You must know that although the Taiping Eighth Army plus the six major garrison areas have a total of more than 100,000 people. However, after being apportioned in Shannan, Jingnan, Hunan, Liangling, Annan, Jiangxi, and Jiangdong, it is still a little thin.

For example, the armed forces of the garrison area themselves are mainly based on reclamation and garrisoning, and they do not have the enduring ability to cross the border and take the initiative to attack; The Seventh and Eighth Armies, which were not yet fully organized, needed to be stationed in the hinterland of Annam and Lingdong in turn as mobile units for contingencies.

The Fifth Army was a naval army, and its forces were scattered across the Yangtze River to the Xiangshui and Hanshui basins; Most of the Third Army was mainly stationed in Tanzhou to suppress and maintain the situation in the Hunan prefectures; The Sixth Army cleared the remnants of the local rebellion between Hongzhou in Jiangxi Province and Xuanshu in Jiangdong Province, and at the same time guarded against intrusions from the Zhejiang and Fujian regions.

Therefore, the current huge fifteen state boundaries between Shannan Dongdao and Jingnan Dao relied on two and a half military orders, including the first, second, and fourth, under the Governor's Mansion to suppress and control.

Among them, the First Army was used to defend and sit in the key areas between Jinghu Lake, mainly the industrial belt of hydraulic workshops and mines along the river represented by Xiangzhou and Jingzhou, and at the same time to ensure the smooth flow of Shangluo Road.

Most of the Second Army, which was mainly cavalry, was deployed between Gangneung and Xiangyang, and was to stand by as a general reserve; The Fourth Army, on the other hand, was responsible for suppressing the southern coast of the Yangtze River and monitoring the northern and southern Huainan regions, and a small part of it was to support the Xiajiang Operation.

It can be said that in addition to the naval army that is steadily expanding, the Metropolitan Governor's Office really does not have much spare power at the moment to invest in these two lines, and even the pacification operation in Jinzhou was achieved by appropriating the garrison forces of Shangzhou Wuguan.

Moreover, just to effectively control the land of the five prefectures of Xiajiang Province and ensure the corresponding local purges and the transformation of Zhangtian households, part of the forces of the Third and Fourth Armies had already been occupied.

Once the Ankang Basin, where Yangzhou is located, is defeated, it will also need at least half an army to maintain and suppress it in order to resist and resist the military pressure from the neighboring town of Shanxi on the Hanzhong Plain. This will further drain and drain the already small reserve forces of the Taiping Governor.

You must know that those who were mobilized before have just been repatriated and disbanded and resettled, and if they are mobilized again to expand the army, it will affect a series of follow-up production plans and construction project arrangements.

On the other hand, the Liangling region, which is the rear area, especially the Lingdong prefectures in the Pearl River Valley, has been continuously withdrawn from the war in recent years, and the reserves and civilian surpluses under the Shengku system have fallen to a rather dangerous point.

Therefore, according to the deduction and judgment of the Coordination Division, if it is not controlled and adjusted, I am afraid that even if we have money, we will not be able to buy food, which will naturally lead to serious inflation and many related social problems.

Another factor that cannot be ignored is the continuous low-intensity, high-frequency travel of the various task forces, which has caused the majority of personnel to become tired and slack.

Although there are still many mental motivation and material incentive bonuses, problems in various details, errors and deviation probabilities have inevitably accumulated, and it is almost impossible to ignore and sit idly by.

It's like the secret investigation that Yang Shigu was in charge of, which has verified most of the phenomena and problems in the original report; On the one hand, the root cause is the continuous expansion of the "three detachments" in order to meet the needs, which has led to a general decline in the quality of members; On the other hand, it is also due to the mentality of being nervous and eager to achieve results.

Moreover, the current counterattack in Shannan has been calmed down again; The remaining problems are mainly those scattered around the Nanyang Basin, the "children of mountains and rivers" in the territory of Dengxiang Prefecture, that is, the "mountain sheds" that have been mentioned in the book and run through almost all the time of the Tang Dynasty.

They are the people who hunt in the deep mountains and old forests of the southeast of the eastern capital of Tang and the prefectures of Yu, Deng, and Xiang, plus the associations formed by the exiles of the past dynasties, and the spring and autumn migrations are impermanent and hunting between the mountains and rivers for their livelihood. Because most of the sheds are erected on the trees, they are named to avoid wild beasts, snakes and insects, and are commonly known as mountain sheds.

New Tang Dynasty Book. Volume 162. The Biography of Lu Yuanying": "The southwest of Donggi leads to Deng and Yu, the river valley is deep, there are many elk, people shoot and hunt but do not do farming, migration is impermanent, all are fierce and good at fighting, and they are called 'mountain sheds'.

It is also with the "river thief family" who is also fishing and thieves around Yunmeng Daze, and is called the "two major sufferings" between Jingxiang.

