Troubled times: Start practicing spiritual practice by taking care of your sister-in-law

Chapter 261 Yueshi

In addition to the establishment of the Heroic Cavalry Guard, in accordance with Chen Mo's request, the original Yuzhou Army was demoted. After all the members were trained, those who passed the test were all incorporated into the Divine Guard, and those who failed were admitted to the Divine Warrior Guard.

Well, he is a veteran after all. Even if he is unqualified, he cannot be compared to the soldiers of the trapped guards.

At present, the number of Divine Warrior Guards has reached 9,000, including 4,500 Divine Warrior Guards and 13,000 Tragedy Guards.

Chen Mo, who owned the land of Qingyu and Qingzhou, had higher requirements for his troops.

For example, when Chen Mo built the Divine Guards before, he just hoped that they would reach the level of a regular army.

But now, the regular army can no longer satisfy him, but has surpassed the regular army and reached the level of the elite Qingzhou Army.

The requirements for the Shenwu Guards are slightly lower, as long as they can reach the level of ordinary soldiers of the Qingzhou Army.

The trapping guard is required to be at the level of a regular army.

The heroic cavalry guard was the target of the Black Leopard Cavalry, and even expected to surpass the Black Leopard Cavalry.

Therefore, Chen Mo's current troops and horses have undergone earth-shaking changes compared to when they were first built, and their combat effectiveness is increasing day by day.

In Jiaping County, Chen Mo's divine arm crossbow workshop and multiple weapon workshops were completed in recent days. The craftsmen were found and work started on the same day.

Chen Mo also established a mining farm near the iron mines in Jiaping County to recruit local people, and the wages were higher than those currently available in the market.

Wherever there are people, there are rivers and lakes. With the establishment of many workshops in Jiaping County, the population of the county has also increased a lot. There are even prototypes of commercial streets surrounding the factories.

Longmen County is the county with the largest number of troops stationed in Yuzhou besides Sanyuan. The security and order in the city are also much higher than in other cities. This has attracted large households from surrounding cities and all moved to Longmen County, making the county a mess. Prosperous and lively.

The entire Yuzhou is developing slowly.

Time has entered August.

Zhang He led five hundred brave guards and came to Shuofei County with the recruited recruits (all of whom currently belong to the formation of trap guards).

According to Chen Mo's request, he made a big noise, built a barracks outside the city, and cut down a large forest.

Cook a meal, and the aroma of the food will spread to the city.

As the city and county closest to Longyou in Yuzhou, there are not only people from Yuzhou but also people from Longyou in the city, which makes the situation in Shuofei County somewhat complicated.

The magistrate of Shuofei County is still the magistrate of Shuofei County and has not changed.

When Chen Mo followed Geng Songfu's suggestion and asked people to investigate various counties in Yuzhou, he found that the county magistrate and county magistrate of Shuofei County had similar reputations in the local area, but they had not done anything bad. In addition, the county magistrate of Shuofei County In order to maintain stability due to the background of the local gentry, Chen Mo continued to let the other party govern Shuofei County.

But what Chen Mo didn't know was that the small Shuofei County Yamen had the eyes and ears of many forces.

Fortunately, Chen Mo likes to do a complete set when acting.

Zhang He came to the county government office and found the magistrate of Shuofei County alone. He said: "The Marquis will march to Longyou soon. I ordered the general to station troops here for training. I hope Sir He will cooperate. This is the document from the Marquis." .”

Although County Magistrate He was much stronger than Zhang He, he had to nod and bow to Zhang He at this time and said: "I understand, I will fully cooperate with General Zhang and congratulate Mr. Hou in advance on his victory in the first battle.

As he spoke, Magistrate He's face was filled with smiles, and he said with a meaningful expression: "General Zhang, I'm hosting a dinner at Chunfeng Tower, and I'd like to ask General He to show his respect."

