Chapter 101: Combat Readiness
In the city of Chishu.
Now the entire coast is occupied by houses. More than 8,000 people live in the most dynamic city on the Black Sea coast. Surrounded by two small hills, Xishanlong and Beishanlong, the lowlands below the coast of the Kerch Peninsula are occupied by a variety of dwellings.
At present, it has in fact formed six urban areas, including the North District, the Outer North District, the South District, the Outer South District, the Northwest District, and the Mining District. Many of the farmlands in Kitayama have been converted into houses by farmers. And the land outside Beishan has been reclaimed to 110,000 acres!
That's right, 110,000 acres of land were reclaimed by farmers. Following the grid laid down by the officials, the farmers swung their hoes from field to field. Although there is no shortage of cattle and horses in Chizhou, the farmers who cannot afford to rent cattle are cultivating the land that will soon belong to them in a crazy attitude that normal people can't imagine. They had no money to rent oxen, so they treated themselves as oxen, carrying the plough on their shoulders, which were weaker than the heavy plow, carrying the hope and hope of the family all the way forward.
Most of these are Han Chinese, and the rest are Greeks.
Speaking of population composition, in the current city of Chizhou, about 5,000 of the 8,000 people are Han Chinese, more than 2,000 Greeks, and most of the rest are Tatars; In Desheng County, more than 40,000 Tatars gradually integrated into life under pastoral supervision, and at the same time, the population of the city of Desheng County exceeded 4,000, and the population of the countryside (including Tatars) reached 50,000.
The situation is the same in both Desheng and Xin'an counties. The vast majority of the 40,000 people under the jurisdiction of Xin'an County are registered Tatars. Although the population of 20,000 in the countryside of Chizhou is less than that of these two counties, it is the main force of agriculture, mainly composed of Han Chinese and Greeks.
And Linhai County on the other side is a little worse. After all, the support of the central government will never cross the sea. Linhai County had no choice but to accept a large number of Jews, Georgians and other people in Luo Shengzhi's various drill camps.
When it comes to agriculture, the figure of 110,000 in Chizhou is not the largest. Desheng County, a large agricultural county, has up to 170,000 acres of land, because this region has the highest degree of sinicization, but the degree of sinicization of agriculture is definitely the first Tatar group. They herded cattle and farmed at the same time, supporting a large agricultural group in Desheng County.
Linhai County and Youanwei together also have a total of 120,000 + 30,000 acres of land.
So at present, exporting grain to the outside world is no longer a lie for the Han Dynasty. The food situation that had been strapped in the previous two years has also been greatly alleviated. This is also why Qin Cang can open up wasteland in Liantong Port, Xisai Port, Jinshanwei and other places.
Of course, no matter how good agriculture is, no matter how strong the army is, it is also a pill.
And now, among the high and low houses, the tallest building is now gloomy.
Haji Gelai's dumping behavior put Qin Cang in a situation where everyone was targeted. Sammaren's letters for help came day after day, one after another, and he almost shouted I beg you.
"Gather the army....... We have no choice. Qin Cang threw down his pen and fell on the chair with a headache.
Today, the invading army of the Golden Horde has passed through Tana, and the target is directly aimed at the Great Horde of Gudil. However, Samaren was afraid that he had already set up a big tent in the town of Shine. The news of his own becoming regent could not be stopped from reaching that side, so a large number of Tatars gathered there, waiting for themselves to save them.
For the sake of the present....... Qin Cang remembered the exchange plan that originally positioned all the Han people to enrich the domestic population.
"If all of them are replaced by Han Chinese troops........ Qin Cang now has such a consideration.
"If the inventory and current production capacity of the Great Railway Supervisor are mobilized......," Wang Rongfang said suddenly.
"At present, the Great Iron Prison has more than 7,000 cuirass, 15,000 iron helmets, 40,000 spears, 500,000 bows and arrows, and a large number of other weapons. At the same time, there are seventy cannons! If we mobilize the strong men of the country with all our might, we can form a large army to defeat Kuchuk. Wang Rongfang said painfully.
And Qin Chang'an next to him certainly didn't look good. Wan Rongfang's wartime mechanism is completely harvesting the meat of his subordinate treasury! You must know that the battle with Mengus can empty his whole family!
"That's it. Command, O king. A few strong men. Meng Zhuoyan's approval and Chen Hanlin's approval made Qin Cang also make up his mind.
"So be it. Meng Qing, you come to make a announcement. Qin Qing, the treasury and the treasury, how much inventory is in total? ”
"About ..... Seven thousand gold. In addition, there is a large amount of tax that has not been collected, as well as a build-up of trade. ”
"Yes, yes. Let them pay back the excess. Qin Cang stood up and said, "This battle is a battle of national fortune!" If I win, then I can be in the territorial sea (Sea of Azov), if I lose, I am afraid that there will be no bones left! Encourage all of you! ”
Soon, the conscription order was posted from Linhai County to Xin'an County. Among them were cavalry conscription orders for the Tatars, infantry conscriptions for Han Chinese, and mercenary orders for idle people and vagabonds.
From the end of April to the beginning of May, thanks to the small size of the country, the recruitment of personnel was calculated in hours.
More than 11,000 Tatar cavalry arrived at Chiju with their own weapons, while 8,000 infantry of various races marched to the port of Tongtong in advance. Cuirasses and iron helmets were first issued to the infantry. For the Tatars, the cavalry mainly consisted of iron arrowheads, small daggers, stirrups and other items.
Chen Hanlin has now led the demobilized Imperial Forest Army to be stationed in Liantong Port. He and the 8,000 attacking more than 11,000 infantry will be the main force of the battle.
And the various orders issued by Meng Zhuoyan also spread to the Kuban River and the Gudil Ministry.
ordered the Gudil tribe and the various routed troops and westward migrating tribes to concentrate on the front line of the connecting port to receive free rations of food and iron arrowheads; Ordered the tribes of the Kuban River to strictly defend their homeland, and if they were not low, they would go south to seize Temutarakan (in cooperation with Linhai County).
At the same time, Qin Cang also met with the mercury man again.
"Looks like you're in big trouble. Otherwise, you wouldn't have summoned me before the season......" The mercury man's words were a lot more polite. Now Qin Cang can be regarded as a big customer in his hands.
"That's right. Big trouble. And a khan to fight over who is the master of the steppe. Qin Cang told the truth.
"Oh...... That's right...... More than 9.6 million points. Well, I'll sponsor you a little bit privately, and make up to 10 million points. What do you want? ”
"Cavalry. Cavalry of the profession. I'm going to fight on the steppe. ”
"Then the Han cavalry from last time. There was leather armor, knives and spears, and discipline was high. ”
"Yes."
Only 10 million points. Qin Cang calculated in his heart that there were about 4,000 Han cavalry. With this group of men in hand, plus 10,000 Tatar cavalry and other servant cavalry, it should be able to compete with the Golden Horde.