Mo Cong's arrival caused the discussion to be temporarily suspended, and after Mo Cong sat down, the discussion and scolding continued again. Sitting opposite were some officials of the Military Affairs Department, from the commander Zhao Rong to the deputy commander and supervisor, all of whom firmly believed that the reason for the rampant horse thieves was that the army was too rice bucket, and now that His Majesty was determined to crack down on the horse thieves in Shuanglong Mountain, he should enter Shuanglong Mountain with a thunderous force and sweep away those evil horse thieves cleanly, instead of talking about all kinds of difficulties and giving the emperor all kinds of problems. The generals scoffed, saying that if they threw all the 400,000 rice buckets of the Military Affairs Department into Shuanglong Mountain within a radius of 100 miles, it would also be ants entering the palace, and they would be trampled to death if they didn't even find the way. The civilian officials retorted one after another, saying that your Central Army has 600,000 combat troops, plus the guard brigade, heralds, medical soldiers, and firemen directly under it, with a total number of nearly 800,000 people, and 800,000 people go to encircle and suppress a group of horse thieves.

The people on both sides scolded each other across the table like this, and for a while there was a lot of saliva, Mo Cong attended such a high-end and high-grade parliament for the first time, but this was the situation he encountered, and he couldn't cry or laugh in his heart.

Amid the scolding of everyone, Yan Tao, the commander of the intelligence department, and the commander of the military police, Guo Congjun, arrived one after another and sat on the opposite side of the table. Needless to say, Yan Tao didn't look at Mo Cong much after sitting down, just joking with the people on both sides to ease the atmosphere, and the army didn't look at Mo Cong much, but occasionally glanced at it but hid the murderous intention.

The Qingsong faction lost so many people at the martial arts conference, and the head of the sect committed suicide to apologize, and all these accounts were recorded on Mo Cong's head. What's more critical is that the nearly thirty people sent by Qingsong to participate in the martial arts conference all disappeared from the world, and none of them went back. In addition, Congjun felt that this was Mo Cong's hands and feet, and he couldn't figure out how to do it. But it is nothing more than instigating various sects to intercept along the way, and taking advantage of the leaderless dragons of the Qingsong faction to come and catch them all at once. Thinking of this, the army is itching at all, and he can't wait to go up and eat blood and flesh now, but his years of experience and the city government still make him immobile at all, and he didn't pretend to be polite to Mo Cong, nor did he speak ill of Mo Cong, but just maintained a state of no intersection as usual.

Everyone talked about it for a while, and Hang Xiao finally came. Everyone stood up in salute in unison, and sat down again after Hang Xiao sat in the center.

"This time we called everyone over to discuss the matter of the horse thieves in Shuanglong Mountain, everyone has arrived, how to deal with the horse thieves, let's talk about it! Ruoping, starting from your side, one by one. Hang Xiao didn't say half a nonsense, and went straight to the point.

"We discussed for a while before Your Majesty came, and our Central Army meant that it would be too difficult to directly eliminate it. It is better to take an offensive posture and take security measures. Chen Ruoping said.

"I agree with Lord Chen's opinion, the offensive posture can be attacked, retreated, defended, and trapped for a period of time. On the positive side, you can find out the terrain to prepare for the attack, and on the negative side, you can trap the horse thief in the mountains. He Ming said.

"I agree with the two adults. He Yunzhong said.

Others agreed, some briefly stating their grounds.

"Zhao Rong. What do you mean over there?" asked Hang Xiao.

"I think it's okay to go up the mountain and clear it, because ......"

"I didn't ask you how to use the soldiers. I just want to ask whether the Internal Affairs Department can provide sufficient support for a war that uses hundreds of thousands of troops. Hang Xiao interrupted Zhao Rong. It is said that there is no need for the civilian system in the use of troops.

"There is no problem, there is no need to lose too many bows and arrows and stones to go up the mountain to suppress bandits, and there is almost no difference between daily supplies and usual training, and Shuanglong Mountain is located around the capital, the transportation of grain and grass is very convenient, and the loss of grain and grass on the road is very small, so there is no logistical pressure to fight such a battle for a year. Zhao Rong said.

