"Under the training of Dou Tong and Fan Lu, Bailu County's navy now has nearly 20,000 men. There should be nearly a thousand warships that have been renovated."
"Where's the building boat?"
"There are two ships in the building. They were also captured by Chen Changqing during the Fushanshui Battle."
Xu Mu nodded.
In the water battle to attack Muyunzhou, warships, food ships, and baggage ships are indispensable, and these two large ships are the most suitable as the main ships.
"Bo Lie, how are the naval forces in Muyun Province doing?"
Dongfang Jing looked at the information and thought about it, "Muyun Prefecture also has 20,000 naval troops, but if a war breaks out, there will be at least 20,000 to 30,000 naval troops in Cangzhou to quickly support the land forces.
, there are almost 60,000 people in the two states combined."
After Wei Diao, a fool, killed his master to seek glory, not only the troops of the Xia'er Army, but also the rebel troops were gathered and organized by the Cangzhou royal family.
By now, the military strength of the Cangzhou royal family cannot be underestimated.
"On the Chuzhou side, there is only one last county left. The King of Chu wanted to surrender, but Zuo Shiren did not accept it. There were 50,000 Lingwu soldiers on both land and water routes, plus 30,000 Shanyue troops, and the morale was like a rainbow all the way."
Xu Mu smiled lightly, "He is a smart man and knows what it means to keep the King of Chu. Otherwise, earlier, he would not have issued any message to attack the unjust King of Chu."
Such people are not suitable for long-term allies. But under the common interests, it is not a big problem to cooperate for a short time.
Of course, even allies need to be careful.
"Bo Lie, what's going on with the herb collector?"
"I have led hundreds of Shu soldiers to open up a mountain road and started to enter the mountain. I have already given the order to return to southern Shu after only making a fuss."
"Zhang Shun is not a fool. When the time comes, he will increase his troops and set up defenses under the mountains." Xu Mu hesitated before speaking.
"My lord, there is no problem." Dongfang Jing shook his head, "According to your lord's wishes, we are just an intrusion and if the situation is unfavorable, we will return to Shunan early. Of course, if the people from Muyun Province dare to pursue, I will also stay
Backhand."
"Bo Lie, I'll leave this matter to you."
Xu Mu sighed from the bottom of his heart. In this troubled world, everyone from him, the King of Shu, to the homeless people, if they are not careful, will become the food of big fish.
"Lord, there is one more thing."
"Brother, please speak."
Dongfang Jing's face was serious, "Nowadays, in Shuzhou, in addition to the Pingman camp, there are more Croats. I think the lord can use the method of marriage. Let his generals intermarry with these two tribes."
"Could it be that Bolie was joking..."
"No. This was the case with Emperor Gaozu back then. At least three of his seven generals intermarried with barbarians and gained trust."
Xu Mu lowered his head to consider. Of course he is willing to do the matter of ethnic integration. Besides, this is for the future of Shuzhou. After the autumn harvest, the plains can have an army of more than 10,000 people, and the Croats can at least have four or five.
thousand.
"Is there anyone to choose?"
"It's not difficult to choose. Many of the generals in our Shu army are not married yet. But over at Pingman camp, Mrs. Luan Yu entered Chengdu earlier, and my lord happened to go to Kezhou. She seemed to have the same idea and mentioned it...
…It’s a bit troublesome to choose someone.”
"Bo Lie, Mrs. Luan Yu has no daughters."
"In the plain barbarian tribe, there are not many constraints from the Central Plains. She wants to marry for a second time... From her words, she mentioned a candidate."
"Mrs. Luan Yu is only thirty years old. She is handsome and handsome. I don't know which general in Shuzhou is so lucky."
Dongfang Jing coughed, turned his head silently, and looked at a place not far away, where Si Hu was picking his feet with one hand and eating steamed buns with the other.
Xu Mu's mouth twitched.
…
"I married an egg, and she shared my steamed buns with me! She kept staring at my steamed buns!" Si Hu cried outside the palace.
"Si Hu, you are already twenty-four."
The ancients paid great attention to carrying on the family line, so they all got married very early. In later generations, a twenty-four-year-old Sihu was already equivalent to an older leftover man.
"Brother Mu, I'm only sixteen."
"Sixteen of you, if it were any other woman, I really wouldn't dare let you marry her!"
"Brother Mu, the old lame said, if you marry a wife, you won't have the strength to fight!"
"Ignore that old guy." Xu Mu rubbed his forehead and finally gritted his teeth, "In the steamed bun shop on the streets of Chengdu, I won't care how much you eat from now on. Just treat it as your own shop and open it up to eat."
Si Hu raised his head in surprise.
"Hurry and change your clothes, people will be here soon!"
"What to change?"
"Put on...your invincible general's armor."
Si Hu ran forward a few steps, then turned back cautiously.
"Brother Mu, you said you can let me eat the steamed buns?"
"I don't care if you eat up your belly." Xu Mu sighed. His stupid brother is very fierce, but due to his innate factors, he cannot become a general. It's a pity.
"Hey, if I get married, I will leave my family behind and go out to eat steamed buns by myself at night!"
Xu Mu was startled, then angrily took off his shoes and threw them in Si Hu's direction.
…
Meng Huo, who had just arrived in Chengdu, was also crying. A few days ago, he called himself silly, but now he is ready to change his tune.
Mrs. Luan Yu hit her with a burst of chestnuts.
Meng Huo wiped away his tears and walked up to Si Hu.
"father!"
Si Hu looked horrified and looked up at Xu Mu's position. Xu Mu rubbed his forehead and made a gesture.
After some hesitation, Si Hu took a handful of broken silver, used it as money to change his confession, and stuffed it into Meng Huo's hand.
Meng Huo was still crying, and then Yinzi stepped aside and continued to cry.
"Um... Mrs. Luan Yu, are you sure?" Xu Mu raised his face and asked cautiously.
"My lord, I am willing to marry General Tiger!" Mrs. Luan Yu didn't hesitate at all, and clasped her fists openly.
Si Hu stood aside, glared at Mrs. Luan Yu, and started talking to himself again, chattering endlessly.
"My younger brother has a lively temperament. If anything happens in the future, you can come to me. However, after marrying Si Hu, how will things be done in the camp?"
"My son Meng Huo has grown up and can be a barbarian king. I am willing to stay in Chengdu!"
Having said this, it can be seen that Mrs. Luan Yu is really moved. God knows when her monster brother got such a blessing.
To be honest, although Mrs. Luan Yu is over thirty years old, her features are handsome and heroic, and she has a rare alien beauty.
"In that case, I will arrange your wedding myself in two days."
"Thank you, Lord!" Mrs. Luan Yu looked happy.
Xu Mu raised his head, looked at Si Hu who was still muttering to himself, and coughed twice hurriedly.
Si Hu immediately ran over, and just as he raised his fists, the three steamed buns he had hidden rolled down, probably because his armor was too loose.