Liu Bu commanded an army of 150,000. He was besieging Nanjing City day and night. When he was counting his roster, he actually found that there was an army of 150,000 under his command.

Mom forced him to command the four divisions of 40,000 troops, plus the Shanghai Army's troops of 70,000. In addition, Liu Zhongyong, the commander of the other army, had only more than 30,000 people. The merger of the two armies should not exceed 100,000 people.

But his army now has a real 150,000 people, all of which are officially included in his roster and need to pay military salaries.

Moreover, they also have a large number of civilians and servants. These people do not need to pay salaries or enjoy the welfare system. As long as they eat enough, they are willing to follow them. There is no way to count the detailed numbers in this part, but one number can be roughly obtained, that is, nearly one million.

With so many people under his command being having dinner, Liu Bu couldn't help but be nervous, and it was hard to survive this day.

That's why he personally took charge of logistics and military supplies to ensure that these people had enough food.

At present, Liu Jun can still achieve strict military discipline, no robbery, no worries about the people. This is because he lets all the soldiers eat full. If his soldiers are not full, God knows what these people will do.

When Liu's army attacked Nanjing in a large scale, it needed to include this land in their ruling range, so it was impossible for him to burn, kill, plunder and raise food on the spot like other troops. They value military discipline and reputation more than their lives, which was related to whether they could rule this place.

Their grain was still enough. The Liu family's grain was mainly made in Shandong. In addition, they purchased it from Nanyang. They cooperated with the Zheng family and used the Zheng family's huge fleet to buy a large amount of rice and grain from Nanyang.

Their huge warehouses on the beach were filled with a large amount of food. This Ming Dynasty Changping Cang and Taicang starved rats to death, form a sharp contrast.

The Ming Dynasty government only took out the grain and reselled it for silver, while the Liu family tried every means to turn their silver into grain.

In Liu Bu's eyes, these money can't be eaten or drunk, but it turns into food and cloth. This is different. It can make people eat and wear warmly and live.

What they have to do now is to transport the food.

The Liu family's army invaded Jiangnan, which made the local officials extremely frightened and extremely scared.

But when they arrived, the local people found that they did not have the terror of the rumors. Liu's military discipline was quite good. They did not plunder or burn and killed. Their military discipline was strict and basically did not violate the people. This was the rumored iron army and the benevolent and righteous army.

It was like eating or wearing a mother. Liu Jun did not pay food when he came. Such children's songs and children's songs were spread throughout the streets and alleys.

Wherever the Liu family army goes, it will not harm the people, rob property, and force you to pay taxes, but they will do the same thing, which is the census.

They will register the local people to record how many people and land there are, and secondly, they will ask these people to swear allegiance to their Liu family father and son and the Liu family group.

If they are willing to be loyal to them and submit to them, they will not pursue them. If they are unwilling, they will be rudely expelled from the local area and confiscated their houses and fields.

Everyone can see this method. This is what he forced everyone to take the side. If they did not surrender to the Liu family, they would surrender to the court. And this is their policy. Those who follow me will prosper and rebellion against me will perish.

What they do now is the most kind among the major forces.

Whenever the bandits broke through a city, he would classify these people and officials. If they were interested in the Ming Dynasty, they would behead them and force the people to surrender to them and submit to them.

But they could not defend the city at all. The government army soon came to kill. The government army rushed in large numbers. Seeing that these ordinary people had surrendered to the bandits and the rebels, they were listed as rebels and killed directly, and they killed a person.

The common people in the war-torn areas all understand something that is difficult to distinguish between soldiers and thieves, what is bandits who are as far as combs, and soldiers who are as far as combs.

Liu Jun did this a little better. All the information and data were only controlled by them and not allowed to be mastered by others.

This means that once they can't defend the place and have to retreat, the people can still have a way out.

However, there is still an old saying, that is, to bring people to suffer and to destroy people, and to fight and kill, and use these places as battlefields, and these people are still suffering and suffering.

Like the Liu family army, they were a little better. Millions of people transported supplies in a vast way. Wherever they passed, even crops and fields, they stepped onto the ground.

But the Liu family army is a little different from other troops. This is because they will give some compensation. If the official army passes here, you are polite and don’t blackmail you. You will still be compensated? Who dares to ask them for compensation?

