Although Zhou Shuyuan has long been accustomed to Wei Zheng's habit of often saying all kinds of new ideas, it is definitely the first time to say two things that completely subvert his ideas in one day.

Just when Zhou Shuyuan looked at Wei Zheng with a stunned expression, Wei Zheng had already spoken again.

"In the military system, apart from the civilian officials, that is, the political workers whose names I will change in the future, there are only military generals who have the command of the army. And this new department that I intend to set up is specifically responsible for the management of these military attachés. ”

"Not only that, but the operational command in the army, the promotion of military attachés, the distribution of salaries, and the gathering of intelligence...... It's all under the management of this new department..."

"When the time comes, this new department and the political department that will be formed by you will form our army system, and at the same time, they will cooperate with each other and check and balance each other to ensure the stability and development ......of the entire army system."

After listening to Wei Zheng's explanation, Zhou Shuyuan's first thought was that the power of this new department was very large, and it was all real power.

What exactly will be the name of the new department with such great power, and who will manage this new department.......

Just when Zhou Shuyuan was thinking about it, Wei Zheng had already spoken again: "I have already thought of the name of this new department, it will be called the General Staff. As for the choice of minister, I don't have it yet. Therefore, this minister will be held by me for the time being. ”

Just when Zhou Shuyuan and Wei Zheng were discussing the specific implementation time of the Political Department and the General Staff Department and the various problems they were facing. The news of a new round of expansion of the garrison of Datong Province is once again like a plague, in the territory of Datong Province....no. It is in the entire territory of Shanxi. It spread quickly.

Faced with the high military salaries that began in Datong Prefecture. The hundreds of thousands of six people who were active in Shanxi were like wolves smelling blood, and they pounced on Datong Prefecture, which had no more than 10 counties under its jurisdiction.

However, when these displaced people were about to enter Datong Mansion, the rebel defense line blocking outside Datong Mansion directly turned the hope in the eyes of the displaced people into despair...

Seeing more and more displaced people continue to pour into the border of Datong Province, especially after seeing a large number of young people who have no end in sight, the rebel generals who stand in front of the displaced people are red-eyed.

For these rebel generals. Young and strong are the best soldiers. Now, so many soldiers took the initiative to bring it to his mouth, and if he couldn't eat it, he would be so sorry for the name of the rebel.

However, after the commander of the rebel army reorganized all the rebels under his command and obtained the actual command of all the rebels. These rebel generals, who obey the orders of their commanders, no longer have the right to recruit troops on their own.

Therefore, in the face of these soldiers sent to their mouths, although the rebel generals were red-eyed, they could not put them into action. I can only ask the manager for help over and over again. forcibly leaving the young and strong among the homeless people and forcing them to join the rebels...

The county office of Huairen County, where the rebel headquarters is located. The elegant military advisor, the fierce general, and the four or five commanders' henchmen all sat on both sides of the county hall and discussed something with a red face.

Under the watchful eye of the coach, the henchman said directly with a rough face: "Dashuai, according to my meaning, I will directly leave the young and middle-aged among the homeless people to serve us." As for those old and weak women and children, they all let go of the checkpoints and handed them over to the officials and soldiers of Datong Mansion to have a headache..."

"As far as I know, there are more than 200,000 displaced people gathered on the border of Datong Province, and even if one of the ten displaced people is left behind, we can still leave 20,000 young people, which is enough to double our army......"

"As for those old and weak women and children, they just threw them to the officers and soldiers of Datong to give them a headache..."

"There are so many displaced people, even if each person is given a bowl of porridge every day, they can eat tens of thousands of catties of grain for the officers and soldiers in a day. This alone can bring great food pressure to the officials and troops of Datong Prefecture. ”

"Of course, if the officials and troops of Datong Mansion don't plan to take care of these homeless people, so many homeless people who have no food will definitely become bandits in Datong Mansion and help us attack the officials and troops of Datong Mansion..."

"And we can take advantage of this opportunity to take Datong Mansion..."

At this time, the more he talked, the more excited the general stood up directly from his seat, and shouted to the coach: "Boss, this is a good way to kill multiple birds with one stone, let's do it......"

"If the troops are doubled, you can still take Datong Mansion... Even if you can't take Datong Mansion, you can bring so much trouble to the officials and soldiers of Datong Mansion...... Dashuai, such a good opportunity, we must not let it go...", immediately after, a stubble on his face stood up from his seat and said with a face full of enthusiasm.

