Zhu Ping'an accepted almost all the discarded military equipment in Linhuai Hou's camp, and it took twenty horse-drawn carriages two trips to transport them all.
The military pay has arrived, and with this batch of armaments, the material foundation for militia training is almost in place.
The father of the evil woman Ruonan received a letter saying that the surrender was going smoothly. Two bandits had already surrendered. Together with their own, the number of bandits who had surrendered was about 600.
Zhu Ping'an planned to have a militia of one thousand men. With these six hundred bandits as a foundation, he would then recruit and select a group of young and strong men.
The material foundation is ready, and the people are almost there. You can apply for a campsite and start group training.
Therefore, after Zhu Ping'an returned to the Jiangzhe Judicial Inspection Office, he reported the preparations for the militia to the Prime Minister, and then applied for a base for the militia. After the base was decided, he sent a message to the witch Ruonan's father, asking him to take the surrendered bandits to the base, which was the prelude to the militia training.
"Yes, Zihou, you prepared very quickly, which is beyond my expectation. Not bad, very good." Lord Neitai listened to Zhu Ping'an's report while stroking his beard and nodded with satisfaction. After hearing that Zhu Ping'an surrendered 600 bandits, Lord Neitai said with some concern, "As the saying goes, it is easy to change the country but difficult to change one's nature. Most bandits are desperate criminals, and it is difficult to change their bandit nature and manage them. Zihou's militia only has a thousand people, and most of them are surrendered bandits. I'm afraid there will be hidden dangers..."
"Master Neitai, I will use strict military discipline to restrain these bandits. If anyone violates it, they will be severely punished!"
Zhu Pingan replied with a firm look on his face.
This was part of Zhu Ping'an's plan. After these bandits were incorporated into the militia, the first thing Zhu Ping'an did and the thing he carried out throughout his life was to instill military discipline and obedience into these bandits' bones.
We must forge a militia with strict military discipline, no violations of discipline, and a duty to obey orders.
Upon hearing this, Lord Neitai nodded slightly and said, "Zihou, just let it go and don't show any leniency."
"Yes, sir." Zhu Ping'an bowed.
"As for the militia's base, Zihou, what do you think of Jinshan County?" asked the Minister Neitai.
Jinshan County?!
Zhu Ping'an has been studying the topographic maps of Jiangsu and Zhejiang recently, so he is no stranger to Jinshan County. Jinshan County is located more than 60 miles southwest of Yingtian, and is neither too far nor too close to Yingtian. It is considered a satellite county of Yingtian.
Jinshan County is surrounded by mountains on the north, east and south, and is shaped like a spoon. It is named Jinshan County because a gold mine was discovered on a hill in the southeast of the county. However, the gold mountain in Jinshan County was mined out as early as the early Ming Dynasty, and now it has become a barren mountain.
In fact, the location of the militia training base is not picky, basically any place with enough area will do.
There is nothing wrong with Jinshan County being the base for militia training.
In addition, when a leader asks you how something is, he or she has actually already made up his or her mind about that thing.
Therefore, after being asked by Lord Neitai, Zhu Pingan bowed and said, "Jinshan County is moderately located and surrounded by mountains on three sides, making it very suitable as a training base."
"Okay, then let's set the base in Jinshan County. Although Jinshan County belongs to Yingtian Prefecture, it is within the jurisdiction of our Ministry of Justice. It is not a bad idea to organize military preparations in Jinshan County. Moreover, as Zihou said, Jinshan County is at a moderate distance. If there is any change in the militia, Yingtian can send troops to help Zihou control the situation. If there is any situation in Yingtian, Zihou can also lead the militia to support. In addition, Jinshan County is not too far from Susong. If the situation in Susong is critical, Zihou can also lead the militia to support."
Lord Neitai nodded and said.
"Lord Neitai is absolutely right." Zhu Ping'an bowed.
After deciding on Jinshan County as the base for the militia, the governor took a map from the shelf behind him.
"Zihou, look! This is the map of Jinshan County. The mountains, rivers and terrain are all marked on it. Where do you think is suitable as a base for militia training?" Neitai unfolded the map on the desk, pressed down the four corners with an inkstone and a ruler, waved to Zhu Ping'an, motioning Zhu Ping'an to come closer and take a look, and asked softly.
Zhu Ping'an came closer to take a look. The map in the hands of the governor was, after all, a map of Jinshan County, which was much more detailed than the map of Jiangsu and Zhejiang that he had seen. Of course, it was incomparable to modern maps. This ancient map was flat, not as complex and three-dimensional as modern maps. It simply marked mountains, rivers, villages and towns.
Of course, no matter how simple they were, maps were confidential in ancient times and it was difficult for ordinary people to see them.
Zhu Ping'an approached and carefully examined the map of Jinshan County, looking for a suitable place for the militia to be stationed.
While Zhu Ping'an was looking at the map, he noticed out of the corner of his eye that Lord Neitai had been observing him silently.
Zhu Ping'an realized that Neitai asked him where in Jinshan County was suitable for militia training, probably to test him to see whether he knew military knowledge and understood military strategies.
It is very important to choose a campsite! If you choose the wrong campsite, you will be doomed. For example, during the Three Kingdoms period, Pang De captured Guan Yu. Pang De chose a low-lying area as his campsite. As a result, Guan Yu dug up the Han River and flooded the seven armies. Pang De's army was wiped out, and Pang De himself was beheaded, which made Guan Sheng famous.
So Zhu Ping'an became more serious.
Wu Qi once said that there are four major taboos when setting up camp, namely, facing the sky stove, dragon head, back to water, and facing the slope.
Tianzao refers to the entrance of the valley, that is, the entrance of the valley. If you camp at the entrance of the valley, if you are not careful, you will be easily driven into the valley by the enemy and be trapped. For example, Zhuge Liang once set up an ambush in Huluyu, and used a trick to lure Sima Yi and his army into the valley. He then occupied the surrounding high ground and wanted to burn Sima Yi's entire army to death through fire attack. However, despite all the calculations, he did not expect heavy rain to fall from the sky, which saved Sima Yi's life. If it had not been for the heavy rain, Sima Yi's entire army would have been burned to death in the valley. This shows the danger of Tianzao.
Dragon head refers to the top of a mountain. The reason why the top of a mountain is not suitable as a military camp is similar to Tianzao. If you set up camp at the top of a mountain, if the enemy attacks and the army surrounds the mountain, there is no escape. For example, in the Battle of Jieting between Ma Su and Zhang He, Ma Su abandoned the water source in Jieting and camped on the mountain. As a result, he was surrounded on the mountain by Zhang He, who first cut off the water source on the mountain and then launched a large-scale attack. Ma Su was defeated and his army was completely routed, causing Zhuge Liang to lose a great opportunity to march north. This left an allusion in history that Ma Su was executed with tears.
"Back to the water" means to lean against the river. If you lean against the river and the enemy attacks, if you cannot resist, you will have no way to retreat, because your retreat is blocked by the river. Of course, there is also the classic battle of Han Xin's "Back to the Water" in history, but the problem is that you are not Han Xin. Han Xin could survive in the face of death, but most other people can only die in the face of death... ...
"Xiangpo" means facing the hillside. Xiangpo is not suitable for camping. In addition to the enemy attacking and no way to retreat, there is also the problem that the enemy occupies the high ground on the hilltop and attacks from a high position, which is difficult for us to resist.