It turned out that Zhao Ning was just mixing well in the sand dunes, and he was just a rich man in a small county town, and he was not famous enough to be known throughout the state. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

But these two days were different, fifteen years old, the youngest among the people who were recommended this time, but he was the first to be reported, the first to rush to the state capital, and it was rumored that he was able to meet Luo Jinglai's new assassin Shi in private.

When the school field was ordered, it brought out a team that amazed the whole audience, with strong soldiers and well-equipped.

It can be said that in the past two days, the first person in Xuzhou to be in the limelight is the new assassin Shi Zhou Jing, who is elegant in appearance and actually ruthless, and he Zhao Ning is the second person in the limelight, so whether in the army, the government or the market, everyone is talking about the two of them. There was not a single one who did not know him.

At this time, Lord Thorn Shi pointed at him, and naturally everyone looked at him.

When Zhao Ning heard this, he quickly stood up respectfully, saluted, and said, "Zhao Ning, Dune County, Donghai County, has seen the envoy." The subordinates are shallow in their knowledge and dare not discuss the military aircraft in front of the envoy. ”

Others are okay, hearing these words in Zhou Shu's ears, he can't wait to slap his two mouths, "Yes, others don't dare to talk nonsense, why did I stand up and be in the limelight?" Seeing that Lord Jun's face is not good, it is estimated that what I said is not in line with his mind, isn't it that I have nothing to do and seek bad luck for myself? ”

"The official pointed to you, he asked you to come out to talk about business, and asked if you are talented?" Zhou Jing obviously remembered Zhao Ning's response a few days ago.

Zhao Ning also knew that in front of this adult, he couldn't hide his treachery and play tricks, so he gave another military salute and said, "Lord Zhou Shu's words, the lower officials dare not agree." ”

Everyone present also faintly saw that Zhao Ning was extraordinary, and when they saw Zhao Ning speak, they all listened attentively. After all, the outcome of the military discussion here will determine their future and even life and death.

"The leader of the anti-thieves, Guo Chun, turned out to be just a bandit leader in Shouzhang County, and he fell into the grass back then, but it was also because he killed people when he was young and was arrested by the government, and he had no choice but to go up the mountain to become a bandit. He is just a mountain horseman, and he has no talent to lead a large army, let alone an opponent of Lord Jun. ”

"The last time the anti-thieves defeated the official army by luck, it was just because the predecessor assassinated Shi and was careless. If that Guo Chun is a person with great ambitions and knows how to grasp the opportunity, he should take advantage of the victory to directly lead people to attack Tan County, the capital of Xuzhou, if they can capture Tan County in one battle, then the situation in the entire Xuzhou will be bad, and the war will also affect the counties of Xuzhou.

But that Guo Chun failed to grasp the opportunity to enter Tan County, but one after another to attack the various counties in Guangling County, as a result of losing the opportunity, until now, they have not even completely occupied Guangling County, let alone killed Guangling, it can be seen that Guo Chun is just a shallow fool, it is okay to occupy the mountain as the king, and he can't do anything big at all. ”

"Besides, it is rumored that the number of thieves in the market has grown to 200,000, and I can't believe it. The reason why there will be rebels this time is because Guangling County has suffered from natural disasters in recent years, resulting in more than 100,000 displaced people, but most of the displaced people have now gone to the surrounding counties to beg, and now those who are still in Guangling to follow Guo Chun's rebellion are no more than 30,000 or 40,000 at most, and most of them are old and weak women and children, and there are no more than 10,000 men who can really fight.

In addition, Guo Chun also united bandits and bandits from all over Guangling County, but these people did not add up to more than 10,000. Moreover, the anti-thief and bandit acts, every time they capture a county town, they will burn, kill and loot, and the common people hate them very much, so there are very few people who are willing to join them. And they stormed the county one after another, and they must have suffered heavy casualties.

Therefore, I dare to assert that the thieves are probably only thirty or forty thousand, and even if they say more, they will not exceed fifty thousand at most, and they are all rabble, and they claim to have an army of 200,000 men, but they are just bluffing. ”

"With the respect of Jiuqing, Lord Jun was ordered to come to Xuzhou to quell the rebellion, and since he has integrated the army and strictly enforced military discipline, he should quickly send troops to fight against the rebels and rescue the people of Guangling County. If you hesitate here and delay for a long time, the people of Guangling will inevitably be disappointed in you, and the thieves will lose their fear. As for the current transfer of troops from various counties, I am afraid that it will cause other counties to be shaken as well, and once something happens somewhere, I am afraid that the situation will be even more sinister at that time. ”

"Good! You see exactly the same thing as I do. As soon as Zhao Ning finished speaking, Zhou Jing was no longer verbose, but expressed his attitude in one sentence.

