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The army did not return to Donglin City until July of the sixth year of the Beacon Fire year, which was far beyond the time it would normally take for the army to return.2 If the normal march was calculated, it would take only two months at most for the army to return to Donglincheng. The reason why www.biquge.info spent so much time wasting was mainly because Xiao Chen was walking all the way to rectify the armies in various places.

It was a very troublesome matter to put the defenders in various places in order. In particular, the rectification of Buni County, Sanguan County, and Linhai County is the most difficult. Most of the defenders in these three counties were not elite troops, and many of the soldiers were volunteers who had only experienced one or two battles. Compared with the Jiangzhou garrison that has just been occupied, the combat effectiveness of the defenders of the three counties is obviously inferior to that of the boss. Jiangzhou is the chassis of the Beichen Kingdom to occupy all the countries of the sun, with nearly 300 cities, and the state capital is Xilong City under the leadership of Xilong.

The total city of Jiangzhou is 278, with five counties and 22 counties under its jurisdiction. Among them, the five counties are Longdong County, Longxi County, Dongge County, Xilan County, and North County, although the name is not too good, but Xiao Chen can be regarded as completing the preliminary grasp of the newly occupied area. On the national map of Beichen Guonuoda, in addition to Jiangzhou, which has a large area in the north, there are also three places: Dongzhou and Zhongzhou. Dongzhou has 324 cities, under the jurisdiction of six counties and 29 counties. Among them, the land of three counties is Donglin County, Fengdu County, and Tachi County; The other three counties are Buni County, Sanguan County, and Linhai County. The Eastern State is the largest of the three states. The eastern part of the original territory is divided by the Tachi Fortress, with Dongzhou to the east and Zhongzhou to the west. Even the southernmost territory of Fengdu was divided into the Dongzhou, which included the easternmost, northernmost, and southernmost cities of the Beichen Kingdom.

Zhongzhou, on the other hand, has only three counties: Yun County, Zhong County, and Lu County, with less than 180 cities under its jurisdiction, and the area of the prefecture and county is also the smallest among the three states.

On the way back to the dynasty, the local garrison troops in Jiangzhou and Dongzhou have been adjusted. Among them, all the elite troops were mobilized to garrison the cities in the border areas, and those with slightly inferior combat effectiveness were transferred to the important cities of various counties and counties to garrison. The only troops with poor combat effectiveness are those cities that have no strategic role and are not economically prosperous. At the same time, it was also stipulated that all the garrison troops of the city on the front line of the border should be 5,000 people, and they would become garrison brigades. The second-tier city was garrisoned by 3,000 people and became a garrison regiment. The rest of the rear cities were garrisoned by only a thousand men and became garrison battalions. The garrisons of the capital, the capital, and the state and county towns were all completed by the regular army.

After some rectification, the more than 500,000 troops that originally garrisoned various cities in Jiangzhou were reduced by 200,000. In Jiangzhou, there are only 200,000 garrisons in hundreds of cities. However, it would be a big mistake to think that Jiangzhou's defense force was weak. There is also a large army camp in Jiangzhou, the northern army camp of 1 million elite troops, including 700,000 Han troops and 300,000 servant troops, all of which are elite soldiers who participated in the war of the destruction of the country where the sun never sets. With the precautions of the northern army camp, Jiangzhou is definitely safe.

Dongzhou is even more violent, although there are only 300,000 people left after a large number of more than one million garrisons in the whole state. The camp in the central capital selects ten elite troops from the two million standing armies in the country to garrison the capital and various dangerous places around it. The combat power is the most powerful existence among the camps, and the newly formed Heavy Cavalry Association, Heavy Infantry Corps, and Crossbow Corps are all among them.

The camp is lined with 1 million soldiers and horses, including 700,000 Han soldiers and 300,000 servants. It is stationed in Linhai County, Dongzhou, all year round, and is responsible for the security of the surrounding city and coastal areas. At the same time, because it is very close to the north, it will cooperate with the northern army to march to the north in the future.

Fengdu Xing Battalion, under the jurisdiction of 500,000 soldiers and horses, 300,000 Han family children, 200,000 servant troops, all of which are composed of elite troops. Responsible for the garrison of Fengdu, as well as the southern territory of the principality.

Coupled with the 300,000 local garrison troops, there are 2.85 million troops in the entire Dongzhou. Of course, the regular army was only 1.7 million men, not counting the garrison and servant armies. Such a strong military strength, combined with the important pass fortresses in various parts of Dongzhou, is absolutely impregnable.

