The governor of Fuguang is powerful, the officialdom of Guangdong is rumored, the corrupt officials and corrupt officials are in danger, and a storm seems to be sweeping the whole of Guangdong.

However, after cleaning up the guards, Zhang Bin suddenly stopped, not because he wanted to let go of the corrupt officials in the local area, but because he didn't want to waste time.

If you follow the normal process, slowly verify, and slowly clean up, to clean up the officialdom of a province, I am afraid that one year is not enough, and he does not have the time to take his time.

At this time, Cheng announced that the central yamen such as the Political Envoy Department and the Procuratorial Envoy Department were under control, and the military power of the Tun Guard had also been taken, and other officials could no longer play any tricks, so he was ready to join the pirates, bandits, local tyrants, squires, and local officials to solve all the problems at once.

To put it simply, it is to suppress pirates and bandits, and then clean up the local tyrants and squires and local officials, where they are suppressed, where they are swept away, anyway, pirates, bandits, local tyrants and squires and local officials are all colluded, and the pirates and bandits are exterminated, and the local officials are naturally involved, and there is no need to slowly verify it, and the crime of colluding with pirates and bandits is enough to clean them up.

Zhang Bin had already roughly estimated that in order to exterminate the pirates and bandits in Guangdong, about 500 warships would be needed, and the total number of sailors and foot soldiers would be about 60,000 horses.

He calculated the army in his hands now, 10,000 of the Qi family's army, about 30,000 newly recruited soldiers of Dongfan Jiuwei, and the Fujian Navy Division and the pirates after being appeased combined, there were about 1,000 large and small warships, and more than 50,000 officers and soldiers of the Navy Division.

These people must not all be transferred to the war, after all, they still have to guard against the Dutch, and it is impossible for the Dongfan side not to do a little defense.

Among them, in terms of foot soldiers, 10,000 Qijia troops can participate in the war, but the soldiers are not good, they have already transferred 20,000 soldiers, and the remaining 10,000 are almost all selected from the civilians of Liaodong who were rescued years ago, and they have just started training, and they can't be put into battle at all.

Moreover, more than 10,000 of the 20,000 soldiers who were transferred over had already been dispersed to various guard posts and Qianhu offices, and if all of them were transferred back, wouldn't the commander and Qianhu sent by him become bare-bones commanders, and what should they do if something happened?

In this way, there is still a shortage of more than 10,000 foot soldiers.

In terms of sailors, a thousand large and small warships and 50,000 sailors seem to be completely sufficient, but in fact, it is not.

First of all, all the warships can't go to the battlefield, and less than half of the 1,000 warships are actually equipped with artillery, like more than 300 wheels, cangshan ships, centipede ships, or something, in fact, they are purely used for transporting troops, and there are only about 500 ships that can rush up to fight pirates.

The most important thing is to prevent the Dutch East India Company from retaliating, if they pull all the warships to encircle and suppress the pirate Liu Xiang, and the fleet of the Dutch East India Company suddenly rushes to the East, it will be a tragedy, with their terrifying firepower, if there is no warship to cooperate, the three-layer fortress can not be defended.

Therefore, at least half of the warships and officers and soldiers of the naval division had to stay in Dongfan, so that not only was there a shortage of men, but also a shortage of warships.

What to do?

Regardless of everything, concentrate all forces in Guangdong, and clear this side first?

Zhang Bin is not so reckless, the so-called not afraid of 10,000 is afraid of what if, in case of an accident, then there is no need to regret it.

After thinking about it, the only way to do this is to recruit all the guards in Guangdong and gather all the warships in Guangdong to fill this gap.

The Guangdong Dusi Health Office and the Thousand Households Office are rotten, but it is the upper level that is rotten, and the lower level of the guards are at most forced to act according to their subordinates, and they are not corrupt, because they have no power to be corrupt at all, so these guards are still available.

So, Zhang Bin issued a conscription order, conscripting all the guards of the Guangdong Metropolitan Division and the Thousand Households, including all the warships, to come to Guangzhou to assemble, and the assembly site was Longxue Island at the mouth of the Pearl River, where he had already gone to see, the area was large enough, and there were a few hills twenty or thirty zhang high in the middle, and the rest of the place was relatively flat, just for assembly and drill.

As for the surroundings of Guangzhou City, forget it, there are dwellings everywhere, and you can still choose a place to camp, and it is impossible to find a training place for tens of thousands of troops.

