Chapter 373: Expansion of the army
The Great Zhou scouts in the southwest climbed high and looked into the distance, and when they found this huge army, they were shocked and wanted to go back to report the news.
When the men and horses descended the mountain, the scouts realized that the retreat had been blocked by a cavalry of several hundred men.
In an instant, the heads of ten scouts fell to the ground.
The leading cavalryman covered his face and spoke in a low voice.
"Heading to Jiangnan!"
The army went straight to the northeast, and a large number of villages were destroyed by them along the way, and even people and livestock were slaughtered and plundered, and there was no grass left!
The counties and towns in the south of the Yangtze River found that the enemy army was like a great enemy, and they all fortified the walls and cleared the wilderness, and defended the city to the death, not daring to attack.
"All parts of the south of the Yangtze River are stubbornly defending, and they are in a hurry to the imperial court!"
As Zhuge Hui said, there are many counties and towns across the country because of the obstruction of the big family personnel, and the newspapers cannot flow in, and they cannot play an adequate role in publicity.
However, these areas are all in the north and south of the Yangtze River, and the south of the Yangtze River is heavily guarded, and the army supervises the distribution and promotion of newspapers, and the family does not dare to mess around.
This is also the reason why the imperial court's conscription is imminent, and the troops in Jiangbei are relatively insufficient, and there is no guarantee that everything can make Duan Yunyi satisfied.
With the permission of the imperial court, Liang Xiao planned to temporarily change the Youzhou administrative office to Yanzhou to facilitate governance.
Yanzhou will also become the de facto capital of Youzhou.
Mu Dingguo has no opinion on this, but Jixian County still needs to be heavily guarded to facilitate the aid of the counties, so it is impossible to divide a large number of troops for Liang Xiao.
When Liang Xiao's convoy returned to Yanzhou, it was already the end of April.
Fortunately, Liang Xiao can draw and write on the way, which is equivalent to office.
Even though Liang Xiao repeatedly told him not to be extravagant and wasteful, the people of Yanzhou still spontaneously welcomed him.
Especially the Yanzhou soldiers, they were even more ecstatic.
They had already learned about the imperial court's reward for this great victory.
Some of the soldiers not only received a reward of silver, but also were promoted.
For example, Lei Hong was promoted to General Kou, which was a temporary miscellaneous general, but it was also one level higher than the partial general.
The rest of Yan Yun's eighteen horsemen and others have all become partial generals.
All soldiers who have distinguished themselves in battle are promoted to lieutenants.
The promotion of these foundations is determined by Liang Xiao himself.
Duan Yunyi also gave Liang Xiao a privilege to appoint and dismiss generals and below the rank at will, and not to drive the official position below the rank.
This means that Liang Xiao can remove Youzhou Don't Drive Ram Te.
However, Liang Xiao was not in a hurry to do this, but on the day he arrived in Yanzhou, he sent an official document to Jixian County, which had just left on his front foot, and summoned Youzhou not to drive a ram to Yanzhou to discuss the matter.
The treasure of the Wenren clan can be called a huge wealth, and Liang Xiao and Duan Yunyi also obtained Diana's consent in order to avoid extraneous complications, and kept the matter a secret.
But Diana's five million taels of Wenren's silver are still in Yanzhou, and Liang Xiao can just exchange the silver ticket given by Duan Yunyi for Diana's silver, and then use the silver to reward the soldiers for meritorious deeds.
Diana also didn't need to keep too much silver, and the silver ticket was also easy to carry, so she could go to all parts of the country to do business in the future.
As for the gold, Diana also kept her promise and delivered it to Xuanwei, who escorted it to the capital.
These 500,000 taels of gold are of great significance, and they do not have to flow directly into the market, but can be used as a reserve for the Great Zhou court to issue new silver tickets, or relatively rare "golden tickets".
In the case of sufficient security deposits and not afraid of a run on the bills, Duan Yunyi can have more than five million taels of silver worth of silver and gold tickets, as a backup, if necessary, he can support the treasury, or support Liang Xiao to develop armaments.
