Chao Gai was told by Zhu Wu to leave, Zhang San's male secretary came to inform His Majesty Zhu Wu to summon him, Zhu Wu hurriedly went to Zhang San to report his achievements, and Zhang San was staying in the barracks of the Praetorian Guard and eating with Zhang Yuanba.

Everyone has finished eating, only Zhang Yuanba is still eating, although the current Zhang Yuanba is still much more than ordinary people, but it is no longer like at the beginning to eat fifty or sixty bowls of rice at once, and now Zhang Yuanba has only seven or eight bowls of rice, but the bowl is slightly larger, three or four times the size of the bowl everyone uses.

Zhang San saw that Zhu Wu was coming and saluted, and asked with a smile while waving his hand to excuse himself: "I heard that you came to the Praetorian Guard camp with Chao Gai, and I happened to be here to teach them, so I called you over, how about it?" How did you talk to Chao Gai? ”

Zhu Wu said happily: "Congratulations to the king, I chatted with Chao Gai today, he also has a lot of refuge, this time he will go back and persuade the people in the camp to surrender, and then he will see whether he is really attached." ”

Zhang San nodded and said, "This also saves us a lot of trouble, what conditions have you promised them?" ”

Zhu Wu told Zhang San the content of the conversation between the two, and Zhang San said after hearing it: "Chao Gai is the most trustworthy and doesn't care about personal gains and losses, but I'm afraid that his subordinates can't impress them with such conditions." In this way, put Zhang Heng and Li Zhong back, and send someone to tell them that they are willing to stay in the reorganization, and they are not willing to continue to be the thieves who distribute the field rations and properly settle them. ”

Zhu Wu thought that this was indeed the case, Zhang San thought about it and said: "These people in Liangshan are willing to farm and send them to Zhenwei Island, transfer two battalions from there, three battalions from Dulonggang, plus Zhang Hengtongmeng's two battalions, leaving Liangshan minions into two battalions, and I am transferring two new firearms battalions and a Marine battalion from Tamsui." ”

Zhang San calculated as he spoke: "In this way, there will be twelve battalions, and then Liangshan will set up four regiments, one naval regiment, one marine regiment, and two army regiments. ”

After Zhang San finished speaking, he patted Zhu Wu on the shoulder and said: "The construction of this army will be the main task of Liangshan this year and next year, and it is also one of your main tasks in the past two years. ”

Zhu Wu nodded and said: "Back to the king, this matter is easy to handle, now we have a recruitment agreement between Ryukyu and the Great Song Dynasty, and there is no problem with thousands of people, but there is such a big bandit in the Liangshan area, the Song Dynasty court will not tolerate it, right?" When the time comes, once the war starts, the characteristics of our army are too distinct, and I am afraid that it will be difficult to camouflage. ”

Zhang San said with a smile: "I have already found a job for Da Song, this year and next year, his main energy will be concentrated in the Jiangnan region, and at that time, as long as Shandong does not make big moves, Da Song will not have the energy to take care of it." ”

Zhu Wu asked: "Then in addition to Liangshan, do you want to attack a few cities on this side of Shandong?" Or we can capture more cottages so that we can hide more soldiers. ”

Zhang San thought about it and said: "This is not in a hurry, first train Liangshan's soldiers, as for the next step, it depends on the form of Jiangnan, if Fang La can bear you, don't act rashly, if Fang La can't bear it, you will lay down a few cities, if Fang La develops too fast, you have to accept the imperial court to recruit him to get him." ”

Zhu Wu asked a little puzzled: "Isn't the more chaotic the Great Song Dynasty, the better?" If Fang La becomes the climate, he will naturally be able to contain the forces of the Great Song Dynasty more, and then the Great Song Dynasty will not be even more timeless to take care of him? ”

Zhang San shook his head and said: "This Manichaeism relies on demagogy and deception to steal fame, but it is such a force that is the most difficult to cure, and it is extremely easy to resurge, like a cancer in governing the country." ”