At this time, all the guards and thousands of households were already under his control, and naturally no one dared to disobey this conscription order, and within ten days, all the guards and warships that could be drawn had been assembled on Longxue Island.

The final statistics include more than 4,000 guards in custody of the Guangzhou Qianwei, Guangzhou Left Guard, Guangzhou Right Guard and Nanhai Wei, and Longxue Island has gathered more than 15,000 foot soldiers, more than 10,000 sailors, and about 200 large and small warships, of course, most of these warships are without artillery.

In March, the spring flowers are blooming, and the entire Longxue Island is full of vitality.

Here, it is no longer inaccessible, a barren, in the valley surrounded by a hill in the middle, where the original pirate's lair is located, all the houses have been renovated, on both sides of the hill, are military camps that stretch for miles, and there is a vacant land of dozens of acres next to the hill near the port, and a point general platform has been specially built along the hillside, and the entire Dragon's Den Island has been transformed into a huge military camp.

At this time, not only 25,000 garrisons were stationed here, but also 10,000 Qijia troops and 25,000 officers and soldiers of the Fujian Navy Division, and the peripheral rivers were full of naval ships.

In the morning of this day, the assembly orders came one after another, and all the guards of the Guangdong capital division were pulled to the colonel field next to the port and assembled in front of the point general.

After the assembly was completed, various reports continued, and immediately after, a loud chant came from the front: "Your Excellency the Governor has arrived." ”

In the morning light, Zhang Bin was wearing armor and a red cloak, and slowly ascended to the general platform surrounded by a kind of generals.

He has handed over all government affairs to Cai Shanji, Zou Weilian, Wang Zheng and others, and from this day on, he will go all out to reorganize his army and fight to eliminate pirates and bandits.

The so-called rearmament war is actually aimed at the 25,000 garrisons, such as the Qi family army and the Fujian Navy Division, which can go out at any time, but these garrisons are not good, not to mention that their weapons and equipment are not in order, just talking about their drills, they have not recorded drills for decades, at this time, they may not even be able to arrange an ordinary phalanx, if they are pulled up to fight like this, they will definitely suffer heavy casualties, and even cause the whole family to be defeated.

Therefore, they must practice, at the very least, basic combat skills in order to get them into battle.

Zhang Bin stood on the platform and slowly glanced at the guards below, it was quite spectacular for more than 20,000 people to gather together, but if you took a closer look at their formation, it was not so pleasing to the eye, and even the minimum queue could not stand together, and it looked chaotic; Looking at their expressions again, they looked dazed, as if they didn't know what they were standing here for!

In this state, how to go to the battlefield, Zhang Bin took a deep breath, and then said loudly: "The soldiers of the Guangdong Metropolitan Division, do you still remember your duties?" ”

As soon as he opened his mouth, most of the guards below showed ashamed expressions, and they didn't think about this problem at all.

Zhang Bin glanced around, and then said aloud: "This official knows that it is a bit unfair to ask you like this, because you are oppressed by the hundreds of households, thousands of households, and commanders above, and you have to work hard to farm, and even have to help them to oppress the common people, these are not your fault." This official just wants to tell you that you are soldiers, you are soldiers of the Ming Dynasty, and your duty is not to farm, nor to serve as private soldiers for those hundreds of households, thousands of households, and commanders, let alone to help them oppress the people, your duty is to protect the family and the country, and to ensure the peace of one side. ”

As soon as he said this, the guards below suddenly showed a thoughtful expression, and slowly, their faces showed a little excitement, a little pride, Ming soldiers, what a proud title, to protect the family and the country, to protect the peace of the party, how exciting!

Seeing that the expressions of everyone below began to change, Zhang Bin lost no time in agitating: "Now, in the four borders of Guangdong, bandits are rampant, and pirates are rampant on the southeast coast, it is when the people need us, do you want to contribute to the country and ensure the peace of this side?" ”

The grassroots officers below were all drawn from the East Fan Jiuwei, and they naturally knew how to cooperate, as soon as Zhang Bin's words fell, they tried their best to roar: "Yes." ”

Zhang Bin agitated again: "Take out the spirit of your soldiers, be louder, do you want to contribute to the country, do you want to keep the party safe?" ”

This time, everyone screamed as hard as they could, "Yes." ”

Zhang Bin nodded with satisfaction, and then said loudly: "Okay, let's start now, practice." ”

It's as simple as that, sometimes you don't need to say too much, just mobilize your enthusiasm, you chirp crookedly for a long time, people not only can't understand, but may also vent a little momentum just mentioned.