After the fall of the Tuoba clan, the household has been recycled by Duan Yunyi, and the current household department is Higashino Hongji, who is fully loyal to Duan Yunyi, and this exchange is naturally a trivial matter.
Diana was only proud of her grandfather, praying and thanking for her grandfather and grandmother every day.
Wen Ren's wealth gave her the confidence to marry Liang Xiao, and she could help him and Duan Yunyi.
In fact, even her grandfather didn't expect to recover the treasures.
Duan Yunsleeve's mind made Diana extremely admired, and the other party and Liang Xiao did not covet her wealth, even if she was willing to give it away.
Diana looked at Liang Xiao and Mu Qinxue and the others from a distance, and her heart was excited.
She probably understood the princess's intentions, and she should use the money to support him, but it was best to make money as much as possible, so that she could support him all the time.
"Xiao Yun~~~"
"Third Sister ~~~"
When Mu Qinxue and Jiang Fuxue saw Zhuge Yun, they almost cried with joy, and the three sisters who were married were tired on the spot.
Gongsun Yue saw it in her eyes, and became more and more sad.
Third sister?
She is Jiang Fuxue's third sister!
After Mu Qinxue and Jiang Fuxue went to find Xiahou Qingyi to catch up, Zhuge Yun came to Gongsun Yue and introduced himself.
Gongsun Yue looked at the daughter of the Zhuge family who was elegant, gentle and decent in front of her, and couldn't help but feel good, and talked with her familiarly.
Zhuge Yun has no grievances with her, and the two sides are still harmonious.
Duan Yunyi specially added "Roman Classics Official" and "Great Zhou Classics Official" for Diana and Zhuge Yun on the grounds that the two countries were on good terms, so that they had the right to sort out the classics of the two countries.
The Roman classics that Diana brought also needed to be translated by her, Weiss and others.
Of course, the most important thing is the classics of the previous dynasties, and Diana can't wait to continue reading them.
The Xuanwei who left Beijing with Liang Xiao, after a brief rest, began to transport the gold that Diana gave to Duan Yunyi to the capital.
On the day Liang Xiao returned, he exchanged a part of silver with Diana, which was in charge of Zhuge Yu, Lin Xiu and others, and was immediately distributed to the soldiers in the city.
Because Mu Dingguo was guarding in Jixian County, the ram did not dare to make a hindrance from it, and the handover of Youzhou Taishou was simple and smooth.
Zhuge Qi temporarily took over the authority of Youzhou Taishou, waiting for Liang Xiao to send someone to Jixian County to take up his post.
After this great victory, the enthusiasm of the people of Youzhou, especially Yanzhou, to join the army has become increasingly high.
Counting logistics, Yanzhou's troops have reached 70,000.
More than 20,000 of them were used as military cantonments, with regular military status, and were responsible for logistics in wartime, and in charge of farming and supplying the army in peacetime.
Yanzhou is the first batch of pilot areas in the Great Zhou Juntun.
The legion is also the reason why Zhuge Hui supports Liang Xiao's proposal to expand the army, if there is a military canton, the burden on the treasury of more soldiers will be much smaller than before.
Troops in other regions can train and cultivate in peacetime, and can also patrol the garrison to maintain local stability.
The next day, after Liang Xiao read out the reward of the holy decree, he began to supervise the training in person.
"I have a word, I hope all the soldiers will know!"
"The new defeat of Beihu will inevitably lead the whole country south, and Yanzhou, as an important town on the front line, cannot build the Great Wall for the time being, and must face the Beihu army. This time, the enemy's preparations may be more sufficient, and there will even be a large number of siege equipment, Yanzhou cannot afford to lose! ”
"But the goal of our country is not to blindly defend it, today's defense is just to sweep the desert for another day! There is no need to build the Great Wall, one day, the entire desert will be the Great Wall of my Great Zhou! ”
"The generals are strictly trained, and he will dare to follow me into the desert one day!"