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After the generals retreated, Yang Sichang was still thinking about his layout on the map. He hoped that this time he could exterminate the offering thief in one fell swoop, and he must also exterminate the offering thief, and he must see people in life and corpses in death. As long as Zhang Xianzhong is held, then his current situation will be greatly changed. Even for this reason, he didn't care about other bandits, all his attention was on Zhang Xianzhong.

"My lord, the messenger to Huangzhou has returned with urgent news." The voice of the soldier interrupted Yang Sichang's thoughts.

"Is it a messenger who went to Macheng to transfer Liu Jun?"

"Yes, he just came back."

"Bring him here."

Yang Sichang said, putting away the map and sitting up straight in his chair. He couldn't wait to know the news from Huangzhou, Yang Sichang also summed up the reasons for Xiong Wencan's failure these days, thinking that although he made a big mistake in appeasing him, it was the defeat of Fang County that ultimately led to Xiong Wencan's guilt.

And the defeat of Fang County was ultimately due to the fact that Zuo Liangyu and Luo Dai, the commanders of the army, did not obey Xiong Wencan's orders. Xiong Wencan has no soldiers in his hands, and he can only rely on those generals to fight. Although Zuo Liangyu is called Grandpa Zuo by the bandits and has rich experience in suppressing bandits, he is so domineering.

Yang Sichang felt that he had to change Xiong Wencan's way of presiding over the suppression of bandits, and his plan was not to fully trust a veteran ruffian like Zuo Liangyu. If you want to change this kind of writing, you have to have your own trusted soldiers. Yang Sichang was ready to set up his own standard battalion, and he aimed at the new guerrilla general Liu Jun and several other generals, all of whom had something in common, relatively young, capable of fighting, but not domineering.

He also knew that Xiong Wencan was originally going to transfer Liu Jun as his subordinate officer, and even Xiong Wencan took out 50,000 taels of silver out of his own pocket and sent it to Huangzhou to pay Liu Jun for military salary. Xiong Wencan was dismissed, and Yang Sichang planned to continue to transfer Liu Jun. Let him be his own subordinate battalion general.

Although Liu Jun is only a newly promoted guerrilla, he once won a great victory of 600 to 6,000 without any water, and he is definitely a general worthy of reuse, not to mention a general who is appreciated by the emperor, and he has a deep foundation in the army, so he is just for his own use. He also heard that Liu Jun used the silver money given by Xiong Wencan to recruit six or seven thousand recruits.

If Liu Jun can be transferred over immediately and set up his own standard battalion, then he will not have to rely completely on Zuo Liangyu and other generals.

"Little one to meet the Cabinet."

"Get up. When will Liu Jun arrive in Xiangyang? Yang Sichang asked.

The messenger replied a little nervously, "Report to the cabinet department, the little one didn't see Liu Jun this time." ”

"What?"

"When the little one arrived in Macheng, Liu Jun had already left with his troops."

"Left, where did you go?" Yang Sichang asked.

Liu Jun took his subordinates to follow the new anti-bandit prime minister Mei by boat, and it is said that he went to Kuizhou Mansion to intercept Zhang Xianzhong. I heard that Premier Mei thought that Zhang Xianzhong would definitely flee to Sichuan, so he went to intercept him. The messenger replied cautiously, "Also, Liu Jun has been appointed by Premier Mei as the prime minister's subordinate officer and the lieutenant commander of the middle battalion!" ”

Yang Sichang listened. First surprised, then furious. For such a big matter, Mei Zhihuan didn't discuss it with him at all, and he didn't even inform himself. I ran to Sichuan like this, what is this? Is he, the prime minister of the bandits, still under the command of himself, the auxiliary minister and the superintendent?

"Lawless!" Yang Sichang's beard was trembling, he had a premonition as early as when the emperor appointed Mei Zhihuan as prime minister. I'm afraid that it won't get along well. But I didn't expect Mei Zhihuan to be so out of line.

"Cabinet Department, although Mei Zhihuan is the prime minister of His Majesty's new life. But now that he is acting independently, he does not report to the governor's office, so how can he make overall plans for his own affairs? After hearing the news, the overseer Wan Yuanji, who rushed to the scene, said worriedly.

Yang Sichang was furious, he didn't care that Mei Zhihuan snatched Liu Jun's subordinates that should have been under his command, although this also made him angry. But what he was even more angry about was Mei Zhihuan's attitude of not taking him seriously at all, and Mei Zhihuan greatly undermined his prestige by doing so. In the future, if his generals follow the same example, then how can he, the overseer, command the armies.

Out of a domineering martial artist like Zuo Liangyu, it already gave him a headache. But after all, Zuo Liangyu is just a military general, and in front of him, an auxiliary minister and superintendent who holds Shang Fang's sword, sometimes he doesn't dare to be too arrogant. But Mei Zhihuan is different, Mei Zhihuan's qualifications are much older than him, not only is he an old minister from Jinshi, but he is also the prime minister of the bandits, second only to him, if he doesn't put himself in his eyes, it will be difficult to do things in the future.