He was ordered in danger, how could he not know that this errand was difficult to do? In the past few days, he has gone through a series of decisive killings to integrate this rabble into a decent army.

How do you know that Zhou Shu said that he was offering advice, but in fact, he didn't know what was going on, and he bragged about the great anti-thief, and only came up with two unreliable ideas to continue conscription. Once everyone present listened to his Zhou Shu's words and was intimidated by the anti-thief, how could he bring these soldiers with Zhou Jing? How can the battle be fought?

Moreover, the mobilization of county soldiers is not only easy to lead to instability in various places, but also chaos as Zhao Ning said. And if you ask Jingli for instructions on this matter, it will take more than a month to go back and forth, if you don't ask Jingli for instructions, although it stands to reason that he also has this right, but after all, it is easy to give people a handle, how can it be as easy as Zhou Shu said?

Fortunately, Zhao Ning was interesting, and his words were analyzed thoroughly, not only saying that Guo Chunqi was not terrible, but also conclusively analyzing that the anti-thieves did not have the legendary 200,000 people at all. When everyone present heard this, their faces eased slightly, their hearts did not waver, and a stone fell to the ground in his heart.

Zhou Jing thought in his heart, and looked at the crowd again. "Okay, since everyone has no objections, let's send troops in three days to exterminate the thieves. Who among you would like to be a pioneer? ”

When Zhao Ning heard Zhou Jing ask, he was no longer humble, and said loudly: "My subordinates are willing to be the vanguard, so that Lord Jun can take the lead." ”

Immediately after, Zhou Shu, who was full of shame, also stood up. "My subordinates are willing to be pioneers." He said the wrong thing just now, which made the king dissatisfied, and he could only actively stand up at this time, trying to redeem a little impression of Lord Thorn Shi on himself.

This is the case when there are many people, as long as someone takes the lead, there is no worry that no one will follow.

"My subordinates are willing to be pioneers."

"The subordinates are also willing to drive the king."

One by one, people stepped forward.

It wasn't until eighteen people stood up that Zhou Jing waved his hand, "Okay!" The above eighteen people are immediately appointed as commanders, each of whom leads nine hundred-man teams, and within three days, each of you will recruit another hundred people, enough for a thousand men and horses under your command, and after three days, no one will be missing! ”

Zhou Jing had already thought clearly, how could he have time to slowly screen everyone's talents and abilities at this time, so he could only select those who were responsible for these people and entrust them with important tasks.

And he didn't know that his troops were insufficient, and the county soldiers could not be easily mobilized, but he could still continue to squeeze and squeeze the potential of these guys, so he asked them to find their own ways, and each one who was promoted to commander would gather a hundred people on their own, so as to gather an army of 18,000.

"The subordinates receive the order, and Lord Xie is promoted!" Eighteen people originally volunteered to be pioneers, but because of this positive performance, they suddenly changed from centurion to commander. Of course, everyone is grateful to Zhou Jing.

Rewards and punishments are the most important and effective way to govern the army. Only when there is a mistake must be punished, and meritorious service must be rewarded, can a fighting force be brought out. Zhou Jing served as the general of Hu Zhonglang in the east a few years ago, led the troops to pacify the northeast border troubles, and was well versed in the way of governing the army, otherwise the imperial court would not have handed over this important task to him.

"Okay, the rest of the people go down and prepare, Zhao Ning stays."

After everyone retreated, Zhao Ning stood alone beside Zhou Jing.

"I heard that your life in the small county of the sand dunes is quite good, with beautiful wine, fresh clothes and angry horses, gold and silver are not worried, and when you come to your Zhuangshang county officials, the officials are flattering, and the bandits bow their heads, just like a soil emperor. Your leisurely and comfortable life, how many people envy it can't envy it, why do you bother to come to this troubled water. Even if you have a thousand clever plans and all kinds of skills, you can't beat a cold arrow on the battlefield, is it worth it for a fame? At this moment, Zhou Jing's old face became vivid, and there seemed to be a little less indifference in his tone, and a little more favor, like a close elder, his mother's uncle, which made Zhao Ning very surprised.

