After simply settling down the people around me and officially raising the account, I glanced around the subordinates, officials and generals gathered under the tent to listen to the meeting.

Among the civil servants, Yu Yunwen, the deputy envoy of Yingtian, is the head, the independent officials of the Six Elements Judgment Division and the heads of each sub-Cao, as well as the heads of some departments directly under Ma Zheng, Animal Husbandry, School Superintendent, Construction, Industry and Mining; Headed by the fifth secretary of the secretary, counselors, staff officers, military officers, Confucian officials, Jiyi writing and other staff members are engaged in the team; and the new governor of Qingzhou, Shi Cao Youwen, as the local government officials of the office.

The main military positions are: a number of garrison troops of the "Imperial Left Guard" and "Right Protector" armies headed by Han Liangchen, the deputy commander; The commander of the battalion team led by the commander Mu Long, such as the Yu Hou Army and the Ya Bing, who were directly subordinate to the order; The Qingzhou garrison system headed by Zhao Long and Luo Qiqi.

In addition, the observation of the Beppu office made Lu Wuguan, and the first deputy envoy Xin Jiaxuan, who had just returned from presiding over the front from other places, the civil and military teams under my command had already arrived.

As for the two yamen, Li Gefei, the chief secretary of the government, and Zeng Hua, the transfer envoy, who opened a separate yamen, are nominally and theoretically not under my control, so they do not need to participate in such occasions.

Most of these people were dressed in official uniforms with shades of crimson to blue, or military uniforms with dark ochre and gray tones, and they stood together in a number of rows, and there were hundreds of people in sight.

There seemed to be a lot of fresh faces in it compared to before I left, mainly walking in the middle and back of the line, obviously from the new intake. And Tang Huai and Liqiong, the principal and deputy leaders of the northbound trainee group, also lived in it because of my name.

Led by the concept of land affairs, the civil servants in charge of the government affairs system have each concisely and concisely informed their respective departments and the specific progress and results of the projects and affairs they are responsible for.

Then there was Xin Jiaxuan, who presided over the daily life of the army, to specify and announce the current Huaidong battle situation and defensive line situation.

Today's defense pattern is light in the east and heavy in the west, and those vassal armies in the south across the Huai River, Huma, because of the flooding along the Huai River, have caused heavy losses and trauma, and can only survive in the strongholds that have not been flooded by the flood, but the corresponding Huainan Dynasty army can not pass, can only be in the open sea (through the ships to maintain a certain contact. As far as our department, which occupies Huaidong, from Sizhou to Suzhou along the river, almost half of it has become a Ze country and there is no practical need for defense at all.

As for the Yellow River to the north, there are Binzhou, Jeju, and Qizhou, which are across the water from Hebei Province on the other bank, but this defense posture is much better than that of Huaishui. The Yellow River, which is both wide and fast, can be called a natural danger in itself, except for the complete ice period of the river in winter, it can only rely on boats and bridges to cross it in a limited way.

Therefore, only a small number of capable soldiers and horses were needed to closely guard the few destroyed bridges and ferries, and then set up beacon sentry posts along the river to guard them, which was enough to meet the daily needs. I am not arrogant enough to think that the current forces can cross the Yellow River in one go, or that there is an urgent need for this.

In the east, almost all of them are the long coastline of the peninsula, and there are almost no decent opponents, except for the Denglai prefecture east of the Jiaohe River, which needs a large number of people to be stationed in the cantonment, reorganized and reorganized, and resumed production and recuperation.

Therefore, the focus of defense and sorties was concentrated in the two theaters of war in the southwest and northwest, and the main opponents were the mixed forces of the Northern Dynasties and the feudal armies of Huma, which were entrenched in various places.

Therefore, although a large part of my area of control extends to the Great Plains, my troops can maintain the need for general defense as long as they hold on to several areas separated by rivers and a few hills from Dayozawa in Yunzhou to Nansi Lake between Xuzhou and Yanzhou, and then to Baima Lake on the border of the Huai River and Haozhou.

These are all famous large lake basins in the north, at least for the time being, neither the northern army nor those feudal lords have enough water strength to cross the lake to attack.

If it is only on the defensive, relying on the partially armed garrison battalions under our formation is enough to meet the needs of the daily maintenance of the fortresses along the line, and the main battle sequence is placed in the cities on the second line as a mobile and reserve force to deal with the enemy. In addition, it regularly launches sweeping operations on the periphery to carry out extended extended elastic defense. That's the strategy for now.

