The heavens start from saving Daming

Chapter 78 Civil affairs, I can't do it.you can't fight

"What, they all ran away?"

All the way to the government office, Li Yunze learned a piece of news that he couldn't tell whether it was a surprise or a shock.

In the entire Guiyang Mansion, from the magistrates to the upstarts, the county lords from the second county of Guiding unexpectedly all ran to Chongqing Mansion before the siege.

As for the regular army, those above the general level were either already vacant, or they all ran away with the gentlemen.

Now the biggest ones in the camp are the commanders.

Li Yunze expressed disbelief at this, "My lords are responsible for guarding the land, so they are not afraid of the court order to blame them if they run away?"

Sun Li, the county magistrate of Xingui County, is a local. He looked angry, "As long as the governor speaks for them, any crime can be erased. As long as the money is in place, our governor, hey!"

"Brother Pinggu, be careful." Fang Wenshan persuaded, "Don't slander Shangguan."

He saluted Li Yunze, "General, the Guiyang Military and Civilian Government and the two counties attached to Guo are all respectful of the general."

After finishing speaking, he still looked at Li Yunze worriedly, because he was afraid that he would also run away.

"Hahahaha~~~" Unexpectedly, Li Yunze not only didn't rub the soles of his feet with oil, but was also very happy. "Interesting, really interesting."

After laughing, he looked at the generals headed by Dong Hai, "How many people are there in the army?"

"Returning to the general, there are still 720 soldiers in the army and 330 auxiliary soldiers."

"so little?"

Although the local regiment battalions are not as large as the Beijing battalion, a regular reinforcement battalion has a standard establishment of 3000 people.

"Since we were sent here for reinforcements two years ago, we haven't had any reinforcements. Brothers either died in battle, or wounded and sick to fend for themselves in the wounded battalion."

Obviously, this remark was made with anger.

Fang Wenhai over there also hurriedly saluted, "There are still more than [-] people in the city, and [-] archers. There are more than [-] local soldiers patrolling the prefectural and county government."

Still afraid that Li Yunze would run away.

Li Yunze nodded, indicating that he understood.

Then he greeted Dong Hai, "Go and call all the brothers over to gather."

"General." Fang Wenshan thought that Li Yunze was going to lead his troops to escape, and eagerly stepped forward to stop him.

"Fang County Chancellor." Li Yunze calmed him down with a single word, "Find someone to clean up the backyard, my family members want to move in."

Thousands of main and auxiliary soldiers were gathered, only those above the corporal commander wore worn-out iron armor, most of the soldiers wore leather armor, and as for the auxiliary soldiers, they were directly clothed.

Li Yunze stepped onto the general platform, and raised his tooth flag behind him.

Looking at the sergeants in front of him who were poorly equipped but far superior in aura than his own soldiers, his first words were "From now on, all auxiliary soldiers will be transformed into regular soldiers."

The treatment of auxiliary soldiers and regular soldiers is different, and there is a huge gap in salary.

Regardless of whether they are in arrears or deductions, Zhengbing's standard is two taels of silver per month.The auxiliary soldiers only have [-] Wen coins.

This sentence directly made more than 300 auxiliary soldiers cheer.

His second sentence was "The commanders of the small flags will select thousands of people from the patrols of the Minzhuang archers to enter the camp as auxiliary soldiers."

This is to enhance strength, and the saying that there are many people can be used in any era.

Expanding strength is a good thing, but practical problems still exist.

Dong Hai came out and saluted, "General, recruiting soldiers should be paid for their settlement, but there is no money in the army."

Li Yunze turned his head to look at Fang Wenshan and Sun Li, they both shook their heads in unison, "The treasury money has already been taken away by the gentlemen."

Smiling, Li Yunze signaled to Jia Lin and the others, and carried a large box onto the stage.

Opening the box, everyone was moved by the shining silver bricks inside.

"This is the general's private property. I will make up the owed wages to you first, and then use it to recruit recruits. If there is not enough, just come and ask for it. If there is more, then you can share it among yourself."

