"A total of 58,000 soldiers and horses were in Bingzhou, of which 28,000 were garrisoned in Yanmen, Xihe and other places, and the rest were tun to Jinyang by General Zhang Xiu; Jizhou has a total of 68,000 soldiers and horses, 8,000 Yecheng guards, and 60,000 Liyang guards; Youzhou has a total of 80,000 soldiers and horses, 30,000 border troops in Shanggu and Daijun, and the rest are stationed in the three counties, of which 20,000 are newly recruited Wuhuan troops; Xuzhou has a total of 60,000 soldiers and horses, Xiaoguan garrison 15,000, Peicheng garrison 15,000, Guangling garrison 30,000, Guangling army in addition to 10,000 infantry troops, the remaining 20,000 are Ganning new water training divisions; Finally, among the three counties of Huainan, Anfeng garrisoned 30,000 and Lujiang garrisoned 8,000.

The total number of soldiers and horses in various states and counties is no less than 300,000! ”

Xin Ping, who had already summed it up, made a report on the strength of each department, and when he shouted, he was full of confidence.

An army of 300,000 is not just a number in the account books, but a strong force formed by living people, and the greatest confidence to dominate the world.

For example, the border army has occupied nearly 60,000 people, and they are distributed in the border areas of Bingzhou and Youzhou, and these people can be said to be basically not appropriated, and once there is chaos in the rear, it will not be worse than the defeat at the front.

Even Cao Wei in history did not dare to easily mobilize the border army when there was a shortage of soldiers and horses in the later period.

In addition, the territory is large, and the place that should be guarded still has to send people to garrison, as the Central Plains and the birthplace of the Lulin Group, Xuzhou, which must be heavily guarded to suppress Cao Hong of Qiaojun and Cheng Pu and others in Jiangdong.

Moreover, Anfeng, as a buffer of the frontier and the gateway of the Huainan territory, cannot be moved.

There are also 20,000 Xuzhou sailors in Gan Ning's hands.

After such calculations, in the big battle in the spring of next year, Lin Mo's real force is actually about 140,000 permanent troops in Bingzhou, Jizhou and Youzhou.

On the Liyang side, as the most important choke point to prevent Cao Cao from attacking from behind, the 60,000 soldiers and horses Linmo did not plan to move, so the troops that could be invested in the battle between Sizhou and Guanzhong were exactly 80,000 as guessed at the beginning.

And these 80,000 people are also the most elite part of their own group army.

The 20,000 Wuhuan troops recruited by Zhao Yun are very good, even if Lin Mo did not personally parade the army, he can imagine that their combat power is not bad.

In fact, in recent years of fighting in the south and the north, there has been some twilight in the army, and the Wuhuan army is very much needed to enrich its elite combat power.

In terms of troops, Lin Moda didn't make much adjustments, just waiting for Zhao Yun to lead his troops back to Yecheng, and then he could enter Sizhou after a short rest.

However, there must be changes in the distribution of generals and strategists, after the Sizhou War, the biggest weakness of his side is no longer Anfeng, but the northern country, which is also the only point that Cao Cao can pry Lu Lin.

Judging from the current territory, the loss of a few counties does not threaten oneself at all, and the transfer of the political center to Yecheng means that the northern kingdom is the core of Lulin.

Therefore, Liyang not only needs to deploy heavy troops, but also needs brave generals and strategists who look up to the world.

In this way, even if Guo Tu's singing can't confuse Cao Cao, he won't steal his home in one go.

In this regard, the only way to transfer Liao Shen and Lao Yin back is to bring it back.

As long as they are there, even if it is Cao Cao Stud, he has time to react, after all, the soldiers and horses in Liyang City are not the elite in Zhao Yun's hands.

As for taking over Anfeng, the strategists can only send Lu Su over, Chen Gong needs to sit in Xuzhou, Xu Shu needs to guard Xiao Pass, Liu Ye wants to stabilize Lujiang, and it is more appropriate for the Xin brothers to stay in the north.

And the military generals. Yan Liangwen is more suitable, after going through so many things, these two brothers can be said to be completely trustworthy, if there is anything that makes Lin Mo feel uncomfortable, it is that An Feng and Jiang Xia are only separated by an Anyang Mountain.

It was Liu Bei's territory, perhaps the sequelae of the prophets, who were always afraid that they would meet the second master on the battlefield.

But after thinking about it, Liu Bei may have thoughts about Anfeng and Shouchun, but Zhuge Liang should understand that even if he takes Anfeng, he can't hold it, and it makes no sense.