"Xia Guan doesn't want to be a rebuke who can only soar between basil and basil, since he is fortunate to be born between this heaven and earth, Xia Guan also wants to see the vastness of the earth and the loftiness of the blue sky." Zhao Ning was infected by Zhou Jing's tone, and he didn't think much about it, so he replied. It wasn't until after he finished saying that he became alert, and couldn't help but be surprised that Zhou Jing was simply an ancient Jobs, with the ability to distort his position and control the atmosphere, and unconsciously let him say what he thought.

Zhou Jing saw it, and only said, "It's just the two of us here, you don't have to be too nervous, like a kitten who has stepped on someone's tail, sit down." ”

Zhao Ning had to sit down as ordered.

"Boy, you and I know very well that although Guo Chun is not a really powerful character, he is by no means as bad as you just said in front of people. Even if he doesn't have 200,000 horses now, he still has 60,000 or 70,000, or even 70,000 or 80,000. And three days later, our side will only have 20,000 troops, how can we eliminate those thieves? ”

"Make the ......"

As soon as Zhao Ning spoke, he was stopped by Zhou Jing.

"Stop, you don't talk to me at this time, wear a high hat, and tell me what you do."

"Guo Chun doesn't have a long-term strategic vision, that's obvious. As for the military strength, even if there are really seventy or eighty thousand people in the rebels, they are a rabble after all, and their combat effectiveness is not strong, otherwise they would not have been able to completely capture even Guangling County until now, and they now control nine county towns, divided into troops to guard, and their forces are scattered. Therefore, as long as our army is properly planned, it will not be difficult to defeat the enemy. It's just that our army has just been formed, and has not experienced a battle formation, although the adults have strictly enforced military discipline with thunder methods, but the newly formed army cannot withstand the blow of defeat, so our current strategy is either not to fight with the enemy, once we fight, no matter the size of the battle, we must win all. Only by winning several battles in a row can the morale of this army be built up and it can truly become a usable army. ”

"Tell me about specific countermeasures!"

"There are three strategies for adults to choose."

"First, the envoy ordered two thousand-strong troops to rush to the west and south of Guangling County respectively, and with the assistance of the local county soldiers, they built more banners, and each played the banner of Zhonglang General as a suspicious soldier to further disperse the enemy's forces. Then you personally led the main force and stationed in the vicinity of Wei County and Haixi County, where Guangling County had not yet fallen. With the defenders in the two counties as horns, digging deep ditches, hardening villages, and camping step by step, putting pressure on the anti-thieves, and then trying to forge ahead. It only takes two victories to win two battles with a strong camp will surely shake the hearts of the anti-thieves and fall apart. This is the best policy, the safest, but I am afraid that it will take half a year, or even a year. ”

"Second, so that the king can send someone to lead a group of three or five thousand elite soldiers, day and night, in a short period of time, break into the depth of Guangling County, on the main road connecting the counties of Guangling County, set up a strong village to guard, cut off the anti-thieves in Guangling County, hold the pulse of the anti-thieves, and make them feel like they are in their throats, then they will definitely devote all their strength to attack this army. As long as this group of men and horses can rely on the camp and hold on for ten days and a half months, it will definitely reduce the morale of the anti-thieves and make the men and horses tired. And our army can use this time to recuperate, and when the time comes, we will be able to destroy the thieves in one fell swoop. This is the middle policy, and it can also have an eighty percent chance of winning, and it only takes one or two months to sweep away the Guangling anti-thieves. ”

"Third, the envoy can kill cattle and sheep after three days, reward the soldiers, and then mobilize the courage of the soldiers with heavy rewards, and know the benefits and disadvantages, so that everyone knows that to fight bravely to kill the enemy is to protect their hometown from the robbery of the thieves, and to protect their wives and children. Then the whole army only brought three days' rations, rushed in lightly, and unexpectedly attacked Guangling County, directly looking for Guo Chun's main force for a decisive battle. When the time comes, the whole army will go deep into the enemy's territory and fall into the enemy's encirclement, so that all the officers and men will no longer have any luck mentality. At that time, if the soldiers want to survive, they can only fight to the death, as the so-called death and then live, they will definitely be able to eliminate the thieves in one fell swoop. This is the next policy, there is only a sixty percent chance of winning, but if it succeeds in one fell swoop, within ten days, the anti-thieves in Guangling County can be pacified. ”