In fact, the Mongolian and Yuan court sent a new household of ten thousand people here, which was definitely not a good thing for them.

Although Wu Nian killed a Jin Huan Shan outside Jiang County, it was also a sneak attack. It was not easy to kill ten thousand households.

But strategically, we despise the enemy, and tactically, we value the enemy.

Only those who firmly believe that they can win can achieve the ultimate victory.

Wu Nian believed that he would be able to raise 100,000 troops and march north to the capital of Mongolia and Yuan Dynasty to wipe out the barbarians.

I have always believed it.

When Liu Zhixing and Chen Jiagui heard these words, they were both thunderous and very uplifting.

The same goes for the twenty-two soldiers surrounding him.

Everyone looked at Wu Nian and bowed their heads slightly to show respect.

Wu Nian first asked Chen Jiagui to go down, and then ordered his soldiers to get the map, spread it on the round table, and looked down at it with Liu Zhixing.

"Puguli is in our north, Wan Yanxian is in our east, Jin Ruiyun is in our east, Hou Wancheng has gone to the south. Chunyuan is on the Shanhaiguan line."

"What an iron-clad wall."

Wu Nian looked at the map with a solemn look on his face.

Tactically they cannot be underestimated.

Liu Zhixing's face was also very solemn. He looked down at the map, stretched out his right hand and clicked on the north and south sides of the map. He raised his head and said to Wu Nian: "General, attack Puguli to the north and occupy the entire Yingqing Mansion. Or go to

Going south and getting the sea are all choices."

"How to attack depends on the situation."

Wu Nian nodded, stood up and said: "That's right. Whether it's occupying Yingqing Mansion or gaining access to the sea, they all have the same attraction for me. But without one's own strength, everything is empty talk."

"For making iron, you must be strong yourself. Let's first see how many people we have and how many soldiers we can expand."

Where is the hard-and-fast plan for fighting a war?

Soldiers have no constant momentum, and water has no constant shape.

It's just a matter of adapting to circumstances and adapting to changing circumstances.

Whether you go east, south, west, or north, you can make a choice based on the development of the current situation and your own strength.

Wu Nian can't guarantee now which direction he will attack when the time comes.

These four households guarded three directions respectively, and they really did the right thing.

"Speaking of demographics. Calculate the time and we should have summarized it by now." Liu Zhixing said with a smile on his face.

"Oh. That's good. Let's wait a little longer and see how many troops we can expand." Wu Nian became energetic and sat back down.

It was already halfway through the afternoon. Wu Nian was a martial arts practitioner and he was very hungry. After sitting for a while, Wu Nian's stomach growled and he couldn't bear it. He asked someone to cut a lot of cooked meat and prepared it for him.

Pickled radish, sat in the pavilion, and drank wine with Liu Zhixing.

What a coincidence. As soon as the two of them finished eating and put down their chopsticks, an official came in from outside, holding a blue booklet in his hand.

The official bent down and handed the book to Wu Nian. He lowered his head and said, "General, this is the population list that has just been calculated."

Wu Nian lowered his head and looked at the leftovers on the table, reached out and took the booklet, stood up and nodded towards Liu Zhixing.

The two people left the pavilion and sat down on the bench under the corridor. The soldiers and officials also followed suit. The soldiers dispersed in all directions, and the security was very tight.

Wu Nian lowered his head, unfolded the booklet in his hand, and read it, with a happy look on his face.

The data in the booklet is very detailed.

It no longer counts the population in the Beishanbao method. Instead, it counts Jiang County, Ding County, and Yuan County as the units.

Including castles and mountain villages.

Military households, civilian households.

The current total population of the three counties is 426,723 men and women.

With the capture of these three county towns, the population under Wu Nian's rule more than doubled.

"It's a bit beyond my expectation. I thought 350,000 people would be good, but I didn't expect it to be 400,000." Wu Nian turned around, smiled and handed the brochure to Liu Zhixing for viewing.

Liu Zhixing took the brochure and took a look, with a smile on his face. He raised his head and said, "General, don't underestimate the inconspicuousness of these three county towns. The combined population of the mountain villages outside the city, inside the city, is also huge."

"That's right. I underestimated the three counties." Wu Nian nodded happily and admitted his mistake.

Soon, he calmed down the expression on his face and became serious, but his eyes were full of smiles. He asked Liu Zhixing: "Liu Changshi, do you think it is appropriate for me to expand our troops this time?"

This is an important question.

About the future.

Liu Zhixing did not dare to answer for a while. He closed the book first and handed it to the officials. After bowing his head and pondering for a long time, he raised his head and said to Wu Nian: "General. I think except for Feng Chong's cavalry, which maintains a thousand households,

Outside, the strength of the remaining captains can be expanded to five thousand households."

Wu Nian squinted his eyes and looked at Liu Zhixing in surprise.

A school captain was in charge of the troops of five thousand households. In terms of number, there were about 6,000 troops.

Seven captains, plus Feng Chong's cavalry of a thousand households.

Forty-four thousand people won't be a problem.

Their population is only a little over 420,000. However, their military strength has actually increased to 44,000. It can be said that they are aggressively militarizing.

Wu Nian remembered the last military expansion and strongly advocated the maximum expansion of military strength. Liu Zhixing was more opposed.

"Zhixing. Your attitude is different from last time." Wu Nian said with a smile on his face again in a relaxed and cheerful tone.

He guessed what Liu Zhixing was thinking.

Liu Zhixing smiled and nodded, and readily admitted: "Last time, I thought it was very dangerous to resort to force. But it was precisely because of the general's insistence on expanding the army that we were able to capture three counties."

"Although being aggressive is dangerous, it can also yield huge rewards."

"If you have soldiers in hand, you can kill thousands of households."

"Hahaha." Wu Nian burst out laughing after hearing this. In these troubled times, whether to develop people's livelihood first or develop military strength first is a question.

Liu Zhixing understood this truth.

Moreover, taking advantage of the fact that Chunyuan and Xiong Wuwo are facing each other on the front line of Shanhaiguan and the three counties are stable, it is greatly beneficial to expand the army quickly.

"Yes. I will expand the army according to the plan you mentioned. However, the expansion of the army must not affect the treatment of the soldiers. Food, jackets, armor, and weapons must keep up. This workload is huge."

"There is another thing. Increase the production of steel and increase the number of blacksmiths. Produce enough heavy axes and thickened heavy armor."

"Didn't I disperse all my heavy axes and heavy armor soldiers?"

"Supervise the captains. Each of them must use the heavy ax and heavy armor soldiers I have distributed to them as seeds to build a thousand households of heavy ax and heavy armor soldiers."

"Although we have only expanded our troops to five thousand households now, I treated them as ten thousand households for construction. They are also proud and arrogant. They lead their troops of ten thousand households to confront the Meng Yuan ten thousand households head-on, and they are not weak.

.Heavy armor, heavy ax soldiers, and divine arm archers are the key."

Wu Nian's eyes showed a stern look, he raised his head and faced Liu Zhixing in a decisive manner.

"yes."
Chapter completed!