"Lord Lin, can you use this official to send someone to send Lord Lin to the camp?" After Wang Ziliang and Lin Fan finished talking about business, they asked.

Wang Ziliang's words undoubtedly meant to send off guests, Lin Fan saw that he drank all the tea in the cup, so he got up and said goodbye with interest: "Don't bother your lord, the place where the military camp is located is not difficult to find, and the lower officials can inquire about the location of the camp by themselves." If the lord has nothing to order, the subordinate has just arrived, and he urgently needs to familiarize himself with the affairs of the camp, so he has to go to the camp to have a look, so he will no longer bother the lord. ”

Wang Ziliang personally sent Lin Fan outside the living room, and said apologetically: "Lord Lin, I am entangled in official business here, and I really can't do without it, so I won't send more." Butler, you send Lord Lin for me! ”

"My lord, please take it, just leave by yourself!" Lin Fan hurriedly said.

Under the guidance of the housekeeper, he first went to the side hall to receive the boring Anning three who were waiting. Then a few people left the state government and went to the post house to meet the people, and did not spend the night in the post house, but went directly to the Shenzhou garrison camp.

Wang Ziliang said that Shenzhou's political affairs are a mess, and in fact, the garrison camp is even more so.

After this battle, the original garrisons of the various battalions in Shenzhou had already been chaotic, thousands of people fled, and the camp was also occupied by thieves.

Although the imperial court later recovered Shenzhou, the military law was strict, and the deserters dared to come back, and the garrison was almost an empty camp.

Wang Ziliang also knew that it was not a way to go on like this, in the land of one state, several cities, without the protection of the garrison, wouldn't it be equivalent to saying to the thieves Come here to rob it, there is money and food here.

Shenzhou's current state is that there is no defense in the city, and Wang Ziliang and these people can't even sleep. So the Shenzhou government posted a notice that for the soldiers below the flag officer of each battalion, those who did not follow the thief could not be ignored.

Only then did the stragglers return to the camp one after another, but it was only a drop in the bucket, and more people were still waiting to see what would happen next.

This is also the reason why Lin Fan had just arrived in Shenzhou, and Wang Ziliang drove him to the barracks. It was really a headache for him, so let Lin Fan, a person who is good at military affairs, solve this big trouble.

The Shenzhou garrison has a large number of troops, with a total of three battalions, and the full strength should be more than 3,600 people.

It's just that according to the tacit practice in the army, military attachés at all levels falsely reported that a part of the soldiers' salaries would be taken up, and in addition to the loss of some of the soldiers in this battle, the actual number of people was certainly not that much, but the rest should not be less than 1,500 people.

But at the moment, the camp is empty, there are not many people in the barracks, and the whole camp is probably only a few hundred people combined.

Even the rest of these people, most of them are still old, weak, sick and disabled, not so much that they came back to serve the court at the risk of being killed. It's better to say that they have no way to live outside, and when they come back, they can get a piece of food and eat.

When Lin Fan and the others first arrived at the camp, they were faced with this kind of scene.

Looking at the group of military attaches who came to greet him, Lin Fan sneered: "Ladies and gentlemen, is this the gift you gave me?" ”

All the military attachés were a little ashamed, and they could not justify the sight before them, and they did not know how to answer, but bent their waists lower. After a long time, a general replied: "I am ashamed, please condemn my lordship!" ”

Lin Fan stared at the military attache who was said to be at the same level as himself, pointed at the messy camp with his horsewhip, and asked, "I'll talk about the crime later, I."

I just ask you, the dignified Shenzhou military camp, the important place of the imperial court, why is this like this? ”

Lin Fan actually wronged these people a little, those military attachés in Shenzhou before they were captured by thieves without even fighting a decent battle. Some of them died in the rebellion, and those who did not die were arrested and questioned by the imperial court afterwards.

The people in front of him were also drawn from all over the country, and they came a few days earlier than Lin Fan. They also reported this situation to the state government, but the chaos in the city had not been cleaned up at that time, so how could Wang Ziliang and them have time to take care of this, they just posted the notice, and let them figure out the rest by themselves.

If Lin Fan doesn't come, these military attaches can't speak at all in the state government, and if they want to rectify this chaos, it is undoubtedly difficult for a clever woman to cook without rice.

After listening to their words, Lin Fan's anger almost disappeared. Knowing that they couldn't be blamed entirely, Lin Fan was not an unreasonable person, so he said softly: "Well, I see." It's me who blames everyone, everyone get up! ”

The military attaches were relieved, Lin Fan's killing of Tian Wufeng caused a stir in the entire Huainan Province, but not only was he fine, but everyone knew that he was also promoted to the post.

When they first knew that Lin Fan would become their boss, this group of people felt awkward in their hearts. This evil star even dares to kill his superiors, and I am afraid that these people who kill them will not even blink an eye.

"General Deng, you arrived a few days earlier than me, tell me the situation in the camp in detail!" After everyone got up, Lin Fan took the lead in walking towards the central tent.

"Yes, sir!" Deng Wentong, the general who first answered with Lin Fan, replied.