As the Taiping Army entered Hunan, it greatly developed waterway transportation, and made every effort to develop water divisions to clean up various waterways; In fact, the space for the existence of these "river thieves" has been greatly compressed.

Therefore, these settlements and villages, which are also thieves and bandits, have either fled to Yunmeng Daze to survive, or have been organized and transformed into villages, and even become a supplementary source for the navy and fishery production team. On the contrary, these "mountain sheds" that run rampant around the Nanyang Basin in the north are a little troublesome and tricky.

Because they are almost all groups and associations linked by large and small clans, they come to huddle together for warmth and compete for the boundaries of the mountains, forests, rivers and rivers for safaris, and even go out in groups to raid past business travels, and rob local goods and women.

Somewhat similar to the classical Chinese version of the "Cossack" (steppe bandits) settlements, although they have been governed and cleared by various generations of vassals of this dynasty, they are constantly forbidden and have always been troubled; Therefore, there are also vassals who try to induce them to co-opt for profit.

Therefore, during the Yuan and He, the eastern capital stayed behind to recruit the people of the mountain shed, the children of the famous mountains and rivers, and guarded the palace city. In the twelfth year of Yuanhe (817), Li Yu pacified Huaixi, and his subordinates also had children of mountains and rivers. However, since the turmoil and man-made disasters since the Tang Dynasty, there has always been an endless stream of young and strong people who have gone up the mountain to steal.

(The old, weak, sick and disabled starved to death at home, or walked between ravines)

Even in the late Tang Dynasty, there are still mountain sheds active in the area from Jianghan to Xiangzhou, and they have become bigger because of the continuous troubled times, especially the purge and clean-up actions carried out by the Taiping Army in the territory of the Shannan Dongdao Jiedu Envoy through the suppression of rebellion; Of course, it destroyed the old order controlled by the gentry in the countryside.

But it also allowed many of the destroyed heroes, the remnants of the big families, and the remnants of the dead to flee to the mountains and join them; Then they instigated and instigated the people in the middle of it, and carried out tug-of-war harassment and confrontation with the Taiping army's actions of liquidating the wealthy clans, organizing and managing the households, and carrying out the tuntian.

For example, intimidation, robbery, and brutal murder of local poor people, and attacks and destruction of villages where the "three detachments" of the Taiping Army worked, as well as various temporary strongholds and checkpoints.

Therefore, in the Third and Sixth Armies, the mountain people from Fujian during the war and the children of the miners in Guiyang between Lianzhou and Chenzhou were regrouped and armed into corresponding special forces, carrying out corresponding countermeasures and clean-up operations with bantam mules and horses and improvised projectile firearms that were convenient for trekking through the mountains.

The candidates who took the initiative to invite Ying to preside over the discussion were Min Miao, who was born in Yuzhang, Hongzhou, Jiangxi, and his deputy, Deng Xiana, a native of Shaozhou. The reason is also very simple, Min Miao is from the "Jiang thief family" who was appeased in Yuzhang, and Deng Zuna was born in the local mountain shed branch of Shaozhou.

Therefore, it is reasonable for the Taiping army to shrink and consolidate some of the overly prominent fronts and enemy fronts, and first rectify and sort out internal problems before they can re-form a joint force and then fight out; However, these two fronts do not mean that they can be contracted by shrinking, and they also need additional new forces as a response force and a broken rear.

For example, the Xiajiang Road is easier to do, although the battle line is very long, but it also has the convenience of water transportation on the Yangtze River, as long as it is consolidated and deployed on the spot according to the terrain under the logistical support; However, for the time being, it is no longer possible to continue to interfere and participate in the evolution of the situation in Jiannan Sanchuan.

From Jinzhou to Xiangzhou, it is a plain area in the Nanyang Basin of Pingchuan, and the distance of transportation and transshipment is much shorter; However, it is also more vulnerable to threats and invasions in Yangzhou, which is close to the mountains.

Therefore, it is indispensable to have additional strike forces in the future, and it is even necessary to fight several battles repeatedly in order to seize and occupy a sufficient strategic buffer zone as a prerequisite for long-term stalemate and confrontation.

Zhou Huai'an thought about it, and then took out a document prepared in advance and looked at it. This is a document from Li Zhu, the special former envoy of Gui Guan, which can be regarded as a carrot caught in front of a donkey, to give those generals of the old dynasty who were reformed after being captured a place of hope to continue to cooperate on a daily basis.

Although it is not possible to expect to be able to make people change their lives like the new social merit forests of later generations, it can also make use of the remnants of the old system to the most idle waste, and reduce some potential maintenance costs.

Like this Guiguan Jing envoy Li Zhuan, who surrendered to the Taiping Army in Annam, as a border army general who has been conquering the Southern Barbarians for many years, his own means, vision, and experience are still quite good, so the rebel army led by Shang Rang, who was once blocked, was not allowed to advance under the city of Guizhou.

