In the previous chapter, it was mentioned that after Zhao Gou dealt with the affairs of Dongping Mansion, he personally led the three armies of Zhang Sanlang, Han Yuan, and Liu Bin to Rencheng. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

The administrative divisions of the Song Dynasty were divided into three levels: road, prefecture and county:

The road was nominally equivalent to a modern province. From the perspective of management efficiency, from the Han and Tang dynasties, the Ming and Qing dynasties, and the modern era, the central government is in charge of the province, the province is in charge of the city, and the city is in charge of the county. However, the Song Dynasty was an exception, and the Zhao and Song dynasties usurped the throne and lacked basic self-confidence, so there was no general consul in the administrative division at the road (provincial) level. In other words, there were no provincial governors or feudal officials such as assassins and governors. There are only four administrative officials: the Provincial Public Security Director, the Provincial Minister of Communications, the Provincial Minister of Finance, and the Provincial Logistics Minister. Since there is no feudal official, it is naturally impossible for Lu to be responsible for the state capitals under Lu. To be precise, the administrative divisions at the provincial level in the Song Dynasty existed in name only, and all the prefectures and prefectures (equivalent to modern cities) in the Song Dynasty were municipalities directly under the central government, and all of them were subordinate to the central government. Such administrative divisions have advantages and disadvantages. For more than 300 years in the Song Dynasty, there was not a single separatist force; At the same time, however, there are no feudal officials to manage the localities, and the central government is responsible for more than 300 prefectures, prefectures, military, and prisons, and the administrative efficiency is bound to be low, and the whole country is prone to disintegration. This is probably an important reason why the Song Dynasty could not withstand the military test.

The prefecture, which is equivalent to the modern city and the county of the Han Dynasty, was the main administrative unit of the Song Dynasty. The state is administered by the governor; There is also a general judgment, which is responsible for checking and balancing the governor. Important prefectures are called prefectures, such as Bianliang Mansion, Daimyo Mansion, and Dongping Mansion.

There are counties below the state, and the counties are administered by the county and are subordinate to the state.

In addition to the road-state/government-county, the Song Dynasty also had two administrative units: the military and the prison. The state or county where the army is stationed is called the army; The state or county that mines minerals such as iron and salt is called a superintendent.

Rencheng, which the volunteers crusaded against this time, was once a state-level army, with high and deep ravines and extending in all directions.

Zhao Gou was already very familiar with the matter of marching on horseback, Zhao Gou imagined cavalry in modern times, always thought that military horses were always running around, and was curious about how the infantry kept up with the cavalry. After crossing over, it was found that the cavalry marched, and the military horses were pacing slowly, and the infantry naturally had no pressure to keep up. The endurance of horses is worse than that of humans, and the horses running on TV are actually in an abnormal state of encountering fierce beasts, so in order to maintain the physical strength of military horses, except for charging, military horses are walking in square steps. This also allows Zhao Gou to doze off on horseback when he is bored.

On the evening of February 13th, Zhao Gou was groggy and catching up on sleep, when he suddenly heard the scout say loudly - "Report to the commander, the thieves in the city ahead have already fought with Han Yuan's army!" ”

"Huh!?" Zhao Gou listened to this report, and a spirit came to his senses, and said in his heart that the peasant army in Rencheng was really powerful, and he actually attacked the volunteers first. To be honest, Zhao Gou was a little nervous, after all, this was the first time he had encountered an unprepared battle.

Who knew that Xin Wencong was overjoyed on the side and said, "Handsome! Wen Cong hasn't used his plan yet, this battle has been won! There are less than 10,000 thieves in Rencheng, and there are only two generals, Li Yu and Zhang Yu. Li Yu is the main and Zhang Yu is the deputy, both of them are brave and resolute people, it must be Li Yu who attacked, and Zhang Yu stayed behind. Now that it is getting late, the two have divided their troops, which is very beneficial to our army. ”

Zhao Gou listened to Xin Wencong's words, and he was also overjoyed in his heart, and he was a little more convinced of Xin Wencong, no wonder Liu Bei did not wander around without Zhuge Liang, and with Zhuge Liang as the king and hegemon, the gap was really big.

