Under the leadership of a few squires, hundreds of people rushed to the governor's yamen to meet the governor Fan Yixuan, and asked to reassign Yang Xuan to patrol Sichuan, and Ma Gan to patrol Yunyang. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

When Ma Gan heard the news next to him, his face turned pale, and sweat ran down his cheeks.

Fan Yixuan was worthy of being an old bureaucrat, looked at everyone, and asked: "Fathers, let me ask you, is Governor Yang Xuan Yang a little more powerful in fighting or Governor Ma Ganma?" ”

Everyone shouted loudly: "Then it is also said that the loyal and righteous army is like the Yue family army in the early years of the Southern Song Dynasty, it is the nemesis of the Liukou, how can this Ma Gan be compared with Governor Yang?" ”

Fan Yixin smiled and said: "Fellow fathers and fellow villagers, I also think about it this way." Dear fathers and fellow villagers, think about it, now that the Manchu Qing Dynasty occupies Hanzhong, the imperial court needs to think of loyal and brave people like Yang Xuan and Governor Yang to open up territory. ”

A middle-aged man asked, "Having said that, why don't you hand over the other troops to Governor Yang's command?"

Governor Yang is my son of Sichuan, and he is the honor guest of the county lord, so the court can appoint him to be the sole leader, right? ”

Everyone has a lot of discussions, some think that they should increase their troops to recover Hanzhong, and some think that some people covet the prosperity of the 29 prefectures and counties of Chengdu Prefecture, although they have experienced Zhang Xianzhong's rebellion, but the essence is still there, as long as they are carefully governed, they will definitely be able to restore the prosperity of the past.

Fan Yixuan wiped the beads of sweat off his face while answering everyone's questions, and in the end, he had no choice but to block the door, and even sent people to urge Yang Xuan.

Yang Xuan rode a tall horse and walked in the middle of the team, and saw more than a dozen old men standing by the city gate from a distance, turned over and dismounted, and arched his hand: "Ladies and gentlemen, how can I Yang Xuan, you actually go out of the city to send each other, it really makes me ashamed." ”

An old man sighed and said, "My lord saved the people of my city from the clutches of the rogues, and prepared three cups of wine for your lordship." ”

Yang Xuan took the wine glass, drank it all, and replied loudly: "Thanks to the old man's trust, the country is so broken, and the people are miserable, it is really because of the rampant traitors, so that righteousness cannot be raised."

After more than ten days of marching, in mid-September, Yang Xuan led his troops back to Shunqing Mansion, and Chen Yingzong, a guerrilla general stationed in Dazhou, Bazhou, came to report.

The Manchus invaded Hanzhong in mid-May, but then the Manchu invasion had to be temporarily interrupted due to the unstable situation in Shaanxi and the emergence of rebellions in various places.

As a last resort, Haoge, the prince of Qingsu, ordered Shangshu Xingne and others to go to Bizhou (now Bin County, Shaanxi), Gushan Ezhen to Qingyang (now Gansu), and Gushan Ezhen Bayan and Morgen guard Li Guohan to Yan'an, so as to exterminate the anti-Qing forces in various places.

After hearing that the Manqing had to suspend the pace of entering Sichuan because of the instability of the rear, Yang Xuan said happily: "As the saying goes, the arrogant army will be defeated, and the Manchu Qing Dynasty has been quite smooth since entering the customs.

Hanzhong is closer to northern Shaanxi, and Haoge can calmly transfer troops, if he continues to be arrogant in the future, he will definitely suffer a big loss. ”

When everyone heard Yang Xuan say this, their faces were full of joy.

In order to cope with possible changes, propaganda was carried out through the "Dazhong Bao", the south wall in front of each yamen, and the bulletin boards of each bazaar, introducing to everyone the deeds of Yu Jie's guarding Sichuan in those years and warning everyone.

While continuing to implement various new policy measures, the control of local security corps has been strengthened. The clerks of the military offices in each county were promoted to wardens and were directly appointed by their superiors.

Efforts should be made to set up security teams in every village, townships, and counties in this winter, so as to guard against the infiltration of Manchu and Qing Tartar spies in peacetime, spy on the military situation, escort the people to retreat to the cottages when the Tartars enter the army, and provide military information for the army.

Increase the strength of the loyal and righteous army, and after withdrawing from Chengdu Prefecture, each regiment was expanded on different scales.

At present, the navy has a total of one or two Flying Tiger warship brigades, seven sampan ship brigades, and seven transport ship brigades, and strives to expand the number to three Flying Tiger warship brigades, 10 sampan piercing brigades, and 10 transport ship brigades by the end of the year, so as to ensure the rapid transportation of grain, baggage, and personnel through the Qujiang, Jialing, and Fujiang rivers, so as to build the navy into a real grain road for the army.

