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Chapter 433, military expansion and preparation for war

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    When the Qinghe army was in full swing in various constructions in Yunxi Prefecture, the prefectures and counties in the Jiangbei province controlled by the imperial court were also actively expanding their armies and preparing for war.

    The 20th Corps of the People's Army, commanded by Qin Lie, was defeated in both battles at Yingzui Peak in Luyang Province.

    Then they had to get out of the way and let the Qinghe army go south.

    However, the Qinghe Army did not go south to Dongjiang Province, but took a detour and captured Yunxi Mansion in the east of Jiangbei Province by surprise.

    Although Yunxi Mansion is in the eastern part of Jiangbei Province, Jiangbei Province is Qin Lie's lair.

    How could someone else be allowed to snore on the side of the couch, Qin Lie's lair was threatened, so naturally he couldn't ignore it.

    King Ning's army was on the front line of Yingzui Peak again, and could enter several prefectures and counties in the south of Luyang at any time, which put a lot of pressure on Qin Lie.

    After thinking twice, Qin Lie gave up several prefectures and counties in the south of Luyang. After burning, killing and looting all of them, he led the 20th Corps of the People's Army back to Jiangbei Province.

    As soon as Qin Lie's troops left the southern part of Luyang Province, King Ning's son Long Jun led his troops to occupy the scorched-earth southern part of Luyang Province.

    King Ning's troops have just swallowed the huge Luyang Province, and it will take time to digest it.

    Although they are strongly dissatisfied with Qin Lie and the others for turning the southern part of the province into a piece of scorched earth, they can only remember this vengeance and wait for it to be counted later.

    King Ning went back to rectify Luyang Province, so he didn't care about Jiangbei Province which was close at hand.

    Now that Chen Zi'ang's troops have occupied the Yunxi Mansion in the east of the province, King Ning wished that they would fight Qin Lie to the death, and then come to clean up the mess.

    King Ning withdrew his troops from the border area between Luyang Province and Jiangbei Province, which made Qin Lie heave a sigh of relief. Then he hurriedly transferred the main force back to the capital of Jiangbei Province, preparing to deal with Chen Ziang's Qinghe Army.

    Qin Lie's 20th Corps of the People's Army originally had more than 50,000 troops, which is considered to be quite strong in Jiangbei Province.

    However, he went to Luyang province for a while, lost soldiers and got nothing, and Chen Ziang took over his old nest, so it can be said that the loss was quite heavy.

    Qin Lie left behind his fourth son and led an army of 10,000 to station at the junction of Luyang Province and Jiangbei Province to monitor King Ning.

    And the army he himself led back to the capital of Jiangbei province had only nearly 20,000 exhausted soldiers.

    Chen Zi'ang's Qinghe Army's Second Corps has nearly 100,000 soldiers, while Qin Lie's Civilian Army's 20th Corps, plus the Jiangbei provincial garrison, and the garrison troops stationed in various prefectures and counties in the region, can only mobilize 40,000 to 50,000 troops for combat.  People, and the only ones who can really fight are his 20,000 militiamen.

    If you use this little army to fight Chen Ziang, it will be like hitting a stone with a pebble, and you will only seek your own death.

    To drive Chen Ziang out of Yunxi Mansion and out of Jiangbei Province, Qin Lie now needs at least 150,000 troops.

    "Expand and prepare for war!"

    Therefore, the first thing Qin Lie did after returning to the provincial capital was to issue the slogan of expanding the army and preparing for war.

    "Our Jiangbei Province has experienced conquests by various rebels, and the people are struggling to survive. Now that the rebels have finally been wiped out and stabilized, the people urgently need to recuperate. Once the army is expanded to prepare for war, the crops will be barren."

    Facing Qin Lie's idea of ??expanding his army and preparing for war, the Governor of Jiangbei Province resolutely opposed it.

    ?Because Jiangbei Province finally settled down to heal the wounds of the war, if a large number of people are recruited to join the army now, and the land is uncultivated, people in Jiangbei Province will starve to death next year.

