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Guan Sheng saw the seal letter, confirmed it, hurriedly retreated from everyone, rolled the saddle and dismounted, and saluted: "I don't know how to appease the adults to arrive, how much offense." ”

The position of pacification envoy is just in charge of Jinan Mansion, and Gao Feng has other important titles, no matter which one it is, it is not comparable to Guan Sheng, a small commander, even if Gao Feng looks young, he does not dare to slack off.

Gao Feng hurriedly stepped forward, held him in his arms and asked, "What did you say about the patrol earlier?" ”

Guan Sheng listened to the question, and replied with a guilty face: "The area around Qizhou was originally peaceful, but in recent years, Song Jiang and others have made a fierce scene, so that it has affected Qizhou, and now not only Song Jiang and his behavior have caused trouble, but also some bandits have also taken the opportunity to riot, making Qizhou more and more chaotic. ”

This is as it should be, Gao Feng nodded, but his mind turned to other places. According to the Water Margin, Guan Sheng is one of the one hundred and eight generals and is a rebel. Now he is the commander of the bandits, and the difference between the two is so great!

Thinking of this, he smiled and asked, "Commander Guan, are you Guan Yu's descendant?"

In the Water Margin, Guan Sheng, as Guan Yu's descendant, has always had doubts about this Gao Feng, so he asked.

Guan Sheng was stunned when he heard this, he couldn't imagine that Gao Feng would ask such a question, and it was difficult for him to answer.

After being embarrassed for a while, Guan Sheng said curtly: "There is no way to verify this, but because I also use a big knife and my face is red, everyone jokes that I am a Guan Sheng, but it is actually groundless." ”

Hehe! Gao Feng laughed secretly, it turned out to be everyone's joke, and now this eternal mystery case has finally been solved. However, on the surface, it is not nonsense, whether it is Guan Sheng's image or the weapons used, he can't help but remind people of Guan Shengren, and it is not an exaggeration to say that he is Guan Shengren.

Moreover, Guan Sheng in history is also a model of loyalty to the monarch and serving the country, which makes it easier for people to associate him with Guan Yu.

Putting this topic aside, Gao Feng asked again: "How many soldiers are there in Jinan Mansion?"

"Three thousand soldiers." Guan Sheng replied.

So little! Gao Feng's brow couldn't help but furrow. He didn't expect that a state capital only had such a small number of soldiers and horses, no wonder he couldn't stop Song Jiang.

It's just not right, the history books say that tens of thousands of soldiers and horses can't stop Song Jiang and others, where did these tens of thousands of soldiers and horses come from?

Immediately, Gao Feng understood that there were really tens of thousands of soldiers and horses.

Song Jiang and his entourage have been transferred to more than ten state capitals, even if there are only 1,000 soldiers in each state capital, there are tens of thousands, not to mention that there are more than these people in some state capitals.

Gao Feng even understood why so many people had no way to take Song Jiang. On the one hand, the poor combat capability of officers and men is due to the lack of unified command. Each state has its own system, and no one cares about the affairs of other states, not only is it impossible to send troops to chase other state capitals, but also does not share information, which leads to Song Jiang and others can easily run around and do whatever they want without fear, after all, it is not possible to do anything with him with the power of one state alone.

Seeing that Gao Feng was frowning, Guan Sheng hurriedly added: "The three thousand soldiers are still because of the Song Jiang rebellion, adding new soldiers and making up for the shortfall, if it was before, there would be less than one thousand." ”

Yes! Gao Feng was surprised again, he only knew the **** of the Song Dynasty, but he didn't expect that it would be corrupt to such an extent, and this kind of empty salary would also happen.

Why did Guan Sheng say that Gao Feng thought so? Things have to start with the military service system of the Song Dynasty.

Song Shibing Zhiyun: "The military system of the Song Dynasty has about three: the guards of the Son of Heaven, to guard the Beijing division, prepare for the conquest, and call the forbidden army; The town soldiers of the states are divided into envoys, called the Xiang Army; Selected in the household registration or recruitment, so that they can be united and trained, thinking that they are defending, they are called village soldiers. ”

This is the origin of the forbidden army, the Xiang army, and the township soldiers, in the words of later generations, the forbidden army is the regular army, the Xiang army is the local army, and the township soldiers are the militia or reserves. And when Gao Feng was in charge of the county, he prepared the township soldiers.

In order to ensure the stability of the country, the Song Dynasty also had requirements for garrisons. At the beginning of the Song Dynasty, there were 200,000 forbidden troops, 100,000 guarding the Beijing division, and 100,000 stationed in various places. "If the soldiers of the capital division are enough to control the Dao, there will be no external strife; The soldiers of the various ways are enough to be the capital division, and there is no internal change. Internal and external system, no bias. ”

In other words, the distribution of the forbidden army is generally kept on the same line as the Beijing division and the local government, so that internal and external checks and balances will not cause chaos. It was only later that the war in the north and northwest continued, and the forbidden army was gradually mobilized to the capital division and the north and northwest.

Of course, some large state capitals and important passes still have forbidden armies, such as Yingtianfu, Daimyo Mansion and other places.

The most important guardian force in various places is the Xiang Army. There were also restrictions on the number of troops in the imperial court. The number of people in small counties shall not exceed 1,000, the number of people in large counties shall not exceed 3,000, and the number of people in border counties shall not exceed 15,000 (which may be increased by special decree). This limited the number of soldiers from all over the country.

Despite this, the phenomenon of redundant troops in the Song Dynasty still existed, and it was very serious, and what was the reason for it?

First of all, the Song army was a conscription system, once enlisted, they served for life until they retired from old age, which made the Song Dynasty support a large number of old, weak, sick and disabled soldiers.

Second, in addition to normal recruitment, refugees who have nowhere to earn a living due to natural disasters and wars, and prisoners who have been sent to various places are also the main source of soldiers, and the number of soldiers will increase sharply in some disaster years.

Moreover, in the era of Zhao Ji, **** has reached the extreme. The size of the army has increased substantially, but there are many shortages, and this has the advantage of embezzling military salaries. For example, the number of soldiers in the Beijing division under the command of the Sanya should be more than 100,000, but in fact there were only 30,000, and the excess military salary fell into the hands of corrupt officials.

In this way, the situation in Beijing is even more unbearable, and the phenomenon of falsely reporting the number of soldiers and encroaching on the salaries of the soldiers is even more fearless.

Jinan Mansion is not a small house, and has an important geographical location, it is said that it should be a preparation of 3,000 soldiers, but in fact, it usually has less than 1,000 soldiers, and the problem in the middle naturally arises.

No matter what problems existed before, Gao Feng didn't want to pursue it, he didn't know how deep the water was, and he didn't dare to step into it easily. However, now that he has taken over, it is naturally impossible for him to let him go any further, and it is imperative to rectify military affairs in the next step.

Of course, the rest is later, and the most important thing for him now is to quickly deploy troops and dispatch generals so as to solve Song Jiang's affairs as soon as possible.

"Commander Guan, please arrange for a few cronies to escort my subordinates to Qing, Zi, Wei and other prefectures, transfer their Xiang troops to Jinan Mansion, and at the same time gather local Xiang troops to listen to them at any time."