Although the Liu family army has good military discipline, millions of people stationed here have also made the people nearby suffer. They say that there are constant vicious security incidents and the local smokyness is in chaos. Compared with other war zones, it is already very good that this place can be like this. If it is in other war zones, it is probably not as simple as vicious security incidents.

Liu Bu was trying his best to conquer Nanjing at all costs. He also saw everything in front of him, but he was not able to withdraw enough staff. The local public security was not what he could care about and be responsible for at present.

Liu Bu's top priority is to take over Nanjing City. If he cannot take over Nanjing City, their Liu family will also suffer major setbacks.

Jiangnan is a piece of fat meat, and Nanjing is the big fat meat among this piece of fat meat. After taking it here, they can take the opportunity to guide other places.

For example, the prefectures around Nanjing, such as Hangzhou, Suzhou and other places, are known as paradise on earth. Once they are taken down, it will be of great benefit to them. However, before Nanjing City is reduced, they dare not divide their troops to attack, and they are worried that once they are divided, the pressure on Nanjing will be lighter. At that time, Nanjing cannot be defeated and other places cannot be defeated. This is a situation where everything is lost.

Although Liu Bu was in charge of logistics, he expressed great dissatisfaction with the poor progress of the war. His hundreds of thousands of troops were siegeing the city day and night, but he did not win this city that only had more than 20,000 defeated soldiers and generals.

This really surprised him. Although Liu Jun had red cannons and his soldiers were strong and strong, they could not launch troops or attack on a large scale when facing the extremely high city wall and with such a deep moat.

So far, they have barely attacked near the city wall, but they have not even been able to set up a ladder to attack the city.

The defenders on the city gradually became sufficient. They prepared a large number of stones and pounding trees. When Liu's army attacked the city, they threw these things down without hesitation and smashed them down to cry and cry.

They were also very sure of Liu Jun's arrow rain tactics. This was because they had removed a large number of door panels. When these Ming soldiers moved, they kept the door panels, which made their bows and arrows unable to kill these people and preserved their vitality.

Xu Gong was very steady in his military service, not seeking merit, but seeking no mistakes. He ignored the provocations of Liu's army outside the city and would never go to fight. No matter how the other party provoked, it would be good. They just couldn't stand it. He understood that defending this place would be the greatest victory.

They were able to defend Nanjing City and drag his hundreds of thousands of troops, without letting them rage the surrounding cities in Nanjing. This was the greatest victory.

Duke Xu understood this, so he focused on stability in everything and never took risks.

Moreover, this Duke Xu tried his best to defend Nanjing City. Not only did he disperse all his wealth, but he lacked enough money and food, he also confiscated the wealthy and noble families in the city. No matter who you are, as long as you have money and food, he would confiscate them all.

Because he knew one thing, these people are reluctant to raise money now. Once the city is broken, they will eventually get the rebels outside the city. For the sake of the cheaper these people, it is better for him to use them now. After the enemy retreats, he will compensate at the price.

If the enemy cannot retreat and Nanjing City is broken, everything will be abandoned and everything will be gone.

You know, after being rectified by Duke Xu, the morale of the army here has been improved and the combat effectiveness of the army has also been improved.

The soldiers were full and dressed warmly, and they also had money and food when they were in war, and they also had pensions when they died. This made them feel at ease in the war and blocked the one-tenths of tens of thousands of troops from the other side's turn of attacks.

The officers and soldiers on the city suffered heavy casualties, and the Liu army under the city also suffered heavy casualties. Liu Jun was good at field battles and was good at field attacks. He was not very good at siege. During their rise, there was no tragic siege battle.

Although they surrounded Nanjing City and had magical artifacts such as red cannons, they had few ways to face such high and thick city walls, and could only use the traditional siege method to attack the city.

To put it bluntly, the so-called traditional siege method is to use human lives to fill it. The casualties were very heavy and very large, which made Liu Bu a little unbearable. Traditional ants-attached siege like this was not what their Liu family army was good at.

This caused them to suffer heavy casualties. Seeing so many soldiers lifted them down from the battlefield, Liu Bu was very sad.
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