Chapter 1103: Desperate Soldiers

Zhong Hui returned to Zhongfu yesterday, and he couldn't hold back his excitement, and he even woke up laughing from a dream.

The governor of Hebei and the general of Zhengbei, what a prominent official position, and the previous Zhong Hui was just a long history in the general's mansion, although the position of the long history is not low, but it is simply not comparable to the general of Zhengbei Hebei Governor, this sudden change made Zhong Hui is a green step and a flat cloud, and even the feeling became a little unreal.

Zhong Hui is an ambitious person, but he is very good at hiding himself, never revealing his true thoughts in his heart, since his debut, Zhong Hui has been playing the role of a staff member, hiding deep behind the scenes, giving advice to the Sima family.

In the eyes of others, Zhong Hui is just a strategist-type talent, and he has never led the army alone, so he does not regard him as a qualified general, after all, no matter how deep the strategy is, it can't compare to actual combat, and Zhao Kuo, who talks on paper, is a clear example.

Of course, Zhong Hui doesn't want to be a staff member for others for the rest of his life, even if he is a powerful Sima Shi, being a strategist around him is far less enjoyable than going out to take charge of a region by himself, so Zhong Hui has been waiting for such an opportunity, and when giving advice to Sima Shi, Zhong Hui is also doing his best, hoping that he can be appreciated by Sima Shi, so as to obtain the qualification to go out of the town.

Zhong Hui's serious and diligent attitude did satisfy Sima Shi, and Zhong Hui's ability can indeed prove that he can be qualified for the new position, of course, the third point is the most critical, Zhong Hui shows his loyalty to the Sima family, so that Sima Shi can rest assured that he can let him go abroad.

Therefore, when Zhong Hui revealed the plan and plan to stick to Jizhou, he was praised by Sima Shi, and Sima Shi thought that Lu Zhao was also embarrassed by the big responsibility, so he intended to let Zhong Hui be the governor of Hebei.

This is the opportunity that Zhong Hui has been looking forward to for a long time, of course he will not miss it, and immediately receive his life, but Jizhou is currently the most dangerous place, after Cao Liang took Youzhou, he is staring at Jizhou with fierce eyes, and the terrifying combat effectiveness of the cavalry in the state, Zhong Hui has personally experienced it, unless it has a cavalry team with matching strength and the ability to compete, otherwise any army will be defeated in the confrontation.

Not to mention that there is no such cavalry in the Sima Army at present, even if there is, it is the lifeblood of Sima Shi, and it is impossible to hand it all over to Zhong Hui. That's why Zhong Hui will ask to send 100,000 foot soldiers to the battle, there is no cavalry, and it is good to have more infantry, anyway, Zhong Hui did not expect these infantry to defeat the Bingzhou cavalry in the field, defending the city is their only choice, there is more strength in the city, and there is hope for defending the city.

That's why Zhong Huicai told Sima Shi that 100,000 infantry is the minimum, and if it is lower, the defense of Jizhou is really impossible.

However, Zhong Hui also knew that with the current situation of Sima Jun, it was indeed not easy to transfer 100,000 horses in a very short period of time, although Sima Shi promised to give him an answer tomorrow, but Zhong Hui also knew very well that Sima Shi was afraid that it would be difficult to do it.

After receiving the news of Sima Shi's summons, Zhong Hui immediately set off to the General's Mansion to meet Sima Shi.

In such a short period of time, Sima Shi mobilized the 100,000 people he needed, and Zhong Hui, who was well versed in military affairs, felt that it was impossible, but when he saw Sima Shi with a spring breeze on his face, he was slightly surprised, and looking at Sima Shi's expression, it should be done.

Sima Shi was not verbose, and said straight to the point: "Shi Ji, you said yesterday that the survival of Jizhou is related to the society, and a certain person also thinks so, so he has decided to recruit 300,000 soldiers in Jizhou, and you can go to the post on the right day." ”

"Three hundred thousand?" Zhong Hui almost didn't drop his jaw, how is this possible, under the rule of Sima Shi, there are only 500,000 troops, 50,000 in Youzhou, 50,000 in Jizhou, and 400,000 left, if another 300,000 people are transferred, there will only be 100,000 people left to garrison in this big place, isn't it a big chaos in the world?

Zhong Hui even suspected that he had heard it wrong, how could it be, it was completely impossible, but Sima Shi's words were conclusive, and he didn't mean to joke at all, Zhong Hui was completely nonsense.

However, when Sima Shi told the details, Zhong Hui suddenly understood, oh, it turned out that Sima Shi was not a ready-made army to be transferred, but let him recruit 300,000 people locally after he arrived in Jizhou, Zhong Hui couldn't help but faintly worry, any army, it needs to go through long-term training and actual combat tempering, so that it is possible to form a strong combat effectiveness, a new army that has just been recruited, if the Bingzhou army suddenly launches an attack, it is simply a group of rabble, such an army, and what combat effectiveness will it have when talking about peace?

Zhong Hui said his worries, Sima Shi had obviously analyzed it in advance, and said earnestly: "Shi Ji, now the imperial court is indeed in difficulty, unable to mobilize 100,000 troops, can only find a way from Jizhou, Jizhou has a population of one million, is the largest state in the world, this recruitment of the army, is to defend the land and protect the family, I believe that the people of Jizhou will also be extremely supportive, of course, if you encounter a few stubborn people who refuse to apply, a certain give you the right to cut first and then play." ”

Zhong will have a toothache, Jizhou has a population of one million, but leaving aside the women, children, the old, the weak, the sick and the disabled, the number of people who can be recruited is estimated to be exactly 300,000, this number is obviously not obtained out of thin air, but Sima Shi sent people to carefully calculate before such a result can be obtained.

All the young and strong men have been recruited, then the whole Jizhou can be called the whole people are soldiers, only women and children are left old, the old and weak, the land in Jizhou should not be planted, now it is the time for spring ploughing and preparation, a large number of fields are abandoned, what will the people eat next year, so poor soldiers, exhausted and fishing, I am afraid that the world will be chaotic from now on.

"You don't have to worry about this, Jizhou is an extraordinary moment, you should do extraordinary things, so all the people are soldiers, and it is not normal, and when the rebellion of the state is solved, these newly recruited soldiers will also be disarmed and returned to the field, as for the grain and grass that Jizhou needs to stabilize the people's hearts, it will also be mobilized from other states and counties, and there will never be a civil unrest due to food shortage." Sima Shi said in a firm tone, obviously he had already thought carefully before the arrival of the Zhong Hui, and the matter of Jizhou was so decided.

Zhong Hui had no choice, so he had to accept it, in his opinion, Jizhou was like a hot potato, but he couldn't take it, he had to take it hard, after all, this pit was dug by himself, and now he can only grit his teeth and swallow it in his stomach, there is no other way. Take a hundred plating to read the latest chapter of "The Last Three Kingdoms 2: Xingwei Claw Book House" for free for the first time.