Han Qian left from the Third Prince, returned to his residence, and saw that Zhao Ting'er, Zhao Wuji, Feng Yi, the Du family brothers and sisters, and Tian Cheng and others had just rushed from Hanshou to Tanzhou City to meet him.

Everyone had just unpacked their bags at this time, and when they saw Han Qian coming in from outside, they all greeted them.

Han Qian said with a smile: "Your Highness just said that you want to find a spacious mansion in Tanzhou City and give it to me, you come here, I am not afraid that the house will be too wide." ”

"When you walked back, you had a sad face, who made you angry?" Zhao Ting'er's eyes were sharp, and when she saw Han Qian's expression when she first entered the house, she asked curiously.

Xi Ying said: "Anyway, I don't dare to give him anger!" ”

Feng Yi said: "I just heard Xi Fa'er say something, did your lord realize that Changxiang Marquis Wang Yong and Qingyang County Lord are not fuel-efficient lamps?" ”

Han Qian wasn't sure if he wanted Feng Yi to know more secrets at this time, so he just smiled perfunctorily and said, "One by one, which one of you is a fuel-efficient lamp?" ”

Han Qian asked everyone not to be busy packing their bags, and called Tian Cheng, Feng Yi and the others to the small hall to speak:

"I just told His Highness that I want to recommend you to serve as the Sima of Xuzhou and the soldiers and horses of the state battalion, and the imperial court letter will take ten days and half a month at the earliest, but the Wuling army may have to withdraw from Hanshou, Wuling, Yuanling and other cities to Xuzhou in the next few days, and you will deal with this matter. After you return to Xuzhou, contact Fanzhai of Xuefeng Mountain from Qianyang, don't use troops as much as possible, and first open up the post road of Xuefeng Mountain, so that people can pass! In the past few days, the logistics and baggage from Yuanling to Hanshou have to be handed over to Mr. Shen Yang, Zhou Yuan, and Zhang Qian, who have to take over, and the medical battalion will be disbanded on the spot in addition to being seriously disabled and sent to Longya City for further treatment......

"The Wuling Army is going to be abolished?" Feng Yi was slightly stunned and asked in shock.

"I have already asked His Highness to dismiss the Wuling Army, after all, the Wuling Army's supply is too expensive." Han Qian nodded and said.

"Xuzhou can barely maintain the supply ...... of the Wuling army," Feng Yu admonished.

The Wuling Army finally has a scale of more than 7,000 people now, and with the merits of the Han family's father and son, the Wuling Army should be further expanded.

Although Feng Yi realized that Han Daoxun was not a heroic man who brought disaster to the country and the people, he was definitely not a foolish and loyal person, and he should know that if he really wanted to do something, he would never be able to do it without power.

If it weren't for Han Daoxun's request, Feng Yi couldn't understand why Han Qian took the initiative to dismantle the Wuling Army.

At this time, the Wuling Army was taken to take the initiative to be dismantled, and only the Xuzhou Prefecture Battalion was retained, although it could still retain about two or three thousand combat strength, but Tan, Yue, Lang, Shao, Heng, and Chen Prefectures, which state's local state battalion, the strength of which state would be less than 3,000 people?

Besides, the Wuling Army adopts a recruitment system, even if there is no opportunity to change the military system, the cost is high, but Feng Yi knows that if he wants to maintain seven or eight thousand elite soldiers and horses, Xuzhou can still barely bear it.

What's more, after the First World War, Han Qian and his father should also have other rewards, and even further, Han Qian and his father and son should merge the other two forces of the Han clan step by step.

Han Qian waved his hand, indicating that he didn't want to argue about anything on this matter anymore.

Seeing that Han Qian had already made a decision, Feng Yi was naturally inconvenient to say anything, and he saw that Tian Cheng and Lin Haizheng both had regretful expressions on their faces.

"What should we do with the extra manpower?" Feng Yi asked.

"The people who were originally transferred from the left division,

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Most people still want to return to Jinyun Tower, and I will recommend Gao Shao to His Highness to preside over the affairs of Jinyun Tower," Han Qian said, "and Hai Zheng will serve with me by His Highness's side when the time comes......"

