have been hoarded in Xiangyang.

Qin Hao led the army south this time to use a sneak attack, and it only took half a day to break through Xiangyang, and the materials in the city had no time to be transferred.

After occupying Xiangyang, the first thing Qin Hao did was to open the treasury for inventory.

The granary is full, the fine ordnance, and all kinds of materials, the income of Xiangyang City is simply beyond Qin Hao's imagination.

Ding Yuan is really not very good at fighting, and basically relies on Lu Bu alone, but he still has a hand in governance, otherwise he would not have saved a lot of money after only serving as the pastor of Jingzhou for three years.

The money, grain and materials hoarded in Jingzhou, according to Qin Hao's rough estimates, were enough to feed 100,000 Qin troops for a year.

Note that this is the Qin army, not the army of other princes.

You must know that the daily expenses of the Qin army are much larger than those of other princes.

The cost of the Qin army to support one ordinary soldier was enough for two or three other princes, while the cost of the elite battalion was even greater.

The money and grain hoarded in Xiangyang can support 100,000 Qin troops for a year, and if this is converted into Jingzhou troops, it will be 200,000 Jingzhou troops.

Ding Yuan had such a large amount of money and food, but he was reluctant to strengthen the army building, and second, he did not dare to expand the army at will because he was afraid of the Han family.

Just imagine, if Ding Yuan had 200,000 Jingzhou troops, even if he would still lose in the chaotic battle in Chang'an, he would definitely consume Dong Zhuo's great strength.

Ding Yuan sits on Baoshan but doesn't dare to squander it, now it's all cheaper than Qin Hao, and Qin Hao doesn't have as many scruples as Ding Yuan.

In Qin Hao's opinion, no matter how much money and food there is, it is just a number, and only when it is converted into strength will it always belong to him, so Qin Hao did not hesitate to choose to let Yue Fei expand his army.

Nanyang originally had an army of 130,000, but this time in the attack on Xiangyang, Qin Hao took away 60,000 and brought back 50,000, so there are still 120,000 troops in Nanyang today.

Qin Hao left Yue Fei an army of 10,000, 5,000 wounded soldiers, and 30,000 prisoners of war in Xiangyang, and also gave Yue Fei the right to expand his army by 60,000.

If Yue Fei can quickly complete the training of the 60,000 army, then Qin Hao will have an army of 180,000.

At this stage, except for Dong Zhuo and Qin Wen, no prince has such a large number of troops, and Qin Hao will also become the third largest prince after Dong Zhuo and Qin Wen in terms of military strength.

"Pengju, although you are going to Xiangyang mainly for defense, don't forget to open up territory, and the north of the Yangtze River is the target of our army."

Qin Hao's face showed a serious expression, and he said in a deep voice: "But remember not to cross the Yangtze River, otherwise it will cause other princes to unite, and the gains outweigh the losses." ”

Yue Fei frowned, he wanted to take advantage of the great reduction in Jingzhou's strength to capture the remaining six counties for Qin Hao and directly unify Jingzhou, but Qin Hao told him that he could only take Jiangbei and not Jiangnan.

This is like a piece of meat in front of him, but he can only look at it but can't eat it, which makes Yue Fei a little uncomfortable.

Of course, Qin Hao also knew this, and he also wanted to take Jingzhou completely, but in order to unify the great cause, he had to give up.

With the increasing growth of the Manchu Qing in the north of Yuanmeng, and another base camp of the Qin family in the north and the state, the Qin army must be based on the north in the future.

Qin Hao is planning the biggest purpose of the alliance to fight Dong, and it is also to border with the annexed state after capturing Sizhou, so as to get rid of the embarrassing situation of one family dividing the two places.

If Yue Fei crossed the Yangtze River, the battle line of the Qin army would be too extended, which would cause the joint targeting of the southern princes, which would affect the future deployment of the Qin army.

Yue Fei was not a stupid person, he quickly figured out the key, took a deep breath and said in a deep voice: "Lord, my subordinates understand. ”

Qin Hao nodded, and said: "The Nanjun family is quite resistant to our army's new policy, and you must remember to fight steadily and steadily when you attack Nanjun, and you must not be greedy for merit." ”

What Qin Hao said was complete nonsense, Yue Fei was the top commander in the whole history, how could he make such a small mistake as being greedy for merit.

"Liu Xiu still has 10,000 or 20,000 troops in Nanjun, plus the support of the family, he can make up 30,000 or 40,000 defenders, and the attack on Nanjun will definitely be protracted.

Therefore, Benhou is ready to set Xiangyang as a separate county, and divide the eight counties such as Xinye in the south of Nanyang into Xiangyang County, as for the candidate for Xiangyang Taishou, Pengju you will be the one, you can use Xiangyang County as the foundation to gradually encroach on Nanjun. ”

Yue Fei's mouth suddenly grew when he heard this, and his heart was excited and moved.

The post of Taishou is in charge of both the army and the government, and whether it is the Qin army or the Jin army, all the implementation is the separation of military and government, and the army does not care about politics and politics, so among the two armies of Qin and Jin, few generals can hold the post of Taishou.

At present, among the Jin army and the Qin army, only Yanmen guards Qin Jian and Yinshan guards Yang Ye, and Qin Jian is Qin Hao's third uncle, and Yang Ye is the in-law of the Qin family.

In addition to them, even Bai Qi, who has made earth-shattering achievements, can only be the Grand Governor.

If Yue Fei served as the Taishou of Xiangyang, then he would be the only outsider who had nothing to do with the Qin family, but could serve as the Taishou in the Qin army, which showed how much Qin Hao trusted him.

Yue Fei's eyes gradually moistened, and he choked up: "Lord, a certain is just a poor family, it is not such a big responsibility, and the lord should choose another talent." ”

Doesn't Yue Fei want to be a Taishou? Of course, he wanted to know his strengths and weaknesses better.

Yue Fei and Qin Jian Yang Ye's identities are different, even if they serve as military generals, they will not cause criticism, because they are both relatives and families, but he is from a poor family, and serving as a taishou will inevitably cause criticism for Qin Hao.

Qin Hao couldn't help but smile dumbly when he saw this, Yue Fei refused to take the post of Taishou because he didn't want to cause trouble for him, but he didn't know that this problem was not a problem at all in Qin Hao's eyes.

"Is Pengju not confident in himself?"

Qin Hao deliberately provoked the future, and the effect of this move was also very good, Yue Fei thought that Qin Hao thought that he had no confidence, and immediately said excitedly: "Of course not, just Xiangyang County, what a way." ”

Qin Hao put his hand on Yue Fei's shoulder, looked into his eyes and said undoubtedly: "Then it's decided, you Yue Fei is the Xiangyang Taishou selected by my Qin Hao." ”

"Lord ......"

Yue Fei couldn't control himself anymore, and the dignified nine-foot man was like a child, crying bitterly in front of Qin Hao.

Shi died for his confidant, Yue Fei felt that his life was worth it.