On the way back to Crouching Tiger City from Jinyang. Zhao Xing and Liu Yu sat in the same car and conducted an in-depth and comprehensive discussion on the future development and construction of Liangzhou, although it took less than three days, but also made Liu Yu fully feel Zhao Xing's forward-looking and creative political wisdom.

Zhao Xing envisions that in the next two years, he will vigorously promote the internal affairs of Youzhou and Liangzhou, in accordance with the concept of "one body and two wings" (Jin State in the middle, Youzhou in the east, Liangzhou in the west), relying on the agricultural and industrial finance bank and commercial warehouse, exchange of resources, balance of labor, and finally realize the common development of Youzhou and Liangzhou.

The realization of this ambitious aspiration requires efficient and powerful government institutions and sufficient labor, as well as substantial material wealth. As for the labor problem, although the population of Youzhou and Liangzhou is less than that of the Jin Kingdom, the combined population of the two prefectures is more than 3.5 million, which should be able to meet the needs of all kinds of construction. The financial problem that Liu Yu was most worried about was the least worrying thing for Zhao Xing, and he had asked Liu Jili and Qin Yilu to start preparing for the issuance of the first batch of treasury bonds.

After arriving in Crouching Tiger City, Zhao Xing settled Liu Yu in the Yingbin Garden, and he returned to the Taifu Mansion to meet with several military leaders to discuss the deployment of the various armies of the National Protector Corps in the next step.

The army commanders attending the meeting mainly included Guan Yu, Xu Huang, Zhang Liao, and Gao Shun, and the commanders of the other five armies could not easily return to the party at present because they had tasks on their shoulders. The military advisors attending the meeting included Jia Xu, Chen Gong and Pang Tong, Tian Feng followed Tai Shici and now garrisoned Longxi Didao, and Guo Jia and Hu Che'er sat in Wuwei Guzang.

After everyone met, they briefly exchanged analysis and understanding of the current situation, and then Zhao Xing spoke: "After the expansion of the Protector Army at the beginning of the year, the total strength is 180,000, and this time it goes out of Youzhou in the east and Liangzhou in the west, and the total loss is 5,000 people, which is within the normal range, and the training regiment has prepared a replenishment of troops for each army." At present, the territory we occupy has expanded dramatically into the land of three states, and if we do not expand our army, our troops are barely enough. Now, I would like to ask you to put forward your own views and views on the deployment of the various armies. ”

Jia Xu first spoke: "The Jin State is our core foundation, and it is always necessary to maintain a strong force for defense, so the Crouching Tiger Army can never be mobilized, and the vanguard army is mainly infantry, good at attacking and defending, with as many as 30,000 people, and the focus should be on garrisoning the Liangzhou area with a complex situation, which can not only prevent the local Qiang people from rebelling, but also effectively clamp down on the Ma Teng and Sili areas." If it cooperates with the blue wolf army, which is mainly cavalry, it can ensure the stability and security of Liangzhou. ”

Chen Gong bowed his head, agreed with Jia Xu's analysis, and then continued: "The situation in Youzhou is not simple, facing Gongsun Du in the east, and adjacent to Zhang Yan in Montenegro and Yuan Shao in Jizhou in the south, at least two to three armies are needed to garrison. Personally, I think that the Xiongwu army was stationed in Zhuo County, Youzhou, to guard against Zhang Yan's attack and Yuan Shao's threat; Xiong Zhen's army was stationed in the area of Youbeiping and would continue to expand eastward in the future; and because of the complex composition of the Dingyuan army, the Xiongnu division could be mobilized to garrison the Qianping area in the north of Yuyang to suppress and guard against the rebound of the Xianbei and Wuhuan tribes in Liaodong nearby. ”

Guan Yu continued Chen Gong's words and said: "The analysis of the two military divisions just now is very reasonable, I think that the Dingyuan Army can be appropriately expanded, from the original 30,000 to 40,000, of which Huang Xuan, Yan Sheng, the Southern Xiongnu and the Han Army each have one division, each with 10,000 people. In this way, in the future, the Dingyuan Army can take on more diverse defensive tasks, such as letting the Southern Xiongnu Division prevent the foreign rebound in the Youzhou area, letting the Han Army Division defend the north of the Jin Kingdom, letting the Yansheng Division be responsible for preventing the rebellion of the Qiang people in the northwest, and letting the Huang Xuan Division be responsible for controlling the Western Liang Ma Teng. ”

Zhao Xing listened to Guan Yu's suggestion, and couldn't help but light up, and said, "What does Commander Guan mean to vacate the Blue Wolf Army from Xiliang?"

