While Ye Xiong and Lei Ben were working hard on the battle, Xiao Jingxuan was not idle either.
During this period, Xiao Jingxuan went to the farmland almost every day to watch the growth of crops.
If the yield of these crops is indeed huge, as the envoys from Fanbang said, then the benefits to the Yan country will be great.
Fortunately, because of Xiao Jingxuan's generous promise, these foreign envoys expressed their willingness to wait until these crops matured before leaving.
The envoys' statements greatly increased Xiao Jingxuan's authenticity of these crops.
With sufficient food, Yan's military strength will be greatly improved by then.
Spring passed and autumn came, and the harvest season soon came. The yields of new crops in several farms on the outskirts of Yingzhou shocked many people.
After receiving the news, Xiao Jingxuan came to the farm with all the civil and military personnel from the court.
Seeing the people whose faces were full of joy, Xiao Jingxuan was also infected.
After statistics, the output of corn and potatoes was even more amazing than what those foreign envoys said.
Seeing this, Xiao Jingxuan summoned those foreign envoys, and after praising him, Xiao Jingxuan also fulfilled his promise.
Xiao Jingxuan ordered that these foreign envoys be given a whole boatload of gold, silver and jewelry.
At the same time, Xiao Jingxuan also promised that as long as these foreign envoys can bring more crop seeds, they will never let these people down.
After the farm had a good harvest, Xiao Jingxuan looked at Zhou Wei, the second assistant of the cabinet, and said.
"Zhou Aiqing, the seed saving and promotion of these crops will be left to you. All ministries and government agencies also need to fully cooperate."
"I obey your orders."
After finishing the promotion of crops, Xiao Jingxuan returned to the palace.
A few days ago, Lei Ben sent good news, saying that all the barbarians around Shenzhou and Baicheng had been pacified.
At the same time, the main body of Xiongzhou City has almost been built, and the rest will be slowly filled in later.
Now coupled with the bumper harvest of crops, Xiao Jingxuan can be said to be a double happiness during this period.
Xiao Jingxuan felt that Yan Guo's luck had obviously increased significantly, and his Holy Emperor's hegemonic body could finally continue to cultivate.
During this period, with the improvement of his cultivation, Xiao Jingxuan clearly felt that the opportunity for great changes in the world was coming soon.
The Holy Emperor's hegemonic body was built using the power of luck, so it is very sensitive to changes between heaven and earth.
In today's world, many strange things have happened, which has also given some charlatans and sorcerers the opportunity to cholera the common people.
In addition to these quack magicians, there are also many Taoist disciples who have begun to travel around the world to promote the ideas of their sect.
Some gangsters have also taken advantage of the situation, and wealthy families from all over the country are also starting to make moves.
Regarding these, Xiao Jingxuan can only stand still for the time being. Although Xiao Jingxuan is not afraid of anyone with low-level combat power, the top-level combat power is still beyond the capabilities of Yan State.
Taking advantage of the great increase in Yan Guo's luck, Xiao Jingxuan now has a faint divine light shining in the main points of his body.
As long as he takes one step further, Xiao Jingxuan believes that gods will be born in the acupoints all over his body.
When the time comes, Xiao Jingxuan's backhand will suppress the powerful men at the pinnacle of spiritual mastery, and they will never let these people run rampant.
However, what Xiao Jingxuan lacks most now is time. As long as he waits until the training of the Yellow Turban Warriors is completed, he will have more confidence to compete for world domination.
In order to gain more luck, military expansion could not be stopped. So Xiao Jingxuan set his sights on Wei.
Among the countries today, the Yan State only borders Zhao, Wei, and Man. The barbarians are nomadic peoples with a vast territory and sparsely populated areas. They are too scattered and cannot be completely conquered in a short period of time.
There are not many state capitals left in Zhao State now, and it can be said that they are struggling to survive. However, after all, the Yuwen clan has the existence of the ancestor who can communicate with the gods, so it cannot be forced too hard.
Then there is only one choice left for Yan State, and that is Wei State.
The State of Wei is not only the most populous and the most powerful among the other states, it is also the nominal suzerain state.
If Yan wants to conquer the south, he must make complete preparations.
Thinking of this, Xiao Jingxuan immediately sent an order to promote Xiao Yuan, deputy general of the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry, to the chief general of the Xuanjia Army.
Select some elites from the tiger and leopard cavalry, and then select young men from the state capitals to form 50,000 elite horse and infantry troops, station them in Yingzhou, and obey orders at any time.
At the same time, an order was issued to transfer Tang Wanyi, the Minister of War, to serve as the general manager of Pingcheng Camp.
Hu Yanzhuo, the general manager of Tiaoping City, was appointed as the commander-in-chief of the Tianzhu Army. He transferred some elites from the Pingcheng camp, and then transferred young men from various state capitals to form 50,000 elite horse and infantry troops. He stationed his troops in Pingzhou and ordered them at any time.
With Xiao Jingxuan's decree issued, it can be said that the entire Yan Kingdom was shocked this time.
The Yan State currently has about 250,000 troops. With this expansion, the total military strength has reached an astonishing 350,000.
According to the current national strength of Yan State, it can be said that it is very difficult to raise so many soldiers and horses.
However, Xiao Jingxuan has no other choice. Without sufficient troops, the chance of victory in the Southern Expedition is not high.
As recruitment orders were issued to various places, young men from various places also began to gather towards the state capitals, and then, led by soldiers from the state capitals, marched towards Yingzhou and Pingzhou.
As the leader of the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry, Ye Xiong was not idle either. He soon received a secret transfer order from Xiao Jingxuan and began to move towards Pingzhou in hiding.
