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At the Yuan Family in Luoyang.
"I didn't expect this Lu Qing to have such ability. Even the Gongsun family was subdued by him.”
Yuan Kui said.
Originally, he wanted to let Yuan Clan encroach on Youzhou Province. However, he didn't expect Lu Qing to be so capable. It seemed that this idea could only fall through.
However, Yuan Kui didn't feel pity in his heart. In his opinion, Youzhou was a bitter and cold place. If he could obtain it, it would naturally increase the Yuan Family's strength.
However, if he did not get it, it would not affect him much. After all, compared to the rich Central Plains, Youzhou was indeed nothing.
All in all, because of Gongsun Zan's defeat, Lu Qing's name was known throughout the world for the first time. At the same time, it also made the world tacitly agree that Youzhou had a true duke.
After all, even if it was the cold and bitter Youzhou, it was still a state with millions of people. If it developed, it would definitely not be a small force.
In the Ji County Provincial Governor's Office, Lu Qing saw the captured Gongsun Zan and Gongsun Du.
Gongsun Zan's words were a little better. When facing Lu Qing, he was neither servile nor overbearing, but Gongsun Du was already frightened.
After all, the winner was king and the loser was the bandit. According to the rules of the martial world, their Gongsun family was going to be extinct.
"Escort him away."
Lu Qing pointed at Gongsun Du and said. This kind of trash was not worth his effort. After Gongsun Du was escorted away, Lu Qing turned his gaze to Gongsun Zan.
"Governor Gongsun, we meet again.”
Lu Qing said with a smile.
Gongsun Zan snorted coldly.
"The winner is king and the loser is a bandit.”
Lu Qing didn't mind Gongsun Zan's words. He didn't want to waste his breath and said to Gongsun Zan directly.
"Lord Gongsun has made great contributions to the safety of Youzhou. The battle report today is just a failure in the power struggle.”
"I can't bear to see a talent like Lord Gongsun disappear like this.”
Gongsun Zan understood that Lu Qing was trying to recruit him!
Before he could reject, Lu Qing said directly.
"You've seen how powerful the Youzhou Army is, haven't you? If you can join, you can lead such an elite army to conquer the four directions from now on.”
"You even imitated the champion of the Martial Emperor era, Marquis Feng Lang Juxu. Are you really willing to die so easily?”
Gongsun Zan's expression changed. As a person who grew up in Youzhou, he hated the foreign tribes the most. Therefore, Lu Qing's words hit the bottom of his heart.
Then, Lu Qing added that this was the straw that crushed Gongsun Zan.
"Moreover, although you are from the Gong Sun family, you are not considered a direct descendant. In the past, you had the ability to maintain the glory of your family. If you die, I believe you can guess what kind of treatment your family will suffer, right?”
Gongsun Zan's expression changed drastically. This was the truth.
Those who cared about their family property would definitely attack the orphans and widows.
At the thought of this, Gongsun Zan finally did not hesitate and knelt down in front of Lu Qing.
"The defeated Gongsun Zan greets the Lord!”
Lu Qing laughed out loud. He couldn't help but feel excited because Gongsun Zan was different from Guan Yu and the others.
Gongsun Zan was one of the dukes in the late Eastern Han Dynasty! Now that such a duke had already submitted to him, the satisfaction in his heart was naturally indescribable.
Gongsun Zan surrendered to Lu Qing, and Lu Qing allowed him to continue to serve as the prefect of Liaoxi Prefecture and concurrently serve as a commandant.
With Gongsun Zan joining, Lu Qing gained a lot of public opinion. After all, Gongsun Zan was quite prestigious in Youzhou.
Since then, the entire Serenity Plains had been taken over by Lu Qing. After he completely took control of Serenity Plains, Lu Qing was going to start a grand reform.
The first was the army. Youzhou had a total of 11 prefectures. According to Lu Qing's plan, each prefecture had at least 10,000 soldiers.
After all, Youzhou was vast and sparsely populated. If they didn't have so many troops, they wouldn't be able to resist the Xianbei people who came and went like the wind.
Eleven counties meant 110,000 troops! This was only the garrison force. Other than the garrison force, they naturally had to have the strength to attack the outside world.
As for this number, he would temporarily set it at 100,000. In the future, the demand would continue to increase.
According to Lu Qing's plan, the 10,000 soldiers in each county city would be reserve forces. When the main battle force needed to be replenished, the reserve forces would be pulled in.
According to Lu Qing's plan, Youzhou Province should have at least 210,000 soldiers!
Such a huge amount shocked Gongsun Zan, Zhao Yun, and the others.
This wasn't the time when the feudal lords were in a chaotic war, where tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands of troops could easily be gathered.
One had to know that when the 18 dukes attacked Dong, the various dukes had no more than 30,000 to 40,000 troops, and the smallest had only 10,000 to 20,000!
From this, it could be seen how shocking Lu Qing was to ask for 210,000 soldiers.
"My lord, I'm afraid Youzhou can't afford to support so many soldiers!”
Gongsun Zan said hesitantly. In the past, the territory controlled by the Gongsun family was two or three counties. Even so, with the many years of foundation of the Gongsun family, he only had 10,000 troops.
Of course, if a war really broke out, it would not be difficult for a county to recruit tens of thousands of soldiers.
However, Lu Qing wanted more than 200,000 soldiers, which was a huge pressure for Youzhou.
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