Chapter 245 True Strength

Fang Yanzao sighed, and said with a wry smile: "I have already taken refuge in Wagang Village, and I am the staff of Shan Xiongxin, the third leader of the Wagang family, when General Li Jing escorted the old man to Jingzhao Wugong last year, Shan Xiongxin led the army to prepare to attack the fleet, but in the end I was ambushed by General Wei Chigong and defeated, I didn't have time to escape, I was captured on the spot, and then I joined the Allied Army."

After speaking, Fang Yanzao was a little glad and said: "Actually, it's not bad to join the Allied Army!" In the past few months, I have been learning all kinds of military knowledge at the Allied Military Academy, and I have been exposed to a lot of inside information about the Allied Army, and I also know the true strength of the Allied Army! ”

Fang Xuanling was stunned for a moment, a little surprised, "Could it be that the alliance army still hides a lot of strength?" ”

"How many elite troops does my nephew think the Confederate forces have now?" Fang Yanzao didn't answer directly, but asked rhetorically.

Fang Xuanling thought for a moment, "According to the geographical size of the three counties of Donglai, Gaomi, and Beihai, the output of food and materials, and the total population of the people, in order to maintain such an elite combat effectiveness of the allied army, the number of troops must not be much, so before the allied army takes over Qi County, it is estimated that its total strength is about 120,000 at most, of which the cavalry is about 50,000!" ”

Fang Yanqian shook his head, "Actually, the current elite strength of the Alliance Army has a total of about 220,000 people, including 100,000 cavalry!" In addition, there are about 150,000 reserve troops of various kinds, but these 150,000 reserve troops are former prisoners of war, who usually focus on farming, and only train intermittently for two or three months every year during the slack time! ”

"How is that possible?"

Fang Xuanling was shocked, a little incredulous, "There is so little fertile land in these three counties, and there is not much grain output, how can the marshal be able to feed them?" ”

"That's what I used to think!"

Fang Yanzao smiled self-deprecatingly, "Everyone in the world knows that the marshal made great achievements in the Qinwang War, not only won the title of high-ranking official, but also reaped a lot of spoils!" But no one knows how much this huge amount of loot is. ”

Fang Xuanling was suddenly aroused, "How many are there?" ”

"Not counting gold and silver and other property, there are more than 600,000 cattle and sheep alone, 100,000 war horses, and even the grassland people have captured more than 40,000 people!"

"So much?"

"Not bad!"

Fang Yanqian nodded, "So when King Qin ended and the army returned, the marshal directly led the cavalry team to secretly take over Beihai County and Gaomi County, and then dispersed these cattle, sheep and horses and other booty to the three counties for grazing, and later all those fat sheep were given to the generals and soldiers in the army, as well as military families, as for those fat cattle, they were all changed to ploughing cattle and lent to all the people in the three counties for free." At that time, every household in the three counties borrowed at least one ploughing cow for free! ”

"Generous! Sure enough, it's a big deal! ”

Fang Xuanling couldn't help but be amazed, "Just by distributing these cultivated cattle, the people of these three counties can cultivate a lot of more fields, plus the new farming methods promoted by the marshal in these three counties, the total grain output of the three counties can increase a lot!" ”

"But how does this free borrowing of ploughing cattle work?" Fang Xuanling asked a little puzzled.

"That is, every family can adopt a cow for free, and then each village will have some bulls, and when the cow gives birth to its first calf, the calf will be returned to the allies as a cow first. In addition, all the calves born by cows within five years must be sold to the allies, who will buy them at the market price. Then the allies will lend these calves to all the families under their rule who have not yet cultivated their calves for free! ”

Fang Yanqian replied in detail, "Moreover, if the cultivated cattle adopted by the people die unexpectedly, the people do not have to bear any responsibility, and they can borrow one again!" ”

"It's a good idea, think long-term!"

Fang Xuanling couldn't help but sigh again, "It not only solves the problem of stocking a large number of cultivated cattle, but also benefits the people under his rule, and also ensures the continuous supply of cultivated cattle, so that every household newly included in the jurisdiction of the Allied Army can quickly adopt cultivated cattle!" ”

"Yes!" Fang Yanzao also sighed a little at this time, "The marshal's vision is so long-term, and the allied army is so considerate of the people, it is no wonder that all the characteristics under the rule of the allied army are very supportive of the marshal and the allied army!" ”

Fang Xuanling also nodded in agreement, but he remembered the number of the allied army again, and asked again: "Second uncle, although these hundreds of thousands of cattle and sheep booty are a lot, they are not enough to support the marshal to feed the 200,000 elite army, and even these cattle and sheep booty may temporarily eat the poor alliance army in a short period of time!" How did the Confederates survive that time? How did they solve the problem of food and grass? ”

"You know the Alliance Chamber of Commerce, right?"

"I've heard of it! However, in this troubled world, maybe this chamber of commerce can make a lot of money, but it certainly can't buy much grain! ”

Fang Yanzao nodded, "Yes, the Chamber of Commerce can only solve a part of the grain and grass!" The Confederates' stockpiles of food and grass come from somewhere else! ”

Fang Xuanling didn't speak again, waiting for Fang Yanzao's next words!

Fang Yanzao paused and continued: "Actually, these grains and grasses come from Goguryeo!"

Fang Xuanling was suddenly startled and asked urgently, "Could it be that the marshal is colluding with other races?"

"It's not! Where did you think of it? How could a marshal collude with an alien race? ”

Fang Yanzao glared at his nephew fiercely, "These grains were all snatched from the Goguryeo alien race by the marshal leading the soldiers of the Allied Army across the ocean!" ”

Fang Xuanling was stunned and surprised, "When did this happen?" ”

"In the tenth year of the Great Cause, when the Holy Lord led the army to conquer Goguryeo for the third time, the marshal also led 6,000 soldiers of the Allied Army to Goguryeo by sea by warship! During the siege of Pyongyang by the imperial army, the marshal led his soldiers to capture the camp of Hunshui, recovered many warships that had been abandoned by the imperial court, and rescued more than 10,000 imperial soldiers who had been captured during the first expedition to Goguryeo. ”

"It's all true?" Six thousand soldiers dared to cross the ocean to fight against foreign races, and they also created such a glorious battle record, Fang Xuanling couldn't believe it!

"Really!"

Fang Yanzao nodded and confirmed, "Later, the marshal led the soldiers to break through the domestic city, and looted a large number of people and livestock, grain, cloth, weapons and equipment and other booty. It is said that the spoils of war that were grabbed in Goguryeo at the beginning, the allied army used more than 100 large and small warships to return to Goguryeo three times in a row before all of them were brought back, and those grain and cloth have not been used up until now, and there are still a lot of leftovers in the reserve warehouse of the allied army! ”

At this moment, Fang Xuanling was so shocked that his mouth opened wide, he couldn't speak for a long time, and he came back to his senses after a long time, and couldn't help but sigh: "It's worthy of being a hidden dragon!" The courage of the marshal is truly unprecedented! ”

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