"Secondly, there are still many bandits in the Jinghu area that have not been cleaned up. After the enemy's invasion last year, many troops have collapsed, and many of the collapsed soldiers have become bandits. If you can still turn a blind eye to those guys who stayed honestly on their hills. But from now on, the Tartars will invade every year. You have to take advantage of this window to wipe out all bandits in the Jinghu area, so that they cannot be a disaster for the Hu people to invade inside and outside."

Zheng Yunming bowed and said, "There are more than a thousand bandits in Jinghu, and more than a hundred bandits are big, but they are not well-trained bandits, so they don't have much effort to deal with them."

"Third, although we cannot make a large-scale renovation of Xiangyang City, we can at least repair it more solidly." Zhao Kui said: "Have you read the "Record of the City" by Shaoxing's Chengui?"

This was the military textbook that Emperor Gaozong ordered to be printed and distributed to the world, and Zheng Yunming could recite it."

"I inspected the city defense in Xiangyang these days and found that some of the places are not consistent with the dogmas in the "Record of the City". It may be that the local guard generals are careless, or that the guard generals made temporary modifications based on the local situation in Xiangyang. If you take people down, make up for the negligence of the guard generals and further promote the places that are adapted to local conditions. Of course, I will not say anything about the problem. You will rely on yourself to discover everything." Zhao Kui said.

This is an exam. Although Zheng Yunming is a general in the field, the young general's strategy in Zhao Kui's eyes still needs to be tested. However, the soldiers of Jing and E army who followed Zheng Yunming were very disdainful in their hearts. Does it still need to be investigated when defeating tens of thousands of elite Mongolian defending generals in Shashibaozhai?

But they also knew that the generals of the army had always been humble and peaceful in their treatment of others, and even if there were minor obstacles, they could be resolved in their hearts. They would not easily show their resentment.

Zheng Yunming bowed and replied, "Assued the commander's arrangements."

Zhao Kui looked at the young general at the stairs with approval, as if she had seen herself more than 20 years ago. When his generation of generals grows old, the future of the country will all fall on young people like Zheng Yunming.

I hope they will not disappoint the world.

The next morning, after the war drums set up on the west gate of Xiangyang City sounded three times, the early people were surprised to see the casual and casual official troops standing neatly on the large open space outside the west gate, and they couldn't help but show a surprised expression.

But Zheng Yunming, who was standing on the Ximen Tower, knew in his heart that this was far from neat.

In addition to the necessary station posts and left-behind personnel, about 62,000 officers and soldiers stationed in Xiangyang accounted for about 8,000 places for military vacancies, and about 6,000 soldiers were unbearable. Musicians, craftsmen, chefs and masons occupied one or two thousand places, and hundreds of monks and Taoists were mixed in the army to get the country's money and food.

Zheng Yunming knew that the actual military registration difference was even more serious than this, because the officers and soldiers who were doing business in their original residence would not immediately move with the army when they moved to the garrison. If the place where the army was transferred was not far from the original station, they simply stayed in one place for a long time to operate.

After 70% off, the teams that can fight have shrunk a lot compared to the huge number in the military registration book. Although it is exaggerated that only one-tenth of the people who can fight, it is indeed an exaggeration to see that many armies are able to fight. In most armies, only one-third of the combat power defects caused by various factors are at least 30%. This is more prominent in the Southern Army.

The troops gathered outside the West Gate were almost all able to fight in Xiangyang, but the total number was still only more than 40,000. Excluding the subordinates of Zheng Yunming, deputy commander of Jinge, who had basically no extra people, the amount of the remaining troops occupied (the gap between the actual number of troops and the number of military personnel caused by various factors was called occupation). The amount was obviously very amazing.

In addition to enhancing the combat effectiveness of these 40,000 people, it is what Zheng Yunming is currently doing to fill the gaps in the military combatants in Xiangyang City.

This matter is not simple. From filling in the gaps to eliminating the elderly and weak and non-combatants, almost every step forward is eroding the interests of military generals. The parties involved are not so easy to spit out the fat meat that has fallen into their stomachs.

Fortunately, Zheng Yunming's tough policy of eliminating and occupying the enemy was widely known to the generals and troops in various places in Jinghu from the moment he established the army. At present, he is the strongest general in Xiangyang Prefecture, and he is a local tyrant compared to the later Southern Army. In addition, he was from an official and had a commander to support him. After a short but difficult negotiation, the chief generals of each army more or less accepted Zheng Yunming's proposal, replenishing all kinds of people who could not fight and empty compressed soldiers in the army into the corresponding Ding Zhuang.

Before recruiting new recruits is completed, the existing 40-multiple-capable soldiers must also be trained from scratch.

The flags of the army under the city were waving and armored, but they were not allowed to hold weapons, but instead held a wooden stick that simulated the weight of the weapon in their hands. Tens of thousands of hedgehogs gathered near the city gate, and the momentum was amazing.

