The standing army of the Yangzhou Prefecture of the Eastern Capital consists of 3,000 Long Jie's troops from the Imperial Army of the Southern Tang Dynasty, including 2,500 regular soldiers, and about 500 other officers, accompanying officers, and cooks.
This organization was quite abnormal in the Southern Tang Dynasty.
Because in the Southern Tang Dynasty, the imperial army usually had a capital of one hundred people, five capitals as camps, five camps as armies, and ten armies as compartments. Each compartment should have 25,000 people. The highest officer in the compartment was the commander of the capital, divided into chief and deputy officers.
, there is a numbered army above the carriage, and each numbered army has left and right compartments.
According to the normal establishment, the Imperial Guards of the Southern Tang Dynasty should have numbered 50,000 people. However, in fact, let alone the Southern Tang Dynasty, even the Central Plains imperial court could not maintain such a standing army establishment.
Therefore, at this time, most of the Forbidden Army formations did not have compartments, but two armies, such as the left army and the right army, which were the numbered armies.
A battalion has 500 people, and an army of five battalions has 2,500 people. An army has two armies, which is a scale of 5,000 people.
The establishment of Xiang was always full, which happened after the country became rich and the population increased in the Song Dynasty.
So at this time, what is this organization mostly used for?
The first is to give the military attache a title and command him in all positions, or in all positions, which makes him sound majestic.
Second, during wartime, auxiliary troops such as civilian soldiers, state and county soldiers, or united rural soldiers would be stuffed in, quickly expanding an army of five thousand people on weekdays into an army of tens of thousands.
This is the same as Zhang Zhao's side. Zhang Zhao's imperial army, such as the Yulin Guard, has one guard with 3,000 people and two guards on the left and right with a total of 6,000 people.
Zhang Zhao is actually also considering whether to have a box similar to that of an airman in the establishment.
Because this time was at the peak of ancient Chinese cold weapons, a brave soldier was in great need of other supporting personnel.
The strange thing about the Long Jie Army stationed in the Eastern Capital in the Southern Tang Dynasty was that it only had 3,000 people, and it was not divided into left and right armies. In fact, it was only one army in size.
No matter how you look at it, this somewhat strange organization is the result of the unique political system of the Southern Tang Dynasty.
Li Jing's son Li Hongji was not the heir, so Li Jing had to let him hold the two positions of Dongdu Liushou and Dongdu Yin, which could cultivate private power.
But as a result, the troops stationed in Yangzhou, the capital of the East, will be different from the past.
If, like in Jiangning, six divisions of the Forbidden Army plus some other Forbidden Army were set up, and there were 40,000 to 50,000 people around Jiangning, it would not be suitable for Yangzhou, the capital of the East.
Even if it is halved, it will not work, because this will easily lead to the strength of Dongdu staying behind to be too expanded.
Therefore, Li Jing's solution is to only give one name to the Forbidden Army, which is not enough to fully staff it.
In addition, Long Jie's army is said to be a forbidden army, but from weapons to pay, they all follow a model that is much lower than that of the forbidden army, but better than that of state and county soldiers.
In the words of later generations, the Long Jie Army stationed in Yangzhou, the capital of the East, was a second-class division.
Use this second-class division to guard a place like Yangzhou.
Alas! It can only be said that the Southern Tang Dynasty claimed to be descendants of Li Tang Dynasty, but they did not learn the benefits. Party disputes and the heirs were so stupid that they really failed to learn these two things.
Therefore, thanks to the perfect assist from the Southern Tang Dynasty court, they rushed into Gao Huaide's troops who were staying at the office in Dongdu, Yangzhou, and quickly defeated hundreds of Southern Tang garrison troops stationed here.
Gao Huaide originally thought that if he could not break the strong fortress of the left-behind office, he would have no choice but to set fire to it.
As a result, not to mention arson, more than 700 people rushed in and captured the left-behind government office. It is estimated that no more than five people died in the battle, and the injured could be counted on two hands.
Gao Huaide even sent Huangfuchong and more than 300 cavalry to chase the defeated army until they reached the gate of Long Jiejun's barracks.
Although Huangfu Chong was not good at commanding, he was also a bit awkward. Even Zhang Zhao couldn't do well in asking him to be a confidant for Huangfu's sake.
But he is very experienced in the battlefield, and it is more than enough to lead a commander of two to three hundred people.
When he saw the military camp of Long Jie's army, he immediately stopped chasing him. He first ordered one hundred and fifty riders to dismount and line up in formation. He used divine arm bows and horned crossbows to block the gate of the military camp. When he got closer, he let people set off smoke and fireworks.
Request reinforcements.
As soon as this arrangement was completed, Long Jie's army organized an attack. However, due to the lack of time, only more than 500 people from Long Jie's army came.
The number of people was too small. Although they had many shields, they were still shot back by the combination of divine arm bows and horn crossbows that were blocked at the door. Huangfu Chong even organized the remaining cavalry to launch a counterattack.
