November 10, 12th year

Zhang Xuanning woke up from his sleep on time, he got up with his clothes, his own maid stepped forward to dress and wash his face, everything was finished, out of the courtyard, he saw the remnants of the moonlight shining on the courtyard, squinted his eyes slightly, and looked straight up at the sky. /。 Turned a courtyard, came to the governor's mansion artificial ten meters of small hills, suddenly opened up in front of the eyes, although this mound is not high, but there are no high-rise buildings in this era, so as far as the eye can see, suddenly relaxed.

There is a pavilion on the hill, at this time, the sky is already bright, the glow is east, a large amount of purple gas is flying faintly, Zhang Xuanning does not dare to slack off at the moment, and breathes deeply into the purple qi of the rising sun, which is the Taoist technique of nourishing qi and lighting.

Wait until the sun has risen, then stop, and then the purple gas absorbed into the Yuan Sea, slowly Tuzhi, Zhang Xuanning returned to the courtyard, eat a little, and go to the front of the official lobby to work, at this time, it is almost the beginning of [Chenshi], according to the rules, the office here is the beginning of Chenshi.

I have seen a large number of officials go to the political hall, one after another, and when they see Zhang Xuanning, they all bow down.

When he arrived at the political hall, there was a group of guards who accompanied him, each with a long knife hanging from his waist, Zhang Xuanning swept it with his eyes, and saw that at this time, the officials came, although there were seven departments of officials, households, rites, soldiers, criminals, industry, and commerce, but in fact, the main personnel were still missing, but there was no way to do it.

In another year or two, he will be called the king, and all the top and bottom will be complete, and naturally both the central and local governments will be put in order.

In this era, I knew that the time of the dynasty was not the familiar 3 to 5 o'clock in the morning.

In fact, it was Zhu Yuanzhang who went to court at five o'clock in the morning in order to be diligent in government. And the creation, since the emperor has to come to the court at five o'clock (five o'clock), it will be four or even three o'clock in the morning to get up, especially for officials who have to go through a long way to the palace, it is even more advanced.

In the Qing Dynasty, it must be affirmed that the emperor often got up at three o'clock in the morning, and the prince also had to get up at three o'clock to read - in fact, in Zhang Xuanning's view. This is purely an act of sacrificing the body, and if you continue to do it for a long time, it is no wonder that the body is not bad!

Of course, the same is true of holidays, in the Han Dynasty, officials were allowed to leave office for one day out of every five days, this holiday was called "Xiu Mu", and it was still practiced in the Sui Dynasty until now.

However, the Liang Dynasty of the Southern Dynasty used to stipulate that there was only one regular holiday every ten days. I remember that the Tang Dynasty later pursued this regulation. These holidays are called ten-day holidays or ten-day holidays, and are holidays on the 10th and 20th days of each month and the last day of the month.

And for the sake of the so-called diligent government. In the Ming and Qing dynasties, the holidays were further reduced until the provisions for this type of holiday were completely abolished.

Five days off and one day off, it is too forgiving for officials, after all, it is a business matter, especially now that the military situation is tense, it is even more so, it may be so delayed, so after Zhang Xuanning and Li Bo discussed. It is stipulated that work will be at the beginning of the morning (7 o'clock Beijing time) and end at the end of the afternoon (5 o'clock in the afternoon)

In addition, it is stipulated that there will be a ten-day holiday, and personnel will be arranged to take turns on duty on rest days in case of accidents.

In addition to these holidays, there are also plans to stipulate festive holidays in the future, and now only seven days of the winter solstice are required. The Mid-Autumn Festival is closed for three days, and in the future, others are stipulated, but for the New Year, there are ten days off.

Although in troubled times, human favor is still indispensable, and the official's family leave, the son's crown ceremony, the children's wedding, the death of the parents, the death of the teacher who was personally employed, etc., must be arranged, these are the things that Li Bo considers.

Important things. As usual, it took two hours for the principals to report, and in general, these matters, except for special matters, must be handed over in advance to the official document and the political affairs hall and Zhang Xuanning, which have already been considered and discussed, and now the decision is made on the spot.

