After the prince contacted Xiao Shaorong and the Yanbei Army, his power expanded rapidly. In just six months, he had nearly 200,000 troops and 15 cities...
Ji Xin and Nan Jinzhao were frightened when they saw the prince's rapid expansion of power. Although they did not unite, they did not continue the fight.
It's not that Nan Jinzhao doesn't want to fight, but the prince is expanding too fast. Nan Jinzhao doesn't want to, and can't waste his troops on Ji Xin.
Knowing that the prince's power continued to expand, Nan Jinzhao was even more angry: "Xiao Jiu'an... came back after being away for so long, and he still has such a strong appeal! Are those people blind? What does Xiao Jiu'an have?
Okay? Whatever Xiao Jiu'an can give them, I, Nan Jinzhao, can give it to them. Why would they rather stay away from home and seek refuge with Xiao Jiu'an, who has nothing, than come to seek refuge with me? "
Nan Jinzhao saw more and more people bringing troops and horses to seek refuge with the prince, and he was anxious and angry. In order to confront the prince, Nan Jinzhao announced that he would accept people from all parties bringing troops and horses to seek refuge with him, and all
Those who took refuge in him were well fed and clothed, and those who led him were promoted to a higher rank.
The prince did not give any preferential treatment when he accepted people to take refuge. Many people even had to bring their own food, and these people had to obey the prince's arrangements and be controlled by the prince.
In these troubled times, in these troubled times with severe shortage of food and clothing, the conditions provided by Nan Jinzhao can be said to be excellent. There are really many people who are greedy for the food and bring a group of fellow villagers and strong men to seek refuge.
In order to attract more people, Nan Jinzhao still gave some preferential treatment to these people. Not only did they eat well, they didn't have to do anything. They only had to go around to promote Nan Jinzhao's good name.
Nan Jinzhao used this trick to attract a lot of people to seek refuge. However, the strength of these people varied greatly, and many of them were directly bandits.
Nan Jinzhao accepted these people and supported them for a while. When he found that some people were really unsuitable, he kicked them out directly. Anyone who dissatisfied was killed directly.
In addition, Nan Jinzhao does not accept old people, women and children. He only wants strong men, strong men who can fight. These people will be useful as soon as they come, but they also need a lot of food support.
Nan Jinzhao fought all the way, and everywhere he went, the military and food supplies were under his control. He had a lot of food reserves in his hands, but...
No matter how much food and grass there was, it would not be enough for so many people to eat it. Within two months, the deputy general in charge of the logistics department came to see Nan Jinzhao.
"My lord, there have been too many people coming to seek refuge recently. We are running out of food and grass and cannot accept any more." As Nan Jinzhao's good reputation spread, more and more people came to seek refuge.
Nan Jinzhao, this group of people came here because Nan Jinzhao can provide food and grass, and their purpose is to eat enough.
Under such circumstances, even if it is to protect Nan Jinzhao's reputation and attract more and more people to take refuge in Nan Jinzhao, they cannot treat these people lightly.
However, if we want to treat these people preferentially, we must continue to consume their food and grass. They have food and grass, but this year the food and grass in their hands can only go out. If this continues, sooner or later the food in their hands will be exhausted.
"We still have to continue to collect people. Are those people in front... well trained?" As the head coach, Nan Jinzhao naturally knows their situation, but...
Seeing that the prince's power continued to grow, he felt anxious. Under such circumstances, he would rather suffer some losses, even if he had to hold on.
He has reached this point and must not lose, especially Xiao Jiuan.
"Those people in front... refused to train properly, and now they can only barely use it." It took three months of training before they could barely use it. This obviously did not meet their expectations, but there was nothing they could do...
I don’t know where their boss made the mistake. They suddenly wanted to take the path of benevolent government. In order to show their friendly and benevolent side, they did not dare to go to great lengths to train those people, for fear of spreading a bad reputation and letting people know.
People dare not come to seek refuge.
"Wuwei... take them out to fight and attack the Xiang'an City of King Yanbei first." Nan Jinzhao said casually.
"Lord, these people simply cannot..."
Before he could finish the words "Go to the battlefield", Nan Jinzhao interrupted him: "Take them there. If they can survive... I will continue to raise them. If they can't... don't blame me."
Aren’t there too many people and not enough food?
Just a bunch of them die.
It just so happens that we can borrow these people to test Xiao Jiuan's strength.
He didn't understand, where did Xiao Jiu'an get the food and grass to feed those useless people? Especially in the past two months, because he recruited a large number of soldiers and horses, and did not want the elderly, women and children, there were fewer and fewer young strong men joining Xiao Jiu'an.
, more and more old people, women and children came to seek refuge with Xiao Jiu'an.
He thought that Xiao Jiu'an would not be able to hold on anymore and would drive out the group of old people, women and children, or stop accepting other old people, women and children.
At that time, as long as Xiao Jiu'an cannot hold on anymore and gives up those old people, women and children, he will immediately ruin Xiao Jiu'an's reputation.
You know, it is easy to be a good person for a while, but it is not easy to be a good person for a lifetime. Nan Jinzhao does not believe that Xiao Jiuan can be a good person for a lifetime. Moreover, Xiao Jiuan is not a good person in any way. How could he be like this?
Kindness?
He doesn't believe it!
But he waited and waited, but he didn't wait until Xiao Jiu'an drove out those useless old people, women and children, nor did he wait until Xiao Jiu'an refused to accept those useless people.
He couldn't understand that even if Xiao Jiuan had that kind heart, how could he come up with so much food and grass to supply those useless losers?
He sent spies to sneak into those fifteen cities quietly, trying to find out what Xiao Jiuan relied on, and also wanted to find out how much food and grass Xiao Jiuan had, but...
The people he sent either had no news or came back with only corpses.
At first, there was no news from those people, and he could still naively think that those people died in Xiao Jiu'an's hands and there was no news at all, but...
When Xiao Jiuan sent someone to deliver more than a dozen corpses to him, he knew that those people were not dead, but betrayed him.
He hated betrayal the most in his life, especially when his people turned to Xiao Jiuan, which he couldn't accept, so...
Even if he kills eight hundred enemies and loses a thousand to himself, he still has to teach Xiao Jiu'an a lesson so that Xiao Jiufa can understand that in these four countries, it is Nan Jinzhao who has the final say.
Nan Jinzhao wanted to test the depth of the prince and also wanted to use up the extra people. Starting a war was the fastest and most trouble-free way.
In every war, casualties are extremely tragic, especially in siege battles. Especially when recruits who have never been on the battlefield go to attack a city, nine out of ten they will never return.
The deputy general in charge of logistics immediately fell silent after understanding what Nan Jinzhao meant...
Their Lord has not changed, and is even more terrifying than before! (To be continued)