The talent reserve was initially reached, the Jiedu Xingyuanya Army and the Baoding Army completed the rectification, and Zhang Yue handed over the affairs to the judge Feng Qianhou and the marching Sima Shi Chenghong to deal with. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 After the Lantern Festival, the speed of preparation for war accelerated, and Huizhou Xuanchongwen began to transfer troops to change defenses, and asked Yang Xuanli to bring back the letter.

The first batch of grain and grass from the Yongxing Military Mansion has arrived in Ulan, Hou Zhang informed Lingzhou Shuofang Jiedu, Wang Jing agreed to send the army Sima Li Shiwen, Zhike Zhuya, Jian Ya Army Xue Keyan, and Deputy Ya Army Wang Tingxun and other horses, infantry A total of 5,000 soldiers will participate in the battle, which will be led by Hou Zhang.

Zhang Yue received the report of great joy and began to inspect and visit the military and political affairs of the four prefectures under his rule, so as to have a preliminary understanding, whether it is governing the government or using troops in the future, he can be handy, this is what the new official must do when he takes office, Zhang Yue has been delayed for a long time.

Brought Fu Zhaoji, the deputy envoy of the Yaya, and other 300 horsemen, out of Jingzhou to the east to Changwu County, stayed here for a day, inspected the civil affairs in the county, and made a record keeping, and then went north from Dahu River to Pengyang, Yuanzhou, Linjing, Zhizhou and Soldiers and Horses Supervisor Gao Changhai took people out to welcome, Zhang Yue planned to observe military affairs.

Three years ago in Guangshun, the west of Yuanzhou Prefecture to the area of Wating River, after the Huining War, the territory of the state was redivided, and Yuanzhou now only governs Linjing and Pengyang counties, and there is a Linjing army.

The level of the military state is lower than that of the defense state and the regimental training state, in fact, it is a small feudal town under the rule of the feudal town, and the governor is also in charge of both military and political affairs.

Gao Changhai is a native of Ningzhou, in his thirties, tall and powerful, when he greeted Zhang Yue, he had a slightly flattering smile on his face, rough and shrewd, and he was a military attache at first glance, according to his own introduction, he was promoted and appointed by Wang Renho when he was in office.

Zhang Yue rode a horse, and the soldiers did not play a guard of honor, and followed Gao Changhai into the city to the state office, so he asked Gao Changhai to transfer the household registration atlas to check them one by one, and the result was of course the same as that of the Jiedu Mansion for the record. Zhang Yue was disappointed, so he asked, "Gao Du Eunuch!" The two existing counties in Yuanzhou originally belonged to Jingzhou, and they have not been lost to Tibet since the Tang Dynasty, and there are fewer wars, so it is said that many displaced people have been taken in, why is the population so small? ”

"The good envoy learned that the situation in Yuanzhou and Jingzhou is similar, the displaced people are recruited by wealthy families, they have a large number of tenants and families, and some people are officials in this state or other states, it is good to be able to maintain, and there is no good way for the state government to do so!"

"Forget it...... What about the army, can it have combat effectiveness? "Zhang Yue is more concerned about this.

"The army is fine! When Wang Yuanjun was in office, he strengthened the rectification of the armies of Jingyuan and Jingyuan, and the sand mixing of the Hao clan was removed, and Zhang Zhijun did not relax after his arrival. Let the king stay for the time being, and go to the barracks again tomorrow morning. "Gao Changhai was transferred from another state, but he said it without reservation.

The next day, Zhang Yue inspected the Linjing army, and there was no shortage of officers in the five battalions, and there was no shortage of soldiers.

Zhang Yue was quite satisfied, rested for a day in Yuanzhou, and went north from Yangjin to Weizhou Pinggao, Zhizhou Shi Deyuan got the news early, obviously had the intention of conscription, and gathered the two armies under the jurisdiction of the Yisheng Army for training, and accompanied Zhang Yue to the school field for review.

