"Generals, this place north of the Jueyun Ridge is bounded by the Shanjing River, and this commander intends to be included in the control of the Standing Army, I don't know what suggestions you have for the generals?"

The generals of the Standing Army, at this time, have all gathered in the place of Pingshan Slope, in the Chu River camp, a huge sand table is placed, and the Chu River volleys are pointed out, and a large area is encircled.

"My lord, on the north side of the Jingshan River, we can also include it in the lord's territory. ”

The first to speak was Gan Ning, the god of war.

With the increase of the power of the Chu River, Gan Ning no longer hid the Chu River, and directly called the Chu River the main prince.

Jiang Wei frowned slightly: "Our Changding army is now short of troops, and this time to deal with the Yongzhou army, we need to dispatch the whole army, and even let the mountain bandits take advantage of it." ”

As he spoke, Jiang Wei looked at Long He slightly, and found that Long He had an expressionless face, as if everything had nothing to do with him.

He continued: "The terrain of the northern part of the Shanjing River is flat, and there are not many dangerous places to defend, if the southern part of the Shanjing River is occupied, I am afraid that tens of millions of troops will have to be divided to ensure the safety of the southern land." ”

Gan Ning shook his head: "There is no need for so many troops! Although the Shanjing River is to the north, it is already extremely close to the Nanban tribe, but as long as we garrison these two important places, we can monitor the movements of the Nanban tribe, and the terrain between the two places is flat, and we can reclaim 100,000 mu of fertile land and set up a guard. ”

He stretched out his hand and tapped twice on the sand table: "Moreover, there is no need to hoard many troops in the two important places, set up a battle fort in each place, and leave two hundred soldiers and horses enough." Once the Nanban tribe has any changes, they can retreat to the Shanjing River and mobilize troops on this side of the Shanjing River to destroy the invading enemy. ”

Gan Ning paused slightly, and then said: "According to the last general, even this Shanjinghe defense line does not need 10,000 troops, as long as the troops are here, and the battle forts are set up in various important passes, indicating that Jueyunling is the territory of my Changding army." ”

"Even if Meng Shu is resentful, in today's environment, he will definitely not dare to blatantly send a large army to invade the area of Jueyunling. ”

Xiang Xiong also nodded: "What General Gan said is reasonable. In the land of Jueyunling, there is no need to contain how many troops we have, we only need 5,000 soldiers and horses to hoard everywhere, and then migrate people from Tianshui County to control this territory with the guard. ”

"If necessary, these guards can be converted into soldiers, with 5,000 regular troops as the core, enough to deal with tens of thousands of soldiers and horses. ”

He paused slightly, and then said: "Lord, the last general still has an idea, I don't know whether to talk about it or not?"

Chu He bowed slightly: "General Xiang, please speak." ”

Xiang Xiong then said: "Although our Changding army has tens of thousands of elite soldiers, but the strength is somewhat lacking, once the enemy army is attacked, it will be difficult for us to take care of the entire Tianshui County and even the land of Jueyunling. ”

"Now the lord has received 30,000 young men from Wang Yan, and Lu Kai's department has been captured by our army with more than 20,000 soldiers, plus 40,000 militiamen from various guards in Tianshui County, there are already nearly 100,000 soldiers. ”

"The last general felt that the expansion of the army was imperative, and the elite of the five guards could be transferred as the backbone to form a second-tier army, such as an ordinary attack by soldiers and horses, or a mountain bandit disaster, and the newly formed army could be easily destroyed. ”

Chu He pondered for a while, he had also considered the expansion of the army, normally speaking, thirty people can raise one soldier, and in extreme cases, ten people and one soldier can also be used, such as today Shui County governs more than three million people, and there is no problem at all in forming an army of 100,000.

Moreover, the situation of Tianshui County is special, most of the materials and rice grains are obtained from the Southern Barbarian Army, and the large-scale cultivation of sweet potatoes can also provide enough rice and grain, in this case, even 300,000 regular troops can afford to raise.

"It's time to expand. ”

Chu He's eyes slowly looked at everyone, and then said in a deep voice: "Long Ji and Gan Tian listen to the order, this commander ordered you to lead 5,000 soldiers and horses, 100 scorpion tail wing tiger air cavalry, set up the Jueyun Guard, Long He is the main general, Gan Tian is the deputy general, stationed in the area of Jueyun Ridge." ”

"This marshal General Xu Long acts cheaply, you can recruit barbarian people on the spot, replenish the troops, with 20,000 as the upper limit, and ask for only one, to ensure that this territory will not fall into the hands of others at all!"

Long He took a step forward, nodded expressionlessly, and said, "The last general will take orders!"

Gan Tian also followed the order.

Chu He's order went down, and everyone knew in their hearts that Long He was originally the chief general of the Dragon Blood Guard, with more than 10,000 elite soldiers under his command, and now he has become the chief general of the Jueyun Guard, with only 5,000 soldiers and horses, and because of dereliction of duty, the mountain bandits attacked Tianshui County.

