"General!" In the Taishou Mansion of Guiyang County, Kou Feng, Bao Long and Zhu Ran, who were dressed in military uniforms, said to Zhao Feng.

"How did you work hard, how was the war?" It is Zhao Feng who sits in the main seat, but Zhao Fan, who is the official Guiyang Taishou, is sitting under the prime minister.

"Our army has won a complete victory, and the people of Shanyue are hungry, and they have been forced to go down the mountain in the past few days, and Bo Miao is busy collecting them." Fenwei Captain Zhu Ranyu reported. At this time, when the wheat was ripe, Zhao Feng still used the old method in Jiangdong to deal with Shanyue, and forced them to go down the mountain. As a result, after some requisition, several Shanyue in Guiyang County were also cleared. It is estimated that there will be 7,000 or 8,000 soldiers, and about 40,000 or 50,000 civilians, so that at least the time of conscription can be a little less.

From Zhao Fan's mouth, I learned that although there are also Shanyue in those mountainous areas of Guiyang, the number and scale are much less than those in Jiangdong, and they are far less than those in Jiaozhou. At present, after this purge, it is almost completely eradicated from the disaster of Shanyue here. "The general is really a famous general in the world, this mountain has been more and more troubled for many years, but the general raised his hand to destroy it, if you don't see it with your own eyes, it's really unbelievable." Zhao Fan complimented on the side.

"Exactly!" Bao Long also accosted. This way into the army, Bao Long was really an eye-opener. In order to achieve the best results, Zhao Feng used the front-line combat troops he transferred from Yangzhou. Its combat effectiveness is far from being comparable to these Jingnan soldiers, and Bao Long is also completely subdued.

"Now that the wheat has been harvested, Zhao Taishou, Jingnan is suitable for alternating rice and wheat planting, and rice seeds will be distributed to the people for planting soon, there must be no mistake!" Zhao Feng ordered again at this time. During the Eastern Han Dynasty, rice and upland rice were not greatly promoted, and were only cultivated more in Jiaozhou and Jiangdong. But Zhao Feng, as a traverser, naturally knows that there are many benefits to alternating rice and wheat, and he is also vigorously promoting it in Jingnan at the moment.

"That's right!" Zhao Fan also took it down. This Zhao Fan is still a civil official in his bones, and although he is not good at fighting, he can still handle this matter. Seeing that Kou Feng and Zhu Ran returned victorious, Zhao Fan also ordered a banquet to celebrate everyone's achievements. The group feasted and drank until late at night, and then they dispersed, and Zhao Feng and others went back to the hall to rest.

Recently, Zhao Feng has been very busy, after sitting in Jingnan, he first has to exterminate the Shanyue in Guiyang, and then he has to resettle the people who moved south and the Wuxi barbarians in Wuling, so that they and the construction corps can cultivate wasteland in various wastelands in Jingnan. Soon, within half a month, there will be conscription. However, now that there are nearly 10,000 Shanyue troops, the recruitment pressure will be less at that time.

"Is the general resting?" At this time, Zhu Ran's voice came from outside the door. "Not yet, is there anything wrong with Yifeng?" Zhao Feng was about to rest, but when he heard Zhu Ran's words, he hurriedly asked.

"There's something I want to discuss with the general!" Zhu Ran said outside the door, Zhao Feng hurriedly opened the door to let him in, and after the two sat down, Zhu Ran spoke first: "General, the humble post is close to clearing the mountains and Yueyue in accordance with the general's law, and it is really invincible." However, although the people of Shanyue are brave and good at fighting, this time there are only thousands of people, and there is no leader here, the people of Shanyue are unruly, and they are afraid that there are some difficulties between reading and training into an army in a hurry! ”

"What Yifeng said is not unreasonable!" Zhao Feng said that he was also a little angry about Guan Yu's naked peach picking, and he tossed the 50,000 Shanyue troops in Jiangdong for a long time, but in the end, most of them were cheaper than Guan Yu, and after the latter saw the excellent combat effectiveness of the Shanyue army, he immediately pulled it to replenish the source of troops. At present, it is said that most of the Shanyue troops he has incorporated are in Jiangdong, Jingbei and Yuzhou, and are led by Guan Yu and Zhang Liao. As the initiator, he now has only the thousands of people on hand who have just been recruited, and on average, he has not reaped 20% of the benefits.