    "The thieves are entrenched in Yunxi Mansion. If you don't expand your army and prepare for war, then it's not a matter of starving to death, but your and my heads will fall to the ground!"

    Qin Lie scoffed at the opposition of the Governor of Jiangbei Province, as long as the Qinghe army was defeated, there would be no food to go out to grab.

    However, if the Qinghe Army is entrenched in Yunxi Mansion, not only will he have trouble sleeping and eating, but he will also be worried that the Qinghe Army will call to kill him at any time.

    Moreover, he couldn't pass the test of the court, because he is the general of the 20th Corps of the People's Army.

    Now he is in control of the 20th Corps of the Civilian Army, but in the dark, there are still many rich and powerful families who are watching for this authority, and they will pounce on him at any time.

    The Governor of Jiangbei Province nominally controls the armed forces of the entire province.

    But now there are only more than 10,000 provincial garrison troops with weak combat effectiveness belonging to the direct line of the governor of Jiangbei province.

    Although there were only more than 20,000 people from the 20th Corps of the People's Army who returned to the provincial capital, they went through countless bloody battles to wipe out the rebels.? Combat power cannot be underestimated.

    Once there is an internal strife between the provincial garrison and the 20th Corps of the People's Army, others will benefit.

    "Can you delay the time to attack the bandit army, and expand the army when the farming is slack?"

    Facing the aggressive Qin Lie, the Governor of Jiangbei Province was also in a dilemma and had to compromise.

    "We can wait, but the bandits won't give us time."

    "Once they have gained a firm foothold in Yunxi Mansion, it will be as difficult as heaven to drive them away."

    "Besides, the rebel army is strong and strong. After they gain a foothold, they may sweep other prefectures and counties at any time. At that time, we will be even more passive."

    "So it is not too late to expand our army and prepare for war. We must recruit a large number of soldiers in a short period of time, and drive them out of our Jiangbei province while the bandit army is not stable."

    "But if this happens, next year's life in Jiangbei Province will be very difficult." The governor of the province sighed.

    "As long as we hold on to the Jiangbei province, we will find a way to solve the problem of food shortage in the future."

    Facing Qin Lie, commander of the 20th Corps of the People's Army who insisted on expanding the army, the Governor of Jiangbei Province finally compromised.

    As a condition of compromise, Qin Lie agreed to expand the garrison force of Jiangbei Province under the command of the Governor of Jiangbei Province to 30,000.

    The Governor of Jiangbei Province expanded the provincial garrison as a last resort, because if he had no soldiers in hand, he would not be able to suppress Qin Lie in the future.

    But in fact, he can no longer be suppressed now. He is the governor of the province in name and has military and political power.

    However, Qin Lie's 20th Corps of the Civilian Army could not be commanded by him at all. The 20th Corps of the Civilian Army has become a powerful force independent of the imperial court, although they still obey the imperial court in name.

    Qin Lie's expansion of the provincial garrison to 30,000 was actually paving the way for his own military expansion.

    Following Qin Lie's order, the 20th Corps of the People's Army immediately went into action, sending people to various prefectures and counties to recruit troops.

    Qin Lie's task for these generals is very simple, that is, within two months, the 20th Corps of the People's Army will expand to 200,000 people.

    From the sudden expansion of tens of thousands to 200,000, officers at all levels are very excited, because it means that they will also be promoted several levels in a row.

    However, they also have tasks, and those who fail to complete the recruitment tasks will not be promoted.

    For their own future, officers at all levels of the 20th Corps of the Civilian Army also resorted to various means to recruit troops.

    Some people sent troops to forcibly arrest the young and strong in various villages and towns, and some directly offered generous conditions to recruit various insurgents.

    For a while, the territory of Jiangbei Province was flying like dogs and dogs, and there were young and strong militiamen and garrison soldiers everywhere for the purpose of expanding the army.  (Remember the site URL: www.hlnovel.com
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