The armaments eliminated from the Linhuai Hou camp, Zhu Pingan accepted almost all of them as they were, and it took two trips for the twenty carriages to finish pulling them.
With the pay already in place and this batch of armaments, the material foundation of the regiment is almost ready.
Ruonan’s father wrote to me that the recruitment is going well, he has already recruited and surrendered two mountain strongholds, and together with himself, the number of mountain bandits who have accepted the recruitment and surrender is almost six hundred people.
Zhu Pingan plans to train 1,000 people in the regiment, with these 600 bandits as the basis, and then conscript and select a number of young people can be.
Once the material base is ready, and the people are almost ready, he will apply for a campsite, and the regimental training can begin.
Therefore, after Zhu Pingan returned to Jiangzhe Tidings Inspection Division Yamen, he reported the preparation of the regimental training to Lord Tidai, and then opened his mouth to apply for a regimental training site, ready to send a letter to the demoness Ruo Nan his father when the site must come down, so that he will bring the recruited mountain thieves to the site, precisely to open the prelude to the regimental training.
“Not bad, Zi Hou you prepare very quickly, out of this official’s expectation. Not bad, very good.”While listening to Zhu Pingan’s report, the provincial governor stroked his beard and nodded with satisfaction, after hearing that Zhu Pingan had recruited and surrendered 600 mountain thieves, the provincial governor said with some concern, “The so-called rivers and mountains are easy to change their nature, the mountain thieves are mostly outlaws, their banditry is hard to change, and it is not easy to manage them, ZiHou’s regimentation training stops at 1,000 people, and the recruited and surrendered mountain thieves account for the majority of the regimentation, so I am afraid that there is a hidden danger, right?……”
“Sir, I will restrain these bandits with strict military discipline, if there is any violation, I will punish them severely!”
Zhu Pingan returned with a firm face.
This is what Zhu Ping An has planned, after these bandits are incorporated into the regiment, the first thing Zhu Ping An will do and follow through is to instil military discipline and obedience into the bones of these bandits.
He must forge a regiment with strict military discipline, without offence, and with obedience as their vocation.
When Lord Tuan Tai heard this, he nodded slightly, “Zi Hou, despite letting go of your hand, there is no need to condone it.”
“As ordered.”Zhu Pingan arched his hand.
“Regarding the words of the regiment’s residence, Zi Hou, what do you think of Jinshan County?”Lord Tuan Tai asked.
Jinshan County?
Zhu Pingan had recently been studying the topographical maps of Jiangsu and Zhejiang, and this Jinshan County was no stranger to him. Jinshan County is located in Yingtian more than sixty miles southwest of Yingtian, not close to Yingtian is not far, is considered a satellite county of Yingtian.
Jinshan County north, east and south of the mountains in the shape of a “spoon”, the reason why it is called Jinshan County, is because of its territory in the southeast of a small mountain found in the gold mines, because of the gold mines and the name of Jinshan County. However, Jinshan County’s gold mountain has long been in the early Ming Dynasty when the mining is finished, and now has become a barren mountain.
In fact, the regimental training station is not picky about the place, basically there is a sufficient area to land on.
Jinshan County as a regiment training station, there is no impossibility.
In addition, the general leadership asked you what what how, in fact, the leadership heart has identified that what what.
Therefore, Zhu Pingan arched his hand and said after Lord Tantai asked, “Jinshan County is a moderate distance away, surrounded by mountains on three sides, and is very suitable as a regimental training station.”
“Good, then let’s set the garrison in Jinshan County. Although Jinshan County belongs to Yingtian Prefecture, it belongs to the sub-patrols that our Tidings Division administers, so it is not impossible to consolidate the military in Jinshan County. Moreover, as Zi Hou said, Jinshan County is a moderate distance away, if there is any change in the regiment, Yingtian can send troops to help Zi Hou to control the situation, and if there is any situation in Yingtian, Zi Hou can also lead the regiment to support. In addition, Jinshan County is not too far away from Susong, if the situation in Susong is critical, Zi Hou can also lead the regiment to support.”
