Zhao Qin did not return to Jiangkou directly so stupidly, but when he returned to Jiangkou by boat, he also sent ships to Whale Island and Sakhalin Island to ask for help from the garrisons of these two places, after all, Whale Island is the closest place to Zhenhai, and there are enough troops to support it.

In addition, although Sakhalin Island did not have a large number of troops, because there was no pressure on defense, it was still possible to send about 2,000 troops to support Zhenhai, so that even if there were not many soldiers recruited at the mouth of the river, there would be enough reinforcements to deal with Goguryeo.

Thinking of this, Zhao Qin had to be grateful for the continuous heavy snow before, this heavy snow was really timely, if it weren't for such a heavy snowfall, it would be really difficult to resist the alliance between the Goguryeo army and the local indigenous tribes just with the army stationed in Zhenhai before.

Because Zhao Qin's navy is active in the cold northern sea all year round, and there are often ice floes in the sea here, the warships of his navy are specially manufactured, and the planks are more than half thicker than those of other warships.

In addition to the thick planks, the structure of the ships is also mainly strong, and the scale of the ships is generally not particularly large, most of them are mainly 3,000 stone class Sea Shark class warships, so the sailing speed of the ships is not fast, and it is not until seven days later that they arrive at the mouth of the river at the mouth of the Tongtong River (the lower section of the Heilongjiang River).

Compared with Zhenhai, which is mainly military, and other industries are only coal digging and logging, the degree of development of Jiangkou is far greater than that of Zhenhai.

Since the conquest of the Japanese Kingdom, Jeju Island and other places have been repeatedly invaded by foreign invaders, so a considerable number of people who originally lived on Jeju Island have moved here, and after more than two years of development, Jiangkou has developed from a small Tunpu to a small city with more than 30,000 full-fledged residents.

In addition, there are 20,000 or 30,000 Han people living within a radius of 100 miles from the mouth of the river, and the population in the city has reached 50,000 or 60,000.

In addition to these Han people, there are nearly 40,000 Japanese slaves also living here, it can be said that without these Japanese slaves, the development of Jiangkou is absolutely not so fast, the current Jiangkou City and the surrounding tunken tunbao, as well as the high-standard roads connecting the tunbao, are inseparable from the blood and sweat of these Japanese slaves.

So far, dozens of Japanese slaves here in Eguchi Castle have been given the status of naturalized citizens because of their hard work or meritorious service, and have become free people who are the envy of all indigenous slaves, but when Eguchi Castle was built, thousands of slaves died of exhaustion and illness, but no one remembers.

Looking at the gradually prosperous Jiangkou City in front of him, Zhao Qin couldn't help but smile, for Zhao Qin, this place can no longer be familiar, whether it is here or Zhenhai, it is built little by little under his care, and every grass and tree here stays in his footprints.

And because of the relatively harmonious relationship between the nearby Heishui Department and the local Han people, Zhao Qin also led a team to sail up the river by boat, and sailed up nearly 2,000 miles to the starting point of the Mingtong River (that is, the confluence of the Heilongjiang and Ussuri rivers), and he personally surveyed many places on both sides of the river.

Zhao Qin also has a desire to make contributions, in the past few years in Zhenhai and Jiangkou, he did not just stay in two places, but surveyed many places in the interior, and also put forward a lot of pertinent suggestions on how to occupy this vast land in the future.

In Zhao Qin's view, in order to occupy this vast and very inconvenient land, it is necessary to rely on the abundant local water resources, and the dense rivers in the land of Beji can make up for the weakness of local transportation.

In particular, the river where the mouth of the river is located is not known to be thousands of miles long, it is the most important thing, this river connects almost all the big rivers in the area, as long as the big river is controlled, it can be said that the main artery of this land is controlled.

From the mouth of the river, along the river Shuo upstream, I don't know that there are thousands of miles of rolling fertile land, which can be used as the key direction of future development.

Although the winter here is extremely cold, the summer is no different from the land of Sanqi, and you can also grow a season of crops, and because the land here is fertile, even if you can only grow one crop a year, the grain yield can be increased by three or five buckets compared to the land in these places in Jiaozhou.

In addition, the tributary to the south from the mouth of the mixed river is likely to lead to the large lake near the northern part of Zhenhai, although Zhao Qin was not able to survey it himself, but some of the soldiers under his command had heard some people of the Heishui Department talk about the possibility of reaching the territory of the Horn Department along this large river.

According to this speculation, from Zhenhai to the north into the Great Lake, then you can enter the tributaries of the Mingtong River, and then continue down the river to reach the mouth of the river, in Zhao Qin's view, this is a natural line of communication, which is enough to show the power of heaven.

When Zhang Chen, the county magistrate of Jiangkou City, learned that Zhao Qin had returned, Zhao Qin had already arrived at the big meeting hall in the city, and after learning that Zhao Qin was shouldering the heavy task of recruiting troops, he took the initiative to ask to cooperate with Zhao Qin, but Zhao Qin didn't need his help.

