The tenth day of the expedition.

Looking at the dilapidated city in front of him, Zhao Zongwu's eyes were a little profound, and he said with emotion in his heart: "Who could have imagined that Yansui Town, the core of the middle of the Great Wall defense line, is like this, and it does not have the appearance of the former heroic city at all. ”

Yansui Town and Yulin Town are the names of the defense line here, because the general military office of the overall defense line is in Yulin City, but the reason for changing the name to Yansui Town is because for a period of time, the general army of the defense line was stationed in Suide, so it has the title of Yansui Town.

The defense line of Yansui Town, located in the central area of the Great Wall, starts from the bank of the Yellow River in Qingshuiying in the east (the northern region of Fugu County), passes through Shenmu, Yulin, Hengshan, Jingbian, Dingbian and other northern Saizhu counties, and reaches Huamachi in the west (now in the east of Yanchi County, Ningxia), which also makes the overall defense line of Yansui Town more than 1,200 miles long.

In order to be able to better command this section of the defense line, the chief military officer of Yansui Town has been perfected, so the border wall along the Great Wall under its jurisdiction is divided into eastern, central and western three road defenses, with a total of 30 castles.

The defense line of the east road is mainly based on Shenmu, Gushan and Qingshui Zhuying Forts, the middle defense line is based on Yulin, Yuhe and Qingping Forts, and the west defense line is based on Anbian and Dingbian Forts as the main core.

If Zhao Zongwu wants to control Yansui Town, then he must have a certain number of generals, but at this stage, it is nonsense for him to control the overall defense line.

Therefore, Zhao Zongwu retreated and chose to let Chen Qiyu take control of the eastern defense line of Yansui Town.

It is not only necessary to stabilize the situation of the eastern defense line, but also to sort out the troops and horses of the eastern defense line as soon as possible, so as to lay the foundation for the entry of the Liaodong Army in the next stage.

"Tang Jiuzhou, my father asked you to be responsible, you may be competent for the rectification and reconstruction of Yansui Town?" His eyes were slightly squinting at the city in front of him, but Zhao Zongwu's words were a little probing.

As a military general found in Beizhili, don't look at Tang Jiuzhou's age, but his ability is still good, if he trains it well and becomes a commander of a legion, it is not impossible.

With the expansion of his forces, Zhao Zongwu must discover more talents, because according to his plan and deployment, these nine sides will be controlled by him in the future.

Therefore, the chief military officer of the Nine Frontiers must be his confidant.

That's how you can be truly in control.

According to Zhao Zongwu's understanding, if you want to control a major town, then the region must have three elite legions, plus a certain number of local garrisons, so that you can completely control the stability of the defense line.

So.

In this nine-sided town alone, he needs 9 excellent commanders and 27 excellent legion commanders, and if they are accompanied by the corresponding ambassadors, the number will be doubled.

This is not counting, far away in the peninsula, Wadao, Nanyang and other places, if it is really counted as these, then the talent gap is very large.

Tang Jiuzhou said indifferently: "Grandpa Guo, rest assured, the last general will definitely live up to your expectations, and will definitely rectify and sort out the relevant matters of Yansui Town in the shortest possible time." ”

Although Tang Jiuzhou followed Zhao Zongwu for a short time, the prestige of Dingguo Gong was already famous all over the world, and it was definitely a happy thing to be able to follow Dingguo Gong to do things.

In a situation where no one knows, only by following Dingguo Gong, you can be considered to have a future in the military, otherwise you can only consume your precious time.

Zhao Zongwu nodded and said: "Regarding the corresponding transformation of Yansui Town, this duke has already planned clearly, you only need to follow the rules formulated by this duke."

You don't have to worry about the cost geometry, you don't have to worry about what happened in the middle, you must clean up the Guancheng of Yansui Town in the shortest possible time.

This Yansui Town is the central defense area of my Daming Frontier, once there is any difference in the defense line of this area, then let alone exterminate the rebels, we even have to face the attack of foreign tribes! ”

Although the current grassland is a mess, only the eastern Liaodong region is really stable, such as the territory around Yansui Town and Taiyuan Town, which will be threatened from the grassland from time to time.

Zhao Zongwu came to Yansui Town, there are many goals to be completed, so he must sort out the forces under his command, this stage is not the time to take the initiative, everything will wait until the relevant personnel sent by Liaodong arrive in Yansui Town, and then it is the time to make follow-up actions.

The current Shaanxi region will make him more chaotic!

It is only after experiencing the catastrophe that the heart understands how precious a peaceful environment is.

This is also more conducive to his control of Shaanxi.

"The last general commands!" Hearing Zhao Zongwu say this, Tang Jiuzhou bowed and saluted.

It is a very lucky thing to be able to follow a generous commander to do things, so Tang Jiuzhou is also very cool in his heart.

In a Tang Jiuzhou, he also knows very well in his heart that this is a test given to him by the Duke of Dingguo, if he can complete this matter well, then he will bear a more important burden next, but if he does not meet the expectations of the Duke of Dingguo, then the next will be cool.

Therefore, Tang Jiuzhou's heart is still full of fighting spirit!

After deploying the relevant arrangements for Tang Jiuzhou, Zhao Zongwu put all his thoughts on the next action plan.

More than 60,000 soldiers from the Beijing camp were brought from the capital, but in order to stabilize the eastern defense line, more than 20,000 soldiers were assigned to stay on the spot.

At the same time, in order to ensure the overall stability of Yansui Town in the future, Chen Qiyu was asked to fill and expand the defense line of Yansui Town as a whole with the more than 20,000 Beijing battalion soldiers who stayed behind as the backbone in the eastern region.

Now Chen Qiyu is combing the eastern defense line, Tang Jiuzhou is rectifying the Guancheng of Yansui Town, and Zhao Zonglin is sorting out the relevant soldiers of Yansui Town, and he doesn't even have a person who can discuss, and many times it is a mess of hemp.

It is also because of this that Zhao Zongwu understands in his heart that this person leaves the group and can't turn at all, even if his own ability is strong, it is useless.

And the things that annoyed him were obviously more than that, with the suppression army taking over the ownership of Yansui Town, the news that Dingguo Gong led his troops to conquer the rebels was completely dispersed in northern Shaanxi.

And with the passage of time, it will spread farther away, and this will also make those officials who have fled from office, or officials who have suffered serious losses in the jurisdiction, flock to it!

Zhao Zongwu, who was already very irritable in his heart, looked at a group of buzzing local officials, and his heart became more irritable, and at the same time, he also saw clearly how serious the erosion of the local government in Shaanxi was......