Datang New Order

August is the harvest season, but in the fields within [-] miles of Yuguan, those yellow ears of wheat were not harvested, but swayed in the wind, forming heart-warming waves of wheat.Since the Khitan people knocked on the pass, the villages and households in Yuguan have been empty, and most of them have been plundered to the north outside the pass. Some lucky ones or those who saw the opportunity quickly fled to the interior of Pingzhou. turn around.

With food in hand, don't panic.This sentence came from the mouth of the former leader Li Chengzhong. For Li Chengzhong, who took the leader's incisive statement as a standard, it would be a sin to see so much food not harvested.After consulting Feng Dao's opinion, he immediately organized the soldiers of Jiadu and Yidu, joined Feng Dao's hundreds of peasants, put aside all the work at hand, and started the autumn harvest with all his strength.

Li Chengzhong can command a total of less than 300 people, but the wheat field to be harvested is estimated to be nearly [-] mu.Therefore, Li Chengzhong implemented a [-]-hour working system, that is, twelve hours a day, and only allowed each person to rest for four hours a day, and the remaining eight hours were all seized.Even so, according to a rough estimate, by the end of the autumn harvest period, nearly half of the wheat fields may not be harvested in time.Feng Dao sent a letter overnight to the Governor's Mansion asking for more manpower, so three days later, the Governor's Mansion urgently dispatched [-] temporarily recruited refugees, and Li Chengzhong was a little relieved.

Fortunately, the Khitan Pin Department's attack did not continue, which also allowed Li Chengzhong to spare all his manpower to snatch it up. However, the news that the envoy Zhou Zhiyu was coming to Yuguan for inspection made Li Chengzhong a little worried.When Zhou Zhiyu came to Yuguan, he had to bring one or two with him?When it comes to reception, why do I have to draw out 200 or [-] people?It's okay to come here for a day, but if you stay in Yuguan for three or five days without leaving, what should you do?

Li Chengzhong has been stationed at Yuguan for nearly a month, and he has regarded this Guancheng as a child who needs to be taken care of and defended by himself. He has never considered it at all. Zhou Zhiyu is the real guardian of Yuguan. Yuguan's three years and five years, that's a matter of course.What Li Chengzhong is worried about is not handing over Yuguan again. Zhou Zhiyu treats him well. He feels good in Zhou Zhiyu's system now. Even if Zhou Zhiyu asks him to step down immediately, he has no complaints.What he is worried about is that after the manpower is deployed, the autumn harvest will be greatly delayed, and how much food will be lost by then!

According to the letter from the governor's office, the three hundred civilian husbands transferred to Yuguan is already the limit, and there will be no more.This year's weather is good, not only the whole of Pingzhou, but also the farmlands of the states under Lulong Jiedu's jurisdiction are full of bumper harvests, and mature grains are waiting to be harvested in the farmlands. The loss is too great, and there is a shortage of manpower in all states.If it weren't for the tens of thousands of refugees who fled and entered the customs due to the plunder and harassment of the Khitan, Pingzhou would also have a serious shortage of labor.

In Li Chengzhong's mind, Zhou Zhiyu chose to visit Pingzhou at this time, wouldn't that add to the chaos!

Li Chengzhong shared this idea with Feng Dao, who became more and more sympathetic. Feng Dao smiled and wrote an official document for Li Chengzhong.The official document was sent to the soldiers and horse envoys. The official document stated that they would do their best to welcome Zhou Zhiyu to visit, and ensure that Zhou Zhiyu knew all the details about Yuguan while he was safe.At the same time, there is a small request at the end of the official document, asking Zhou Zhiyu to bring the newly formed Pingzhou Army with him when he comes to inspect, as many as he can come, because Yuguan is trying its best to harvest farmland, but it is suffering There is a shortage of manpower, I hope Zhou Zhiyu can bring these brothers over to help.

After reading the letter, Li Chengzhong smiled knowingly, signed it and sent it out. …,

Three days later, Li Chengzhong welcomed Zhao Zaili, who led [-] soldiers from Jiadu in the Zhongying, at Yuguan.As soon as the two met, Zhao Zaili verbally conveyed Zhou Zhiyu's order. The original inspection tour was postponed until after the autumn harvest, and Li Chengzhong had to hurry up to harvest the farmland, and not let a grain of grain rot in the field!In order to help Li Chengzhong seize it, Zhao Zaili was specially ordered to lead the soldiers from the headquarters to wait for dispatch.This order made Li Chengzhong sigh from the bottom of his heart. It is really a great blessing in life to have such a good boss who is considerate of his subordinates!

After conveying Zhou Zhiyu's verbal order, Zhao Zaili also explained the reason behind the order to Li Chengzhong.After a joint discussion between the governor's office and the Bingmashi Yamen, all unowned farmland within [-] miles of Yuguan will be harvested by the Pingzhou army, and the grain obtained will be used as recruitment fees for the Pingzhou army to recruit new troops.

When it came to the matter of recruiting troops, Li Chengzhong inevitably had to ask in detail.Zhao Zaili said excitedly: "The third battalion of new troops has been recruited. Currently, there is a shortage of officers, especially those with actual combat experience. Moreover, according to the news from Youzhou, because the Khitans repeatedly violated the frontier, the Jiedu Mansion We are going to readjust the new plan, allowing the states to expand to three battalions or five battalions according to their financial resources. This order will be delivered soon. This year seems to be a bumper year, so Mr. Zhang and our general have made a preliminary agreement. The state army is going to expand to five battalions!"

