On the opposite side of Jiangbei Ferry is Qi Chi Du.

It is only twenty miles away from Qichidu, which is Qichi County in Runzhou.

Zhang Debao, the county magistrate of Qichi County, was very unhappy in the past two days.

As an important county town for the defense of the Yangtze River, Qichi County has an army of 2,000 people.

Since the Jinghua period, the 36 countries of the Western Regions raised troops to attack Ning, they crossed the river and came, and after a guy wiped out Qichi County, they continued to go south, and were defeated by the troops of Ningguo at the Linshui Pass in Guangling Prefecture.

Then, the remnants of them withdrew from the Ning Kingdom.

For nearly 100 years, the place was never hit by any other war.

At that time, Prime Minister Shang stationed defense troops in important towns along the Yangtze River, and this practice has been maintained to this day.

It's just that there has been no war in the past hundred years, and the so-called 2,000 defense troops are actually only one name left.

There are only 300 people who have served in the army!

But the report to the Ministry of War is still two thousand!

The empty salary of more than 1,600 people is not something that he can afford to eat in a single county order!

Most of them, he paid tribute to the metropolitan governor Song Shiming.

Yesterday, he received an urgent military situation from the Grand Governor, ordering him to put in order to put the army of 2,000 people in order to garrison Qi Chidu, if he encounters a group of about 500 female bandits...... Kill them all!

The news from Jiangbei has arrived.

Zhang Debao felt that the Metropolitan Governor had some misunderstanding of the word female bandit.

Is that a bandit?

If the bandits of Ning Guo were as powerful as them, if they gathered together and twisted into a rope, Ning Guo would have been destroyed long ago!

Besides, it's not that the Metropolitan Governor doesn't know that there are only more than 320 soldiers in this Qichi County, and they are all related households!

On the other side of the Jiangbei side, there are thousands of soldiers in each team, and they are not the opponents of the five hundred female bandits, and you now want the official to use these three hundred or so soldiers who have not even touched the knife to kill them all......

"County Lieutenant Chen, the order of the Metropolitan Governor must not be violated!"

Qichi County Ya, the county commander Zhang Debao looked at the county lieutenant Chen who was sitting at the bottom, stroked his short beard, and said with a serious face:

"This county just wants to ask, do you have a good plan for it?"

County Lieutenant Chen, who is over half a hundred years old, is also an old fritter in this officialdom.

This matter was already known yesterday, and of course he also had a preliminary understanding of the group of female bandits over there in Jiangbei.

Fighting, it is definitely impossible to win.

Unless Runzhou sends troops.

All the troops in Kerunzhou were transferred to Fengxian in Pingjiang Prefecture, and it was obviously impossible to have any extra troops to support Qichi County.

At this moment, the county lord spoke, he hurriedly arched his hand and said with a smile: "Adults are at peace!" ”

"First, there are six places on the Yangtze River crossing in our Jiangnan Road...... No one knew from which ferry the bandits would cross the river. ”

"What are you going to do...... In case they really come from our perch, they will definitely fight, but as for how to fight...... Xia Guan felt that it could be ever-changing. ”

When Zhang Debao heard this, his eyebrows frowned slightly, "You talk about it carefully." ”

County Lieutenant Chen leaned over and said in a low voice: "My lord, actually, the other five counties that have jurisdiction over the corresponding ferry ports are no different from our situation. ”

"Even if it's a little bigger, even if it's all the states and counties in the entire Jiangnan and Ningguo, the situation is not much better."

"Over the years, the treasury of our Ning Kingdom has been empty!"

"When the treasury is empty, so are the armaments!"

"The top and bottom are all concerned about making money and eating empty salaries...... It's not just the government soldiers of the states, but even the four border armies...... Their appetites are even greater! ”

"Therefore, the Northern Desert Desert people committed crimes, and the court and the central government all thought that it was the general Xiahou Zhuo Xiahou who withdrew from Jiuyin City for the military exploits of the former prince......"

