Rebirth of Wu Ba Spring and Autumn

Are there more troops?
In Qingji's heart, he was still quite hesitant about this.

We must know that before the battle of destroying Shu, the size of Wu's standing army had reached an unprecedented 30 people.

After the state of Wu started the war of destroying Shu and conquering Qin, its military strength skyrocketed for a while.

The land of Bashu, the garrison of Hanzhong County, plus the main army led by Sun Wu and Gong Zixi, already has a total of 30 horses.

In response to the invasion of the allied forces of the princes, Qingji formed a new army of 15 people, and transferred 10 people from various vassal states to form an army as a reserve.

There are also the garrisons of the original Sanchuan County, the garrisons of the nine counties in the south, and the standing troops of each county...

Qingji calculated in his heart that at this time, Wu State had a strong military force, with nearly 70 people!
This is not yet the greatest war potential of the Wu Kingdom.

After all, as a country where all the people are soldiers, Qingji can choose to be like Qin, even old people with gray temples and youngsters who are still immature are conscripted into the army.

In this way, the army that Wu Guo can use, including auxiliary soldiers, exceeds one million.

But, Qingji can't do that.

It's not necessary either!

After contemplating for a long time, Qingji finally said seriously, "Add labor."

"Another 20 Kunlun slaves will be sent to act as civilian husbands and be responsible for transporting food, fodder and supplies to Qin."

"Also, Wu Hong."

"My son is here!"

Qingji stared at Young Master Hong, who was doing things more and more calmly, and said in a deep voice: "I will appoint you as the governor of the five counties, and set up the governor's office in Nanzheng to supervise the government affairs of Ba, Shu, Hanzhong, Nan and Nanyang counties."

"Within the five counties, all officials with a rank of two thousand shi and below are under your control. If anyone violates the prohibition, you can kill them first and then play them."

"The food, cloth and other materials in the five counties will be transported by you, and all taxes and taxes will not be handed over to the national treasury. They will only be used for front-line warfare. I don't care about the specific arrangement. I only want the result, not the process!"

"My son, obey the king's order!"

Young Master Hong solemnly agreed.

Governor of five counties?
This is a high-ranking official position!

Although it was established temporarily, Gong Zihong's authority is definitely strong enough.

Officials of Ba, Shu, Hanzhong, Nan and Nanyang counties, including the sheriffs, must obey Gong Zihong's orders. If they don't obey, Gong Zihong can even execute him...

In fact, as early as before the battle of destroying Shu, Sun Wu had proposed to Qingji that he be given the title of governor of Dadu, who would supervise the military forces of Bashu, Nanjun, Nanyang, and Hanzhong counties, and have the right to control the civil and military affairs of the counties.

All officials with a rank of two thousand shi and below, if they violate the law and are not conducive to the plan to destroy Qin, Sun Wu can kill them first and then play.

If the war falls into a stalemate, Sun Wu can freely arrange the taxes, grain and cloth in various places.

After thinking about it, Qing Ji realized that such a great power should not be granted to Sun Wu.

If Sun Wu had the heart of disobedience, the huge state of Wu might fall apart.

Even if Sun Wu is still loyal to Qingji, there is no guarantee that others will not stage a "yellow robe plus body" drama and push Sun Wu to the top.

Of course, the possibility of such a thing is very small, but Qingji has to be cautious.

Qing Ji was quite at ease regarding Young Master Hong.

Gong Zihong has both virtues and impeccable conduct, just like Qingji's great-uncle Ji Zha.

Now that the battle to destroy Qin was at a stalemate, with little progress to be made, Qingji had already made up his mind to fight a tug-of-war, so the army's logistics supplies became the biggest problem.

Although there are hundreds of thousands of Kunlun slaves in Wu State, they can serve as civilian husbands and continuously deliver food and supplies to the front-line army.

However, too much food and grass wasted on the way, and the amount of people eating horse chews every day is an astronomical figure!
Can Wu Guo afford it?

can!
It's just that the situation is changing rapidly, and Qingji can't guarantee whether the originally piled up warehouse will be completely consumed.

As the saying goes, before soldiers and horses move, food and grass go first.

Without enough food and grass, the war cannot continue.

Over the years, the scale of Wu's foreign expansion wars has not been too large, with a maximum of 10,000+ people, and it is not counted as an expedition.

The farthest time before, Wu Jun only entered the Central Plains Conquest against Jin. In that battle, Wu Guo only mobilized 7 horses.

Now this is an army of 30 to [-] people!
It is still an expedition to Qin, which is thousands of miles away, too far away from the mainland of Wu, and it is beyond reach.

In order to ensure that there would be no problems with the food and supplies of the army on the front line, Qing Ji had no choice but to collect food nearby.

That is to say, in addition to the allocation of grain, fodder and supplies from the mainland of Wu, the taxes, grain, cloth, etc. of Bajun, Shujun, Hanzhong, Nanjun and Nanyang counties were all used for the army that defeated Qin.

Qing Ji chose to let Gong Zihong control such a "lifeline", not Sun Wu or others.

"Wu Hong, after you arrive in Nanzheng, according to the orders of the widow, you will recruit [-] soldiers from the five counties, and after they are organized into an army, they will immediately go to the front line without delay."

"promise!"

Qing Ji set his sights on Prime Minister Zuo Wen Zhong again, and said in a deep voice, "Wen Zhong."

"Chen is here!"

"You are responsible for organizing the Kunlun slaves, and at the same time deploying chariots and horses, boats, food, supplies, etc. You must make reasonable arrangements to ensure that the army's supply of food will not stop."

"promise!"

Food can be collected from Bajun, Shujun, Hanzhong, Nanjun and Nanyang counties, but it may not be enough for the front-line army to consume, so Wu's local side still needs to support it.

As for military supplies such as bows, arrows, spears, swords, trebuchets, and ladders, they were uniformly deployed by Wu.

Qingji asked Wenzhong to supervise the transportation of grain, fodder and supplies, which is considered overkill.

"Your Majesty, I heard that Qin Bo Ying Ning has passed away, and Qin is now succeeded by Ying Pan?"

The censor Fan Li asked curiously.

"good."

Qingji said with a lot of emotion: "According to the report from Heibingtai, after Ying Ning repelled our Wu army in Yongcheng, he passed away and was nicknamed 'Hui'."

"It can be said that he died young, and the successor, Ying Pan, is only 15 years old."

For Qingji, this can be described as a new generation replacing the old.

Monarchs who were in the same period as Qingji generally did not live too long, except for Qihou Chujiu, that is, Qi Jinggong, who was old and immortal.

During Qingji's reign, three generations of two monarchs of Qin State died, one was Qin Aigong and the other was Qin Huigong.

It is worth mentioning that Qin Huigong is the grandson of Qin Aigong, and there is a Qin Yigong in the middle.

It's a pity that Qin Aigong was too alive, and he reigned for 36 years, so the prince Qin Yigong died early and could not be established.

Speaking of which, Qingji's concubine, Meng Ying, turned out to be the Grand Lady of Chu State, the daughter of Duke Ai of Qin.

In terms of seniority, Qingji is Qin Aigong's son-in-law, Qin Huigong's uncle, and now Qin Bo Yingpan's uncle...

"Your Majesty, in Qin State, the monarch is newly mourned, and the lord and the country are suspicious. I think it is not appropriate to continue the stalemate with him. Instead, we should step up the offensive and try to defeat the Qin army and the Xirong coalition army in Weishui. Completely destroy Qin."

Fan Li spoke loudly.