The number of infantry troops has been increased, and the guard regiment has now reached the level of five battalions, while regiments 1-7 strive to be expanded to the size of regiment A by the end of the year, and regiments 8-11 are to be expanded to the size of regiment B.

Strengthen military training, including physical training, cross-country training, shooting training, and combat training, so as to enhance the combat effectiveness of the troops.

Targeted training was conducted for the Manchurian and Mongolian cavalry, including grenadier tactics, trench tactics, horse trap tactics, and tripping horse rope tactics.

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While preparations for various campaigns against the Manchus were gradually unfolding, there were also disputes about the direction of the Manchu invasion.

But Hanzhong is above Sichuan, and the Tartars who control most of Hanzhong can drive straight into Sichuan at any time, and everyone is quite helpless in the face of such a dangerous situation, as Yang Xuan said, they are fighting in the nest, and the Tartars have completed the strategic layout, and are now concentrating on preparing to give themselves a fatal blow.

As for the direction of the future Tartar invasion, although many people think that it is very likely to take the post road network from Beijing to Chengdu, the post road from Baocheng in Shaanxi Province to Guangyuan in Sichuan, Langzhong in Baoning Prefecture, and Yunxian County (now Santai County) in Tongchuan Prefecture to Chengdu.

In that year, the Mongols invaded the Southern Song Dynasty, and the troops were divided into two roads from Lizhou (now Guangyuan), one along the Jinniu Road to Chengdu, and the other along the Jialing River to the south, successively captured Baoning Mansion (Langzhong) and Shunqing Mansion (Nanchong), and then divided the troops into two routes, one through Suining Hui to attack Chengdu, and the other continued to attack Chongqing along the Jialing Road.

Considering various realities, Yang Xuan did not reduce his defense against Micang Road in addition to focusing his defense on the banks of the Jialing River.

The rice cang road is in disrepair, many bridges in the middle are damaged, the road is blocked, and it is difficult to provide for large-scale road marches, but the soldiers are dangerous roads, and everyone does not dare to be careless.

He ordered the county government of Tongjiang County to be temporarily relocated to Dehan (one of the Eight Pillars of Sichuan), not only to rebuild its city, but also to send a battalion of Chen Yingzong to live in Dehan to ensure the safety of Micang Road.

Considering that security brigades have been established one after another in various places, and considering that the many hills in northern Sichuan are not conducive to the battle of the Tartar cavalry, Yang Xuan still adopts the combat method of luring the enemy into the decisive battle, in addition to sending multiple secret agents to Zhao Ronggui's department in Long'an Mansion and Liu Jinzhong's department in Baoning Mansion, the main force will shrink to the city of Shunqing Mansion to deal with possible changes.

Based on the above strategy, in the direction of Bazhou and Dazhou, only Chen Yingzong's 2nd Regiment was arranged to prevent the Manchus from entering Sichuan from Micang Road and to protect the flank.

In order to deal with Liu Jinzhong's possible betrayal, Wang Shuji's 8th Regiment was stationed in Pengzhou to prevent the Tartars from descending the Jialing River to Fucheng.

In the six counties under the jurisdiction of Tongchuan Prefecture, Yang Fuquan's 9th Regiment ordered active deployment to protect the security of the flanks.

Intensify the training of militia groups in various localities, especially in the counties where the Tartars may invade the Micang Road and Jinniu Road, and where the Liukou may invade the south. Different from other places, northern Sichuan belongs to a hilly area, there are many mountains and hills, there are large cottages every more than ten miles, affected by the Yujie Shouchuan, plus in the past few years, in order to prevent the raids of rogues, local rioters and local bandits, all over the country have re-strengthened the cottages.

Usually, many valuable things have already been moved to the cottage, and when the rogues attacked, everyone beat gongs and drums to move to the cottage to live, and then went down the mountain to work after the rogues fled.

In the defense of Shunqing Fucheng, there are 10 regiments of soldiers and horses, including the cavalry regiment, the guard regiment, the 1st regiment of Fan Mingshan, the 3rd regiment of Guo Chonglie, the 4th regiment of Yao Zhiframe, the 5th regiment of Yang Bingyi, the 6th regiment of Liu Weiming, the 7th regiment of Feng Youqing, the 10th regiment of Wang Zhibang, and the 11th regiment of Jin Tongwu.

After that, Yang Xuan rode a war horse to the camps of each regiment early in the morning to inspect a circle, and then went to Xishan Anhanlou to inspect the 4th Zhongyi Hall students' studies, so busy for a long time, and finally returned to the Yamen to deal with official business.