After a year of development, Jiangcheng, located in the southernmost part of Qingyang County, can barely have a prosperous scene, of course, this prosperity is still far from other states and counties in Xia compared to the places in the north that have not recovered from the trauma of war.

However, because of the geographical location advantage of Jiangcheng, people who don't know the inside story will think that this is a very rich county in Xia Country just by looking at the wharf and port.

Starting from Qinjin County and heading north directly through the eastern coast of Qingyang County, not only can the voyage from the East China Sea to Zhenhai be greatly shortened, but also the safety of sea vessels has been greatly improved, and there are already several ports under construction along the coastline of Qingyang County.

At the same time as the rapid development of Qingyang County, a large military camp was suddenly established outside Jiangcheng (Dajialuo City) at the mouth of the Qingjiang River.

Soon the experienced veterans in the city saw that these soldiers were young men between seventeen and eighteen to twenty years old, and looking at their scattered and messy appearance, all of this clearly had the words 'I am a recruit' written on their faces.

Yes! These soldiers are all new recruits who have just joined the army this year!

These young people who joined the army basically grew up after they came to the East China Sea with their families, and basically received sufficient basic education in the Xia Kingdom, and they began to receive martial arts training since they were young, and participated in local military organizations for children and teenagers such as the Lion Cub Camp and the White Wolf Camp.

As a result, although most of them have never been soldiers, they also have sufficient experience in military camp life, so they are no strangers after entering the military camp, and some of them have even participated in military exercises with the white wolf camp in the county.

Recruits are always a little excited when they arrive at the long-awaited barracks, and it doesn't take long for these recruits to quickly get acquainted and begin to exchange some secrets they know with each other.

"Did you hear that?" A young soldier who was not tall excitedly patted another robe next to him, his face was slightly red and said excitedly, "I heard from the elder brother of the family who was a soldier in Zhenhai that Your Majesty has already made up his mind to destroy Goguryeo this time!" ”

"Really?" Several soldiers who were on fire with him immediately surrounded him, and one of them, a strong young man who was eight feet five inches, asked rhetorically, "I also heard last month that Your Majesty sent the Second Fleet to Sanqi again, saying that it was to support Lao Junhou and Northern Zhou to grab territory!" ”

Another slightly chubby soldier was also incredulous: "Yes, I heard that the Northern Zhou Dynasty destroyed the Northern Qi in just two months, the speed is unheard of, the strength of the Zhou army should not be weak, although Lao Junhou has a full 200,000 army, but it may not have beaten the Northern Zhou army!"

In addition, I also heard that Your Majesty is planning to move a large number of Han people from the Central Plains to our Xia Kingdom to enrich the population, which will inevitably contain a lot of energy in our Xia Kingdom, and this time Your Majesty may not have so many troops to attack Goguryeo! ”

Questioned by several of his comrades-in-arms one after another, the slightly shorter young soldier who spoke at the beginning suddenly became anxious, and he hurriedly defended: "I'm not lying, my brother is a lieutenant in the Central Protector Army, and he accidentally revealed it when he went home to visit his relatives last month!" ”

"Hey, it's an officer of the Central Protector Army, this is very powerful!" Several of the other young soldiers exclaimed when they heard the short soldier's words, and the tall soldier said thoughtfully, "If he had said it, it would have been more likely!" ”

Although the scale of the Zhonghu Army has been expanding over the years, a mere lieutenant is basically the lowest-ranking officer in the Zhonghu Army, but even so, in everyone's eyes, the Zhonghu Army is also the most elite unit in the Xia Kingdom, and compared to these recruits, they are also unattainable.

When the chubby soldier heard this, he couldn't help but worry: "If we really start a war against Goguryeo, won't we all have to go to war?" In this way, we don't even have experience in war, and we don't have veterans to guide us, so won't we have to send us to death when the time comes? ”

"And, what are you afraid of!" The tall soldier said with some disdain, "When have you seen Your Majesty lose a battle over the years, our army's weapons and armor are all first-class, I heard that the weapons of the Goguryeo army are all inferior swords and guns, and they are often cut off by our army with a knife and a weapon!" ”

The short soldier also nodded again and again: "Yes, this is indeed the case, I also heard that many veterans who followed His Majesty at the beginning of the battle have been recruited as officers of the National Guard this time, and it is said that some of them will be assigned to us as officers!" ”

As soon as the two comrades-in-arms said it, the chubby soldier who was a little scared just now immediately defended: "Where am I afraid!" What I mean is that experienced veterans will come and lead us, so that we can make better contributions, otherwise a bunch of recruits will be able to grab those old troops! "Tsinghua

The short soldier hurriedly played a round and said, "Don't worry, don't worry!" I've heard that this group of veterans with us are all veterans who have been fighting for ten years, and there are even some veterans who fought with His Majesty when they were in Sanqi, and we may be classified as fighting under General Han at that time! ”

"Now it's good!" The slightly chubby young soldier said in surprise, "I have heard in the past that General Han treats the soldiers very well, as long as there is no one who has made meritorious service under him and has not been promoted by him, there will never be any greed for the merits of the soldiers." ”

As soon as this chubby soldier said it, everyone suddenly showed a look of yearning!

