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After the war, Li Mao ordered the free miners to select the best of the best from Song Menglong and Li Hongshui, and select 3,000 military horses to form the Fifth Division.

In order to make Tsunekikura gradually fade out of the spy system, Li Mao made a difficult decision to transfer Li Guotai to the post of governor of the Internal Security Office, in charge of general affairs, so as to reduce the burden on Tsunekikura and allow him to focus on the formation and training of the Fifth Division.

Chang Mucang suggested that the establishment of Li Mao's Fifth Division should break the conventional establishment of divisions, brigades, battalions, capitals, teams, and regiments, and change to the direct jurisdiction of the divisions and the battalions, and increase the number of men in each battalion from 500 to 600, and set up four mobile battalions in addition to the battalions directly under the division headquarters, so as to attack and defend in an all-out way to deal with emergencies, difficulties, and emergencies.

Among the five existing divisions of the Andong Army, the first division was born from the former Qing Navy, with the largest number of people, the most complex members, and the overall combat effectiveness is weak.

The second, third, and fourth divisions are all too large, have too many levels, are slow to transmit information, and have poor command, which is suitable for large-scale all-out warfare and is not conducive to dealing with emergencies and small-scale operations.

It is imperative to train an army of moderate scale, capable personnel, quick response, both offensive and defensive, and capable of dealing with sudden small-scale wars at home and abroad under a variety of complex terrain and climatic conditions.

The Fifth Division is very high, has first-class equipment, first-class training, and has experienced the baptism of blood and fire, and what we need to do now is to continue to run in in actual combat and enhance its coordination.

After the parade, Li Mao was very satisfied, and set up a banquet to get drunk with the officers above the capital, and after the banquet, Li Mao confessed to Chang Mucang alone: "During the melee in Liaodong, the Yingzhou side had deliberately stabbed me in the back and let the White Wolf Village block it. Zhu Wei hated Wang Jian's brother because of this, and my brother was thick and fine, and he told me urgently, hoping that I could send someone over to support him. I don't know how to support this waist now. ”

Chang Mucang said: "The white wolf village chokes the throat of wolf water, it is the only place for Donggaozhou to lead to Yingzhou and go to the hinterland of the Central Plains. Read the full text of the latest chapterhua This is a great opportunity for my Fifth Division to train troops, please order the Fifth Division to go to Langshui and clear the forest stubborn enemy with General Wang. ”

Li Mao asked: "If Yingzhou also joins in, how will you deal with it?"

Chang Mucang said: "If Zhu Xun joins in, it will be ill-intentioned, and it will be easy to deal with it, but to get rid of this scourge, you still need to make up your mind as soon as possible." Yingzhou held the throat of Liaodong leading to the Central Plains, and after the Zhu family was a Khitan, he secretly colluded with the Khitans, and Yingzhou was a trouble in his hands after all. ”

Li Mao said: "What you said is not true, but the war in Liaodong has just ended, the place is not calm, the number of troops has expanded several times, it still takes time to train and run-in, and the material resources are also insufficient. ”

Chang Mu Cang said: "In this round of army expansion, the number of troops has jumped from 7,000 before the war to 33,000, the increase is too great, and all aspects cannot be supplied. With all due respect, Liaodong's strength is not enough to support so many troops, and our middle- and lower-ranking officers are very lacking, and middle- and high-ranking officers also lack the ability and experience to command a large corps. ”

Li Mao exclaimed: "What do you mean?"

Chang Mucang said: "Yingzhou Zhu and Youzhou are not in harmony, it is rumored that Liu Ji is seriously ill, Youzhou will have a big change, Zhu is very much in the old department of Youzhou, Liu Ji's eldest son Liu Qi also intends to welcome Zhu Hui into Youzhou to suppress the situation. If the Zhu family enters Youzhou and then colludes with the Khitan, then the Youzhou Lulong Army will be owned by him, and Liaodong will increase a strong enemy, and the connection with the Central Plains will be cut off from time to time. ”

Li Mao said: "You mean to take advantage of the fledgling Zhu clan and strike first."

Chang Mucang said: "First create some small frictions, drag the Zhu family, and wait until Liaozhou is solved, and then go all out, take advantage of the fact that the Khitan, Bohai, and Youzhou have not come to their senses, conquer Yingzhou in one fell swoop with absolutely superior forces, and get the key to the Central Plains." ”

Li Mao smiled: "You plan to use Yingzhou as a whetstone, but I am worried that the knife will be broken." We must pay close attention to the training of the troops, and we must not delay the training of the troops, so that our swords should be stronger. You said that we now have too many troops, if we fight Yingzhou, do you think there will be more, it may not be enough, so the purpose of Yingzhou is not to reduce the swelling of the army, but to get the key to connect to the Central Plains, with this key our situation will be greatly improved. Yingzhou is still mainly outwitted, such as using a strategy to transfer the tiger away from the mountain, transfer Zhu Huan, a tiger, away, and then take advantage of the situation to solve Zhu Kerong's group of little tigers. What I'm talking about is just an idea for your reference. ”

