empire wars

Chapter 80 Conscription 50

The process of regaining Wuwei County City went very smoothly. After they entered the city, Qin Yi and others took over the entire city.

In order to avoid mutiny, the former defenders, including [-] Northern Qiang soldiers, temporarily retreated to the barracks.

Qin Yuan first asked people to appease the people in the city and ordered that the personal safety and property of the civilians should not be violated.

When the group arrived at the City Lord's Mansion, they found only a few servants who welcomed them tremblingly.

Soon, dozens of Dragon Scale Army soldiers searched the city lord's mansion and found no officials. It seemed that they all ran away in advance.

When Qin Yuan was about to give an order, Ma Feiteng stepped forward first.

"My lord, it's better to leave this matter to the subordinates."

"Row."

Qin Yuan nodded slightly. Ma Feiteng had much clearer information about these northern Qiang families than Qin Yuan did.

At the same time, he believed that Ma Feiteng would hand over all the so-called traitors in order to gain Qin Yuan's approval.

After all, it's not his Zhili subordinates, the two sides came together because of their interests, and now their relationship has broken down because of their interests, which can be regarded as retribution.

"Shuo'er, you lead people to arrest the Qian family and the Zhong family."

Ma Feiteng read the list, all of them were families who had secretly colluded with him before.

Ma Shuo's eyes flickered and he nodded slightly. He looked at Qin Yuan and felt that his uncle's address and attitude towards Qin Yuan were too respectful.

He wasn't stupid, he didn't ask on the spot, he just guessed something vaguely.

Ma Shuo led his troops, and the first target was the Qian family.

Walking around the Qian's mansion, there were only a few servants left, and Qian Hanchong was nowhere to be found. It seemed that Qian Hanchong felt that something was wrong and had already fled.

Ma Shuo sneered, now that all the city gates are closed, where else can the huge Qian family go?

Now that Ma Feiteng has defected to Qin Yuan, the forces of the Han people who surrendered have also lost their effect.

Moreover, the death of Qin Yuan's father also needed a culprit, or a scapegoat.

It is good to choose the Qian family, one is Qian Hanchong as the prefect of Wuwei, and he collides with Qin Yuan's prefect of Wuwei.

If Qin Yuan let him go, it would not be generosity, but fake mercy.

The other is to use the blood of a dignified family to wake up the families within the sphere of influence and warn everyone, so as not to make small tricks for him secretly.

As for the families that still remain in Wuwei City, none of them are clean.

Most of the families took refuge in the Northern Qiang before and reaped huge benefits.

For the sake of profit, they can cooperate with other races and betray their compatriots who are also in the Han camp, so there is nothing they dare not do.

Qin Yuan has no objection to killing people and ransacking homes.

Wuwei City was sealed off, and for a whole day, many famous families in the city, rich merchants and big households were ransacked, charged with treason and colluding with foreign enemies, all were taken to the vegetable market and beheaded.

In the end, dozens of members of the Qian family were found in the cellar of a brothel, together with a large amount of gold and silver.

When it was dusk, dozens of families were copied in a row, and countless people were killed.

As for the wealth harvested from the ransacking of the house, it is even more jaw-dropping, and the city lord's mansion can't even be piled up.

800 taels of gold, 80 taels of silver, and hundreds of millions of copper coins.
There is little food, only a few hundred stones. Food is a strategic resource, and most of it is controlled by the Northern Qiang people.

There are countless rare items such as silk, tea, and porcelain, as well as thousands of acres of land, five or six hundred houses, restaurants and shops.
"These people are really rich. They have almost monopolized the business of the entire Wuwei County, accounting for more than [-]% of the wealth."

Bai Qi was the commander-in-chief of house raids, no matter how many people he killed, he couldn't make waves in his heart, but when he saw the huge amount of wealth, he kept feeling emotional along the way.

"Especially the Qian family, worthy of the surname Qian, nearly half of the property was copied from the Qian family."

On the side, Qin Yi echoed.

After returning to the City Lord's Mansion, Bai Qi and the others reported the truth.

Qin Yuan heard that how much federal currency can be exchanged in the main world. It seems that the problem of money, food and military supplies has been solved again.

Ming Wu City was closed for a month. Although the military strength has increased a lot, it has almost exhausted the foundation of Ming Wu City.

Now, everything will be on track again.

Qin Yuan asked people to send gold and silver to the city lord's palace. As for the copper coins, they were used to purchase supplies and as rewards for soldiers. They were distributed to meritorious soldiers and generals. Another part was used as pensions, etc., even if it was hundreds of millions. Copper coins may not be usable either.

War is the real money burner.

Fortunately, this battle was won, Wuwei County was recovered, and several big families were confiscated to make up for the loss of money. If they were defeated, they would probably lose their pants.

Late at night, the city lord's mansion was still brightly lit.

Qin Yuan summoned a group of generals to discuss the next war.

On one side were the newly recruited Beiqiang generals, headed by Ma Feiteng, with a very serious expression.

On the other side are veterans such as Bai Qi, Qin Yi, and Qin You, talking happily, and even discussing the distribution of rewards for soldiers.

There were a lot of things discussed at the meeting, but the decisions were made very quickly, almost all of which were made by Qin Yuan at the touch of a button.

First of all, Ma Feiteng announced to the generals that he would be completely loyal to Qin Yuan. For this, many Northern Qiang generals were dissatisfied. Of course, Ma Feiteng suppressed them all, and finally no one voiced any opposition.

