The two bandit leaders finally negotiated the conditions, and the specific division was as follows: the party dignitaries, the Great Song Dynasty land, the wild wolf army sent guns, Li Qianshun sent out the men, and the looted property was divided into five accounts, and the two sides had a very pleasant intention to cooperate.

Lin Chong sent Yang Zhi to carry twenty artillery pieces, five hundred muskets, and five airships. Li Qianshun sent 20,000 troops and planned to sweep the Qingtang area in three months.

Han Shizhong is already the deputy envoy of the military capital, and in the military lineage, except for Lin Chong and Lu Zhishen, he can rank third.

And Yang Zhi has an arrogant temperament and strict military law, and there are not a few people who have offended. Therefore, compared with the open-minded Han Shizhong, his reputation in the army is not obvious, and his military achievements in every battle are not as good as others, so he is barely a military commander at present.

But since the reckless arrival of the Gao Yu Mansion in Tokyo to report the news, Lin Chong has been relieved of his knot. He had been recuperating from his injuries for the past half a year, and he didn't get much merit in the real war, and this expedition to Qingtang was to earn more merits for him so that he could improve.

Moreover, Qingtang has a dangerous terrain, and it is the most suitable to join forces with the party and send a cautious Yang Zhi.

Yang Zhi was very excited, this time he was given the opportunity to take charge of himself, and it was clear that he would expand his territory, even if he couldn't catch up with Han Shizhong in this battle, it would not be far behind.

"Ah Zhi, safety, safety is the first thing, the enemy runs away, we can fight later, don't take the enemy lightly into an ambush, let the airship reconnoiter the enemy, you have to bother more."

Lin Chong wasn't sure if Yang Zhi could afford the scene, but when no one was around, it was always right to remind a little more.

Yang Zhi's white face shone with excitement, "Brother, don't worry, I've died once, but it's a pity that I die!" I know in my heart about Qingtang, that is, to send the dead party to the war, and we will collect the land and collect the money, and I will never embarrass you! ”

Lin Chong was relieved when he heard this, but suddenly remembered a question: "There should be a lot of your Yang family's subordinates, why have you never brought them over to help one or two?" ”

Yang Zhi smiled bitterly, his own team bears the name of Tianbo Yang Mansion's descendant, but he is poor. In the end, he had to be reduced to being a dog leg for Gao Yu in Sanya, how could he still have the spare energy to raise so many parts.

Originally, there were indeed some old people who forcibly dismissed themselves a few years ago. Now, it may have been given to other big families to take care of the home. I couldn't bear to disband them at the beginning, but now I don't have the face to go back to them.

After listening to Yang Zhi's words, Lin Chong said, "There is still a month to go, you go to Tokyo, find them back, one is counted as one, even if you are seventy or eighty, you have to support them." Without them, I think that no matter how magnificent your Tianbo Yang Mansion is, you will never have a backbone. ”

Yang Zhi was shocked, yes, when he was in trouble, he dismissed the retainers of the trilogy, it was helpless. Now that he is also a general of the army, he also has a lot of income every year, so it is definitely no problem to raise dozens of troops.

Of course, it's not a question of money, it's fame. It's not Yang Zhi's reputation, it's the reputation of Tianbo Yang Mansion for nearly a hundred years, and it must not be ruined in his own hands!

Seeing Yang Zhi stunned, Lin Chong didn't say much, just patted him on the shoulder and left by himself.

Many things need to pass the hurdle in your heart to understand, otherwise even if outsiders try harder, it will be in vain.

Yang Zhi went to Lu Zhishen's tent to ask for leave at noon, and he needed half a month's vacation, and Lu Zhishen also heard about it and granted him leave in accordance with the rules. "This year and next year, if there are no exceptions, you won't have a day off!"

"Big brother, the military camp is the home of the younger brother!"

After saying that, he went out of the tent, got on his horse, and galloped eastward.

Lu Zhishen's eyes lit up, Yang Zhi was less arrogant this time, more resolute, and acted without hesitation, quite a bit capable and responsible.

Tianbo Yang Mansion, the most legendary century-old gate since the founding of the Great Song Dynasty. The glory of the past is gone, and if you want to recreate the glory of the past, it is equivalent to starting from scratch.

Now, the burden of thousands of juns is on Yang Zhi alone, for Yang Zhi, who has experienced ups and downs, it is tantamount to a fool moving mountains. But fortunately, Lin Chong was willing to help, and watching Yang Zhi change little by little, Lu Zhishen's heart was indeed very pleased.

Yang Zhi's first stop was Dongkuo's residence, which was Lin Chong's residence for each officer above the battalion commander. Three up and three down single-family small buildings, the front of the house is a garden, the back of the house is a vegetable garden, not much luxury, but it is convenient and practical.

Here Yang Zhi turned out a directory, when he sold his family property and disbanded the retainers, there were seven retainers who pressed their fingerprints on this piece of paper. They claimed at the time that disbandment was a last resort, but in this life, they were born as members of the Yang family and died as ghosts of the Yang family, but they came as soon as they needed to be summoned.

As long as seven old people can be found, the Yang family will be the Tianbo Yang Mansion with flesh and bones!

Yang Zhi planned to go out of Dongkuo, then go to Yanzhou and then to Jinyang, arrive in Xijing, and go to the capital. This is a more time-saving walk, but it is a bit harder, with two more mountains and a few rivers.

But when I arrived in Yanzhou, I gave a gift to visit the planter, but I got a message.

The monk recruited troops on a large scale in the northwest and prepared to rebuild the Liangshan army, after all, most of his subordinates had gone to Dongkuo to build infrastructure, and they couldn't wait for two years.

This time, from the official family to Yanzhou, they all fully supported the expansion of the new Liangshan Army, the allocation of 50,000 people, the one-year training process, and a large number of funds and materials were prepared.

Yang Zhi's heart was clear, this was the imperial court guarding against the wolf army. The ability and level of the Liangshan Army before are obvious to all, and if it weren't for the new weapons of the Wild Wolf Army, the battle situation would be really unpredictable.

If the Liang Shanjun family is dominant, the Western Army will not be unresponsive, so Yang Zhi asked, "Old Xianggong, how is the Western Army doing recently?" ”

The army of the seed family did not break its muscles and bones in the Battle of Yongxing, and was able to retreat with its whole body. Of course, Yao Jiajun is the same, but several other large and medium-sized generals have suffered a lot of losses, and their strength rankings have changed a lot.

The army of the old race and the small race led by the family army, with a total of 40,000, ranked first in the Western Army. The Zhejia army has 20,000 troops and occupies the three prefectures of Fengfu Lin, ranking second. Yao Gu occupies Huanzhou, has 10,000 troops, and ranks third.

And the once prominent Second Liu of the Western Army, with tens of thousands of horses under his command, was divided up by other generals for various reasons, and finally declined.

Nowadays, the imperial court intends to control the large generals with more than 10,000 troops, let go of the medium-sized generals with 5,000 to 10,000 people, and adopt the principle of only entering and exiting the small generals with less than 5,000 troops.

In this way, the Western Army was left with three major generals, five middle schools, and twelve small ones, which greatly reduced the overall size of the Western Army.

According to the calculations of the three divisions, the military expenditure of 30 million guan per year in the past will only need 25 million guan from next year, and maybe only 22 million guan in the year after next, which greatly eases the financial pressure on the imperial court.