In the winter of the 32nd year of Jia'an, Xiao Jingxuan officially launched the war against Wei in the name of Qingjun.
Xiao Jingxuan ordered that the crown prince Xiao Zongze should be the supervisor of the country, and the first assistant Wei Ming and the second assistant Zhou Wei would stay in Yingzhou as auxiliary ministers.
Xiao Jingxuan went on a personal expedition and led the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry, Xuanjia Army, Tianzhu Army and the Huwei Army from Youzhou Camp, a total of 170,000 troops to conquer Wei in the south.
After more than half a month of rapid march, Xiao Jingxuan led all the troops to gather in Youzhou.
The secret guard who was Xiao Jingxuan's eyes also acted quickly and put news about several border towns in Wei State on Xiao Jingxuan's desk.
The number of Wei troops stationed in border states was not large. In Cangzhou, Lizhou, Qingzhou and other places bordering Youzhou, the number of troops stationed there was between 20,000 and 30,000.
Among them, Qingzhou is the largest, with 30,000 troops stationed, and the other two places have about 20,000 troops stationed.
After understanding Wei's military situation, Xiao Jingxuan began to issue orders to the generals.
Xiao Jingxuan issued an order and ordered Wang Xuan to serve as the commander-in-chief of the right army to attack Cangzhou.
Hu Yanzhuo was ordered to serve as the commander-in-chief of the Central Army and attack Lizhou.
As for Qingzhou, which had the largest number of troops, it was left to Xiao Yuan, the most junior Xuanjia Army commander, to attack.
Xiao Jingxuan led the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry and the pro-army troops as the rear army to hold down the formation for the various armies.
Xiao Jingxuan's military order surprised the generals. You must know that in previous wars, Xiao Jingxuan always chose the most difficult battlefields to fight in person.
But now he has retreated to the rear. Is it true that the rumors that Xiao Jingxuan has lost all his martial arts skills are true?
Or is it that today’s battles are too difficult to arouse Xiao Jingxuan’s interest?
Seeing the confused expressions on the generals' faces, Xiao Jingxuan did not explain much, but ordered them to set off immediately to attack their respective targets.
After Xiao Yuan received the military order and returned to the Xuanjia Army camp, he immediately ordered the army to break camp and march towards Qingzhou.
The total strength of Xuanjia Army is only 50,000, while Qingzhou's strength has reached 30,000.
Most of the troops under Xiao Yuan's command were made up of young and strong men, and their combat effectiveness was naturally not as good as the veterans of Qingzhou. It can be said that Xiao Yuan did not have an advantage in terms of military strength.
Since a strong attack failed, then we had to outwit him. Xiao Yuan carefully studied the map of Qingzhou to see if he could find a way to outwit it.
Hu Yanzhuo's side is not easy either. Although Lizhou City is a small city, after excluding the garrisons from surrounding counties, there are only more than 15,000 people left in Lizhou City. In terms of military strength, it is more than three times that of the opponent.
However, as a makeshift army, Hu Yanzhuo was skeptical about the combat effectiveness of this army.
It can be said that among the three armies, Wang Xuan has the most advantage. Cangzhou City has always been the granary of the Wei State.
The grain stored in Cangzhou's warehouse can be said to supply the entire northern states. Cangzhou's military strength is not large. Excluding the grain transport soldiers and the garrisons in the counties under its command, Cangzhou City can definitely not provide more than 8,000 combat sergeants.
After Wang Xuan saw that his side had a huge advantage, he directly launched a strong attack on Cangzhou.
Xiao Jingxuan did not pay too much attention to the battle strategies of his generals. This time Xiao Jingxuan was not only training troops, but more importantly, training generals.
The scouts from all walks of life kept reporting to Xiao Jingxuan the battle status of the three armies, allowing Xiao Jingxuan to have a clearer understanding of the movements of each army.
After Xiao Yuan faced the situation in Qingzhou, he adopted a strategy of luring the enemy in, directly attacked several counties under Qingzhou, and forced the Qingzhou defenders to leave the city to fight with him.
Hu Yanzhuo was truly scheming. He first attacked the grain transport team going to Lizhou City to transport grain, and then selected 3,000 elite soldiers from his subordinates to disguise themselves as a grain transportation team and attacked Lizhou City.
As for Cangzhou, Cangzhou was a granary among border states, and many soldiers and horses came to transport grain every ten days, so Wang Xuan also adopted the same strategy as Hu Yanzhuo.
Sometimes I have to admit that although some strategies are old, they are quite effective.
Sitting in the commander's tent, Xiao Jingxuan felt very satisfied after listening to the scouts reporting on the movements of the armies.
Hu Yanzhuo, as a veteran, it is not surprising that Wang Xuan has this fighting method. He did not expect Xiao Yuan to be able to take charge of his own business now. How could he not be satisfied with this?
At this moment, Ye Xiong came to the handsome tent muttering and vented his dissatisfaction to Xiao Jingxuan.
"Your Majesty, Hu Yanzhuo and the others are having a great time killing outside. I wonder when the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry will be dispatched?"
Seeing his beloved general eager to fight, Xiao Jingxuan shook his head and said with a smile.
"What? Are you jealous when you see a few of them making meritorious deeds?"
Ye Xiong responded with a simple smile.
"Your Majesty, the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry have always been the vanguard of all armies. When did they serve as the rear army? Isn't this putting the cart before the horse?"
"Hey, it's not bad. He can even put the cart before the horse. It's not bad."
Seeing that Jam Hsiao didn't answer, Ye Xiong could only smile awkwardly, but he didn't back down, obviously waiting for Jam Hsiao to give an explanation.