Opposite Jiangbei Ferry is Qichi Ferry.

Only twenty miles away from Qichidu is Qichi County in Runzhou.

Zhang Debao, the magistrate of Qichi County, has been unhappy these past two days.

As an important county for Yangtze River defense, Qichi County has an army of 2,000 people.

Since the Jinghua period, thirty-six countries in the Western Regions raised their troops to attack Ning. They crossed the river and one guy destroyed Qichi County. They continued southward and reached Linshui Pass in Guangling Prefecture before being captured by the entire army of Ning.

defeat.

Then, their remnants withdrew from Ning State.

In the following nearly a hundred years, this place never suffered another disaster of war.

At that time, Prime Minister Shang stationed defense troops in important towns along the Yangtze River, and this practice has been maintained to this day.

It's just that there has been no war in the past hundred years. In fact, the so-called two thousand defense troops only have one name left.

There are only about 300 people serving as soldiers now!

But the amount reported to the Ministry of War was still two thousand!

The free wages of more than 1,600 people are not something that a mere county magistrate can afford!

Most of them, he paid tribute to the governor Song Shiming.

Yesterday, I received an urgent military message from the Governor, ordering him to organize the two thousand troops stationed in Qichidu. If he encounters a group of about five hundred female bandits... kill them!

News from Jiangbei has spread.

Zhang Debao felt that the Governor had some misunderstandings about the term female bandit.

Is that a female gangster?

If the bandits in Ning State were as powerful as them, if they gathered together and twisted into a rope, Ning State would have been destroyed long ago!

Besides, it’s not like the Governor didn’t know that there were only more than 320 soldiers in Qichi County, and they were all related households!

The serious soldiers on the other side of Jiangbei, each with a thousand men in each team, are no match for the five hundred female bandits. Now you want me to use these three hundred who have not even touched a knife.

The soldiers who passed by went to kill them all...

"Lieutenant Chen, you cannot disobey the Governor's orders!"

Qichi County Magistrate Zhang Debao looked at County Lieutenant Chen who was sitting at the bottom, stroked his short beard, and said with a serious face:

"This county just wants to ask, do you have any good ideas to deal with it?"

Chen County Lieutenant, who is over fifty years old, is also a seasoned official in this officialdom.

He already knew about this matter yesterday, and of course he also had a preliminary understanding of the group of female bandits in Jiangbei.

If you fight, you will definitely not win.

Unless Runzhou sends troops.

But all the troops from Runzhou were transferred to Feng County in Pingjiang Prefecture, and it was obviously impossible to have any extra troops to support Qichi County.

At this moment, when the county magistrate spoke, he quickly cupped his hands and said with a smile: "My lord, I feel at ease!"

"First of all, there are six Yangtze River crossings along our Jiangnan Road... No one knows which crossing the female bandits will cross the river from."

"Now...if they really come from our place, they will definitely be beaten, but as for how to fight...I think it can be varied."

Zhang Debao frowned slightly when he heard this, "Please tell me carefully."

County Lieutenant Chen leaned over and whispered: "Sir, in fact, the situation of the other five counties that have jurisdiction over the corresponding ferry is no different from ours."

"Even if we talk about the bigger picture, even in all the prefectures and counties in Ningguo in the south of the Yangtze River, the situation is not much better."

"Over the past few years, our Ningguo treasury has been empty!"

"When the treasury is empty, the armaments are also empty!"

"Everyone at the top and bottom is focused on making money and eating empty pay... It's not just the state soldiers in each state, even the four major frontier armies... their appetites are even bigger!"

"So the Northern Desert barbarians invaded the border, and everyone in the court thought that General Xiahou Zhuo had withdrawn from Jiuyin City because of the former prince's military exploits..."

"It just so happens that Xiaguan has a distant relative who is among the Northern Desert Frontier Army. He is a close confidant of General Xiahou, and he has the armament account books of the Northern Frontier Army!"

The Chen county captain suddenly stood up, walked to the door, stuck his head out and looked around, then closed the door and returned to the tea table.

He leaned over again and lowered his voice: "Sir, the number of people in the northern frontier army registered with the Ministry of War is 120,000! But do you actually know how many there are?"

Zhang Debao's eyes widened immediately, he leaned over and asked in a low voice: "How much?"

County Lieutenant Chen extended his hand and gestured: "No more than 50,000!"

Zhang Debao gasped with a "hiss!" and asked in disbelief: "Eating 70,000 people's free wages?"

Lieutenant Chen nodded, "Isn't it?"

He sat up straight again, "The other three frontier armies are basically the same!"

"So the defeat in Bei Desert is inevitable!"

"After Yu Wenfeng, the leader of the Huangren, occupied Jiuyin City, he originally planned to continue southward, but there were rumors that someone sent a letter to Yu Wenfeng."

"Originally, Yu Wenfeng had organized his troops in Jiuyin City and had led the army ten miles out of the city. But after he got the letter, he returned to Jiuyin City without hesitation."

"This is how our Princess Ning Guo Lin came to marry! Yu Wenfeng's troops are entrenched in Jiuyin City and have never gone south again!"

Zhang Debao asked curiously: "Who in Ningguo has such a big face that Yu Wenfeng shrinks back?"

"I heard...it's Xi Wei!"

Zhang Debao was shocked again, "...Xi Wei? How is this possible?"

He shook his head repeatedly, "Isn't Xi Wei's plan for our country of Ning? Yuwenfeng went south and Ning country was in chaos. This should be what he wants to see!"

Chen County Lieutenant smiled slightly: "It doesn't matter who it is, the important thing is... Sir, even the northern frontier army can be defeated, not to mention the loss of troops and generals, and the large territory lost, is there anyone in your court who can look for Xiahou

General settling the score?"

"It doesn't even matter if the country is lost. It's just a group of female bandits. They are just robbing homes and houses. Even if we can't prevent them, isn't this reasonable?"

Zhang Debao rolled his eyes, "You mean... a feint attack, a real defeat?"

"Yes, feint attack, defeat without a fight!"

"We only have about three hundred soldiers, and these three hundred soldiers are all descendants of the squire and landlord families in our Qichi County... They came to serve as soldiers, but they were all given money!".o

"It's hard to explain if you're dead."

"If this play is to be made more realistic, I think it would be better to shoot some people in the poor people's homes... If they die, they will die. If they die fighting for the country... Your Excellency, just give them a little honor!"

"The Grand Governor can also give me an explanation. It's not up to me and others. The bandits are really too cruel!"

Zhang Debao laughed and said, "Great idea!"

"That's it!"

"Now you go to the poor people's homes and draw one from every three, and two from every five... We don't have many weapons and armor in the warehouse, so ask them to bring their own sickles or hatchets... Tell them that after the suppression of bandits is over,

, the county personally awards them certificates of commendation!”

"I obey my orders!"

Lieutenant Chen stood up to retire. Zhang Debao picked up the teacup and hummed a ditty.

By the way, you have to tell that concubine that she has a distant nephew in the army, but don’t really go up and fight those female bandits!

Suddenly, he closed his mouth again and frowned again.

The regent took advantage of Jiangnan, and now Yu Daotai and the Song Dynasty Governor have created such a large battle to kill the regent in Jiangnan...

If this can be accomplished, it will certainly be a good thing that everyone will be happy with.

If it doesn't work...

Zhang Debao's heart skipped a beat. No, he had to send his wife, concubines, children, and all the money he had earned over the years out of Jiangnan!

If Yu Daotai loses, only a few officials in Jiangnan Province will be spared.

He stepped out and walked out.

I thought that if the regent knew the news that he couldn't hide at all, would he go back to Kyoto?
Chapter completed!