When I heard Liu Jing's proposal to recruit county soldiers, I immediately moved my serious heart. The Chufang camp, which is now the camp led by Liu Liang, was expanded with the backbone of Lingxian county soldiers.
Due to the continuous growth of Liu Jing's troops in the past two years, there were many water infantry units stationed around Lingxian County. Therefore, Lingxian County did not recruit any more county soldiers since there was no need for it.
When recruiting county soldiers, seriousness can be used to supervise them as a county magistrate. There is no need to worry about the problem of being distracted by both military and political affairs.
The two discussed it and decided to recruit 500 people first. Soldiers were not a problem. Since the war broke out in Changsha last year, hundreds of thousands of people went south to escape the war. In Lingxian County alone, there were 40,000 to 50,000 more people. Let alone recruitment.
Five hundred people, even doubling that number is no problem.
The military market cannot do without seriousness for the time being, so the recruitment work is left to Yu Zheng.
Yu Zheng also had ambitions to join the army, but due to various reasons, he has never been able to do so.
The recruitment of the five hundred county soldiers only took half a day. If they had not been carefully selected, they would be full in an instant.
There is no other way. The people who fled south have been living in poverty for half a year. Now they are all in a situation of lack of food and clothing. Although being a soldier is extremely dangerous, it can ensure that they have enough food and clothing.
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On the Xiang River, a fleet composed of a large number of barges sailed from south to north.
Due to the war, the originally lush Lingling and Changsha sections of the Xiangshui River have become extremely deserted. It is rare to see such a large fleet.
Jiang Wan, with his tall crown and long sleeves hanging down, stood on the deck of a large barge. At this time, in his sight, the city of Lingxian County was faintly visible.
When the fleet entered Changsha and stopped at Pingyang Township, he unexpectedly discovered that the local people were holding a kind of plow with a curved shaft. Although he came from a wealthy family in Lingling, he was not a person who knew nothing about farming. He naturally discovered that,
Compared with the commonly used straight shaft plows nowadays, this kind of curved shaft plow has a lighter frame, is easy to rotate, and can be maneuvered flexibly, which can greatly save manpower and animal power.
After Jiang Wan asked, he found out that the curved shaft plow was invented by Liu Jing. He couldn't help but be filled with emotion for a while, but he didn't expect that Liu Jing, in addition to being talented in civil and military affairs, was also as good as Gongshu, Mo Zhai, and Wang Er.
Jiang Wan looked forward to meeting him even more.
Liu Jing did not know that Jiang Wan was coming. He was currently receiving an envoy from Linxiang.
In order to completely trap Linxiang, the Jingzhou Army dug a moat outside the city that was dozens of miles long and more than ten feet deep. They also dug water for irrigation and sent troops to patrol day and night. The defense must not be lax. However, as the saying goes, "
Only a thousand days to be a thief, a thousand days to guard against thieves." This kind of defense line that is dozens of miles long cannot be without any omissions, and you can always find a way to break through the defense line.
Liu Jing was speechless for a long time as he held the appointment letter from Zhang Xian appointing him to also take charge of nine counties.
After all, he defeated Cai Mao, killed Wu Ju, and made great achievements. If Zhang Xian showed no expression or the reward was too light, it would definitely make everyone including him feel chilled, so Zhang Xian would definitely reward him generously. However, in this way
The reward was something he never expected.
Not to mention the fall of the four counties in the north of Changsha, except for the county seat of Linxiang, the other nine counties were all handed over to him, which meant that he was asked to handle county affairs on his behalf. Although Zhang Xian had his own plans in mind, Liu Jing still acted for him
The approach is moving.
If he could completely control the nine counties, his strength would definitely reach a higher level. But he doubted that the Jingzhou Army would let him continue to develop? Not to mention other places, if he sent troops to take over Liling, Xiangnan and other places close to Linxiang,
They will definitely be attacked by the Jingzhou Army.
In addition, Zhaoling County is located in the northwest of Linxian County, separated by Lingling County, Chong'an, Ziyang and other counties. The location is relatively remote, and the population is not large, let alone rich, which will help him.
limited.
What really helps him are the four counties of Ancheng, Chaling, Youxian and Rongling to the east of Lingxian County. These four counties can be connected with Lingxian County. Liu Jing has been spying on them for a long time, but he has not had enough before.
The excuse was that he was worried about his reputation and could not resort to force and plunder.
Now he finally had a legitimate reason. Regardless of the four county magistrates or the local surnames, they must obey orders. If anyone resists, he can send a large army to attack them.
"Liu Jun defeated the Northern Army, killed many prisoners, and even killed the traitor Wu Ju. When the prince heard the news, he was overjoyed and even made an exception to the ban on alcohol and enjoyed it with the officials."
The envoy from Linxiang was from the army, and Liu Jing did not know him. He asked about the situation of Zhang Xian, Liu Pan, Chu Fang and others.
Zhang Xian's health was already much worse than before, but the Linxiang envoy did not dare to talk about this matter casually. He could only say that everything was the same as before. Liu Pan and Chu Fang, on the other hand, had no health problems.
Liu Pan and Chu Fang were both literary and military heroes in Changsha, but they were buried in history. Most likely they died in Linxiang, so he couldn't help but worry about the two of them. Now that he knew they were safe and sound, he couldn't help but feel a little relieved.
Liu Jing then chatted with the Linxiang envoy for a while. At this time, Guo Shang, the chief clerk, walked in quietly and whispered in Liu Jing's ear: "Mingting, the grain boat from Lingling has arrived. The person leading the team is the chief clerk."
The secretary is Jiang Gongyan."
"Who? Jiang Gongyan?" Liu Jing didn't pay much attention, but when he heard the name Jiang Gongyan, he couldn't help turning his head and looking at Guo Shang.
Liu Jing immediately ended his conversation with the Linxiang envoy and asked Guo Shang to send someone to take him to Duting to rest while he waited for Jiang Wan's arrival.
Regarding Jiang Wan, Liu Jing knew his name no matter in his previous life or in this life, and this was also a talent that Liu Jing regarded as a treasure in his pocket and was bound to get it.
Jiang Wan is best known to future generations as the successor of Zhuge Liang. However, his main achievements were in political affairs, but his military talents had no chance to be revealed.
And he is also very interesting. Chen Shou rated him as "square and dignified", which means that Jiang Wan is dignified, upright, steady and dignified. However, when Jiang Wan served as the local county magistrate in his early years, he not only ignored
Political affairs, and he was very drunk, and was bumped into by Liu Bei who was patrolling the place. If Zhuge Liang hadn't been trying to persuade him, there was a high probability that his life would not have been saved in the face of the furious Liu Bei.
Those who can have both stable and wild personalities at the same time are naturally not rigid people. Their style is informal, relaxed and fair, and they are very suitable for leaders.
Not long after, Jiang Wan, who was slender, handsome, and charming, walked into the room under the guidance of a servant.
Liu Jing burst into laughter, walked around the case and came to Jiang Wan, and said: "Jiang Gongyan, I have heard about my name for a long time and have always wanted to meet you. Today I finally got my wish."
Jiang Wan calmly saluted and said: "I don't dare to take it seriously. I have heard of your name for a long time."