Half a month of training passed quickly. During this period, ordnance from Bianjing Xingguofang was also continuously delivered.
The imperial court liked to call it the "North and South Workshop" directly, but this simple name really did not match its huge size, because at least nearly 8,000 craftsmen and Xiang soldiers worked here every day.
A series of military equipment such as crossbows, armor, and flags required by the army came from here.
I have to admit that although the Song Dynasty is now passive militarily, it is almost too far ahead of this era in other aspects. It can even be said that it appears in the world civilization with a crushing attitude.
Only the specialized small workshops under the North and South workshops are divided into fifty-one categories, starting from vest making, vest leaf making, lacquer armor making, iron armor making, leather armor making, soft armor making, and ending with candle making and rattan mat making.
, paintings, and any military equipment you can think of, a company of craftsmen can be produced.
This reflects the strength of the Song Dynasty's logistics and also reflects the prosperity of the country.
With the support of the imperial court, a steady stream of military supplies was transported from Tokyo City. Under normal circumstances, reserves from other state capitals would have been used, but Ye An requested that the equipment of the Xiang Forbidden Army should be similar to that of the Forbidden Army, otherwise the morale of the army might be dampened.
Zhao Zhen believed this, so he ordered the North and South Workshops to re-produce military supplies for the Jianghuai Xiang Forbidden Army.
But after the soldiers of the Xiang Forbidden Army wore brand new uniforms, armors, and weapons, this army originally formed by the Xiang Army took on a completely new look.
Both in terms of temperament and demeanor, it gives people a feeling of being completely transformed. In just half a month, Fan Zhongyan and Wu Zunlu have already been impressed by each other.
This kind of progress made Ye An incredible. The training of new recruits in later generations would also take three months, but these people have begun to take shape after being shortened by a quarter.
They worked harder, knowing that this was an opportunity to change their destiny. Only because they had seen the decadence of the past did they have the motivation to work hard. At that time, they lived like mud, but now Ye An has turned them into steel.
When the war drums were beaten, Fan Zhongyan and Wu Zunlu were horrified to find that the army in front of them was filled with murderous intent. The soldiers were divided into red and blue sides, and they began to clash fiercely with the sound of the war drums.
As scholars, it was their first time to see something similar to an attack on the battlefield. The feeling of fighting and fighting made them both excited and frightened.
Wu Zunlu held back the urge to escape and stared at everything that happened in front of him with wide eyes.
The shield bearers of the red and blue sides collided, and then they slashed with long wooden knives and spears, arrows without arrows passed through the air, military flags hunted, and bronze whistles commanded the soldiers on both sides to maintain their formation.
Fan Zhongyan came back to his senses and whispered: "Such a powerful army came from the Xiang Army?!"
Looking at the expectant looks in his and Wu Zunlu's eyes, Ye An shook his head slightly: "This is not yet a strong army. A truly strong army must go through the baptism of blood and fire. They haven't even killed anyone, so they can't be considered a strong army."
?!"
"Killing? Who do you want them to kill? The bandits from the White Lotus Society?"
Wu Zunlu spoke in surprise, but Ye An still shook his head and said: "I am preparing the army for war, and Dai Dekun is also secretly watching and preparing. The people of the White Lotus Society are not easy to deal with, so we should practice with the bandits first."
"Bandits? Bandits? Well, yes, there are refugees..." Fan Zhongyan touched the beard on his chin and nodded slightly.
Refugees are also called fugitives. They are not registered as citizens, so they naturally do not have to pay taxes. Their existence is the sorrow and helplessness of the times. Don’t think that these people can live a life in paradise. From the first day they became refugees, they
I lost my rights as a Song Dynasty person forever.
Although they do not have to pay taxes, the government does not recognize their status. Once they enter the city, they will be imprisoned. You must know that the feudal dynasty is very persistent in controlling people. Once these people enter the prison, men and women will be like slaves, life and death.
I can't help but control it myself. It is a real lowly status, even lower than a happy status, a servant, or even a beggar.
