"My lord is joking, throughout history, except for Ma Zhou of Tang Taizong and Li Mi of Suzong, how could there have been prime ministers of cloth?" Li Dan waved his hand again and again: "Besides, the student is less than sixteen years old, if the adult is good for Dan, it is better not to make such a joke."

"Eh, Gan Luo can worship the prime minister, Qing is nearly sixteen years old!" Zhao Chongbi didn't let him go and deliberately ridiculed.

The two joked a few words, and Zhao Chongbi Fang continued the topic just now, and concluded: "Listen to what you mean, the first thing is to prepare for the regimental training of the remaining cadres, and the Hu bandits are under the city, and the veterans of the division are tired and it is convenient for the officers and soldiers to encircle and suppress.

As for the miners' rebellion, your suggestion is to negotiate, divide, and disintegrate them in order to appease and suppress them. Am I right?"

"Your Excellency is right, that's exactly what Dan meant." Li Dan nodded:

"Lake bandits come and go on the water, and they are accustomed to being free and loose and despising the law, so there are many vicious cases around Pengze.

When the officers and the military are unable to take care of each other, I think that the real vicious and cunning henchmen are the lake bandits, and the miners can be dealt with with with the strategy of heavy appeasement and light suppression.

My lord, since our power may be limited, it is better to solve one problem first, and then take care of the others.

When a person has only one hand, he should clench his fist to show his strength, but when he stretches out his slap, it is easy for others to take advantage of it and break it individually!"

"But ......, you mentioned the third step to deal with Yang Xing, I have a doubt: Will Yang Xing watch us deal with the lake bandits and mine bandits like this, but not come to the rescue?"

"Possibly." Li Dan nodded: "And there may be a big army."

"Oh? What do you think of his next step?"

"Your Excellency doesn't know that after receiving Fan Xianzun's edict, the students immediately sent several spies to Fuzhou."

"Huh?" Zhao Chongbi was taken aback: "Aren't you afraid that these people will lose their lives?"

"Your Excellency. These people are either people with special skills, or they have been coerced by Lou bandits, so they are more familiar with the internal affairs of the rebels, whether they are infiltrating in disguise or ambushing and probing, so they don't have to worry about safety."

Li Dan explained to him, and then said, "The purpose of the students is twofold: to find out about Anren's guards, and to learn as much as possible about the internal situation of the Dongxiang bandits. However, we have not yet received a return, so if there is any news, we should report it to the adults."

After speaking, Li Dan found a few wine glasses and placed them with wine glasses and wine jugs: "My lord, please look, suppose this wine pot is Nanchang, these two bowls are Poyang and Fuzhou, and the four wine glasses are Jinxian, Dongxiang, Anren and Yugan.

These four cities are located between Nanchang and Raozhou, and Yang Xing has already obtained two of them. If Yu Gan goes down again, the entire Raozhou, including Poyang, will not be a problem. Therefore, if he wants to get Raozhou, he will come and do the rest.

However, there is still a question here, is what his father Yang He wants to be Fuzhou or Raozhou?

In terms of population and wealth, Raozhou is definitely better than Fuzhou. But because it is closer to Nanzhili, once Raozhou is captured, the Yang family father and son may replace the Lou family as the target of public criticism.

The more officers and soldiers they attract, the more pressure they put on themselves. I think Yang He and his son should be able to think of this. So how will they choose between the two powers? It's an unknown, we can't guess."

"Can't guess?" A hint of disappointment flashed in Zhao Chongbi's eyes.

"In the case that we don't know about the enemy's situation, ***, weapons and equipment, the only thing we can be sure of at the moment is that Yang Xing is stuck in Dongxiang!" Li Dan suddenly felt that he had rediscovered a long-lost feeling, the feeling he had when he was the deputy chief of staff of the regiment.

"So we have to know our opponent before we determine what strategy he might adopt. Until then, the only thing we can be sure of is that Anren should not have many troops left. ap.

Why? Because a place like Huangbu had almost no other armament except for the temporary regimental training in some places, but the Anren garrison actually stopped a day's journey and did not occupy it, so I judged that the number of troops was not large.

Since Yang Xing doesn't put too many troops in Anren, we don't have to worry about him, we will concentrate on solving other directions first, and then decide whether to turn around and head south.

It should be emphasized that if An Ren is recaptured, Yang Xing's next actions will tell us what his father and son think.

Hurriedly sent troops to seize him

I care about Anren very much, and I want to enter Raozhou. Not moving at all shows that seizing this city is just a false move, in fact, they want to squat in Fuzhou, and even develop in Jianchang and Ji'an.

An Ren can be said to be a litmus test!"

"Well said, thoroughly!" Zhao Chongbi clapped his hands excitedly: "Don't hide it from San Lang, the government has come to call me back to discuss matters, which is related to the situation in Raozhou.

Previously, I was shocked when I first heard about the defeat of Huangxi Town, and I was anxious when I saw the beacon fire everywhere, but I didn't know how to deal with it. Listening to Saburo's words today, it made me pause.