Guan Yu nodded and said, "That's right." Since the direction of our expansion in the future is to extend to the east and west, why don't we put the highly mobile Blue Wolf Army into the Western Regions Changshi Mansion!"

Xu Huang followed and said: "The Flying Tiger Army and the Blue Wolf Army are suitable for mobile warfare, although the Xianbei in the north is not a climate, but the hundred-legged insects are dead but not stiff, and it is still necessary to repeatedly clean up in the future, until the Xianbei people are completely erased from the territory of our Han Dynasty, so the Flying Tiger Army can be active in the north for a long time, mainly guerrilla, and hand over the captured Xianbei captives to the Yansheng tribe for processing." In turn, it can also make the Yansheng clan dare not give birth to two hearts. ”

Seeing that everyone was talking in a big circle, but not mentioning the dragoons, Zhang Liao couldn't sit still, stood up and looked at everyone one by one, and then said depressedly: "Remind everyone, you seem to have forgotten that I also came to the meeting!"

So everyone laughed in unison, and then Guan Yu pointed at Zhang Liao and scolded with a smile: "You kid, you are still selling well if you get cheap! This time we are marching eastward and westward, and our vanguard army and the Crouching Tiger army have not even drunk a mouthful of soup, what do you still call it Crashing into the sky? Not to mention your dragoons, it is because everyone thinks that the dragoons belong to infantry cavalry and are suitable for all kinds of combat missions, so they should not be confined to a fixed place for stationing, but often swim around, where there is a need for combat, you can be seen!"

was said by the eldest brother Guan Yu for a while, Zhang Liao scratched his head embarrassedly, and said with some sneer: "Hehe, what the eldest brother said is also true." Well, I'm not going to bother with you about that, and I'm going to give some of my opinions. Guochang arranged for the fourth brother to serve as the governor of Youzhou, and in the future, he will definitely be in charge of the strategy of the Youzhou battlefield; the next step is that the vanguard army will be transferred to Liangzhou, needless to say, the eldest brother will definitely be the governor of Liangzhou, and he will be responsible for the affairs of the Liangzhou theater in the future; I also make a statement here, I don't want to be the governor of the soldiers and horses, but the next step we must be to clean up Yuan Shao, the old thief, our dragoon army has been in the Taocheng for the longest time, and the main task of attacking Jizhou should not be robbed with me!"

Zhang Liao's words made everyone laugh and scold.

Gao Shun, who had never spoken, finally spoke after everyone finished laughing: "Shun Bucai, now he bears the heavy responsibility of training soldiers for all kinds of armies." The Lord also mentioned that with the current strength, we can basically do enough, but this is an assumption that we are not attacked by other forces. As the Jin kingdom grows stronger, the other parties are bound to unite against us. Moreover, the fact that the Jin Kingdom does not go south for the time being does not mean that it will not go south in the future. Therefore, I propose that we make full use of the practice of temporarily replenishing 50,000 reserve troops into the regular army last time, and maintain a certain number of well-trained county soldiers in Youzhou and Liangzhou, so that they can be invincible once the situation suddenly changes!"

As soon as Zhao Xing heard Gao Shun finish speaking, he immediately spoke: "Fu Ping's words are very pertinent, I think this matter is promising!" After Zhao Xing finished speaking, everyone also agreed with Gao Shun's opinion.

As the most junior Pang Tong, he also said at this time: "Tong Bucai, since entering the Taifu Mansion, I have carefully read all kinds of dossier materials, and I know that General Gao has repeatedly trained all the reserve troops in the state twice, which ensures that their combat strength is not much different from the regular army, and they can take on great responsibilities when the situation is urgent." Since we want to recruit reserve troops in Youzhou and Liangzhou, why not follow the practice of the training regiment and open two branches in Youzhou and Liangzhou to strengthen the training of reserve recruits?"

Zhao Xing expressed his appreciation for Pang Tong's ability to grasp so much information and put forward his own opinions not long after he entered the palace, and then assigned the task of opening two training regiment branches to Zhao Yun and Guan Yu. As for the instructors of the training regiment, they can be diverted from the Jin State, and a group can also be selected from the grassroots officers in the various armies.

After successfully solving the task assignment of each army, Zhao Xing had a drink in the mansion with his brothers and military advisors that night, which could be regarded as everyone's trip to Xiliang for him.

Zhao Xing, who was drunk, sat alone in the hall after sending everyone away, sighing a little tangled, and didn't know why he was worried.