"Don't interject!" Gan Ning was very unhappy, the more Chen Lan looked at it, the more unhappy she became, and she really couldn't understand why the lord and the military advisor were inclined to let them go. Chen Lan looked at Xu Shu helplessly, and Xu Shu ignored him. I had to bow my head and listen to Gan Ning.

Listening to this, Chen Lan's dejected expression gradually became light and bright, and in the end, she was even a little happy, completely forgetting that she was still a captive and tied up by the five flowers. It's not that Chen Lan is not calm, but that the changes are too fast. Gan Ning, who seemed to be fierce and vicious, actually decided to release most of their mountain bandits and give them 1,000 stone of food. The condition is to let him take people back and forth from where!

Such a request is equivalent to no request, and food is sent in vain, Chen Lan never dreamed of such a good thing, and on the way to be captured at the foot of the mountain, she thought about how to escape, how to avoid death, it turned out that everything came so lucky?

Of course, Gan Ning and Xu Shu can't tell Chen Lan the true purpose of Liu Cong and others, Chen Lan and Mei Cheng are only part of the mountain bandits in this mountain range, more than 10,000 mountain bandits, more than 2,000 have been arrested, and they can't cut the grass and eradicate the roots, Liu Cong and Xu Shu are even more worried that other mountain bandits will retaliate, then the people on the Jiangxia border will suffer. Although it may not hurt Jiangxia's roots, it is still a big hidden danger for Liu Cong and the entire Jiangxia.

In front of Chen Lan and Mei Cheng, Jingzhou's force has been demonstrated, and at this time, a policy of softness is being adopted. In addition, Chen Lan and others were originally from Lujiang and were more familiar with Lujiang. Let them go back, and the possibility of committing Jiangxia again will be greatly reduced, on the contrary, Lujiang will suffer.

This is the real purpose of Liu Cong and others, and mountain bandits are also people. Chen Lan and others couldn't eat Zhang Liao to come to Jiangxia, now Gan Ning, Xu Shu and others are sitting in Jiangxia, Chen Lan is naturally afraid, if they don't have anything to eat, they will venture out of the Lujiang River, and even go south to the old Jiujiang to plunder.

What does Chai Sang Zhou Yu think, doesn't he just want the mountain bandits to drag down the Jiangxia army, and consume Jiangxia's strength in vain. Now that Chen Lan and the others are allowed to go back, Cao Cao and Sun Quan may face such a dilemma. This is also a ploy to kill people with a knife!

Chen Lan was ecstatic and took the mountain bandits into the mountain, and when they learned that one of their transit stations had been eliminated, they rushed to their lair without stopping for a moment. Of course, not all the bandits were released. Mei Cheng and the remaining forty or fifty mountain bandits were left behind. Gan Ning said that these were hostages, and that as long as the mountain bandits did not invade Jiangxia during the autumn harvest, these people would be free.

Chen Lan also expressed her understanding, but Liu Cong had more ideas, and the hostages were secondary, after all, Mei Cheng was not Chen Lan's nephew. The ultimate goal is to get more information about the Lujiang mountain bandits and the depths of the mountains from these people.

Zhou Yu learned that Gan Ning and others had captured the mountain bandits and released them, so he knew that there were masters in Jiangxia, and he also stopped his actions and returned to Chaisang.

In Zhou Yu's opinion, Chen Lan and others have more than 10,000 people, and if they fight a protracted battle with the Jiangxia garrison in the mountains and forests, no one will be able to help anyone in three months or half a year, and even if the Chaisang Navy does not move, the consumption of Jingzhou's strength will be quite large.

The final result of the mountain bandits' handling was reported to Xiangyang, and Liu Cong immediately started the next step. The seemingly unintentional movement of the mountain bandits reminded Liu Cong that he had the biggest fist in troubled times. No matter how they implement benevolent government in Jingzhou, the combat effectiveness of the Jingzhou troops is the hardware to protect themselves and the people of Jingzhou.

A new round of personnel transfers and military deployments began immediately. Liu Ba was transferred from Nanjun to Xiangyang, and was appointed as the chief secretary of General Zhengnan, replacing Jiang Wan.

There are 4,000 permanent county soldiers in each county, 5,000 in Duliang and Guiyang, and 6,000 in Jiangxia. The number of soldiers in each county is still 500.

There were three permanent infantry battalions, Fancheng, Jiangling and Linxiang. The number of soldiers in each battalion starts at 10,000, and the details are determined separately, of which the first step is 40,000 in Fancheng, 30,000 in Jiangling, and 20,000 in Linxiang. Wen Ping, Wei Yan, and Liu Pan respectively served as commanders of the three battalions, responsible for daily recruitment and training.

There are three permanent naval battalions, Xiangyang, Shaxian and Public Security. The scale of the first step in Xiangyang is 20,000, and Shaxian and the public security are 15,000 each. Huang Zu was the commander of the Xiangyang* Naval Army, Gan Ning was the commander of the Shaxian Naval Army, and Jiang Qin was the commander of the Jiangling Naval Army.