I only heard Xin Wencong continue on the side, "Marshal, please send a cavalry battalion to attack the rear and flanks of the thieves first. After the victory, he went to Rencheng again, deceived Zhang Yu and Li Yu for help, and waited for Zhang Yu to leave the city and intercept him! Our army will be able to win easily! ”

Zhao Gou listened to Xin Wencong's words, nodded like pounding garlic, and immediately said, "Okay, Wenwu (Liu Bin, Zi Wenwu), you take half of the soldiers and horses of the headquarters, and run to support Zi Ning (Han Yuan, Zi Ning); Zhengfu (Yang Yizhong, the word Zhengfu) You led the troops and horses of the headquarters to outflank Li Yu from behind; Zhongshi (Shi Erlang, the word Zhongshi) You lead the troops and horses of the headquarters and outflank Li Yu from the flank. After the victory, you are responsible for recruiting the soldiers. Then, you wait to ambush in the forest, waiting to intercept and kill Zhang Yujun! ”

Zhao Gou's Volunteer Army, only the cavalry under Yang Yizhong and Shi Erlang are formed, but these two battalions are the guard battalions around Zhao Gou, so although the second general saw that he could have the opportunity to go into battle to kill the enemy, his face was full of joy. But as soon as he thought about it, he thought that the second battalion was gone, and Zhao Gou was left unguarded. Shi Erlang frowned, Yang Yizhong also hesitated, and said, "Dashuai, the two of them will leave, who will ......?"

"Hey~" Zhao Gou waved his hand indifferently, "Ben Shuai has Shuyu (Zhang Sanlang, the word Shuyu) by his side, do you still need a special guard?" ”

When Yang Yizhong Shi Erlang heard this, he was naturally relieved, arched his hand to Zhang Sanlang, and rode away.

At this time, the senators (staff officers) Geng Yanxi and Gao Shize of the Marshal's Mansion came over. Geng Yanxi said, "Marshal, each of these two cavalry battalions is worth a thousand gold, and they are sent to the battlefield at night, if something happens, how distressing it should be!" Gao Shi said, "The subordinates reconsidered, it is appropriate to let the cavalry train for at least one year before going to the battlefield." ”

Zhao Gou laughed when he heard this, the war horses of the cavalry battalion are worth one or two gold in peacetime, and now that they are fighting, they probably have nowhere to buy them if they have money. However, it would be too stupid to be reluctant to let the cavalry go to the battlefield because the horses were valuable. Zhao Gou gently tapped his Tengyun with a horsewhip and said, "Two adults, raising war horses is already for the battlefield. If you don't participate in the war, you will be a recruit for as long as you train, and if you don't practice now, when the golden soldiers come, will the volunteers of this commander also hold their horses and tremble? (During the first Jin invasion, Song Qinzong also sent his own cavalry to meet him.) However, all the horses in the Song Dynasty were imported, which was very expensive, and the generals were reluctant to let the cavalry train on horses. The cavalrymen who rode horses for the first time were of course nervous, and many of them lost their weapons and trembled with their horses' necks. The people of Bianliang who were watching laughed. ）”

"But Dashuai, you can't just practice for a month......" Geng Yanxi's tone was obviously distressed.

"Okay, suicide is the most cost-effective, why is Boshun (Geng Yanxi, the word Boshun) still alive?"

"This ......" Geng Yanxi listened to Zhao Gou's teasing like this, his face turned red all of a sudden, Xin Wencong and Zhang Sanlang were on the side, the corners of his mouth kept twitching, probably holding back a smile and settling hard.

Zhao Gou saw that Geng Yanxi Gao Shi stopped talking, took out his binoculars, stood up on horseback, and looked forward to the battle situation in the distance, the Han Yuan army that fought in the vanguard was two or three miles away from Zhao Gou, so no matter how earth-shaking the battle in front was, he couldn't see and hear clearly, he could only see Liu Binjun spreading his son, and Wuyang Wuyang ran forward.

The combat power of the volunteers, Xin Wencong's IQ, and what the quality is, it depends on tonight!