Forty-one days later, Fang Xin and his party stepped into the Three Caves Pass

The generals of the official rank of the Sandong Pass, as well as the Taishou and the five county orders of the last surviving county after the pass, were all ready and waiting at the gate of Dafu.

The entire Sandong Pass is now a barracks, according to the military system of Da Chu,

Five people and one army, ten people and one fire, five fires and one team, leading fifty people, the team is already the imperial court from the nine rank of the officer, five teams and one battalion, the battalion is the Xuanjie captain, is the eighth product, four battalions and one house, one house 1,200 people, the first official Yilu school captain, is the seventh grade. And above one government, there is also a guard, four houses and one guard, with a staff of 5,500 people, and is a six-rank Zhaowu general. Three guards and one town, 18,000 people, five products, each with the title of general.

If it is a general who is the head of several towns, most of them are the fourth grade, and there are also the third grade, but the military department is still the book, and there is only the third grade, so it is just the right moderation.

The general above the third grade, unless it is wartime, is a false position.

And this time, it was ordered to accept the power of the whole province, so the people who should have come have come, densely packed, even if they are soldiers, there are hundreds of officials and generals, and in the center, there is an old man, this old man is the former governor Qi Bingqi.

Fang Xin rode in and entered through the gate, but when he saw this old man, he turned over and dismounted, and bowed down: "Xiaguan Li Rui, meet the prince and the prince." ”

Qi Bingqi, who is the teacher of today's saints, although he has been defeated many times now, and he has been stripped of his official position and returned to Beijing to ask for his crimes, Fang Xin still does not dare to slack off.

Qi Bingqi looked blank and said indifferently: "Can the holy decree be brought?" ”

"Brought, there is a holy decree." Fang Xin said, first lifted the official robe, and knelt down in front of everyone, facing the incense case that had been prepared. ===

And the latter took the gold platter, and put the holy decree. Sent up.

Qi Bingqi didn't say anything, just took out the holy decree and strode towards the incense case. Looking back, he still had this indifferent look, just saying, "Everyone takes the order-"

Suddenly, thousands of people knelt down and bowed, shouted long live, and then waited quietly, and the voice from above came from the calm to even absolute certainty: "Fengtian carrier." The emperor edicted...... Although he is an old minister. If An violates the ancestral system, he will be punished by the law, and Qi Bingqi should be removed from his post and returned to Beijing to wait...... Li Rui is loyal to the country, known as talented, led the governor of Anchang Province, and inspected on behalf of me...... If you can settle down, why should I be stingy with the reward of meritorious service? Chin this! ”

As soon as the words fell, everyone shouted long live thanksgiving. Fang Xin stood up, at this time, he was already the official governor.

Qi Bingqi stepped back. Let Fang Xin get on the stage, and said: "Please Shang Fang's sword of the Son of Heaven!" ”

"Hooray!" The crowd fell to their knees again.

The Great Chu State System, the sword of the Son of Heaven of Shang Fang, can be in charge of local government affairs, the officials below the fifth grade can be cut first and then played, and the officials below the third grade can be suspended on the spot, and the governor's authority is great, because the governor is given the sword of the Son of Heaven of Shang Fang.

Fang Xin bowed, and respectfully took this inconspicuous handsome with both hands. But a sword with terrible power. Then he handed it to the guard behind him, who held it. Stand solemnly.

"Please have the king order card" in fact, it is the flag, the flag is made of yellow silk, there is the word "order", the sword of the Son of Heaven, of course, can not be taken lightly, usually represents the governor, is the king order card, and the person in charge of the flag is called the flag officer.

"Respectfully." Fang Xin said, this king order card is not very rare, generally speaking, provincial officials have it, but the king order card can also execute officials under the five grades.

"Please seal the letter." This was the last one, and the governor's seal was presented.

Waiting for Fang Xin to take it, all the people in the venue knelt down and bowed: "Bid down (Xiaguan) to meet Lord Futai." ”

And Qi Bingqi took off his official hat by himself, and at this time, several personnel from the criminal department who had been prepared went up to salute first: "Lord Qi, please forgive me for what I am destined to do." ”

So saying, he also fastened a chain with a yellow cloth on it.

In the blink of an eye, the prince and the prince of the second rank were captured, Fang Xin was overwhelmed with emotion, but stepped forward, bowed, and said, "Li Rui sent it to the adult." ”

After saying that, someone immediately offered two plates, although they were covered with cloth, but they also knew that they were gold and silver, and these people of the criminal department immediately knew what they meant, and knew that it meant to take care of them a little, so they did not keep silent, and after receiving them, they immediately went out of the camp and out of the city.

Fang Xin went straight to the door, waited for a while, and then came back, and was welcomed to the inner hall, first changed his clothes, and the government soldiers also alternated defenses.