Li Yunze, who was so generous, immediately received unanimous applause from the soldiers, and everyone looked at him with fiery eyes.

In this era, it is not so troublesome to recruit the army, as long as the benefits are enough, it is enough to feed them.

Fang Wenshan wanted to go forward to say something, but was grabbed by Sun Li and shook his head towards him.

It is more important than anything else to guard the capital now, the court's laws and so on, let's talk about it later.

Li Yunze once again said "Dong Hai."

Dong Hai, who was baring his teeth with a smile, immediately stepped forward to salute, "The last general is here!"

"I will give you 200 taels of silver to buy meat, food and drinks at the homes of the people in the city. Everyone will have a full meal tonight. The price can be high or low. If there is anything to deceive the people, this general will cut off your head and hang it on the city wall." .”

"Don't worry, general." Dong Hai patted the armor on his body vigorously, "If anyone deceives the people, I will cut off my own head and use it as a chamber pot for the general!"

"Hahaha~~~"

Amidst the roar of laughter, Fang Wenshan couldn't help but stepped forward and lowered his voice, "General, the roads outside the city have been cut off by rebels, and reinforcements will arrive. There is limited food in the city, how can we waste it at will. "

"Soldiers who are full of food and drink can't be called a waste. I take care of military affairs." Li Yunze looked at him contemptuously. "I can't do civil affairs. You can't do war."

Fang Wenshan was so angry that he was dying, but as a county magistrate, he was not qualified to point fingers at Li Yunze, no matter his rank or position, he could only stomp his feet angrily.

That night, there was thunderous cheers in the barracks, and the sergeants, who were full of wine and food and took silver, expressed very simply that they would do whatever the general lord said, and they would sell their lives to the general lord in the future.

Li Yunze was also very drunk, after all, as the protagonist of the banquet in the army, he would be drunk even after a thousand cups.After all, if one person comes to toast with one bowl, even if the wine fairy comes, he will become a drunkard.

Sending him back to the backyard of the government office, Qin Keqing took Xiang Ling and others to take care of him for a busy night.

The next day, after sobering up, Li Yunze went up to the city wall to inspect.

Although it is a prefectural city, the city walls here are not that tall, and the city defense facilities are not as many as imagined.

But surprisingly, it was said that the city was besieged, but there were no large numbers of enemy troops gathered outside the city.

"General." A general saw his doubts and immediately explained, "We are never afraid of fighting those chieftains. They rarely even have a leather armor, let alone come to attack the city. They are all poor to death. A pair of scissors can change a piglet."

Pointing to the endless mountains outside the city, he said, "But there are mountains all around. As long as we go out and enter the mountains, all kinds of harassment will be everywhere. Those mountain people run barefoot on the mountains like they are walking on flat ground, and they run faster than rabbits." It’s too soon to catch up. There is also a terrible miasma, and most of the brothers died of illness.”

"The so-called siege means that they have sealed off the mountain road leading to the outside world. As long as you go out and enter the mountain, you will be attacked. You can't get out of the mountain road for at least a hundred miles to other cities."

"Is there any troublesome matter." Li Yunze glanced back, and continued to urge, "If there is anything that needs to be resolved, tell them all."

"General, there is still enough food in the army for two or three months, but there are so many people in the city, but there is not much food left."

Li Yunze came back to his senses, "Where's the food in the official warehouse?"

"It wasn't much in the first place. Before those old men fled, they sold the rest to big households in the city. They sold grain at a high price, and the people's lives were difficult."

"Lack of food." Li Yunze nodded again, "What else is there?"

"There is a shortage of food, oil, salt, cloth, wax, and medicinal materials. The city is better, but the mountains are really poor."

Li Yunze didn't ask any more questions, and went straight to the official warehouse after getting off the city wall.

Arranging sergeants to guard the outside, Li Yunze, who returned to the modern world, began to purchase supplies, and then transported them to various warehouses by car.