This news encouraged Li Chengzhong very much. At present, he is already one of the highest-ranking officers in the Pingzhou Army, and he is highly valued by Zhou Zhiyu.When the Pingzhou army expands, what will happen to him in the future can already be imagined.Encouraged by the good news, Li Chengzhong is ready to roll up his sleeves and do a big job. The gratifying grain in these fields is the legal property of the Pingzhou Army. If it is not harvested, it will be the biggest crime against the Pingzhou Army!Therefore, he unceremoniously included Zhao Zaili's Zhongying A in the [-]-hour daily work system, and even Zhao Zaili was driven off to the field to harvest by himself, so that the general who had never done farm work After that, I complained endlessly.

After more than half a month of harvesting, the Yuguan garrison finally harvested all the farmland in Yuguan at the end of the autumn harvest, and even snatched the nearly half-barren farmland within [-] miles outside the pass. return.After counting, a total of more than [-] shi of grain was obtained, with an average of one shi and three per mu inside the pass and seven buckets per mu outside the pass.The joy of the harvest was reflected on everyone's faces. Li Chengzhong grinned all night looking at the piles of grain and fodder.

After the harvesting, Li Chengzhong was still in his house thinking about how to load and transport it back to Pingzhou. Jiang Miao hurried up and down from Guancheng, and greeted Li Chengzhong loudly as he got down: General Zhou is here!

Zhou Zhiyu's arrival was sudden and simple. Not only did he come, but Zhang Zaiji, the governor of Pingzhou, also came to Yuguan together.Two of the highest-ranking military and political officials in Pingzhou appeared in Guancheng at the same time, accompanied by only a few personal guards of Zhou Zhiyu and a few staff members who joined the army from the Jiedu Mansion.

Because of the autumn harvest, the tower on the Guancheng has not been repaired so far. Li Chengzhong took Zhou Zhiyu and Zhang Zaiji to the top of the city to inspect it. After explaining in detail the details of the last battle with the Khitans, everyone went to the place where he lived to carry out the army. discuss.This is a simple military dormitory, there are more than [-] such dormitories lined up along the edge of the school field in Guancheng, there is one for every soldier, and one for each officer above the team leader.The room was not big, and the room Li Chengzhong lived in was already the largest in the entire Yuguan. Such people could not even stand up when they entered. Therefore, Zhou Zhiyu ordered that only officers above the team leader and several staff members of the governor's office participate in the military discussion. They barely sat down.On Li Chengzhong's bed, Zhang Xingzhong, Zhou Paidao, Jiang Miao, and Zhao Zaili sat crowded together. …,

Zhou Zhiyu and Zhang Zaiji first praised the bravery of the Yuguan defenders in the battle against the Khitan people's disturbance, and their hard work in the autumn harvest.Then, Zhou Zhiyu personally announced the commendation and awards.

Because Li Chengzhong led his troops to Yuguan in time and successfully defended the city, Jiadutou, Zhirenyong Xiaowei, and Zhengjiupinshang of Jin Zuoying ensured the future expansion of the Pingzhou Army because of their effective organization during the autumn harvest. For the military rations, the inspector Yuhu Deputy Lieutenant and rank Cong Bapin will remove the word "inspection" after reporting to the Jiedu Mansion for approval.In just over a month, Li Chengzhong went from team leader to team leader, from team leader to captain, and his rank changed from deputy lieutenant to accompany captain, and then jumped to captain Renyong, deputy lieutenant inspector and imperial insult. Promoted to four levels in a row, in the words of later generations, it can be regarded as a "rocket type" cadre.

This kind of promotion is actually due to Zhou Zhiyu's compensation for his great achievements in Beizhou's siege of Beizhou, his contribution to the evacuation of the soldiers in the north, and the hard work of participating in the planning of the security camp system.In Zhou Zhiyu's view, an officer like Li Chengzhong who is capable of fighting and loyal to him is really a rare confidant, and a talent who will be "worthy of great use" in the future!What Zhou Zhiyu lacks now is an officer who can act alone. In his vision, Li Chengzhong will occupy the post of battalion commander, one of the five battalions of the Pingzhou Army in the future.

Ever since he received the new state army plan from the Jiedu Mansion a few days ago, Zhou Zhiyu had already had this idea. If he hadn't considered that too fast promotion would be detrimental to the growth of young officers, and it would be harmful to the balance of the entire Pingzhou Army. Unfavorable, at this moment Li Chengzhong's request to be the commander of the Zuoying is already on the way to Youzhou.

In addition to Li Chengzhong's commendation appointment, Jiang Miao, Zhang Xingzhong and Zhou Paidao have also been promoted.The three of them made meritorious service in the battle of Yuguan, and they were all promoted to the head of the inspection school.The rest of the lower-ranking officers with meritorious service will be promoted by Li Chengzhong according to the degree of military merit.

At the same time, Zhang Zaiji was exercising the power of governor's office. Because of Feng Dao's good performance in this war, he was officially enlisted as Cao, the official of the governor's office in Pingzhou, with an official rank of eighth rank.In terms of official rank, Feng Dao jumped above Li Chengzhong.It's just that in this era, no matter how high the rank of civil servants is, it is far inferior to the power and status of warriors.

After announcing Feng Dao's appointment, Zhang Zaiji talked about the newly promulgated order to reorganize the army of each state issued by the Jiedu Mansion. According to this order, after discussing with Zhou Zhiyu, Zhang Zaiji decided to expand the Pingzhou Army to five battalions, a total of two battalions. Thousands of 500 people.Of course, there are still some things in it, which Zhang Zaiji and Zhou Zhiyu did not disclose to everyone. What makes them most satisfied is that, apart from the expansion of the scale, they have obtained the consent of Youzhou, and even the appointment and staffing of officers , has also been greatly relieved.In other words, in this new order, the Pingzhou Army got a full five battalions of regular officers, which is the most important thing!