Chapter 418: Wooing and Subduing
Earlier, he even felt that the Northwest Army was a righteous army, at least they did not oppress the people of the Northwest, did not bring any chaos to Moxi, and even resisted the invasion of the Macedonians. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info
But it wasn't until after the Ronk Duotun Pass that his illusions with the Northwest Army were finally shattered.
Because Yalok saw the evil deeds of the Northwest Army with his own eyes, these guys colluded with the small aristocratic forces in Moxi to loot the people's finances for military expenses. The valley corridor was originally in turmoil due to war, but now it is because of the troubles of the Northwest Army, which has caused more displaced people and wasteland. These Northwest Army saw it but remained silent, and from that time on, although it was Yarok who was born in the formation of the Northwest Army, he had quietly distanced himself from these former colleagues.
Yalok was born in the northwest, because of the war in order to make a living, he joined the army, and then with years of hard work and military exploits, he became a high-ranking officer in the army as a civilian, which is already a miracle for a person like him who was born as a civilian. So in Alok, without the style of those noble generals, what he has always hoped for is to rely on his own efforts to make Moxi stable and stable.
Since the Northwest Army was no longer reliable, he naturally set his sights on Joseph, the Viscount of Sadland. Through the past six months, he has been convinced that this young man can bring stability and prosperity to Moxi, whether it is the tax exemption decree, the formation of a private army, or the resettlement of displaced people, Joser has already shown the quality of an excellent lord. So Alok was willing to swear allegiance to Joseph, not because of any ambition, but because he was already convinced that the young man would create a Moxi that would be more prosperous than the Northwest Army, or even more so than the Empire!
Naturally, Joseph also knew about this belief in Aloke, so he always trusted and respected this subordinate. Although Alok was nominally the leader of the empire and was not as close as he was with Gould, Chaucher knew that the most important thing in order to gain a foothold in the northwest was not the support of the Northwest Army or the Empire, but the support of the people of Sadland and the people of Moxi.
So he issued a tax exemption decree, punished the Northwest Army, recruited displaced people to form an army, and vigorously encouraged farming. These measures were not only aimed at winning over the displaced people, not only to expand the armaments, but also to win the hearts and minds of the people of Sadland. Joseph naturally knew that in a feudal era like the Bright Empire, the support of the people was far more rare than any elite army, strong financial and material resources.
He did it, and after only half a year in Sadeland, he stabilized agricultural production, and a large number of displaced people in Sadrand returned, and even attracted many displaced people from other counties, which also provided him with a source of troops to expand his army. A large amount of land has been cleared, and although it is not large, after the autumn harvest will at least make it possible for the city to become self-sufficient in food.
Chasé was even confident that if he was allowed to govern in this way, it would not take a few years for Sadland to regain or even surpass its former prosperity, whether it was commerce, agriculture or handicrafts. The targets of his reforms were not only agriculture and commerce, but he had already built up an army belonging to Sadland, and had already propped up the tribal leader Temur in the steppe. He has the support of the emperor within the empire, and he has the county town of Sadland under the empire, and there is a beautiful girl waiting for him in the southern provinces, so there is no reason why he should not fight for it all!
So he planned a lot before he decided to take the Northwest Army in the county of Sadland, and Jose knew very well that Sadland must not always be under the control of the Northwest Army. Even Alok and Sophia may oppose it, but he has to insist on doing it, because he is the lord of Sadland! As a lord who is responsible for all the people in the county, he does not want to live by looking at the face of the Northwest Army, and he does not allow anyone to come to Sadland at will, to the territory he rules, and exploit and mutilate his people.
After all, Sadrand is Lao Tzu's territory! Even if everyone doesn't understand and don't look at it, José doesn't care about it. He already had an army of 20,000 men in his hands, although the combat effectiveness was uneven, although he could only barely protect himself, but these were enough. Under his rule, Sadrand will prosper again, and the Northwest Army will usher in a decisive day under his suppression.
After a day of spending time in Boulder with all of Yaroe's army, he received a letter from Gould in the city of Sadrand - that the Northwest Army in the city was under his control!
This is precisely the reason why Joseph sent Gould back to Sadland first: Gould returned to Sadland with the Northwest Army that had been recruited, and with a few thousand troops at his disposal, it was enough to control the two thousand Northwest Army in the city. Coupled with the agitation of the new army abandoned by the Northwest Army, the new army under him naturally fell to Jose's side. Although the remaining Northwest Army was reluctant to accept the establishment, with the deterrence of Gould and the subduing of a few guys who took the lead in making trouble, they reluctantly subdued the remaining 2,000 Northwest Army.
A day later, José returned to Sadland with the remaining two banner regiments of 6,000 men, he did not reveal the total number of troops in Boulder Town, even if it was exposed to Gray, it was only more than 10,000 troops, and he did not plan to hand over all his cards to Ronktor before the showdown with the Northwest Army. Of course, Jose also knew that it was unlikely that his troops would be able to hide it for a long time, but at the moment, he couldn't think about it so long-term, and he could hide it for a day.
However, when Joseph returned to Sadland again, he was already convinced that no one could interfere in his fiefdom at will! After returning to Sadland, Joseph quickly made a troop deployment, and he put all the 4,000 veterans recruited from the Northwest Army into the city of Sadland, and at the same time concentrated a total of 15,000 recruits in Boulder Town and the city of Sadland, all of which were concentrated in the Sadland County City to standby.
As for the 2,000 Northwest Army under Yarok, they were all incorporated into the new army, and most of them held various officer positions, which was the framework of this new army. Without the constraints of Gray and the Northwest Army, Joseph began his drastic military arrangement at this moment, and the 4,000 Northwest Army that had been incorporated was reorganized by Joseph and mixed into the new army.
However, all the officers above the battalion officer level were all dismissed by Joseph and replaced with the old subordinates of Alok and Gould, so that the elite of the Northwest Army was in his own hands.