After this battle, the recruits suffered some injuries. After all, they had to pay a price in the process of transformation.
Therefore, Cao Yun planned to replenish the lost recruits and reorganize them into the Jiangdong Army. After all, after these two battles, they were no longer recruits.
The reinforcements were mainly recruited from Jinchun County and Tong 'an County, or directly selected from the surrendered troops.
In this way, the lost recruits could be replenished to 30,000 soldiers and reorganized into the new Jiangdong Army.
With the addition of the 30,000 new Jiangdong troops, Cao Yun's current military strength reached 65,000. After recruiting soldiers from Tong 'an County and the other two counties, he could expand his military strength to about 70,000.
40,000 of them were the elite Jiangdong Army, while the remaining 30,000 were the garrison.
The 40,000 elite Jiangdong troops were used for the campaign, while the remaining 30,000 troops were mainly used to guard the county city. This was the main operation of Cao Yun's troops.
"My lord, the battlefield has been cleaned up.”
Cao Yungao was seated in Jinchun County's Prefectural Governor's Office. Hou Junji and Du Fuwei had come to report.
After experiencing a great battle in Jinchun County, corpses and blood were everywhere on the city walls. If the battlefield was not cleaned up, it was extremely easy to cause a plague in spring.
"That's right. After opening the granary to distribute food to comfort the people, we began to arrange relevant policies.”
Cao Yun nodded slightly, then ordered Hou Junji to issue policies regarding farmland in Tongan and Jinchun counties.
In other words, participating in the development of wasteland could be exempted from taxes for three years, and restoring abandoned farmland could be exempted from taxes for one year.
As soon as this policy was introduced, it was immediately supported by the people of the two counties. They kept shouting long live General Cao.
After capturing the county city, quickly stabilizing the situation and winning the hearts of the people had basically become Cao Yun's primary policy.
After the policy was announced, the army returned to Lujiang Prefecture.
He also transferred a certain number of troops from the 30,000 troops stationed in Jiangdong to guard the relevant counties.
"Congratulations to my lord for obtaining a great victory!"
In the meeting hall of Lujiang Prefecture, Fang Xuanling was overjoyed when he learned that he had successively conquered Tongan Prefecture and Jinchun Prefecture. He immediately bowed and cupped his hands in congratulations.
"My lord is mighty and extraordinary."
The assistant duke also congratulated.
"Now that more than half of the Huai River has been taken down, I have also begun to realize that after the expansion of the territory, there is a certain demand for talents.”
Cao Yun said in a deep voice after everyone congratulated him.
The demand for talents increased with the increase in strength. After all, the development of various aspects required a certain number of talents to be able to easily develop.
Especially in terms of generals, Cao Yun found that there were too few people he could use.
Although Hou Junji could be used, with the increase in territory and soldiers, Hou Junji alone was far from enough.
Other than generals, they also needed a certain number of scholars to govern the cities and maintain local security.
"Indeed. Only with enough talents can the Jiangdong Army develop better.”
Fang Xuanling and the auxiliary duke agreed.
"Then build a recruitment hall to recruit talents from all over the world. Anyone with talent and ambition will definitely be attracted.”
Cao Yun pondered for a moment before bringing up this matter.
Instead of visiting and recruiting people, it was better to build a place that could attract talented people, just like how Guo Kui built a platform to learn from during the Warring States Period.
This was to attract the attention of the talented people. After that, they would pass the assessment to select the truly talented people. This was much better than taking the initiative to visit them one by one.
"I agree!"
Fang Xuanling knew the beauty of it and immediately cupped his hands in response.
Hou Junji, Du Fuwei, and the others naturally had no objections, so the matter of the Recruitment Hall was quickly settled.
As long as they found a good recruitment hall and issued the slogan of recruiting all the wise men in the world to show their ambitions, there would naturally be talented people coming.
No one doubted this.
"I'll leave this matter to you."
Cao Yun looked at Fang Xuanling and said.
"Moreover, it's not just in Lujiang County that we're building recruitment halls. We're building recruitment halls in the other counties. Only then can we attract talents.”
Cao Yunke instructed.
"Yes, sir!"
Fang Xuanling cupped his hands in response. This matter would be handed over to him and the assistant duke.
"Now that Tongan County and Jinchun County have been taken down by us, the pressure on the Sui Army in Jiang Du will be even greater.”
After the relevant orders were given, Cao Yun squinted slightly.
The Jiangdong Army, which originally occupied Lujiang County, had already caught the attention of Jiangdu. Now that they had taken down three Huai River counties, including Huainan County, Cao Yun's strength had instantly increased by a lot.
Cao Yun knew very well how much pressure Jiang Du would feel at this moment.
He had a premonition that in the next few days, there would definitely be a heavy army coming from the direction of Jiang Du.
"Indeed. Jiang Du will definitely not sit idly by and watch us. It is inevitable that they will send troops to attack.”
Hou Junji nodded solemnly.
"If Jiang Du sends someone over, then it will definitely be Great Sui's people protecting my son.”
Fang Xuanling concluded, his expression turning grave.
If he was here to protect his son, then the battle with Sui Jun would not be like the battle with Tu Wanxu and Zhao Baofang.
After all, Lai Hu 'er was a famous general who had fought in many battles. He was also a brave and resourceful general.
This person was loyal to the Great Sui Dynasty and could only fight to the death.
In addition, the military strength of Jiang Du was not comparable to the Sui army of Lujiang County and Liyang County. The Sui army of Jiang Du was definitely elite. Dealing with such elites would make the battle more difficult.
"Recently, we have been training the army to make the cooperation between the troops more proficient. The equipment of the soldiers must also be quickly improved. It is time to prepare for the war.”
Cao Yun said in a deep voice.
The battle had yet to begin, but the group could already feel the heaviness of the storm clouds.
"Yes, sir!"
Du Fuwei, Fang Xuanling, and the others stepped forward and cupped their hands in response.
With the recruitment hall and the soldiers being trained, Fang Xuanling, Hou Junji, and the others left to make the necessary arrangements.
The discussion this time could be considered to have ended. Looking at the empty meeting hall, Cao Yun's starry eyes became even more dazzling.
"Jiang Du is here to protect my son. Only this person can be considered a qualified enemy.”
Cao Yun smiled playfully.
Compared to Tu Wanxu and Zhao Baofan, Cao Yun could feel a trace of pressure when they fought together.
This was also the difficulty that he needed to overcome on his path to dominate the world.
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