Seeing Zhang Dingguo riding on a tall horse, slowly disappearing out of sight, Qian Bangxin, the supervisor next to him, couldn't hold back any longer, and sighed: "The general reads the history books, and of course the general knows about the disaster of the Hongmen Banquet."

Although this Zhang Dingguo is only twenty years old, he has the style of a general, and he will be in great trouble for my volunteer army in the future, or the old man will lead the dead to kill him. ”

Yang Lin felt ridiculous, although the ancient literati looked gentle and elegant, in essence, their stomachs were full of these murderous deeds.

Stopping Qian Bangqi and others from coming to Hulai, Yang Lin looked confident and said: "You must not come here, this official just looked at his appearance, this person is a loyal and righteous person, and now although we are in different camps, sooner or later we will definitely be included in the account." ”

It seems that there is a physiognomy since ancient times, and it is an ancient metaphysics, and believers always believe, especially in ancient times, so it is even more so? Everyone looked at Yang Lin suspiciously, looking incredulous, but they had to believe it.

After a long time, Zhao Sixuan, a fellow intellectual, asked: "My lord, just now you repeatedly claimed that you would suspend the military operation against the Liukou, I don't know if it is true?" ”

After retiring the general personnel, Yang Lin sighed and said: "Everyone, although the Liukou suffered a crushing defeat in Hanzhong, in the past half a year, my Ming Dynasty has captured some important places, but under the counterattack of the Great Western Army, it is difficult to continue in various places, but it is suppressed by the Liukou.

Under the supervision of Fan Yixuan, the governor of Sichuan and Shaanxi, General Yang Zhanyang, although he repeatedly defeated Zhang Hualong, the governor of the right capital of Daxi, and captured Xuzhou, but under the counterattack of Zhang Kewang, the general of Liukou Zhengdong, he was exhausted and retreated to Linzhou.

Although Ma Gan, the governor of Sichuan, Liu Liangchang, the political counselor of eastern Sichuan, and Zeng Ying, the deputy general, led the remnants to capture Fuling and Chongqing, and also thwarted the army of Zhang Wenxiu, the general of Funan in the west, Zhang Wenxiu reorganized his troops and horses to fight again, and the Ming army was unable to do so although there were many soldiers.

Staff generals Cao Xun and Liu Daozhen and others were once very strong, but they fell for the countermeasures of the Great Western Army, and now they are facing Zhang Nengqi, the general of Dingbei of the Great Western Army, and they are really unable to do it.

When I return to northern Sichuan, we will control Shunqing Mansion, an important town in northern Sichuan, and go north along the Jialing River to threaten Baoning Mansion and Lizhou Counties (today's Guangyuan City), cut off the Golden Bull Road, block the road for the Great Western Army to go north out of Sichuan, and if we march west along Tongchuan Prefecture, we will threaten CD Mansion, with a special location, dangerous terrain, and various departments of the Southern Ming Dynasty

Although we have gone through all the hardships and dangers to recover Shunqing Mansion, Dazhou and other places, but the strength is only 6,000, and Baoning Mansion has rebel generals Liu Jinzhong and Zhao Ronggui Division, Xichong has Wang Jiye Division, Tongchuan Prefecture has Zhang Dingguo, Zhang Wenxiu Division, Liukou strength is ten times that of our army, if Liukou comes to attack with all his strength, we are in danger. ”

Qian Bangxin was slightly stunned, hugged his fists to the south and said: "My lord, although the situation is difficult and dangerous now, but adults are born, when they understand the righteousness of the world, how can their knowledge be under ordinary martial artists?"

If the enemy is strong, should we make peace with the enemy because he is strong? ”

Yang Lin shook his head and laughed: "Of course not, Liu Bei was assisted by Zhuge Liang and Fa Zheng, and it would take several years to occupy Sichuan to quell the rebellion of local forces, and Zhang Xianzhong was born as a thief, although he was strong and strong, but he has made many strategic mistakes since entering Sichuan, and he is only assisted by Wang Zhaolin, Yan Ximing, and Jiang Dingzhen, how can he divide Sichuan?"

Everyone was shocked, as Yang Lin said, now the Great Western Army is strong and strong, and the Southern Ming Army is at a disadvantage, how do you think that the Great Western Army is at a disadvantage, and Zhang Xianzhong will be defeated by the Ming Army?

And Yang Lin seemed very calm, although the Great Western Army attacked from all sides, such as Zhang Kewang, the general of Zhengdong, Zhang Hualong, the governor of the Right Army, and Fan Yixuan, the governor of Sichuan and Shaanxi, and the Yungui army of the Daming Sichuan and Shaanxi Governors confronted the line of Xuzhou Mansion in southern Sichuan.

