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After the order was issued, Huang Wan did not let Liu Cun immediately lead his troops north to Linji, but retained Liu Cun to handle the recruitment, screening, training, equipment, organization and command of the soldiers for him, because he only had ten subordinates, seven of whom were civil servants, and the other three were also secretly visiting the counties to supervise the civil customs and litigation judgments of the counties.

Liu Cun hurriedly asked: "Where are the military horses and soldiers under the command of the adults?" ”

Huang Wan replied without shame: "Except for the superintendent and thief Cao, the rest of the martial arts foolish brothers have not been set up, engaged in and other drivers' employment, all in accordance with the practice of the imperial court for many years, temporarily recruited in the local area, after three months of inspection and inspection every year, these people will go back and forth, the foolish brother will return to Luoyang to the saint, and then receive the holy decree to return to Qingzhou in the spring of the following year, so that it can save money and trouble, and there is no need to owe a lot of favors and bring a lot of troubles, which is more in line with the established system of the imperial court." ”

Liu Cun's heart suddenly cooled half, he never thought that the dignified history of a state assassin would be so shabby, he suddenly remembered that his henchmen had said to him many times, "It is better to be a titular assassin than to be a town guard and a party to guard the name and deserve it", and completely understood why the children of the Liu family, the Yuan family and the Yang family, who have been famous in Shilin for decades, would rather be a county prince than a state assassin The reason why the history of the assassin is now in addition to the glory of the reputation, It's really a three-no-official who wants power, money, and no people!

The cold heart is cold, the matter still has to be done, Liu Cun, who is as big as a fight, immediately opened his posture and wrote hard, and issued four orders within a quarter of an hour:

1. Xu Sheng, the commander of the Dongwu Prefecture, was urgently transferred to lead the officers and men of the headquarters and 300 officers of the Zhucheng Infantry Training Base to rush to Linzi as quickly as possible to assist the Assassin Mansion in recruiting and training soldiers;

2. Order Bao Ji, commander of the navy, Lu Jiu, Huo Jian, and others, the commanders of the Zhushan battalion, mobilize all small and medium-sized transport ships of the navy and the chamber of commerce, collect reinforced concrete and pontoon bridge construction components and other materials, enter the Jishui estuary by sea, and transport them to the ferry port on the north bank of Linji;

3. Order Sun Pei, the prince of the county, and Ji Wei, the commander of the county, to urgently requisition 300 skilled craftsmen from each of the Zhushan Weapons Workshop and the Carpentry Workshop, and escort them to Linji within 10 days with 10,000 pairs of standard crossbows, 5 million arrowheads, 10,000 sets of infantry armor, 500 repeating bed crossbows, 500 two-wheeled military carriages, 2,000 pack horses, and 3,000 military steel pickaxes;

Fourth, order the county prince Sun Pei and the Taishou Mansion Ji Cheng Han Yang to order 50,000 sets of Langya sergeant winter clothes and 30,000 pairs of standard military boots from the four major private workshops in Dongwu, Xiahe, Zhucheng and Zhushan, which must be inspected and stored in the warehouse before the end of September and ready for shipment.

Huang Wan's eyes were straight on the side, and the two heralds who took Liu Cun's order left for a while before Huang Wan came back to his senses and exhaled a long turbid breath: "I finally understand why the Langya army always wins!" ”

Liu Cun couldn't cry or laugh: "Brother, every victory is piled up of gold, and the little brother has worked hard to accumulate the family foundation for three years, and in the blink of an eye, it was wiped out with those thin letters!" ”

"It's worth it!"

After Huang Wan finished speaking, he grabbed Liu Cun's hand, and no matter how shocked the attachés and Liu Cun's subordinates around him, he rushed to his study, opened the topographic map of Qingzhou that Liu Cun gave him last night, and pointed to a large area on the north bank of the Yellow River and asked eagerly: "Zijian, did you plan to take this opportunity to bring Pingyuan County under my Qingzhou rule in one fell swoop?" ”

Liu Cun replied truthfully: "After the elder brother made the decision to recruit 40,000 soldiers within ten days last night, the younger brother weighed it again and again, and it was not until the sky was bright that he made up his mind, taking advantage of the opportunity of Zhang Ju's rebels and the Jizhou army to confront Jizhong in Jizhong, relying on Linji in the east and Gaotang in the west, he waved his army north to occupy the three important cities of Yanci (now the north of Huimin County, Shandong), West Pingchang (now Deping Town in the northeast of Linyi County, Shandong) and Pingyuan County, blocking the southward path of Zhang Ju's tens of thousands of rebels, and forcing Zhang Ju to turn the main attack direction to Qinghe, Julu and Wei County in the west. ”

Huang Wan carefully inspected the three county towns on the north bank of the Yellow River from east to west, and found that the distance from the county town of Yanci in the east to the county seat of Pingyuan in the west was about 210 miles from east to west, and the county town of Xipingchang in the middle was about 210 miles away from the two cities of Pingyuan and Yanci.