If it weren't for the general trend, the soldiers and horses gathered under his command finally mutinied and dispersed because of lack of money, food, supplies and supplements, I am afraid that the righteous army led by Huang Chao would not have crossed the ridge to the north so easily. After that, his spirit seemed to have dispersed, and his family fled to Annam.

In the end, after the ups and downs of the Annam Incident, he finally surrendered to the Taiping army in order to protect his family and relatives. Therefore, although he is now old and takes special care of his family, it is also an obvious weakness that can be controlled;

Therefore, his main work at present is to write a military book and a memoir of his life's experience and losses, and by the way, he occasionally gives lectures to active members of the general's crash course, specifically about and introducing the military system related to the imperial court, as well as the common tactical methods and styles.

Now, in view of his consistent attitude of cooperating with his studies and reforms, striving for closeness and active performance, he may be given a further appointment and a formal position of a teaching and advisory nature.

"Governor Dadu, the manuscript of the first issue of the Taiping Society has come out."

Jian Mei Xingmu described Yingting's book history Lu Yan, and walked in and reported in a low voice.

"Oh."

Zhou Huai'an was slightly surprised, Luo Yin was so efficient when he first started to preside over the work, and he had already produced some works. Then I glanced at the article at the front of the magazine, and it was the opening book of "The Essentials of the Taiping Qing Dynasty":

"Symbiosis of unity, long-term cultivation of all things is called wealth, wealth symbiosis desire, desire to symbiosis evil, evil communion**, treacherous symbiosis cunning, cunning symbiosis harm, and more than that, chaos is defeated, defeat is not stopped, can not be reinstated, because it is the opposite, so the name bears. . . ."

And this "Taiping Qing Collar Book", also known as "Taiping Sutra". According to legend, the first Taoist classic in China of the Eastern Han Dynasty was awarded by the gods to Fang Shi Yu Ji, which had a high status in the Eastern Han Dynasty and was also the fundamental scripture believed in by the Taiping Dao in the late Han Dynasty.

One of the most famous events related to it is the Zhang Jiao brothers, the leaders of the Taiping Dao, who relied on the talisman water and spell healing techniques in this to preach all over the world, and finally started the Yellow Turban Rebellion in the troubled times of the Three Kingdoms. Therefore, the Taiping Sutra is also regarded as a prophecy to convey the mandate of heaven, and has been banned by successive dynasties.

(The sky is dead, the yellow sky should stand, the age is in Jiazi, and the world is auspicious.) ）

In spite of this, the "Taiping Sutra" has been handed down, and in the development of Taoism from the Eastern Han Dynasty to the Tang Dynasty, together with the "Lao Tzu Xianger Note", "Zhou Yi Shen Tong Deed", and "Thousand Two Hundred Official Rituals", it constitutes the basis of the early Taoist classics known as "Three Caves and Four Auxiliaries".

And this "Taiping Qing Lingshu" is based on the early Taoist idea of "the unity of heaven and man"; The theory of yin and yang and the five elements outlined an ideal social picture, and put forward a set of "non-action and non-action" ruling technique; The so-called "peace" refers to the harmony of yin and yang, the prosperity of the country and the peace of the people, and the fairness and selflessness of society.

Therefore, the self-cultivation technique of the monasticists was proposed; He put forward the concept of good and evil retribution of common property and self-reliance, and pointed out that only when people believe in the Tao can they cut off disasters and become immortals; It also reflects the simple people-oriented ideas of egalitarianism and the ideal of equality.

It also emphasizes that governing the body is the foundation of governing the country, and the study of the way of governing the body can eliminate the disasters of all things in heaven and earth, and then repair the way of governing the country to remove disasters and cause peace. This concept of "governing the country and the body" also advocates the concepts of appointing talents, reducing punishments, listening to public opinions, opposing exploitation, and providing multiple remedies.

Therefore, after Luo Yin's re-interpretation and elaboration, it is faintly related to the current "Taiping Tianmu Outline", "Taiping Shengku System", "Taiping Political Strategy", "Qingping Outline", "Military Exercise Program" and other corresponding policies; One by one, they echo and reflect each other, and it seems that the history is long and full of force.

Therefore, Zhou Huai'an looked at it in one breath, and only felt that it was as if he had been enlightened and suddenly realized, and he simply became unconscious and all kinds of tall and tall. Even the inconsistencies and deviations are well explained here.

After all, it has been nearly a thousand years since the book was written, which is enough to make the world change beyond recognition, and future generations should make more updates, supplements, and repairs according to the times and keep pace with the times.

Compared with the high-level frontispiece, the second article that follows is "Persuasion of the World", which is much more straightforward in terms of text; Basically, it's a concise example of the benefits of allowing young children to work/study.