Even so, after the outbreak of war, the Moxi army still held back the four Macedonian legions for several months! A cavalry division with more than 10,000 people, this alone can very well reflect the strength of the Moxi army. The strength and confidence of the pen and the www.biquge.info of the Pavilion are unimaginable to other provinces, so it seems that it is not unreasonable for Montevideo IV to be so jealous of the Northwest Army.

"Therefore, the number of troops in the frontier areas of the empire such as Moxi, including Lingbei Province, has always exceeded the standard set by the empire. Over time, this led to the unwritten rule that the dispatch of legions stationed on the border could be subject to the highest governor of the province, that is, the governor of the province, in times of war. ”

The fat man smiled slightly, and then explained: "I have been in Moxi for many years, according to my understanding of the Moxi army, when Governor Heru was in office, there were three standing armies in Moxi, with a total number of about 45,000 people, and the number of garrisons in each county town...... Hehe, even the smallest county can pull out an army of five or six thousand people, and in Sadrand County, where I was at the beginning, there were more than five thousand garrisons in the county town alone!

However, this is only the army of a county town, how big a county is Sadrand, and there are several large and small towns under the county town, each with an average strength of a thousand people. If the entire county of Sadrand were to be exhausted, it would be able to easily raise tens of thousands of troops! If one county is like this, think about it, what about the other six counties plus three standing regiments?"

When Joseph heard this, he couldn't help but sigh in his heart: Gould was right, just one Sadland can organize tens of thousands of people, almost the strength of a legion, and it is not difficult to easily put together a 100,000-strong Northwest Army with the 45,000 people of the six counties of Moxi plus three standing legions!

What is the concept of a legion of 100,000 people, according to the military system of the Empire of Light, that is almost six or seven legions!

"You're right...... Qiao Se pondered for a moment, and couldn't help but smile bitterly: "In this way, even if you change me to His Majesty the Emperor, there is such a powerful and numerous elite army in the western frontier of the empire, although the western frontier is stable, it will definitely not be very reassuring, right?"

When Gould heard him say this, he also shook his head and said: "That's natural, you know, the total strength of the entire Central Fortress is only more than 100,000, and the Central Fortress can be said to be the largest military base in the hinterland of the empire. Whether it is the northwest ridge north or the south of the empire, or even the northeast of the empire...... The stability of these places is due to the honor of more than 100,000 soldiers in the central fortress. Moreover, they also assume the role of defending Gyeonggi, and they can be regarded as an elite army.

However, there is only one point, the army of the central fortress is mostly infantry, and although the quality of the soldiers is very high, but after perennial transfers, the sources of its own composition are quite mixed, including the Lingbei Army, the Central Army, the garrison army of the central provinces, and even many Northwest Army that have served as soldiers in Moxi. Although the number of people is more than that of Moxi, the Moxi army is definitely strong enough to pose a certain threat to the central government. ”

When the fat man said this, he couldn't help but have a little more essence in his eyes, and couldn't help but say with some emotion: "Hmph, to put it mildly, if he was General Heru really had any disobedience at that time, with the 100,000 elite soldiers and strong generals under his command, he refused to obey the central government's reorganization, and he was completely capable of forcing the central government to retreat...... Even more ruthlessly, this guy swung eastward, mobilizing his 10,000-strong cavalry as the vanguard. If you hurry up, it will only take ten days to travel from Moxi all the way to the imperial capital!"

"Gould, don't talk nonsense!" José couldn't help frowning when he heard the meaning of the fat man's words, and stopped the guy with some displeasure and continued to talk nonsense.

The fat man was said by Jose, and he also felt that what he said seemed to be a little inappropriate, but his temperament was straightforward, and he didn't care about the consequences when he said it, just smiled: "Okay, I won't say this, cough cough, these are my judgments, according to the residents and soldiers in the city, these are the ones that can be judged at present." Most of the troops in the Guannai were some generals of the Northwest Army who had no real power, and after their armies were absorbed by the empire, they naturally fell into the hands of the Sistine. However, I estimate that since the Sistine dared to come to Moxi to take office, he must have brought the army, and no matter how much His Majesty the Emperor values him, I'm afraid he won't let him deal with these tens of thousands of Northwest Army alone, right?"

Jose nodded, he bought three hundred slave soldiers from Sistine, and Mondevia IV naturally knew about it, but he acquiesced and didn't say anything, obviously taking into account his actual situation. He is just the governor of a county, and as for the governor of a province like Sistine, I am afraid that the hole card in his hand will never be the more than 10,000 Northwest Army in this pass.

But thinking of this, Qiao Se was a little surprised, and couldn't help but look at the fat man and asked: "The war in Moxi has just ended, this Sistine is quite fast, and the pass has been leveled in such a short time, and it has also contained a team of tens of thousands of people, but there are some means!"

When the fat man heard him say this, the smile on his face faded a little, and he said lightly: "Speaking of this, this sissy makes me a little impressed!"

When Gould said this, he glanced at Joseph: "I also have a few old acquaintances in the army of Valen, and I learned from them that since this Sistine took office, no matter what the occasion, as long as he treats the generals of the Northwest Army, he is obedient and pleasing to the eyes, and there is not even any aristocratic style. In the past, the Northwest Army asked for food and salaries, no matter what it was, he agreed to it and asked the central government for it, but there was one point, the Northwest Army garrison was in Moxi Pass, and it could not garrison troops outside the pass.

The Northwest Army agreed to this, after all, compared with the outside of the Guan, the city of Valen in the Guannei is the capital, and there is the military ration and salary promised by the Governor, so many generals of the Northwest Army are naturally happy to agree. It's just that a few powerful generals like Long Keduo disagreed and insisted on stationing the army abroad, after all, the war was at the beginning of the war, and if the grassland people took advantage of the fire to rob, the situation outside the customs would not be easy to clean up.

Sistine seemed to be a little reluctant, but finally agreed, but in the end he asked a part of the Northwest Army to be stationed in the pass, and at this time there were some different voices within the Northwest Army: some of the Northwest Army wanted to garrison outside the pass, while some wanted to be stationed in the pass because of the military rations and salaries promised by the Sistin.

The two parties quarreled, and although Ronkedo was led by the generals of the Heru lineage, some people were not convinced, so taking advantage of this opportunity, the two sides could be regarded as falling out. In the end, several powerful generals such as Ronkedo retreated to the outside of the pass, while the remaining generals left their troops in Valen. ”

(I'm sorry first, because it was interrupted some time ago, and although no one watched it, of course it didn't feel good.) Before, it was because of some things at home and myself, of course, it was not good, but now a lot has passed, so I will try to overcome these things, and I will resume two shifts a day in the future, please understand!)