"Kill! Kill! Kill!" After roaring three times in a row, the Nanyang Kingdom's army, which had almost doubled in number, ended this period of short training and went back to their respective homes to get busy with their lives.

The number of people has doubled, and the expenditure has almost not increased, or in other words, there was not much expenditure before.

They farmed their own land to support themselves, and they also contributed part of the grain and silk to the palace.

The weapons were provided by Yongraoye. They were actually very crude. Armor did not exist. A little leather armor would be good. Most people had no armor.

There are also very few bows, only more than 300, and some of them are even offset by hunting bows. There are few people who can shoot arrows, and training them from scratch is very expensive, so we can only talk about it later.

The only expense of the palace is the food supply during the training camp.

As far as recruiting soldiers is concerned, they are in the camp all year round. They eat two meals a day when they are not training, and three meals a day when they are training or going on an expedition. These farmers usually work at home and farm, so they naturally do not need to provide meals, but when they are assembled for training, three meals a day are inevitable.

After practicing for a month, 5,000 people consumed 15,000 hu of food. This expense is really not large and is completely acceptable.

The most important thing is that after practicing it, you can defend the country's borders and suppress the refugees. This is the most important thing.

After the army was disbanded, only a thousand people remained.

They are promoted on a rotating basis and must continue to be on duty for one month until they are replaced at the end of April.

With the army surrounding them, Shao Xun was teaching several fort masters a lesson.

"It's just a bit of fodder, but it's just a fight, and people's lives are involved. How is it decent?" Shao Xun held a riding crop and looked at the two middle-aged men who were glaring at each other and said.

"Reporting to Mr. Ming, these are the grass seeds I brought from Kansai. I spread them on the wasteland for two years. They have grown quite strong this year, so I sent people to herd them. Who would have thought that this person would directly kill people and rob cattle?

sheep."

"That's nonsense. Your men are hiding in the trees. Shoot me first."

"Is it reasonable for you to snatch things?"

"That's my family's land, it's just abandoned."

…

Shao Xun regretted a little. He shouldn't have taken care of this mess on a whim. It wasn't that he couldn't control it, but it affected his mood.

He summoned Cai Cheng and ordered: "Bring the two of them to the Prime Minister and clearly define the boundaries of their respective forts."

After saying that, he looked at the two of them again and said, "If you take action without authorization and kill or injure people, one person will be fined fifty households. Can you accept it?"

The two of them looked confused, but they quickly came to their senses and said in unison: "I'm convinced."

"Within three days, gather all the people and send them here." Shao Xun waved his hand and returned to the palace.

The soldiers are already packing their luggage.

Yang Qin took 200 cavalry to Tuoyang to take Leshi home. After she arrived at Nieyang, the army would set off and return to Xuchang - in fact, the Yi Congjun had already set off for Fangtou first.

Shao Xun spread out the map on the desk and looked at it silently.

There was a rustling sound coming from the side. He turned around and saw that his daughter was cautiously approaching him. Seeing that she had been discovered, he was shocked beyond measure, as if he was wondering how he could be exposed even with such a light movement.

Shao Xun stretched out his hand, took his daughter into his arms, and continued to look at the map.

"Grandpa, are you leaving?"

"Um."

"Where to go?"

"Um."

"When will you come back?"

"Um."

"Hiss--" Severe pain came from his beard. Shao Xun lowered his head helplessly, kissed his daughter, and said, "Master is going to beat a man named Da Hu."

"Is he a very big Hu man?"

"That's right. I heard he has a strong build. He should be quite tall."

"Is it bigger than Liu Xiong?"

"Liu Xiong?"

"That's the groom."

"Oh, Liu Ling. That's not the case. King Kong Slave is extremely talented. Who knows what he ate to grow up to be so strong."

The daughter twisted in his arms, then stood up carefully.

Shao Xun's eyes wandered back and forth between Fangtou and Huangchi, silently calculating the distance.

How many ships will be gathered?

Where did the ship anchor for the night?

How to prevent being attacked while staying overnight?

Are there places where the water is too shallow to sail?

What is the rainfall this year? In which months is the water level the highest? In which months is the water level the lowest?

Is there a suitable place to camp near Huangchi?

What is the attitude of the local wealthy families?