There is a priority, a priority, and an emergency, but you are younger and know better than us, so it is no wonder that you can win more with less." He paused for a moment, drank a glass of wine with Li Dan, and asked:

"Saburo mentioned the post-war rectification and management of the mining industry, what advice can you give to the government in this regard?"

"Statutes should be made to protect the workers, to restrain the exploitation and bullying of the mine supervisors and foremen, to establish a fair image in front of the workers, and to separate them from the mine supervisors and foremen, so as to minimize the number of enemies of the government.

For example, Lou Zishi, Yintuo, Yang He and other giants, which are not mine owners and mine supervisors, and most of their credit generals are former foremen and leaders.

This villain has ink in his belly, money in his hands, and thugs around him, they are the group of people who accept Zhao'an again and again and rebel again, and are the best at fanning the flames.

If there is no one around them to follow them, no one to believe their nonsense, how long can they continue the rebellion?"

Zhao Chongbi slapped the table: "It makes sense!" He picked up the wine glass and raised his neck to drink, and then told Li Dan:

"You go and do it, I will go to the Yamen tomorrow to issue you a document first, and give you the name of the deputy envoy of the Raozhou regiment and the inspection of the southern capital.

Since there has been a precedent in Guangxin Mansion, and you have received the official body from the nine products, of course my Raozhou Mansion can also follow the rules.

In extraordinary times, we should do extraordinary things. It just so happens that Yu Gan, Wan Nian, and An Ren are under my jurisdiction, so they are very cheap!"

Li Dan was overjoyed when he heard this, and hurriedly thanked him solemnly.

In this way, his actions in these three places are more legitimate, and they also have an official nature, not only can he use the post station, but also have the power to levy and transfer regiments on the spot.

From this incident, he also saw that due to the frequent rebellions, the government delegated power to various localities so that the institutions at all levels could suppress them in a timely manner.

Next, Zhao Chongbi introduced some of what he had learned to Li Dan.

Let's talk about the lake bandits first. There are three largest forces in Poyang Lake, the Bailang in Dagu Mountain in the north, the finless porpoise in Kangfu in Nannan, and the knotweed flower in the south of the Carrying Lang Mountain (that is, the Kanglang Mountain in Li Dan's previous life).

Of these three, Bai Lang is the least powerful, but he is the most benevolent and righteous in the eyes of the people, and often clashes with the other two.

There are many finless porpoises and boats, but they can't fight, so they often ask Katehana to help them. Although the number of people and boats is not as large as that of the finless porpoise, it is the most vicious and active.

When Li Dan heard this person's name, he immediately remembered that Jiang Bin, who fled after fighting with a swarm of bees (Gu Da) last time, was sent by Tian Dongqi, a general under Tatehuazi.

He is also the one who often helps and shelters mine rioters! This man claims to have 30,000 men under his command, and about 8,000 of them are actually capable of fighting.

On those two roads, there are about 10,000 finless porpoises, and there are about 3 or 4,000 white waves.

As for the so-called mine bandits who are causing trouble, they have not yet formed a large group in Raozhou. The main reason is that the mines here are relatively small and scattered, and it is difficult to form a force like that in southwest Zhejiang and western Fujian.

The largest is less than a thousand, most of them only have dozens or hundreds of people, and there are many weapons, many of them only have bamboo guns.

However, it is precisely for this reason that it is easier for the lake bandit Tatehanako to attract and lure them in tandem.

The only drawback is that most people are accustomed to the mountains, and there are not many people like Jiang Bin who are willing to go to the lake to eat, and more people are hesitating or giving up because of the drag of their families.

Zhao Chongbi also roughly talked about the situation of the official army, which can be said to be worse than Li Dan imagined

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Due to the need for repression in various places, the strength of Raozhou Prefecture was empty, and the main forces were in the mountainous areas of the west and southwest, and only a small number of field troops remained to guard against the attacks of the lake bandits around the lake area.

There are 5,000 people in Poyang, 2,000 in Fuliang (Jingdezhen), 1,500 in Dexing, 1,000 in Leping, and 2,000 in Wannian.

The military system of this dynasty is mainly inherited from the previous dynasty, and the composition of the army is roughly divided into three categories: guard soldiers, battalion soldiers and city garrison soldiers.

First of all, the guards were divided into 36 guards in the country, each of which had a suitable age (15 to 70 years old) of 40,000 to 60,000 people, and 10,000 people reported to the guards every year to take on duty and receive training, which was the four-year rotation system.

This method had a wide influence with the expansion of the previous dynasty, and Li Dan vaguely remembered that the Russian Cossacks adopted a similar system of service until the fall of the empire.

However, the soldiers of this dynasty guard are full-time by military households, and the son inherits his father's business, and is a professional hereditary soldier.

Families who apply to become military households can receive land corresponding to the number of people, and they will be exempted from taxes within 40 mu, and 40% will be paid to the guard to make military rations, and the taxes on more than 40 mu and newly reclaimed wasteland will be halved.

