After the founding of the country, the state apparatus began to run rapidly.

Su You was more satisfied with the fact that this newly established country had collected nearly half of the military talents of this era that he was familiar with, including Li Jing, Li Mi, Luo Yi, Wang Bodang, Qin Shubao, Cheng Yanjin, Luo Shixin, and so on.

The fly in the ointment is that there are only more than a dozen internal affairs talents in this country, such as Pei Shiju, Wen Dalin, Wei Zheng, and Yan Shigu, and Wei Zheng is not even a pure internal affairs talent, which means that Yun China is extremely lacking in civil servants, and it is obviously unfeasible for Su You to rely on the existing civil servants to implement new national policies.

But Su You did not regret at all that he did not absorb the officials of the old Sui from Liaocheng in the first place, or rather, the real reason for the lack of a large number of internal affairs talents was originally planned by him.

According to the plan that had been formulated long ago, the first edict issued by Su You after the founding of the country was to popularize education, and began to establish the most basic schools in the country one after another, and these schools all began to operate according to the model of the starting point academy established by him and Yan Shigu in Qi County.

The newly established schools admit children between the ages of eight and fifteen who begin their primary education and spend six years in these schools completing the intermediate curriculum.

Six years is the compulsory education period that Su You wants to popularize, and some of these children who have studied for six years will leave school, and some will go on to higher technical schools, which include various types of technical work, as well as internal affairs and military affairs

The schools that universalize compulsory education are divided into six grades, but at the beginning, only the school buildings and dormitories for the first grade need to be built, and it will not be too complicated to build schools and recruit students, but these schools will be improved while teaching.

There is no need to rush to set up technical schools in general, after all, it takes six years for students to graduate from compulsory education!

However, the establishment of the highest level of internal affairs and military schools is imminent, because Su You needs these graduates to get to work as soon as possible, and be able to help him govern the territory that has been conquered or open up new territory.

The students of these highest-level schools will eventually be promoted from among the students who have participated in compulsory education, but how can Su You wait for six years?

Of course, after Su You issued an edict on large-scale education, he immediately issued a call for holding civil service examinations, and the examination was popularized in every land of Yun China, as long as he thought that he had literary talent or general, he could sign up for the examination.

Admitted students will be trained for half a year to a year in the school where Su You considers himself the principal, and after passing the exam, they will be assigned to work positions to participate in the management of Cloud China, and if these people do not meet the employment standards, they may be repatriated or stay to continue their studies

Just when Su You personally instructed the workers to build the Yunnan China Senior School with the best building materials in Sanshan City, Li Jing ordered people to bring back good news from Shandong.

As early as when Su You sailed back to Sanshan, except for a part of the army that originally followed Su You to the south to participate in the military parade at the founding ceremony, the rest were under the command of Li Jing; Including the 20,000 army under Li Jing, the 10,000 army led by Xue Wanche, the 5,000 army led by Liu Heimin, the 5,000 army led by Wang Fubao, the 5,000 army led by Su Dingfang, the 5,000 army led by Fan Yuan, and the 5,000 army led by Zhang Junli

Among the above troops, nearly 20,000 soldiers led by Li Jing, Xue Wanche, and Zhang Junli came from Yu Wenhua and the Xiaoguo Army and the Northern Navy under his command, as well as the soldiers who surrendered along the way, and some of these people were also taken to Shanxi by Luo Shixin.

In short, except for the direct troops led by Wang Bodang, Zhang Long and others who Su You took away, as well as the artillery, who went back to participate in the ceremony, there are still more soldiers left in Shandong than when they left Leshou, and the number of troops that can fight is nearly 60,000, and nearly 80,000 if you add auxiliary soldiers.

In addition, the Wagang army that had just surrendered was also under Li Jing's banner, and he selected two old friends, Cheng Yanjin and Pei Yuanqing, and sent a message that they each led 3,000 troops to the east to Xu Yuanlang's territory.

Xu Yuanlang's territory included Lujun, Dongping, Rencheng, Langya and other counties, which belonged to the southwest of the Shandong Peninsula and had a total area of more than one-third of Shandong.

In less than ten days after Su You left Shandong, Li Jing and Liu Heimin, who had returned from Beihai, besieged Fude in Jinan County, and the 25,000 army began an offensive and defensive battle against the 15,000 combined forces of Fude and Wang Bo, and it took only one day to take the city of Jinan County.

Fu De was killed in the battle, and Wang Bo had no choice but to surrender, and the soldiers of the Yunzhong Army who surrendered with him were close to 10,000.

Two days later, Li Jing's army of nearly 100,000 troops surrounded Xu Yuanlang's territory, and Xu Yuanlang's troops at this time were still above Li Jing's troops, with more than 100,000 people; But their weapons and armor are obviously incomparable to those of the Cloud Army, and what is even more tragic is that they have a natural fear of the Cloud Army's secret weapon.

After the formation of the encirclement, Pei Yuanqing began a tentative attack on Dongping from Jiyin County, which was placed southwest of Dongping County.

Of course, Li Jing's tactical arrangement was to compress Xu Yuanlang's troops from the east, west, and north with a thunderous momentum, and planned to put the main battlefield in Lujun and Langya in the south, and conquer them in one fell swoop.

