"Everyone has a common goal in the chaotic uprising, which is to overthrow the Great Sui and create a peaceful era so that the people will not suffer.”
Fang Xuanling slowly spoke under the enthusiasm of the auxiliary duke and the others.
Fang Xuanling's words were quite clear.
"We're all working hard for peace and prosperity. Why don't we work together to create a war-free era!”
Fang Xuanling's meaning was directly expressed.
Du Fuwei picked up his wine cup and took a sip. For a moment, he was silent. Beside him, the assistant duke also did not speak.
"I wonder what plans Mister Fang and General have for the future?”
Du Fuwei asked instead of answering.
Even though he had the intention to join the Jiangdong Army, he still wanted to see what Fang Xuanling and the others had planned for the future.
"The plan after this is naturally to dominate the Huai River region. Only then can we control all of this rich land in our hands. This will allow the army to continue to grow and allow the logistics and food supplies to be free from worries.”
Fang Xuanling smiled and told him his plan without hesitation.
From Du Fuwei's question, Fang Xuanling could already tell that he wanted to submit to him. In addition to his enthusiasm just now, Fang Xuanling could basically confirm it.
"Then if we are willing to join the Jiangdong Army to plan a great event, can we still lead the army to war?”
Du Fuwei was silent for a moment before he asked the next question.
"Surrender is not house arrest. As long as Chief Du has not done anything to harm the people or has any other thoughts, he can naturally lead troops to fight.”
Fang Xuanling smiled.
"Alright, then I won't hide it. I'm willing to submit to the Jiangdong Army.”
Du Fuwei cupped his hands and said solemnly.
"Chief Du is a wise man and has avoided a war.”
Fang Xuanling cupped his hands in response.
Du Fuwei's surrender had come to an end. After that, it was time to reorganize Du Fuwei's army.
Fang Xuanling led Du Fuwei and 30,000 soldiers to Lujiang Prefecture. After Du Fuwei arrived, he began to reorganize his army.
Du Fuwei had a total of 30,000 soldiers, but most of them were ordinary people. Although there were some soldiers with rich combat experience, they were generally not strong enough.
Therefore, Cao Yun's first order was to conduct a strict screening of the 30,000 soldiers. After the screening, there would be about 10,000 soldiers left.
The remaining 20,000 people would return to Liyang County or Huainan County. These places would implement the same policy that Cao Yun had given them.
Therefore, even if they did not join the army, they could still get a mouthful of food to eat. Naturally, the 20,000 people did not object and returned to the status of ordinary people.
Although the remaining 10,000 soldiers had some combat experience, they could not be compared to the regular army. Therefore, Cao Yun decided to let these 10,000 soldiers join the recruit formation and receive training with the recruits.
The so-called new recruits were naturally the troops recruited in Lujiang Prefecture. Including Du Fuwei's troops, the total number of new recruits was estimated to be around 30,000.
"The new recruits need to be trained, so I'll leave this matter to Hou Junji and Du Fuwei.”
Cao Yun said to Du Fuwei and Hou Junji, leaving the training of the new recruits to them.
Du Fuwei was a little surprised. He had originally joined the Jiangdong Army to seek a good future, but he did not expect Cao Yun to let him train the army without any doubt.
Du Fuwei had even considered that after joining the Jiangdong Army, he would be ostracized and his power would be weakened, but none of this happened.
It was obvious that Cao Yun treated him quite well. This made Du Fuwei change his mind and choose to sincerely stay here and serve Cao Yun.
After seeing Cao Yun, Fugong He changed his mind. The two of them were determined to serve Cao Yun.
Therefore, Fugong He was doing quite well in the management of weapons and rations.
"The things that should be announced have been announced. Next, it's time to discuss the next thing.”
Just as Fugong He and Du Fuwei were feeling emotional, Cao Yun suddenly spoke.
Since Du Fuwei had already surrendered and the matters in Lujiang County had basically been settled, the next step was indeed to discuss how to proceed.
"My lord, we have occupied almost half of Huainan. This will definitely attract the attention of the Imperial Court, and they will definitely send troops over.”
Fang Xuanling said in a deep voice.
He had expected this when he took down Lujiang County.
"Therefore, we need to strengthen our forces now. We can't stay stagnant.”
Cao Yun nodded. He had expected this.
When they talked about strengthening their forces, their eyes naturally fell on Zhao Baofan of Tong 'an County.
Now that they were powerful, it was time to deal with this fellow.
"Prepare to attack Zhao Baofan and take down Tong 'an County in one go.”
Cao Yun said in a deep voice.
Hearing this, Du Fuwei almost wanted to clap his hands and cheer. After he heard that Zhao Baofan had harmed many people, he had also thought of dealing with Zhao Baofan.
However, he didn't have enough power, so he could only endure the matter of dealing with Zhao Baofan for the time being.
"Leave 25,000 elites to guard the various cities. Fang Xuanling and Fugong will stay to guard the city. The remaining 10,000 elites and 30,000 new soldiers will follow me to Tong 'an Prefecture.”
Taking a deep breath, Cao Yun made a decision.
Hou Junji and the others stared in shock. They didn't understand why their lord was bringing thirty thousand new soldiers.
"Although we're leading 10,000 elites this time, unless it's a critical moment, we definitely won't make a move.”
Cao Yun said in a deep voice.
"This attack on Tong 'an Prefecture is also a good time to train the 30,000 recruits.”
Cao Yun's gaze suddenly turned sharp. This was also his plan.
When Du Fuwei and the others heard this, they finally understood their lord's plan.
"We accept your orders!"
Fang Xuanling, Deputy Duke He, Hou Junji, and the others all stepped forward to receive their orders.
The 25,000 strong army stayed behind to guard the important places, while the 10,000 Jiangdong Army and 30,000 new recruits set off on the journey to Tong 'an Prefecture.
Buzz.
When the sun set, a total of 40,000 troops had already gathered.
Cao Yun was dressed in black armor and carried the Dragon Stripe Overlord Halberd on his back. This made his body look extremely tall and straight, and his entire body emitted waves of domineering aura.
"Let's go!"
When the afterglow was about to fade, Cao Yun gave the order to march.
Rumble!
The horses raised their hooves and the army rushed out of the city gate like a ferocious tiger, heading straight for Tongan County.
Dust flew up along the way. One could tell how fast the army was marching.
"Our lord has returned triumphantly."
On the city wall, Fang Xuanling opened the white paper fan in his hand and shouted.
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