The horse thieves in Shuanglong Mountain almost killed Zhao Rong last time, until now in retrospect, the eyes of the leader of the horse thieves made Zhao Rong feel palpitations, so from his point of view, when he came back, he was eager to immediately exterminate all those horse thieves, but unfortunately it was the initial stage of the reconstruction of the Central Army of Ruiguo, not to mention the soldiers and generals, not to mention the horse thieves, even many garrisons were not guarded, and then the battle of Juling Pass broke out immediately, and Hang Xiaodong reluctantly gathered a team of soldiers and horses to resist, so this matter has been delayed again and again until now。

"How many horse thieves are there in Shuanglong Mountain, what is the combat effectiveness, and does the Intelligence Department have any information in this regard?" Hang Xiao turned his head and asked Yan Tao.

"How many people exactly... There is no detailed information, but judging from the number of people they sent out each time and the situation of appearing in several places at the same time, it should not be less than 2,000 people, which is a relatively large group of horse thieves. As for their combat effectiveness, many of you are said to have encountered horse thieves, and you can talk about it based on your actual experience, which will be clearer and more accurate. Yan Tao said.

"By the way, speaking of which... Mo Cong, I heard that you met a horse thief yesterday, how was the situation at that time?" Hang Xiao turned his head and asked Mo Cong.

"There were about a hundred horse thieves at that time, and I killed one of the leading thieves who slashed to death a dozen of them, and then those people ran away, and I was afraid that my sister and them would have an accident, so I didn't chase them. Their combat effectiveness is okay, they are all people who have practiced kung fu, and some of them can also enter the technique of combined attack a little bit, like people who have been soldiers. Mo Cong said.

"Soldier, what is your opinion. After listening to Mo Cong's opinion, Hang Xiao turned his head and asked about joining the army.

"I think the horse thieves must be exterminated, but it's not good to move the crowd too much, otherwise the horse thieves may take advantage of the turmoil to run to other places, causing other places to suffer, and at that time, far away from the capital, it will be more troublesome to suppress it. Guo Congjun said, "I remember that Mo Guan's meritorious service was because he infiltrated the enemy camp and killed the prince of Longguo, and this time it can actually be imitated the last time, let Mo Guandao quietly go up the mountain to feel the terrain and enemy situation, and after finding out, he can use one or two battalions of troops to wipe out all the horse thieves." ”

"This method is good, don't worry about martial arts, it's easy to do this kind of thing, I think it's feasible. Zhao Rong said.

Other civil servants chimed in.

"It takes more than a year for a person to climb mountains and mountains to touch the terrain within a radius of 100 miles, even if he doesn't eat, drink or sleep every day. Right now, the recruits are about to enter the camp, although it is important to eliminate the horse thieves. But it is more important to train new soldiers, otherwise it may attack as soon as you enter the country of Donglong. What will we use to resist when the time comes?" Chen Ruoping asked rhetorically.

"I'm just making an analogy, not asking Mo Guan to take someone there. The last time I attacked the Xianbei battalion, dozens of people went together, and this time I also sent dozens of people and even gathered hundreds of masters from within the Central Army to go up the mountain together, whether it was touching the terrain or doing it directly, they could quickly complete the task. Guo Congjun said.

"Since the commander thinks it's so easy, then select hundreds of masters from within the gendarmerie system to go up the mountain together, after all, the masters of the Central Army you mentioned are all high-ranking officers and generals, and if you send all these people out to suppress bandits, there will be no one to train the recruits. The gendarmerie, by contrast, had no such concerns. Chen Ruoping said with a smile.

"That's a good idea, the gendarmes are the elite of the elite, and Mo Guan said just now that there are people who have been soldiers among those horse thieves, and it is both a good job and a duty to clean up such horse thieves and gendarmes, I think it is feasible. The officers and generals on our side already have new recruits, veterans, training, defense, patrols, and so on, and if they are all transferred out, the affairs of the garrison will be paralyzed, so I think it is more appropriate to send military police masters to the mountains and step on the spots. He Ming said beside him.