After a slight pause, Li Mao didn't wait for Chang Mucang to open his mouth and said: "On the Silla side, now Shi Xiong is presiding, I want to transfer him back, transfer Kim Daoan over, and use the Silla people to deal with the Silla people." As soon as Kim Do-an left, there was a shortage of people in charge of the staff office, and I would like to ask you to come over and preside over it. As for the Fifth Division, after it was formed, it was handed over to our Marshal Jin San, who guarded the northern border of Silla and made the talented King of Bohai suffer enough. This man is still talented. ”

Li Mao confessed to Chang Mucang like this, because he regarded him as an absolute confidant, and Chang Mucang also treated him with all sincerity, and he said worriedly: "Jin Tiyong has a very high status in the eyes of the Silla soldiers, in case he has bad intentions, the consequences will be unimaginable." ”

Li Mao said with a smile: "The army you trained ended up following an outsider, and you beat me in turn, isn't this too much of a failure to ensure that the Anton Army follows us, this is the unshirkable responsibility of the Internal Security Department, and you can't forget this responsibility at all." Tsuneki Kura smiled and said, "Isn't Cathay Pacific presiding over the Internal Security Office now?" He said that he felt that it was inappropriate, and he explained that "the plate of the internal security department is getting bigger and bigger, and it really needs new talents to join." Cathay Pacific is loyal and capable, and I don't have any opinion about him personally. ”

Li Mao said: "Cathay is just the governor. ”

The topic was too sensitive, and both of them tried their best to avoid it.

Chang Mu Cang said: "Since the big marshal has made up his mind, I will start to prepare." It's still the old way, first bury a few nails in Yingzhou City, and when the time is ripe, besiege the city on all sides and bloom in the center. ”

Li Mao said: "Let go and prepare, I will let them fully cooperate with you on the right side, and you can ask Li Guotai to do something, he is now stepping on two boats, and both sides are pleasing him." ”

Before Li Mao arrived in Liaodong City, Xue Qingyu fought a battle with Qin Mo and Shi Xiong, and Xue Qingyu forced Xue Qingbao to fight, long before Jin Tiyong entered Liaodong, Xue Qingyu seized military power from his brother Xue Qingbao through the "Xue Qingnian Defection Incident".

Xue Qingyu was dissatisfied with the eldest brother's ambiguity with Qin Mo and Shi Xiong, and was determined to promote peace by fighting, and took the negotiation power with Li Mao in his own hands, so as to snatch the great seal of Liaozhou's assassination history from the eldest brother.

This battle only lasted for half a day, seeing that the front army was frustrated, Xue Qingyu personally went out of the city to supervise the formation, he left the city with his front foot, and the city gate behind him was closed, and the general Mu Bamo stabbed him in battle, and led his troops to surrender to Xue Qingbao.

Xue Qingyu, who was in a position to retreat, immediately surrendered to Shi Xiong, hoping to get leniency, but Shi Xiong ignored him, put him in a prisoner car and sent him to Dongzhou, swallowed his entire belongings in one bite, and still surrounded Liaodong City, waiting for Li Mao's arrival.

This time, Xue Qing couldn't stand it, and after some preparations, he opened the city gate to present books and drawings, expressing his sincere support for Li Mao as the lord of Liaodong.

Shi Xiong and Qin Mo did not embarrass him according to Li Mao's explanation, but still ordered him to preside over government affairs and maintain order in the city. The Anton Army only took over the defense of the outer city, and did not enter the city, and Yu Min did not commit any crimes.

Li Mao was quite satisfied with the performance of Shi Xiong and Qin Mo, and after the establishment of the Liaodong Festival, he asked Luo Wei to be his deputy envoy and relieved him of the post of commander of the Third Division, and the post of commander of the Third Division was replaced by Shi Xiong.

One day arrived at the city of Liaodong, Li Mao looked up at this towering high city, his heart was shocked, the terrain is naturally precipitous, the situation is easy to defend and difficult to attack, it is very suitable to use it as the control center of Liaodong, as for the population problem, you can follow the example of Guizhou and Tortoise Mountain Town, Gui Geshan Town is located in the mountains, Guizhou is built on the flat land under the mountain, each other is the horns, complement each other.

Liaodong City and Liaozhou can also follow this pattern, placing the Liaozhou administrative office on the flat land under the mountain, and Liaodong City into a military town, placing the core institutions and materials here, and using only a small number of troops to ensure that nothing goes wrong.

This is a gift from heaven to him, a reward for his hard work.

Li Mao was in a good mood and temporarily decided to make a private visit to Liaodong City first. When the official is big, he is high, and the things below are not easy to see, and there are always floating clouds covering your eyes.

If you want not to be deceived, you can only walk more, see more, listen more, ask more, and talk less.

Liaodong City is indeed not big, in addition to the towering city fortifications, the whole city can be described by the word "broken", Xue Qingbao pursues the elite rule model, the military, political, and financial power in the city are held in the hands of the six major families headed by the Xue family, these six families rely on their power, eat meat, drink soup, chew bones, and do not even leave a bite of bone residue for others, and the people of Liaodong City are poor.

After years of strong suppression, the city was in order, and the people were content with a life like cattle and horses after struggling and resisting miserably, satisfied with two meals a day.

Before the rise of East and Gaozhou, this is the distribution center of Liaodong materials, merchants from all walks of life gathered, trading is prosperous, after the rise of East Gaozhou, most of the merchants have shifted their positions, but most of them are still set up in Liaodong City, Liaodong City continues to exist as the sub-center of Liaodong commerce.

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