The resumption of Silk Road commerce and trade will inevitably bring huge wealth to Youzhou, and of course all this will have to wait for Mi Zhu's return. After solving the last major matter in the Western Regions, Huo Yu couldn't wait to start a new round of army expansion.

At present, Huo Yu has almost more than half of the territory in his hands. Not to mention the north of the Yellow River, even Qingzhou and Xuzhou are also under control, not to mention the entire Korean Peninsula, the Western Regions, and even Yizhou, which has just been discovered.

In the past few years, the navy led by Gan Ning has reached the Wa Kingdom in the east and Yizhou in the south, and as for these two open sea places, only the core layer of Youzhou knows about them.

Needless to say, Huo Yu, who came from later generations, would like to die out, but at present, it is still a wild land, and there is no concept of a country at the root. As for Yizhou, this is Huo Yu's killer weapon, don't look at the close relationship with Sun Ce now, but Huo Yu also has to keep a hand.

After the spring ploughing was over, Huo Yu gathered all the generals to start preparing for war! At this point, the huge battle array machine of the Youzhou Army began to operate again. For a while, the princes of the world heard the news, and they were afraid that they would become the next target, so they constantly sent envoys and tried every means to show favor to Huo Yu.

Jixian County, in the palace of the champion General Hou, Huo Yu sits on the lord, and the military generals of Wenchen are located on his left and right. Raising his eyes and glancing at everyone, Huo Yu cleared his throat.

"You have followed Benhou for many years, and you are well aware of Benhou's aspirations. Now that the north is Dading, the trade routes in the Western Regions have been restarted, and even overseas places have been discovered. ”

"But now, the world is still composed of some states and counties, and the people are hungry, and Ben Hou is very uneasy!"

Speaking of this, Huo Yu took a sip of tea. When the generals present heard Huo Yu's words, they all felt like they had been beaten with blood, and only Xun You, Guo Jia, Tian Feng, Fu Zhu and others were calm.

"Brother Yide, why should you be excited, you will fight!" Huo Yu glanced at Zhang Fei, who was about to speak and stopped, and said with a smile

"Hahaha!"

As soon as Huo Yu said this, Zhang Feile touched the back of his head, causing everyone to laugh.

"From now on, all states and counties will issue conscription orders! There is only one requirement, Ben Hou only needs elite soldiers! ”

"No!" The people got up and said yes.

"Gan Ning!"

"The last general!"

"You can't slack off in Yizhou, how is the navy's training?"

"Lord Qiqi, the 50,000 navy has already been trained, but the river warships are missing!"

"Well, Ben Hou has ordered to build an inland river boat with all his might, and it can be completed before the big war!"

Listening to Huo Yu's words, Gan Ning's mouth couldn't close when he smiled, he had been running at sea for the past few years and had never encountered an opponent, so when he knew that Huo Yu was going to start expanding naval training, Gan Ning knew that the opportunity to make a contribution had come.

In this era, the merits of war are obtained by the first rank, although the sea is very enjoyable for Gan Ning, but there is no war merit for a long time, and the soldiers under him have long had opinions.

"Zhao Yun!"

After talking about the navy, Huo Yu pondered for a long time, and finally felt that Zhao Yun was more suitable!

"The last general!"

"Zilong led 10,000 flying feather horsemen to Yongzhou to recruit troops, and when the time was ripe, he went south to take Hanzhong!"

"The last general commands!"

Zhao Yun, who got the general's order, did not forget to tease Zhang Fei with his eyes when he sat down, and this move made Zhang Fei scratch his ears and cheeks in a hurry.

"Guan Yu, Zhang He, Tai Shici!"

"The last general!"

"You and the other three went to Liaodong, Jizhou, and Qingzhou respectively, and each raised 30,000 soldiers to train into an army!"

"No!"

Waiting for the right to wait, seeing that Huo Yu still didn't order his general, Zhang Fei was a little anxious, but Huang Zhong on the side pulled the corner of his clothes and signaled him not to be impatient.