Zhang Xuanning listened while playing with a handful of Ruyi. Since it has already been discussed, the decision was largely made on the spot. It can be executed by the seal official and Li Bo's signature, of course, this seal is engraved with the "Wuzhou Governor's Seal", and the jade seal of the country will not be taken out at all.

When many things were done, noon began (11 a.m.), and the order was closed, and the officials dispersed, and there was an hour's rest at noon.

When everyone left, Zhang Xuanning said: "Sir, Mr. Xu, and Brother Xian, let's go to the inner room with me, let's eat Chinese food first." ”

Xu Xingzhi and Li Chunfeng responded, and at this time, Xu Xingzhi was in charge of the factory guard, and now he has been promoted to the commander of the factory guard.

Zhang Xuanning said to the attendants again: "Call the people inside, and when we arrive, we will have a banquet by ourselves." ”

After that, Zhang Xuanning walked inside, and the guards of the armor followed closely behind Zhang Xuanning, these people were all armed with long knives, wearing heavy armor, and equipped with crossbows, so there was no problem in safety.

At this time, I didn't pay attention to any food, that was the rule after Confucianism, the three of them were core personnel, and they ate with a smile at the moment, but it was just ordinary, and it was used up.

After moving to the study and the four of them were seated, Li Chunfeng began to report the military situation: "Du Yangzhou, a native of the East China Sea, and Shen Mi's enemy have been broken by Chen Ling, the general of the right imperial guard. ”

"Yes, it's broken. Zhang Xuanning replied lightly.

"Yangzhou Shilong was captured and killed by Yu Wenhua and personally led the troops, and his family and disciple clan are said to be for the longevity of life, and have been dedicated to the saint, the saint is overjoyed, and the jade is wishful. ”

"Yes, I know that too. "It's been delayed until now, Shi Long has been captured and killed, in fact, if there is time, it can be arranged to take precautions, but the military situation has been extremely tense recently, and it is too late to lay out major events, how can it be possible to use valuable manpower and material resources for the sake of a mere longevity recipe?

Send some people to pay attention, it's already great, it's just a recipe for longevity, except for those two little powerhouses, no one can cultivate, and Emperor Yang of Sui can't be an exception, besides, the recipe for longevity is great, but how many people who have reached the grandmaster have cultivated the four great books?

"Yu Wenhua and at the same time led the forbidden army, killed the leader of the Zhuhua gang Yin Kaishan, and the other gangs were also hanged, Su Ye's family, protected by our personnel, has broken through, Gui Xiliang and Xingrong are also among them. Li Chunfeng said again that these people are actually not important at all. It's just that it has something to do with the lord.

"Well, Master Su is here, I personally set up a banquet, and I gave him the national knight, hereditary non-replacement, 1,000 acres of land, a residence, one hundred taels of gold, and arranged Xuan Ning said plainly, under his system, the prince is super product, the king is super product, the county king is the first product, the public is the second product, the Hou is the third product, the uncle is the fourth product, and the son is the fifth product. The male is the sixth grade, and the national scholar is quite the seventh grade, which is already extremely preferential, which is also the grade of an official who highlights hard work.

And it is expected that there will be two promotions in the future, one is when he is king, he is promoted to baron, and once when he is emperor, he is promoted to viscount, and the viscount is more than five grades. In the future, it will be equivalent to the Taishou of a county, and the hereditary will not be replaced, which is enough to repay Su Ye's favor to him back then.

"As for Gui Xiliang and Xingrong, ask them, if they are willing to be officials, they should first be the county lieutenant of Zhengjiupin and the Si Cao of Jiupin. Those who are willing to join the army shall be the chief and deputy commanders of the two hundred and fifty people. ”

Zhou Feng is now a general of 3,000 people, Gao Zhandao is the governor of the navy, and Gui Xiliang and Xingrong can only start from these nine products and slowly climb slowly, this is the difference between the morning and evening from the dragon, it is nothing more than a thought.

Now these guys are not in their eyes at all, and after they have been disposed of, they are already there, and he only asked: "What do you think of the Bamboo Flower Gang?" How much strength do you still have?"