As the so-called training and farming, both hands must be hard, and both are indispensable.

At the same time, I also announced a number of specific personnel appointments, one of which was the appointment of Zong Ze as the newly established head of the water camp and the coastal inspector, with the temporary rank of captain. The other is Wu Jue, who took over as the temporary captain of the teaching team and took over the rank of general.

and the pre-military trainee regiment that went north together, assigned to the battalions and regiments on the front, and practiced the specific personnel of the weapon battle array; Except for a few areas of expertise that can be directly useful, all of them have been arranged to go to the joint school for further study for a period of time.

This is also a local practice, and any promotion and promotion within the system must go through the corresponding study of the joint school before they can officially take up their posts.

After the military discussion was dispersed, there was a small meeting between me and the three chiefs Xin, Lu, and Zhao, mainly to discuss some key matters that were not suitable for public discussion and related to the future and prospects of this Xiao group, such as the possible reduction of supplies for the future dynasty, the officials and troops who had stagnated in Huainan, and the changes in the situation brought about by the Jiangnan money mutiny and the Fujian and central cults.

After all, it is better to prepare and deal with it early than to wait for the situation to be rushed, and in this case, slogans such as advocating self-improvement, self-reliance, and hard work can be used as publicity.

In this regard, Duyu Marquis Zhao Long naturally raised his hands to welcome the positive response, and the first deputy envoy Xin Jiaxuan based on realistic considerations, but also had an unavoidable attitude, only Lu Wuguan still held a little luck and hope, and held a corresponding reservation.

This was followed by my daily time to receive individual reports from specific departments such as the Six Elements Judgment Division, and to meet with some specific people.

In this way, it took several days of busy work to complete the preliminary processing and assignment of the affairs accumulated during the absence.

Only then did I have extra free thoughts, accompanied by squatting with my head and Jiajia, slowly checking and looking at my new residence,

In the days since I left, the mansion that served as the envoy of the system and the pacification has been almost renovated, and even the original yamen has been expanded again. So when I came back, most of the transplanted flowers and trees were showing a brilliant autumn color.

I even saw the Huashi Mountain Pavilion clearly from the south of the Yangtze River in the huge garden, as well as the pavilions and pavilions with a mix of north and south styles. Mainly upheld me? The attitude of saving and doing a good job is directly from the abandoned gardens and villas in other places, and it is directly transported as it is, and there is no planning to pile it up like this.

The only extravagant thing is that according to the habits and styles in Canton, it is equipped with a guide water wheel and corresponding artificial fountains and streams, etc., as a summer to cool off. In addition, a northern-style pottery dragon pipe was buried underground to meet the needs of local winter heating.

Although the garden was large enough, the two little girls rejected my decision to choose a special place to live in the garden, and insisted on living with me. And in my bedroom, there was a tug-of-war for beds and space.

At this time, the news of the investigation in the north was also sent back, and the so-called police in the north were strictly said to be police on the Yellow River.

The news of the reappearance of the Yellow River Naval Division, which had disappeared for a long time in the Northern Dynasties, from Jeju on the south bank of the Yellow River to Qizhou, there were at least four or more observation posts, and similar existence was allegedly seen.

This result immediately made the legions under the control of the army members couldn't help but be very nervous and vigilant. Because, this is likely to mean that in the turmoil and destruction of the Fanhu crossing, Hebei Province, which has been dormant for a long time, has once again taken new actions and measures.

Unlike land divisions, which can only be placed in a limited number of locations and areas; The Northern Dynasty Navy Division has no sense of existence, but it also represents a certain mobility and suddenness in the lower reaches of the Yellow River, and it is not something that I can fight against in the canal water camps in Yunzhou that use vehicles and ships as mobile carriers, or on the coast of Dengzhou.

Whether it is used to transport and cover the landing of land divisions, or to launch a coastal attack nearby. This will mean that the resources and efforts invested by our side in the coastal states north of Jishui will suffer heavy losses and damage.

Whether it is the established reclamation points, or the cattle and farm tools that have been sown, or even the seeds that have been sown, it will not be possible to withdraw all of them to the safe area south of Jishui for a while.

However, if our side can only defend everywhere and respond passively, it is tantamount to invisibly giving up the strategic situation and initiative that are easy to create, and the other side.