When Long Jie's army was organized and more than 2,000 men rushed out wearing helmets and armor, Yao Yuanfu also arrived with 1,500 cavalry.
Huangfuchong immediately pretended to be defeated and led more than 2,000 Long Jie's troops out of the military camp, waiting for them to pursue them to the northeast corner of Yangzhou City.
Yao Yuanfu suddenly charged out with 1,500 cavalry, and Long Jie's army chased them all the way. The formation was chaotic. The strong ones were already almost entering Yangzhou City, while the weak ones were only halfway through. Two thousand people had already reached the end of Yangzhou City.
A long formation of snakes.
This could not withstand Yao Yuanfu's surprise attack. Long Jie's army almost collapsed in response. Except for a few who jumped into the river to escape, most of them were captured and killed.
The only force guarding Yangzhou disappeared in less than two quarters of an hour.
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Zhou Zong was sitting in the main hall of the Jiangdu Prefecture Office. In his mind, scenes of his encounter and mutual understanding with Li Min, the ancestor of the Southern Tang Dynasty, flashed out scene by scene.
The classics that Zhou Zong had read since childhood were all driving him to die now.
However, when he thought of the beautiful concubines and wine at home, the fertile land and mansion, and the daughter he secretly regarded as having the gift of a good mother in the world.
Of course, it is also possible that he was afraid of pain, so Zhou Zong, accompanied by a servant who was almost paralyzed by fear, was still reluctant to die.
Li Cunhui quickly cleared away the resistance left in the office, and then saw Zhou Zong with a tangled look on his face and the servants lying limp on the ground beside him.
Li Cunhui narrowed his eyes, took the long knife in his hand, and walked directly towards Zhou Zong.
Seeing the armored warriors of the Zhou Kingdom who were covered in blood and looked like demons, Zhou Zong couldn't help but tremble all over. He wanted to kneel down like a servant or collapse on the ground and kowtow to beg for mercy.
But the last bit of human dignity in his heart, as well as an inexplicable sense of relief in his heart, stopped Zhou Zong.
Li Cunhui looked at the frightened old man but never knelt down. He smiled evilly and gently dragged the horizontal knife in his hand on the ground.
The sound made people's hearts tremble and raise goosebumps, as if death was approaching. Zhou Zong couldn't help but make a sound in his throat, and his body always wanted to slide to the ground.
Li Cunhui suddenly stopped in time and continued to threaten. He picked up the round-collared robe of Zhou Zong's servant who was paralyzed from the ground, wiped the blood on the Hengdao, and then put the Hengdao back into its scabbard.
After doing this, he handed over to Zhou Zongyi. "Li Cunhui, the commander of the Youyu Lin Guard of a certain family, dare I ask if the elder in front of me is the Duke of Zhou who is staying in the Eastern Capital?"
Seeing the blood-covered Zhou Jun fierce tiger on the opposite side sheathing his sword and politely asking questions, Zhou Zong suddenly felt a little strength in his body, and the part of the three souls and seven souls that escaped, as if
It's back again.
He was about to answer when he suddenly heard a loud shout. "Who are you? This is the son of the Emperor of Zhou Dynasty, a royal family member of the Tang Dynasty, and the Duke of Shouchang is in front of you. How dare you sit down and reply!"
It turned out that it was Li Cunhui who was accompanying him. Seeing that Zhou Zong wanted to sit on a chair in return, he shouted loudly. Zhou Zong immediately turned red in the face, because it was indeed him who was rude.
"Talk too much!" Li Cunhui pretended to be angry and glared at his attendants, then reached out to help Zhou Zong, who had just stood up, sit down again, and continued to say: "Zhou Weng is tall, so there is no harm in sitting and talking."
At this time, Zhou Zong still dared to sit down. As soon as his butt touched the chair, he quickly stood up as if he was being burned.
"May I ask the Duke, which clan am I related to?"
Ugh! Zhou Zong regarded Li Cunhui, a member of the Tang clan, as being related to Li Min and Li Jing, the "Datang".
A playful smile appeared on Li Cunhui's face, and she deliberately said lightly.
"Excuse me, the elder. My ancestor, the general manager of Lingzhou, Prince Su of Changping, Shu Lianggong, was the founding king of Zhongsu. His descendants are in such a state of poverty that they have no shame to mention their ancestors!"
In fact, Li Cunhui's ancestor was not Li Shuliang, King of Changping. He was the cousin of Tang Emperor Li Yuan and the great-grandfather of Li Linfu, a sweet talker and a swordsman. He died in the war against the Turks in the early Tang Dynasty and was the mainstay of the clan.
Li Cunhui's ancestor is actually Li Shuliang's sixth brother, Li Youliang, Prince of Changle County.
However, Li Youliang was executed for ulterior motives, so when the Li Cunhui family mentioned their ancestors, they usually used Li Shuliang instead of Li Youliang or directly mentioned Li Yuan's sixth uncle Li Yi.
Zhou Zong once again made a big blush, and then he realized that the person in front of him was the real Tang clan.