"Zhang Fei!"

"I... Alas... The end will be! Huo Yu's sudden point would make Zhang Fei not react.

"Yide led Meng Qi to recruit 60,000 troops from Wuhuan, Xianbei, and Xiongnu!"

"No!"

Before Zhang Fei could answer, Ma Chao was the first to jump up and promise, and the angry Zhang Fei glared at Ma Chao, obviously he was the main general, but he was preempted by this yellow-haired boy.

"The matter of recruiting troops in Youzhou will be handed over to Huang Zhong to be responsible!"

"No!"

"How many military advisors do you have anything to add?" After finishing speaking, Huo Yu turned his head to look at a few people from the military department.

"My lord, this big move will definitely not escape the eyes and ears of the princes of the world, and I have to prevent people with intentions from getting in!" Guo Jia was the first to stand up and speak.

"What Feng Xiao said is reasonable, why doesn't the lord take this opportunity to completely eliminate the shadows of all the princes?" Frustrated as he got up and added.

"The two military advisors are reasonable, and immediately order the Dark Feather Guard and the Blood Demon to cooperate with the action!" Huo Yu thought about it and decided.

"Lord, such a conscription control does not pay! Yongzhou, Liangzhou, and the Western Regions have now invested a lot of manpower and material resources, and they are afraid that they will not have enough financial resources! Xun You, who had not spoken, expressed his concerns.

"Mr. Yuan Hao, what do you think?" Huo Yu didn't answer directly, but turned his head to look at Tian Feng.

Tian Feng wanted to be good at outspoken advice, but now Huo Yu recruited troops like this, but he never said a word, which made Huo Yu curious.

"Gongda, the lord's conscription this time is not all cavalry!" Tian Feng stroked his beard and said calmly.

"Huh!" Hearing Tian Feng say this, Xun You suddenly realized and patted his forehead with his hand.

"Hahaha! Knowing my original Haoya! ”

In Huo Yu's heart, except for the alien races who had already surrendered, who were recruiting cavalry, the rest of the generals were all foot soldiers. After all, the cavalry can't attack the city, and the further south it goes, the more the cavalry can't be used, and the cavalry in Sun Ce's hands is a good example.

As for the cavalry of the other princes, Huo Yu hadn't taken it into account yet. At present, the existing cavalry in Youzhou completely surpasses them by a lot.

Throughout the history of the Three Kingdoms, only Cao Cao's tiger and leopard cavalry has always been an elite cavalry. Therefore, after solving the threat of alien races in the north, Youzhou only needs to maintain a certain cavalry advantage, and large-scale siege warfare still needs to rely on foot soldiers.

When the conscription order was issued, the craftsman's workshop was naturally the busiest place, although there were a lot of blades and armor stocks over the years, but it was far from meeting the needs of this conscription.

Just after the generals dispersed, Huo Yu took Dian Wei to the craftsman's workshop that he hadn't been here for a long time. Today's craftsman workshop, after integrating the Mo family's mechanism technology, has far exceeded Huo Yu's expectations.

The Mo family is good at defending the city, but it does not represent Huo Yu's thoughts, so the craftsman workshop has also innovated in terms of siege equipment in recent years, even the most powerful rhubarb crossbow in the Han Dynasty has also been improved in the craftsman's workshop, not to mention the crossbow, bed crossbow, all kinds of stone throwers, well rails, etc.

The news of the large-scale recruitment of troops in Youzhou soon spread to the hands of all the princes, in short, some people were happy and some were worried. Originally, Yuan Shao and Cao Cao fought to the death, and their strength was consumed a lot, but after getting the exact news, the two tacitly stopped the army, and there was a great tendency to unite.

Fortunately, there is also Wang Yue, a secret son who is playing a role, and he always makes the two sides restless at the critical moment, and even began to spread rumors about Lu Bu everywhere, and for a while, the three forces distrusted each other, and they also started a new round of army expansion.