Zhang Wenxiu, the general of Funan in the west of the country, Ma Gan, the governor of Sichuan in the Ming Dynasty, Liu Liangchang, the political officer of eastern Sichuan, and Zeng Yingbu, the deputy general, confronted the city of Chongqing.

The generals Zhang Nengqi and Feng Shuangli of the Dingbei of Daxi confronted the righteous army of Cao Xun, the general of the Ming Dynasty, Liu Daozhen and others on the front line of Yazhou.

The only thing that the Great Western Army can still fight now is Zhang Dingguo's department in Tongchuan Prefecture and Zhang Xianzhong's old battalion in CD Prefecture.

According to everyone's analysis, in the situation of failing to do his best everywhere, Zhang Xianzhong, who can fight well, will definitely make a surprise strategy to break the balance in order to regain the initiative on the battlefield.

If the Ming army can block Zhang Xianzhong's counterattack once or twice, the Great Western Army will inevitably be weaker at that time, until it finally goes to extinction.

If Zhang Xianzhong counterattacked in other directions, it didn't matter, what everyone was most worried about was that Zhang Xianzhong concentrated his forces to storm northern Sichuan, and the main reason was that the volunteers were almost completely isolated from the rest of the Ming army.

Now in Baoning Mansion in the upper reaches of the Jialing River in the northwest, Liu Jinzhong and Zhao Ronggui led a large army to garrison Baoning Mansion, which may go down the river at any time, attack Pengzhou, and cut off our army.

In the north, it is the local tyrants Huang Long, Yuan Tao and others who retreated to Bazhou, although their troops have been defeated by our army many times, but the two sides have been on the same footing and cannot use troops.

In the west of Xichong, the Liukou King Jiye led his troops to garrison here, and may cooperate with the Liukou army to outflank our army at any time.

To the southwest, Zhang Dingguo, who occupied Tongchuan Prefecture, and to the south, Zhang Wenxiu, who was attacking Hezhou.

In addition, compared with other departments, the Volunteer Army implements the strategy of elite soldiers, and the department is no more than 7 battalions of the infantry army, 1 battalion of cavalry, 1 battalion of the water army, and the whole army is only more than 5,000 people.

Qian Bangxin wiped the beads of sweat from his face again and again, and asked, "My lord, it is only now that the old man understands that we are in a difficult situation."

The future is uncertain, where do we go from here?

For now, how will adults solve this crisis? ”

Yang Lin smiled and immediately ordered Ma Mingluan, a staff officer in the army, Wang Shuji, Wang Gao, Fan Mingwen, and others to inspect various places to inspect the formation and training of the security brigade.

Ordered Qian Bangxin to go to the Qianhu Office in Guang'an Prefecture to check the land encroached upon by the Qianzong and Baizong of the Wei Office.

He ordered Pham Van Quang to clean up local taxes and prevent officials from taking bribes.

Zhao Sixuan and Huang Hui of Yilongzhi County were ordered to elect the squires in each election and establish a squire meeting.

He was stationed in Shunqing Fucheng, supervising the study of the generals in the officer training camp day and night, and going to various military camps from time to time to conduct combat drills.

First of all, after Ma Mingluan, Wang Shuji, Wang Gao, Fan Mingwen and others received the order, they each obtained documents from the army, rode on their horses, took a team of guards, and went to various counties to inspect.

This local security brigade is a local security organization established by Yang Lin according to the militia organization of the previous life, which is formed by the county barracks, with the township as the unit, and each village produces ten strong men, the village chief is the squad leader, and the township chief is the hundred chiefs, forming the villager security brigade.

If you encounter a rogue or a local thug, you can cover the retreat of the villagers to protect the safety of the villagers, or retreat into the city, and try to protect the county seat.

All those selected for the security team are exempt from hard labor for the current year.

Now that this kind of grassroots security organization has been established in all counties and townships of Pengzhou, other counties need to be formed in these six or seven months.

Wang Shuji walked on the road for three days, and on this day he arrived in Dongxiang County, which was plagued by local tyrants, and came to the official mansion to meet Wang Rimeng, the county governor, and after checking that the official documents were correct, Wang Rimeng called Liu Dahe, the secretary of the military room, and saved some Wang Sanma, and briefly reported the formation of the local security brigade in Dongxiang County.

Liu Dahe was born in Xiucai, originally taught in the township, this time the volunteers recovered the county seat of Dongxiang to get a position in the study room, thank you for nothing, but when it comes to marching and fighting, he is completely a layman.

And Wang Sanma is different, Wang Sanma was originally a squad leader in the army, and when the official army attacked the local tyrant, Wang Sanma charged ahead, but unfortunately was injured by a falling rock, and became a cripple and fell disabled.