Since the founding of Taizu, under the management of the Ministry of War, there have been 376 guards in the country, with a total of 1,654 under its jurisdiction.

Each health department has 5,600 people of appropriate age (15 to 50 years old).

The garrison commander is at the level of 10,000 households, managed by the military department and provides supplies in peacetime, and after entering the state of combat readiness (regional mobilization order above the prefecture), he is responsible to the provincial (road) commander (10,000 households level, subordinate to the Governor's Office of the Five Armies).

The commander is subordinate to the various offices, and the chief officer is a thousand households (1,000 to 1,500 people) or a thousand households (700 to 800 people).

Once this military household has applied for military status, it is generally not allowed to leave the country. However, if other heads of households who are willing to join (see note 1) can be recruited, then they can leave the military and return to civilian citizenship after paying a large fee.

For example, Ma Jiu is one of the very few examples of this kind.

Military households received armaments, livestock, and armor from the guard posts, but they had to bring their own military uniforms, shoes and socks. Some guards often had to deal with unrest and would allow soldiers to receive and keep weapons and livestock, such as along the Great Wall.

Dry rations for marching troops are generally provided within five days of round-trip (such as reconnaissance or patrol), and those exceeding five days are rationed by the guards.

It can be seen from this that the source of the guards is mainly through selection, that is, when there is an incident, they are selected to participate in the service according to the household registration or by lottery, and the household registration of military households is not fixed, and they accept to be recruited (recruited) or simply promoted to ensure the stability of quantity and quality.

Because they are hereditary soldiers, it is generally believed that the guards have strong combat effectiveness. Therefore, in the battle of Shangrao, the first thing that the defenders in various places thought of was to levy the local guard arm.

Everywhere Li Dan and the others went, thousands of households in the guard station served as garrisons abounded.

The guards are in the local area, and they really dare to fight to defend their hometowns.

However, since Emperor Xuanzong, the guards in the nine sides and the southwest and southeast places were very dissatisfied with the frequent dispatches to affect agricultural affairs, so Xuanzong decided to use recruitment to supplement the guards in the later period.

The specific method is to allow all provinces (roads) directly under the Governor's Office of the Five Armed Forces to command the envoys to recruit a certain number of field troops, and this is the origin of the battalion. The battalion soldiers are subordinate to each capital division and can fight across provinces.

The so-called battalion is actually not the same size, and the number of troops can be increased or decreased according to needs, and the number of troops can be adjusted, which is actually a bit of a composite brigade in later generations.

Li Dan learned from the mouths of Ma Jiu, Yang Dayi, and Sheng Huaien, such veterans, that the scale and composition of the battalion were not static.

For example, the coastal garrison is also a recruiting battalion, and because of the battle against the Japanese, the proportion of sword and shield men and firearms is higher than that of other battalions.

In the battalion facing the Tatars on the side of the nine-sided Datong, archers and cavalry dominated.

In terms of numbers, the battalion is an establishment unit, and its core force is roughly around 3,000 to 3,500 people.

Fujian is mountainous, requiring the troops to be elite and flexible, so the number of people in each battalion is about 3,000.

The battalions on the Datong side are multi-grassland for long-distance attacks, which require vehicles with high defense and long-distance transportation

soldiers, then the battalion may reach as many as four thousand five or even five thousand.

The battalion soldiers belong to the professional mercenaries, and the main source is the conscripted Dingkou, and the army provides all equipment and supplies, and can be withdrawn when it expires, and there is a pension for casualties.

The battalion commanders will be generals above the guerrilla level, and they will be subordinate to the governor's office of the five armies and the commanders of the provinces (roads). In peacetime, the battalion soldiers are trained by the military department, and in wartime, the capital department assigns generals to lead the battalions to fight.

This kind of team has no fetters of land and family members, and can leave as soon as it is said to go, and fight as soon as it is called, so it is more suitable for long-distance field maneuvers across regions.

For example, the 10,000 people who fell in Huangxi Town belong to this category. It's just very unlucky, because he wants military merit too much, half of the generals who commanded the envoy department of Jiangnan West Road are excitedly asking Ying to follow Lord Qiu to Shangrao, who wants to be swept away in Huangxi Town!

The city garrison is easy to understand, it is nothing more than a local servant who serves conscription and guards in turn, and a small number of prisoners who have been convicted and served sentences, and is responsible for patrolling and guarding the city gates, main roads, or city walls.

For example, the ganger was also subordinate to the city garrison. Therefore, the city garrison is only responsible for maintaining law and order in the local area, similar to the police, and has no ability to line up against the enemy, let alone field warfare, which can be ignored.

However, in the number that Zhao Chongbi told Li Dan, these people were actually included!

"Note 1: The head of the household refers only to the male, and refers to the family with the male as the head of the household with a separate household registration or the adult youth, that is, once the young man who is dependent on the household registration of his parents joins the army, he will be independent from the family and stand on his own."