"I want to participate in the concert to Your Majesty, let Your Majesty know Mei Zhihuan's domineering, impeach him, and ask him to be removed from his responsibility as prime minister." Yang Sichang returned to his desk as he spoke, and began to pick up his pen and write the impeachment recital.

While he wrote down the specific situation of what happened here in detail on the chapter, he even hated Liu Jun, who he admired very much.

He thought in his heart that although when this recital was sent to the imperial front, maybe he had already killed Zhang Xianzhong, but his recital could also be archived, and then it would be turned out as evidence to drive Mei Zhihuan away again. He couldn't stand a deputy like this, and he couldn't cooperate.

After writing the recital to the emperor, Yang Sichang thought about it, and wrote another letter to Mei Zhihuan, transferring Mei Zhihuan and Liu Jun's troops and horses from Kuizhou Mansion to Yunyang to join him and obey the transfer.

"The thief is bound to not be able to enter the Sichuan, and he should still go to the Qin Jie's ear!" As soon as Yang Sichang lifted the pen, he began by writing down his judgment on the movements of the bandits. "The Prime Minister's entry into Sichuan is really unnecessary. At present, the top priority is that the prime minister should lead his troops to Yunyang to join a certain person, and together they will encircle and exterminate the thieves in Yunyang, so as not to make the period return to Shaanxi. ”

After writing a letter and handing it to his family to send, Yang Sichang fell into deep thought. First, there were domineering generals like Zuo Liangyu, and now there are prime ministers like Mei Zhihuan who do their own thing, and he feels exhausted and has a headache. After thinking about it for a long time, he felt that Mei Zhihuan was more threatening, and if he couldn't control the situation, the scene would be the worst.

Thinking about it, it seems that there is only one way to change this situation, and that is to use a brilliant victory to hit Mei Zhihuan hard, so that the emperor also lets the generals know that he Yang Sichang is right.

But if you want to win, you can't just expect that the thieves will flee to Shaanxi. It is also necessary to block and defeat Zhang Xianzhong and even capture this thief.

To accomplish such a goal, it seems that it is necessary to rely on a strong general like Zuo Liangyu. Although Zuo Liangyu is more domineering, this person can indeed fight well.

Yang Sichang picked up the pen again and picked up the pen again to write a letter. This time he wrote a letter to Zuo Liangyu, in which he praised Zuo Liangyu greatly, and then said that the defeat of Fang County was not his responsibility. In the end, he said that he knew that Zuo Liangyu had lost the letter of the general soldier's seal, so he was ready to ask the emperor to ask Zuo Liangyu for Zuo Liangyu to seal the general of the thief, and let the imperial court help Zuo Liangyu to seal the general of the thief and so on.

"The cabinet has a good move to drive away the tiger and devour the wolf." The staff standing on the side saw Yang Sichang so enveloping Zuo Liangyu, and praised him repeatedly. "Zuo Liangyu is just a martial artist. With such appreciation from the Cabinet, wouldn't he work hard for the Cabinet? To say that Xiong Wencan is also a smart person, but he can't think of this method from the cabinet. If he had won over Zuo Liangyu earlier, maybe the thief would have been exterminated. ”

"For the sake of the overall situation, it has to be like this, otherwise, if it is just a martial artist, why should the official be so co-opted." Yang Sichang sneered and dropped his pen. In his opinion, let him lower his posture to win over Zuo Liangyu. It's just insulting.

On the third day of the eighth month, Qi Duyan woke up early.

In fact, he basically didn't sleep much last night, he was an authentic loess high-slope person. In the past, I have seen the most yellow earth, and there are the most dry times of the year. I have long been accustomed to the dust. Later, he became a bandit, fought outside the border, and even went to the Central Plains Jianghuai and saw a wider and flat plain. And the rivers that are all over the place.

But he never knew how to swim, and he didn't ride on a huge river boat.

As soon as he got on the riverboat, he felt that there was no root under his feet. The whole person is unstable. Within a few moments, he, like many of his subordinates, began to get seasick, vomit, and turn the world upside down.

For a whole day and a night, it was as if he was dying.

When I woke up in the morning, I finally felt better. According to the sailors on the riverboats, they have been five hundred miles away. It's unimaginable that in one day and one night, you've already driven five hundred miles away.

Carrying a bucket of river water from the river, after washing my face, I felt a lot more refreshed.

The boat where Qi Duyan was located was not small, although it was not the largest ship in the fleet, but the five flags and ten teams of men and horses under his command, a total of one hundred brothers, and forty mules, plus five vans, and tens of thousands of catties of grain and grass were all loaded on the boat.

The wind on the river was strong, and it was very cool to blow head-on, and after a day of dizziness, he finally got used to the feeling of the boat driving on the river.

