Chapter 776: 240,000 Expansion of Army


    Chapter 774: Expanding the army for 240,000


    The crisis in Jiangxia and Changsha is actually not as serious as Qin Hao said.


    Liu Yao is indeed preparing to invade Jiangxia, and Hong Xiuquan is also preparing to invade Jingnan. However, Jiangxia and Changsha have the natural barriers of the Yangtze River and the other has the barriers of the mountains in Lingnan. As long as Huang Zu and Han Xuan can return smoothly, there is still little problem of defending the chassis.


    Although Han Xuan did not understand military affairs, he also had Wei Yan, a general under his command. Wei Yan might not be able to stop the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom alone, but the mountains of Lingnan were natural barriers to Jingzhou and Jiaozhou. It was actually not difficult to block the Taiping Army of Jiaozhou, and Hong Xiuquan was not determined to go north.


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


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


    The fastest one to Qin Hao takes over China was naturally the six counties ceded by Huang Zu. After all, it is still very inconvenient to transport money and grain. Changsha compensated a lot of money and grain, so of course it is impossible to transport it at one time.


    The amount of money and grain that Han Xuan compensated this time was enough to support the Qin army for a year. Changsha couldn''t afford to pay at all at once, so he could only accompany half of it first and pay back the remaining amount slowly over three years.


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


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


    Qin Hao is preparing to divide the six counties in the eastern and southeast of Nanyang, and use Zhangling County as the center, plus the three counties in the north of Jiangxi, and set up another county in the nine counties, named Zhangling County.


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


    With the advent of the era of the princes fighting for hegemony, various places have conquered each other. Today you take a city and tomorrow I rob your county. If you want to occupy the other party''s territory, it will be long-lasting. In order to manage a new land, it is inevitable that the territory must be redistributed.


    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 being established several times.


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


    Shouchun County, which is located in the Jianghuai area, was also divided from Jiujiang County.


    In the later period, Shu Han directly divided the 98 counties and 3 roads of the eight counties and three vassal states of Yizhou into more than 30 counties.


    It can be seen that this more detailed division of territory will not only help the division of regions, but also help local governance, but also prevent local prefects from centralizing power.


    Qin Hao set up Zhangling County alone, mainly 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 candidate for the prefect, Qin Hao decided to send Xin Qiji, who made great contributions in this battle, and sent Zhou Yu''s father Zhou Yi as the county magistrate.


    Yuan Shu knew Qin Hao''s power, and there was also a Li Mi in Yuzhou. In the short term, it was impossible for a war to break out between Qin Hao and Yuan Shu, and this did not give Qin Hao the opportunity to recruit soldiers and train on the spot.


    "Xin Qiji, this marquis appointed you as the prefect of Zhangling County and commanded the nine counties of Zhangling County. After taking office, you can recruit 30,000 troops on the spot. As for the position of county magistrate, Zhou Yi will be the Zhang." Qin Hao said in a deep voice.


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


    Xin Qiji is both civil and military, and with a 30,000 army, even if he is not a match for civil and military under Yuan Shu, he will definitely delay Qin Hao enough time.


    Now the main opponent of the Qin army is Dong Zhuo, so there is no way to save too many people to guard against Yuan Shu. After Qin Hao solves Dong Zhuo, he will definitely send a general to Xin Qiji.


    In this division of Zhangling County, Qin Hao only had four counties under his command, and Jingzhou also changed from nine counties to ten counties.


    Although Nanyang County was divided three times and only fourteen counties remained, it is still the richest and most populous county under Qin Hao.


    After these three divisions, the overall situation of the Qin army was also roughly the same. Nanyang County, with fourteen counties including Wancheng, is under the jurisdiction of Qin Hao, and has 120,000 troops.


    Xiangyang County has 15 counties including Xiangyang, and the prefect Yue Fei has a military force of 60,000.


    Nanxiang County has eight counties including Nanxiang. The prefect Zhang Liao has a military force of 30,000 troops.


    Zhangling County has nine counties including Zhangling, and the prefect Xin Qiji has a military force of 30,000.


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


    Once the structure of these four counties is completely formed, Qin Hao''s troops will rise to 240,000, suddenly surpassing Qin Wen in Bingzhou and becoming the second largest prince after Dong Zhuo.


    Before going south, Qin Hao owned a county in Nanyang, a 36 counties, with 2.4 million people and 130,000 soldiers.


    Now Qin Hao has four counties and forty-five counties, with 3 million people and 240,000 troops.


    In just a few months, the Qin army''s territory did not increase much, but the number of troops increased by 110,000.


    This is because the Qin army has strong financial resources and the large population of the four counties, otherwise it would be impossible for the army to expand so quickly.


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


    With the continuous reports of Dong Zhuo''s absurd behavior in Chang''an, Qin Hao could already foresee that the day of denunciation of Dong was close.


    This time, Qin Hao would only use the 120,000 spirits of Wancheng, and the 120,000 new troops stayed to guard the base camp to protect the four counties in Jingbei.


    After the end of this battle in Jingbei, Kou Xun, among the twenty-eight generals of Yuntai, was the only enemy general who was captured alive.


    Kou Xun Yuntai ranked fifth among the twenty-eight generals, and he is also a political general with both civil and military skills. Qin Hao also immediately tested his fifth dimension.


    Kou Xun: Commander 93, force 82, intelligence 92, politics 96, charm 88.


    This attribute is too balanced and too comprehensive. Kou Xun is simply an all-round talent. No wonder he can be shot in the fifth place in Yuntai. How could Qin Hao let such a talent go?


    Qin Hao thought he was quite eloquent, and even Zhang Liang was persuaded by himself, but he could not do anything to a small Kou Heng?


    As it turns out, Qin Hao was slapped in the face.


    Ren Qinhao said that he was dry and even made a promise that Kou Xun would not let him deal with Liu Xiu, but Kou Xun was still indifferent.


    This made Qin Hao sigh at the loyal general of Yuntai, and he couldn''t help but sigh at Liu Xiu''s luck. All the generals under his command were devoted to him and were unwilling to betray him even if they died.


    If Kou Xun is unwilling to surrender, it does not mean that Qin Hao will give up. If he can''t convince Kou Xun, then let Kou Xun''s family persuade him slowly.


    If you don’t have one day, you’ll have ten years. Anyway, Qin Hao is very patient and doesn’t have the food to Kou Xun.


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