"Wu Hong, Wu Heng."

"My son is here!"

"You two are responsible for uniting the people of our Wu Kingdom and integrating a new army of 150,000 people in Jinling. All the necessary weapons, armor, food and salary, etc., are reported to me. The new army must be ready in the suburbs of the capital!"

"promise!"

Prince Heng and Gong Zihong immediately took the order.

Qing Ji's determination is beyond doubt.

In the following series of wars, Wu State will use all its strength.

After all, since King Ping of Zhou moved eastward and the princes fought for hegemony, although there have been small battles for three days and one big battle for five days, the scale of the wars is not large.

There are only a handful of battles involving thousands of people, tens of thousands of people, and more than 100,000 people.

What's the reason?

Because the Emperor of Zhou had conferred too many vassal states, the population and land were scattered, and as the war intensified, the big countries became bigger and the small countries became smaller, until they were destroyed. How could the scale of this war not remain large?

Qing Ji cannot be tolerated, and the world has formed a pattern like the "Seven Heroes of the Warring States Period" in history. They are at a stalemate and have continued war for hundreds of years.

Therefore, this kind of situation will greatly test Wu's military mobilization capabilities.

Although the military service system of Wu State is a recruitment system, it is different from the military-peasant integration system of other countries.

But, isn’t it true that all the people of Wu State are soldiers?

As long as Qingji issues a conscription order, no matter whether they are old Wu people or new Wu people, they must prepare their own weapons, armor, and even food and clothing to go to the battlefield.

Every male is required to serve in the military.

In Wu State, in fact, each county will organize one or two drills every year during the slack season, and all men above the age of fourteen and below the age of forty must participate.

They are the reserve soldiers of the State of Wu. They belong to the militia category and have certain combat capabilities.

After a period of training, they can go to the battlefield at any time, kill the enemy, serve the country, and make contributions.

Among the militia, retired soldiers are given priority in selection.

It was the first time that Wu State had such an intense war. Why not mobilize as much as possible?

"Ji Ran."

"I'm here!"

"You are responsible for allocating labor and food and supplies. In terms of labor, 100,000 Kunlun slaves can be recruited in the early stage, and 200,000 and 300,000 will be recruited later. The Kunlun slaves must be strictly monitored."

Qingji said in a deep voice: "If there are not enough supervised soldiers, neighboring counties can be dispatched. Once the Kunlun slaves cause rebellion, everyone in the county or county will be guilty!"

"All officials will be reduced to one rank, their salary will be confiscated for one year, and their posts will be kept for future use. Those who neglect their duties will be beheaded and their families will be exiled to Lingnan!"

"If all the supervising officers cause the Kunlun slaves to rebel and destroy more than half of their food and supplies, they will all be beheaded regardless of the reason!"

"My lord, I will obey the king's orders."

Ji Ran smiled bitterly and agreed.

Qing Ji's edict was too harsh.

However, the last time due to the Kunlun slave rebellion, the Wu army's food and supplies were completely destroyed, which made the Wu army fighting in the Western Regions full of dangers. How could Qingji not take warning and try to nip it in the bud?

These are not Kunlun slaves with thousands or tens of thousands of people, but Kunlun slaves with hundreds of thousands of people!

If you are not careful, Wu State is very likely to suffer consequences.

At this time, the young master Hongjin, who felt that something was not right, said: "Father, I think it is inappropriate to blindly abuse the Kunlun slaves."

"It is difficult to supervise hundreds of thousands of Kunlun slaves, and the soldiers will inevitably make mistakes."

"Therefore, why don't my father deploy half of the Kunlun slaves and half of the common people to work as laborers to escort the grain and baggage?"

After hearing this, Qing Ji thought for a moment and decided to adopt Gong Zihong's advice.

Qing Ji naturally could not trust Kunlun Nu.

After all, for so many years, Wu State has been cruelly enslaving the Kunlun slaves and squeezing their surplus value.

Now that the State of Wu is going to use all its strength, it has to mobilize some civilians to serve as laborers to escort grain and baggage. What's the difference?

You must know that in this era, under the system where all the people are soldiers, the common people at the bottom not only have to perform military service, but also perform labor service.

"Fan Li."

Qing Ji turned his attention to Fan Li, the imperial censor, and asked, "Do you have a reply from Du Hu?"

"Reporting to the king, as expected, Duhu, who was under house arrest by Dunai, was dissatisfied and was already contacting his old troops to prepare to flee and then raise an army."

Fan Li said slowly: "If nothing happens, the Kingdom of Shu will definitely fall into civil war when the army arrives in Bajun."

"good."

Qingji was naturally fully prepared for this battle to destroy Shu.

Not to mention that there were fortune tellers and others who acted as internal coordinators and cooperated with Wu Jun internally and externally to complete the Dujiangyan project.

It would be easy for Sun Wu to lead the 100,000 Wu army warriors to defeat the Shu Kingdom.

As for whether the Qin people would send troops to destroy Shu together at that time, it was not something Qingji had to consider.

Anyway, arriving at Yongcheng and being responsible for lobbying Qin Bo Ying Ning's literary style was enough to make the Qin people hesitate and hesitate.

Finally, Qing Ji took a deep look at Sun Wu and said: "Sun Wu, after destroying Shu, you will be the leader of the army that will destroy Qin. I give you the right to kill first and then report, and to make decisions at the right time."

"I will fully support you. I am your strongest backing!"

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

Sun Wu solemnly knelt down to Qing Ji, kowtowed, and then bowed and said: "My lord, after this farewell, I will not destroy Shu and Qin, and I swear not to return to the capital!"

"good!"

The State of Wu did not have a tradition of overthrowing the army and killing generals.

However, if Wu State launches a war to destroy Qin, all the two to three hundred thousand troops will be handed over to Sun Wu's command. They are Wu State's most elite soldiers and horses.

It can be said that Qing Ji spent all his money to support Sun Wu in this battle!

How can you not worry?

If Sun Wu is defeated, or if the Wu army is trapped in Qin and is unable to win the final victory, Wu will most likely fall into an irreversible situation.

This is just like, before Qin destroyed Chu at the end of the Warring States Period, the King of Qin convened his ministers to discuss the plan to destroy Chu. Wang Jian thought that "it would take only 600,000 people", while Li Xin thought that "no more than 200,000 people" would be needed.

Can defeat Chu State.

King Qin Yingzheng was very happy and thought that Wang Jian was useless, so he immediately sent Li Xin and Meng Tian with 200,000 troops to attack Chu southward.

However, the Qin army was defeated and returned...

This is probably the so-called "if you don't listen to the old man's words, you will suffer the consequences in front of you!"

When it comes to military tactics, Qing Ji considers himself inferior to Sun Wu.

There is no one in the world who can surpass Sun Wu in marching and fighting.

Famous generals who can be compared with Sun Wu, Wu Zixu and Tian Ruju, have all been taken under Qingji's command.

Even so, Qing Ji could not relax.

After all, a famous general is a famous general. If the army is not strong enough, no matter how powerful the general is, it will be useless!

Maybe Sun Wu could defeat Qin's army of 50,000 or 60,000 with 10,000 Wu troops, but so what?

Qing Ji wanted to destroy Qin, not simply to destroy the living strength of the Qin people!
Chapter completed!