Gan Yi understood what Yang Yi meant, his mind turned around, and he replied: "After Your Majesty ascended the throne, the people lived and worked in peace and contentment, and there were very few water thieves in our country. ”

"It's a pity." When Yang Yi heard this, he sighed.

For example, a hundred years ago, there were still many thieves and water thieves in the world, but with the confrontation of the Three Kingdoms, how could there be such a place for thieves, that is, the recent war broke out again, and the Wu State was defeated and retreated, so there were these "water thieves".

In fact, they must all be deserters from the Wu army, no matter what the reason is, they have now become the Han army, so it's okay, and Yang Yi will not pursue it.

War is not farming, can not be fully prepared to fight, now Wu Jingzhou is in turmoil, even if the people's livelihood withers for a while, it is also a great good.

Regular soldier training is just a basic skill, and there is still a lack of fighting, and sometimes it is not as good as these people who beg for a living on the knife edge.

Although the military discipline and martial arts are poor, the ruthlessness of the veteran makes Yang Yi appreciate it very much.

It is by no means easy to cultivate this kind of water master, and just thinking about this matter, Yang Yi missed the thoughtful look of Gan Yi on the side after hearing it.

After the competition, Yang Yi watched it for a while, but he was no longer interested.

"Your Majesty, if you are tired, please rest, tomorrow morning, the sailor will conduct a real battle, and you can see it at that time." Seeing this, Gan Yi said persuasively.

Yang Yi nodded and said, "In this way, tomorrow again, you don't have to follow, training is important, I can have an escort to accompany me to the residence." ”

"Your Ministers obey." Gan Yi knelt on the ground and saluted.

It wasn't until Yang Yi was far away that Gan Yi got up, retracted his gaze, and said to himself: "Judging from today's situation, Your Majesty is not tired of his background!" ”

His eyes fell on the field, and Gan Yi sat there, deep in thought.

"Zhang Muzhi, what do you think of their skills?" Along the way, Zhang Muzhi led the way in front, and Yang Yi, under the protection of the internal guard, followed closely, and soon came to the temporary residence.

This is the cleanest and most comfortable place in the entire base, and the nearby courtyards are all occupied by Yang Yi's guards, Su Xiang was arranged to have the same courtyard as Yang Yi, but Su Xiang slept in the outermost room with the inner guard, and Yang Yi was placed in the main house, and the brocade guards were all near the left.

As soon as he came in, Yang Yi washed up after the internal guard brought hot water, and after coming out of the courtyard, he saw Zhang Muzhi and Su Xiang talking about the training of the water division, and asked them what they thought after watching the battle.

"Your Majesty refers to those water thieves? Agile and agile, you must be familiar with the deck, if you are on the water, I am afraid that you are even more like a fish in water. Zhang Muzhi replied.

"Unfortunately, there are too few people." Yang Yi said: "The sailors are no better than the infantry, fighting on the deck, they really need these water thieves!" ”

In the infantry army, Yang Yi does not need to be outstanding in martial arts at all, but people who do not know military discipline would rather use honest peasants to convert soldiers, but when it comes to the issue of sailors, there is no choice.

"With General Gan's ability, even ordinary fishermen are in the army, and their strength will not be too bad." Zhang Muzhi said with a very pertinent evaluation.

"You're right, it's good just to look at the fists and feet, just look at how the water drill will be tomorrow." Yang Yi put away his thoughts and waited for tomorrow's water master to practice.

There was nothing to say all night, and early the next morning, there was an internal guard who brought water for washing, Yang Yi tidied up at will, and after a simple breakfast, he went out.

At this time, someone came to ask for it.

Accompanied by more than a dozen guards, Yang Yi came to the outside of the base.

"Your Majesty, the minister has prepared a horse for you." Gan Yi stood outside, dressed in military uniform, and said respectfully.

Yang Yi looked at the solemn scene in front of him and nodded: "Let's go." ”

"Yes, Your Majesty." Gan Yi immediately commanded the sailors to march.

The river where the training was conducted was not far away, and it was only a short time before it arrived.

A war ship had been prepared, and the sergeants on board were ready.

Gan Yi had already ordered someone to set up a chair for Yang Yi on a nearby high platform, and then under Yang Yi's signal, Gan Yi issued an order, and the drill began.

Divided into two camps to fight, each side had two battalions of soldiers, a total of 2,000 men.

The 5,000 members of the Han River Naval Division were trained in rotation and participated in the exercise.

The river was originally calm, after the drill began, the two boats fought in an orderly manner, but after a while, they fell into chaos, seemingly chaotic, Yang Yi watched the battle on the high slope, saw some doorways, and nodded secretly.

Because it was just a drill, the weapons used by the soldiers on both sides were wooden knives, but after a battle, many people were "killed" and "wounded".

"Counting the sailors, how many soldiers are there?" After the drill, Yang Yi asked, looking very satisfied today.

