Since Xiao Jiu established a navy in Wanpingkou, the agricultural harvest in the north has also come to an end.

With the collection of grain taxes in various regions, the local officials in charge of military and political affairs also fattened up and began to recruit troops.

Among the three states in the north, Qingzhou, which has not been affected by the drought, has the best income and the strongest strength.

However, the situation in Jizhou and Yuzhou, which were plagued by civil strife and rebel armies, was not easy.

Due to the war, the population of the people in the two places has dropped sharply, and many people have fled to other places due to the displacement and war.

Among those who remained, there was also a state of distrust of the local court or the rebel army.

In troubled times, nothing is more important than one's own life, and if you want to live, you must have food in your hands.

Therefore, the grain collection activities in Jizhou and Yuzhou are progressing hard, and they can only be forcibly expropriated as if they were half coerced and half coerced.

On the other hand, Xiao Jiu's Lingshui County and Yangcheng County, because they have undergone land reform, the people have been evenly divided into the land, and the military funds should be distributed according to the needs of the government represented by Xiao Jiu, and there is no problem of requisitioning grain.

However, with the increasing development and prosperity of the territory, there was some corruption among the leaders of the proletarian guilds in the popular base.

Xiao Jiu hated this kind of corruption in the organization, and directly ordered the military law to punish him heavily.

But blind punishment can't solve the fundamental problem, and Xiao Jiu is also a little clueless about it.

Although Xiao Jiu is strong in Yangcheng County and Lingshui County, most of the officials under his command are rough people.

In the past, they were able to unite in the face of the oppression of the powerful local landlords, but now that the enemy is gone, it will be difficult for the powerful figures in the organization not to move their minds.

The original intention of the establishment of the proletarian guild was that Xiao Jiu probably just wanted to gather the poor people under his rule without being oppressed by the landlords.

The power that can be handed down from the hands is unchecked like a wild horse, and this concentration of power inevitably breeds corruption.

Zhou Jin tried to recommend some Yuzhou scholars to enter the officialdom of Yangcheng County, but they were all vetoed by Xiao Jiuyi.

Now Xiao Jiu still can't trust these scholars from families, so he can only appoint some scholars from poor families.

But with the expansion of the territory and the increase in the population under his command, the officials seemed to be a little stretched.

Therefore, Xiao Jiu is now particularly concerned about the school he opened, and even spared no expense to set up an adult military academy in Yangcheng County to train talents.

Previously, Xiao Jiu's pioneer general was stripped of his official position due to a mistake in decision-making, and he stayed in the Yangcheng County School for more than three months.

Xiao Jiu looked at the gold in front of him, without the previous straightforwardness and recklessness, his eyes began to become deep, and he couldn't help but nod slightly.

"Kaneko, do you blame me?"

Listening to Xiao Jiu's slightly sighing tone, Jin Zi was slightly stunned.

In fact, he didn't care about his previous guilt, and some mistakes were difficult to make up for once they were made.

Kaneko looked at the gloomy sky and shook her head slightly.

"Owner, I've already died once, because I let so many brothers die in vain."

"I am a sinner."

Looking at the self-pity and self-pity in front of him, Xiao Jiu wanted to comfort him a few words, but he couldn't say anything for a while.

"Jinzi, those who achieve great things should have a generous heart, and when they encounter setbacks, they will be loose and slack, how can I hand over the army in my hands to you."

Listening to Xiao Jiu's deep voice without hurry, Jin Zi looked up at Xiao Jiu.

"Hundreds of brothers have been lost, and you have to know how they died."

"Without the cavalry battalion, I can still give you a thousand, ten thousand. But if you die, who will bring me troops? ”

Listening to Xiao Jiu's heartfelt words, Jin Zi only felt that his chest was hot, and his tone was a little choked.

"The owner of the village."

Xiao Jiu gently patted the back of Jinzi's hand, and didn't say anything more, but set his eyes on the sky in the distance.

Now that the harvest is over, Xiao Jiu has a hunch that he will not be as peaceful as it is now.

Once there is a war, Xiao Jiu does not have any useful talents under his hands, and he is also not worried about those generals who have just been promoted.

Although gold had all kinds of shortcomings before, after three more months of precipitation, it gradually became stable.

As one of Xiao Jiu's most trusted subordinates, Xiao Jiu intends to re-select a crossbowman and hand it over to Jinzi's command.

Although Xiao Jiu had a firearm like a cannon in his hand, it was too cumbersome and not conducive to taking the initiative to attack.

Xiao Jiu now occupies an iron ore vein, and during this time, a large number of standard crossbows have been created through the steel mill.

Xiao Jiu planned to select some high-quality soldiers from the current Xiao Zi battalion to form a crossbow team.

In the face of the strong Yuzhou Rebel Army and the Qingzhou Army, which are far outnumbered by themselves, they must change their response strategies.

In the event of a head-on conflict, the little force in Xiao Jiu's hands could not touch the other party at all, so he could only create another strange scene.

After thinking about it repeatedly, Xiao Jiu decided to develop the street fighting mode in his previous life, disrupting the army in his hand and going deep into the battlefield behind enemy lines.

If the Qingzhou army comes to attack, the frontal battlefield cannot be resisted, and it can also carry out guerrilla warfare to mediate with the other side.

