Xu Gaozhuo said: "I don't want you to do anything, it's the adults who want you to do it!" Take care of your body honestly, and remember, you will have a future when you live. If you die, it's all over. Live well, opportunities may not favor those who are prepared, but opportunities will certainly favor them...... Living people! ”

Ye Fu stayed in Yongdian Military Fort for more than half a month, and the news sent back by the Lu Ding Battalion sent to various places was that the task had been overfulfilled. Taking advantage of the fact that their respective military forts were leaderless, they had already taken Ye Fu's military orders and completed the selection and transfer of all the low-level officers of the military fort in accordance with Ye Fu's established arrangement.

This means that Ye Fu's first step of breaking the original hill within the twelve military forts has been successfully completed.

In the meantime, although there are many episodes, there are always thrills and dangers. Except for Yongdian, the rest of the military forts did not encounter much obstacle when they were executed.

As the dust settled on the first step, Ye Fu arranged for Lu Ding to temporarily take over the defense of Yongdian Military Fort, and then, with Fang Mengda, the former deputy commander of Lu Ding's department who had just recovered from his injuries, acted as the battalion commander and returned to Sanyang.

At the same time, Xiong Tingbi, who went north from Beijing, finally arrived in the important town of Shenyang.

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At that time, the situation in Liaodong was really bad to a certain extent.

When Xiong Tingbi was still on the road, the important town of Kaiyuan had already been lost. With the loss of the Kaiyuan Military Fort, Tieling has become an isolated city. The status of the two cities of Kaitie in northern Liaobei is self-evident, Kaiyuan has been lost, and Tieling can not afford to lose again. Therefore, Xiong Tingbi has not yet arrived, and the order has been issued, and Li Ruzhen is dispatched to lead the army to aid Tieling, and the defense must be strengthened.

But it backfired, although Li Rubai was a general, his skills in fighting were not as good as those of running away. Soon after Xiong Tingbi arrived in Shenyang, news came from the front line that Tieling had been lost.

In this way, the Kaiyuan was lost, the Tieling was lost, and the Kaitie defense line used in northern Liaobei to contain Mongolia in the west, control Haixi in the north, force Jianzhou in the east, Shenyang in the south and Liaoyang in the east has been completely broken by Houjin.

As a result, Liaoyang and Shenyang were forced to be on the front line in the face of Houjin, and they could be attacked at any time. Xiong Tingbi's plan to use the first-line barrier of the iron to resist the enemy army was declared bankrupt, and the situation in Liaodong was quite grim.

Xiong Tingbi hated Li Ruzhen, who had escaped from the battle, and the news of the loss of Tieling came back to Shenyang, and he immediately dismissed Li Ruzhen from office.

However, it is true that it is necessary to vent anger, and there will naturally be sacrifices in defeat, but if the situation in Liaodong is not changed, I am afraid that after the iron is opened, Liaoshen will soon fall into the hands of the enemy. Xiong Tingbi was so anxious that he had to consult with Zhou Yongchun, the governor of Liaodong who was promoted to deputy economic strategy after the war.

Zhou Yongchun is diligent, meticulous, in the governor of Liaodong, supervising logistics, is really the best arm of the strategy. Xiong Tingbi, who has always been unable to treat his colleagues squarely and is very prone to anger, had to temporarily restrain his temper in front of him.

"Brother Mengtai (Zhou Yongchun, the word Mengtai), the iron has been lost, and the Liaoshen barrier has been lost. Your time in Liaodong is not short, have you thought of any good proposals for the future of Liaodong? ”

Zhou Yongchun was exhausted after Yang Hao left, supporting the battle situation in Liaodong alone, and finally a boss who was willing to do practical things came, he naturally wanted to vomit bitterness, and hurriedly said: "I don't know a little, here in Liaodong, it is really difficult to maintain business, no matter from which point of view, it can be said that it is overstretched!" ”

"Oh? What do you mean by that? Xiong Tingbi asked.

Zhou Yongchun let out a long sigh and explained: "When Jingluo was in Beijing, he must have understood the general situation of Liaodong. Since Li Shuai's death, the military town of Liaodong has fallen apart. The so-called military households, without a piece of armor and unarmed, pay with the battalion, and pretend to be dead and alive all day long. They are all farmers who can use scythes, where can they use swords? Usually, when it is time to pay money, if you don't give it, you will definitely have to pay it. The lack of military salaries in the imperial court is naturally the reason, but it is by no means the main reason. Even if they were paid for the army, when they were fighting, they were still greedy for life and afraid of death, and if one person fled, ten thousand people fled. And did not flee back to his own guard, but desperately fled south. Therefore, the number of people is getting smaller and smaller, and there are no soldiers to fight for a long time. ”