The next day, the sergeants greeted all the people in the city and asked all the people to come to the official warehouse to receive food.

Not just food, all materials are distributed directly according to the number of people, which is enough for the common people's family for several months, and all of them are free.

The common people are grateful, but Fang Wenshan and the others are dumbfounded.

"General, where did you get so many supplies?"

"Military secret."

Fang Wenshan'(⊙﹏⊙)'

"General, why are they all glowing? You have to save some for emergencies."

"You can post my stuff as you like, it's none of your business."

Fang Wenshan, who was sprayed and unable to take care of himself, was in a hurry, but he couldn't say anything when he looked at the smiling people with their hands on their shoulders.

In just three days after entering Guiyang Mansion, Li Yunze has already become the most popular figure supported by the army and the people.

Next.
"Twenty days of strict training in the army, and troops sent out to wipe out the thieves."

Li Yunze's words made the generals look at each other in blank dismay.

"General." After a wink, it was Dong Hai who came forward in the end. "I heard that the Naishui'an family who besieged Guiyang Mansion this time, they encouraged the surrounding chieftains to gather troops. It is said that there are hundreds of thousands of people."

"So what, you're just a local chicken and a dog." Li Yunze's direct words made everyone speechless, "All the original firearms players in the army will be gathered, and then a group of people will be selected to train firearms intensively."

"General. There are too many firecrackers in the army, and the reserves of gunpowder in the treasury are scarce."

"I have, as many as you want." Li Yunze looked at the crowd, "Don't be idle, eat more meals in the past [-] days to strengthen your physical strength. Risunrise exercises are strictly trained, and we will change your outfits for all of you."

The generals laughed one after another, "We are all big-bellied men, I am afraid that the generals will be poor."

"Really?" Li Yunze looked at them with a half-smile, "It's okay if you can't finish eating, you'll be punished."

For breakfast the next day, Li Yunze arranged a large bowl of beef soup for each person, plus meat buns at least ten fists in size as the main food, and vitamin A in quantity.

The soldiers ate to their heart's content, and swept away the food with their mouths full of oil, and they were still unsatisfied to express how much they had.

Naturally, Li Yunze would not be polite. At noon, each person had a can of pork, two large bowls of rice, two apples, and a ration of vitamin A.

The soldiers still swept across, even licking the cans.

In the evening, it was replaced by two canned fish, a large bowl of vegetable soup, plus unlimited staple food and quantitative vitamin A.

Li Yunze was amazed at the amount of food the ancients had, and the soldiers really ate it up.

After dinner, many people shouted, "General, there is not enough food."

Li Yunze smiled and said, "People who run restaurants are not afraid of big belly guys, but they are afraid that you will not be able to eat all the food in the future."

After five days, the number of cans doubled and the variety increased.

On the tenth day, most people couldn't finish the food that was constantly increasing oil and water in different ways.

The ancients lacked oil and water, so they could naturally have a big appetite at the beginning, but after a long time, the oil and water were sufficient, and it would be difficult to continue to ingest it.

In this regard, Li Yunze's countermeasure is to strengthen training.

Training non-stop from morning to night, running in full gear, running non-stop.

Exercising more can digest food and convert it into energy for storage.Only when you cross the mountains and fight the battle will you have strength.

The 20 days passed by in a flash, and everyone gained weight visible to the naked eye.

More than 500 gunners have completed initial training, and the guns made of modern seamless steel tubes are far superior to similar products of this era in terms of firepower and range.

The rest of the soldiers were all equipped with new-style armor, coupled with explosion-proof shields, that is, iron cans.

After many days of searching by drone, Li Yunze also discovered the location of An's camp.

The mountain people also have to eat and sleep, and they also have to have a camp.It is in a valley forty miles away from Fucheng.

Before dispatching troops, Li Yunze provided each sergeant with a bag of masks, "This is what they wear every day after entering the mountains."

After that, everyone was equipped with a gas mask "this is worn when encountering miasma."

(End of this chapter)