On the way, Lin Fan had a general idea of the current situation of the battalions in Shenzhou.

The third battalion of Shenzhou, in addition to the first battalion directly led by Lin Fan, there are two generals, they are: Deng Wentong and Zeng Liang; The two of them each have a deputy general, Hao Pingchuan and Fan Sixi.

Below the adjutant generals, as well as the scribes of the battalions, they were also among the people who greeted them. As for the flag officers, there were too many of them, so they waited in the camp and were received by Lin Fan in the camp.

However, there are only three battalions left, and there are only more than 800 people left in the battalion, which is not enough for even one battalion.

When he arrived at the main camp, after Lin Fan and everyone sat down, he asked everyone: "Everyone arrived earlier than me, and the current situation must be clearer than me, what do you think will happen next?" ”

It was Deng Wentong who was the first to say: "The top priority is to recruit manpower, and the whole camp is like an empty camp at the moment, and the hidden dangers are too great." In case of another disturbance, with the few men in the camp, there will be no way to quell the chaos. ”

The conversations along the way made everyone understand that Lin Fan was a very good talker, not as terrible as they imagined, so they were no longer as afraid of him as they were at the beginning.

Zeng Liang also said: "My lord, in addition to the lack of manpower in the camp, there is also a lack of armor and ordnance. The soldiers fled, the camp was plundered, the storehouses were long empty, and it was not possible to have men without armaments. ”

Zeng Liang's deputy general Fan Sixi said: "My lord, although what the two generals said is important, what we lack most is money and food. If there is not enough food, it is useless to recruit more people, but it will be bad. But we went to the state government several times to ask for it, but the state government did not agree to allocate money and grain to us, saying that Shenzhou had just been recovered, and there were too many places that needed money and food, so let us wait. ”

As soon as these words came out, everyone, including Deng Wentong and Zeng Liang, nodded one after another.

Lin Fan also thought that what Fan Sixi said was reasonable, he said: "The matter of money and food is really urgent, I will solve this matter, if the state doesn't give it to me, I will go to the Daoli to ask for it, if it doesn't work, I will go to the Ministry of War, in short, I will not let the brothers go hungry." and armor and ordnance, all of which will be handled by me. ”

Lin Fan asked again: "How long can the existing grain and grass in the camp last?" ”

Deng Wentong replied: "This year, Shenzhou was also affected by the famine in the Central Plains Province, and the tuntian was deserted. The existing grain stock is some left over from the army's recovery of Shenzhou, and just to feed the current number of people in the camp, it can support another half a month at most. ”

"Well, it should be enough, I will send someone to the state government tomorrow to ask for food, and it won't be delayed for too long." Lin Fan said.

"The food problem needs to be solved, and the manpower problem cannot be delayed. Now the shortage of soldiers is too large, and it is definitely not enough to rely on the local military households in Shenzhou to replenish them, so they can only recruit soldiers. And the matter of recruiting soldiers will be left to all of you here, and I will let An Ning and them help you. ”

"The third battalion of Shenzhou not only has to recruit new soldiers, but also to eliminate the old and weak. This army is not on the table to watch, but really going to fight, those old and weak are left here, not only will waste food, but also drag down the hind legs of others, on the battlefield this will be dead. Instead of this, it is better to give them some money and food, so that they can go home and reunite with their families, so as not to harm others and themselves. ”

"My lord, now that the manpower in the camp is so tight, should you wait for the elimination of the old and the weak, and wait until the manpower is almost recruited before starting?" Deng Wentong was a little worried and asked.

Lin Fan said: "No, the long pain is better than the short pain, since the matter has been decided, we must make up our minds as soon as possible, and blindly delaying it will make a mistake." ”

"What if some of the brothers don't want to go?" Zeng Liang also asked.

"If someone doesn't want to go, ask them if they really dare to go to war. Most of these people in the battalion are some soldiers, and it's okay to eat and wait for death, and no one wants to fight. When they heard that they really wanted them to go to the battlefield to fight, they didn't need us to rush, and it was estimated that they would immediately take the money and leave. ”

"If there are still people who don't want to go, let them participate in training with the recruits, and all those who can't stand it during the training and fail the assessment will be removed. If someone really withstands all this, there is nothing wrong with staying, our purpose is not to drive people away, but to improve combat power. Lin Fan replied.

After Lin Fan finished speaking, he paused for a moment, and seeing that everyone had no problems, he said: "In short, I hope everyone can work together to get the battalions on the right track as soon as possible." ”

"Yes, sir!" Lin Fan shouldered the two most difficult burdens of food and ordnance, and the others had no reason to shirk and replied in unison.

Lin Fan understands everyone's situation, and also knows that there will be a lot of problems and troubles in the future, which cannot be solved in one or two sentences, and it is normal for everyone to have doubts.

So he said: "I know that it is difficult for everyone, but the court asked us to come here to solve the problem." The camp is so erosive, I think everyone doesn't want to go on like this, what we can do is only to form combat power as soon as possible, so that we can have the opportunity to do other things, and it is possible to make meritorious contributions. ”

"Listen to your lordship!" Humane.