Capital?

Yuan Xi shook his head and said, "It's not enough to be the capital, it's too far away from the enemy. It's not as good as Pengcheng. ”

"Pengcheng is really good, but it's not as strong as here."

"Hehe..."

Yuan Xi said jokingly: "Actually, I like Cao Cao's capital Xuchang, which is the real world, no matter which direction you go, the distance is about the same." The stationing of troops there is conducive to the conquest of the Quartet. ”

"Haha... Xuchang is the lord sooner or later. ”

"Lend you good words." Yuan Xi suddenly remembered Yuan Tan's Qingzhou, and stopped: "General Zhang, have you received a battle report from Qingzhou?" ”

"Not yet, don't worry. Yuan Tan has been defeated in Rencheng, and the number of defenders in Qingzhou has decreased sharply, how can he resist the attack of Mr. Fu and my sailors. The general estimated that it would not be long before good news came. ”

As soon as Zhang Jaw finished speaking, he ran from the city and rode over: "Good news, good news..." ”

"It must be from Qingzhou." Yuan Xi couldn't wait to go over and opened the good news: "General Zhang, have you opened your mouth to a monk?" So accurate? ”

"Monk? What does the lord mean? ”

At the end of the Han Dynasty, there were no monks.

"I mean... You are right, under the leadership of Fu Zhu, our army continued to attack the city and pull out the village, not only occupied the seven counties of Qingzhou, but also captured Yuan Tan, Wang Xiu, etc., which can be said to be a big victory. ”

"Congratulations, my lord."

Yuan Xi returned home with Zhang Jaw.

Recruit the solids and the generals to make a simple analysis of winning Qingzhou and laying out the Central Plains.

Yuan Xi sat down and said, "Actually... I didn't expect that the war in the Central Plains would end so early, and I didn't expect that Cao Cao would take the initiative to show weakness and give up Xuzhou, which made me a little stunned. Of course, I'm not saying it's bad. On the contrary, this is very good, which not only saves expenses, but also avoids casualties, and also wins the six counties of Xuzhou in vain, so why not do it. ”

"But after Cao Cao ceded Xuzhou, followed by that, our territory was larger, and there were more places to defend, while our military strength was reduced by tens of thousands, which seemed to be a little insufficient..."

"This is easy to do, just collect it from the local government." ”

"When we first arrived, we didn't have the slightest support, let alone a family that supported us, do you think it is easy to recruit soldiers?" Yuan Xi shook his head secretly.

Before that, he thought about it carefully.

According to the consistent policy of the Military Administration Department, local armies are recruited from the localities, and the regular troops directly subordinate to the military are also recruited from the localities, because the people in all localities have to serve in their hometowns, which not only can be more effective, but also save them the pain of leaving their hometowns.

There are six counties in Xuzhou and seven counties in Qingzhou, as many as thirteen counties, and there are many places where troops need to be stationed, and 100,000 soldiers must be conscripted to barely protect themselves.

With so many soldiers, can you recruit them?

Zhang Jaw also worried: "In the past few years, Cao Cao has been fighting abroad, either with us or with Eastern Wu. Most of his soldiers came from Xuzhou and Yangzhou. Many counties and counties are already independent, and if we levy another round, then there will really be no labor force in the people's homes, what should we do in the spring ploughing next year? This Xuzhou is known as a big granary, so it will not let the fields be barren. ”

"Ahem..."

Yuan Xi was silent for a while, and suddenly reacted, all the people present were military generals, and it was really useless to discuss population, conscription, and land with them.

"These things, I will go back to Mr. Fu to discuss. Bringing you all together here, the main thing is to analyze... As far as our current strength in the Central Plains is concerned, and where we should be stationed, I would like to make statistics to see how many troops we can mobilize in case of emergency. Yuan Xi said.

"Jaw open, you talk about it first."

"Yes."