In the past, the soldiers were at the bottom, and even after they died in battle, they had to be patched by their families.

Wang Sanma was recruited, but this was just asking for more blessings.

Seeing that he was walking with a limp, when Wang Sanma was worried, he was called by the battalion headquarters to Yao Chonglie, the commander, and when he saw that he was walking with a limp, Yao Chonglie first made fun of him, and then told him the good news.

According to the will of adults, those who have made meritorious contributions on the battlefield and are physically disabled and may cause difficulties in their future lives will be assigned to local areas after the war, and will be assigned certain official positions according to their military merits and military positions.

Wang Sanma was the captain of the squad in the army, and he killed two local thugs on the battlefield, so he was assigned to this military room to save some positions.

At the beginning of the year, Fucheng issued an official letter requesting the formation of local security brigades in various localities to obtain information for the volunteers and protect local tranquility.

Liu Dahexiu, a clerk in the military room, was born in a talented background, was a procrastinator, and had a scribe style, so he only coped with the formation of a local security brigade, and went to the townships to take a look, and asked each village and township to put forward candidates, and after a simple training for half a day, the formation of the security brigade was completed.

Wang Sanma, who was born in martial arts, knew that this would not work, so he limped to the townships every day, urged the villages to take up his posts, and trained regularly, but he was just a saving point, and the township and village chiefs below didn't pay attention to it at all.

It took so many months of hard work to complete the training of three brigades.

And why these three township chiefs are so enthusiastic, mainly because when the local tyrants were in turmoil, they used to be rampant and domineering in the township, bullying men and women, and the villagers were quite indignant at that time, but because the other party had a knife in his hand, it was bright and bright, and the villagers only had hoes in their hands, so they were not able to fight at all.

Now seeing that the government has come forward to set up a local security brigade, the people in the village have enthusiastically participated, although only the particularly brave people have received the long knives and spears distributed by the government, but everyone is also quite brave with steel drills and hoes.

Wang Shuji carefully watched the training of the villagers, and once went down after two moves, he felt that the morale of the villagers was quite strong, and everyone could cooperate with each other when fighting.

Wang Sanma introduced, how many villagers have fought with local tyrants, and how many have practiced martial arts? Although I heard that the volunteers were well paid, they either already had families, or their parents were too old to leave.

After watching it for five days like this, Wang Shuji felt that a man with a military career like Wang Sanma was suppressed by scholars, and although he was aggrieved in his heart, he didn't dare to say it clearly in the official document.

Half a month later, Wang Shuji was inspecting the training of the security brigade in the nearby Daxian County, and suddenly heard that Wang Sanma rushed to the county, saw Wang Shuji from a distance, and repeatedly arched to express his gratitude.

Three days ago, Wang Sanma was training in the countryside below, and was suddenly called to the yamen hall by the yamen, and Wang Rimeng, the county magistrate, took out a letter and a letter of appointment, telling him that he had been officially appointed as the secretary of the military room.

Looking at this letter of appointment signed by the general himself, Wang Rimeng seemed quite affectionate, and asked if he had any old relationship with the general?

Wang Sanma felt his head buzzing and didn't know how to answer. Of course, when he was in the army that day, he had met the general, but as the captain of the squad, he never had a chance to speak.

Wang Rimeng felt incredible, pointed at Wen Zha and shook his head, according to his logic, if it weren't for the old one, how could he personally issue such an official document, and asked all counties and military offices to be retired warriors in the army.

The secretary of the military room and the barracks are appointed by the general yamen, and are selected once a year, and the best can re-enter the barracks and serve as officials in the grain road.

You don't have to fight to transport food, it's a beautiful difference, and if you are a little greedy, you can definitely make a fortune.

Back in the barracks, Wang Sanma couldn't calm down for a long time?

Although the officers and men in the army are very strict in their training, and they are slightly not up to standard, the whole squad and the entire squad are more trained, but the adults are very good to the soldiers, not only are they well treated, but they also have pensions for the soldiers who died in battle, and many of the seriously injured soldiers are resettled.

Is it just because he used to be a squad leader in the army?

Wang Sanma couldn't believe that the general had given such an order.

After thinking about it all night, Wang Sanma thought that Wang Shuji took the initiative to help speak, so he ran hundreds of miles overnight to come to Daxian County to thank Wang Shuji for his kindness.

Wang Shuji felt incredible, and comforted Wang Sanma vigorously, asking him to do things well and repay the generals.

At present, although it is rumored in society that the soldiers are the last to serve as soldiers, we must work hard.

When Wang Sanma heard this, he also seemed quite excited, and he kowtowed again and again, swearing that he would definitely train the security brigade and not embarrass the adults.