Lord Tuan Tai nodded and said.
“What Lord Tuan Tai said is very true.”Zhu Pingan arched his hand and said.
After finalising Jinshan County as the regiment’s location, the Tuan Tai Lord took down a volume of maps from the museum shelf behind him.
“Zi Hou and see, this is the map of Jinshan County, the landscape and terrain have all been marked on it, where does Zi Hou think is suitable for the regiment to reside?”Tuan Tai unfolded the map on the desk, used an ink stone and ruler to press the corners, beckoned to Zhu Pingan, signalling for him to come closer to watch, and asked in a soft voice.
Zhu Pingan close to watch, the map in the hands of the provincial governor is after all a map of Jinshan County, more detailed than the map of Jiangsu and Zhejiang that he looked at. Of course, there is no comparison with modern maps, this ancient map is flat, not as complex and three-dimensional as the modern day, just simply marked landscapes, villages and towns.
Of course, even more simple, the map in ancient times also belongs to the secret, ordinary people is very difficult to see.
Zhu Pingan approached to carefully observe the map of Jinshan County, searching for a suitable place to serve as the regiment’s residence.
As Zhu Pingan was looking at the map, he noticed that Lord Tuan Tai had been silently observing himself.
Zhu Pingan realised that when the Tuan Tai asked himself where in Jinshan County would be suitable for a regiment to train, it was probably a test to see if he knew the army and military strategy.
Picking a camp was important! If you pick the wrong camp, you will be doomed. For example, when Pang De occupied Guan Yu in the Three Kingdoms, Pang De chose the camp in a low-lying area, and Guan Yu dug up the Han River and flooded the seven armies, which destroyed Pang De’s army, and Pang De’s own head, which made Guan Sheng’s reputation.
Thus, Zhu Pingan became more serious.
Wu Qi has said that there are four major taboos in setting up camp, which are Tianzao, Dragon Head, Backwater, and Towards the Slope.
Tianzao was the mouth of the valley, that is, the mouth of the valley. If you set up camp in the mouth of the valley, if you are not careful, you will be easily driven to the valley by the enemy, and you will be wrapped up in a dumpling, and there is no way out of the sky and no door into the ground. For example, Zhuge Liang had set up an ambush in Huluyu, and introduced Sima Yi and his army into the valley with a plan, and then closed the door and beat the dog, occupying the surrounding high ground, and wanting to burn all of Sima Yi’s army through fire attack. However, he did not count on the rain that fell from the sky and saved Sima Yi’s life. If not for the heavy rain, all of Sima Yi’s troops would have been burnt to death in the valley. This shows the danger of the heavenly stove.
The dragon’s head is the end of a mountain, and the reason why the end of a mountain is not suitable for barracks is similar to Tianzao. If you set up camp at the end of a mountain, if the enemy attacked and surrounded the mountain with troops, there would be no escape. For example, Ma Su Jie Ting battle, Ma Su in Jie Ting to give up water on the mountain stationed, the result was Zhang He surrounded in the mountains, first cut off the water on the mountain, and then attacked in force, Ma Su defeated, routed, the harm Zhuge Liang lost the northern expedition of a great opportunity, leaving a tearful chop Ma Su in history.
Backwater is said to have your back to the river, you have your back to the river, if the enemy attacks, if you can’t resist, then there is no way back, because your way back is blocked by the river. Of course, the history of the classic battle of Han Xin backwater, but the problem is that you are not Han Xin ah, Han Xin can be put to death and then live, the vast majority of other people can only be put to death and death ah death ah death ah ……
Facing the slope means facing the hill. It is not suitable for camping, except for the enemy attack, there is no way to retreat, but also the enemy occupies the heights of the mountain, condescending to attack, it is difficult for us to resist the problem.