In other words, the whole province collapsed, nominally there were three towns and five guards, with a total establishment of 80,000 people, but in fact there was only one town and three guards left.

Fang Xin glanced around, and saw that one hundred and fifty personal soldiers were already in the ranks, don't look at this descendant army There are only a hundred people, but there is no one, but there is a difference between heaven and earth.

This pro-army, are these more than ten years, gradually selected out, the key time not only has the meaning of the life charm, but also can kill the general to seize the army, although he is ordered by the emperor to lead the army, but even if there is no pro-soldier, that is only a puppet. ===

Fang Xin didn't summon the generals first, according to the rank, he first summoned the civil officials to come in to pay a visit, and sure enough, there was not much time, and he saw Cai Youde, the Taishou of Liugong County, and led his subordinate county commanders to come forward to pay a visit.

After the big gift, Fang Xin smiled warmly, invited the adults to sit down and talk, and immediately asked about the basic situation in the interior of some counties.

"Back to the words of Lord Futai, there were originally 51,000 households in the county, but now there are hundreds of thousands of displaced people waiting to be appeased, and the number is indisputable!" Cai Youde said with a wry smile.

This situation is basically true, Fang Xin's eyes flashed a glimmer of light, King Anchang is a native, even if he himself wants to refer to the Han system, he can't avoid the conflict between the natives and the Han people, in order to suppress it, the massacre is unavoidable, in more than ten years, there have been many cases, so after the massacre, there are not many Han people who fled to relatively safe areas.

These people have a deep hatred with the natives, and they are the ones who can be used, but at this time, he did not move, just nodded, and invited the generals to come in and see.

Before the order was issued, I saw more than a dozen mermaids coming, they were wearing heavy armor, and the iron armor rings on their bodies clanged, and when they entered the door, they bent their knees and saluted, kneeling in front of Fang Xin: "The last general will meet Lord Xuntai." ”

The leader is a middle-aged man. Wearing armor, a pair of eyebrows are raised like knives, revealing a murderous aura. This person was Yue Mingshi, the general of Shenqi Town, and then his deputy general Wei Yu'an.

After that, it was the generals of the guards, among which Zhou Bingbin, Jiang Wenxuan, and Xu Peng, Guanliwei, were not under the jurisdiction of Shenqi Town, at least in terms of law. \\\\\

Fang Xin looked at it. said lightly: "All the generals get up." Have a seat! ”

These people are not easy to match, their influence in the military is deep-rooted, and they are also inextricably linked with the localities.

Fang Xin pressed his hands on his knees, and when they met for the first time, he asked a few words, and these generals were still polite and polite, at least on the surface, and answered them one by one. Basically, there was no big mistake, Fang Xin nodded, looking at these generals gently. said with a smile: "All the generals are extraordinary. This time, Benfu came to use you more. ”

"Lord Patrol has an order, and the last general dares to disobey his fate?" Yue Mingshi and the generals got up and replied.

"Very good, very good." Fang Xin nodded and smiled, and said some more words, and after a while, he secretly signaled when he saw Yue Ming, and a middle-aged man about thirty-five years old, who was in the place of the general, came out. His face was black and red. There are a few scars on his face, and he is on one knee. said: "The last general, Yihuang Town, Bai Township Guard, will visit the adults and ask for peace, after the last war, the army suffered great losses, and the personnel were less than thirty percent, so please give your lordship instructions." ”

As soon as the words fell, Fang Xin nodded: "You are Fan Jiebiao, I have heard of you, you are a brave general who has experienced a hundred battles, but in the last battle, you returned from a big defeat, and Shangxia in the army is guilty, do you know?" ”

"Yes, the last big defeat, the last general is responsible, and he doesn't dare to resign, but Xiyi is rampant, if you don't supplement and rebuild the town guard, it will be difficult to resist next time!" The man replied immediately.

Da Chu has a very strict control over the army, and it is not allowed to recruit soldiers privately without the permission of his superiors.

Hearing this, Fang Xin's eyes were dark, and he said slowly: "Ben Fu already knows about this...... Everything has its own overall arrangement, and there is grace and punishment, and you can admit the sin of waiting? ”

"Yes, the last will confess. The generals at the venue glanced at each other and knelt down together.

"Since you have confessed your guilt, on the occasion of employing people here, Benfu can allow you to make meritorious contributions while you are guilty." Fang Xin got up, paced slowly, as if there was no one around, and said slowly: "However, the military law is strict, and no punishment is not a crime - come on, push it to the bottom of the corridor, and each person will have twenty military sticks!" ”

At this time, the pro-soldiers who had already prepared rushed in and shouted in unison: "Yes!" ”

This time, the generals were stunned, but they looked at each other in an instant, and the hall was suddenly quiet, at this time, Yue Mingshi got up, but said: "The first emperor Jian pulled out to me, and experienced 60 large and small battle formations such as Liaotong and Angu Mountain, which can be regarded as more victories and fewer defeats, I didn't think of the previous battle, but I was defeated and returned, and 7,000 people were killed in the battle!" The last general is indeed guilty, ashamed of the first emperor and the saint, ashamed of the colleagues who died in battle, the last general will admit punishment! ”

As he spoke, his eyes turned red, and he knelt down and took the lead out of the hall, allowing him to be beaten.