And now the Great Xia soldier system, most of them are training some battle formations for siege warfare or field warfare.

Local military hubs, such as counties, can be fatally attacked by the enemy if they are breached.

If you launch a guerrilla warfare mode, divide your team into various squads and develop your forces in various villages and towns, you will definitely be able to launch a backstab attack on the enemy.

Now Xiao Jiu decided to let Jin Zi carry out this plan and put the military power in Jin Zi's hands again.

Feeling Xiao Jiu's attention and trust in him, Jin Zi unconsciously moistened his eyes, and he no longer had the decadence and depression he had before.

"The owner of the village, the last general will not be dishonored."

……

Qingzhou, the city lord's mansion.

The lobby of the City Lord's Mansion was already full of Qingzhou's Wenchen and military generals at this time, and Lu Yaoliang, who had lived in a simple place in the past, was sitting upright in the middle seat at this time.

"How's the preparation?"

Listening to Lu Yaoliang's deep question, an official who looked like a literati came out to answer.

"Lord Qiyu, now the counties have collected 35,000 stone in grain taxes, and more than 21,000 new soldiers have been recruited."

Listening to the careful report of his subordinates, Lu Yaoliang bowed slightly.

Now that Lu Yaoliang has been in Qingzhou for more than half a year, he is preparing to show his strength under Taoguang's obscurity.

But the betrayal of Yangjun Wenjie before was always like a spike, stuck in Lu Yaoliang's throat.

Now Lu Yaoliang is ready to move westward, in addition to the mistakes of his subordinates, he has a determination to prove that it is correct.

And Lu Yaoliang's first enemy was Xiao Jiu, who was blocking his way westward.

For Xiao Jiu, Lu Yaoliang has always been full of interest in him.

Whether it's all kinds of money-making methods, or powerful cannons, in short, Xiao Jiu can always make something amazing when everyone ignores him.

Therefore, since Xiao Jiu sent Heizi to form a navy in Wanpingkou, Lu Yaoliang has been secretly sending people to pay close attention.

The day before yesterday, Lu Yaoliang received a report from his subordinates, saying that more than a dozen huge sea ships had been put into use in the newly built harbor at Wanpingkou.

This news surprised Lu Yaoliang and made him a little confused.

In the present Great Xia Dynasty, the people of the first time had a natural fear and neglect of the sea.

As for the kind of giant Galen ships made according to Xiao Jiu, he would never have thought that they could be used to achieve manned transportation.

In Lu Yaoliang's impression, the war has always been limited to the struggle for hegemony and annexation on land, and tactically it is also the kind of neat attack of the soldiers' phalanx.

After Xiao Jiu made cannons in Lingshui County before, the war strategy of this era has changed slightly.

The originally dense battle formation has also become a multi-faceted group marching system, but they still know nothing about the sea landing operation.

Now that the recruitment of personnel is complete, it is already possible to reorganize the men and horses to the west to conquer the subordinates, and the time has come to wait.

Therefore, although Lu Yaoliang still had a suspicion about Xiao Jiu's formation of a navy in Wanpingkou, he had already reorganized the three armies and began to prepare for the Western Expedition.

In addition, Lü Yaoliang now not only has the support of the local scholars in Qingzhou, but also has made contact with the rebel army in Yuzhou and reached a consensus.

Even outside the northern borders of Great Xia, the pseudo-Xia regime established by the steppe people still maintained some vague contacts.

Since Lu Yaoliang in Qingzhou experienced Wen Jie's betrayal, he has become more and more taciturn in personality, and his work has become more and more unpredictable.

What can be determined is that the current Lu Yaoliang has been completely tied to the wealthy family in Qingzhou.

Unlike Lu Yaoliang, who of Qingzhou, was preparing for the westward expedition with high spirits, the imperial city of Kyoto was covered with dark clouds.

In the inner courtyard of the Imperial City of Kyoto, Emperor Qin Yu was meeting Yun Bi, who had just returned from Yuzhou, and Wang Meng, who had changed his guard to the Zhili area.

"The rebel army in Yuzhou has already made contact with the Rong people outside the Guan, and Lu Yaoliang in Qingzhou is ready to move.

You are all my humerus ministers, and you have to be encouraged, you can't be taken advantage of by thieves at this opportunity, especially General Wang, if there is a change in Yuzhou, you will definitely not let the thief army break the opening.

There is also Xiao Jiu from Yangcheng County, who still has to pull a hand if possible. ”

Listening to Emperor Qin Yu's gentle advice, Wang Meng nodded again and again, and Yun Bi on the side also echoed together.

Now as the situation intensifies, Xiao Jiu, who was originally insignificant, has also become a key point of contradiction for all parties.

In order to prevent Xiao Jiu from being wiped out by the Yuzhou rebel army and Qingzhou Di, Qin Yu ordered to transfer back Wang Meng of Huya Pass.

If there is a change in Yangcheng County, Wang Meng will lead the 20,000 forbidden troops under his command to enter Yuzhou.

Now it depends on how the rebel army in Yuzhou will choose, if it can't resist the forbidden army outside Yuzhou, the rebel army will eventually become a thing of the past.

Of course, there is also a pseudo-summer that has been entrenched outside the Guan, and it has to be guarded against.

The lost border six states have always been a thorn in Qin Yu's heart.