There is no one around to refer to it together, it's still a headache, and I miss the old yin a little, if he's there, he can always give himself some reliable advice.

Now, Lin Mo can't use the prophetic skills to give him direction every step he takes, and he will inevitably have a sense of difficulty every step of the way.

After thinking about it for a while, Lin Mo finally began to write down the orders of all parties on the table.

After all this was done, he looked at Xin Ping, "Write a copy of this order, as well as the records of soldiers and horses in your hand, and the autumn collection account sheet, and send them to Pengcheng." ”

"Whoa."

The old father-in-law has been back for a while, and I hope the above numbers can stimulate his inner blood after reading them.

Although in terms of military and political affairs, the old father-in-law really can't help much, but he is the leader of the three armies, this is an indisputable fact, many families are more afraid of the existence in their hearts, and they have been separated from the team for a long time, and they don't know if it will cause internal contradictions.

Now, there is not much conflict between the factions on the surface, and that is because the big guys can share their own interests, but such a good life will not last, and the outbreak of internal contradictions can be said to be a matter of time.

Not to mention the rest, just obstructing the land annexation is already being implemented in Lin Mo's plan, it's just that Zhenrong's performance in this regard is really not enough, but things must be done.

Without an old father-in-law, Lin Mo was a little uneasy after all.

"Master Hou, Zhen asks to see." After Xin Ping left, a sergeant ran in to report.

Zhen?

After hesitating for a moment, I realized that he was talking about Zhen Mi.

People go to tea and cool, Yuan Xi was the noble Mrs. Zhen when she was not dead, and now she has become Zhen.

"Please come in."

Zhen Mi is really beautiful, the kind of beauty that can be compared to Diao Chan's little lady.

However, after teasing her last time, Lin Mo had no follow-up, not that Lin Mo was too saintly, it was really that there were so many military and political affairs in the north that he had no time to be distracted, and even Guo Zhao, who was by his side day and night, did not often have time to ride.

This time, she took the initiative to come to the door, whether she figured it out or wanted to open it.

"The slave family visits the Hou Ye." Today's Zhen Mi is wearing a red and fiery skirt, with elegant makeup, but it can show the beauty of the prosperous face that is not stained by the world, and she is obviously carefully dressed.

"Sit down."

After Lin Mo made a gesture of invitation very gentlemanly, he raised his forehead and said, "But is there something?" ”

"The slave family is sitting in the cold house tonight, I don't know if the Hou Ye will have time to come."

Facing Lin Mo's somewhat suspicious gaze, Zhen Mi hurriedly added: "Only Hou Ye will be invited to the banquet." ”

Seduction, Chiguoguo's seduction, this emphatic sentence sounds like the scumbag quotations in later generations, I rubbed it and didn't go in.

Low-level conquest is to conquer the opponent's body, while high-level conquest is to capture both body and mind.

If it's just a solo picture of her body, there is no need to be polite last time.

Lin Mo chuckled lightly and said quietly: "I respect my wife in my heart, and I behave with respect, and I don't dare to force it at all, but my wife still rejects me." ”

"Why did Master Hou say this?" Zhen Mi's frightened eyebrows frowned.

"Let's be straight, who forced you to come today, Guo Tu? Or are you mother? Lin Mo didn't believe that just a one-sided relationship, leaving some good feelings for her could make her take the initiative to give her a hug.

Zhen Mi's rosy lips opened slightly, and she stopped talking.

"Say, whoever is embarrassed, I will clean up for you, I said this when I first met you."

"Master Hou, may I ask the slave family, why do you treat the slave family so kindly?" Zhen Mi changed the topic, or rather, wanted to figure out the problems that had been backlogged in her heart for more than two months.

Lin Mo got up slowly, walked in front of Zhen Mi, leaned down with the armrest of the chair, the two were very close, and he could clearly see the pores on Zhen Mi's hibiscus-like face, and said softly: "I also said it, I am happy with Mrs., but I don't want to use power to force you, I want you to make the choice in your heart." ”

The main is a sincere, like this kind of woman who has become a wife, has seen authority, knows well that people in high positions and powers do what they want, but they do the opposite, and it is no problem to handle it.

The effect was immediate, and when Zhen Mi looked at Lin Mo again, his eyes were no longer dodging, but full of gratitude and curiosity.

In fact, since she first met Lin Mo, she has been in Yuan Xi's mansion for two months, and she will unconsciously think of Lin Mo every day.

