Chapter 421: Preparations Before the Battle
After leaving for a few months, Liu Feng didn't have the heart to delay any longer, so he hurriedly met with Lu Kang, roughly described the situation of going to Chang'an, and then left quickly, and continued to arrive at the Yangtze River under the escort of Lu Kang's army, and returned to Danyang under the escort of the Danyang naval army, without even having time to say hello to Zhou Yu again. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info
On the edge of the Yangtze River, seeing Liu Feng returning safely, Bai Jian, He Fu and others who came to greet him finally breathed a sigh of relief, fortunately, the water thieves on the Yangtze River did not have any trouble. Although the safety had been confirmed in the news, until the last moment, they never dared to be careless until they saw Liu Feng safe with their own eyes.
"The lord has returned safely, and we can finally rest assured!" He Fu, Bai Jian and the others said in unison.
"Don't be polite, let me introduce, this is Lord Cai Yong Cai, the general of Zuo Zhonglang. Cai Zhonglang, this is Danyang Taishou He Fu and Danyang Commander Bai Jian, who came to greet us. Liu Feng introduced to both sides.
"I've seen Cai Zhonglang, Cai Zhonglang can come, and make our Danyang Peng shine!" He Fu is also a literati and respects Cai Yong.
"Lord He is polite, the old man has a relationship with Jiangdong, and this time he took refuge here again, and he caused a lot of trouble to General Liu along the way, I'm really sorry." Cai Yong said.
"Okay, this is not the place to talk, let's go back first!" Liu Feng said. After all, this is only a small port, and it is not closed, and Liu Feng doesn't want people to watch here.
The so-called going back, naturally, is not to go to the Spring Valley, but to return to Danyang's county governance Wanling, leaving so, he can't wait to understand the situation of the two counties and three counties, and he just listened to He Fu and Bai Jian's reports along the way.
“…… Danyang's people's livelihood is recovering quickly, the impact of the war has gradually subsided, and the population is also growing rapidly. The financial side has achieved self-sufficiency, and there is a slight surplus in food, and I think that from next year, if there is no major war, it will be able to return to the previous level......" On the way, He Fu began to introduce the situation in Danyang.
"The experience of the young generals below is impressive, although they are not too good at government affairs, but they can also manage people well, and govern a county in an orderly manner, and there is no need for special political generals to do poorly, that is, they are relatively young now, and their prestige is not enough, and after a while, when they grow up, they will no longer be able to replace the old man as the head of a county."
"According to the orders of the city lord, the Danyang army did not expand much, only 300 troops, most of them were the previous county soldiers and the prisoners captured from Wu Jing, after several months of training, they had already issued a scale. Although it is not yet an elite, it is much stronger than the average army, and as long as it is on the battlefield, it will soon be able to advance. ”
"Now we, the two counties and three counties combined, have a total of about 7 million troops, including 800,000 naval troops, and only more than 30,000 cavalry, and the rest are infantry troops. Among these 7 million people, the number of elites is less than 200,000, and the proportion is very low. Among these people, 3 million are stationed in Huiji, 3 million are in Danyang, and about 500,000 are in the three counties of Wu County. The problem now is that the number of troops is still too large to support it by relying on the two counties, and they are still putting money into it. Therefore, the lord of the castle must find a way to properly resolve this matter. "This is Bai Jian's report.
"No, why did He Taishou say that Danyang's finances had reached a balance of payments, but you said that you couldn't afford to raise so many soldiers?" Liu Feng asked.
"It's not a conflict, because so far all military spending has come from seizures, and no money has been spent in the treasury." Bai Jian said, "Normally, in a county, raising 2 million soldiers can maintain normal, but Huiji and Danyang are not rich lands, and the number of troops exceeds too much, so they can't go on like this for a long time." ”
"I see, it seems that this time we have to plan carefully, and the strategy of Wu County will also be put on the agenda. Bai Jian, you are ready, we may send troops at any time. Liu Feng said.
"Don't worry, my subordinates are already ready, and they are waiting to be dispatched." Hearing that the war was going to start, Bai Jian seemed very excited. This is a character who was born to be active on the battlefield, and he was forced to bury in the first half of his life, and now he finds an opportunity, and he will inevitably exude dazzling brilliance.
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In Danyang, Liu Feng didn't stay long, and after seeing a few people who came to visit, Liu Feng set off to return to Huiji.
When passing through Wu County, Liu Feng learned that except for the Wu family and the Xu family, except for a few people left to chat about guarding the old house, the rest of them were taken away by Sun Jian, which was covered with documents printed by Liu Feng. After hearing about it, Liu Feng didn't say anything, he dug a pit for Sun Jian in front of Yuan Shu before, but he didn't know if Yuan Shu could seize the opportunity. Anyway, for him, the more chaotic the Central Plains and Hebei, the better, so that he will have the opportunity to develop quietly here.
After returning to Huiji, Liu Feng settled Cai Yong's family and listened to Yu Xuan's report, basically there was no problem, and everything was developing in a good direction. The grain reserves of Huiji County are enough to supply millions of troops for three years, and other weapons and equipment manufacturing, medicine collection and production are also developing in a good way. Now there is only one problem, and that is that the navy has not been able to grow for a long time.
Don't look at the two historical figures Jiang Qin and Zhou Tai, but the training of the navy is not as simple and fast as the army, and now the navy can only bully the small water thieves, and the armed escort ships of those big families are still following their own merchant ships.
"Make every effort to develop the water army!" This was the first order Liu Feng issued after his return, and for this reason, he did not hesitate to temporarily transfer other generals into the navy to cooperate with the improvement of the strength of the navy.
Now, just waiting for the news of Yongzhou, as long as the Yongzhou war starts, he can do it here.
However, before Liu Feng could relax, Yu Fu came over again.
"Lord, my father's health has become worse and worse in the past two years, so I asked Zhishi to resign and go home to retire, and I also asked my lord to appoint another person who is considered to be a capable person to take over Yizhou affairs." Yu Flip pleaded.
"Is Prime Minister Yu okay?" Liu Feng asked. Think about history, when Sun Ce entered Jiangdong, Yu Tuo was in the midst of his father's funeral, and when he calculated the time, he died in the past two years. Although the game can ensure the peak state of the general's strength, it will not protect the characters who die of normal illness.
"It can last for a while, but it can't last long, and my subordinates want my father to come back and be filial, and I hope the lord will agree." Yu Chuan said again.
"Okay, I got it, I'll take care of it as soon as possible. You also prepare, we will go to Yizhou in person to pick up the Prime Minister of Yu back. Liu Feng said solemnly. (To be continued.) )