But after thinking about it, Huang Wan was worried again: "Zijian, I'm afraid that the 40,000 soldiers who are urgently recruited are not enough, and Zhang Ju's rebels are known as 150,000 troops!" Moreover, the lack of training of the newly recruited soldiers can stop the more than 100,000 thieves who are like wolves and tigers? In addition to the plain county, the two cities of West Pingchang and Yanci are only about three and a half miles in radius, and the city walls are low and thin, and the moat has not been dredged for a long time, so I am afraid it will be difficult to defend! ”

Liu Cun agrees with Huang Wan's analysis: "It's really difficult, but it's worth a fight." First of all, Zhang Ju is known as a 150,000 army, at most 100,000 who can really go to the battlefield desperately, with the current analysis of the battle situation of Zhang Ju's army and the Jizhou army in a stalemate, the 60,000 officers and soldiers of Jizhou who retreated to Jizhong have stabilized their positions with many cities, at least within a month, it is difficult for the two sides to break the deadlock, even if Zhang Ju's army finally defeats the 60,000 officers and soldiers of Jizhou, he still needs to take advantage of the victory to pursue, and he needs to maintain the pressure on the Jizhou army, otherwise it is likely to be counterattacked by the Jizhou army, so the strength of the thieves to attack my plain county should not exceed 80,000, Our army's 40,000 soldiers occupy the city, condescending to wait for work, even if they can't repel the thieves, it is not a problem to defend themselves, not to mention that our army still has 3,500 cavalry who can maneuver and flexibly continue to harass the raiding thieves, so that they are afraid and cannot let go of the siege. ”

"Hmmm! Yes, 40,000 soldiers are not enterprising enough, self-protection should be enough, as long as the thieves can't conquer these three cities, they don't dare to bypass the city and cross the river to the south, we will win enough time to continue to recruit soldiers into the battlefield, and under the advantages of one another, we will be invincible. "Huang Wan's vision is really good.

Liu Cun added: "Within a month, the Langya Navy can dispatch at least 50 small and medium-sized warships to help in the war, and the warships can quickly transport infantry cavalry and grain and grass supplies, and travel to and from the three major rivers of Jishui, the Yellow River, and Panshui at will, providing sufficient supplies for the three cities of our army." As long as winter comes, the river freezes, and the war is over, and the army of thieves will retreat even if they are not defeated by our army, otherwise the cold weather will crush them. ”

Huang Wan finally smiled, but soon pointed to the border area between Qingzhou and Yanzhou: "Brother Fool is very worried in his heart, the Yellow Turban Thief Kou will definitely take the opportunity to storm my Jinan Kingdom and the southern part of Qi County, and there is a lack of a leading general who is in charge of the army here!" ”

"Isn't there Jiaohe-sama? There are 5,000 soldiers and horses in Qi County under his command, and there are also 5,000 soldiers and horses in Jinan, if it is not enough, you can also transfer the soldiers and horses of Beihai Country over, as long as you are fully prepared, you will be able to keep the Yellow Turban thieves out. ”

Liu Cun is also not optimistic about Qi County's Taishou Jiaohe, at the banquet last night, most of the civil and military officials Liu Cun saw were the children of the family who talked about it, and these people were really difficult to take on the big responsibility.

But Liu Cun had to comfort the worried Huang Wan, he really hoped that Jiao He and others could hold on, if not, how could Liu Cun help, at least let Jiao He and others hold on for a month or two, and after Huang Wan left Qingzhou to go to Luoyang to take office, even if the Yellow Turban Army looted the entire territory of Jinan, Liu Cun didn't care, but could use this to get rid of many imperial relatives and local heroes, paving the way for future governance.

But Liu Cun never dared to show these thoughts, let alone comment on the officialdom colleagues in Qingzhou, compared to the civil and military officials of Pingyuan County who were frightened by Zhang Ju's rebels and resigned early, the courage to take the initiative of Qi County Taishou Jiaohe is already very good.