After a simple incentive, the morale of the guards really increased, at least they were no longer at a loss, at least they knew what they should do.

Zhang Bin's requirements for these guards are not high, he can basically array, and he can simply use the weapons in his hands.

Foot soldiers, he still practiced the Mandarin Duck Formation, of course, they don't need to be the same as the Qi Family's army, the formation is skillful and varied, as long as they can discharge the most basic formation, and then know how to use weapons to cooperate with each other.

The Mandarin Duck Array is indeed the nemesis of short weapons, and the conventional cold weapons, swords, guns, swords, and halberds are actually short weapons in front of the Mandarin Duck Array, because the long spears, wolf whisks, and palladium equipped with the Mandarin Duck Array are about one zhang long, and the general weapons are at most six or seven feet long, and they are naturally restrained.

Therefore, to deal with those bandits, you don't need to be familiar with the changes in the formation of these guards, as long as you can stand in a good position and give full play to the length advantage of your weapons, you can easily win.

In fact, there is not much to practice for the navy, the most important thing is the arrangement of the basic ship formation and the transmission of orders, Zhang Bin did not plan to use them as the main force to fight hard with the pirates, the frontal battle is still the Fujian naval division, they are mainly responsible for the encirclement of the flanks, they can order the passage, and it is almost the same where to fight.

These basic exercises don't take too long, the main thing is the equipment of weapons, the weapons of the foot soldiers are better, the spear, the wolf whisk, and the palladium are all with a spear head at the front end, spikes or something, and the rest is wood poles and bamboo, which are very well matched, and the Qi family knife takes time to build, but the number is not very much, and it does not take too long.

The equipment of the sailor division is a little troublesome, the output of muskets and artillery of the Yuegang Foundry has reached the upper limit, and it can produce 100 artillery pieces and 500 flintlock guns in a month. Both the Haicang and Cangshan ships were equipped with artillery.

After more than a month of busy work, the equipment of the foot soldiers was finally fully equipped, and the drill of the formation was basically qualified, Zhang Bin decided not to wait any longer, and directly began to clear out the bandits, the women's gang and the madmen's gang.

The Women's Gang is relatively the best to clean up, because they have no combat effectiveness, but they are scattered, and almost every county in Guangzhou, Zhaoqing, and Shaozhou has their footprints.

It's not difficult to clean them up, it's just that they colluded with corrupt officials and corrupt officials in the past, and no one did anything to them, Zhang Bin directly ordered to send ten teams of guards to each county of Guangzhou Prefecture, Zhaoqing Prefecture, and Shaozhou Prefecture, one hundred and twenty people, as long as those begging along the street, all of them will be arrested, regardless of whether you are male or female, whether you are a woman or not, and then talk about arresting them.

In fact, at the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang strictly forbade beggars to appear in various places, and at that time, all state capitals had shelter institutions, as long as all beggars were contained, the imperial court was responsible for feeding.

It's just that due to the increasing number of beggars and the increasing corruption in the local area, this kind of containment system was slowly abolished, and Zhang Bin is ready to restart this containment system, first give some money, gather all the beggars, and then find them some simple manual work, so that they can slowly support themselves.

Naturally, there is no need to rank any generals for this kind of trivial matter, Zhang Bin directly handed over the matter of cleaning up the women's gang to Meng Zouwei, the commander of the capital, and allocated 5,000 people for a period of two months, so that he could contain all the beggars by the way.

The Crazy Gang is a bit of a problem, because these guys are all sick, not in the brain, but in the body carrying infectious diseases.

You said that if you are sick, forget it, you have to threaten others everywhere, infect everywhere, this source of infection, you can't stay, Zhang Bin gritted his teeth, simply, all of them gave him a surprise!

He directly asked Xie Zhenggang to lead his ten squads and 1,000 Qi family musketeers, once they found the stronghold of the Mad Gang, they didn't need to say hello, they could be shot to death a hundred steps away, and then set on fire, burning their corpses together with the gathering point, so as not to infect others again.

As for the bandits, he personally led Qi Yuangong, Cao Wenzhao and Cao Bianjiao, and led 9,000 Qi family troops and 10,000 guards to Yong'an.

Cao Wenzhao and Cao Bianjiao each led 5,000 guards to clear out small groups of bandits along both sides of the official road according to the location they had discovered, while he, together with Qi Yuangong, led 9,000 Qi family troops to the legendary Wagang Village to clean up the biggest bandit Cui Shanhu.