Chapter 769

"Half a million."

Sitting on the Dragon chair, Xiao Ming's heart is torn. The increase of more than 300000 people will be a huge military expenditure.

Even if Niu Zhen didn't say anything, he also had the idea of expanding the army. When he was the king of Qi, he thought that more than 100000 troops were overloaded, but now he suddenly felt that this soldier was just a drop of water falling into the lake.

Because of this, it made him in a dilemma, quite an embarrassment of no soldiers.

"I had this intention for a long time. In this case, the military aircraft Department began to recruit soldiers."

Xiao Ming said in a deep voice: in fact, every year the army does not stop conscription, but the number of conscripts is maintained at the same standard.

This time, he promised that in addition to the reason of the barbarian invasion, the most important thing was that under the background of the gradual prosperity of industry, he had the ability and necessity to stabilize the surrounding environment, and began to compete with the West for the colony.

And if he wants to make the people of Dayu as rich as the west, he must go abroad to compete with the West for the bonus of the era of sea navigation.

Niu Zhen was relieved. He did not dare to mention it in the court just now, because he knew that as long as he proposed to expand the army, civil servants headed by Fijian and Pang Yukun would argue for it.

He knew that it would be more difficult for the State Treasury to recuperate and recruit soldiers. However, in the hearts of soldiers, it is their duty to defend the territory and open up new frontiers. Only with powerful armaments can the state be stable.

After talking about the expansion of the army, Niu Zhen continued: "emperor, do you have another request? "

" general Niu, please. "

" I think it's not proper for Luo Quan to be idle at home. Now the state of Dayu is in the time of employing people, so we should make the best use of everything. " Niu Zhen said carefully.

Xiao Ming nodded slightly. If Niu Zhen hadn't mentioned it, he would have forgotten the slippery army God of Dayu.

In the past, the veteran refused to enter the army to avoid suspicion. At that time, Xiao Ming was not willing to use him because the army was unstable. After all, everyone in the Luo family was afraid.

But now that the military reform has been completed and he firmly holds the power of the army in his own hands, he doesn't care.

After all, he can take any general at any time he likes without causing a rebellion in the army.

After thinking for a while, he said, "it's really time to let this veteran out of the mountain. During this time, I heard that he often went to the military academy to listen in. I think he must have some different opinions on the army of Dayu."

When Niu Zhen hears the speech, he breathes a layer of cold sweat behind his back. Xiao Ming tells him that Luo Quan's every move is under his eyelids.

He said honestly: "Luo Quan is used to leading soldiers and fighting after all, so he is quite concerned about military affairs. Once he mentioned with my minister that he wanted to go to the military academy to listen in, and my minister agreed at that time."

"I see. It's good that he still stays on the top of sword, bow and horse. In this case, I'll let him go to Yizhou to see if he was still the military God of that year." Xiao Ming said.

"Yes, Emperor. "

Niu Zhen bowed himself and said that this time he proposed to use Luo Quan, he also had his own selfishness.

With the increase of the number of troops and future wars, he is a little busy now. With Luo Quan as a helper, he can be more relaxed.

For Xiao Ming, he is also willing to let Luo Quan return to the army, because for him, he does not need Luo Quan and Niu Zhen to personally direct the soldiers against each other. What he needs is the strategic vision of the two in a war.

Seeing off Niu Zhen, Xiao Ming looks to Yizhou. Now he only hopes that Xiao Zhen and di Ying can stay in Yizhou for a little longer.

……

Yizhou.

Xiao Zhen and di Ying stood on the wall together, looking at the barbarian army under the city. Ten days have passed since they arrived at Yizhou city.

During these ten days, the barbarian slave soldiers would attack the city every day, making the army in the city tired of coping with it. The most important problem is that the ammunition consumption of the army led by Dean is very serious, so that they will not be able to use guns to stop the tide of barbarian slave soldiers.

"Damn barbarians, when the reinforcements arrive, they will be killed." Dean's eyes were red.

After killing the king of Shu, he and Xiao Zhen took over the thirteen prefectures of Bashu. After receiving an order from Qingzhou, it was officially renamed Yizhou Prefecture.

Like the original plan, one of them is responsible for government affairs and the other is responsible for military affairs. Bashu is moving towards normalization in this year.

But now the barbarians are disrupting this, and it's as painful as seeing a child raised by himself killed by the enemy.

Xiao Zhen's eyes swept over the Musketeers on the city wall. Now he suddenly felt that he was not wronged at all when he lost. In the past ten days, he really saw the strength of this firearm army.

After the barbarians conquered Songzhou, they even conquered two cities on the route to Yizhou, but in Yizhou their offensive was delayed.

In the scorching war of ten days, DIYing led these 20000 firearm troops to fight against the barbarians. Now there are more corpses under the city than theirs."It's a pity that if the 30000 soldiers in Songzhou were changed into firemen, there would be no barbarians breaking the city." Xiao Zhen sighed.

DIYing's face was gloomy, and he said, "who would have thought that the old part of the king of Shu was so vulnerable."

Referring to the king of Shu, a trace of guilt flashed in Xiao Zhen's eyes. He didn't want to kill his brother, but he had to.

After the king of Shu was killed, the old troops of the king of Shu in all States and counties surrendered to di Ying one after another. Di Ying appeased these soldiers and promoted some generals to control these troops.

Especially in Songzhou, he even sent his own generals to take charge of the town, but no one thought that the barbarians would make soldiers come.

"It's not that the old part of the king of Shu is vulnerable, but the barbarian's fighting method is different from before. Look at the earth pit outside Yizhou city. I've never seen this kind of fighting method before."

What Di Ying said was just angry words. If he lost Songzhou, he would be punished this time. As Xiao Zhen said, the barbarian tactics really surprised him.

Because he found that the barbarians had learned to use the moat to encircle the city, which was the way that the state of Dayu used to defend the city.

During the ten day siege, the barbarian slave soldiers attacked the city and dug a trench around Yizhou city. The soldiers used the trench to avoid bullet shooting, and then climbed up the ladder when they arrived at the bottom of the city. This kind of fighting method greatly weakened the role of muskets in the siege.

But in this way, the barbarian cavalry can not enter the city, but DIYing is very clear, the purpose of the barbarian is to plunder.

So the cavalry didn't plan to enter the city at all. They were just barbarian slave soldiers attacking Yizhou city. If they could break the city, it would be good. If they couldn't, they would surround them here and hold down the army of Dayu.

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