Just when Li Xiong was in high spirits in the Kunhai area, news of the war in the Yinsheng area of Dali in the south also came back.

Since May this year, when the Soviet Union and the Song Dynasty jointly attacked Yinsheng City from the east and south respectively, countless major battles have broken out in this area.

At the beginning, the two countries were sharp, and successfully captured more than a dozen cities in the north and south near Yinsheng City, and directly hit Yinsheng City.

But with the arrival of reinforcements from Dali, the offensive of the two countries was contained.

There are two innate grandmasters in the Dali army, the King of Pingchuan and the Great Witch Priest of the Divine Palace, both of whom are very strong, and under their moves, they easily stopped Su Xuange and Xie Ning.

made the tactics of these two people, who originally used the innate grandmaster as the tip and directly took the lead in breaking the city, were defeated.

Then the grandmasters of the two sides fought several battles, Su Xuange and they couldn't take the slightest advantage from the two innate people in Dali, and even fought to the death several times, and the four of them were all injured a lot, and their lives were almost threatened.

Even after Fang tried it, both sides knew each other that in terms of the top-level combat power of the Innate Grandmaster, neither of them could take advantage of each other.

Therefore, under mutual jealousy, the two sides tacitly agreed not to make a move, but began to start with the low-level soldiers, wanting to decide the winner from the battle formation of the art of war.

So after that, the soldiers of the two camps clashed fiercely.

However, in terms of the level of soldiers, Dali maintains 50,000 soldiers all year round, all of whom are elite and have good combat effectiveness. Now from the hands of the major vassals in China, 30,000 elite soldiers have been transferred, so there are about 80,000 elite soldiers in the Dali army.

The scale of such elite soldiers is not inferior to that of the Soviet Union and the Song Kingdom combined.

Counting the remaining 220,000 temporarily conscripted militiamen, in terms of number, Dali is even better than the two countries.

So after the two sides went to war, after several major battles, both sides suffered heavy losses.

Of the 100,000 soldiers and horses of the Soviet Union, more than 30,000 were killed in direct battles, including about 10,000 elite soldiers. The Song State also lost more than 10,000 of its 50,000 soldiers and horses, all of whom were soldiers.

On the Dali side, the losses are almost at this scale, even more than the two countries.

But Dali has a strong national foundation, and now there are 300,000 troops, and it is not a problem to die 50,000 or 60,000 people, and it can fully support it.

But on the side of the Su State and the Song State, the total number of soldiers and horses is only 150,000. At this time, it was lost 50,000 yuan, and a third of it was gone at once.

The loss is already considerable.

At this time, in the rear occupied by the two countries, in the Heizhi region and the Tonghai country, news of riots broke out in the local Yi people, and many cities were already captured by the rioters.

Especially on the side of Tonghai State, the riots were particularly serious, and I heard that more than 100,000 people in the local area had risen up to resist the rule of the Soviet Union.

With a population of less than 500,000 in this small country, more than 100,000 people can be pulled, and it can be said that almost all the men in the country have run out to participate in the riots.

And the reason why such a feat can be achieved is naturally inseparable from the old craftsmanship of the Soviet State - the tyrannical conquest.

Yes, it is a rampant expropriation.

It all started last year.

Since the massive tax hike in the country, compared to a rebellion that spread across the country. Even if the Soviet Union finally put down the rebellion, it basically destroyed the country and completely collapsed the economy.

Therefore, for Su Xuange, expanding the territory is secondary, and finding new sources of wealth for the country is the main purpose.

With this purpose, when the army of the Soviet Union arrives in Tonghai Country, a group of poor and crazy bitter haha, what will they do, there is no need to think about it.

Robbing food, robbing money, robbing women, everything that can be robbed, all of them have been robbed.

Anyone who dares to stop it will be killed.

Under such tyrannical methods, those people of Tonghai Country naturally couldn't bear it.

Originally, the foreign tribes came to rule, which made them disgusted in their hearts. Now that these foreign rulers are still so brutal, it is strange that the Yi people of Tonghai Country do not run out to rebel.

Therefore, the rebellion in this country is to spread throughout the country.

Because all the Yi people in the country have suffered the scourge of the Soviet army, and everyone has a grudge against the Soviet army.

At this time, someone led the rebellion, and naturally countless people came out to follow.

Coupled with the agitation of Dali behind the scenes, a nationwide riot is a matter of course.

The front suffered heavy losses, and the rear road was unstable, and the two countries naturally could not fight any longer.

Therefore, in September, after each of the two countries left a part of their troops behind, they quickly led their troops to retreat, returned to the Black Tooth region and Tonghai State, and were busy suppressing the riots.