Zhang San stood up and said: "The reason why we support Manichaeism is to make trouble for the Great Song Dynasty on the one hand, and on the other hand, to let the cancer attack as soon as possible and treat it as soon as possible, so that they can jump out when we have no time to take care of others." ”

Zhu Wu nodded and asked, "Now that we have a lot of clues about them, it is better to take advantage of this opportunity before he starts to do evil to cooperate with Da Song to cut off this tumor in one fell swoop." And then wouldn't it be easier for us to send a part of our own people to disguise the Manichaean uprising? ”

Zhang San sighed and said: "Having said that, this kind of cult has been rooted in Jiangnan for a long time, and we are only figuring out its upper veins now, and they are scattered all over the place, just like if a tree falls, the monkeys on the tree will be scattered, and when it encounters a spark of stars, it will become a prairie fire." ”

Zhang San waved his hand and said: "But as long as they succeed in taking down a few cities and establishing a political power, then all kinds of bulls, ghosts, snakes, and gods will jump out, and then the enemy will be equal to coming from the dark to the light, and it will be much easier to deal with." ”

Zhu Wu felt that it made sense when he heard this, nodded and said: "In this case, our Liangshan is far away from the south, I'm afraid that it will be difficult for the actions here to affect the other party's form, right?" ”

Zhang San said with a smile: "You don't have to worry about this, the General Staff has formulated a battle plan, and it will be sent to the combat troops at that time, you just need to cooperate with the action, but there are a few points I want to emphasize to you." ”

When Zhu Wu heard this, he hurriedly clenched his fists and obeyed, Zhang San said: "The Great Song Dynasty has returned to the river several times, and now the Yellow River is almost bursting every year, one of you is to take advantage of this opportunity to attract more people, and the other is to do a good job in the rescue of the victims, so that the people can read our Ryukyu good." ”

Zhu Wu nodded yes, and Zhang San continued: "In addition to Liangshan, Shandong is also mountainous and hilly, the people in these places are poor, lack of food and clothing, the rule of the Great Song Dynasty is weak, and the people are fierce, there are many robbers, you must pay attention to these people, but for the heinous thieves and grass bandits, you must eradicate the evil for the people as soon as possible." ”

Zhu Wu thought about it and asked, "What will happen to these cottages then?" Do you want to send someone to guard to prevent the bandits? ”

Zhang San thought about it and shook his head and said: "Since Cai Jingtong Guan and others came to power, corrupt officials and corrupt officials have been rampant, the harsh taxes and miscellaneous taxes in various places have become more and more onerous, and there are many bandits. ”

Zhang San thought about it and told him the next plan, lest he guess here, Zhang San said: "What I and the General Staff Department mean is to confront the Great Song Dynasty with Yuncheng Liangshan, Yanggu and Liaocheng in the north to the Yellow River to Xuzhou in Nanpei County, so Liangshan will be the forefront of the confrontation with the Great Song Dynasty, and it is not easy to divide troops here." ”

Zhang San continued: "As for the state capital behind, it will only be a drum down at that time, so there is no need to think about how many troops to hide, we are now not afraid of any enemy in the Ryukyus, and it is enough to defeat the enemy in a dignified manner, so as to convince the people of the world." ”

As soon as Zhu Wu heard it, he knew that there were also political considerations in this, and after the sneak attack on the city, it was inevitable that people would say that you had won the country badly, and indeed with the current naval strength of the Ryukyus, there was no need to trouble fighting an environment like Shandong surrounded by water on three sides, and as for Liangshan, it was just for blocking the imperial court's reinforcements.

Understanding the positioning of Liangshan, Zhu Wu no longer mentioned the idea of occupying other cottages to hide troops, Zhang San continued: "It is easy to mobilize soldiers, but grain and grass are indeed the top priority, this is not only related to the rations of soldiers, but also a good way for us to help the people and win the hearts of the people after the war, so raising grain and grass is the first priority." ”