In May of the thirteenth year of Yong'an, King Anchang had no choice but to withdraw his troops, losing 11,000 people, while Fang Xin's side, 9,100 people were killed and disabled, and 3,000 were wounded, which could be recovered after treatment

In this battle, King Anchang lost one-eighth of his strength, and he could not recover for at least five years, so he retreated a hundred miles back, because his own losses were not very large, Fang Xin thought about it, and he was still not too arrogant, and sent a recital of "beheading 20,000 and only injuring 3,000", and almost issued a recital as it was

Even so, it is a great victory in the past ten years, and presumably the court will be rewarded according to the rules

In the blink of an eye, two months later, the newly built fort was advanced by another fifty miles, adding a lot of arable land, and making the tuntian in the rear relatively safe

However, Fang Xin shook his head and sighed, his progress in the southwest was only this-once he broke away from the fortress to fight, even if he had a full number of 80,000 people, it would be difficult to succeed

To control the southwest, and the grass behind the southwest, it is necessary to have 150,000 elites

Speaking of reality, Fang Xin couldn't understand why others crossed over and did everything well, but it was so difficult for him?

Of course, this means getting rich

In an agricultural society, everything lies in food, and there is no way for Fang Xin to do this at all, and to the extent that the plane is limited, additional improvements are nothing more than the improvement of waterwheels and agricultural tools

The waterwheel can irrigate, so that the dry field becomes a paddy field, and in this case, an extra stone and one acre can be harvested

The improvement of farm tools and manpower, but what is most lacking now are the oxen and horses used in ploughing the fields, which can not be multiplied in a day - and the king of Anchang received this battle, but immediately came back to his senses, anyway, Anchang Province is vast and sparsely populated, so he moved the people back a hundred miles, and stationed cavalry outside for inspection

Speak like this. Later, it was difficult for the people to flee to the Guannai. Moreover, it is difficult for Fangxindi's guerrilla warfare to exert its effect - a hundred miles out of the pass. Only the land was eaten by the cavalry

This made Fang Xin's wishful thinking suddenly fail. Although it is also difficult for the opposing cavalry to penetrate the area controlled by the fortress. Basically, farmland reclamation is relatively safe. But the population of the displaced army cantonment. Stuck at 200,000 and unable to break through

50,000 military households. Up to 30,000 troops. If all are added. Just enough to replenish 80,000 soldiers. But it can no longer expand

The military tun can solve 30,000 military rations by itself. The county can solve a maximum of 10,000 military rations. If it is not counted as the role of the business division. There are still 30,000 that must rely on the imperial court for supplies

After being proud. Only then did Fang Xin realize. In the end, luck is difficult to solve. Fangxin is now a local resource. But there is only the land to defend the land. It's hard to really be a dragon on your own

That being said. Fang Xin still issued a series of orders. 50,000 soldiers remained the same. Promote the young soldiers who come closer first. Each is in charge of some grass-roots military power. Most of them are at the battalion level

However, Wu Jie has already made up for the post of general of the Xiabao Guard, officially leading 5,500 troops, and is subordinate to Shenqi Town, which is still the main general of Yue Ming at the time. There are three guards below, Pinglang Wei, Shangbao Wei, and Xiabao Wei, although this guard is now explicitly ordered to be completed, at least one-third of it is directly in the hands of Fang Xin

Yihuang Township has Bai Xiangwei, Yiguanwei, Liuhuawei three guards, after the war, the original Baixiang Wei general Fan Jiebiao was promoted to the main general of this town, but only built Bai Xiangwei and Yiguanwei two guards

Under the pretext that the soldiers and salaries were insufficient, Liuhuawei did not make up for it first, and only kept the shelves of 100 people

Five guards outside the three towns - Xia Guangwei Zhou Bingbin, Yunyang Wei Jiang Wenxuan, Guan Liwei Xu Peng, and the newly appointed former Qiu Wei Duan Zuotong. It has been promised that the foot soldiers are replenished

Donghua Town has not been rebuilt. just hung up a name and pushed an old general up. The following about the three guards of Liwei, Xia Zhangwei, and Xia Guangwei were also accepted by Fang Xin as future preparations, which were to prevent the imperial court from canceling the establishment for some reason, so it left an empty shelf

So in fact, the foot soldiers are one town and seven guards, almost 60,000 people

Among them, Qianqiu Wei has completely become Fang Xin's pro-army, Duan Zuotong was originally a young general who was invested in the shogunate, and most of the following prefectures and battalions were also filled with people close to Fang Xin, which greatly increased Fang Xin's strength

In short, the number of troops directly under Fang Xin's current command was already as high as 15,000

In ancient times, in order to fight, in addition to food, there must be an iron industry

Fang Xin ordered the establishment of the "Ordnance Department", which was organized to organize the creation and research and development of weapons