At the same time, they sent their own summons back to China, continued to dispatch troops, and prepared to conquer Dali again.

Although Dali won, after a big war, Dali and its vassal regions, more than half of the places were affected by the war, and production was greatly damaged. In addition, a large number of local militias have been requisitioned, and this year's spring and summer planting has also been delayed, and there has been a shortage of grain in the country.

Therefore, after tentatively sending troops to pursue the Soviet Union and the Song Dynasty, and finally suffered a stubborn counterattack in the Heizhi region and Tonghai State, he had to give up the idea of continuing to recover the two places.

Instead, he concentrated on the country, resuming farming and production, while accumulating grain and armor, and preparing for a new round of war in the coming year.

So at the beginning of October, the war in the Dali region gradually subsided as the New Year approached and the cold winter arrived.

It's not just Dali.

In the Nishikawa Kingdom, the Battle of Panseokfu, which lasted for several months, also had a result in October.

In the face of the 50,000 troops of the Nanzhao Kingdom, the continuous siege, coupled with the personal action of Zhao Changqing, the innate grandmaster, even if there is Ji Hui in the city, it will not be able to support it for too long when the monk king has been injured.

Therefore, after defending for nearly three months, Ji Hui once again supported his seriously injured body to block Zhao Changqing, and finally lost the enemy and was hit hard again on the battlefield.

In the end, dragging his last breath, he had no choice but to abandon the city and break through to the outside of the city, and disappeared.

And without him, the innate grandmaster, the remaining thousands of remnants in the city cannot, of course, be Zhao Changqing's opponent.

On the day of Jihui's defeat, Panshi City was captured, and another city of Xichuan Kingdom fell to the head of Nanzhao.

However, perhaps because the siege of the city was too long, the Nanzhao army accumulated too much resentment, and after the city was broken, it immediately launched a massacre.

After two days of killing, the remaining more than 10,000 soldiers and civilians in the city all died at the hands of the rebels, and none of them were spared.

And after the news spread, it immediately caused panic in Xichuan and even in the surrounding areas.

A large number of Xichuan citizens began to flee, fleeing to the nearby Han China and Chu States.

Among them, Xichuan County of Chu State has received many refugees. And there are quite a few of them, 50,000 or 60,000 people.

Even according to the current trend, as the tyrannical behavior of the Nanzhao army continues, more people in the Xichuan region will flee, and this number may continue to increase, and it is not impossible to eventually reach more than 100,000.

Therefore, Lu Yuan also attaches great importance to this matter.

After receiving a report from Xichuan County on receiving the fugitives, he immediately issued a holy decree to let all the refugees who were received by that side be relocated and sent to Qianzhong County.

Now Qianzhong County is worried that there is not enough population to be full, and at this time, there can be 50,000 or 60,000 more refugees, which is just the right solution to the urgent need.

And it's not a one-shot deal.

As long as the Southern Zhao Army is still tyrannical in Xichuan County, then there will be countless refugees in Xichuan County who will continue to flee, which is a long-term population reception work with huge benefits.

After Lu Yuan even saw this, he directly ordered the Imperial City Division to let them have the manpower in Xichuan to try to encourage the local people, so that these people would also join the fleeing team and run to the Chu State together.

Now that Chu is in urgent need of population, it is good to be able to bring in one more household.

This work, Lu Yuan, as one of the priorities of this year and next year, has been handed over to the Imperial City Division and the Xichuan County local government to set up a professional working group to carry it out.

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The situation around the country is in the midst of fierce turmoil.

At this time of change, Lu Yuan is also trying to implement his strategy and conquer the southwest.

The conquest of Southwest Yi is not an overnight thing.

Now laying down Qianzhong County is just the first step. The second step is to stabilize the county and prevent external troubles. As for completely digesting and controlling this county, that is the third step.

Now that the first step has been completed, at most there is only the territory of Huichuan Country left, and I don't know if I want to take it over and make up for the territory of the ten prefectures in Qianzhong County.

But that's just a matter of necessity and inconsequential.

Therefore, the main strategic goal of the Chu State today is still the second step, to stabilize Qianzhong and put an end to external troubles.

This aspect of eliminating external troubles has been handed over to Li Xiong, as long as his Kunhai Kingdom can grow stronger, it can naturally isolate the Great Changhe Kingdom and the Nanzhao Kingdom, and block these two powerful enemies.

There is no need for Lu Yuan to care about it here.

The rest is to stabilize Qianzhong, which belongs to sorting out internal affairs, which is what he needs to deal with.

Therefore, after returning to Shicheng, Lu Yuan was busy dealing with the government affairs of various parts of Qianzhong County.

