Warlords: Conquer the world from the county magistrate

Hu Jian was temporarily arranged to live in the garrison. Although he was free to move around, he was also under close surveillance by the two regiment leaders. Hu Jian didn't care about this at all.

At the same time, the two group leaders also sent people to contact Zhu Yaoxiang and reported the situation here in detail.

In Xing County, Fang Guoxuan has already compiled a statistics of the battle losses and spoils of war of each unit.

First came Zhang Wei's troops, who captured 732 people, killed 245 people, and lost 7 of their own lives. They seized nine box guns, old sleeves, Daxin -type guns, and a number of bullets.

Then came Li Zhongwu's troops, who captured 941 people, killed 214 people, and no one died in battle. They also seized box guns, old sleeves, Daxin -type guns, and a number of bullets.

Finally, there was the ambush of Fang Guoxuan in Xing County, in which 436 people were captured, 325 were killed, and 5 were killed in action. Three box guns, old sleeves, Daxin -type guns, and a number of bullets were seized.

Although the ambush had a great advantage and the enemy was in a state of panic, several people were still killed by stray bullets.

In addition to the previous capture of Xingxian, 417 people were captured, 352 people were killed, and 32 people were lost. Fifteen box guns, old sleeve guns, and Daxin -type guns were seized.

Overall, the battle to annihilate Zhang Shengwu's troops was much easier than the battle to attack Fenglin.

Not only did the casualties decrease a lot, the results were more brilliant, and the losses were smaller. Of course, this was not only because the enemy was not well trained and not vigilant, but also because the enemy had a weak will to resist and was unwilling to fight.

Fang Jian let the troops rest in Xing County for two days, taking this time to contact Zhu Yaoxiang and plan the next course of action.

In addition to the more than 2,000 prisoners captured, there were more than 1,000 wounded prisoners in the hospital outside Xing County.

Fang Jian waved his hand and asked Fang Guoxuan to send people to escort all the more than 3,000 prisoners back to Fenglin City. Together with the more than 1,000 prisoners in Fenglin, more than 4,000 people were arranged to do hard labor.

As for the seized weapons, Fang Jian didn't think highly of them, but he planned to exchange them all to the system in exchange for some points.

When we captured Fenglin, we also seized a lot of weapons, but they were all in Fenglin and could only be exchanged when we returned.

So Fang Jian communicated with the system and said, "System, exchange all the weapons seized this time."

"Ding, 42 box guns are being recycled, the recycling price is 15 points each. 4884 old sleeves are being recycled, the recycling price is 15 points each. 713 Daxin XI-style guns are being recycled, the recycling price is 30 points each."

"Ding, a total of points can be exchanged. The weapon recovery team will deliver it in one day. Do you want to exchange it?"

Fang Jian said without hesitation: "Exchange."

After I had some free time, I realized that there was a lot of things that needed to be dealt with. Although Fenglin City was occupied, the entire political system was still used as before, and the one used in Xinyuan County was not applied.

The most important thing is to confirm that there is a lack of not only management talent, but also executive talent, and even new police officers to maintain public order.

Of course, things need to be done step by step. The most urgent thing to do now is to build roads, connecting Tongyuan and Fenglin, and Fenglin and various counties with cement roads.

Fang Jian now also realized the inconvenience of not having a telephone or a telegraph. Before, he had been at the source of the message without knowing it, and when he wanted to issue orders to the source of the message while on the expedition, he could only use manpower, which was distressing.

Xinyuan County purchased cement last time, used part of it to build a factory, and the rest was barely enough to build a section of road.

There is no need for labor expenses in building roads, as there are ready-made prisoners to use.

Looking at the points in the system, I originally wanted to exchange them for some weapons, but now it seems that is not possible. I can only exchange them for materials and equipment for road construction.

Then we need to cultivate talents, train police, recruit troops, etc. These are all things that take a long time to do.

It would be great if the system could exchange talents at a cheaper price, then we wouldn't have to worry about talent. We could just exchange a batch and everything would be solved.

(The system rolled its eyes: Are you thinking too much?)

Early the next morning, Zhu Yaoxiang received news from Captain Li and Captain Kong at the front line.

"Boom."

He slammed the table hard and couldn't help but said happily: "Okay, okay."

"Commander, what happened?" Zhu Yaoxiang had been frowning recently. It was rare to see him so happy, so the chief of staff couldn't help but ask.

Zhu Yaoxiang grinned: "Remember the guy who sold us the weapons?"

"Yes, I remember. He seemed to be a county magistrate." The chief of staff nodded, not knowing why the division commander mentioned this person.

Zhu Yaoxiang smiled playfully: "We were all deceived by this boy's appearance. He looks harmless, but he is actually a man of deep thoughts."

Seeing that the chief of staff still looked confused, Zhu Yaoxiang handed the letters from the two regiment commanders to the chief of staff.

"To destroy one of Zhang Shengwu's divisions, the enemy's army should have no less than three thousand men." After reading the letter, the chief of staff couldn't help but gasp.

Zhu Yaoxiang shook his head again and said, "The people who came said that they occupied Fenglin City, so it is impossible that they did not leave people to garrison there."

"According to this calculation, the number of troops will not be less than 5,000. Where does he, a county magistrate, get the money to support so many people?" the chief of staff asked in confusion.

Seeing the chief of staff like this, Zhu Yaoxiang couldn't help but laugh and said, "Why can't I figure this out? How much silver dollars did he earn from us? It's enough to support these troops."

Although more than 500,000 silver dollars is a lot, to support an army, in addition to military pay, it also requires weapons and equipment, food and logistics. After all, even if it is to support 5,000 people, it will be difficult to support them for too long.

Although he still had some doubts, the Chief of Staff did not show them.

"What do you think about the two sides joining forces?" Zhu Yaoxiang was a little unsure about joining forces with Fang Jian.

If it were Zhang Guilin and Zhang Shengwu who said they wanted to form an alliance, Zhu Yaoxiang would agree without hesitation.

But he couldn't see through Fang Jianan and felt that he was dangerous. Zhang Guilin and Zhang Shengwu had their strengths exposed, but Fang Jianan seemed harmless. If he didn't show it, who would know that he had such strong weapons?

Fortunately, he had thought of attacking Fang Jian before, and thought he could easily control him. Fortunately, he did not do it, otherwise he would have suffered a loss.

This kind of person has quietly gathered a lot of troops. If you don't know his strength, and you join forces with him to kill Ma Jincen, can you protect yourself from being defeated by him?

Zhu Yaoxiang was unsure, but the chief of staff said without hesitation: "Commander, do you have a choice?"

After being reminded by the Chief of Staff, Zhu Yaoxiang couldn't help but laugh in his heart. He really thought too much. Do he have any choice now? In addition to Zhang Shengwu on the eastern front, he also faced two divisions on the western and northern fronts.

Especially the division on the western front, this is an elite force that Ma Jincen has trained, and it is not comparable to Zhang Shengwu's troops.

Even if the two regiments were transferred back to the eastern front, the western front could only be held with difficulty. Moreover, there was an elite division of Ma Jincen in Nanling.