Gan Yi saw that Yang Yi was not dissatisfied, and his heart was slightly calm: "Your Majesty, there are a total of 11,000 people in the Hanjiang River Sailors. ”

"11,000 people, a dignified Han country, there is no one to recruit anymore?"

Gan Yi smiled bitterly: "Your Majesty, the water army is young and strong and accustomed to water, and now it is not easy to have 11,000 people, unlike Jingzhou and Wudi, there are many water divisions." ”

"We don't have sailors, how can we do it?" Yang Yi frowned and said.

I heard Gan Yi say: "Your Majesty, we have no water master, you can ask outside, the minister knows a person in Jingzhou, there are thousands of people under his hands, all of them are water heroes, but they are born as water thieves, and they have repeatedly rebelled, if Your Majesty is willing to recruit them, the minister is willing to go and persuade." ”

"Is there such a thing?" Yang Yi was overjoyed when he heard this, and immediately said: "I have always used people regardless of their background, as long as they are talented, you go and persuade them, this person really comes to defect, I will definitely reuse them, and I will never treat him badly." ”

Now that there is a shortage of sailors, Yang Yi is willing to surrender, in his mind, as long as there are more than a few thousand, and there are enough 20,000, he can go down from the upstream and plunder Jingzhou, as long as this purpose is achieved, why can't the water thieves be used?

Thinking of this, Yang Yi just smiled, left the sailor and went to inspect the palaces everywhere, on the way, Yang Yi was in a good mood, Gan Yi's background, she was naturally very clear, what she said that day was to draw out Gan Yi's words, that is, to attract deserters from Jingzhou, and wait for the Jingzhou army to be disheartened, and then you can use soldiers to conquer.

The new king of Wu ascended the throne, and Jingzhou was also unstable in the hearts of the people and the army, so Yang Yi was sure that Jingzhou would definitely have an opportunity.

On the way, Yang Yi asked, "Zhang Qing, how is the situation in Jinyi Wei Wudi?" "Please net

"Your Majesty, the deployment of the six counties in Jiangdong has been arranged, Huainan and other places have been installed through merchants, and the counties in Jingzhou have already been arranged."

At present, Jinyiwei is regarded as having positions in both military and political affairs, and it is regarded as a four-grade yamen, one level lower than Jiuqing, and its official name is "Jinyi Commander".

Each state has a 1,000-household division, and each county has a 100-household division, which is responsible for spying on local intelligence, including officials.

Each county or pass is divided into a general flag or a small flag depending on its importance, with 50 people in charge of the general flag and 10 people in charge of the small flag.

In fact, the Jinyi Wei Dynasty has all dynasties, the Han Dynasty Emperor Wu set up the Si Li School Captain, embroidered clothes directly to the imperial history, and Cao Cao set up a larger scale of "school affairs" and "schools", formally determined the status of this institution in the government of the previous dynasties.

Later, the "Hou Guan", "Neiwei", and "Jinyi Guard" of various dynasties were actually the same thing.

"The brocade clothes sent to Jingzhou, but what information has come back?" Yang Yi asked directly.

Although Zhang Muzhi is the commander of Jinyiwei, there is a special person in the inner palace who is responsible for transmitting information and summarizing it every five days, and the information sent back by various states and counties is handed over to a special person, and it is unreasonable if Zhang Muzhi is in charge of information again.

That's how it was for intelligence reporting.

First, all the information must be sorted out and handed over to the palace archive, which is the basis for checking whether the information has been withheld.

The second is that a special person is responsible for picking out the important ones in this information, putting them together and reporting them, and handing them over to the Hanlin Scholars who are under them, and then refining the information.

However, Zhang Muzhi, as a conductor, has the right to perform in his own right, and he can bypass the Hanlin Bachelor, and the two grades are still the same.

Yang Yi attaches great importance to intelligence, and since the establishment of Jinyiwei, there have been various intelligence officers, sent to various states and counties, and they are all one-line contacts.

During this period of time, Zhang Muzhi was naturally clear, and when he heard Yang Yi ask, he replied respectfully: "Your Majesty, after Jingzhou Sun Yi withdrew his army, he took his troops into Jianye to rebel, and then only rewarded Jingzhou with 10,000 gold for water and land, and promoted many Jingzhou sailor generals, but other than that, there was no big movement, it seemed to be repaired. ”

After Yang Yi heard this, he was silent for a moment, tapped his fingers lightly a few times, and asked, "How much information do you know about the Jingzhou water thieves that General Gan said?" ”

Zhang Muzhi replied: "Your Majesty, after the Jingzhou sailors went to Jiangdong, there are a lot of "water thieves", but there are not many people who are deliberately enemies with the government, most of them are entrenched in the cracks of the rivers, they do not follow each other, they only plunder the passing merchant ships on weekdays, and there is not much local intrusion. ”

"The Jingzhou commander of the State of Wu has not recruited them now?" Yang Yimo listened silently before asking.