However, the tall and sturdy soldier cast his gaze outwards as if he were looking out, and there were still soldiers from various counties in the East China Sea at the gate of the barracks, basically the soldiers concentrated here were mainly from the counties south of Pingyang County, and the counties in the north of Pingyang County were concentrated at the mouth of the Tongmen River (Tumen River).

He looked at the sails looming in the distance and asked, "Do you know how many troops we have to concentrate here?" When we first arrived, I estimated that there were nearly 30,000 people, but in the past two days, there have been fleets of ships with new recruits, and now I am afraid that there are almost 50,000! ”

As soon as the tall and strong soldier said it, several other people also discovered this problem, especially the slightly chubby soldier who was also surprised: "My family runs a trading house, and I estimate that most of the ships in the past few days are large ships of more than 3,000 stones, and there are many large ships of 5,000 stones or even more than 10,000 stones!"

The materials and food brought by these fleets, not to mention meeting the needs of 100,000 people, are enough for 300,000 people to eat, but looking at the fact that in the past two days, there are still ships from all over the country transporting food here, and I don't know how many troops Your Majesty has mobilized! ”

was analyzed by this chubby soldier, and all the rookies were talking about whether the current strategy of the Xia State was to attack Goguryeo or meddle in the situation in the Central Plains.

However, the short soldier thought for a while, rolled his eyes, and suddenly smiled at the rookie soldiers: "I know what happened to bring so much food!" The short soldier said this, immediately attracting the attention of several other soldiers who were arguing.

Seeing that all his comrades-in-arms were looking at him with inquiring eyes, the short soldier smiled and said, "Have you all forgotten? Every time there was a war in the Central Plains before, our Xia Kingdom would migrate a large number of people from the Central Plains, and this time even the Northern Qi was destroyed, and Nan Chen and Lao Junhou all intervened to get a piece of the pie, so wouldn't it be more common for the people of the Northern Qi to escape from the war? ”

The chubby soldier also nodded again and again after thinking a little: "Yes, if a large number of people are really relocated, I'm afraid that only Hanyang County and Qingyang County are the most suitable places to house them!" ”

The tall young soldier wondered, "Why do you say that?" Can't these people be resettled in Zhenhai, Sanjiang County, and Jiangkou County? The land there is wide, the population is smaller, and the ten counties of the East China Sea now have more vacant land, and there are still many people who can still be resettled! ”

The chubby soldier smiled: "You big man really don't use your brain, you don't want to think about how far these places in Zhenhai are from Sanqi?" From Weihai County in Qidong to Hanyang County, the ordinary ship voyage can be reached in three days, and it only takes six or seven days to make two round-trips, but to transport so many people to Zhenhai, it will take almost a month just to run, so isn't it a waste of time? ”

After careful analysis by this chubby soldier, everyone suddenly felt that what they said made sense, so I am afraid that these hoarded grains are really prepared for the people who migrated from the Central Plains!

"Look there's a fight over there!" When these people were discussing the world's major affairs, they suddenly heard someone shouting loudly around them! Nearby, quite a few soldiers were running to see the excitement in the mess not far away.

After all, these recruits are all young men, and where there are people, there are conflicts, and I don't know what's going on, and less than a day after entering the barracks, some people began to have conflicts, and they still fought in groups.

"Alas, the one who was beaten was a classmate of mine, I'm going to help you!" After the tall and sturdy young soldier approached with a few people, he saw four or five people fighting two young men together, and when he came up, he shouted to help, but he was unexpectedly stopped by the short soldier, "Big man, don't panic first, these people are going to be unlucky!" ”

"What's the bad luck?" The tall soldier was a little angry at first, but when he heard the words of the short soldier, he suddenly asked a little puzzled.

But seeing the short soldier pointing behind him, he looked back and was surprised to find a team of heavily armed soldiers squeezed out of the crowd, these were obviously veterans, and even they rookies could feel the murderous aura of their bodies.