"It just so happens that Xiaguan has a distant relative who is in the Northern Desert Border Army, and he is a close confidant of General Xiahou, and he has the armament account book of the Northern Border Army!"

The county lieutenant stood up suddenly, walked to the door, poked his head out and looked left and right, then closed the door and returned to the tea table.

He leaned over again, and his voice was lowered: "My lord, the number of people in the northern border army is 120,000 in the military department!" But do you actually know how much? ”

Zhang Debao's eyes widened suddenly, he also leaned over, and asked in a low voice: "How much?" ”

County Lieutenant Chen stretched out a slap and compared: "No more than 50,000!" ”

Zhang Debao: "Hey! He gasped and asked in disbelief: "Ate 70,000 empty salaries?" ”

County Lieutenant Chen nodded, "Isn't it!" ”

He sat up straight again, "The other three border armies, basically, are the same!" ”

"So the defeat of the Northern Desert is bound to be defeated!"

"After Yuwenfeng, the leader of the desolate people, occupied Jiuyin City, he was originally going to continue south, but there is gossip that someone sent a letter to Yuwenfeng."

"Originally, Yuwen Feng had already reorganized his troops and horses in Jiuyin City, and he had already led the army out of the city for ten miles, but after he got the letter, he returned to Jiuyin City without hesitation."

"That's why we have Princess Ning Guo Linglin going to kiss later! Yuwen Peak's headquarters is entrenched in Jiuyin City, and he has not gone south! ”

Zhang Debao asked curiously: "Who in our Ning Kingdom has such a big face to make Yuwenfeng shrink back?" ”

"I heard...... It's Xi Wei! ”

Zhang Debao was taken aback again, "...... Xi Wei? How is this possible? ”

He shook his head again and again, "Isn't what Xi Wei is planning to do in our Ning Kingdom?" Yuwen Feng went south, and Ningguo was in chaos, this should be what he wanted to see! ”

County Lieutenant Chen smiled slightly: "It doesn't matter who it is, what matters is ...... My lord, even the northern border army can be defeated, not to mention the loss of troops, the large territory lost, do you think there is someone in the DPRK and China who is looking for General Xiahou to settle accounts? ”

"It's not even important if the land is lost, just a group of female bandits, they are just robbing homes and houses, even if we can't prevent them, isn't this reasonable?"

Zhang Debao's eyes rolled, "What do you mean...... Feint, real defeat? ”

"Yes, feint, defeat without a fight!"

"We only have about 300 soldiers, and these 300 or so soldiers are all the children of the squire landlord family in our Qichi County...... They came to serve as soldiers, but they all gave money! ”

"It's dead, it's hard to explain."

"If this play is more realistic, the lower officials think that they will smoke some ding in the poor people's homes...... When they die, they die, they fight for their country, they die...... Just give them a little credit! ”

"The Metropolitan Governor can also have an explanation, if I don't wait, the bandits are too vicious!"

Zhang Debao laughed, "Brilliant plan! ”

"That's it!"

"Now you go to the poor people's houses and draw tico, three tithes for one, and five tithes for two...... We don't have many weapons and armor in our storehouse, so ask them to bring their own sickles or firewood knives...... Tell them that after the suppression of bandits is over, the county will personally award them a certificate of commendation! ”

"The subordinate obeys!"

County Lieutenant Chen got up to leave, and Zhang Debao picked up the teacup and hummed a little song.

By the way, I have to tell the little concubine that she has a distant nephew in the army, but don't really go up and fight those female bandits!

Suddenly, he closed his mouth again, and his brow furrowed again.

The regent took advantage of Jiangnan, and now Yu Daotai and the Governor of Song have made such a big battle with the intention of killing the regent in Jiangnan......

If this can be done, it will of course be a good thing for everyone to be happy about.

If not......

Zhang Debao's heart jumped suddenly, no, he had to send his wife, concubines, children, and the silver he got over the years out of Jiangnan!

In case Yu Daotai loses, the officials of the entire Jiangnan Province are afraid that few people will be spared.

He walked out.

I wondered if the regent knew the news that he couldn't hide at all, would he go back to Kyoto?