The regular army troops stationed in Zhongzhou are the camp of the Western Army, with 1 million soldiers and horses, including 700,000 Han soldiers and 300,000 servants. With so many troops stationed in a not very large area, Zhongzhou is completely sufficient, and there may be left. The five major battalions do not belong to each other, and they can cooperate with each other to attack in wartime, and the number of infantry cavalry has also reached the maximum carrying capacity of Beichen Kingdom. The number of sailors is still one million, and although there are still many warships in the country, no one has come to drive them. The economic capacity of Beichen Country is not allowed to expand the water division.

This is what Xiao Chen envisioned along the way, the five major camps cooperated with each other to defend, the sailors patrolled the sea frontier, and the defense system and attack system of Beichen Kingdom were all included. The army of the five major battalions consisted of 2 million elite troops trained in this battle, as well as 1,100,000 troops and 1,400,000 servant troops in the standing army. The rest of the troops will be completely dismantled. After returning to their hometowns, the dismissed troops can live in peace on their own, or they can help the garrison garrison in the township, or train the people in some military skills in the township. In short, as long as you don't rebel, you can do anything.

The importance of the Beichen Kingdom to the military is far from being comparable to that of the ancient Chinese dynasties. Just like these dismantled troops, Xiao Chen planned to issue a token to each of them and write a book on the brocade clothes to defend the foreign army. This means that these people will be under the Jinyi Guard and monitor the situation of the people in various places. However, they do not belong to the official establishment of Jinyiwei and do not enjoy military salary subsidies. And when the state calls up the army, they must respond to the call of the state. The conscription order is given, and those who fail to arrive within the time limit will be beheaded, and the Jinyi Guard Command Division has all the information about all the dismantled troops, and it is impossible to run.

While needing to fulfill these obligations, Xiao Chen also gave them very big benefits. With the Jinyi Guard's foreign military badge, when the law is violated, local officials cannot deal with it at will. It will be handed over to the Ministry of War, or the Jinyi Guard Command Division for processing. At the same time, according to the calculation of the military exploits of the dismissed soldiers, the reward money does not belong to everything that has been previously obtained by military exploits. In addition, the titles of officers and soldiers and the official positions in the army will be retained, so that they can form combat effectiveness more quickly when they are re-recruited in the future.

This disarmament plan is very huge, after all, there are millions of troops. With so many people out of the army, it is very likely that it will cause some instability in the country and localities. It's not that these military cuts will cause trouble or anything, but many of these people don't have any life skills. Even the former peasants, after a few years in the army, were buried in depression every day, and they were no longer familiar with the cultivation and care of crops. It seems that we still have to discuss it with Xun Yu, Yue Fei and others.

After returning to the palace, Xiao Chen immediately held a court meeting, and did not stay in China for a year and a half, and Xiao Chen was a little unfamiliar with the situation in China. Xun Yu reported to himself on major events, but Xun Yu handled many semi-big things by himself. I don't know too much about myself when I'm far away, and now that I'm back, I have to learn more about it.

Ninety-two ministers of the imperial court, divided into four columns, stood in the advisory hall, which was the result of several years of Beichen Kingdom. From the time when I was worried about a county official in the past, to now there are many talents. Many talented people were idle in the capital, waiting for the time when there was a vacancy in the local office.

"Long live my king, long live, long live!" There was a roar in the hall, and all the ministers bowed and saluted in unison.

Xiao Chen sat on the dragon chair, wearing a bright red dragon robe, his right hand gestured slightly, and said, "Everyone, Aiqing, please get up!" ”

"King Xiewu!"

After all the ministers stood up, Xiao Dezi next to him immediately shouted in his duck voice: "Something to start, nothing to retreat!" ”

Xiao Chen listened to Xiao Dezi's shouting on the side, and almost kicked the goods aside in excitement. Damn, I came here to find out about the current situation in China. It's good for you, give me the whole thing to start and retreat without anything. If these bastards really have nothing to do and retreat from the court, what will they do!

"King Qiyu, Weichen Li Qingqi plays!" As soon as the civil officials in the hall came out of the column, one person said.

Xiao Chen looked at this person, his eyebrows were clear, his short beard was slender and neat, and he was wearing a red civil official uniform on his body, showing his righteousness and high spirits. Yes, very good, Xiao Chen secretly admired in his heart. With this person's appearance, no matter which Chinese player is definitely a popular product. Let's not talk about whether he is as upright as he looks, just by virtue of this appearance, being a diplomat or something will definitely not lose the face of the country!