"The lord came from the Bamboo Flower Gang, won the three counties to stand on his own, and was deeply jealous of the saints, this time he made a lot of effort, almost all of them, the Bamboo Flower Gang Bao Baiyou, Zuoqiu Bi, Tong Changfeng, Yan He and other hall masters and deputy hall masters, were all killed, among the four halls, only Shen Beichang (the head of the Bamboo Flower Gang Fengzhu Hall) and Luo Feng (the deputy hall master of the Bamboo Flower Gang Fengzhu Hall) retained some strength. Although Shao Lingzhou is a military advisor of the Bamboo Flower Gang, he is under one person. is above 10,000 people, but his strength is mostly in the main hall, so the main hall perished, and this military division is also in name. ”

"That is, the Bamboo Flower Gang is actually finished?"

"Yes, in terms of strength, there are only two or three out of ten left. ”

"Yes, I see. Zhang Xuanning said slowly, saying that this matter is over and there is no need to discuss it anymore.

"Lord, the following is a major event, please allow me to tell you carefully, in mid-September, the Poyang people led the people to revolt, Lin Shihong was his minister, in October, the master begged to capture Poyang County, proclaimed himself the king of Yuanxing, and the year name was Tianchengdian. Then, the thief army captured Fuliang, Pengze and other neighboring counties, and the power expanded to 30,000, and marched towards Yuzhang County!" Li Chunfeng said with a solemn voice: "The saint is terrified, and he has sent Liu Zi, the secretary of the imperial history, to lead his troops to crusade. ”

"Lord, the master has already won Poyang County, if he gets Yuzhang County again, he will immediately have the tendency to fight against our army, and please make a quick decision!" Li Bo said solemnly.

"Let's get the map first. Zhang Xuanning said, an order, and suddenly a close attendant took the map, looked at it, and saw that Poyang County is now separated from Zhang Xuanning's department, only separated from Dongyang County, looked at it, and said in a deep voice: "Who is Liu Zi?"

"Liu Zi is a native of Pengcheng, once served as the general of the palace of the Southern Dynasty Qi, good at war, strategic, and his soldiers are also sufficient, not to be underestimated. Li Bo replied.

"Well, Shengshangjiang has been intercepted by Du Fuwei and Li Zitong, you have to go around a big circle to attack Jiangnan closely, let's fight by Liu Zi and Caoshi first, we will immediately take Dongyang and Zhu'an County, no matter who wins or loses with Liu Zi and Caoshi, we must take advantage of the fire to rob, this time I will personally conquer. Zhang Xuanning looked at the map and said coldly: "If the time is too late, you must also take Dongyang County first, this battle is won, not only Dongyang and Zhu'an two counties will fall into my hands, Poyang County and Yuzhang County will be empty because of the first battle, and they will fall into my hands, then you can be called the king, virtuous brother, does Dongyang County have any internal response?"

"Yes, there is Yuan Bin's family, which is just the right thing to do. ”

"Who is this?"

"Lin Shihong, good martial arts, strategic, Cao Shi begging was born as a peasant, with a bold temperament, and the force is also outstanding, there are some children in Pingsu, and at that time in Poyang County, there was a person named Yuan Bin, who has been against it. This man is very good at military affairs and is quite skilled in martial arts, and he is actually in charge of the defense of the city. But after all, the organization was too late, and after the failure to resist the thief army, he has now fled to Dongyang County, and it is said that his family did not have time to flee to the local people, and has been begged to be killed by the master. This person also has hundreds of followers, and as soon as they come into contact with us, they are willing to join our army, and they can make internal responses. ”

Yuan Bin and Cao Shiqi, he has never heard of it, but his subordinate Lin Shihong knows it, and remembers that whether in history or in this world, he is the emperor in Yuzhang. "Chu", so Yuzhang County is definitely going to be captured, since it is Lin Shihong who is the emperor, not the master beggar, then the master must be dead, whether it is a war death or civil strife, at least this army has a drastic change.

Zhang Xuanning likes to attack when others are not in charge, and immediately made up his mind to take Dongyang County first, and must not let Lin Shihong develop smoothly. I vaguely remember that he was even the two counties of Xiajiujiang and Luling, and the four counties were united and called the land of Emperor Chu, which was really more popular than people, and this guy's development was too fast!

