Bai Feng was taken aback.
It seemed that Tai Shici had finished recruiting soldiers in Shanyue.
Although the reward for this Purple Grade mission was not much, it was enough.
"Ding! Congratulations to the host for obtaining the mission reward: All attributes + 5. You have obtained a random book."
"Would the host like to open the random book?"
Bai Feng chose to open it without hesitation.
This thing must be opened directly!
"Ding! Congratulations to the host for obtaining an Orange Grade Book: Eastern Jin Northern Army x1! "
Bai Feng was taken aback.
Good heavens, it was a book so close to the Three Kingdoms!
The Eastern Jin Northern Army!
It was said that the Eastern Jin Northern Army was invincible. During the Battle of Fei River, the former Qin Dynasty's 800,000 soldiers attacked the Eastern Jin Dynasty, while the Eastern Jin Northern Army only had 80,000 soldiers.
And they won!
This was enough to show how powerful the Eastern Jin Northern Army was.
However, Bai Feng did not have any extra soldiers to deploy now, so he could only keep this book with him.
After completing this Red Rank mission, he would use all the books he had on him after ten consecutive draws.
Bai Feng was not short of soldiers.
Hanzhong was short of soldiers, but Shanyue was not short of soldiers!
Shanyue had about 120,000 soldiers when he was recruiting. Now, he had recruited another 30,000 soldiers.
Excluding Taishi Ci's fifty thousand men, there were a total of one hundred and fifty thousand men!
Including Tai Shici's 50,000 soldiers and Yu Zhang's 20,000 soldiers, he had 70,000 soldiers.
A total of 220,000 soldiers.
Bai Feng could not help but feel a little dazed.
He did not expect that he would have more than 220,000 soldiers in such a short period of time!
What did 220,000 soldiers mean?
In layman's terms, it was equivalent to a top-notch feudal lord.
It could be compared.
During the Battle of Guandu between Cao Cao and Yuan Shao, Yuan Shao had 100,000 elite soldiers and 10,000 cavalry.
At that time, Cao Cao only had 30,000 soldiers.
Back then, when Liu Biao occupied Jingzhou, he only had a hundred thousand elite troops.
However, that was all in the past.
There was a reason why the warlords had so few soldiers back then. It was because there were many wars, and the people had no way of making a living. Most of the people went hungry.
If they couldn't increase their population, how could they increase their military strength?
When Cao Cao claimed to have a million troops to attack Red Cliff, in reality, there were only 200 thousand of them.
However, since the arrival of Bai Feng, the situation had changed a lot, and it lasted for a long time.
The unification of the north was accelerated, and the alliance of the south was accelerated.
After that, Cao Cao stopped attacking the south and continued to develop. The same went for Jiangdong and Jingzhou.
As a result, the military strength and population of both sides had increased significantly.
It wasn't just the Central Plains. Due to the ceasefire, the other races were also trying their best to expand their population.
Originally, the Qiang people only had a few hundred thousand soldiers. But now, they had 350,000!
Although there were no specific statistics, according to Bai Feng's simple calculation, the current population was at least twice as much as before.
After all, other than death from old age and illness, there were no other losses. Since the people could eat their fill, the population naturally increased by a lot.
At the very least, with food, the survival rate of the babies greatly increased.
Although Bai Feng didn't leave a single one of the thirty thousand Qiang people alive, he managed to get a lot of information out of them.
The Qiang army had a total of 350,000 people.
The leader had fifty thousand people under him.
There were three commanders, each with a hundred thousand people under him.
Among them, the westernmost one was a commander, the northernmost one was a commander, and the Western Liang one was a commander.
The leader's position was at the center.
Although the leader only had fifty thousand people, his fighting strength was much stronger than the other three hundred thousand soldiers.
Not only that, but all the Qiang people were in the area under his command.
However, the Qiang people were the same as the Xiongnu people. They used war to support war.
The people were just there to support the soldiers and farm. There were only thirty to forty thousand of them.
However, these people weren't like the Shanyue people. They didn't even know how to fight.
Most of these commoners had retired from the army and were working in the fields.
In other words, the Qiang people were the same as the Xiongnu people. They were classic warmongers.
Bai Feng's mission didn't just include the three hundred and fifty thousand soldiers, but also the thirty to forty thousand people.
He couldn't leave a single one alive.
However, Bai Feng also heard an important piece of news.
The Xiongnu people hadn't perished.
Their remaining forces had fled to the west and were eventually taken in by the Qiang people.
The westernmost commander's subordinates were mostly the Xiongnu people.
Bai Feng couldn't help but narrow his eyes.
Back then, Bai Feng had only wiped out the Xiongnu soldiers. He hadn't done anything to the defenseless Xiongnu people.
Most importantly, after Bai Feng had fought that battle, his soldiers were exhausted and didn't have much food. They had to quickly return to replenish their supplies.
Therefore, Bai Feng had let these people go.
He didn't expect these people to join the Qiang people and covet the land of the Central Plains with them.
Now, Bai Feng finally understood.
Those who aren't of my race will have different intentions.
This sentence wasn't wrong at all.
As long as he had the slightest bit of mercy, such a situation would occur.
Therefore, whether it was the mission's request or Bai Feng's previous experience, it was also good.
None of these Qiang people could be left alive.
Only by wiping them out could the crisis in the northwest be completely resolved.
However, this number was indeed shocking.
Three hundred and fifty thousand soldiers and thirty to forty thousand civilians.
In total, it was close to four hundred thousand!
Now that he had wiped out thirty thousand cavalry, it was about a third of the entire Qiang people.
In ancient times, horses were very precious.
The soldiers Bai Feng had obtained didn't have horses. These horses were all included in the military strategy book.
Although the Shanyue had many cavalry, it was still pitifully small compared to the total number of soldiers.
Not to mention them, cavalry only made up about twenty to thirty percent of the soldiers under Boss Cao's command.
However, cavalry was very important.
Whether it was mobility or destructive power, they were almost unafraid of any soldier on the battlefield.
Especially the archers, they would cry if they encountered cavalry.
It was very difficult to shoot them.
With the high mobility of the cavalry, it was completely possible for them to dodge their attacks. Moreover, the black armored cavalry was heavily armored, and their bones were as tough as steel.
However, once the cavalry got close, the archers had no ability to resist.
Just a stomp from the horse's hooves could kill them.
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