"Li Aiqing said!"

"King Qiqi, at present, I have a wide range of soldiers in Beichen, which is really the most in the world. However, the national soldiers are mighty, and the money is scarce, and the time is short and not sleepy. Once the army is prosperous and the money is insufficient, it will surely become a catastrophe for the country. Wei Chen Qi played the king, and now he should immediately dismantle the army. No, within two years old, the country will not be a country! Li Qing said angrily.

Xiao Chen was stunned for a moment, originally thinking that this Li Aiqing was going to report to him about the country's government affairs. Unexpectedly, it was actually about the side of the army reduction. Turning his head to look, sure enough, dozens of generals in the hall stared at Li Qing with wide eyes one by one. If the eyes can kill people, I believe that Li Qing has been cut by the eyes of the generals.

The matter of disarmament will certainly cause dissatisfaction among the military, after all, many generals are now in charge of a lot of soldiers and horses. If once they are disarmed, not to mention whether they will also be dismantled, it will be very detrimental to themselves if they are reduced in their troops. Although the army is loyal to himself, Xiao Chen is very clear about the army. In the military, there is no such strict comparison of official ranks. Everyone depends on the strength in their hands, if you control an army of 100,000, even if another person's official position and rank are higher than yours, but the army is not as large as yours, you still occupy an advantageous position.

For the sake of that very important face, the big guys are naturally reluctant to disarm. Otherwise, if you are laid off, or if your army is cut too much, you will definitely be ridiculed by some people. Therefore, when Li Qing said the word disarmament, there were few generals who did not fire in Li Qing's eyes.

But Xiao Chen doesn't look at it like this, he had a plan for disarmament before, and he originally planned to let Wu Lao Taishan be blackened again, but now someone happened to send it up, so he didn't need to be sorry for himself.

"Well, Li Aiqing is right. No matter how strong the country is, it will never escape the end of belligerent death! Xiao Chen sighed and continued: "This matter is set for the time being, and the disarmament plan will be formulated in the future and implemented one by one!" ”

"King Shengming! Wechen has already formulated a plan for disarmament, and I hope the king will take a look! After Li Qing finished speaking, he handed over a fold.

Xiao Dezi hurriedly took the fold and handed it to Xiao Chen. Xiao Chen opened it and was shocked.

The army is eight million, and when four million are disarmed, four million are left. It is divided into four armies: the Southern Army, the Northern Army, the Capital Army, and the Western Army, the Southern Army defends the southern frontier of the country, the Northern Army refuses to accept the vast northern region, the Western Army guards against the western territories, and the Capital Army is stationed in the capital, Yongzhen National Transport! Each of the four armies has one million soldiers and horses, and the capital army selects elite soldiers from the four million armies. Moreover, let all the servant armies be removed, and if they are not of our kind, their hearts will be different!

This plan is actually very similar to Xiao Chen's plan, except that Xiao Chen does not plan to dismantle the servant army.

So, this plan is definitely going to hit the streets. "Li Aiqing's plan is very good, but now that the army has just returned to China with meritorious service, it cannot be disarmed immediately. Otherwise, it is easy to cause turmoil in the hearts of the army! ”

Li Qing didn't think too much about it, and it wasn't until Xiao Chen said this sentence that he suddenly realized. Now that millions of armies have just destroyed a principality, the victory of the army is not comparable to that of the past. These people are all meritorious people, and if they really want to be cut off in one go, maybe those stupid big-headed soldiers will make trouble. Moreover, now that the army has won a great victory, the king of his own country has not yet rewarded the meritorious personnel of the military. Now that I have actually proposed disarmament, it is over, and now it is estimated that the military wants to tear themselves alive!

Li Qing secretly wiped the sweat on his forehead, and hurriedly said: "King Yingming, it's Weichen who is in a hurry!" “

"Hmm!" Xiao Chen smiled at Li Qing very meaningfully and nodded.

This scene happened to be seen by Li Qing below, although he still had doubts in his heart, but it could be seen that his own king admired him very much. Finally, Li Qing's heart calmed down. As long as the king appreciates himself, it means that the king also has the mind of disarmament. When the time comes, I will be a pawn, and I will definitely be able to soar into the sky when it comes to disarmament.

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