There were so many questions that he thought about and weighed over and over again.

The daughter lightly jumped onto the table, smiled sheepishly, and then jumped into Shao Xun's arms.

Shao Xun hugged him firmly and focused his eyes on Yecheng again.

When the traitorous governor came to report, Shi Le allocated a lot of military rations to Yishui to supply the Northern Expedition army. As a result, the price of food in Yecheng rose rapidly. Tao Bao, the prefect of Wei County, had no choice but to collect grain from the Wubao and transported it to Yecheng to stabilize the situation.

Food prices.

There is no doubt that this move has offended the local wealthy families. Is there any chance?

When Yu Chen tried to appease the wealthy families in Hebei, he only said that the local wealthy families had ambiguous attitudes and were just like grassroots and should not be taken lightly.

The good news is that there are also a few people who have sincerely surrendered and sent protons to Yu Chen. There is nothing to say about their attitude.

The daughter stood up again and jumped on the table.

She stepped on a corner of the map with one foot and subconsciously crushed it, giggling.

Shao Xun reluctantly took her back and said, "If the generals see her, my father's majesty will be completely lost."

He felt a lot of guilt for this daughter who had been absent all year round and was very indulgent towards her. On the contrary, Mr. Liu often punished his daughter and made her cry and come to Shao Xun to complain.

Well, he discovered that the place his daughter stepped on just now was Yecheng...

Is this a sign? No, why am I so superstitious about the boy’s prophecy?

"Don't move around. Grandpa is busy with business." Shao Xun patted his daughter's little head and said softly.

The little girl didn't answer, she just grabbed his arm and climbed onto his shoulder using all four limbs.

Shao Xun eliminated the interference and continued to look at the map.

"Papa." When his daughter rolled down from his shoulder, she accidentally fell to the ground. It was nothing at first, but when she saw Shao Xun turning his head to look, his mouth flattened and he burst into tears.

"Haha." Shao Xun was amused. He turned around and picked her up. After a few words of comfort, he asked her to sit cross-legged beside him and stop causing trouble.

His finger continued to trace on the map.

The Heiji Army and the Xuchang Shibing Army have already gone north. Their mission is to escort a batch of grain and grass to Fangtou and then station themselves there.

Ding Zhuang from Xiangcheng also returned, and they dispersed on the spot.

The seven counties of Liang, Luyang, Yangzhai, Yangcheng, Ye, Xincheng, and Luhun gathered 5,000 men and went to Fangtou to obey the order. They were auxiliary troops.

There has been no war in the Luonan counties for several years, and they have always not drafted troops. The people are not accustomed to fighting, and sooner or later they will become useless. They are not even qualified to serve as auxiliary soldiers. This time, a batch of troops will be drafted.

Ningping City, Kao City, and Yingyang sent out 5,000 field troops, which were also auxiliary troops.

Coupled with the 20,000 soldiers transferred from Nanyang, the military strength this time is very large. At a rough calculation, there are still 50,000 or 60,000 soldiers.

Luonan Dingzhuang will be recruited at the end of the month and march to Puyang.

The garrison army set out in April.

At that time, a group of foreign troops may also be recruited, such as Chenliu's beggar army, Xingyangwu Fort residents, Henan Yanhao tribe's troops, etc., and the scale will be even larger.

How to fight? How to deploy troops? Should we divide our troops? How to divide our troops? These are all things that need to be carefully considered.

As he thought about it, he gently stroked his daughter's little head and carefully weighed the pros and cons.

Mrs. Liu came to the door of the study with tea and looked a little dazed when she saw this scene.

After a while, the circles under his eyes turned a little red.

In troubled times, it is such a rare thing for a family to be so harmonious and beautiful.

She adjusted her mood, smiled at the corner of her mouth, placed the tea on another table for a few times, and said: "After looking at it for a long time, I can still see that the flowers are not blooming. Let's take a rest first."

The little daughter cheered. Although she was often beaten by her mother until she cried, she still threw herself into her mother's arms. After rubbing her face, she jumped up to the table and grabbed a piece of cut marrow.

Just as he was about to stuff the cake into his mouth, he rolled his eyes and ran to Shao Xun's side. He handed it to Shao Xun and said, "Master, let's eat it for you."
To be continued...