Zhang He also showed an expression of understanding and said: "Since Mr. He kindly invited me, how can I not refuse to accept it? But I have a hobby. When drinking, I only like to let beauties pour the wine. Others Even the wine I poured tasted tasteless to me."

Seeing that Zhang He was like me, they all called themselves me. The smile on Magistrate He's face became more intense and he said with a smile: "Don't worry, General Zhang. General Zhang will be satisfied tonight." When Zhang He went to the banquet in the evening, The news that Chen Mo was about to send troops to Longyou also reached Longyou many days later.

Longyou is not a state, but refers to the area west of Longshan and east of Huaihe River, including multiple counties.

To the south of Longyou are the seven kingdoms of Xirong, which makes the forces in Longyou area complicated.

The biggest thing here is not the county magistrate, but the Yuezhi inside.

The Yuezhi family was headed by a woman, which was the only case in the Song Dynasty.

Originally, there were eight kingdoms of Xirong to the south of Longyou. When the Song Dynasty was first established, Nanyue Kingdom, one of the eight kingdoms, surrendered to the Song Dynasty. At that time, the territory of Nanyue Kingdom was included in the territory of the Song Dynasty. , and the royal family of Nanyue Kingdom is now the Yuezhi.

Half of the Longyou area was the territory of the original Nanyue Kingdom.

Of course, this does not mean that the Yuezhi's power is very strong. If compared with the Seven Kingdoms of Xirong, it is actually very weak.

The main reason why the Nanyue Kingdom surrendered to the Song Dynasty was that the Nanyue Kingdom was often bullied by the other seven kingdoms of Xirong, so it found a eldest father as a backer. The Queen of the Nanyue Kingdom at the time also personally went to the capital of the Song Dynasty, Luo Nan, recommended himself as a pillow mat to Emperor Taizu, and gave birth to a princess to Emperor Taizu.

Now that the Song Dynasty was weak and riddled with internal problems, the seven kingdoms of Xirong suddenly became agitated and often invaded Longyou, which made the Yuezhi very uncomfortable.

It happened that at this time, Yuzhou was captured by the rebels.

That's right, the Yuezhi also didn't recognize the fact that the imperial court pardoned the Heavenly Master Army and set the Heavenly Master Army back on track, so Chen Mo was a rebel in the eyes of the Yuezhi.

In this situation, Yuezhi immediately panicked when he learned that the rebels in Yuzhou were going to march into Longyou.

If there had not been the invasion of the Seven Kingdoms of Xirong, the Yueshi were confident that they would not be afraid of the rebels in Yuzhou. However, facing the attack of the Seven Kingdoms head-on, there would be no spare troops to deal with the rebels.

The Yueshi could only recruit soldiers hastily, planning to fight with their last resort.

On the other side, Linzhou.

It is different from Qingzhou and Yuzhou.

The prefect of Linzhou does not control troops. The local troops in Linzhou are placed in counties and counties. They are usually led by county and county magistrates to assist the prefect and county magistrates in commanding. They maintain local security in peacetime and are not dispatched by the court in times of war.

The recruitment of local soldiers must be based on the emperor's tiger talisman.

Because Linzhou was located in the hinterland of the Song Dynasty and not connected to the border, the total number of local soldiers in multiple counties did not exceed 20,000.

It's okay in peacetime. We just need to maintain order and have many constraints. We don't have to worry about Linzhou officials being disloyal.

But in wartime, if there is no Emperor Tiger Talisman, it will be very troublesome.

Therefore, after learning that Yuzhou was occupied by Chen Mo, the prefect of Linzhou was very panicked. Without the Emperor's Tiger Talisman, he could really mobilize only three thousand troops.

If Chen Mo sends troops to attack, the Linzhou magistrate will not be able to stop him.

Fortunately, at this time, news came from the front that Chen Mo was preparing to send troops to Longyou.

This made the prefect of Linzhou breathe a sigh of relief, and he would not attack Linzhou now.

(End of this chapter)