Fighting on the battlefield often determines life and death in a moment, which not only depends on the soldier's martial arts, organization, and luck, but also the quality of the soldier's armor and weapons is also the key to victory or defeat

On this day, Fang Xin inspected the Ordnance Hall, and the newly appointed manager of the Ordnance Department was also promoted in the past two years, his name was Chu Yinghan, and he was talking together: "My lord, my hall can now produce three hundred pairs of paper armor, one hundred pairs of rattan armor, and ten pairs of armor every month!" ”

Ordinary soldiers had to use paper armor, which has now developed quite maturely

Regular paper armor, made of paper and cloth, first hammered into a wheel, folded into three inches thick, four nails per square inch, and then cut into armor, is very effective for long-range bows and arrows, but melee combat can not resist the slashing of knives and guns - even so, nailing three inches of paper armor can still alleviate many injuries.

Fang Xin watched carefully and checked the paper armor, this kind of thing is the most prone to problems, and after a long time, he said: "This is related to the lives of our soldiers, every armor produced, there must be a name, if the quality is not good, it will be investigated." ”

"Yes, Xia Guan understands." Chu Yinghan said respectfully.

Fang Xin looked at the vine armor again, thoughtful

Rattan armor is a kind of armor made of rattan weaving through special treatment, which has a strong protective force against cold weapons, the production method is that the rattan must be soaked in water for half a month, dried for three days, and then soaked in oil for a week and then taken out to dry, and finally coated with tung oil to make it, the disadvantage is that it is afraid of fire and flammable, and it is not suitable for use in cold areas.

But fortunately, this world is not the earth world, the southwest here, the environment is very strange, it is indeed mountainous and hilly, but there are a large number of grasslands on the other side of the mountain, and the temperature is relatively mild

Therefore, this rattan armor is not only a convenient source of materials, but also quite applicable

As for the iron armor, Fang Xin didn't care, these were all for people above the battalion to wear

Thinking of this, Fang Xin suddenly had a strange thought, on the edge of this plane, is the sea, and no matter how deep the southwest is, it is also the sea? After thinking about it, he gave up this idea, frowned again and said, "Can't the output be raised?" ”

"My lord, there is a shortage of manpower, and the existing output has reached the limit." Chu Yinghan replied stiffly

"Then let's bid, these rattans are everywhere in the hills and mountains, and drying and oiling are not a confidential matter, you can determine a price and buy them from the people."

"Yes, sir!" Chu Yinghan hesitated a little and said.

Fang Xin saw his emotions at a glance, and then looked at the other finished products, but said in his mouth: "Men are either soldiers, or reclaim land, and dig canals, there is indeed no extra manpower, but what about women in the family? They can do all of this at the right price. ”

In Fang Xin's view, at least half of the women are relatively idle - weaving and housekeeping, or participating in farming, is still a bit wasteful, although Fang Xin will not blatantly propose the emancipation of women, but subtly, let them participate in the work can still be done land, which is also to make the people and households under the leadership more income

Hearing this, Chu Yinghan immediately came to his senses and said, "My lord is wise, the next official will do it!" ”

After looking at a few more things, Fang Xin secretly sighed that his military industry would need two years to meet the needs of 80,000 people, even if there was support and investment from many sides. Fang Xin looked at it, and led a group of people to watch the boy camp

These children's camps were all those Guo who had lost their parents in the war, and when they entered, they saw a group of teenagers, lined up, and began to practice in a still childish voice

It is true that the cost of raising these teenagers will not be less than that of recruiting and training the same number of able-bodied soldiers, and it will take longer and longer periods, but these will not have many problems in loyalty, and they will not be of great use for a few years, but in another ten years, they will be increased in some of the most central positions.

After only a few glances, he saw several people coming in, hurriedly stepped forward, and whispered, "Lord, the Qin messenger is here." ”

It's been two months, and now the will has come down, hehe, although Fang Xin has already known the general situation through eyeliner, he still sneered, but in front of everyone, he didn't say much, only said: "Then let's go back first!" ”

Now Fang Xin is in and out, there are guards and cavalry, and when he arrives at the door, he can already see that the soldiers in the house are all wearing bright armor, displayed left and right, and even the old lady has already helped up.

And in the center, the incense case has been arranged, just waiting for Fang Xin to come back.

Fang Xinluo signaled, and he saw Li Zhichang from the military squad of the leading government below, touched the long knife, and with a slight eyebrow movement, he had already explained that he was ready.

In ancient times, many places relied on the clansmen, Li Zhichang is also the same clan of the Li family, these more than ten years gradually gained trust, the most loyal but, if the holy decree has disadvantages, immediately beheaded, in the name of the "Qing Jun side" to raise troops.

Although there is not much problem with this holy decree according to the information I have heard, it is also possible to ask for it just in case.