The remaining Northern Qiang generals are almost all Ma Feiteng's loyal subordinates. As for those who are loyal to Ma Qingbiao or other tribal leaders, they have already gathered on Huangquan Road.

The next thing is the harvest after the war. Needless to say, the money is mainly the territory and the luck value that Qin Yuan has improved.

The luck value directly broke through the 3000-point mark, reaching [-] and [-] points.

After this battle, Wuwei County belonged to Qin Yuan's sphere of influence, as well as most of Jincheng County. It is estimated that in a few days, the entire Jincheng County will be brought under Qin Yuan's actual control.

To the north of Wuwei County, there are two counties and many frontier towns that are occupied by Ma Feiteng. It is only necessary to send people from Qin Yuan to take over.

As for the north, that is the territory of the Northern Qiang people. Qin Yuan did not intend to attack for the time being, but asked Ma Feiteng to write a letter to let the Northern Qiang Ma family enter a state of recuperation to avoid war.

As for helping Ma Feiteng regain the entire royal tribe, Qin Yuan has no plans for the time being.

Who knows if Ma Feiteng's loyalty will change after he goes back, regains all the Ma clan, and becomes the king of the Ma clan.

If he didn't come back, he would really have let the tiger go back to the mountain at that time.

The north will be ignored for the time being, and it will not be too peaceful. The news of Ma Qingbiao's defeat must have been known to the Northern Qiang royal family, and they will take some action more or less.

At that time, the Northern Qiang Ma family will be pressured by the royal family, and may surrender to Qin Yuan just like Ma Feiteng.

When Qin Yuan has enough strength to crush the Northern Qiang people, he will make the next step.

As for the west, the Northern Qiang Han family and the An family have already captured Xihai County and are now fighting in Qinghai County.

The strength of these two families is a little weaker than that of Ma Shi, but the relationship between the two is very good, even if Ma Shi encounters them, he has to avoid their edge.

Qinghai County is adjacent to Jincheng County. Once Qinghai County is completely occupied, it will inevitably covet Jincheng County.

However, it is estimated that there will be no contact in the short term.

Qinghai County is the capital of Liangzhou in Xiyong, and it is much more difficult to capture than other counties. The Northern Qiang Han family may not be able to take it without paying some price.

Xiyong Liangzhou has eight prefectures, Wuwei County, Jincheng County, Xiping County, Xihai County, Qinghai County, Xilong County, Beijiang County, and Jiuhuang County.

Although Xiyong Liangzhou is on the border of the Liehan Dynasty, its territory is huge. It is a long way to go to occupy the entire Xiyong Liangzhou.

Now Qin Yuan's sphere of influence is only Wuwei County and Jincheng County, and they have only just occupied it.

"Han's An's, don't conflict with them for the time being. The other major counties are still under the influence of the imperial court, so it is also difficult to attack."

Qin Yuan thought for a while and said.

Qin Yuan was not afraid of them, but was preparing to recuperate and strengthen his army.

Isn't the purpose of war to occupy territory, plunder people, and seize money and food?

When the goal is achieved, it is not to continue fighting endlessly, but to transform these things into strength, otherwise no matter how large the army is, it will not be able to withstand the losses of war.

"Leave this matter to your subordinates." Ma Feiteng nodded.

He has a little friendship with these two families. After all, before this, they were the iron cavalry of the three royal families who invaded Liangzhou in Xiyong at the same time. After some discussions, there was no conflict in the territory they captured.

Arima Feiteng is dealing with the Northern Qiang, so there will be no conflicts with other Northern Qiang tribes for the time being.

"Our next goal is to drive the Heavenly Dao Army out of Xiping County."

Qin Yuan determined the next strategic goal. The annihilation of the Tiandao Army was secondary. The more important thing was to recover the territory occupied by the Tiandao Army.

According to the court's will, the territory occupied by the Heavenly Dao Army belongs to Qin Yuan's sphere of influence.

After that, Qin Yuan determined the matters of people's livelihood and conscription.

The combined population of Jincheng County and Wuwei County is almost 500 million.

The continuous wars before had made the cities very depressed and there were many refugees.

Qin Yuan's first step was to transport a large amount of grain from Mingwu City to the major cities, to determine the problem of food for the people, to stabilize the law and order in each city, and then to start recruiting soldiers in each city.

The preliminary plan is to recruit 50 troops, accounting for one-tenth of the total population.

Ma Feiteng was shocked by Qin Yuan's generosity. It wasn't because he couldn't recruit so many soldiers, but because the materials needed by 50 soldiers might not be enough for the combined taxes of the two counties.

This is only the consumption of soldiers, and the taxes paid will also be used for official salaries, city restoration, people's livelihood and economy, etc.

If you are not in charge of the family, you don’t know the cost of firewood and rice. After Ma Feiteng captured Wuwei County, he clearly understood the importance of logistics, especially the army. Once food runs out, mutiny is really no joke.

It is not impossible to be militaristic, especially in troubled times, but you must keep enough money and food, otherwise, your own territory will be in chaos before the enemy comes.

This matter should be handled by officials from various places. The number of soldiers is not a problem, nor is money and food.

These are Qin Yuan's original words.

The Gu family in Mingwu City sold immortal rice all over the states and counties of the Lie Han Dynasty, earning a lot of wealth every day and bringing in countless grains.

Of course, these ordinary grains are for the people under the rule.

The soldiers of the army, that is Qin Yuan's people, naturally eat the nutritious and delicious fairy rice.

　Two chapters today and [-] words.

　　
　
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