After instructing these things, Han Qian asked Feng Yi, Tian Cheng, and the Du family brothers and sisters to go down and rest.

Zhao Ting'er naturally stayed with Han Qian to serve with Xi Ying.

After everyone else left, Xi Ying asked, "Are you worried that there will be a big chaos in Jinling?" ”

Xi Ying has been by Han Qian's side for the longest time, and he and Zhao Ting'er also know the secrets of the Late Red Mansion and the Shenling Division, and they know that Han Qian is worried that the crown prince and the king of Xin will not sit idly by and watch the three princes take advantage of the matter of cutting the domain, so it is not difficult to guess what Han Qian's intention is at this time.

Han Qian nodded, he didn't know if there would be civil strife in Jinling before and after Emperor Tianyou's death, but he had to plan for the worst-case scenario.

In the final analysis, Xuzhou is sparsely populated, and there are only more than 20,000 households and more than 40,000 Ding Zhuang in the Tuke family, and the Wuling Army has finally managed to make up the scale of more than 7,000 people, which can be said to be the essence of Xuzhou.

If you don't take the initiative to remove the Wuling Army now to preserve its vitality, when there is a civil strife in Jinling, how many times can the Wuling Army withstand a few tosses?

Thinking of this, Han Qian sighed lightly and said, "The reason why there has been no movement on the Jinling side is that the battle of cutting the feudal domain was fought too smoothly and too quickly, far beyond the expectations of the Ning'an Palace, the crown prince and the king of Xin, they should be unprepared to adjust their plans." So no matter what, I strongly advocate slowing down the defeat of Zhao Sheng and Luo Jia's two remnants, in addition to the fact that His Highness needs more to cultivate the foundation in Tanzhou, another reason is to return to Jinling before the end of the year, if there is any conspiracy against His Highness, it will be difficult for us to effectively prevent it! ”

At this time, Han Qian told Xi Ying and Zhao Ting'er about the suspicions about the candles used in Chongwen Palace's daily life.

"Is it possible that the fire candle in the Chongwen Hall is mixed with chronic poison?" Xi Ying asked in shock.

"This is just speculation, I asked people to check, but in order not to startle the snake, I didn't dare to make any big moves, and I haven't found any eyebrows yet," Han Qian said, "And even if my guess is true, the people behind the scenes, in order to prevent leakage, it is impossible to put too much medicine in the candle." At this time, His Royal Highness returns to Jinling too early, and it is very likely that the target of the other party's attack will ......"

The fire candle of Chongwen Palace, Han Qian is more inclined to think that it is Anning Palace Xu Hou who has done it, on the one hand, Anning Palace has more such conditions, and on the other hand, in the original historical trajectory, it is also Anning Palace that is the first to seize the opportunity.

However, even if his guess was correct, Anning Palace's attack on Emperor Tianyou would inevitably look ahead and backwards, and there were many factors to consider.

Especially when the army of the Liang State pressed the border, the Anning Palace had to take into account the possibility that it might be taken advantage of by the Liang army.

When necessary, Anning Palace may consider directly getting rid of the three princes first, right?

In order to occupy Xuzhou, Han Qian almost drained the power that Zuo Si had cultivated in the past few years, and only dozens of inspectors and secret agents continued to lurk in the shadows to collect some basic information.

Even if there will be an elite of the Dragon Bird Army that will return to Jinling with them, after arriving in Jinling, it is not something that can be mobilized casually, and no matter how strong the Dragon Bird Army is, it will not be able to prevent assassination, poisoning, kidnapping and other subordinate methods.

The reason why Han Qian wanted to dismantle the Wuling Army was also because he urgently wanted to transfer some of the elite scouts and disciples of the Zuo Division back to Jinyun Tower at this time, and establish the original information reconnaissance and transmission network.

Initially, nearly 800 Zuo Si scouts, craftsmen and Zuo Si disciples followed Han Qian into Xuzhou; In particular, more than 500 Zuo Si disciples have also grown up after two years of tempering.