Although it is a bit too remote, the identity has been passed down for hundreds of years and there is indeed blood.
Compared with Li Cunhui, Li Min, Li Jing and his son, who falsely claimed to be members of the Tang Dynasty clan, immediately became parallel imports.
Zhou Zong knew this, because when Li Min came to find his ancestor, Zhou Zong followed him to make suggestions.
In fact, it may not be false, because the Tang Dynasty lasted almost three hundred years, and before that, the Longxi Li family of the Tang Dynasty had been passed down for hundreds of years.
Over the past four hundred years, Li family members with the blood of Li Tang have spread all over the country. Maybe Li Min's ancestors are really from the clan, but he can't prove it, so he can only randomly find his ancestors.
After being disrespectful twice in a row, Zhou Zong could no longer act like a loyal minister, so he had to bow his head and salute Li Cunhui.
"The deputy of Jiangdu Prefecture in the Southern Kingdom stayed behind to stay with Zhou Zong. He met Duke Li of the Great Zhou Dynasty. The Duke was originally a great nobleman of the Great Zhou Dynasty. Why did he lead an army of tigers and wolves to destroy our eastern capital?"
Li Cunhui chuckled, "Li Jing defrauded the Tang Dynasty clan, pretended to be the emperor first, sent troops to the north, and after standing in Xuzhou, he still wanted to occupy Songzhou.
My father, the master of destiny, obeys heaven and accepts punishments from others, why not?"
Zhou Zong wanted to refute, but he couldn't. You have gone to Songzhou. You must know that Songzhou is only more than 300 miles away from Kaifeng, the capital of Zhou. You can go to Songzhou, why don't others go to your eastern capital?
Come?
Zhou Zong actually had many questions that he wanted to ask, such as how Zhou Jun's cavalry arrived in Yangzhou, etc., but he didn't dare to ask at this moment and could only stand there awkwardly.
Li Cunhui didn't mind if the old man humiliated himself a few more times. After seeing that he didn't speak, he spoke.
"Now that the matter has come to this, please ask Weng Zhou to make some announcements to calm the people. Where is Judge Feng hiding? Please also tell me as well."
Li Cunhui came to Zhou Zong to ask him to cooperate in issuing notices to calm the people. Although Yangzhou, the capital of the East, had only three thousand troops stationed, it had hundreds of thousands of residents.
Once chaos is caused, robbery, rape, murder and arson occur, it will be troublesome.
After all, Li Cunhui only had 3,000 people, but he couldn't stand the chaos in Yangzhou, and it was impossible for him to send all his men out to maintain public security, so he planned to let Zhou Zong, who was the deputy left-behind man in the Eastern Capital of the Southern Tang Dynasty, come out to calm the people.
Facing Li Cunhui's request, Zhou Zong, who gradually lost his resistance during the conversation, could only agree.
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After getting Zhou Zong's peace notice and gold seal, Li Cunhui directly retained the officials who had stayed in the government office in Jiangdu Prefecture of the Southern Tang Dynasty and asked them to go out as usual with Zhou Jun to appease the people.
This was the result of Li Cunhui being the first to enter the Kaifeng Mansion in Tokyo, but he couldn't do anything. He could only watch Murong Xin grow up and shine, and then he studied hard and honed his skills.
After coming out of the left-behind office, Li Cunhui left Huangfuchong to guard Zhou Zong, and immediately found Gao Xingzhou. At this time, Zhao Kuangyin also arrived with dozens of cavalry as messengers.
Li Cunhui immediately asked the two of them to find the officials of the left-behind office, get the key to the official warehouse of Dongdu, and remove some of the cloth, grain and oil from the official warehouse.
Then we set up twelve distribution points in various urban areas of Yangzhou to distribute all these things.
Gao Huaide looked at Li Cunhui in confusion, "Didn't Zhou Zong be asked to come out to help the people? Why do they still need to open a warehouse to release grain?"
Li Cunhui smiled faintly, just like Murong Nobunaga pretended to be in front of them in the past. He said in front of Gao Huaide as if he had the pearls of wisdom in his hands.
"You can't always rely on others for everything. Zhou Zong's announcement can only alleviate the panic of the people in Yangzhou. Only if we distribute everything in the official warehouse and they benefit, will they not be afraid and even support us.
After the people support us, we can drive them and temporarily gain a foothold."
Zhao Kuangyin raised his eyebrows. There was another advantage to this, that is, the people of Yangzhou took the money and food from the official warehouse, so they would not be able to inform the Southern Tang court without any psychological barriers.
"My lord, why don't you take out some more money from the official warehouse, and give more. Anyway, this will be the account of the Southern Tang Dynasty master in the end."
"Hahahaha!" Li Cunhui laughed a few times, "That's right, you will be responsible for this matter."
Then he looked back at Yao Yuanfu and several top-level cavalrymen.
"Deploy three hundred people to patrol the city. Anyone who dares to commit crimes will be killed without mercy, no matter who they are!"