The boat next to it was the boat where their general manager was located, and at this moment the horn sounded from above.

Although they were on the ship, they still didn't relax, they had to learn the order every day, maybe their martial arts and combat skills were not very good, but each soldier was quite familiar with the order.

In the Hydra Army, blowing the trumpet is the trumpet, and the first time is the number one, which is to ask people to pack their bags and prepare meals. Blow the first sound in the morning, which is the wake-up call.

Without Qi one-eyed urging, the five flag members of this bureau all left the cabin and came to the deck. There are ten teams of the five flags of the baggage battalion, but each flag is a car, and each has two teams, and only the odd team has one fireman.

Five firemen came to the deck with their own copper pots and wooden barrels on their backs, and began to cook. Although they were on the boat, they had coal fried, and it was convenient for cooking.

The ship's boss, surnamed Wang, walked over with a smile.

"In the morning, I cast a few nets and picked up a lot of fish, all of which are still fresh, so I will bring you a few and stew them to eat."

The fish are very fresh and fat, Qi Duyan smiled and accepted it, and he was not polite. "Thank you, Brother Wang."

After chatting a few words, Wang Chuantou went back, and Qi Duyan handed over a few fresh big fish to the firefighters to pack up, and then took the rest of the team members to start the morning drill.

Being on the boat, unable to do the usual weight-bearing long-distance run in the morning, Qi Duyan led everyone to do push-ups and boxing. Although they are a baggage battalion, they also have to participate in regular competitions, and those with poor grades will be punished.

After about half an hour of training, the sky was already bright. At this time, there was another trumpet sound from the next door, and this second palm trumpet, which was to eat and prepare for exercise.

At this time, the five firefighters also made breakfast for more than 100 people, and in this game, in addition to the 100 soldiers of the 5 banners and 20 teams, he also had five other personal soldiers. These five pro-soldiers are responsible for tasks such as guarding, supervising military discipline, and heralding orders.

Breakfast was a large white rice with pickles and fresh anchovies, and because there was fresh fish today, I didn't take out the dried meat and dried fish. The fish is fresh and fat, just a simple stew, but quite delicious. Qi Duyan was very happy to eat, he had never even eaten fish until he was twenty years old. There are no rivers or lakes in his hometown, and fish is a very expensive thing, more expensive than meat.

After the meal was finished, Qi Duyan led his subordinates to continue the exercise. This time, the formation was changed to exercise, and the baggage battalion had its own special tactical formation. These formation tactics were even compiled by the guerrilla general Liu Jun himself. The above is a very detailed breakdown of the training of the baggage battalion to the battle, and so on, and compiles it into a model.

These codes were printed and distributed to every soldier. There are strict requirements in peacetime, and each soldier is required to memorize all the content within three months, and at least two times a day in peacetime. Qi one-eyed illiterate, it is very difficult to memorize this drill book, but you can't help but learn not to memorize, this has someone to check and score, you can't memorize it, you have to deduct points, and if you deduct too many points, you have to be fined, if you don't pass it repeatedly, you have to be demoted.

Among Qi One-eye's pro-soldiers, one of them has read books, so he also serves as a literacy officer in the bureau, and is usually responsible for teaching Qi One-eyed and others to learn the code of conduct.

Although Qi Duyan hated learning to memorize the drill book, he had to admit that with this drill in hand, he felt that the drill was indeed much easier. As long as he practiced step by step according to this, it was enough.

Today, Qi Duyan led his subordinates to train the five chariots of the heavy soldiers to form a formation to resist the enemy's phalanx.

This phalanx is a formation of five cars in a game, and once it encounters the enemy, it quickly forms a formation. Each of the four cars is distributed on one side, with the carriage plate of the wagon outside, and then another car is erected in the middle.

After the chariot formation was set up, the mules were all surrounded in the chariot array, the chariot set up a Francophone machine, and the main army drilled artillery to bombard the enemy, while the odd army team stood between the chariots with a mandarin duck formation, guarding the baggage and the main corps. When the enemy is in 100 steps, the odd soldiers line up to attack the enemy with firearms, and when the thieves reach within 30 steps, the odd soldiers will put down the firearms, change the cold weapons such as knives and hook guns to change the vertical formation of mandarin ducks to attack the enemy.

The two teams on the fifth rook are the reserve of the whole flag, and they can replenish the damage of each rook at any time to maintain the battle formation.

The formation tactics are not complicated, but it is not so easy to familiarize the battle formation practiced by more than 100 recruits of the Five Banners. Qi Duyan has to spend half a day every day practicing this battle formation tactic, coming and going, back and forth. In Liu Jun's words, it is necessary to form a conditioned reflex for all soldiers' drills, and deeply engrave all the tactical steps of battle formations in their minds.

"Beep!" Qi One-eyed blew the iron whistle in his mouth fiercely, "Formation!" (To be continued......)

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