Suddenly, there was a crackling sound, Fang Xin was silent, but he was shocked in his heart, this kind of person is not easy to control, he sighed secretly, but he was not panicked in his heart, now the foundation of Da Chu is still there, no matter how arrogant these generals are, if they really move their character, they can also kill them with their own Heavenly Son Sword, and they don't care at the moment, listening to the crackling sticks outside and knocking them down.

Twenty sticks were not much, but they also made the generals' buttocks red and swollen, and they also went inside to apologize, and after calling them up, Fang Xin turned around and said to Cai Youde, the Taishou of Liugong County, who was a little panicked: "In the county, how much grain is left?" ”

"Lord Hui, there are 10,000 stones, of which 7,000 stones are military rations."

"That's good, the last war in each town, it is true that the losses are not small, it is necessary to replenish, but the supplements must also come one by one, not without order, Yue Mingshi!"

"The last general!" Yue Mingshi had to kneel down immediately.

"Your town is now the backbone of our army, so it will be replenished first, how many soldiers are there in your town?"

"Back to my lord, my town is required to have 18,000, but now there are only 9,000."

"Well, you have three guards, the left guard can go to Yongdian County, the right guard can go to Hongtian County, and your middle guard can go to Jiaotian County, repair it, replenish the troops, and restore the establishment."

"Yes, Lord Futai." Yue Mingshi listened to it and responded.

"Although it is a renovation, but the Guanzhong must not be guarded against, the other guards, you can first repair in the Guan, each make a roster, and then make arrangements to make up one by one!" Fang Xin said, sweeping everyone.

Everyone hesitated for a moment, but they could not resist and accepted the order.

"In this case, when Yue Ming, the soldiers are fast, then you can pull out the camp tomorrow morning, and you wait, just retreat first!" Fang Xin said.

"Yes!" The generals answered.

When they walked out, Fang Xin immediately said to the Taishou of Liugong County: "When I get to the mansion, give me an example to show the people, just say that Benfu will build a militia camp in Guancheng, recruit soldiers and choose the best, needless to say." ”

This sentence was meaningful, but this Taishou understood the meaning, bowed down and said, "Yes, the lower official understands." ”

After everyone had withdrawn, Fang Xin summoned Wu Jie and the four brothers from other places.

"Lord!" They didn't have much time to meet them.

"Tomorrow when you go out of the city, you will occupy this camp, recruit troops, you must choose its fierceness, choose six thousand first, you and others will be the temporary team leader, give you a month, train from it, and select the available talents, the number is one-tenth, when the first month is completed, Benfu will appoint you and others as the acting Yilu captain of Xigang Mansion, from the seventh grade, if there are military merits in the future, you can be promoted to you as a matter of course!" One month is indeed too little time to train into an army, but in the current situation, there is nothing to be done, and Fang Xin has no intention of desperately enriching those Wei Mansion with many elite soldiers.

As for Xigang Mansion, it has been established in terms of establishment, but now it has almost completely disappeared, which is equal to a blank, and Fang Xin is not ready to build its boss Wei Zhen immediately, which gives this army a fairly independent status.

Wu Jie, Wu Hongrong, Xiang Chen, Ruan Jun, Tian Zhongyi and others immediately understood and listened to the order, but Wu Jie was still a little worried, and said, "Then the Lord's safety? ”

"Between January and a half, I don't think it matters, after a month, out of six thousand, you will choose six hundred, one hundred to replenish the soldiers of Ben Fu, and five hundred will be yours, but next month you will call another battalion, three battalions in a row." When Fang Xin said this, he motioned for them to retreat.

With a full capacity of 80,000 people, Fang Xincai will not immediately replenish it, which is not only mixed, most of them are miscellaneous soldiers, but also cannot bear such a large consumption - the batch of 500,000 taels of silver and 200,000 stones given by the imperial court is a supplement after the last defeat, at least within a year, don't think about any supplements.

And this, to meet the consumption of 80,000 people, one-third is not enough!

Not to mention other considerations of power, as well as political considerations.

After the basic arrangements were completed, Fang Xin walked out of the hall and reached the top of the high stairs, but he squinted at the sun in the southwest, felt the faint power of the ground in the distance, and sighed with his sword - if you want to achieve great things, you still need foreign aid, it's time to talk to Xiao Hongqin.