Chapter 98: Preparing for War

Xu Shiyang now feels wronged to death.

In the past, when he was responsible, he always picked the heaviest part, and he was so generous when he shared the benefits, all the docks in Juzhou and Rizhao counties could be said to have received Xu Shiyang's help in the past year, if he shrank at such a critical moment, Xu Shiyang would have been a fool for a year.

He didn't want to be a fool, so this year, the Tartars plundered, and whoever didn't send reinforcements would fight whoever he fought after the Tartars were repulsed!

Including Xu Mujiang, no one will be spared!

"I'll go back today to prepare for the fight." Xu Shiyang looked up at the sky, and then said to his younger brother: "It's depressing to stay in this coward's nest. ”

"Then I'll go too!" Xu Shiliu seems to admire Xu Shiyang a little, a child of his age likes to deviate the most, Xu Shiyang made a big fuss in the ancestral hall, and that image is incomparably majestic in his eyes.

You don't dare to kill the Tartars, I dare!

'I dare!' ’

Xu Shiliu secretly made up his mind.

"Don't worry." Xu Shiyang said: "It's not appropriate for me to go back to make a fuss today, but you have to go back and talk to our father, if we want to fight, we still need his support." ”

"Third brother, if I go back, my father may let me go to Jiangnan as soon as possible!"

"Then you go, what's this?"

"Who did I go to kill the Tartars with you?" Xu Shiliu hurriedly said: "You just said that you need me to find troops from various families!" ”

"The Tartars will come after the autumn harvest, you take advantage of this time to hurry to Jiangnan, we not only have to win, but also get enough benefits after winning!"

Xu Shiyang explained:

"I'll load all the gold and silver goods on the ship, you take it to Jiangnan to exchange for some materials urgently needed for the war, and then take your father's name card, and publicize the war here in the Jiangnan scribe circle, don't be afraid of bragging, just say that last time we killed a thousand Tartars, this time the Tartars will come to tens of thousands of iron horsemen to retaliate!"

"Those main battle factions may be able to give us more benefits, even if they don't give it, it doesn't matter, you come back quickly with food, the time is in time, it is about to enter the typhoon season, and it is very unsafe to go to sea now, if I can't leave, I should go to ...... this time."

"No, no, no! I'll go, I'll go! Xu Shiliu hurriedly agreed: "I just like danger, I won't go if it's not dangerous!" ”

Xu Shiyang smiled with satisfaction.

It's a good thing that his family is not all pig teammates.

"Go and prepare, you have to think about how to maximize our interests when we get to Jiangnan, and how to publicize to the world our achievements in persisting in the War of Resistance."

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Xu Shiyang didn't stay in Yitun for a long time, it was useless to stay there, he still had a lot of work to do.

In the evening of the same day, Xu Shiyang returned to Wuxiantun, and then immediately convened a meeting of the internal management of the system.

At the meeting, Xu Shiyang asked the Dingyuan battalion to increase the intensity and frequency of training, and strive to train the recruits to the quality of veterans during the suppression of bandits before the autumn harvest.

At the same time, the craftsmen and the old and weak women and children in the fort who did not have to participate in the war also had to learn the necessary knowledge of defending the city, such as fire prevention, anti-digging walls, how to take care of the wounded, and help transport supplies to the earthen walls.

Artisans, especially blacksmiths, carpenters, and gunpowder workshops associated with the military industry, had to increase their production, and the available raw materials had to be turned into useful war materials before the autumn harvest.

The artillery cast by Tang Long's experiment by the lost wax method must be completed before the autumn harvest and inspected, and the supply of gunpowder to the forts and foreign houses of the family will now be suspended, and the first to fully meet their own needs.

The work in the fields is equally important, except for the people who have tasks and the soldiers of the Dingyuan Battalion who are out of work, everyone else, from the 60-year-old man to the 6-year-old child, all have to help in the farmland.

Xu Shiyang bought a lot of grain last time, but after the Dingyuan Battalion increased the amount of training, the consumption would definitely increase, if Xu Shiliu did not send the newly bought grain and grass in time before the Tartar siege, 15 Tun could only rely on this year's harvest support.

When you have food in your hands, you don't panic in your heart.

It was only at this time that Xu Shiyang suddenly discovered that the current situation in Wuxiantun was actually very unhealthy.

After more than a year of development, even the bandits and their relatives who were captured by the homeless people were collected, and now the total population of the three forts in Shiwutun is about 4,000 people, of which 1,500 are Zhuangding and Banding.

It may sound like a lot, but among them, there are 500 soldiers who are out of work, and the proportion of standing troops is as high as 12.5%!

What is the concept of this ratio? On the other hand, the semi-industrialized devils of World War II, the mobilization rate is 12.71%!

Moreover, the devil played the disintegration tactic of the Heavenly Demon at the last moment, in the final analysis, it is a way to cut his own flesh to satisfy his hunger, and Xu Shiyang's Dingyuan Battalion is a standing army!

If it weren't for the constant supply of additional supplies through capture, there would have been no possibility of the Dingyuan battalion existing.

As the number of the new army continues to expand, it will not be long before the spoils obtained from ordinary wars, such as suppressing bandits and annexing other dock forts, will be relatively small in terms of material help that the new army can provide.

The solution to the problem is simple, or to restore the ratio of soldiers to civilians to normal levels. Or by waging larger wars, or by trading, you can get extra wealth.

Of course, there is another way — to get outside assistance.

After this war, if I can achieve good results, I should also go to Jiangnan. Xu Shiyang thought to himself: "I now have a ship, if I can pull a trip to Jiangnan and transport it to Fusang or Goryeo for sale, the annual income of one boat will be enough to feed a battalion." ’

If the main battle faction in Jiangnan is willing to give me some assistance, it will be better, and they should be eager to get the news of the victory as their own political capital. We should be able to take what we need. ’

As for the population .......

As soon as this war ended, Xu Shiyang planned to immediately find a reason to purge the internal forces of the Xu family, and if possible, to defeat the aftermath of the Tartars, and turn the six alliances into a real whole.

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Liaodong, Liaoyang

The official capital of the Jurchen Dajin Kingdom was actually Shangjing Huining Mansion (geographically equivalent to the later Harbin generation), but it was cold and the land was weak, and it was still a political center when the Jurchens were still mainly fishing and hunting.

Now that the Khitan has been destroyed and occupied the prosperous Liaozhong Plain for more than ten years, it is purely self-inflicted to let the Great Khan live in Shangjing.

Therefore, although the capital has not yet been officially moved, the political center of the Jin State has been moved to Liaoyang, and everyone has already made their home here, including the Great Khan and all the Jurchen Bojilie.

At this time, in the Daqing Hall built in imitation of the Great Zhou Palace of the Southern Dynasty, there was a large bald head with only a money rat tail on his knees.

Now that the authority of the Jurchen Khan is growing, the Vigorous Council, which was originally in charge of assisting state affairs, has now become a dispensable ornament.

In order to make the Bo Jilie not so embarrassed in front of their subordinates, these top nobles of the Jurchens still have the right to sit on this Daqing Palace, but other small and medium-sized nobles, such as the first level of Meng'an, must kneel on the ground and listen to orders.

Directly north of the main hall, the Great Khan of the Jin State ordered in a loud voice:

"In October, all departments must send troops! Bo Ji Lie Shi Lie Zhi Ning is the commander of the left lane, Bo Ji Lie Wanyan Zongbi is the commander of the right lane, and I am the commander of the middle lane, ......! ”