The collapse of the guard was not only a matter in Liaodong, Xiong Tingbi had already expected this in Beijing, so he asked, "What about recruitment?" There are always soldiers and generals recruited by the imperial court who spend money to use, right? ”

Zhou Yongchun shook his head and said: "I don't know that because there were not enough soldiers during the Battle of Sarhu, the imperial court tried every means to recruit soldiers. Orders were issued to confer official positions on the basis of the number of people they brought. In this way, where will there be any children of good families recruited into the army? The domestic servants are okay to say, at least they are in a certain camp with their masters. The most hateful of all are those scoundrels! After filling in the name in this camp and receiving the money, he immediately transferred to another camp. When he received his salary, he clearly recorded the people, but when the number of people was checked to repair the fortifications or to fight, he did not know that he had already received several battalions of money, and he had disappeared. ”

"Oh? Is this the case? Xiong Tingbi couldn't believe his ears.

It is so difficult for the imperial court to compete for money and food, and there are still such miscellaneous pieces to defraud military salaries? It really deserves to be killed!

Xiong Tingbi's heart was burning with anger, and he slammed the table and was about to curse.

Seeing this, Zhou Yongchun said to Xiong Tingbi: "After a little and slow anger, listen to what the lower official has said." The lack of soldiers is not the biggest problem, after all, if Liaodong has no soldiers to fight, it can still be dispatched from inside the pass. But the lack of this war horse is really the top problem in Liaodong! ”

Xiong Tingbi stared at Zhou Yongchun and motioned for him to continue.

Zhou Yongchun sighed again and said: "Liaodong is facing the Tartars on the grassland, and he is already good at riding and shooting. The speed of the battle is high, and the accuracy of the arrows is high, and the restraint of the infantry is almost impossible to resist. If I want to confront the Tartars in Liaodong, the first thing I need to do is to have at least a strong cavalry that can compete with them, and let them know that they are good at riding and shooting, and I am not without people. But in the end, it's still a human problem. The war horses ordered by the imperial court to be sent to Liaodong were delayed, and the existing war horses were thin and weak. What's more, in order not to fight, the soldiers deliberately starved their horses to death. What's more, they even stabbed the military horses to death with knives in order not to go to the front line......"

"What a bastard!" Xiong Tingbi couldn't bear it anymore, and said, "Liaodong is at the point of life and death, but there is still such a bastard and ridiculous thing!" I can be undefeated! Brother Mengtai, I have decided to rectify military affairs, and I ask Brother Mengtai to help me. In the past, I Xiong Tingbi was not in Liaodong, but now that I am here, I will strive not to owe any more military salaries below, and will not let the soldiers lack food, armor, and horses, but I will never allow ruffians to corrupt the morale of the army, let alone those incompetent and incompetent warriors who only know how to be greedy for life and fear of death to run rampant! ”

Speech! ”

Zhou Yongchun saw Xiong Tingbi so angry, and knew that this strategy was indeed a hundred times stronger than Yang Hao and others. Moreover, I have heard the rumors in the DPRK for a long time, and I can know that this is indeed a boss who is willing to offend the world just to do some practical things. Of course, it is impossible for such a person to work for a long time, but as long as the finishing touch is drawn, there is still great hope for revitalizing the overall situation.

Therefore, after reporting his worries, he smiled, took out a military report, and handed it to Xiong Tingbi.

"After a little strategy, and then calm your anger first." Zhou Yongchun said, "Although most of our Liaodong army is corrupt and useless, it is not completely invincible in the end. This Ye Fu, according to the lower officials, is very good. ”

"Oh?" Xiong Tingbi suppressed his anger and took the battle report from Zhou Yongchun in disbelief.

This battle report was drafted by Xu Gaozhuo and then copied by Ye Fu word for word. When copying, Ye Fu was copying, and naturally he was thinking about it in his heart.

Originally, he planned to let Xu Gaozhuo take care of the production of ordnance, but the more he looked at the military newspaper, the more he felt that it was too overkill to put him in the ordnance factory.

Xu Gaozhuo is worthy of being a scholar, and even more worthy of being a scholar who has been a strategist for several years for a guy like Xu Pingong who likes to deceive his superiors and subordinates. The pen is quite powerful, not only using the icing on the cake just right, but also fully considering the personality and mood of the bosses who will come into contact with this military newspaper. In particular, this military newspaper breaks through layers of barriers, and it will inevitably fall into Xiong Tingbi's hands in the end. Xu Gaozhuo's military newspaper is really too good for Xiong Tingbi's psychology.

Ye Fu came from later generations.

From God's point of view, it is natural that Xiong Tingbi can have a more comprehensive understanding of this person.

But Xu Gaozhuo is different, just relying on a few words from hearsay, what he wrote, as soon as Ye Fu took it in front of him, he knew that this would definitely be liked by Xiong Tingbi.