Thief Emperor

Chapter 208 Make enemies to strengthen yourself!
The establishment of a military structure is very important.

In the past, although Li Yun's troops were also called an army, they were a mixed bunch after all, and could only be considered an armed force.

Now that the army has rules, it can officially become an army. Everything will be done according to the rules in the future. This is also the beginning of the formalization of Li Yun's troops.

After the meeting with the captains, Li Yun copied the military discipline that he had spent some time compiling, and called Li Zheng, Zhou Liang, Deng Yang and others to his tent again. After the three of them sat down, he handed the military discipline to the three of them and said, "Take them down in a while and ask someone to copy a copy each."

The three people nodded.

Li Yun continued, "We now have more than 600 men under our command. As usual, we will be divided into two battalions. For the time being, Li Zheng and Zhou Liang will each lead a battalion."

At this point, he looked at Deng Yang and said, "Deng Yang will follow Zhou Liang and be his deputy."

At this time, because it was a serious matter, Li Yun did not use personal names anymore, but called them by their names. He looked at the three people and continued, "From today on, our rules are set. From now on, no matter who makes a mistake, they will be punished if they deserve it. But don't worry about one thing."

"This is not a wartime situation. We are all brothers who have fought together. I will not use military law to kill people."

"If you violate military regulations, you will be kicked out. If you also violate the government's rules, you will be kicked out of the barracks first and then sent to the government for processing."

For other armies, "dismissal" is not a punishment, it can even be said to be a reward. After all, being a soldier in this era is not a good place to be. You get little pay, eat badly, and have to risk your life when a war breaks out.

But in the Yuezhou Army, being dismissed was a very severe punishment.

Let alone anything else, just go out and ask those soldiers outside who are eating their fill, few of them are willing to leave.

Of course, these are just the rules in daily life. If someone violates military regulations during wartime, he must be beheaded without any leniency.

"I will assign someone to take care of military rules and regulations. If they do a good job, I will commend them and give them promotions."

Mr. Li looked serious and said in a deep voice, "Let me be frank here. The rules have just been established and some people will definitely break them. I will deal with a group of people. When I really drive them away, I hope you three will not ask for mercy."

"So that I won't embarrass you."

Li Yun said in a deep voice: "Do you understand?"

The three of them all looked serious and saluted with their fists clasped together: "As you command!"

Li Yun said "hmm" and continued, "After the army is established, we will start recruiting a group of new soldiers next month. Zhou Liang will still be responsible for training these new soldiers."

Zhou Liang nodded first, then asked: "General, regarding the conscription, should we send people to conscript soldiers, or should the government send people to conscript soldiers and send them to us?"

"Don't worry about this, I'll take care of it."

Li Yun waved his hand, yawned and said, "Let's stop here for today. The three of you must memorize and remember the military rules and regulations."

"It would be best if you let the capable people below take note of this, so that you won't have to come to me to beg for mercy later."

When Li Zheng saw Li Yun's expression, he knew that Li Yun would definitely do what he said. At this moment, this follower who had followed Li Yun since childhood had mixed feelings.

He knew that from this moment on, his second brother was no longer the leader of the Cangshan village, at least he was no longer just his second brother.

With everything on the right track and fixed rules in place, Li Zheng had no doubt that even if he made a mistake, his second brother would most likely punish him.

Even if he is not driven away, he will definitely be beaten with a stick.

The three of them clasped their fists again in response.

Before leaving, Zhou Liang hesitated for a moment, but still asked, "General, there are only a few rebels left in Yuezhou. I'm afraid it won't be as fast as before for the new recruits to be trained."

Li Yun looked up at Zhou Liang and saw what Zhou Liang meant. He smiled and said, "Third Uncle is probably thinking, who are we training like this to fight?"

Li Yun stood up, walked to Zhou Liang, patted him on the shoulder, and whispered: "Don't worry, I think it won't be long before the Yuezhou Army will face its first test."

At this time, several months had passed since General Su left Yuezhou, which means that several months had also passed since Zhao Cheng's troops left Yuezhou. Zhao Cheng's troops were not quite the same as Li Yun's troops.

Most of Li Yun's troops were from Xuanzhou, and the new recruits recruited later were from Yuezhou. However, under Zhao Cheng's command, perhaps eight or nine out of ten were from Yuezhou, even Zhao Cheng himself was from Yuezhou!

