There were tanks in the Northern Song Dynasty

Chapter 491 Three Ways Together Out of Pingjiangnan ([-])
Li Xuan was ordered to lead [-] Qilin troops from Zhangpu to Guangnan West Road. Ma Shoucheng was very excited when he learned about the transfer of Guangnan West Road.

Ma Shoucheng had been waiting since Fang La was pacified by the Qilin army. After waiting for so many days, the imperial army finally arrived.

When Ma Shoucheng received the news, Li Xuan's [-] Qilin Army was already attacking Haiyang County.

One of the eight rebels of the Manichaeism controlled Chaozhou, and the power and strength of this rebel were among the top four among the eight thieves.The Qilin army entered Guangnan West Road, and Chaozhou was the only way to go.

After Li Xuan brought the [-] Qilin army into Chaozhou, he went all the way to Haiyang County.

Five loli leopard tanks opened the way ahead, and Haining army soldiers followed behind the five tanks.

No matter what formation or ambush, they didn't care about anything along the way, and rushed forward directly.

Fang La's rebellion in the south of the Yangtze River was planned for many years, and he recruited many warriors. Most of the rebellion on the Guangnan West Road side was based on Fang La's success in the south of the Yangtze River, so he also rebelled with him. It was originally composed of fanatical believers of Manichaeism, and finally the people were encouraged to participate. Even the officers and soldiers of the Song Dynasty were inferior.

The reason why they were able to work for tigers in the area of ​​Guangnan East Road is also because of the corruption of the military system of the Song Dynasty.

The imperial court of the Song Dynasty set up only two commanders for the imperial army on Guangnan East Road. In the initial establishment, one commander was full and the other command had no more than 200 people.

This establishment was added and modified during Wang Anshi's reform, and so many years have passed, these formations of the imperial army have already become places where they are empty-handed.

There are 700 people in the establishment, but now there are only 200 people on the job, and these 200 people have never received any training.

And the 800 navy set up by the imperial court in Guangnan is now only [-] people.

These 800 people were supported by Ma Shoucheng, the transshipment envoy of Guangnan East Road, with the money from greedy ink. It was these [-] capable naval forces, plus some soldiers, family members and private soldiers in Panyu City, etc., who were formed. It was only then that Panyu, the capital of Guangnan East Road, was not captured by these thieves.

The imperial army was still like this, but the Xiang army was even more chaotic.

On Guangnan East Road, there are seven commanders in the formation of the Xiang Army.

When the Manichaeism rebelled, none of the seven commanders came out, as if the seven commanders did not exist at all, they disappeared completely.

This is also the reason why the Manichaeism rebelled, and Guangnan East Road was unable to wipe out the bandits by themselves.

And these thieves themselves lack weapons and equipment, and most of them are composed of ordinary people, with low combat effectiveness, they can only fight here.

When Li Xuan led 3000 well-trained and well-equipped Haining troops who were all equipped with compound crossbows, the situation in Haiyang County was one-sided. It is ridiculous that the bandits in Haiyang County still underestimated them. The Haining army thought that the Haining army was as incompetent as the imperial court's forbidden army, and even sent [-] people to resist directly.

Three thousand thieves, no weapons and armor, no means of long-range attack, and they didn't even touch the clothes of the Haining army. After the Haining army fired a volley, these thieves were defeated.

They either died or fled, and those who fled fled to Haiyang County, and the county that was attacked could not be closed.

It didn't even need Loli Leopard to break through the city wall, the Haining army directly followed these routs and entered Haiyang County.

Once Haiyang County was broken, it also announced the end of Chaozhou, an anti-thief force.

After taking down Haiyang County, Li Xuan also continued to move out of the original set on Liangzhe Road, and selected a fairly well-known scholar from the gentry in Haiyang County to temporarily replace the county magistrate, while the county magistrate, county lieutenant, etc. Then select one person from each of the other noble families to temporarily form a leadership team for the county.

Although this saves trouble, it will cause great harm in the long run.

Li Chu knew this.

But now the Kirin Army is very, very short of talents, especially civil servants. It will be much better after taking down Jiangnan. In the past few months, many scholars and literati have come to vote. Now there is a shortage of people on Liangzhe Road. It can only continue like this for the time being.

There will definitely be a reassignment in the future.

After all, it is impossible to appoint local people as local officials. We can only wait for Jiangnan to stabilize before doing this.

Li Chu wouldn't cut their officials, but the county where he was working had to be replaced.

After temporarily stabilizing Haiyang County, Li Xuan continued to send troops to attack other roads in Chaozhou. When it was dark and dusk on this day, the entire Chaozhou was under the control of the Qilin Army.

Most of the rebels surrendered, and a few escaped into the mountains.

Re-register the bandits who surrendered, and then reassign them as civilians according to the situation, and let them return to their own families to work and cultivate again.

Many of these people were forcibly recruited by the Manichaeism, and it was a good thing to let them go home to serve the people.

As long as this side is stable, we are not afraid of their rebellion!

Li Xuan took over Fujian Road, and everything went well on Pingguang South West Road.

The 15 Haining army led by Yang Zhi entered Jiangnan West Road cautiously.

Jiangnan West Road is different from Fujian and Guangnan Tiangao Emperoryuan, and the news is not so well-informed.This side is very familiar with the situation of Liangzhe Road.

The transfer envoy and appeasement envoy of Jiangnan West Road went to Suzhou County of Liao Kingdom with Li Chu and others last time, and observed a military exercise of the Qilin Army with his own eyes.

After Yang Zhi pacified the bandits in Jiangzhou, Nankang Army, Raozhou, and Xinzhou, Li Chu flew directly to Xinjian County in Hongzhou in a Black Hawk helicopter from Jiangning Mansion.

Xinjian County in Hongzhou is the capital of Jiangnan West Road.

Just like the last time they were invited to participate in the military exercise of the Qilin Army, this time the Black Hawk helicopter landed at the state government office in Xinjian County.

Li Chu took [-] fully armed Qilin Army soldiers to the Yamen of Xinjian Prefecture as guests.

This made Chang Tong flattered by the transfer on Jiangnan West Road, and quickly invited Li Chu into the mansion, and then hosted a banquet for him.

For Li Chu's sudden appearance in Xinjian, Chang Tong asked Li Chu's reason at the banquet.

Li Chu just replied with a smile: "It's boring, Brother Paochang, come here to play for a few days, play for a few days!"

Chang Tong's mouth twitched.

Recently, the Qilin army is using force against Jiangzhou, Nankang army and other places to put down Fangla's remnants, and Changtong is paying close attention to it.

As soon as the remnants of the East Road were settled, you, General Qilinwei, came to visit me as a guest. This...

This Li Chu came to Xinjian to play. It is reasonable to say that he has to stay in the post house at night. It is suggested that it is better to live in the Yamen of the state government and live with Brother Chang.

There was no way, Chang Tong accepted.

But after Li Chu arrived here, he stayed here for several days.

(End of this chapter)