This is a very contradictory psychology, she hopes that Lin Mo will do what she says, and she will not be embarrassed if she says that she is not embarrassed, because her ideal man should be a promise.

But at the same time, in this era when women are destined to only become accessories, she feels that Lin Mo should not have such an attitude, he should take the initiative to come to the door.

This wait is more than two months, and Zhen Mi even thinks that Lin Mo has forgotten about himself.

Of course, I came to find Lin Mo today, but it was not for this matter, after all, no matter how good I had a good impression of him, the reserved nature that a woman should have would not be lost because of her status as a widow.

Her nose was slightly red, and she suddenly sobbed, "My mother asked me to come." ”

It's Zhang again

Lin Mo frowned unconsciously, and muttered, "I have already informed Zhenrong, does he dare to disobey my orders?" ”

Zhen Mi shook his head, "That's not it, the Zhen Chamber of Commerce really didn't encroach on the Zhen family's business anymore." ”

After speaking, Zhen Mi eased his breath, adjusted for a while, and said aggrievedly: "The Zhen family's business has plummeted now, salt and iron are controlled, and the grain and cloth business has been seized by the Zhen Chamber of Commerce, and the Zhen family's biggest business is only the transshipment and sale of horses.

But"

Zhen Mi glanced at Lin Mo a little timidly, and confirmed that he didn't have any overreaction before daring to continue, "But after Hou Ye recovered and merged with Youerzhou, he replaced his generals in all the passes along the way, and the transfer of horses could not go south smoothly. ”

Lin Mo shook his head, "Impossible, the people sent are all named by myself, they will not be controlled by outsiders, and it is unlikely that Zhenrong will order them to embarrass the Zhen family." ”

Then, he reacted, then stood up straight and said softly, "You don't want me to turn a blind eye to the Zhen family's sale of war horses, do you?"

I can tell you clearly that this is impossible, of course, this is not for your Zhen family but for the overall strategic situation.

In addition to removing the threat of backyard fire, the biggest consideration for me to take the two states is to control the output of war horses. ”

When the northern kingdom was in the hands of Yuan Shao, it was because he didn't pay enough attention to this matter, so he spent some money to buy Xu You, and the Youzhou war horse could be successfully transported to Xuzhou.

At that time, in the Qingzhou War, those cavalry made great contributions.

This kind of thing, Lin Mo can't let go.

Now, among the princes who can get war horses in this world, there are only Cao Cao and Liu Zhang, Liu Zhang, it's just a decoration, it's not worth mentioning, Liu Bei and Sun Ce are currently in a corner of peace, and they can't grow.

In other words, these strict prevention and death control of his own can directly curb the growth of Cao's cavalry.

"But. . . The places where war horses are produced in the world, in addition to Bingzhou and Youzhou, there are also Liangzhou and Hexi. Zhen Mi asked with some curiosity.

"So."

Lin Mo glanced at Zhen Mi and sighed: "My next plan is to annex Sizhou and Liangzhou, so far, the thirteen states of the Han Dynasty will be divided into north and south, and all the princes in Henan will no longer have the supply of war horses." ”

As long as you take the longitudinal territory of Guanzhong and Liangdi, there will be thousands of miles, and it will not be possible to completely block the output of the war horse, and there will always be fish that slip through the net.

However, the output of large quantities definitely did not exist, but only a small group of war horses smuggled south, which could not meet Cao Cao's needs for training cavalry at all.

There are two advantages of this, in the future, one day I will also encounter Waterloo like Guandu, Chibi, and Yiling, and the other party will not have cavalry to wreak havoc in the Central Plains.

And the territory they are in now can only try their best to build two teams, one is the infantry suitable for mountain combat, and the other is the sailor and cavalry, which will slowly withdraw from their stage.

Now Cao Cao still has some cavalry in his hands, but he no longer has the ability to build such an elite as the tiger and leopard cavalry.

Of course, the disadvantage of trapping them is that they also need to devote themselves to the training of mountain infantry and sailors.

Judging from the progress, Gan Ning is a little down, this thing seems to be a sailor general, but he is not the commander of the sailor, and it is not as effective as Cai Mao.

This will make Lin Mo begin to regret that if Huang Gai and a few of them were captured at that time, he might have a chance to surrender, but it's a pity.

"I see, the slave family understands." Zhen Mi was actually a little flattered.

She didn't expect that her business was so involved behind it, and she didn't expect Lin Mo to tell her about such a secret military aircraft.

