On October 20, a military meeting to discuss how to pacify Guide and Bonan Prefectures was held secretly in the Qingyang City Guards House. Except for Ling Tianfang, who rushed back at starry night, the others who attended the meeting were all senior officers from the five army divisions, including Liang Chongxin, Cui Wenxiu, Mulig, Kamapov, Kang Jianguo, Sang Sheng, Shenei, He Lianbo, Shan Gen, Yu Chibin, Yue Shan, Lu Man, and Molun, who was in charge of intelligence work, also attended the meeting.
At the meeting, I first announced the appointment of myself as the military and political envoy of the northwest county of the empire, which was reported by the Imperial Express on the 19th, to take charge of all military and political affairs in the northwest county, and asked myself to make military preparations to pacify Guide and Bonan. , and waited until His Highness the Sixth Prince of the Empire came to Qingyang to announce the official appointment and make arrangements for the counter-insurgency campaign.
The generals who were still kept in the dark were so excited by this unexpected surprise that they couldn't help but cheer. They reluctantly calmed down after several signals from me.
"Sir, please let us, the First Guard Division, be the vanguard. I promise to capture Guide Mansion within a month!" Kamapov, who was still a little excited, took the lead in calling for battle.
"Sir, let me be the vanguard officer. No matter whether it is Guide or Qingyang, I dare to issue a military order. If it cannot be solved within 25 days, I am willing to be punished by military law!" Even Liang Chongxin, who has always been steady, couldn't help but be a little eager to give it a try.
Cui Wenxiu and Mulige also spoke to invite the war. Kang Jianguo, who had just formed the Qingyang Third Guard Division, also talked to his deputy Yuchibin, and it seemed that he also wanted to get a share of the counter-insurgency campaign.
To be honest, I am very satisfied with the high fighting enthusiasm of my subordinates, but I cannot despise the enemy because of this. Although the rebels are a group of bandits and farmers and slaves, they are still very large in number. They have already had several battles with local police forces that were not considered regular battles, and they have won victories and gained some experience. Nor should we take it lightly.
I signaled everyone to keep a clear head, and then asked Ling Tianfang to lay out the battle plan I had discussed with him, and asked them to go down and make arrangements immediately. Ling Tianfang immediately announced the battle plan. The Qingyang 1st and 2nd Garrison Divisions immediately made pre-war preparations. Their targets were Guide Mansion, the 3rd Jinzhou 1st Garrison Division and the 3rd Jinzhou 2nd Garrison Division. The regiment also immediately moved to the area bordering Bonan. Their target was of course Bonan Mansion. They only waited for Situ Biao to announce the order and then immediately marched. In view of the short time since the establishment of the Qingyang Third Guard Division, I asked Kang Jianguo and Yuchibin to strengthen military training after they left and stay in Qingyang.
Later, Molun gave a detailed introduction to the activities of the rebels in the two governments currently grasped by our intelligence agencies. There are about 70,000 rebels in Guide Prefecture, and they are mainly divided into three groups. Among them, the stronger ones are composed of the "Tieqihui", a bandit organization that grew up in Guide after we expelled it from Qingyang. In recent times, a large number of refugees and refugees have been collected. The largest force is about 30,000 people. They are mainly located in the northern area of Guide Prefecture; there is also a rebel army mainly composed of the local underworld organizations with greater power." The Longevity Society took advantage of this year's disaster and the people were in dire straits, and took the opportunity to gather a large number of unemployed vagrants and farmers who could not make a living. They were mainly active in the western region of Guide Prefecture; and the last group was caused by poor peasants and laborers who were forced to make a living. Slaves, they were also the instigators of this rebellion. They numbered nearly 30,000 people, and their range of activities was much larger. Except for the north, almost the entire Guide area was their range of activities.
The situation in Bonan is roughly the same as that in Guide. The peasant slave rebel army with more than 30,000 people is mainly concentrated in the east, and multiple local bandit organizations have gathered together and absorbed a large number of idle people and some peasant rebels. They are active in the west.
Since I had noticed the serious situation in Guide and Bonan a few months ago, I arranged for Morun to deploy a large number of personnel to sneak into Guide and Bonan, infiltrate and break into these teams through various channels, and achieved excellent results. Effect. Since the organization and discipline of these rebel armies are relatively loose, except for the team dominated by the Iron Cavalry, our people have not yet penetrated into its top management, and we are more or less included in the top management of the other teams. There are shadows of people, and some people even hold the leadership of part of the army.
For the sake of confidentiality, I have not told the participating generals yet. I just want them to actively cooperate with the intelligence department and strive to solve the rebel problem with minimal losses and as quickly as possible.
After the military meeting ended, I summoned Xiao Tang alone. He and I exchanged views on the post-war reconstruction of Guide and Bonan. I asked Xiao Tang to make preparations to take over Guide and Bonan within a short period of time. We must be mentally prepared, and we must start from now on to design and transfer some management personnel so that they can take on the important tasks of economic construction and urban management of the two governments after the war at the appropriate time. Xiao Tang said that this problem is quite difficult. Since Qingyang's own construction is on the right track, some personnel were transferred to support Jinzhou's needs in the early stage. Now it is really impossible to send more personnel.
This is also the problem that bothers me the most. Since the northwest region has been in war for a long time, many people of insight have left the northwest region, resulting in an extreme shortage of talents in the northwest region. After I took charge of Qingyang, although I have done a lot of work , but at present, we can only barely cope with the work of Qingyang and Jinzhou. The problem before us is that once Guide and Bonan are recovered, they will face no less arduous tasks than the original reconstruction of Qingyang. Where to recruit so many talents for various management jobs is indeed a headache.