These thousands of mountains and Vietnamese troops, Zhao Feng said that he would not give them to people in vain. Now that the recruitment is about to begin, according to Zhuge Liang's budget, at least 20,000 troops will be recruited this year to supplement Jingbei. As for Jing Nan, Zhuge Liang and Guan Yu didn't say anything, and if they didn't say it, they were clearly letting Zhao Feng figure out a way by himself. What can Zhao Feng do? It's just a matter of making do and recruiting points. It is a good start to have these thousands of mountain and Vietnamese troops right now. Immediately, they should be able to recruit a few thousand more people from Shamoke's side, plus the nearly 20,000 soldiers they brought, and the entire Jingnan will have tens of thousands of front-line combat troops. When they are trained to become an army, it will be at least the beginning of spring next year.

"In this way, Yifeng, select two hundred of the most elite Shanyue army, plus my original three hundred personal guards, to form an army. The rest were all scattered and incorporated into the team to train with the recruits. Zhao Feng thought for a while. This is not a whim, think about those famous generals in the world have their own unique direct troops, just like Guan Yu's five hundred school swordsmen, Zhang Fei's Yanyun thirty-six generals, Zhang Liao's eight hundred iron cavalry, Huang Zhong's one thousand Changsha soldiers, and Gao Shun's eight hundred camps. Since he is also famous, he is naturally not exempt from vulgarity. Don't have too many people, it's almost the same if you get 500 people. Zhu Ran had nothing to do, and he didn't mention the selection of suitable candidates for Zhao Feng.

A few days later, Zhao Feng and others came to Wuling, and Wuling Taishou Jin Xuan and Wuxi Barbarian King Shamoke came to greet Zhao Feng together. "Meet General Zhao!" Jin Xuan saluted meticulously, and Shamoko hesitated for a moment, but still bowed to his chest.

"Why should you be polite!" Zhao Feng didn't like to worship all day long, so he hurriedly stopped. It was the first time he had seen him, but he saw that this man had unkempt hair, a fur tunic and a tiger skin skirt, and his bare feet, and some ornaments made of animal bones were strung around his neck and wrists.

However, after a short time of talking, Zhao Feng was surprised to find that Shamoke spoke Chinese very smoothly, which was impressive. As if seeing Zhao Feng's doubts, Jin Xuan explained: "Although the Sha leader is from Wuxi, the people of Wuxi have a lot of contacts with the Han people, and Tai Ban can speak Chinese. ”

"I see!" Zhao Feng also suddenly realized, and immediately asked Shamoke: "Sha Leader, I don't know how many people are there in Wuxi tribes such as you?" ”

"I have dozens of tribes of all ethnic groups in Wuxi, and there are more than 200,000 people. At present, except for a few tribes, most of them are willing to follow me and wait out to reclaim the land. Shamoko replied. Later, Shamoke gave a detailed introduction to the situation of their Wuxi barbarians, although they claimed to be barbarians, but they also mastered the means of farming, fishing and hunting, and generally lived enough to be guaranteed in good years, but in famine years, it was inevitable that there would be no food and clothing. When Liu Biao sat in Jingxiang, he would give grain and rice every famine. The Wuxi barbarians are grateful for their kindness, and they are not very hostile to the Han people, and there are occasional mutual markets in Pingyue, exchanging the hides and medicinal materials of the Wuxi barbarians for grain, rice, and salt. However, this is all spontaneous, and there is no systematic large-scale mutual market.

"That being the case, Sha Chief, Jin Taishou, can set up several counties near Wuxi Zuo, and the county orders will be held by the Wuling people themselves, and the Han people will be sent to serve as civil officials, and they will be exempted from taxes for three years. In addition, government schools, markets, shops, and cities were built for mutual markets! Zhao Feng thought for a while. This method should be the prototype of national autonomy, which is enough to greatly accelerate the integration of the Wuxi people and the Han people. Jin Xuan hurriedly agreed, and Shamoke was even more overjoyed when he heard this, and hurriedly thanked him. However, he also pointed out that he was not very good at being an official and would rather join the army.

