On October 19, the eighth year of Chongzhen, in the meeting hall of the Runing Army Camp.

“…… My lord! That's it for the month. Zheng Ling finally finished the long report, he looked at Wu Shigong, and waited for Wu Shigong's question.

Xue Zhinong and Xue Cunyi on the side looked at Zheng Ling, and they both felt a little uncomfortable in their hearts. In "Intelligence Summary", almost all of the information collected by these two intelligence departments is the information, but in the report, Zheng Ling is always ranked in Zuihou. Although Zheng Ling's official rank is not as good as that of Liang Xue, judging from the order of the report, Zheng Ling's position is already faintly higher than the two of them.

Wu Shigong frowned and thought for a while, and first opened his mouth and ordered: "The big war will start immediately, and as soon as it is summarized in the next three days, the emergency will be reported immediately!" ”

"Yes! My lord! "Yes, Uncle! The three of them replied in unison.

"Do you know the exact number of bandits who entered Henan this time?" Wu Shigong asked.

"It is calculated, no less than 300,000. The number of people who entered Henan is about the same as the last time, but they have not entered Huguang and Shanxi, so they are all concentrated in our Henan. Zheng Ling replied.

"Three hundred thousand!" Wu Shigong nodded, "Same as last time, there will be no less than 600,000 after being coerced, let's relax a little more, let's calculate it as one million!" Those who can fight are counted on May 1st, and 200,000 troops have entered! ”

Although this number was a bit scary, the officers of the Runing Army looked calm. Because the Military Command Department has calculated according to previous combat examples, as long as the Runing Army is formed, an infantry regiment of 1,000 people can be equal to 10,000 peasant army soldiers.

Of course, if the number of Runing troops is too small to form a complete formation, then it will definitely not be able to be ten with one; And the number of people is more, forming a complete infantry artillery formation, and the combat effectiveness will be even more different.

Therefore, as long as the Runing Army is dispatched, the million-strong peasant army mixed with a large number of old, weak, women and children will definitely not be the opponent of the Runing Army. And now it is not the Runing Army that directly fights the peasant army. The rest of the Ming army is in the front line.

But the officers were calm, and Deng Qifan, a civilian official, couldn't sit still. Indeed, the number of millions is a little too scary.

So Deng Qifan asked, "My lord! Is it possible to mobilize partially? "Deng Qifan is quite calm, at least he has not proposed the general mobilization of the whole army.

Wu Shigong smiled and shook his head: "There is no need for this, it is enough to have Deputy Commander Nanyang Zhou." There's also the people from our headquarters in the back. Once mobilized, the impact of production and people's panic will outweigh the losses. We're not there yet. ”

But speaking of this, Wu Shigong suddenly remembered a question: "Uncle Yongli!" How many soldiers can we mobilize now? ”

"By the end of the month, more than 146,400 people could be mobilized, in addition to active duty. But only 58,000 of them were armed. The rest of the people were just farm tools and wooden robbers. Xue Yongli replied.

"And how about the supply of weapons in our workshop division?" Wu Shigong asked Yang Goudan again.

Yang Goudan hurriedly bowed to Wu Shi and said, "My lord! The current workshop division mainly manufactures armor, vests, firearms, etc., to equip the newly established army. In addition, ship artillery and nine- and twelve-pounder bombardment cannons are very labor-intensive, so only 800 knives and guns can be produced per month. ”

"It's too little, at least two thousand." Wu Shigong said, "Set the reward." Ensure the original production, ordinary weapons. Add a hundred. Just reward the workshop division a thousand taels. Those who propose the method will be rewarded. ”

"No!" Yang Goudan hurriedly took the order.

Wu Shigong frowned again and was thinking about it, and suddenly, Zhang Zhiheng on the side interjected: "It is indeed not to be moved!" ”

Wu Shigong raised his head and smiled appreciatively at Zhang Zhiheng. In the end, Deng Qifan is not the most sophisticated, and he can't see the disadvantages of the general mobilization of the whole army.

You know, if the Runing Army is mobilized. The active service plus the mobilization will be close to 200,000 troops. If such a situation occurs, the first thing to scare is not the peasant army, but Emperor Chongzhen.

And with such an army, it is completely possible to dominate the world. Therefore, the general mobilization of the Runing Army is a one-shot deal. The time of mobilization is the time when Wu Shigong is pushed to the throne, so it is absolutely not allowed to be moved lightly until it is critical.

But this truth cannot be explained thoroughly, but can only be understood by each person. But there were so many civil and military forces on the scene, but only the newcomer Zhang Zhiheng saw through this, which made Wu Shigong only have some regrets. And got Wu Shigong's appreciation, although Zhang Zhiheng maintained a calm look, but he was inevitably a little proud in his heart.

Wu Shigong asked Zheng Ling again: "What you just said is that the division of power in the imperial court is to prevent one family from becoming dominant?" ”

"Exactly!" Zheng Ling hurriedly replied: "It is not obtained by intelligence, it is what the villain thinks from the Di newspaper, so it is just the words of the villain's family." First set up two governors, and then set up Yu Yushi, although it was for the smooth flow of government decrees and the unity of power, but also for mutual containment. ”

"That makes sense!" Wu Shigong nodded, "The weakest of them is Yu Yushi, and he doesn't have a town of soldiers to help." Yu Yushi and this official are also old friends, so I still have to help him more! After finishing speaking, Wu Shigong glanced at Xue Cunyi.

All the civil and military forces present know that Wu Shigong is not a person who repays grievances with virtue, so his words must have some meaning. However, seeing Wu Shigong's glance at Xue Cunyi, they all knew that there must be a cat in it, so they were all silent and pretending to be confused.

This time, Yu Zilian expanded and reorganized the Ruzhou Army, and Xue Cunyi entered many spies of the Military Intelligence Bureau in accordance with Wu Shigong's orders. The largest group was more than 100 cavalrymen, led by a man named Liu Guqian, who joined the Ruzhou Army as horse bandits, and was immediately appointed by the ecstatic Yu Zilian as the commander of the Ruzhou Army Horse Team.

In addition, in Ruzhou City, which is the base of the Ruzhou Army, a group of Runing troops have also entered with the help of Yan Jing. In case of change, these Runing troops can also control the families of the generals of the Ruzhou army. Therefore, although Yu Zilian is very proud now, he doesn't know that his Ruzhou army has become a sieve and has been infiltrated quite badly by the Runing army.

Of course, in order to keep secrets, Wu Shigong handed over all the infiltration of the Ruzhou Army to Xue Cunyi's Military Intelligence Bureau, and did not let Xue Zhinong's Mountains and Rivers Division interfere, just to prevent internal friction and leakage. And what he said now is to ask Xue Cunyi to support Yu Zilian with some more personnel and weapons to strengthen the strength of the Ruzhou Army. Of course, it is also necessary to control the Ruzhou army more tightly.

Wu Shigong meant to mess up the situation. If there were those three civil officials fighting, strife, and containment in front, coupled with their battles with the peasant army, it would be difficult for the eyes of the imperial court to notice the Runing army behind them, and it would also allow the Runing army to have more time to develop.

However, Wu Shigong felt that it was not enough for only these three civil officials to perform this Romance of the Three Kingdoms, and he was ready to make the situation more chaotic. (To be continued......)