I can't think of a better way, but I still ask Xiao Tang to squeeze out some people no matter what, at least to make the work of Guide and Bonan manage to get started after the recovery. As for the later work, there is only other work. Think of other ways. Xiao Tang reluctantly agreed to my request. Seeing his helpless look, I couldn't help but remind him to consider the problem from the perspective of the whole northwest county. He, as the administrative director of Qingyang Mansion, can't be the administrative director of Qingyang Mansion for much longer.
When I stretched out of the conference room, two beautiful figures came into my eyes.
Yun Yi and Qin Shuangying have officially taken up their posts as members of my Guards Corps, and their captain Yue Shan also very wisely arranged for the two women to become my personal guards. But the two girls were very wary of me. When I went out for inspections, they would just follow me closely but not talk to me much, looking as cold as ice. I have also been busy arranging the arrangements for marching into Guide and Bonan these two days, and I have no intention of talking to them much, so I just let them do whatever they want. The two girls stayed in a room near my dormitory at night. According to the guards, they came out from time to time to check on the status of the night duty. It seemed that they were quite conscientious.
After the two women put on my Guards uniform, they held their swords and looked heroic. I was stunned for a moment. It was only when the two women's faces were blushing and a little angry that I came back to my senses.
"What a pity, what a pity!" I couldn't help but sigh.
My sigh immediately aroused the curiosity of the two girls, "What do you think is wrong, sir?"
"It's inappropriate, and it's very inappropriate. With such a heroic figure, it's a pity that other than me, the people around me are ordinary people who don't understand the artistic conception. Isn't it a pity?" I explained, shaking my head.
Only then did the two girls realize that I was deliberately teasing them, and their faces suddenly turned red again, "Sir, please respect yourself. People in the northwest call you a world-famous hero. Wouldn't it damage your image with such a glib tone?" Man Man said Yunyi, who was blushing, still said righteously.
"What kind of hero? I think he's just a disciple!" Qin Shuangying also looked dismissive.
These two little girls tried to challenge me, and I laughed loudly, "Whether Mr. Li can be called a hero or not is for the people of the world to judge. You two little girls can't say that. Okay." , Find your master, I have business to see her." After that, I walked away, leaving only the two girls, whose faces were pale with anger, staying where they were.
Jin Sumei soon came to the city guard's mansion to meet with me. After learning that neither the Xueshan Sect nor the Tianshan Sect had officially entered Qingyang, Jin Sumei was overjoyed and decided to immediately set up the Xueshan Sect's headquarters in Qingyang. In the past two days, she led her other disciples to work overtime to set up the address and go to the Internal Affairs Department. Registration, approval and filing. According to imperial laws, any civil society organization must be approved by the local internal affairs department before it can be legal. Otherwise, it will be regarded as an illegal assembly and association and will be banned by the government. However, due to the intertwining of various forces within the empire, and these civil groups and organizations more or less have the shadow of certain forces or even the government itself, the empire actually relaxed the review conditions for approval, but the procedures must be complete.
"Master Li, why are you so anxious to find a concubine?" Jin Sumei actually understood what was going on after she arrived. As soon as I introduced the identity of Mo Lun, who was sitting next to me, she understood immediately.
"Master Jin, the internal affairs department has received your application report. Mr. Li also greeted me. I hope you can abide by the laws of the empire in the future and don't cause trouble for us." Molun also spoke in an official tone in front of outsiders. Must be presentable.
"Master Mo, please rest assured. Our Xueshan Sect has always been strict in its sect rules and has very strict requirements for its disciples. We absolutely abide by the laws of the empire. Otherwise, how could we be selected as guards by the city guard? Don't you think so, Master Li?" Jin Sumei smiled. It's a shame, but you still don't forget to join my army in your words.
I seemed a little embarrassed, but it was true, so I had no choice but to keep silent. Molun was obviously a little dissatisfied with my performance of focusing on sex over friends. Of course, he was mainly dissatisfied that he did not benefit from it. He snorted and corrected Jin Sumei, "Head Jin, Mr. Li has been promoted. Yesterday The Imperial Express has arrived and Mr. Li has been officially appointed as the Military and Political Envoy of the Northwest County of the Empire."
Jin Sumei had expected that my promotion would come so quickly, and that I would be appointed as the Military and Political Envoy of the Northwest County by the empire. This is a position with overwhelming power and hot demand. I am very important to her. Sex has greatly increased again.
"That's great. I'm here to congratulate you, sir." Jin Sumei was also very obedient, "Your Majesty, you asked me to come here because of matters related to our disciples in Guide and Bonan?"
"Yes, Master Jin, I am planning to take military action against Guide and Bonan in the near future, just waiting for the imperial envoys to arrive. According to our agreement, you should provide us with the necessary intelligence information, right? .” I made no secret of it.
"Don't worry, sir. I have already made arrangements. Now there are our spies among the rebels returning to Debonan and Nanfu. As soon as your army sets off, our people will be able to get in touch with them." At this time, Jin Sumei didn't want to hide anything anymore.
"That's good, Mo Lun, you and Head Jin will make a good accounting so that people on both sides can cooperate with each other to avoid unnecessary omissions and make sure everything is foolproof." I ordered the two of them seriously, and the next step was for the two of them. It’s a matter of people.