The time has gradually entered the hot July, and the land of the Central Plains has also ushered in a harvest, and everywhere is immersed in the joy of harvest.

But the group of people at the top of the pyramid saw the turmoil that followed not long after.

First of all, after this harvest, Yuzhou has obtained enough military rations, and has reorganized the rebel army and expanded it to three times as much as before.

The warlords who hold great military and political power in various localities have also had considerable savings and are about to devote themselves to the military.

With the local friction in Anhui, people from all sides have been waiting for the upcoming war, and it is not known how many innocent civilians will die in this disaster.

The first place of action was Guchong, Yuzhou, and after the expansion, 30,000 elite soldiers were deployed to be stationed at the junction of Yuzhou and Zhili.

At this time, it was not easy to occupy the forbidden army in Kyoto, because not enough grain taxes were collected, and the possibility of large-scale military expansion was ruined.

Fortunately, Xiao Jiu of Yangcheng County has obtained huge wealth through the Chamber of Commerce, and with the support of Yangcheng County and Jizhou, Yun Bi can barely control the situation.

In addition to the fragmented northern border, the southern border is also complicated, first the Jiangzhou area of Zhong Ah Si unified the southern Tusi, the territory has gradually expanded from the original Jiangzhou to Daizhou and other places.

With the expansion of the Tusi power of Zhong A Siyi and the continuous land annexation, the area to which it belonged gradually had an irresolvable contradiction with the Yangzhou group led by You Yichun in Yangzhou.

Now the Yangzhou army wants to plot the northern border by uniting with the rebel army in Yuzhou, and the situation has become delicate for a while.

Xiao Jiu, who was sitting in Yangcheng County, was also not idle, and after the previous military and political reform, the four major military regions were divided.

Although the number of troops has not decreased significantly, its combat effectiveness is not that of the ragtag army that has just been formed before.

Due to the strong economic strength of Xiao Jiu's Yangcheng County, the service troops were all equipped with standard armor and a military crossbow for each person.

In addition, because Xiao Jiu gave the army enough military spending, the salaries of internal soldiers can be said to be the highest among all industries.

The soldiers were paid high salaries, and their obedience to government military orders was naturally unmatched by other warlords.

The most important thing is that the first batch of students in Yangcheng County graduated and entered the army, not only bringing young officers to the army, but also new ways of warfare.

The most basic thing is the use of artillery learned in school, and some of the tactics and strategies in Xiao Jiu's previous life are not available in the army in this era.

Moreover, the military factory opened by Xiao Jiu is also constantly innovating, and the red-coated cannons that were originally manufactured first have gradually been eliminated and replaced with new artillery that is lighter and more mobile.

Most of these cannons were fixed on special wooden carts, which were driven by manpower and animal power and could march with the army.

Therefore, huge wooden boxes can now be seen in the barracks of major military regions, and only the huge cannon barrel that is exposed can let people know that it is a weapon.

There is such a whim, which is also derived from the tank conceived by Xiao Jiu, but it cannot be produced at the current production level, so it can only be made according to the model.

In addition to these mountain guns, after Xiao Jiu's technical guidance, a batch of early flintlock pistols had been manufactured in the military factory, but they were still in the experimental stage and could not be put into use.

For this reason, Xiao Jiu invested a lot of money in the research and development of muskets, but the problem of explosive chambers has not been effectively solved.

The reason for this is that the material is still in the material, and the current iron-smelting technology does not support the large-scale manufacture of the kind of musket that Xiao Jiu knows.

In addition to the research and development of firearms, Xiao Jiu also established military medical departments in various parts of the army.

Maybe in this era, human life is not valuable, and most of the soldiers who were wounded in the war could only die in pain, but Xiao Jiu would never allow this kind of thing to happen in his army.

Therefore, Xiao Jiu hired a large number of doctors of mixed quality and began to open medical halls to teach medical skills to the army.

At first, these doctors may not have been willing to pass on their housekeeping skills to outsiders, but when a group of armed men politely broke into their homes, they had no choice but to obey.

Many of Xiao Jiu's ideas are very good, but in this era, there are all kinds of resistance, and Xiao Jiu can only use some violent means sometimes.

With the passage of time, it has come to the middle of July, and the Shenhuo Sect in Yuzhou has taken the lead.

First of all, the 30,000 elite soldiers entrenched on the border between Zhili and Yuzhou began to enter the Zhili area in an orderly manner, frequently harassing the counties of Zhili.

Although the Zhili area was re-controlled by the forbidden army, there were not many soldiers, and they were all newly recruited recruits, and they did not have much combat power.

Seeing that the Kyoto Forbidden Army did not react, these soldiers who entered Zhili began to intensify their efforts, and even gathered troops to attack the county seat.