But it's a punishment, and it's also protecting the dragon.

After all, the mountain bandits troubled Ji County, resulting in the death of tens of thousands of people, and more than 2,000 casualties, the general from Ji County did not say anything, and there was some resentment in his heart, leaving him here is the most suitable choice.

Anyway, as long as Chu He still trusts Long Ji, the rise of Jue Yun Wei will be a year or two.

What's more, Chu He also gave him the right to recruit soldiers on the spot, and the barbarians living here are quite good, and they are elite soldiers with a little training.

Chu He waited for Long He to receive the order, and said again: "If the enemy army below 20,000 is coming, General Long He can independently transfer troops to attack it, if more than 20,000 soldiers and horses are coming, General Long He must not act recklessly, and wait for the commander to make a decision before dealing with it." ”

Then, Chu He turned his gaze to Gan Ning again: "General Gan Ning, you take over the position of the chief general of the Dragon Blood Guard, and the troops are stationed on the side of Huya Ridge. ”

Gan Ning was slightly stunned, but he still stepped forward to listen to the order and took the tiger talisman of the Dragon Blood Guard.

Chu He groaned and said: "Now that the Shu army and the anti-Shu coalition army are fighting in Tongtianhe, if our army expands its territory to the north, it will definitely clash with the anti-Shu coalition army and affect the battle situation in Tongtianhe." ”

"Therefore, this commander decided to develop in the southwest direction first, and General Gan Ning needs to clearly explore the terrain of Huyaling and western Xinjiang, and be ready to send troops at any time, and cooperate with the army to attack Shan and Panyue in the west!"

The strategy of the Changding Army's westward advance had actually been planned long ago, and the commanders of the armies knew about it, so Chu He simply proposed it at this time.

Jiang Wei suddenly said in a deep voice: "My lord, the last general thinks that there are many large islands in the waters south of Tianshui County, and now our army can build small sea ships, which can be sent out to first detect the situation in various sea areas, and if necessary, they can capture the islands and transfer the production of armor and ordnance to the islands." ”

Jiang Wei's words were not said casually.

The generals and officials of the Standing Ding Army had already reached a consensus that before the battle situation of Tongtianhe was clear, they would try not to advance north to affect the war situation, and even increase their support for the anti-Shu army, so expanding their territory to the west was the only choice.

Although you can enter the sea by following the Xiaoqing River, the people of Datong County did not even dare to set foot in the Xiaoqing River in the past, so as not to be killed by the fierce beasts in the water, and they did not know the situation in the sea.

As a soul of later generations, Chu He knew that the sea contained endless treasures, so he had already asked Zhuang Zhong to recruit shipwrights and study sea ships.

Now there has been a small achievement, and 3,000 seagoing ships can be built, which is about 1,800 tons when converted into the figure of later generations.

However, 3,000 material sea ships are nothing, Baozhou can build 10,000 material sea ships, and many of the boatmen in Tianshui County were recruited from Baozhou or even forcibly plundered, but from scratch, it is extremely difficult, and it is beyond Chu He's expectations to be able to build 3,000 material sea ships.

If it is a naval battle, or to deal with those behemoths in the sea, the 3,000 sea ships are somewhat insufficient, and if they are only used to detect the situation in the sea area, they can barely be competent.

If we can take three or more large islands and relocate the arsenal, it will be of great significance.

Chang Dingjun's most coveted is the secret method of steelmaking, during this period of time, the arsenal does not know how many fine works have been caught, but everyone knows that there must be fine works that have not been found out.

Many craftsmen who disappeared inexplicably are estimated to have been secretly taken away by other forces, if it weren't for the refractory bricks that Chu He did himself, I'm afraid that the secret method of steelmaking has been leaked out.

What worries Chu He the most is that there are many capable people in this world, and if the Fang Shi has the means, Chu Qianzhong can use various rare materials to create metals with properties far exceeding alloy steel, and people from other forces can get a glimpse of it by taking away craftsmen in the heavily guarded arsenal.

It is difficult to guarantee that someone can come up with an alternative material for refractory bricks, and moving the arsenal overseas is indeed an excellent option.

Chu He thought for a moment and then nodded and said: "The detection of the sea is very important, and it is necessary to prepare in advance, but the sea is extremely dangerous, I don't know if that general is willing to take on a heavy task?"

Everyone groaned, and then Jiang Wei said in a deep voice: "The last general is willing to open up the sea frontier for the lord!"

Chu He shook his head: "You are the commander of the Rock Guard, and the commander has another important task entrusted to you." ”

Qin Shengnan hesitated slightly, and finally stepped forward: "It's good to hand over this task to the last general." ”

Qin Shengnan's position in the Changding Army was quite embarrassing.