Now that he has made up his mind, Zhang Xuanning asked again: "Is there enough food for our army?"

"Lord, the autumn harvest of grain is enough for the army for half a year, but it is just a new Jian'an County. Due to the raging thief army, there is very little land, only relief, fortunately, we have purchased some grain by sea, plus the first batch of 10,000 stone grain transported by Song Shidao, it is available. ”

"Well, I see, is there anything else to discuss?"

"Lord Lord, the focus is on Taiyuan, and the news from half a month ago came through an urgent report. said that Li Yuan, the Duke of Tang Guo, in the name of dealing with Zhen Zhai'er's thief army, expanded the army by 15,000, and more than a dozen of our people went undercover, and they have successfully taken advantage of this expansion to be the commander of ten people. Even a team of fifty. ”

"Well, Li Valve finally can't wait, if nothing happens, it's going to be too late, in fact, the crusade against Zhen Zhai'er is just a pretense, the key is to officially expand the army and prepare for it!"

I remember that in the thirteenth year of the great cause next year, Li Yuan raised troops against the Sui, and if he wanted to raise troops, he naturally had to prepare, so he was actually cautious to the end when expanding the army this year. However, due to the thick foundation of Li Valve, even if he recruits troops this winter, he will almost be able to use troops by next summer - if others say, it will be difficult, and rectification, reorganization, weapons, grain and grass are all extremely labor-intensive things.

Keep watching, stay in touch. Anything else?"

"In August, Li Mi joined the Wagang Army. In the army, the first strategy was to take Yang, and as a result, Yang was taken down, and the Wagang army was prosperous, and Li Mi's prestige increased greatly. ”

In fact, in the seventh year of the Great Cause, Zhai Rang gathered people to revolt in Wagang. Shan Xiongxin and Xu Shiji also went to participate in the same county, but at this time there was no great chaos in the world, and it could not develop at all, until Emperor Yang of Sui moved south and the Central Plains was empty, and the Wagang army developed.

However, there are not many people in the Wagang Army who can see this, and the rebellion has been five years and has not developed.

|v Tiger Prison. To the west of Tiger Prison Pass, there is a large granary of Sui in Gong County, Luokou Cang. Obtaining Luokoucang can not only get a large amount of grain, but also has approached the eastern capital Luoyang, suddenly, the Wagang army was shocked, Li Mi's prestige increased greatly, and he quickly gained a foothold in the Wagang army.

In October, the Holy Lord sent the famous general Zhang Xuqi to guard Yang Tongshou to suppress the Wagang army, and Li Mi personally presided over the battle, first let Zhai Rang and Zhang Xucheng engage in a head-on battle, feint defeat and go north. Li Mi led the elite soldiers to ambush near the Dahai Temple north of Yang, Zhang Xuqi followed Zhai Rang for more than ten miles, and when he reached the forest north of the Dahai Temple, Li Mi ambushed the soldiers in all directions, and the Sui army fell into a heavy siege. Zhang Xuqi was too careless and was defeated and killed. ”

"Ah, Zhang Xuyun is dead?"

"Yes, it's dead. ”

"It's really heaven bless the saints, the Sui Dynasty, it's the real qi is exhausted. Zhang Xuanning closed his eyes and meditated, and then said slowly for a long time: "Is there anything else?"

In October, because of Li Mi's plan, he killed Zhang Xutuo and defeated the Sui army, so Zhai Rang ordered him to divide the unified army. Li Mi built the Pushan public camp, and it is said that the military orders were serious and the rewards were generous, and the soldiers were willing to use them for him. Li Chunfeng said with a pale face: "According to the last news from our side, Li Mi suggested attacking Xingluocang, opening a warehouse for relief, expanding the team, and then entering the eastern capital. ”

Generally speaking, depending on the distance, there is a delay in information from a month to several days, which is also a helpless thing, so it is said to be the last news.