If the township is disturbed, Yun Bi may not care, but if the county town that symbolizes the power of a place is released, it is tantamount to self-destruction of the foundation.

So this time, Yun Bi did not choose to forbear, and directly dispatched the elite soldiers in Kyoto City to start a counterattack against the invaders.

Seeing that the Zhili area was in chaos, the Wanzhou Army and the Xuzhou Army, which were allies of Yuzhou, also began to send troops to Zhili.

There is a way that two fists are invincible to four hands, and Yun Bi can only defend Kyoto City in the end, and he does not dare to rashly press all the capital.

Judging from the current situation, one wrong step is a catastrophe.

Of course, in this war, which has no justice to speak of, only the people of the Zhili region suffer.

Today's Zhili has long lost the prosperity of the past, and the heart of the empire has become a painting like purgatory on earth.

As a result, many people were displaced, and after their families were destroyed, they became displaced people, and they fled for their lives just to stay away from Zhili.

A large area of land was desolate, and the former anointed land became ten rooms and nine empty, and the people withered.

In this context, Xiao Jiu, who was far away in Yangcheng County, knew that he couldn't wait like this, and if the forbidden army, which had become a lone army, could not get foreign aid, it would only be a matter of time before it perished.

Therefore, Xiao Jiu also began to transfer 30,000 people from the Yangcheng Military Region and the Yujun Military Region to begin to swear westward and attack Yuzhou.

As for the strength of the Lingshui Military Region, Xiao Jiu was not ready to use it, after all, Lu Yaoliang from Qingzhou in the east could make a comeback at any time.

If you let your back go, at this time, the Qingzhou Army will give itself a knife, and that will be the real big problem.

Xiao Jiu gathered troops in Yangcheng County, and Jizhou was also not idle.

After receiving a large amount of material aid from Xiao Jiu, the largest state in the world quickly demonstrated its amazing potential for riots.

It is no exaggeration to say that as long as you have money and food, you can quickly pull up a team of tens of thousands of people in Jizhou.

It's not that this place is amazing, but Jizhou has been known for its wealth since ancient times.

Moreover, Jizhou was divided into dozens of large and small local armed forces, and under the rule of these warlords, the lives of the common people were also very tight.

In this era when people can shoot bean curd in their heads for a mouthful of food, food is the fundamental, if you can't farm to support yourself, you can only choose to be a soldier or become a slave.

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Yangcheng County, military camp in the west of the city.

Today's atmosphere in Yangcheng County is a little solemn, although the streets are full of pedestrians, but there is not much happiness on their faces.

"Old Han, I heard that your son is going on an expedition?"

On the crowded street, a man of five big and three thick asked the man who looked at the barracks from time to time.

The middle-aged man who looked at the barracks only sighed lightly when he heard this, shook his head and said, "My family is stunned to become an officer, and I will definitely go to the army after the war, and my family has no bad seeds." ”

Listening to the words of the man named Lao Han, the man who asked out loud did not speak, but only let out a sigh.

In these days, if possible, no one wants their children to become soldiers to fight, because they can die on the battlefield at any time.

However, the people in Yangcheng County under Xiao Jiu's rule were very supportive of the army, and they enthusiastically signed up whenever the government posted a conscription notice.

In particular, a large part of those students who graduated from the Yangcheng County School were incorporated into the army.

Although the parents of these children are worried, few of them go back to stop them.

This is not to say that the parents of these children have become hard-hearted, but because they know that their children are good and fight only to protect their hometown.

Nowadays, in Yangcheng County, most of the family members of soldiers have a very high status, even in the village, they will be taken care of by the grassroots product associations, and the grain distributed by the farmers is much more than that of ordinary families.

In a short time, the mighty army marched from the barracks and headed towards the city gate in a neat and orderly manner, passing through the streets and receiving applause from passers-by from time to time.

Some of the young children among the onlookers saw the spirited soldiers walking in front of them, their eyes were full of yearning, and they imagined that one day they could go into battle and kill the enemy like them.

And the man surnamed Han, who was waiting in the crowd, also saw his son in the neat procession.

"Dumbfounded."

As the man shouted, a young officer at the front of the soldier looked sideways, saw the old face full of vicissitudes, his eyes changed a few times but he didn't speak, but just saluted his father from a distance.

The man surnamed Han saw that his son also had a wish, and wanted his child to go home with him not to fight, but he couldn't find any reason.

Such scenes are constantly staged everywhere, and how much bitterness there is, perhaps only the parties concerned can understand.

When the army left the city, the parents returned home with various moods, tears rolling in their eyes, but trying to control the tears.

War is a continuation of the politics of the upper elites, and it is also a history of blood and tears of the people at the bottom.

Perhaps many people have the dream of going into battle to kill the enemy, and fantasize that they will be a majestic general.

But when the war swept in, it left more suffering.