The major battalions of amphibious infantry do not include the county soldiers and county soldiers in the county where they are located. A separate cavalry battalion was formed in Xiangyang, commanded by Huang Zhong. In this way, the county soldiers and county soldiers are responsible for the daily security work, and the soldiers of the major battalions are the main force of the war, including defending against foreign enemies and taking the initiative to attack. As Jingzhou's population grew, Liu Cong planned to recruit further troops, and although it was not possible to match Cao Cao's total number of troops for the time being, it would be necessary to train an army that could attack Yizhou and defend Jingzhou within two or three years.

To defend Jingzhou, as long as it is not flanked by Cao Cao and Sun Quan, the current strength is roughly enough, and attacking Yizhou requires at least 50,000 infantry and 10,000 to 20,000 sailors. Of course, during Zhuge Liang's Northern Expedition, Shu had a population of only 900,000, but it maintained a standing army of 120,000 to 150,000. In this era of war, although Liu Cong did not want to use all his troops, Jingzhou had a population of more than 4 million and seven counties, and there were no troops of more than 150,000, and Liu Cong himself felt that he could not sleep well. While the training and equipment of the troops are equally important, the number is the easiest to solve.

The order was issued, and the people of Jiangxia finally breathed a sigh of relief, Ma Liang was in charge, and Gan Ning was stationed, such a combination should be the strongest among the counties of Jingzhou except for Xiangyang, which also reflects Liu Cong's consistent strategic thinking. The tip of the glyph defense system of Cao Cao and Sun Quanpin in the Jiangxia period. Of course, General Zhengnan was engaged in Zhonglang, and Xu Shu returned to Xiangyang after the work of suppressing bandits.

Later, Ma Liang wrote that Pang Tong was Jiangxia Juncheng, Liu Cong was naturally accurate, and Pang Tong returned to Jingzhou for almost half a year, whether it was training or sitting on a cold bench, the time was almost up, and the construction of Wuchang City and the daily training of the Shaxian Water Army Battalion required Pang Tong's participation. Pang Tong's talent, Sun Quan can do it, Liu Cong can't do it, this is too wasteful, and among the civil officials he is relying on now, the Xiangyang department is the mainstay, and snubbing Pang Tongyi is afraid that it will chill the hearts of a group of people.

Knowing that Liu Cong was promoted to Pang Tong, Zhuge Liang immediately wrote a handwritten letter to Pang Tong, and he couldn't help but encourage him. Zhuge Liang knows that Pang Tong is talented, but he likes to compete for merit, but fortunately, there is no war now, and only internal affairs construction can make meritorious contributions.

Zhang Bo, another of the first to follow Liu Cong, filled the vacancy left by Liu Ba and continued to implement tuntian in and around Jiangling to ensure the supply of food for the army and feed the steady stream of displaced people who flocked to Jingzhou. According to Liu Cong's vision, the first year was to receive help from the imperial court, and in the second year, they had to divide the fields into households and settle down in Jingzhou, which also put forward higher requirements for the magistrates of Jingzhou counties.

Of course, a virtuous circle is better than years of fighting. As long as food was secured, the number of troops increased by a large margin, and public order in various localities immediately improved.

Especially Duliang Taishou and Guiyang Taishou Han Xuan, the two of them felt that their courage was even heavier. Jiaozhou was robbed by Sun Quan, Liu Cong can only do to build his own territory, let the people spread the word, Liu Cong believes that within three or five years, at least one-third of Jiaozhou's population can be attracted to move to the mainland.

This is not difficult judging from the talents that Jiang Wan and Han Xuan have shown in the past. Sun Quan although sent

Buqi pacified Jiaozhou, but pacification and construction are not the same thing. Geographically, Duliang and Guiyang counties are closer to Jiaozhou than Jian'an and Yuzhang. The common people are most concerned not about who rules, but about being able to support their families there, and it is relatively peaceful there!

has already lost a move in the speed of fighting with Sun Quan, and Liu Cong is to win back from the fight for internal affairs. With Jiang Wan and Han Xuan, the two internal affairs masters, Duliang and Guiyang will definitely prosper, and they will attract border people to migrate more than Jiangxia and Xiangyang. As long as the population is controlled, what about the vast and difficult land in Jiaozhou to Sun Quan for the time being.

After all, the population is the economic foundation, is the source of soldiers, as far as the current land in Jingzhou is concerned, an additional four million people can still be fed, so the key question is where the people come from, in addition to improving the birth rate and survival rate of the population internally, to promote local benevolence, resulting in the internal migration of people from other places, which can not only strengthen themselves, but also weaken the opponent, such a thing that kills two birds with one stone, I believe that Cao Cao and Sun Quan will soon start to do it, the key depends on who does it well!