As for bandits and bandits, they are directly criminals. The official attitude of the Song Dynasty towards such criminals is quite bad. Either they should not fall into the hands of the government, otherwise they will definitely show their heads to the public.
Unlike other death row prisoners, mountain bandits caused too much harm to ordinary people and were also a reflection of the court's lack of virtue. In order to frighten Xiao Xiao and prove the court's determination, as long as they were caught, the emperor would decide
Then he can be killed.
So Ye An set his sights on these bandits. It would be a good choice to practice with them. After all, what the Xiang Forbidden Army will face will be the monsters of the White Lotus Society. He has already seen how ferocious these people are, and they are not what the Xiang Forbidden Army is facing right now.
Can rival.
The next day, Fan Zhongyan and Wu Zunlu saw Ye An leaving the camp with the newly formed Xiang Imperial Army. Their target was the bandits in Jiudou Mountain in Chuzhou.
This was the first time he saw Fan Zhongyan traveling across two prefectures to suppress bandits, but Wu Zunlu thought this was just looking for trouble.
What does the banditry in Chuzhou have to do with Tongzhou? Besides, even if the bandit suppression is successful, it will not be of any benefit to Ye An. It just helps the governor of Chuzhou eliminate the banditry in vain!
Of course, there is also the most important question: who will provide the money and food for the Xiang Forbidden Army to suppress bandits?
The Tongzhou Yamen would never pay for this, and Chuzhou didn't ask Ye An to send troops to suppress the bandits. Even if he was the Jianghuai economic envoy, he couldn't forcefully ask for money, right? This was an obvious robbery!
But Ye An didn't ask anyone for money, he just wrote to the Chuzhou Prefectural Government that the army was about to go to Jiudou Mountain to suppress the bandits, and asked him to announce that the people should not panic.
To suppress bandits, you still have to ask for money? Where are we? Jianghuai! In a place that is originally very wealthy, as long as the place is rich, how can the bandits who have turned into bandits have no money?
Another point is that although Chuzhou is not a big place, it is an important transportation route between the Jianghuai River and the Yangtze River. There are many merchants and traders in the area. These people are usually harassed by bandits, and even the tax money of the state government is also used.
Robbed.
Ye An carefully checked the files and found out that in the second year of his life, the autumn tax bank on Jiangnan East Road was transported to Tokyo via Jianghuai. The soldiers who were escorting the tax bank through Jiudoushan in Chuzhou were ambushed by gangsters. Most of the tax bank was lost and the other half was transported to Tokyo city.
Losing most of the tax money was not a small matter, but at that time, the world's tax revenue was huge, which was nothing in comparison. Liu E mobilized soldiers and horses from three states to encircle and suppress them. As a result, the military newspaper reported that the bandits were dead and wounded, and the army had no soldiers.
There are casualties.
Ye An would never believe such a military report. With the strength of the Jianghuai Xiang Army, the bandits who wanted to encircle Jiudoushan would not be able to succeed without paying the price of "injuring the enemy one thousand and damaging themselves eight hundred", let alone the bandits.
There were almost all casualties but no damage to the Xiang army?
The most critical point is that the military newspaper and the Chuzhou magistrate's document clearly stated that the missing tax money had not been found. The meaning was also very clear. Even after digging three feet into the ground, it was not found. This is intriguing.
In the subsequent official documents of Chuzhou, the bandits of Jiudoushan reappeared. In name, they were not the previous bandits, but in fact they must be them.
Because so much time has passed, the documents recording the dead bandits have long been lost. It can be said that the Sanzhou Xiang army and the Chuzhou magistrate and the supervisory army sent by the imperial court told a huge lie.
Of course, you don’t need to guess who is the mastermind behind the scenes. It must be Biao Wu, the bandit leader in Wei Feng Village on Jiu Dou Mountain. Although he has been training with troops in the past few days, Ye An still sent people to continuously collect intelligence, and finally decided to use Jiu Dou Mountain Wei Feng.
The stronghold is the target of the Xiang Forbidden Army.