"I still have tens of thousands of warriors from all tribes in Wuxi, all of whom are brave and good at fighting, and they can join the army!" Shamoko is quite boastful. Zhao Feng knew that these residents living in the mountains and forests were indeed physically outstanding, and the Shanyue people were the same, and so were the Wuxi barbarians. Since Liu Bei let Shamoke join the army in history, he had no reason to refuse. At the moment, after the migration of Shamoke and the other tribesmen is completed, they will select the strongest of them to join the army.

"By the way, General, we have been repeatedly attacked by the Southern and Central Barbarians in recent years, and we have suffered a lot of losses!" Shamoko said suddenly. "The Southern Middle Barbarians?" Zhao Feng asked with some incomprehension. Shamoke carefully explained that although the Nanzhong Barbarians and the Wuxi Barbarians were in the same vein, they had not spoken to each other for a long time. Originally, it was peaceful, but after a young patriarch of the Nanzhong Barbarian Department succeeded him a few years ago, Enwei and Shi integrated many tribes in Nanzhong, and actually had a population of no less than seven or eight hundred thousand, and even 100,000 elite soldiers.

"What's that young patriarch's name?" Zhao Feng's heart moved, but on the surface, he asked quietly.

"His name is Meng Huo, and he is only twenty years old now, but he is very brave. This man has forced us to submit to him, and I will send troops to attack him if I can't wait, and some small tribes have been annexed by him over the years. Shamoko continued.

"I see!" Zhao Feng also gradually understood, probably the reason why Shamoke asked him to reclaim the wasteland was more or less because he was squeezed out by Meng Huo. From this point of view, this Meng is not a small ambition. According to Shamoke, Meng Huo was ready to unite all the barbarians to form a barbarian country and completely get rid of the rule of the Han Chinese, and I have to say that this slogan is still very tempting.

"In this way, Sha Chief, you go and tell the tribes of the barbarians who have been oppressed by Meng Shu, let them come to my Jingnan, there is a large area of land here that is uncultivated, and I urgently need someone to open up the wasteland for me, I am not too much!" Zhao Feng thought for a while. It's also good to be able to dig up some corners of Meng as soon as possible, Shamoke hurriedly agreed. As for the co-optation of the people of Wuxi, Zhao Feng asked Shamoke and other people to stabilize the migration a little before implementing it. It is preliminarily estimated that the Wuxi people + the Shanyue army + their old troops + the young people selected from the construction corps before, so there are nearly 40,000 troops. Originally, there were nearly 20,000 soldiers in the six counties, and now they are trained separately by the generals stationed in various places. In this way, the total number of first-line and second-line combat troops in Jingnan is nearly 60,000.

Zhao Feng felt that it should be about the same, and Shi Guangyuan told him that it was expected that by the time the rice was harvested in September, the four counties of Jingnan + the two counties of Jiaozhou, even after the population migration, plus the Shanyue and Wuxi people, it was estimated that there would be more than 1.4 million people. Of the nearly one million displaced people in Jingbei, about 300,000 have flowed into Jingnan, and about 200,000 have flowed into Yuzhou. Compared with the ratio of soldiers and civilians in Xuzhou and other places, there should be 70,000 front-line combat troops in these six counties, and 30,000 county soldiers. After Zhao Feng issued a recruitment order, there were many recruits who signed up in Jingxiang. By the end of September, it had reached nearly 20,000. Zhao Feng trained the recruited recruits with the previous Shanyue army and the young soldiers selected by himself, and prepared to hand over 20,000 of them to Guan Yu and Zhuge Liang in winter. The migration of Shamoko's people is not yet fully in place, and he will not be forced to recruit this year.

"I have to live a poor life!" Looking at the recruits who were training, Zhao Feng sighed. When I wanted to recruit troops in Xuzhou or Yuzhou, when I had enough money and food, I wanted to recruit how to recruit troops. As it is now, it is to exterminate Shanyue and win over the Wuxi barbarians, and in the end it is barely enough to gather tens of thousands of people. After supplying Guan Yu and Kong Ming's two masters, there is not much left for him.

At this moment, he heard the exclamations of the recruits who were training, Zhao Feng followed the sound, but saw a person lifting a boulder of hundreds of catties high, and then walked slowly.

(To be continued)