"Starting from the west gate, first to the south gate, then turn to the east gate, and finally return! In short, it is to circle the city along the city wall!" The commemorative shouted loudly: "Go away now!"

This training method is not the original creation of Zheng Yunming, but a training method that has been in ancient times. Zheng Yunming called it "Lotus Purchase the City". Although this stupid method will make these soldiers who lack training tired and die, it can increase their physical energy reserves in a short time, and then talk about the next step of training.

"Get out quickly!" Liu Zheng, the newly promoted first deputy general of the Tulong Army, ran at the front of the team against the training flag, shouted loudly: "Zheng Dutong has issued an order. In the future, every day there is a mission of patrolling the city with the Lotus Spear, the supply of wine and meat will be increased for each meal! Everyone has to run harder and have a big meal at noon!"

This is not just a small material stimulus, but also a supplement to proteins during high-intensity training.

"All those who can run to the finish line will be rewarded with thirty mosquito money! Don't delay, run all!"

The excited army began to set out from one unit after another under the reward, and the crowds in front of the city gate gradually became sparse.

Zheng Yunming turned around and said to the generals sitting in front of the city gate: "While the guys are running around under the city, please study with me how to plan to sweep the thieves in Jinghu Lake?"

Although he spoke in a discussion tone, he essentially represented the order of the commander of the commander, and the generals naturally knew this.

Meng Jing, the commander of the Huangzhou guards, wearing black armor, shouted loudly: "Please ask Deputy General Zheng to order that it has not been a year since the bandits in Jinghu have occupied their nests. Marshal Meng and Marshal Zhao have long had the heart to clarify the Jinghu. Today, there are these few months of free time, which is the opportunity to eliminate the snickers."

Zheng Yunming spread a topographic map of Jinghu and two roads on the desk and said: "This map marked the information of bandits collected by the subordinates of the Jinghu Commander's Office. Of course, everyone has their own intelligence system. It is normal for the intelligence of the Bureau to make mistakes in the Bureau. Everyone is an old man stationed in Jinghu. If Yunming said something wrong, please be sure to give me advice."

He pressed the map with paperweight and pointed at the Han River with a horse whip and said, "There are 27 main bandits in the entire Jinghu Lake. With the Han River as the boundary, there are nine entrenched west of the Han River, eleven entrenched east of the Han River, and ten entrenched south of the Yangtze River. Many of them are small bandits with only one or two hundred people. Although the number is small, they are all cunning and treacherous people who have been entrenched in the local area for a long time. It is difficult for the army to deal with other places. Our army has not been established for a long time, and the experience is far less than that of everyone here. These small bandits will be led by you to fight, and the most powerful part of the bandits will be handed over to our army to deal with."

He was the only one who let himself take on the heaviest task, and let friendly troops clean up the minions who were familiar with the local situation. No one would be dissatisfied with such an arrangement.

But some people were unwilling to do so. The first thing they expressed their opposition was that the chief general of Chizhou, Wan Wensheng, who was a guest general, but he was likely to remain in Jinghu for a long time. In the report from the Supervisor's Office to the court, Wan Wensheng was praised as the first person to rescue Xiangyang except Zheng Yunming. His enthusiasm was far beyond ordinary generals.

"Zuo Qianniu's arrangement would make everyone here look younger." Wan Wensheng was old enough to be Zheng Yunming's father, and he spoke straightforwardly without any obscure: "No one else said that. I am the one with the least qualifications in Jinghu. I am not good at fighting those little thieves like you. Choose the most powerful opponent for me!"

The veteran Hu Xian, who was sitting next to him, touched his white beard and said, "Take it slow, everyone wants to make contributions, but I don't know that although the bandits in Jinghu are not strong, there are still a few tough characters?"

He has been fighting in Jinghu for many years with Zhao Kui, and he knows the favors of the Jinghu area more than all generals.

"The so-called "Northern Wei, East Zhong and West Chen" refers to the four strongest bandits in Jinghu. After the Hu invasion last year, many official troops were defeated. These four bandits have strengthened a lot of strength, but the strongest ones have become two original official troops. One is the utility army stationed in De'an Prefecture. After the collapse, it occupied Yunmeng Zehutang, robbed and killed the passing merchants and ransacked the villages by the lake. The other is the volunteer militia originally stationed in Junzhou. It originally had more than 10,000 people. After Fan Yongji rebelled and surrendered to the Mongols, the militia lost command and is now entrenched in the mountains above the Jushui River. It often creates ships to rob merchant ships along the river, and attacks the villages of Zhijiang and Jingmen Army in groups. These two disasters are now the most needed to be solved in Jinghu."

"Who are the characters of the Southern Wei, and the Eastern Zhong and Xi Chen?" Zheng Yunming asked afterwards.
Chapter completed!