Summoning the Peak of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 776: Expanding the Army by 24
Chapter 774: Expanding the Army by 24
The crisis between Jiang Xia and Changsha is actually not as serious as Qin Hao said.

Liu Yao was indeed planning to invade Jiangxia, and Hong Xiuquan was also planning to invade Jingnan. However, Jiangxia and Changsha possessed the Yangtze River moat, and the other was blocked by the mountains of Lingnan. As long as Huang Zu and Han Xuan could return smoothly, it was not a big problem to defend the chassis.

Although Han Xuan did not understand the military, he still had Wei Yan, a general under his command, and Wei Yan alone might not be able to stop the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, but the mountains of Lingnan were a natural barrier for Jingzhou and Jiaozhou. It was difficult, and Hong Xiuquan's heart to go north was not firm.

Huang Zu and Han Xuan didn't know this, so they both agreed to Qin Hao's unequal treaty, and then the rest of the matter naturally became simpler.

After Huang Tingjian and Han Yuanji met their respective fathers, they learned that their father agreed with Qin Hao's conditions, so they returned to handle the handover.

The fastest to reach Qin Hao's hands in China is naturally the land of the six counties ceded by Huang Zu. After all, the transportation of money and grain is still very inconvenient, and the amount of compensation for Changsha is very large, of course, it is impossible to transport it all at once.

The amount of food and grain that Han Xuan compensated this time was enough to support the [-] Qin army for one year. Changsha could not afford to pay at one time, so he could only accompany half of it first, and pay the rest in three years.

Regarding the ceded six counties, Qin Hao asked Yue Fei to send troops to directly take over the three counties of Nanjun, and Xiangyang County has also owned fifteen counties since then.

As for the three Jiangbei counties in Jiangxia, Qin Hao has other arrangements.

Qin Hao planned to divide the eastern and southeastern counties of Nanyang into six counties, with Zhangling County as the center, plus three counties in Jiangbei, a total of nine counties and another county, named Zhangling County.

Qin Hao's act of directly dividing a county into several counties will definitely become more and more frequent in the future.

With the advent of the era of feudal hegemony, localities are fighting each other. Today you take a city from me, and tomorrow I take a county from you. If you want to take full control of each other's territory, it will take a long time, and in order to govern new areas, it is inevitable to redistribute areas. .

In the original history, Nanyang was gradually divided into several counties, such as Nanxiang County and Zhangling County, and Zhangling County was even abandoned several times after its establishment.

Shangyong County, which is close to Jingzhou and Yizhou, is divided from Hanzhong County;

Shouchun County in the land of Jianghuai was also divided from Jiujiang County.

In the later period of the Shu Han, the land of 98 counties and 3 roads in the eight counties of Yizhou and the three countries were directly divided into more than 30 counties.

It can be seen that such a more detailed division of the site is not only conducive to the division of regions, but also conducive to local governance, and can also prevent local prefects from centralizing power.

The main purpose of Qin Hao's establishment of Zhangling County was to guard against Yuan Shu in the east. After all, the relationship between him and Yuan Shu has always been very poor.

As for the candidates for the prefect, Qin Hao decided to send Xin Qiji, who had made great contributions in this battle, to serve as the prefect, and Zhou Yu's father Zhou Yi to serve as the governor.

Yuan Shu knew how powerful Qin Hao was, and there was another Li Mi in Yuzhou. It was impossible for a short-term war between Qin Hao and Yuan Shu to break out, and this did not give Qin Hao the opportunity to recruit and train troops on the spot.

"Xin Qiji, the marquis appointed you as the prefect of Zhangling County, commanding the nine counties of Zhangling County. After taking office, you can recruit [-] troops on the spot. As for the post of county chief, Zhou Yi will serve as the chapter." Qin Hao said solemnly. .

"Thank you, Lord, for your trust." The two said excitedly.

Xin Qiji's both civil and military skills, plus an army of [-] people, even if it is not Yuan Shu's civil and military opponent, it will definitely delay Qin Hao enough time.

Now the main opponent of the Qin army is Dong Zhuo, so there are not too many people to guard against Yuan Shu. After Qin Hao has dealt with Dong Zhuo, he will definitely send a general to Xin Qiji.

With the division of Zhangling County, Qin Hao also has some four counties under his command, and Jingzhou has also changed from nine counties to ten counties.

Although Nanyang County was divided three times, leaving only fourteen counties, it was still the richest and most populous county under Qin Hao's command.

After these three divisions, the overall situation of the Qin army is also approximate.

Nanyang County, under the jurisdiction of Wancheng and other 12 counties, is prefect Qin Hao with [-] troops.

Xiangyang County, which governs [-] counties including Xiangyang, is prefect, Yue Fei, with [-] troops.

Nanxiang County, under the jurisdiction of Nanxiang and other eight counties, the prefect Zhang Liao, with [-] troops.

Zhangling County, under the jurisdiction of Zhangling and other nine counties, the prefect Xin Qiji, has [-] troops.

Among these four counties, except for Yue Fei's Xiangyang County, which will change in the future, Qin Hao, the rest of the prefectures, is no longer ready to change.

And once the pattern of these four counties is fully formed, Qin Hao's soldiers will rise to 24, surpassing Qin Wen of Bingzhou at once, and becoming the second largest prince after Dong Zhuo.

Before going south, Qin Hao was sitting in Nanyang County, 36 counties, with 240 million people and 13 troops.

Now Qin Hao owns four counties, 45 counties, 300 million people and 24 troops.

In just a few months, the Qin army's territory did not increase much, but the number of troops increased by 11.

This is also because the Qin army is rich in financial resources, coupled with the large population of the four counties, otherwise it would be impossible to expand the army so quickly.

Such a rapid expansion of the army will inevitably lead to a decline in the overall quality. Therefore, Qin Hao will not let the recruits go to the battlefield easily before the recruits have been thoroughly trained. Moreover, it takes time to build weapons and armor.

With the constant rumors of Dong Zhuo's absurd behavior from Chang'an, Qin Hao can already foresee the day of arguing against Dong is just around the corner.

To deal with Dong Zhuo this time, Qin Hao will only use 12 elites from Wancheng, while the 12 new troops will stay and garrison the base camp to protect the four counties in Jingbei.

After the end of the Battle of Jingbei, Kou Xun, one of the 28 generals in Yuntai, was the only enemy general captured alive.

Kou Xun ranked fifth among the 28 generals in Yuntai. He is also a talented political general with both civil and military skills. Qin Hao also tested his five-dimensional for the first time.

Kou Xun: Commander 93, Force 82, Intelligence 92, Politics 96, Charisma 88.

This attribute is too balanced and comprehensive. Kou Xun is simply an all-rounder. No wonder he can be ranked fifth in the cloud platform. How could Qin Hao let go of such a talent?

Qin Hao admits that his eloquence is still good, and even Zhang Liang, the sage, was persuaded by himself, so how can he help a little Kou Xun?

It turns out that Qin Hao was slapped in the face.

Ren Qinhao said that his mouth was dry, and he even made a promise not to let Kou Xun deal with Liu Xiu, but Kou Xun remained indifferent.

This made Qin Hao sigh about the loyal ministers of Yuntai's generals, and at the same time, he couldn't help but sigh about Liu Xiu's good luck.

Kou Xun's reluctance to surrender does not mean that Qin Hao will give up. He can't persuade Kou Xun, so let Kou Xun's family come to persuade him slowly.

It takes a year if it doesn't work in one day, and ten years if it doesn't work in a year. Anyway, Qin Hao is very patient, and Kou Xun's meal is not bad.

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