The crossing starts from the Datang Shuanglong

Chapter 169
Today's Piling County is better than before.

Outside the city of Jinling, there are continuous waterways, hundreds of boats vying for the flow, horses and horses like dragons, the level of bustle and hustle and bustle is much better than that of the past, it is really prosperous.

Piling County is originally a large county in the south of the Yangtze River. According to the population statistics organized by the Sui Dynasty government in the fifth year of Daye, Piling County has four counties under its jurisdiction, including Jinling, Jiangyin, Wuxi, and Yixing, with a total population of [-] There were more than five hundred households. Based on the population of a household at that time, the number of people in the county was about [-] or so.

In comparison, Zhongli County and Xuancheng County, which are not far from Piling County, have a population of only [-] households and a population of [-] households, almost only a fraction of that of Piling County.

Not only that--

The previous few years were famine years, so that the people in the north of Jiangdu could not make a living. First, they had to eat bark and leaves, and then boiled soil for food. A large number of refugees fled to the south of the Yangtze River.

Even though more than half of these refugees who frantically poured into Piling County were diverted by Chu Tianxiu to Hudouzhou, Yongdong, Yizhou and other places to fill those barren lands, but because Chu Tianxiu's original migration was not compulsory , After all, a large part of the manpower was dispersed to the four counties of Piling County, making the population of today's Piling County probably more than 15.

In ancient times, a country's war potential was determined by food, population, and iron!

With the current situation in Piling County, even if it is only based on the conventional method of drawing soldiers, one out of five soldiers will be drawn, then a full [-] soldiers can be drawn from this county alone.

In fact, Chu Tianxiu's overseas power is not counted now. Just relying on his strength in Piling County, it is enough for him to sweep the south of the Yangtze River after the uprising and become a prince.

After Chu Tianxiu visited Tianxia Building with great interest, he admired Fengyue, then revealed his identity, went to Tianranju, washed off the dust on his body in the private room of Tianranju, and recovered his spirit.

After a while, Qin Qiong, Gui Xiliang and other civil and military generals who happened to be in Jinling at this time came to hear the news and gathered together.

"You gentlemen!"

Chu Tianxiu sat on the main seat, with a graceful and dignified face, and said word by word, sonorously:
"I think that the Sui court's luck is not stable, and something big will happen in half a year! I think that the troops will be rectified immediately, and the troops will rise up in April next year, directly attack Yangzhou, and take down Jiangdu!"

"what?"

Everyone present was shocked.

Now that Yang Guang is not dead, although the Great Sui Dynasty is in chaos, its vitality is still there. No one can see the future changes clearly. Therefore, no one present can be sure whether after raising troops, they will jump up like a real dragon or like a real dragon. Died like a meteor.

The world is fighting for the dragon, if you fail, you will die.Even Chu Tianxiu, who is familiar with the plot and history, is only [-]% sure of success, and dare not say that he has grasped all the general trends of the world in his hands.

The remaining layer of probability is naturally because of his arrival, which caused the general situation of the world to change.

"As ordered!"

Even though there was some hesitation in his heart, Chu Tianxiu, who had laid down the foundation with his bare hands, had already established enough authority in the hearts of his subordinates, so no one would question his behavior at this time.

Not to mention, as the power under Chu Tianxiu's banner grew stronger and stronger, translations were gradually born in the hearts of everyone present, so they only calculated in their hearts how to mobilize their power and check for gaps.

"All right, you are my military adviser, and you are the most familiar with government affairs. Tell me about it! After half a year of preparation, how many troops can we dispatch! What is still lacking at this time."

After Xu Xingzhi, whose eyes showed the radiance of wisdom, came out, he only thought about it in his heart, and said like a few treasures:

"If only the military strength is counted, there are more than 12 troops under my lord's command now! However, there are nearly half of them, with complicated backgrounds, difficult command, almost like bandits, and cannot be transferred to the Central Plains. With its vast territory and huge profits from sea trade, at least [-] troops must be deployed overseas, so if the lord wants to mobilize troops, he can draw up to [-] troops at most."

When he said this, Xu Xingzhi's voice paused, and he seemed to feel that the number of troops was a little small, so he said again:
"4 troops are indeed not many, but these soldiers and horses are either from the old background of the Zhenhai Navy, or recruited from the Sui Dynasty. They are all elite troops. The power of battle."

The number Xu Xingzhi said was indeed a little small, but it was very in line with Chu Tianxiu's current situation.

The troops he was talking about were almost bandits, but he was actually referring to the gang members under the Qiangmen League, as well as the gang members of the original Zhujiangyin branch that Li Jing brought to Ryukyu.

The origins of these people are extremely complicated. There are not only gang members who joined the gang of Qianmengmeng, but also those scattered people who were really bewitched by Yang Gong's treasure house, and there are even some thieves who are purely trying to get rich. The Dongying people, Silla people, grassland people, and even Baekje people and Goguryeo people hired by the big gangs.

If necessary, these people were indeed commanded and driven by Li Jing, let them form a system, and plundered the coast of Goguryeo in batches and pieces, just like cutting flesh with a sharp knife, disturbing the restlessness of Goguryeo, so they can also be regarded as under Chu Tianxiu's banner armed.

However, even with Li Jing's level of commanding troops, he can subdue them and drive them, but he can't change the wolf nature in their bodies. If they are really transferred back to the country, they must harvest the great rivers and mountains of the Central Plains into patches of white land, so If it is not necessary, it is true that this group of people cannot be used in the Central Plains.

"4 horses is indeed a little small, but it is enough! Well, I plan to clean up that Li Zitong within two months before attacking Jiangdu. Please help me to order first, from overseas Take back five thousand soldiers and horses, and give it a try."

Chu Tianxiu was not disappointed at all. After all, before he attacked Goguryeo, even though he had pieced together everything and even used the gang disciples, he could only put together [-] soldiers and horses. Now it has only been about a year and a half. It can reach such a level, which is enough to satisfy him, without being too demanding.

20 soldiers and horses may not seem like many, but in the entire Jiangnan area, apart from Yang Guang, who holds [-] forbidden troops, only Du Fuwei of Jianghuai can compete with him in terms of military strength.In addition, even the strength of the Lingnan Song Clan is probably two times inferior.

Xu Xingzhi was slightly taken aback, his eyes couldn't help but look in Qin Qiong's direction, and then he said:
"Soldiers with more than 5000 troops? My lord, this is a bit of a coincidence. It happened to be the autumn harvest season, and the [-] Hudouzhou soldiers under General Qin had been dispatched from Ryukyu the day before. Matters concerning the autumn harvest in Hudouzhou. If the lord needs it, the autumn plowing can be finished in up to eight days, the training is completed, and the lord can go out to fight."

Very good!

Chu Tianxiu originally thought that if he wanted to transport troops back from overseas, it would take a lot of time and energy, but he didn't want to have the right troops at this time.

Maybe it's because Li Zitong has done so many bad things that the heavens couldn't bear to let him live another ten days and a half months?

(End of this chapter)