As the commander of the whole army, it is his duty to divide the troops and garrison, and as early as Pengcheng, he has already drawn up a plan for garrisoning. At this time, he got up and said: "Puyang is a strategic place, and it is also the passage for our army to cross the Yellow River from Wei County to the Central Plains, and it is the closest to Cao Cao's Yanzhou and Tiger Prison Pass. It stands to reason that heavy troops should be stationed there. However, our naval army has completely controlled the Yellow River, and Liyang, Hanoi, and Wei County all have heavy troops, and once the enemy army attacks, we can send tens of thousands of troops to Puyang to help in the battle within one day, so Puyang does not need too many troops. I suggest that 20,000 infantry troops and 3,000 cavalry should be garrisoned. ”

"In Xuzhou, the most important towns are Pengcheng, Huaiyin, Xiapi and Tanxian. And among these four cities, Xiapi and Tanxian are all in the rear, and there are 5,000 elites. Our troops should be placed in Pengcheng and Huaiyin, and beware of Sun Quan in Yangzhou and Cao Cao in Yanzhou. I suggest that Tanxian and Xiapi should each garrison 5,000 infantry troops, and Pengcheng and Huaiyin should each garrison 20,000 infantry troops and 5,000 cavalry. The rest of the cities are not very important, and it is enough to have local armies. ”

"The seven counties of Qingzhou, although the territory is large, in fact, there is no need for too many troops to stay. Even... There is no need for a regular army, my advice is ... Expand the size of the naval army, control the waters in between Liyang, Qingzhou, Shandong Peninsula, and Jeju Peninsula, beware of Sun Quan's naval army, and go north to raid, oh yes... There is also the eastern part of the Korean Peninsula, which is also adjacent to the sea, which may be attacked by Sun Quan and also needs to be garrisoned by naval forces. The regular infantry army left behind in Qingzhou, 20,000 is enough, and it is placed in Linzi, the administrative center, which can be rescued everywhere. In Dongpingling and Huangxian, ports and water villages were established to strengthen the strength of the naval army. ”

"To sum up, the regular army we left behind in Qingxu and Xuzhou is about 100,000 or so..."

After Zhang Jaw finished speaking, Yuan Xi smiled and said, "It seems that General Zhang has been prepared for a long time and has a comprehensive plan. ”

"It's the kind of thing that the last general does." He replied with open jaws.

"Hmm."

Yuan Xi said: "Since you can handle this matter well, I will leave this matter to you." I will send a letter to the Governor of Gaolan, Gao Ran, and Zhili, and ask them to cooperate with you, and within two months, mobilize the garrisons in various places and re-garrison them. At the same time, the Military Administration Department will also send officials to various places in Qingxu to take up posts and handle local government affairs. ”

"After you're done with these things, transfer the remaining troops to Pengcheng, maybe... We have another battle to fight. ”

Yuan Xi's words made the generals suspicious, the war has ended, and he has formed an alliance with Cao Cao, and he has agreed not to fight for three years, where else can he fight?

"The lord wants to fight Soochow?" Jaw asked.

"Shouchun is very close to Pengcheng, and it is the seat of Yangzhou governance, easy to defend and difficult to attack, it is the Yangzhou region, the political, commercial, and economic concentration area, and it is not only a nail in the south of the Yangtze River to capture there, which is conducive to our future war with Eastern Wu, but also conducive to the defense of Xuzhou. Because Soochow wants to start a war with us, he must first capture Shouchun. In this way, our troops stationed in Xuzhou can send more than 20,000 regular troops from Huaiyin to Shouchun. Strengthen the military strength of the Yangzhou region. Moreover, our industry, paper and copper currency, should also be promoted to Soochow, and Shouchun is a ready-made transit station. Yuan Xi got up and stared at the map next to him: "Of course, Shouchun is not easy to take, it is said that Sun Quan attaches great importance to it, and sent generals Zhou Yu, Gan Ning, Xu Sheng, etc., with a total of 40,000 troops to garrison, which is almost half of the military strength under Sun Quan." said that it was to guard against Li Tong in Huainan, but in my opinion, he was guarding against us. Therefore, as soon as we send troops here, he will definitely know about it, and he will be ready to defend the city. ”