Zhang Muzhi responded: "Your Majesty, there are many sailors in Jingzhou, and most of the water thieves are composed of homeless criminals, how can these people be tolerated by the government?" Even if it is deliberately recruited, it will not be paid too much attention, and it will be a pioneer at best, so there are very few water thieves recruited by the government. ”

Yang Yi frowned and groaned, understanding that in the final analysis, this matter is the difference between the number of talents, there are few sailors on his side, so even water thieves are wanted, and Wu has a strong sailor, what is the use of this water thief?

"Recently, people have paid close attention to the situation in Jingzhou, and the information related to the sailors has been handed over, and Gan Yi has recruited water thieves, and the specific situation has been closely followed, and assistance will be given if necessary."

"Yes, Your Majesty." Zhang Muzhi replied respectfully, they had already arrived at Nanzhong at this time.

At this time, someone came in and reported: "Tao Tingshi and Huo Dudu are out asking to see you." ”

Zhang Muzhi hurriedly bowed down and said, "Your Majesty, the minister has retired first." ”

"Well, stand down." Yang Yi nodded, and at the same time said to the guard: "Xuan! ”

Zhang Muzhi cautiously stepped back and faced Huo Yi and Tao Huang, and the three of them nodded and smiled, passing by.

"Let's sit down and talk!" When Yang Yi saw them coming in, he asked them to sit down: "Tao Qing, you speak first!" ”

Tao Huang said first: "Yes, Your Majesty, now the spring reclamation of all counties is going on, and the new displaced people have been assigned, and the operation is smooth." ”

"What the minister wants to report is the matter of Haihe River transportation, we take Zhao, Zhang, Guan Gan, Mi several major merchants to take the lead, go to Jingyang to buy grain, Yangzhou counties set up a very strict checkpoint at the mouth of the river, although not to talk about all the seizure, but to pay extra money, each boat has to pay nearly half."

Tao Huang was confident at this time, detailing the internal affairs of various places in the state now, and said for a moment before and after.

Yang Yimo listened silently, although Jiaozhou is called a wilderness, but in fact it is fertile for thousands of miles, and there will be no shortage of food at all, but now the army is used on a large scale, mainly because of the food shortage in the north.

Yang Yi has already revealed that after the destruction of the Wu Kingdom, the king will be sealed, of course, the region is not very good, and now the plan is that the three counties of Jiaozhi, Rinan, and Jiuzhen will be Yuezhou, and the king of Yue will be crowned, which is obvious, it is in the bag of the Huo family.

The south is vast, and at least five Sai kings must be sealed, and the Tao family naturally has a heart, so Tao Huang works very hard.

For example, the grain stocks in Jiaozhou are now in Shangjie Beidi, which is probably difficult to do in the past.

"What is the food gap set by the Ministry of Household Affairs now?"

"Your Majesty, there is still a shortage of 800,000 stone of grain, and now the cost of buying grain has increased, and the minister will have to raise this 850,000 stone in two months." Hearing him say this, even Huo Yi couldn't help but be speechless.

How long has Jiaozhou been occupied, and the Tao family has taken out all this money themselves, and he is naturally very clear about what it is.

Yang Yi thought about it for a while, and said: "What Jin Yiwei obtained from raiding his house in Jiaozhou, give half to the household department, and leave the rest of the silver for Tao Qing's use!" ”

Yang Yi turned his face to look at Huo Yi and asked, "Huo Qing's family, what is the movement in the military and political aspects?" ”

Huo Yi smiled slightly, and said: "Your Majesty, according to the information that has been summarized, the situation is good now, and now the soldiers of all the departments in Jiaozhou are divided into fields, and there are military rewards, the morale is stable, and there is a lot of military rations." ”

"Attacking the counties of Jingnan, the minister has already made a plan for this, please take a look." As he spoke, he took out a volume of documents and handed it to Yang Yi, with a brief explanation in his mouth.

"No matter how dilapidated Jingzhou is now, it is also a state land, and the minister thinks that His Majesty's personal conquest is inevitable, but the minister thinks that His Majesty only needs to lead an army of 30,000 and move the town to Xiangyang, and only need to send a general to advance by land and water to attack Nanjun."

"General Bai Luo is the governor of Jingzhou, commanding the division of water and land, going out of Bazhou to strangle Jingzhou's water and land, and the minister is the division of the south and the south, and the four counties of Jingnan in the north, so Jingzhou can be determined."

To put it bluntly, this plan is very well considered, Yang Yi personally led the Lu division into the town of Xiangyang, at this time, it is natural that there can be no general's merits, so to capture Jingzhou, it must be Yang Yi's personal expedition, but there is a lot of hard work, and it is also dirty work, so naturally Yang Yi can't do it himself.

According to what Huo Yi said, it was up to him and Luo Xian to do it.

"Your Majesty, the minister recommended my brother Tao Jun, who is familiar with the geography of Jingzhou and has a rough understanding of water and land, which can be described as a pioneer!"