In addition, Congjun was hit on his head by the bird feces he pulled out, and he suddenly didn't know what to say. He also said just now that this is a task that can be easily accomplished, and to say now that the gendarmerie is unable to accomplish such a task is tantamount to saying that the gendarmerie system is a rice bucket.

"I think what everyone said makes sense, and it's a good idea to send elite scouts up to feel the terrain and find out the enemy's situation. But how to prevent horse thieves from escaping is also an issue that cannot be ignored. Otherwise, if the horse thieves noticed the scout's movements, they fled to other places, and then fled back after we had to withdraw our troops for a long time. It's also a nuisance. So I think if you want to completely eliminate the bandits, you have to step on the point. Blockades have to be blocked, and blockades must be done before they step on the point. Yan Tao said.

"How many troops would need to be mobilized for a total blockade. Will it alarm those horse thieves, and how long will it take to use this method to eliminate all the bandits?" Hang Xiao asked.

"Although the territory of Shuanglong Mountain is large, but the use of 300,000 troops is enough to surround it, after the encirclement by advancing inward to narrow the encirclement can save about 100,000 troops to go up the mountain to suppress bandits, these 100,000 people in the inner encirclement quickly search and clear, the periphery of 200,000 people every day to further narrow the encirclement to the inner encirclement, even if only five miles a day, it will not take a month to completely eliminate the bandits, if you add the scout master stepping on this factor, maybe it will only take more than 20 days to complete. Yan Tao said. "As for whether it will alarm the horse thieves, the troops around Shuanglong Mountain, including the central army and the local army, have a total of more than 100,000 people, plus the new soldiers who want to be stationed in the left guard, the number should be no less than 200,000, and then add the surrounding military police, almost enough to make up 300,000, these people are closely connected and rapidly advanced, and the encirclement can be completed in two hours, and more than 2,000 horse thieves want to evacuate from the mountain with all the baggage and softness, and the fastest is so long, so even if they are alarmed, they can't slip away. ”

"Then what do you think of the specific arrangements for the specific forces of encircling the mountain and going up the mountain, or how to divide the labor between the central army, the local army and the military police?" Hang Xiao asked again.

"This... I think that the Central Army, especially the Left Guard, does have a lot of things, among which recruit training is an urgent matter. Now that winter is coming soon, as soon as the rain on the grassland ends, the Long Kingdom may attack at any time, if the recruits have not been trained by then, I am afraid that there will be a repeat of the phenomenon of heavy casualties in the rush of recruits from the Central Army at the beginning of this year, so that the vicious circle will be very inappropriate for the recruitment of recruits in the future, and it will also kill and injure the good men of our Rui country for no reason. Therefore, I think it is better for everyone to perform their own duties, the Central Army participated in the siege of the mountain, and the specific suppression of bandits was carried out by the military police, and the left guard of the Central Army quickly broke away from the encirclement after completing the task of encircling the mountain, and returned to the original station to train new soldiers. Yan Tao said.

"Well, some battalions of the Left Guard have to train recruits, and they also have to participate in the siege of the mountain, and many troops will also have a period of time to deploy in the early stage, otherwise it will be so, several battalions of the Left Guard will first train the recruits for a month, and the other troops will secretly move closer to the periphery of Shuanglong Mountain, and after a month, the units will start from the established location and advance in a circular manner, and the encirclement will be completed within two hours. Several battalions of the left guard of the Central Army quickly broke away after completing and narrowing the encirclement, and each returned to his station to train new soldiers, and another 100,000 military police were transferred to the mountain to complete the task of suppressing bandits. Hang Xiao thought for a moment and said.

When the soldiers heard this, their brows furrowed.

"In the army, you should select people in the gendarmerie system as soon as possible, and the principle is that it is not too expensive. You don't have to frown, the gendarmerie system has 400,000 people, and it's still easy to select a few hundred masters to come out. Hang Xiao turned his head to look at Guo Congjun and said.

"Yes. The army said very bitterly. (To be continued......)