The Sui court has always paid attention to grain reserves, and there are warehouses in many important places across the country to store grain. Xingluocang is located in Luoyang, Luokou in the west of Yang, is the confluence of Tongji Canal and the Yellow River, more than 100 miles away from Luoyang, is one of the strategic granaries of the Sui Dynasty. More than 20 miles around Cangcheng, there are 3,000 large cellars, and there is enough grain to cope with the Wagang army for several years, once it is obtained, it can immediately expand the army by hundreds of thousands, and it can really become one of the main forces qualified to obtain the world.

Although Zhang Xuanning knew that this would happen, he still slowly exhaled a breath and said with a sneer: "It's really amazing, Li Mi is really a hero in the world, but he is a courtier, and his merits are high.

"I have secretly contacted, such as Li Mizhen's murder, I believe that some generals will lead their troops to join our army, provided that our army has enough strength to attract heroes to take refuge at that time. ”

"Well, the rise of the Wagang Army, the rise of the Li Valve, the rise of our army, and other departments are also rising, hehe, this year and next year, it is really a critical time, whoever can take the first step will be able to take the lead. Zhang Xuanning got up and turned around the study a few times before he said with a sneer, his eyes flashed with a sense of determination: "I will immediately conquer Dongyang in person to see who can control the world first!"

Fortunately, he has not taken Yuhang County, Yuhang County has isolated the connection with the Du Fuwei Ministry, because Yuhang County is the root of Shen Faxing's hometown, no matter what, it is impossible to unite with the Du Fuwei Department and let it pass, so Zhang Xuanning can calmly conquer Dongyang County, which is a strategic layout.

"Yes, my lord, all the grain and grass have been prepared, as long as the lord gives an order, after three days, he can go on the expedition. ”

"Has the paper armor been prepared?" Zhang Xuanning said inquiringly, this is the most important thing.

Paper armor is armor made of paper and cloth. It is mainly used for infantry in southern China, and because of its light body, it is also used by warships and sailors.

The upper body and lower body (over the knee) of the paper armor are the main protective parts, and the length is set in consideration of the swamps and paddy fields in the south. The surface of the paper armor is made of juan cloth or paper, in order to defend against arrow damage, with 3 meters of paper and hanging wrapping, in order to increase the protective force, the paper armor is very effective in defending long-range weapons, as long as it exceeds 20 meters, it is likely to be injured and not killed, but it can not resist the chopping of cold weapons such as knives and guns in close combat, but it can also greatly reduce the injury.

Originally, in history, "Southern History, Qi Jixia, Dongluo Hou" mentioned this kind of paper armor, but it was not implemented on a large scale, the popularity of paper armor was before and after Yizong in the Tang Dynasty, and when it arrived in the Song Dynasty, it became the most important armor for soldiers, until the end of the Ming Dynasty, this kind of paper armor was still active on the battlefield and never became extinct.

In my previous life, before I got sick, I used to use copy paper, cut it, 16 pieces of paper... Together, press with a heavy object for three days, then dry in the shade (to keep turning over, otherwise it is easy to deform) and then punch holes, and then soak in oil, dry in the shade, and spray paint...... In this way, the armor is more defensive than the wooden armor, and the technical difficulty of processing is relatively low, and it is waterproof and moisture-proof.

Although there is no such good paper now, you can first hammer the paper into a three-inch thick, nail four nails per square inch, and then cut it into a nail.

Paper armor is actually very strong and very lightweight. It has a very good effect on long-range shooting, and there is a record in "Ancient and Modern Weapons Talk" that the magistrate applied for 100 sets of iron armor in exchange for 50 sets of high-quality paper armor.

With the current technical conditions, the manufacture of this kind of paper armor, but no one thought that it could be made when it was thought of, but it was only to consume tung oil, so Li Bocai said with a smug smile: "The minister has made 10,000 sets, all of which have been penetrated by tung oil, and 2,000 sets can be produced every month." ”

This kind of paper armor can be made into a pattern, and if you don't see it, you can't believe that tens of thousands of people wearing the same armor bring about the deterrent power and actual defense power, no wonder Li Bo is so proud.

Zhang Xuanning nodded, just this one, you can reach 50,000 male soldiers, and now it is really a big thing to prepare, just waiting for it to break out.

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