The government is preparing to recruit the people of Wuzhou on a large scale to move to other states and counties, this news, at first it was only conveyed by some people in private, and it did not cause any riots, but soon, with the Wuzhou Assassin Mansion, the official announcement of the official government, confirmed the news, the entire Wuzhou, suddenly exploded, some people were anxious and panicked, some people were helpless, and some people were indignant, some people had plans to return to the Western Regions, but Li Xun would not let this kind of thing happen, once the people returned to the Western Regions, a large-scale trend was formed, The situation in Wuzhou will be completely chaotic, stationed on the other side of the Mulang River, the Dashi army in Xizhou is very likely to take the opportunity to attack in a big way, for this possible situation, Li Xun has to guard against it.

Therefore, Li Xun issued an order to move the military camp of Yuanhe Headquarters forward, garrison the Mulang River crossing, and strictly prohibit the people from crossing the border.

On the other hand, under the pretext of training, Li Xun ordered all the troops in Wuzhou to assemble thirty miles away from Wu'an City.

Yuanhe is stationed at the crossing of the Mulang River, You Chong needs to guard Wu'an City, Li Xun's order is actually aimed at Gan Tuyuan and Wang Chengxi, and the intention is also very obvious, to take all the troops in Wuzhou into his own hands.

The day after Li Xun issued the order, Gan Tuyuan led the 4,000 soldiers of the headquarters to arrive at the designated place as scheduled, as for Wang Chengxi, it was Wu Heng in the name of the observation envoy, who passed on the text to the Governor's Mansion and asked him to stay in Shenchi County and cooperate with the relocation of the people of the Assassin's Mansion.

For Wang Chengxi's stubbornness, Li Xun did not make any reaction and measures for a while, which immediately caused many people to speculate, but this situation, with the official documents of the imperial court transmitted to Wuzhou on May 13, everything turned into silence.

In the seventh year of Chengping, on May 13, a document from the Ministry of War was sent to Wuzhou, ordering Li Xun, the governor of Wuzhou, to reduce and streamline the army, and the number of regular garrison troops in Wuzhou should not be higher than 15,000.

Li Xun immediately released the documents of the Ministry of War to the public, and the news spread, which immediately caused a sensation, and even more shocked many people, and began to feel panicked.

With the official orders of the imperial court and the Ministry of War, Li Xun was no longer polite, and immediately rumors came out that the army of Yuan He and You Chong remained unchanged, and the army of Gan Tuyuan and Wang Chengxi was halved.

Wuzhou Governor's Office.

Li Xun, Fan Zhongyun, and Sima Zhong were gathering together to discuss things.

Although the number of troops in Wuzhou is quite large, but it is not concentrated and united, four generals, each leading a soldier and horse, Fan Zhongyun proposed to reduce one, leaving only three 10,000 people, fewer soldiers, military funds will be greatly reduced, free up hands, all efforts to develop the local economy and people's livelihood.

Fan Zhongyun said: "There are not many soldiers in the elite, and the generals are not brave in the plan, with the current situation, there are 10,000 defenders in Wuzhou, which is enough." ”

Sima Zhong shook his head: "A peaceful situation will not exist forever, once Dashi raises troops to attack, there are only 10,000 soldiers in Wuzhou, how to defend?" ”

Li Xun said with a smile: "This problem, in fact, is very easy to solve, the people who migrated from the Central Plains will come soon, we can transfer young and strong people, farm during farming, military training in leisure time, weapons and equipment are issued by the government, and a certain amount of military salaries are issued, so that after a few years, if Dashi comes to attack, we can immediately gather a considerable number of its soldiers." ”

Half-soldier, half-farmer? This method is really good, and it is worth a try.

Sima Zhong glanced at Li Xun and said meaningfully: "Doing this will do a lot of benefits to you." ”

Li Xun Zhengse said: "The four leading generals of Wuzhou, the soldiers under their command, are all veterans who have followed them for many years, and their heartfelt degree is self-evident, they cooperate and say, if it is like Wang Chengxi, I, the governor of Wuzhou, what else can I do?" This is a good opportunity for a large number of Han people to migrate here, and I am ready to select young and strong men from among them to form my own descendants. ”

"Li Xun, do you dare to say such a thing? If it spreads, I'm afraid it will cause big trouble. ”

Sima Zhong frowned slightly, what he said just now hinted at this, but he didn't expect Li Xun to be so straightforward and say it directly.

Li Xun said with a smile: "I unify the military power, but I don't centralize it, and I decentralize it to my subordinates, the emperor's uncle, and I won't say anything about me." ”

Sima Zhong glanced at Li Xun, pondered for a moment, and finally nodded: "You are the governor, the highest military commander of Wuzhou, you can do it yourself." ”

While Li Xun and the others were discussing, a soldier came in a hurry, knelt on one knee, and reported loudly: "Governor, Gan Tuyuan asks to see you." ”

The three of them glanced at each other, with a smile on their faces, and Gan Tuyuan took the initiative to come, obviously unable to sit still.

"Let him in."

"Gantu came to see the governor."

Gan Tuyuan walked into the council hall, immediately knelt on his knees, and gave a military salute.

Li Xun hurriedly stepped forward to help Gan Tuyuan up, and chuckled: "You are a senior, how can you give me such a big gift?" ”

Gan Tuyuan said respectfully: "There is a difference between the top and bottom, and the last general will not dare to make a mistake." ”

"General Gan, please take a seat."

Li Xun waved his hand, turned around and sat down, and asked Gan Tuyuan, "General Gan came this time, why did you come this time?" ”

Gan Tuyuan said cautiously: "Dudu, I heard that you are planning to dismiss half of the soldiers in my battalion, so take it seriously at this time. ”

Li Xun nodded: "It's true, but it's not what I meant, it's an order from the imperial court, I hope General Gan doesn't have any thoughts in his heart." ”

"Since it is the arrangement of the imperial court, the last general does not dare to have any ideas,"

Gan Tuyuan smiled bitterly: "I have four thousand soldiers under my command, who have followed me for many years, but now they want to ..... I was really reluctant to give up. ”

Li Xun smiled: "Removing its old and weak and keeping its elite can effectively enhance the combat effectiveness of the army, which is a good thing." ”

Fan Zhongyun interjected at this time and said: "General Gan, the army establishment of Yuan He and You Chong remains unchanged, and you and Wang Chengxi will be halved, with a total of 4,000 troops, and it is only for ordinary soldiers, in-service officers above the rank of lieutenant will not change, and I will not treat the dismissed soldiers badly, and I will give them a considerable amount of pension." ”

Gan Tuyuan was stunned, and then reacted, Fan Zhongyun's words were reminding himself that Wang Chengxi and himself were one, but the general in charge, there would only be one person at that time, what is the relationship between Wang Chengxi and Li Xun, who doesn't know? Therefore, after the merger, the position of the general in charge will never fall on Wang Chengxi's head, since it will not be him, it can only be himself, so that he has no impact on himself.

Thinking of this, the look on Gan Tuyuan's face suddenly relaxed a lot.

"How is the selection of the demobilized soldiers carried out?"

Li Xun said: "You don't need to worry about this, you only need to take care of the selection of the Stabilization Force and soldiers, and I will let the Military Discipline Department of Shan Qiu do it." ”