When Peng Shan and Xiao Yao were sitting opposite each other in the room to discuss the change of situation, an army with black armor appeared in the school yard of the Jiangnan camp in Huzhou.

A full 10,000-strong infantry army covered all the school grounds outside the Jiangnan camp.

At the naval division camp on the side of the camp in the south of the Yangtze River, nearly 50 huge building boats had already sailed out of the dock and were lining up on the lake.

Ryan stood on the viewing platform on the school grounds, looked at the sergeant waiting in the audience, and then looked at a middle-aged general in black heavy armor beside him.

Although its own proposal was not approved, the imperial court still organized a temporary military organization according to the division of the four provinces, because the imperial court had not yet decided when to launch a full-scale war against Miaojiang, but advance military preparations were still necessary.

On the basis of the original Liangjiang Governor's Office, the imperial court established the Nanjing Taiwei Mansion and the military affairs of the four provinces of Jianghuai, which was equivalent to the establishment of a marshal's office that directly governed all the government soldiers and battalions of the four provinces.

At the same time, the Nanjing Taiwei Mansion was also granted full authority to deal with the affairs of the four provinces of Miaojiang.

The purpose of the imperial court to set up this Nanjing Taiwei Mansion is obvious, but what Ruian does not understand is that the imperial court set up the Nanjing Taiwei Mansion, but did not appoint the Nanjing Taiwei, according to the practice of the imperial court, such an important position is generally held by a first-class officer, and it is also necessary to hang the title of the third duke, and the Nanjing Taiwei Mansion is also the yamen of the Nanjing Taiwei.

Therefore, Ruian is basically useless, even the governor of Liangjiang is not high enough, only the military secretary in the imperial court or the chief and deputy envoy of the Privy Council can be compatible.

The fact that no one has been appointed at present shows that the DPRK and China are still competing for this position.

This Nanjing Taiwei Mansion has jurisdiction over the four provinces of Jiangnan, Jiangbei, Jiangzuo, and Jiangyou, and has three large battalions in Jiangnan, Jiangbei, and Donghai, of which the Jiangnan battalion includes 10,000 Jiangnan naval divisions and 10,000 infantry troops, the Jiangbei battalion includes 10,000 cavalry and 10,000 infantry troops, and the Donghai battalion includes 10,000 Donghai divisions and 10,000 infantry troops, and each of the four provinces has about 10,000 government soldiers, mainly infantry troops.

Therefore, the Nanjing Taiwei Mansion included a total of 20,000 sailors, 70,000 infantry troops, and 10,000 cavalry.

However, the East China Sea Division is used for coastal defense and cannot be transferred inland, and the government soldiers of the four provinces are actually scattered and stationed in peacetime to suppress bandits and maintain law and order, so even if they are requisitioned, only half of them can be mobilized, and the cavalry and infantry of the three large battalions will obviously become the main military force in the future war against Miaojiang.

In this way, there are about 70,000 troops that can be mobilized.

It's just that although the imperial court did not make it clear who would serve as the Taiwei of Nanjing, it first appointed a counselor of the Taiwei Mansion, that is, Yao Xin, the middle-aged general next to Ruian.

This Yao Xin is the nephew of Yao Li, the secretary of the Ministry of War, who was born in a family of generals, and has been working in the Ministry of War and the Privy Council, less than thirty-five years old, he has already served as the director of the Ordnance Department of the Ministry of War of Sanpin, and this time he was named and appointed as the counselor of the Taiwei Mansion, although the official rank is below Ruian, but Ruian does not dare to despise this Yao Xin.

Ruian, who has been in the officialdom for many years, knows very well that the people who are now sent here are either here to gild or to pick up the beams, and this Yao Xin obviously belongs to the latter.

As a young Zhuang faction in the army, Yao Xin immediately took office after being appointed as the counselor of the Taiwei Mansion, but his first stop in office was not Nanjing, but the Jiangnan camp in Huzhou.

This is the forefront of the future army of Miao Jiang, and it is also an important place for the imperial court to garrison troops, but because it is located inland, not in the frontier, the number of garrisons is far less than the frontier.

Among the various armed forces in the country, which totals nearly one million, the four provinces of Jianghuai have only about 100,000 military personnel.

Although the imperial court has always paid attention to the problem of Miaojiang, and there are three garrisons around Miaojiang, each with an establishment of 10,000 people, but the long-term peace has long made the garrison army exist in name only, and they have become peasants who can only farm and cannot fight, so Yao Xin is not optimistic about the upcoming Miaojiang war.

According to the practice of this dynasty, the national army has always been controlled within one million, of which the forbidden army has a total of 200,000, which is used to defend Gyeonggi.

The border army was mainly divided into three corps, the northwest, the north, and the northeast, each with about 100,000 men, for a total of 300,000.

The rest are about 200,000 government soldiers in the 18 inland provinces of the country and 10 large battalions set up in the country's major passes and important transportation areas, each with a strength of about 20,000 troops.

Therefore, the army of Miao Jiang that the imperial court could use to conquer was only the government soldiers of the neighboring provinces and the battalions of the three large battalions stationed in the neighboring provinces.