Weizhou has jurisdiction over four counties of Panyuan, Pingliang, Baiquan and Pinggao, and the military city of Jiaxiaoguan, the area is very vast, and it is not much smaller than Huizhou, but because of the mountainous area and small population, it is also a military state. There is nothing to see about the household registration or anything, but the two armies are veterans, Shi Deyuan is nearly forty years old, and he has participated in the Battle of Huining, and his ability to govern the army is good, and the combat power of the Yisheng Army is good, but the equipment is a little worn.

"If you go to Liangzhou, can the Yisheng Army participate in the war with the whole army?" Shi Deyuan asked expectantly.

"Since Weizhou has a small population, how did you manage to feed the two armies?" Zhang Yue didn't answer the question.

"Without him, it's just a military tun! It is no problem to expand the army according to the number of mouths, but they are all military dependents or civilian households who have reclaimed the barren fields. I was originally in charge of the Jingzhou Thorn History, you know. Later, when Wang Zhijun arrived, he deliberately transferred me to Weizhou in order to grasp the military power and rectify the state affairs, and demoted me to Zhizhou, so as to check and balance the Jingzhou Hao clan town army. Shi Deyuan said.

"It's a good idea, the road conditions in Weizhou are very poor, and it is very inconvenient to march and trade to Huining, especially the section of the road out of Wating Pass." Zhang Yue is more concerned about government affairs, the affairs of the army are not in a hurry, and he does not plan to transfer all the troops if he uses them.

After stopping in Weizhou for two days, Zhang Yue went south to Pingliang, to Huating, Yizhou, inspected the Yining Army, and then marched east from Weishui to Chongxin County all the way back. This visit to the prefectures took nearly half a month, quite fruitful, after returning to Jingzhou, redrew the map of the four prefectures under his rule.

According to preliminary estimates, the actual total number of households in the four prefectures should be about 20,000, of which about 7,000 in Jingzhou and about 3 to 4,000 in the other three prefectures, and the actual total population should be 560,000, and Jingzhou accounts for half.

It is conceivable how many households are actually hidden, and the state capital is barely taxed, and it is difficult for even soldiers to feed them. The ratio of soldiers to civilians is very low, fifty or sixty people raise a soldier and raise them half-dead, while the town soldiers not only have their own fields, but also have their own property, so they do not need to supply military supplies in full.

After the war, Zhang Yue discussed with Feng Qianhou and secretly prepared for the implementation of the strategy of separating the family after the war, dividing all the wealthy families who lived in the same house for four or five generations, forcibly relocating to various places, weakening their power and releasing more tenants as normal tax accounts, so that the state and county could have the spare power to run the local area while completing the tax amount.

On the first day of February, Zhang Yue officially issued a military order to begin the transfer of troops and change of defense. Du Yanhui of Yizhou led 1,000 troops to assist in the defense of Jingzhou, and Shi Deyuan of Weizhou divided 1,000 troops to assist in the defense of Yuanzhou.

With a total of 10,000 cavalry of the Zhangyi Tooth Army, the Baoding Army, the Yisheng Army, and the Linjing Army, they must go west out of Wating Pass before the tenth day of February. On the Huizhou side, Xuan Chongwen was ordered to take the first to fourth regiments of the Zhenyuan Infantry Army, the first regiment of the Ma Army and the scout battalion, a total of 5,500 cavalry to go north to Ulan, cross the Yellow River and stand by, so as to meet the follow-up troops.

In addition, the total strength of Shuofang's army is more than 20,000 people, counting Hou Zhang's additional 1,000 cavalry attendants, Zhang Yue will also bring some of his own soldiers, and the actual strength will reach 22,000 people. As soon as the military order was given, the armies were busy and prepared to set off on a certain day and assemble in Ulan, Huizhou.

The 2,000 sets of armor he brought with him when he took office are now coming in handy, but Zhang Yue is not in a hurry to distribute them, and is ready to take them to Ulan with the army and equip them with his descendant Zhenyuan army. (To be continued.) )