On the same day that Su You was proclaimed emperor in Sanshan, Lu County.

In July, the autumn sun sprinkled ten thousand golden rays in the early morning, and the mountains of the four fields were all shrouded in the autumn morning sun; The three mountains of Lu County stand on their feet, and they are also shrouded in the autumn light, full of slaughter.

The three mountains of Lu County are Zou Mountain, Niqiu and Fangshan Mountain, and Surabaya flows from east to west, passing through the three mountains; According to the three mountains, there are three more cities, namely Rencheng, Zou County and Yanzhou.

The three mountains stand on their feet, and so do the three cities, the three cities look at each other from afar, and can support each other, and there is Xu Yuanlang's army stationed. These three cities are the core areas of Xu Yuanlang, and it is natural that his elite soldiers are stationed, and they have long been informed of the news that the Yunzhong army is approaching step by step.

The timing of Xu Yuanlang's army was the most lively time on the rivers and lakes, but his sphere of influence had the Wagang Army in the west, the Northern Navy in the east, Wang Bo in the north, and Li Shentong in the south.

If you talk about chess games, Xu Yuanlang's territory is not in the corner, it can only be said to be a piece of chess near the middle of the abdomen; This piece of chess is moving as hard as possible, and when the power is at its peak, it reaches Dongping in the north and Langxie in the south.

At the beginning, Xu Yuanlang sat on the five counties of Dongping, Lujun, Langxi, Rencheng, and Pengcheng, and it can be said that there are still places to breathe.

When the power of the Wagang Army was at its peak, Zhai Rang had broken Dongping, and Xu Yuanlang was able to occupy Dongping later, which was really a leak; But after Li Mi defeated Wang Shichong, the power of the Wagang army once again had a tendency to move eastward, and it was already forcing Pengcheng County.

Xu Yuanlang was reluctant to make a direct contact, and withdrew most of Pengcheng's forces to the east of Weishan Lake; In Xu Yuanlang's territory, Pengcheng can be said to be only half of the remaining territory.

Xu Yuanlang only relied on these four counties to hold on until the Wagang army was defeated, and a large number of Wagang troops fled east and finally joined him.

Seeing that he was about to defend the clouds and see the bright moon, how could he have thought that Su You's army would come all the way south? What's more, the Wagang army surrendered to Su You at this time?

In just a few days, Xu Yuanlang learned according to the military situation that nearly 10,000 Wagang troops had been stationed in Jinxiang and Fanghe, like a devouring tiger, ready to move.

Jinxiang, Fang and the two counties are separated by Zhaoyang Lake and Weishan Lake, and Rencheng and Zou County are remotely referred to, and they can bypass the two lakes to attack at any time, which makes it difficult for Xu Jiajun to sleep and eat.

After listening to the news from Beihai, Xu Yuanlang knew that the main force of the Yunzhong Army would eventually attack Lu County, so he arranged nearly half of his troops here, and took his son Xu Chang as his general.

Xu Yuanlang put the elite in Lu County, firstly, to ensure the safety of Lu County, and secondly, to facilitate the support of Dongping and Langya.

Now Xu Chang is standing at the head of the city, frowning deeply, and he got several bad news early in the morning.

Now, as soon as he rode a fast horse from the west, he shouted loudly from afar, "Young General, there is urgent news!" ”

Xu Chang nodded, and said to the scout succinctly, "Read." ”

"Last night, the Wagang Army increased its troops in Jinxiang again, and it was roughly estimated that there were 3,000 people. Cheng Yanjin was stationed in Jinxiang and summoned nearby skilled craftsmen to make small boats, and now there are hundreds of small boats lined up by Zhaoyang Lake. The scout rolled over and dismounted, panting in a breath.

Xu Chang nodded again, waved his hand, and said, "Got it, let's explore and report again!" ”

The scout was ordered to retreat, and Xu Chang asked the generals to gather while heading towards the council hall.

Lu County is the henchman of the Xu family, so Xu Yuanlang asked his son Xu Chang to personally lead the troops to defend the town, and sent many generals to assist; Now Xu Chang's soldiers have reached 50,000, but he is still a little uneasy in his heart, and when he learns that his opponent is Li Jing, his heart has become unconfident.

The legend of Li Jing originally came from Yang Su and Han Baohu, and even more from the idol Red Whisk Girl who chased countless young men and women, these stories seem to have gone far away; But when the Turkic army besieged Yanmen, Li Jing dared to kill the Turkic court with only a few hundred soldiers, and thus relieved the siege of Yanmen.

Li Jing's fame became more and more famous because of the siege of Yanmen, and since then he has been fighting the Turks on the frontier non-stop, until he followed Su You, whether it was going to Shanggu to conquer Wei Dao'er or from the Bohai Sea to the Beihai.

In the past month, Li Jing has commanded dozens of battles, large and small, and has not tasted defeat so far!

Xu Chang really doesn't have the confidence to fight with Li Jing, as for the training, weapons, and armor of the soldiers, can his own side be compared with Li Jing?

Although the Xu family army has been fighting for many years, its combat effectiveness has been much worse, and the only thing that can make them trustworthy is the geographical advantage!

The question is, will Li Jing use the secret weapon that both Su You and the Wagang Army once used?

Xu Chang is really nervous about this!