Chapter 475 Local Military Districts

"Oh? Is it? ”

Lin Xiao subconsciously glanced at West Lake.

As the former capital of the Southern Song Dynasty, the imperial city will not be too small, this mansion, so close to the West Lake, how can it already be an outer city?

"The inner city is not big, it is only seven or eight miles in radius, between Wushan and Qiantang River,"

Seeing this, Li Tao couldn't guess what medicine was being sold in this guy's gourd, but he still introduced, "The outer city is much bigger, and the Wulin Gate in the north is already next to the Grand Canal...... We are here, very close to the Fengshan Gate in the inner city, not far from the front. ”

"Oh."

Lin Xiao responded thoughtfully, but didn't say anything more.

"What, don't you think the address I chose is too close to the city center and too noisy?"

Li Tao looked at his strange expression and asked.

Lin Xiao smiled, not affirming, nor denying.

"It's getting closer,"

Li Tao smiled slightly and explained, "However, in this era, the traffic is too backward, and it is too far away from the bazaar, which is inconvenient...... This empty house is big enough, and the high-walled compound is quite safe. ”

"It's also ......"

Lin Xiao nodded, thought for a moment, and asked another clueless question, "Lao Li, how many people do you have on hand?" ”

"More than 100 people, all of them are land reform cadres transferred from Liangguang,"

Li Tao was puzzled, "What's wrong?" ”

A number of backbone cadres were transferred from the liberated areas and the troops, and they discussed this matter.

Some of these people will be teachers, some will be reserve cadres of various lines of agriculture and industry, and most of them will serve as the backbone of the rural work teams that will go to various counties.

"Your old job,"

Lin Xiao teased and said, "From now on, shouldn't you think about accepting a few disciples from it?" ”

"Intelligence? Don't you have a scout? ”

"I'm all reconnaissance in front of the enemy,"

Lin Xiao shook his head, patted his arm lightly with a pu fan and said, "I'm talking about plainclothes from the Public Security Bureau...... The counterintelligence kind. ”

"This ......"

Li Tao reacted and hesitated, "Is it necessary?" ”

In this era, there is no such thing as espionage warfare, right?

"Why is it not necessary?"

Lin Xiao lowered his voice, leaned closer to him and said, "Have you forgotten the arson case in Nanning and the assassination case in Qinzhou?" This kind of thing, can you really count on those quick catches? ”

Seeing that Li Tao was silent, Lin Xiao raised his head and added: "Besides, in the future, won't we also need reconnaissance talents in the supervision of our own cadres?" ”

"Hmm...... Well,"

After pondering for a long time, Li Tao finally nodded and agreed, "I will consider this matter." ”

"That's right, prepare early, yes,"

The big pu fan in Lin Xiao's hand slapped it vigorously a few times, and then asked, "Are you going to ...... How many students are recruited? ”

"It's hard to say,"

Li Tao replied, "The first batch was recruited from the nearby Jiangsu and Zhejiang areas, thousands of people......

"A thousand people, is it enough?"

"Of course not enough...... Eleven prefectures in Zhejiang Province, plus two prefectures in southern Jiangsu, a total of more than 80 counties,"

Li Tao wrenched his fingers and said, "Each county has an armed work team, and a team must be divided into 20 or 30 working groups, so as to barely ensure that each township is assigned to a group ......."

"Shhhhh

Lin Xiaoyi frowned, "In this way, there are at least thirty leading cadres in each county, which is already three thousand......

"Isn't it, so, this is only the first issue,"

Li Tao rolled his eyelids, "In the future, people from Huguang, Jiangxi, and northern Fujian will also arrive one after another, and they can only be trained in batches." ”

"Oh,"

Lin Xiao nodded and asked, "How many people are there in the city?" ”

"Population? I just got a rough idea, and there are more than one million in Hangzhou Prefecture, including the counties to which it belongs,"

Li Tao responded, "As far as the two counties of Qiantang and Renhe, where this prefecture is located, have a permanent population of more than 300,000 people, plus merchants and refugees...... There must be a small 400,000, not counting the hidden population. ”

"So much?"

"Well, Jiangnan has a large population,"

Li Tao nodded and said, "When Zhejiang fell, the Qing army killed the most people in Jiaxing Mansion and Jinhua Mansion, and Hangzhou Mansion fell quickly and spared the slaughter of the city. ”

"The population of the province is ...... Is there a 10 million? ”

"Not that much, maybe seven or eight million,"

Li Tao pondered, "Based on the average population of 8 to 100,000 per county, there should be less than 6 million, plus the urban population of each prefecture and city, it is almost this number......

"Hmm,"

Lin Xiao nodded, turned around and asked Xia Bomin, "Where is your barracks?" ”

"Division Commander Xia's headquarters is near Wansongling, not far from here,"

Before Xia Bomin could answer, Li Tao raised the fan in his hand and pointed forward, "Do you see that Leifeng Tower, that is the west gate of the inner city, just at the foot of the mountain." ”

"Really?"

Lin Xiao turned around and asked Xia Bomin, "Is there an empty house there?" ”

"Yes, head,"

Xia Bomin raised his head and replied, "Tomorrow...... I'll accompany you to Leifeng Pagoda to have a look? ”

Lin Xiao rolled his eyelids and didn't squeak.

"Actually, the so-called inner city has long been out of shape, just the ruins of the former Song Dynasty,"

Seeing this, Li Tao had already guessed Lin Xiao's seven or eight points, and hurriedly explained, "It has long been trampled beyond recognition by the Tartars, it is just an abandoned military village, which is called the ...... of the city by the locals."

"So?"

I've never heard of it.

"Well, how many palaces and pavilions, it's long gone, only one imperial garden is left, it's quite decent,"

Li Tao nodded and excused Xia Bomin, "So, in order not to disturb the people, Division Commander Xia stationed a battalion he brought with him, and the headquarters was also set up there, and he gave up the political envoy Yamen to my people." ”

"A battalion?"

"Yes, a main battalion, with a machine-gun platoon and a guard platoon, less than seven hundred people,"

Xia Bomin grinned, "Other troops...... They are scattered in all the prefectures and counties. ”

"When the recruits arrive, they will be pulled there for intensive training?"

"Yes, yes."

"How many recruits are you going to recruit?"

"Three...... Three or four thousand, right? ”

Xia Bomin snorted.

Lin Xiao, who has a hammer in the east and a stick in the west, is almost confused by the honest Xia Bomin, and he can't figure out what he means at all.

"Think of a way to make as many moves as possible,"

Lin Xiao grinned and smiled narrowly, "Give you three months to train, select half of the main force, and take the opportunity to integrate with the old troops." ”

"Uh......"

Xia Bomin was stunned for a moment and didn't react.

What's going on today, this old man, hasn't he always been against the rapid expansion of the troops?

"Uh, what, is it possible, you kid want to stay on it?"

Lin Xiao glared, "I will officially give you the number of the Fourth Field Division, a maximum of 12,000 people, no more, eliminated...... Help Lao Li form a garrison and set up a local military district. ”

"Yes! Mission completion guaranteed! ”

After being scolded by Lin Xiao, Xia Bomin, who was shocked, finally reacted, and was still shirtless, so he stepped forward and saluted.

Finally, he didn't have to worry about being reduced to a local garrison, and the kid grinned excitedly.

Ma De, since the soldiers sent to Wuzhou, this battle after battle, the team of more than 10,000 people was dragged around like a sesame seed, and there were only a few hundred people left, not to mention how wronged......