Since the government soldiers have been scattered in different counties and counties in various provinces for a long time, there has always been the problem of insufficient training, and the actual number of government soldiers in many places is also insufficient, and the problem of empty salaries has naturally greatly reduced the combat effectiveness.

Therefore, the imperial court mainly relied on the battalion soldiers, which is why Yao Xin came to the Jiangnan camp first.

The sailors of the Jiangnan battalion could be used to block the water transportation in Xizhou, and the infantry army was more familiar with mountain operations, but Yao Xin still decided to test it himself to avoid too many mistakes.

This time, the position of counselor of the Taiwei Mansion was hard to win in the family, although Yao Xin was very confident in his ability, but the soldiers were in danger, and Yao Xin, who had been to the frontier for a short time, still knew all the dangers contained in it.

The inland is different from the frontier, although the four provinces of Miaojiang have always been Tusi autonomy, but they still pay a certain amount of taxes and tribute to the imperial court every year, and the various systems are also relatively close to the interior, there have been almost no major wars in the past hundred years, and several large camps near here have also been relaxed.

Now that the imperial court has made up its mind to change the land and return to the river, war is inevitable. Over the years, the imperial court has been engaged in wars in the northwest, so the military expenditure has been increasing, which is also the fundamental reason why the imperial court decided to implement the reform of the land in Miaojiang.

It's just that although the southwest has been peaceful for a long time, once the war breaks out, it will become the same as the northwest.

Yao Xin looked at the soldiers of the Jiangnan battalion below the school grounds, and couldn't help but feel that his trip was of great significance.

But in Rui'an's heart, he had another plan, this time the imperial court actually temporarily set up the Nanjing Taiwei Mansion before the Wanshou Festival, which was obviously to tell everyone that the war was about to begin, and it was also a warning to Miao Jiang's Tusi not to resist the imperial court's land reform.

It's just that Ruian, who is well versed in the way of officialdom as an official, feels that this approach is not clever, although the imperial court has unified the military power of the four provinces, but such a large power has become the focus of contention among various factions in the DPRK and China.

Although he can't sit in the position of the captain at all, the formation of the Taiwei Mansion is equivalent to the formation of the Marshal's Mansion on the front line, so according to his rank, he is at least a general in the army.

Although he usually has the right to manage the Jiangnan battalion, he does not have the power to mobilize the battalion soldiers, and the personnel appointment power of the Jiangnan battalion is not in his hands, but if he is appointed as a general who has the actual military power, it will be very different.

The most important thing is that you can control the actual control of this army, whether it is to cultivate your own power or to take a step forward in your official position, it is an excellent opportunity.

Regarding the appointment of various generals with troops, Ruian couldn't help but blush a little when he looked at Yao Xin, who was ambitious and sincere.

People are obviously the tigers of the gate, and they can't compare, so no matter what Yao Xin asks, Ryan tries his best to cooperate, even if he proposes to inspect the Jiangnan camp as soon as he comes, Ryan also agrees.

The news of the military parade here spread quickly, so when Peng Shan was asking Xiao Yao how to deal with the two large battalions in Jiangnan and Jiangbei, a guard broke in with an update piece of information.

This guard obviously belonged to Peng Shan's cronies, so he knew Peng Shan's whereabouts so accurately, and when Peng Shan saw the simple message he sent, he immediately handed it to Xiao Yao.

I believe that Xiao Yao will soon be able to see the news of the Dahu military parade from Di Bao, but the intelligence network of Tusi Mansion reacted significantly faster.

Xiao Yao looked at the information in front of him and immediately understood the implicit meaning, which was obviously a precursor to the imperial court's preparation.

Nanjing Taiwei Mansion was obviously set up for Miao Jiang, and Yao Xin's military parade in Huzhou was also to find out the family background before the war, Xiao Yao handed the note back to Peng Shan, and said: "This time the imperial court seems to have made up its mind, once the official candidate of Nanjing Taiwei is certain, that is, when the war begins, the time left for Xizhou may not exceed a month." ”

Peng Shan nodded, "After Yao Xin inspects the Jiangnan camp, he will inspect the Jiangbei camp, and the government soldiers from the surrounding provinces will soon assemble, it seems that the peace in Xizhou will soon be broken." ”

"I don't think so, the imperial court did not directly appoint the Qin Cha as the marshal of the army, but formed the Nanjing Taiwei Mansion, which in itself illustrates a problem, that is, the scale of the battle in Miaojiang has not yet been finally agreed within the imperial court." Xiao Yao looked at Peng Shan with a smile.

"Do you think the imperial court is testing the major toasts in Miaojiang?" Peng Shan immediately asked.

"Of course, otherwise, the imperial court will directly send a messenger as a marshal, and won't you be able to enter Miaojiang. The reason why they did not do so was to test the military reaction and war determination of the four Tusi of Miaojiang. At this time, what I am most afraid of is the division of Miaojiang, once Miaojiang is divided internally, it will be a real disaster. Xiao Yao did not shy away from expressing his worries.

"No matter what Jiangnan camp or Jiangbei camp is, they can blockade Xizhou, but they can't directly control Miaojiang, but once Miaojiang is split internally, it will be different, the imperial court can win over some Miaojiang forces, and Xizhou will naturally be more dangerous."