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More than 100 craftsmen in Zuo Division, even a few meritorious officials such as Zheng Tong can all serve in Xuzhou, and Han Qian will not let the others go back, after all, the Qiuhu Mountain Craftsman Workshop is currently self-contained, and there is no shortage of these people.

Han Qian's next step will be to move the dependents of these craftsmen into Xuzhou, so that they can completely take root in Xuzhou.

He made great achievements this time, and took the initiative to dismantle the Wuling Army, and this request will not be satisfied.

The one hundred and forty or fifty Zuo Si disciples corresponding to these more than 100 craftsmen have become Han Qian's real lineage cronies, and they will also become the backbone of the Xuzhou Prefecture Battalion together with Guo Nu'er, Lin Zongjing, Guo Que'er and other children of family soldiers who have grown up, as well as the part of Zuo Si scouts who were born in cottages and convict soldiers.

There are also nearly 30 Zuo Si scouts and the corresponding more than 40 Zuo Si children, they have a deep sense of identity with Xuzhou, that is, it is inconvenient to move their dependents directly into Xuzhou this time, but they all have military merits, recommend them to serve as officials in the state and county yamen, they can get rid of the identity of the military government, and then take the family to reunite, it is also a matter of course.

In addition to these, there are almost three hundred Zuo Si scouts and Zuo Si disciples who have grown up and will all return to Jinyun Tower.

Han Qian explained his thoughts to Xi Ying and Zhao Ting'er in detail, and asked them to sort out the list of personnel, and then he directly took the list and made an appointment with Shen Yang, Xinchang Marquis, Li Pu, Yuan Guowei, and Jiang Shu to the three princes to talk about the specific matters of the reduction of the Wuling Army and the reconstruction of Jinyun Tower.

Shen Yang is supportive of this.

Matters such as logistical burdens, raising funds for raising troops from localities, requisitioning and transferring war materials, and confiscating the property of the rebel criminal clan will inevitably fall under the jurisdiction of the six Caos.

And Han Qian returned to the side of the third prince, in addition to taking charge of Jinyun Tower, he also directly controlled an elite combat force, and his authority was too heavy.

At the same time, the Wuling Army is mainly recruited soldiers, which is completely different from the Longque Army, which is mainly drawn from military households, and it is difficult to be included in the jurisdiction system of the Protector Military Government and the Cantonment Military Government.

In the past, there was no way to directly send elite combat power to the heart of Tanzhou, so it was a special example

Han Qian took the initiative to dismantle the Wuling Army and only retain some of the necessary local armaments as the Xuzhou Prefecture Battalion, which directly solved many conflicts and contradictions.

Many things have to be written to Jinling to get the final idea, but the reconstruction of Jinyun Tower cannot be delayed, and many things can be acted on first.

Tian Cheng first led the Wuling army to withdraw to Xuzhou, handed over the garrisons of Wuling and Hanshou to Zhang Feng's department, transferred some of the Zuo Si scouts and his children to Tanzhou City, and Lin Haizheng was directly transferred to the side of the three princes to participate in the guards.

At the same time, Yang Zhitang, the king of Yuzhang County, also led his troops into Hengzhou in early July and sent an envoy to meet the third prince Yang Yuanpu.

Yang Zhitang is the cousin of the third prince Yang Yuanpu, who joined the army at a young age and made many military achievements, and because he was a child of the clan, he was named the king of Yuzhang County, and he has been sitting in Hongzhou in recent years.

It's just that the soldiers and horses he commanded to attack Hengzhou from Hongzhou this time were mainly local state battalions, and their combat effectiveness was not strong.

If Zhao Sheng hadn't led his troops to flee south in a hurry this time, he would still be blocked in Yuanzhou at this time and couldn't get out.

Of course, Yang Zhitang, the king of Yuzhang County, will not admit this, and he naturally advocates caution in the follow-up attack on the rebels of Zhao Sheng and Luo Jia, and it is best to take it step by step.

At this time, Li Zhihe had almost recovered the entire territory of Shaozhou, and stationed the main soldiers and horses in Wuzhiling, which is connected to Yongzhou in the southeast of Shaozhou......

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