On the Qianzhong County side, because it is located on the front line and the complex public security situation in the territory, troops are needed everywhere, so it is still in a state of military control.

Therefore, even if the county guard has been appointed here, many things are not something that the local government can handle.

Many aspects involving military affairs need to be handed over to Lu Yuan's palace, and there is him, the king of the Holy Judge.

In addition, on the side of the Chu Imperial Court, there were also many things that the minister and Lan Cai'er, the queen, could not decide, and they were also sent over in an urgent manner for Lu Yuan to deal with.

All these things add up to keep him busy.

There are twelve hours a day, and I have to spare four hours to deal with official business, then two hours to practice, and the last six hours to eat, drink and rest.

The full schedule made Lu Yuan seem to have returned to the days of cultivation madness in the past.

Fortunately, with the slow combing of Qianzhong County, the local situation has become more and more stable, and it has gradually become less idle.

By the end of November, a large number of government affairs on the Qianzhong County side had been almost handled.

The remaining ones are also handled by the local county government itself, and there are fewer and fewer things that need Lu Yuan to make decisions.

His working hours of four hours a day have also been reduced to two hours, and he has more time to devote to cultivation.

Under Lu Yuan's busyness, after the officials of the Qianzhong County Government reviewed in November, the first household registration report in the county was finally delivered.

"Your Majesty, now that the statistics of the prefectures and counties in the county, the details of the household registration of the whole county in Qianzhong have been officially counted.

Today, in one county and eight prefectures, there are more than 92,300 households and more than 458,000 people in Chu.

Among these households, there are 40,000 households with 200,000 people, who are immigrants from Yulin County. There are 11,000 families and 55,000 people, who have just migrated from the Nishikawa country.

There are 31,300 households and 153,000 people, who are exiled from the country, and the local women and children have their household registration.

There are 7,000 households and 35,000 people, which are compiled by the prefecture and county soldiers recruited from the country, and after the local distribution of Yi women and children to form families.

In the end, there were 3,000 households and 15,000 people, who were recruited from the country and were made up after they came to settle down and married the women and children of the Yi people.

All of the above are the people of the king.

In addition, with the assistance of the forbidden army sent by the king, the people of the local prefectures and counties were also counted.

Today, there are more than 135,000 households and more than 473,000 people.

There are many of them, young and old, with only three or four people in a household, or even two or three people, and very few men.

Moreover, most of them resented my Dachu, and if the innocent people helped to assimilate, they might eventually become a local hidden danger. ”

Gu Weijun, the county guard of Qianzhong County, came to the palace with a thick household registration book and reported to Lu Yuan.

After taking the registration book, while listening to the other party's report, and looking at it, Lu Yuan couldn't help asking: "In this way, now there are 227,300 households and 930,000 people in Chuyi in Qianzhong County?" ”

Gu Weijun replied respectfully: "Back to the king, that's exactly the case. ”

When Lu Yuan heard this, he couldn't help but nod with satisfaction.

This expedition to the Great Changhe Kingdom opened up the Qianzhong County, a county of eight prefectures and 4,000 miles, and in terms of territory, it can be said that it has increased by about half on the basis of the original Great Chu.

In terms of population, although the growth is modest, it has only increased by about 630,000 people. Among them, only about 150,000 are being assimilated.

But even so, the population of 630,000 is almost one-tenth of the total population of the original Great Chu.

If you include the immigrants from both sides of Yulim County and Xichuan Province, it is more than one-tenth of the total population.

The increase in these territories and populations has undoubtedly raised the national strength of Dachu to a new level.

Counting the previous accumulation, the current state of Chu is already a quasi-large country with four counties and twenty-five prefectures and a population of more than seven million.

In terms of comprehensive strength, it is already equivalent to half of Ningguo. It is one step closer to the goal of seizing the overlord of Yangzhou on the other side.

With such a big harvest, how could Lu Yuan not be happy?

Therefore, after confirming it, he said to Gu Weijun: "There are 135,000 households left, you don't need to worry. By next year, the Ministry of Punishment should have exiled another 20,000 sinners. On the side of the military department and the household department, it is also guaranteed to recruit 5,000 prefectural soldiers and immigrants.

There are 25,000 people in the country, which is enough to absorb a large number of immigrants.

Moreover, on the side of Xichuan Country, I also ordered Xichuan County to recruit immigrants, and I will continue to migrate over to enrich the household registration of Qianzhong County.

In addition, there are 250,000 immigrants from Yulim County and Xichuan Province who have migrated from Yulin County and Xichuan Province before.

Among so many people, there should be more than 10,000 unmarried men of appropriate age.

Your local government can also do something about this, assign some women and children to these people, and digest the local people.