It turned out that before Zhao Qin left Zhenhai, he asked Cao An and Zhang Hang for all the veterans from the Beji Savage tribe and some veterans from the Kuyi people, and it was enough for these veterans to help recruit soldiers.

The thousands of Beji Savage soldiers and Kuyi soldiers who had previously participated in the attack on the Wa Kingdom were reorganized at the beginning of this year, except for a few elites who were selected to special forces such as Wolf Tooth and Grizzly Bear, most of the others were scattered and assigned to various units of the Blue Wolf Army. Hot Spot Library

According to the average proportion, nearly 1,000 of these soldiers in the two armies of Cao An and Zhang Hang were from Bejiye and Kuyi soldiers.

Zhao Qin made full use of these people, allowing them to recruit troops from various tribes near the mouth of the river, and also used these people as an example to promote the benefits of joining his own army, which was also regarded as an early recruitment advertisement.

They told the warriors of the Heishui Department that as long as they joined the army to help the little marquis fight, they could get a lot of land after making meritorious contributions, cattle, sheep, horses, and they could also take all their families away, and they could eat endless food, wine and meat, and silky silk clothes.

Zhao Qin was still very confident in his propaganda methods, but two days later, the defenders in Jiangkou City suddenly blew the warning horn, and then some soldiers defending the city came to say: "Oh no, my lord, there are tens of thousands of Blackwater people coming to our Jiangkou City!" ”

"What?" Zhao Qin and Zhang Chen, the county commander who were chatting, immediately sat up from the mat in shock, and then the two looked at each other, shouldn't it, Jiangkou and the nearby Heishui Department have always had a good relationship, even if something bad happens, it will be resolved soon.

After thinking about it and not knowing what was going on, Zhao Qin hurriedly walked out, and although Zhang Chen, as a scribe, was a little worried and afraid, he still paused and followed closely.

After Zhao Qin climbed the city tower, he was first startled when he saw the scene outside, and then he frowned and felt that something was wrong.

There are indeed tens of thousands of Blackwater troops outside the city, but they don't seem to have a bad attitude, one by one they seem to be in a market, and there is nothing going on in a few nearby tunpus, what's going on? Zhao Qin was suddenly a little confused.

At this moment, Zhang Chen, who followed closely, also climbed to the top of the city, and after frowning at the black crowd outside the city, he immediately pointed to the outside of the city and said to Zhao Qin: "Zhao Sima, aren't those soldiers outside the city your soldiers?" ”

At this time, Zhao Qin saw a few soldiers who were a little excited from the crowd outside the city, and Zhao Qin was even more strange after seeing it, so he shouted to those soldiers, only to know that these Blackwater troops outside the city were all here to enlist in the army.

When Zhao Qin learned that the young warriors from various tribes outside the city were actually vying to be soldiers, he suddenly couldn't laugh or cry, happiness sometimes comes too easily, there are more than 30,000 people in front of him, so the plan to collect the army is too easy to achieve.

Wait a minute! Zhao Qin suddenly came back to his senses, when did the nearby Black Water Department have so many young people? It would be good if the entire population of the Black Water Department within 200 miles could add up to 50,000 or 60,000, how could there be so many young people?

Later, Zhao Qin took a closer look and found that only the thousands of people in front of him were young and strong, and behind these young people were a large number of old people, women and children.

"Me, these old and weak women and children are also coming to join the army?" Zhao Qin was very surprised and pointed to these large and small, young and old Black Water tribesmen in front of him, "I want young people who can afford to hold weapons and fight with the Goguryeo people, not a shelter!" ”

As a result, without waiting for a few soldiers to explain, a tall Begi savage warrior shouted: "Even the elderly, women, and children in our tribe can pick up weapons and fight!" They are all great warriors! ”

Zhao Qin suddenly became angry, and his feelings regarded me as a Kaizi here, I want these people to fight, just don't pit me to death, and say what kind of warrior he is!

Saying that, Zhao Qin called a Kuyi soldier named Cao Chong to his side and asked, "What the hell is going on with these Black Water Departments?" ”

After Cao Chong's careful explanation, Zhao Qin knew that because he had recruited two thousand soldiers in the surrounding tribes before, the treatment enjoyed by those Beji Savage soldiers who had joined the army at the beginning was simply envious, jealous and hateful after letting these Blackwater people know about it.

Originally, everyone was the same bitter haha, without comparison, I didn't know that there was a better life, just because the soldiers who joined the army before followed the right dog, and the result was suddenly developed.

If Zhao Qin didn't recruit troops, these Heishui tribesmen were just thinking about it in their hearts, but this time after the news of Zhao Qin's recruitment spread again, it was terrible, in order to be able to enjoy such treatment for the whole family, they were basically the entire tribe and the entire tribe to join the army.

Moreover, this number is still increasing over time, causing a large number of people from the surrounding Black Water to continue to pour in, making Zhao Qin, who has never encountered this situation, both happy and distressed.