In the eyes of these generals, doubling the number of troops means that the number of soldiers under their command will be doubled. Like the officials and soldiers of the imperial court, as long as they are generals, no one does not like the number of generals under them.

Looking at the several generals sitting directly opposite him, without exception, all of them supported the interception of the young and strong among the displaced people to expand the army, and the middle-aged military division's forehead, which was still stretched out just now, had been wrinkled into a big Sichuan character at this moment.

Not only that, but the calm facial expressions are becoming more and more solemn.

The commander who couldn't make up his mind because of the instigation of his henchman, faced the changing face of the military advisor, his eyes lit up, and he subconsciously asked: "Strategist, you haven't spoken yet, you can also tell your thoughts......

Under the gaze of several generals, the military advisor said in a firm tone: "My idea is very simple, let these homeless people go, let them all enter Datong Mansion, and increase the burden on the officials and soldiers of Dà Tongfu. ”

"Not only that, but we also have to help the officials and troops of Datong Prefecture to carry out propaganda and help them attract displaced people, and it is best to drive all the displaced people in Shanxi to Datong Mansion..."

"I don't believe that his small Datong Mansion is really capable of feeding hundreds of thousands of displaced people and ensuring that these displaced people will no longer riot in Datong Province..."

Hearing this, the general directly opposite quit.

Ignoring the commander's stopping eyes looking at him, he directly retorted: "Military Division, I won't move if you say anything, since you want to increase the burden on the officials and soldiers of the same government, then there is no shortage of those 10,000 or 20,000 young adults, why don't you agree with us to leave those 10,000 or 20,000 young adults....120,000 people, enough to make our troops directly overturn." ”

Under the general's point-to-point rhetorical question, even the commander sitting in the main seat showed a puzzled expression.

Seeing this, the military advisor did not immediately solve the problem, but asked with a stern face: "Marshal, generals, do you know how much food and salary we still have in our hands..."

"With our current strength, all the food and salaries we have stored are added up, and it is only enough for two months. If, as the generals said, we intercept the displaced people and expand the army, then we will only have enough food and salary for one month..."

"Could it be that any of the generals can guarantee to take Datong Mansion within a month, or take the prefectures and counties around Datong Mansion to solve our grain and grass problem..."

"You must know that after the defeat more than half a month ago, we lost almost eighty percent of the elite of the troops. Although the remaining soldiers were integrated by the marshal, they became a real army. However, such an army is still very far from truly having combat effectiveness. ”

"I can say with certainty here that it will take at least a month of training for our army to be pulled out to attack the city and get the food, grass and soldiers we urgently need..."

Seeing that the hot expressions on everyone's faces were slowly replaced by contemplation, the middle-aged military advisor urgently needed to open his mouth and analyze: "This is just one of the reasons. In addition to this, there is another important reason...."

"Do you think that when we leave the young people behind, they will work for us?"

"Let's not forget that these homeless people are all people with families, and their families are in the hands of officials and soldiers. In such a situation, will they really work for us and fight the official army? ”

"Some generals may say that when they go to the battlefield, as long as they put a knife on their necks, they may even kill their own family members in order to survive... However, for these displaced people, it is absolutely not feasible. Because, these displaced people are people who have already died once......"

"They went to Datong Mansion with hope to get a chance to live, and when they saw that they could live, they were stopped by us. Do you think these homeless people hate us more or do they hate the officials and soldiers more deeply......

Hearing this, the rebel commander already agreed with this statement from the bottom of his heart.

After a short period of contemplation, he said to the military in front of him: "In that case, I don't know if the military advisor has a better idea..."

"It's still what I just said, don't fight these homeless people... Put all of them into Datong Mansion, increase the pressure on the officials and troops of Datong Mansion, and prepare for our future attack on Datong Mansion..."

"As for us, we will use our limited food and salary to train our troops well..."

"After the more than 20,000 soldiers under his command are formed into an army, they will immediately attack those prefectures and counties around Datong Mansion and plunder as much grain and grass as possible. Everyone must be clear that in this troubled world, nothing is more important than food and grass. As long as we have food and grass, we will have as many soldiers as we want..."

"As long as the current drought continues, more and more people will have to become displaced because of the lack of harvest in their fields. When the time comes, when we have food, we can use it to buy their lives and make them work for us. ”

"Therefore, the most important thing for everyone to do now is not to expand the army, but to train and strengthen the army... As long as we have a strong army at hand, we can lay a territory of our own wherever we go. ”

"However, if the army in our hands is a large number of soldiers who have no combat effectiveness, after they are really on the battlefield, no matter how many soldiers they have, they will be vulnerable........."