In this way, in terms of immigration, at least 20,000 Yi families can be absorbed.

All of this adds up to 45,000 households next year.

Solve some in the year after next, and some more in the year after......

In three or four years, there will not be much left of the local people.

In the end, even if there are tens of thousands of Yi people left, in the face of this surging trend, they will not be able to turn up any storms. ”

As for how to digest the women and children everywhere in the place, Lu Yuan can be said to have been thinking about it these days. Not only was he thinking about it, but he also gathered some of his close ministers to think about it together.

In the end, the above two paths were summarized.

One relies on the internal exile of sinners and the recruitment of immigrants.

One relies on obtaining marriageable men from immigrants.

These two paths can continue to help Qianzhong County and digest the local people.

In addition to the above two ways, there is actually a third way, that is, to transform a group from the forbidden army and let them serve as the county soldiers of Qianzhong County.

In the Great Chu country, although the military system has been reformed, the salaries of local government and county soldiers have become much worse than those of the forbidden army.

But this is not the case for all local armies.

For example, the county soldiers, in the country of Great Chu, belong to the sequence of soldiers.

In other words, the salary of the county soldiers is actually no worse than that of the forbidden army. Both belong to the soldiers, but one is the local army and the other is the central army, and they belong to different countries.

Therefore, it is not very difficult to transform the forbidden army into county soldiers, and there will not be much resistance.

It's just that the conditions on the side of Qianzhong County are still the same as they were said before.

Local rebellions, proximity to war zones, etc., not to mention these.

After all, the forbidden army was also fighting everywhere, wasn't it on the side of Qianzhong County at this time, fighting with Dachang and the country?

That's what I eat, and no one is afraid of it.

But the environment here is really bad, and it is a real poor country.

The most intuitive point.

Now the eight prefectures in the county, with a total of less than a million people, can know how poor they are here.

The forbidden army is not afraid of war, not afraid of danger, but people are afraid of poverty?

Even if the salary is the same, in the world of flowers, but in the countryside, it is a different experience.

In fact, this environmental difference is equivalent to some gaps.

Therefore, it is not difficult to transform the forbidden army under his command into soldiers in Qianzhong.

However, Lu Yuan also made some compensation for this. If there is a forbidden army willing to be converted into a county soldier, then the imperial court can compensate each transformed county soldier with 100 acres of land.

Anyway, the land in Qianzhong County is vast and sparsely populated, and after the war, there are large tracts of fertile land abandoned and uncultivated.

At this time, it was collected and distributed as a welfare treatment to the county soldiers who were willing to settle in the local area.

With this condition, it can still attract a lot of people.

After all, a hundred acres of land is basically equivalent to a small landlord.

As everyone knows.

The life of the landlord is certainly much higher than that of ordinary people, and even some wealthy classes among the common people.

This wealthy class naturally includes those who are forbidden to the army.

If you settle down here and convert into a county soldier with a similar salary, you can have such conditions and benefits, which is enough for some people to give up the world of flowers and come here to earn this family business.

Especially among Lu Yuan's forbidden army, many of them are reorganized Northern Zhou people, these people were taken captive to the south, and they can no longer return to their homes in the northern Zhou State, which is about the same as being single.

Therefore, there are many bachelors in the forbidden army today.

For these homeless and unemployed people, if they can earn a family business here in Qianzhong County, it is enough to make their family inheritance worry-free.

Well, taking into account the special situation of Qianzhong County now, after settling down, a wife and a few children will be assigned immediately. Even on the condition of the county soldiers, it is not impossible to divide one or two more wives and children to satisfy the wishes of three wives and four concubines.

When you think about it this way, it's even more fascinating.

Therefore, after this generous treatment spread in the army, many soldiers of the forbidden army were already moved and began to apply for transformation into county soldiers.

Now Lu Yuan is asking people to be in charge of this matter in the forbidden army, to do the ideological work of those single forbidden soldiers.

At present, the progress is quite smooth, and about 3,000 forbidden troops have filled in the application.

It's just that it is still necessary to adjust the defense area, adjust the establishment, and supplement some of the original troops for the time being, and it will not be completed so quickly for the time being.

However, with the efficiency of Lu Yuan's generals, these things are expected to be completed by March next year.

Moreover, when the time comes, the number of the transformed forbidden army may reach 5,000, or even seven or eight thousand, and it is not impossible to complete the establishment of tens of thousands of county soldiers in a county at one time.

At that time, after these county soldiers settle down, they can absorb a large number of local people.

At that time, the control of Qianzhong County will also become more and more stable.

In order to govern Qianzhong County, Lu Yuan can be regarded as racking his brains.