Although there is no seniority in the army, and the rank of the generals is important, but the sentence of the Heavenly and Earth Monarch's pro-division is not to say, every time the generals mention Qin Shengnan, they are the first to mention the identity of Chu He's master, which is quite polite.

In this way, Qin Shengnan has not been able to integrate into the Changding Army, which is unacceptable to Qin Shengnan, who is unusually strong in his bones.

It was Chu He, and he was also a little resistant to this master's title, not to mention Chu He's little bit of caution, you must know that when he saw Qin Shengnan for the first time, he liked the other party.

Although he is young, the age of his soul is about the same as Qin Shengnan, directly speaking, compared to Meng Qingtong and Wu Meier, Qin Shengnan is his real dish, in fact, he has been convincing himself to treat Qin Shengnan as a sister.

The problem is terrifying, especially now that Chu He is in a high position, he has to take into account the influence of all aspects, so he deliberately avoided the name Qin Shengnan when he issued military orders.

Hearing that Qin Shengnan took the initiative to take over the heavy task, Chu He's face changed slightly, and finally nodded slightly: "Master...... General Shengnan, this time you have made a contribution, and this marshal has named you General Zhennan, ranking in the fifth grade. ”

"The Qianyuan Guard draws 1,000 elites, 200 scorpion tail winged tiger cavalry, and you can also draw soldiers and horses from the four guards, a total of 5,000, receive all kinds of materials as needed, form a flat sea guard, and take on the important task of opening up the sea frontier for this commander!"

When everyone heard this, they all gasped, they couldn't imagine that Chu He would make such a big move to set up Ping Haiwei for Qin Shengnan.

There are only 8,000 Qianyuan Guards, including 1,000 Scorpion-tailed Tiger Air Cavalry, it can be expected that when they return to Tianshui County, Chu He will definitely send a lot of Qianyuan Guards to help form a new army and ensure control of the army, and it is estimated that there are only 6,000 left of these 8,000 Qianyuan Guards.

Everyone knows that Qianyuanwei is the most elite unit in the Changding Army, and the lowest is the cultivation of the double golden bell jar, the triple golden bell jar is the backbone, and there are even four iron and stone generals.

Don't look at the number of Qianyuanwei is only 8,000, when it comes to combat effectiveness, I'm afraid that the other four guards together are not the opponents of Qianyuanwei.

Now that one thousand elites and two hundred scorpion tail tiger air cavalry are transferred to Qin Shengnan, it can be regarded as allowing Qin Shengnan to ascend to the sky in one step, just this thousand dive abyss guards and two hundred scorpion tail tiger air cavalry, the combat power can be compared with Aoki Wei and Panshi Wei, not to mention that three thousand eight elites can be selected from each guard!

Although Qin Shengnan made a lot of contributions in the battle of Pingshanpo, he would never become the general of Wupin Zhennan all of a sudden.

This is the highest official rank in Tianshui County today, and it can be on an equal footing with the elders of Jiang Wei, Chu Qianzhong, Chu Wu, and Chu Wen, and on an equal footing with the three gods of war.

If Qin Shengnan can become a fifth-grade general just by his military merits, how should Xiang Xiong, as the coach, be rewarded?

However, everyone was envious and did not dare to raise any objections.

Nominally, Qin Shengnan is Chu He's master, but those people in the Changding Army, such as Gan Ning, Long Ji, and Chu Qianzhong, will not feel the special feelings contained in Chu He when he looks at Qin Shengnan, this is by no means an emotion between master and apprentice.

It is said that on the side of the barbarians, there is even a tradition of sons inheriting their father's property and wives and concubines, as long as they are not their biological mothers, once the father dies, the father's wife and concubine will directly become the son's wife and concubine.

Let's ask if in such a situation, Qin Shengnan is likely to become Chu He's wife and master, who would offend Qin Shengnan by making stupid remarks!

Even the most stubborn and traditional bus also turned his eyes elsewhere at this time, looking dazzled and tinnitus and unable to hear what Chu He said.

Chu He forcibly promoted Qin Shengnan to the general of Wupin Zhennan with the prestige of the commander, and then did not say anything more, only said that he would return to Tianshui County and reward his merits one by one, and then wait for Long and after he transferred 5,000 elites in the dragon blood guard to form the Jueyun Guard, he returned to the court.

Those who stayed here, in addition to Long Ji, Gan Tian and the five thousand Jueyun Guards, there were also thousands of people, who were basically young men who were snatched from Wang Yan to help the Jueyun Guards build the battle fort barracks.

However, everyone knows that it is impossible for these young men who built war forts to return to Tianshui County in the future, which can be regarded as a reward given to Long He by Chu River in disguise.

After all, Long Ji made a lot of contributions in this war, and deliberately let the mountain bandits enter Ji County, also for the sake of Chu He, but for various considerations, he couldn't reward Long Ji on the surface.