At the end of the year, a large number of "escaped" Yuezhou people returned to Yuezhou. Li Yun was sure that among these returnees, there must be some of Zhao Cheng's subordinates.

The difference is just more or less!

Once Zhao Cheng returns to Yuezhou, Li Yun and him will probably have to fight. In addition to Zhao Cheng's immediate concern, Yuezhou also has long-term concerns.

Although there are only some bandits causing trouble in Jiangnan Road at the moment and no large-scale uprising, Li Yun is certain that as the influence of the chaos in the Central Plains expands day by day, Jiangnan Road will definitely be affected.

After all, there is no shortage of people in Jiangnan who cannot make a living, as well as ambitious lunatics.

When these two factors are combined, trouble will arise sooner or later.

And at that time, Li Yun’s Yuezhou Army will face new challenges, and at the same time, perhaps also new opportunities, an extremely huge opportunity!

…………

Yuezhou City, inside the governor's office.

Li Yun knocked on the door of Governor Du's study with an official document in his hand, and said with a smile, "Sir, Li Zhao wants to see you."

Du Qian's voice soon came from inside: "Sir Li, please come in."

Li Yun walked in with a smile on his face. He saluted with his fists before handing the document to Du Qian and said, "Sir, this is the document for the conscription of the Yuezhou Army. Please stamp it with your seal. I will start to handle this matter in a few days."

"conscription?"

Du Qian was stunned. He took the document and looked at it, then looked up at Li Yun: "Sima Li, Yuezhou Camp...isn't it full yet?"

Now, Du Qian could no longer see the original documents regarding Yuezhou’s military expenses, but he had only been there for a few days, and because Liu Bo had not cleaned them up, he had seen some of them.

At that time, in his opinion, the standard of expenditure was already far beyond a thousand people!

And now, the Yuezhou Army reported by Li Yunwen only has more than 600 people? !
This made Envoy Du stunned.

Li Yun shook his head and said, "Your Excellency, you don't know that I used to have a full-strength Duwei Battalion with exactly 1,000 men. During the Qiu Dian Rebellion, I was ordered to block the main force of the enemy outside Qiantang City. I fought for a whole night and a day. One or two hundred of my men were killed, and more than a hundred were seriously injured. Only about 600 men were still able to fight."

"Originally, General Su ordered me to recruit soldiers in Yuezhou to fill the quota, but because I was acting as the governor of Yuezhou during this period, I never found the time to do this. Now that the envoy has finally arrived, I can finally focus on the military affairs of Yuezhou."

"So, we started to work on the recruitment."

Du Qian took the document, read it again, then looked at Li Yun and said with a smile: "When I was in Qiantang, I heard from County Magistrate Pei about Li Sima's garrison in Qiantang. I heard that Li Sima's subordinates were all very brave. When I have time, I want to go to the Yuezhou Camp outside the city to see how powerful the Yuezhou Army is."

Li Yun nodded happily: "You are most welcome."

Du Qian looked down at the document and said slowly: "As for this conscription document..."

Li Yun said sternly, "Your Excellency may not know that during the Qiu Dian Rebellion, a main force of the rebels escaped. Led by their leader Zhao Cheng, they fled all the way to the southwest."

"This rebel army is almost entirely made up of Yuezhou people."

Li Yun took a deep breath and said in a deep voice: "Right now, the Central Plains is in chaos, and General Su has no time to take care of Jiangdong. I'm afraid the court is also unable to deal with Jiangdong. Who knows when this rebel army will come back."

"At this time, the imperial court cannot send another famous general like General Su to Jiangdong to turn the tide."

"Therefore, if Yuezhou wants to resist powerful enemies, it must be self-reliant and self-sustaining!"

Li Yun's expression was extremely serious.

"At least, we must first replenish the Yuezhou Army's troop numbers, and then I will personally train them. If the rebels come back, our Yuezhou will never be easily conquered by the rebels like last time!"

This reason was very reasonable and there was nothing wrong with it. Du Qian could only nod and said, "I have also heard something about the rebel army. It is indeed possible that they will come back."

He picked up the seal and stamped his governor's seal on the document. After hesitating for a moment, he signed his name and handed it back to Li Yun.

"Du is not familiar with military affairs, so the defense of Yuezhou is entrusted to Li Sima!"

Li Yun took the document, looked at the seal and signature on it, then looked up at Du Qian and smiled.

"It reassures you."

"Your subordinate, you must take good care of Yuezhou's defense and make sure that the Zhao thief will never return!"

(End of this chapter)