After the end of a counter-insurgency war, the military pattern of Jinghu theater in Song Jun has changed a lot, which is mainly divided into two parts.
One part is that Zhou Yun, commander-in-chief of the Guard Step Military Division of the Central Imperial Army, led 15,000 soldiers of the Guard Step Military Division to be stationed in Jiujiang to replace the original position of Qi.
Of course, this is not Zhao Shen’s willingness. It is Kenai’s emergency measures. After the defeat, the troops in the Jinghu theater are in short supply. Nai only made the top of the bodyguard step army responsible for monitoring and warning the peasant army on Jiangnan West Road.
The other part is that the original 20,000 troops brought by Tian Shizhong, Wu Gong remnants and Yao Zhong himself constitute more than 40,000 troops. This part of the army is mainly stationed in Xiangyang to guard the Henan Army’s Henan Corps.
But in this way, the defense in Ezhou will be empty, and it is not enough to suppress the peasant army from Hanyang.
In case the peasant army suddenly chooses to break through in this direction, it can break through the Hanyang defense line in one fell swoop, thus North Xiangyang threatens the rear of the most important defense area in the Southern Song Dynasty.
That would be too dangerous.
Therefore, after the Southern Song Dynasty was relatively stable, the Privy Council began to send 30,000 troops originally prepared to supplement Zhao Gou’s troops to Ezhou to rebuild Ezhou’s army in an attempt to restore the suppression of Jiangnan West Road.
In order to ensure that this army listens to orders and doesn’t mess around, 60% of the soldiers and officers in this army are newly recruited, and many of the officers are recruited through special military exercises and civilian selection.
The Privy Council thinks that this unit is elite, brave and equipped with good equipment.
Of course, the general of the unified army still needs experienced people. The Privy Council chose Wang Deer Wang Shun, a few real soldiers from Zhang Jun in the past.
Wang Shun followed Wang De for many years in the army. He fought with Wang De for many times, and became famous for his bravery and bravery. So he was ordered to command the Ezhou army, which was stationed in Ezhou along the Yangtze River.
In addition, the bodyguard division was also increased by 15 thousand troops, and the establishment of 30 thousand troops was restored, so the military base of Jinghu theater in the Southern Song Dynasty was restored to the pre-war state in Hongwu four and a half years, and the troops were ready
However, due to the fact that most of the recruits have combat effectiveness, the Privy Council, which is mainly located in Xiangyang, has been slow to reach the battle order.
The Privy Council asked the two new armies to carry out strict training, and the daily expenses were paid by part of the imperial court and part of the local government, and the logistics support was also given to the local government for allocation and transportation to the military camp
This is the problem.
Some of the logistics, transportation, military supplies and so on will be spent by the local government, and most of them will be responsible by the local government, which is another expense.
It is time-consuming and energy-consuming, but there is no extra income. For a long time, it is natural for civil servants in the Beijing-Lake War Zone to seek some benefits for themselves.
However, the civil servants in the Beijing-Lake War Zone still have some discretion in doing things.
They embezzled the military supplies of Ezhou Army and Xiangyang Army, but they were lenient with Jiujiang Army, not too targeted at the base, and maintained a regular level.
The reason, of course, is that the Jiujiang army is the bodyguard, the military division is the emperor’s pro-army, and there are many senior executives in the capital. Local officials can’t afford to offend this emperor’s pro-army.
In case they are offended, local officials in Beijing will have to have a good drink.
Everyone is very skilled at dealing with magic, and they really dare not do it when it comes to hard stubble.
However, the Xiangyang Army and Jiujiang Army are local military establishment chiefs, and there is nothing to bully at the central level.
Wang Shun, who presided over the Ezhou military, was not qualified enough. Although he was quite annoyed when he encountered such a thing, he also knew that it was a tortuous place, so he chose the forbearance strategy and sent people to bribe the quartermaster officials to try to get preferential treatment.
If you don’t give money, you won’t get good. Then I’ll give money. Can you give me something good?
The civil servants in Ezhou are quite satisfied with Wang Shundao, so they are relatively better for Wang Shunzhou’s army, and the number of times is relatively balanced
But Yao Zhong couldn’t stand it.
He is a well-known general. When he fought with the Wu brothers and immortals in a bloody battle with the Jin Army, these civilian officials were still shivering in Jiangnan.
He looked down on these civil servants who were hiding behind the army and pretended to be lofty. They were never satisfied with them. When he was in Sichuan, he was domineering and famous in officialdom. Because of his profound qualifications and military achievements, no one dared to touch him with the support of the Wu brothers.
Sichuan also has a special situation, and the military materials are relatively clean. Military officials still have some power over the distribution of materials, and their own things are distributed without outsiders’ intervention.
But this is not the case in the Jinghu area. He Yao Zhong is an outsider in the Jinghu area. The civilian in the Jinghu area can do whatever you want if you are not a cow force or not.
Yao Zhong led the Xiangyang army to the forefront of the Song battlefield, facing the elite army Henan Corps every day, facing their fierce murderous look is really stressful.
Yao Zhong was very unhappy after hearing Wu Gong’s complaints.
When Yao Zhong finally inspected the ordnance, he found that more than 70% of the more than 1,000 arm bows were good, but 30% could not make up for the daily training loss of the army, which made him nervous.
He immediately told the court about the situation of Xiangyang army and the current crisis situation, and accused the military officials in Jinghu War Zone of not being in harmony with corruption, and at the same time personally led troops to Ezhou and other places to make a statement.
He took the rusty steel knife, inferior pike and wood chips as iron armor and went directly to Ezhou secretariat office, Ezhou secretariat Song Chendang to confront him.
"Can this steel knife work?"
Yao Zhong waved the steel knife at a nearby tree in front of a group of civil servants, and it hit the trunk and broke it directly.
"Can this pike be used?"
Yao Zhong picked up the pike, which was ten feet long, and broke it directly with his hands.
"This kind of armor can? ！”
Yao Zhong dragged a series of "iron pieces" from his armor and threw them at Song Chen’s feet. His face was full of anger.
"Wearing this armor battlefield do you want me to persuade soldiers to die directly? What ordnance is the opposing army? What ordnance are we? Can this ordnance come to war? Dasong army is never not strong enough in fighting capacity, but poor in hand! It’ s terrible! "
Yao Zhong Song Chen, a veteran who came directly to make trouble, looked very pale.
Of course, he knows that others are behind the whole thing-he is the leader of organizing the official warehouse peasant army in Ezhou to trade.
It was he who allowed and sheltered those "ordinary" businessmen to get the arm bow, a kind of controlled ordnance, to trade with the peasant army and make big money.
Chapter 119 Yao Zhong can’t stand it