Even if she is a member of the Zhen family, she understands that how can a family's business compete with the general trend of seizing the world.

Lin Mo's trust in her is a great satisfaction for her.

What's more, he was forced to come to the door by the Zhang family, and he became a tool man again, if he wants to say that it is more comfortable, he can see Lin Mo again.

"Actually, the Zhen family's business has plummeted not only because of the part of the business that was robbed by Zhenrong, but also because the businesses of salt and iron, colored glass, fertilizer, and sugar are all in his hands, how can the Zhen family compete."

As soon as Lin Mo said this, Zhen Mi also completely understood.

It seems that after the fall of the northern country, the overall situation of the Zhen family's decline is doomed.

She was a little emotional, not because of the Zhang family, but because the Zhen family's business was run for several generations, but in the end, it was destroyed in the hands of their generation.

"Actually, have you ever thought about a question, your five sisters are all married, your mother has no children under her knees, in a few years, won't this business also fall to the side?"

Lin Mo's question was a question that touched Zhen Mi's heart, and the corners of her mouth outlined a wry smile, "Master Hou's eyes are like torches, but my mother doesn't understand this truth."

After her father left, she ran the Zhen family alone, and sooner or later it would fall into the hands of her uncles. ”

"Then have you ever thought about going back to the Zhen family to take over this property?" Lin Mo sat on the chair next to Zhen Mi and asked seriously.

This question, probably she didn't dare to think about it, so she shook her head very simply, "Master Hou doesn't know, my mother took over because my ancestors were still there, and my mother has been helping my father share the housework of the Zhen family for many years.

Now, the ancestors are gone, and the uncle's family has been in a hurry all these years, and they have dealings with many families, just waiting to take over the Zhen family's business from their mother.

As for me. is already married, strictly speaking, it can only be regarded as half of the Zhen family. ”

The social status of women in this era is too low, so even if she marries Yuan Xi, Zhen Mi does not dare to have this idea.

However, Lin Mo disagreed, he got up again, walked in front of Zhen Mi, leaned over, and said in a deep voice: "I only asked if you wanted to, but I didn't ask you if you could do it." ”

"What does Master Hou mean by this?" Zhen Mi looked at him in amazement.

"If you want, I'll help you."

Lin Mo sketched the corners of his mouth and smiled, "With my help, do you have the confidence?" ”

"Being favored by the Hou Ye is a blessing from the third generation of the slave family, but it is just forced by power, even if it can deter the outside family, the Zhen family will not be convinced."

With such a big business as the Zhen family, it really won't be easier to govern than a county.

If the people below are all good-looking, it will indeed be very hard.

"I will hand over all the fertilizer management rights, glass and sugar in the northern country to you, is this credit enough to stop the mouths of the Zhen family?"

After Lin Mo finished speaking, Zhen Mi's beautiful eyes like autumn water looked at him in a daze, as if he couldn't believe his ears.

Who doesn't know what is behind those businesses, but it is definitely not as simple as business, but involves internal struggles.

I am just a widow and widow, how can I be worthy.

"Isn't it enough?" Lin Mo asked again.

"That's enough, but"

"That's enough, and as for how to do it, I'll send someone to help you." The Queen of the Black Belly is free during this time, so let her take Zhen Mi back to Wuji, and it is not a big problem to clean up the group of clowns who jump off the beam.

"Master Hou's great grace, the slave family is unforgettable!" Zhen Mi never thought that she would really be able to take over the power of the Zhen family one day.

She has been interested in the way of businessmen since she was a child, and if it weren't for her status as a woman, she would have wanted to help a long time ago.

Now, Lin Mo not only gave her such an opportunity, so that she could make the Zhen family bigger and more brilliant than when her father was alive.

Since marrying into the Yuan family, she has not been very happy in her heart, and later Yuan Xi's death made her seem to have become a rootless duckweed.

Today, here, Lin Mo gave her a new lease of life, and also gave her life a purpose again, Zhen Mi had a feeling that happiness came too suddenly.

"Go back, someone will come looking for you later." Lin Mo smiled slightly, as if he could instantly make this woman who had become a woman fall like a heartbeat.

She lowered her head, bit her lip, and asked in a thin mosquito-like voice, "Then can Master Hou still be able to pass the house tonight?" ”

"That's up to you if you want me to pass." Pinched, Lin Mo said there was no pressure.

"The slave family is waiting for the Hou Ye." After speaking, he walked out with his head down.

(End of chapter)