The years when I explored the fairyland.

Chapter 189 186: Military Affairs Office (22)

Many things are just so strange!

The nine counties of Tianyuan Prefecture have been almost devastated by disasters. In the year of severe drought, locust plagues are everywhere, people are like ants, cannibalizing their own children, evil cults are rampant, and there is countless killing.

But as long as the Beggar Army did not set foot into the Chishui Prefecture, everyone seemed to pretend that they did not see it.

You mess around, I live mine, we are not the tyrant clan, do we need to be responsible for the place we guard? !
But when the beggar army left the territory of Tianyuan Prefecture and set foot on the land of Chishui Prefecture, the nature of the situation changed completely!
The eight counties and the eight guarding sects, even the Yuquan Valley in Lanshui County, which is the farthest away, have all started moving.

Chu Zhou and his men reacted quickly, but the fastest one was not from Xuanzhen Temple, but from the Bingxi Sect in Hongde County.

Xuanzhen Temple had just set the tone when an envoy from the Bingxi Sect came to visit, wanting to discuss a joint effort to defend against the enemy.

After all, they were a large sect that had to save face, so they were too embarrassed to even say "seeking help" and had to choose a polite way of saying it.

But this is not the end yet, as an order from the government has been delivered, the Ministry of War has urgently dispatched the Tianquan Army, the only regular army in Tianquan County, to Hongde County to quell the rebellion!
In Ji Mingqian's words, this must have been the order from his good elder brother, who wanted to weaken the strength of Tianquan County and make things difficult for him.

Of course, every policy has its countermeasure. The Tianquan Army is stationed near Anyue City, which is extremely far away from Hongde County.

Moreover, the army was going to march out, and they needed food, supplies, horses, and carts...

There are so many things we need, and even if we have everything ready, it's normal for so many people to act slowly, right?

Anyway, Chu Zhou’s order was to walk slowly and reach Yanshui City when needed.

what?
You ask why the Tianquan Army should listen to Chu Zhou?
Just kidding, not to mention that General Xuanwei of the Tianquan Army was from the Husha Pavilion and was a direct disciple of Kou Wulie, the previous leader of the Husha Pavilion.

Most importantly, do you think he is willing to go to Hongde County to die?
As for the Ice Rhino Sect’s request for help?

It was naturally impossible to provide the people, but Chu Zhou still provided a batch of medicinal materials, food and weapons.

After all, he also hoped that Hongde County could resist longer, and it would be best if they could directly stop the Beggar Army.

As for the envoy from the Ice Rhino Sect, the inner sect elder Chu Haosheng was also quite satisfied, because he also knew that this trip was indeed a bit embarrassing.

It's already pretty good if we can harvest some supplies with nothing.

In addition, Xuanzhen Temple and Bingxi Sect reached a trade agreement and opened a special trade route to trade bulk goods such as weapons and food.

Of course I can’t give it to you for free, but if you pay for it, I still have some in stock!

Then a channel of communication between the two sides was opened, with specially trained goshawks flying back and forth to deliver the latest intelligence.

This is Zuo Qiutong's requirement. As the saying goes, knowing yourself and knowing your enemy, you can fight a hundred battles without danger. Information on the battlefield, especially information delivered in a timely manner, is the most important.

Chu Zhou exchanged it for a manual on the 'Xuanzhen Temple's Secret Martial Arts Principles'. It can be seen that both parties are quite satisfied.

Of course, all of the above can only be regarded as trivial matters. What Xuanzhen Temple is most urgent about now is the internal integration of Tianquan County.

It is worth mentioning that because Tianquan County changed hands several times, from the Yunya Sword Sect, to the Wenxiang Temple, and then to the Xuanzhen Temple, there was also a Wanxiangzhai causing trouble in the middle.

One of the results of this is that the government is at a loss!
As the saying goes, a new emperor appoints his own ministers. Basically, if the people guarding the sect are replaced, the county governors and major officials will have to be replaced.

It’s not a requirement to guard the sect, but the Dayun Dynasty has its own assessment system. If too many people die in the jurisdiction during one’s tenure, one will be dismissed from his position.

The change of the people guarding the sect cannot be peaceful and stable, and a life-and-death struggle is the norm.

In this process, as long as more than a thousand or eight hundred people don't die, we can be considered safe.

With this kind of "political achievement", it's normal to lose his position!

Fortunately, things like the replacement of the guardian sect, under normal circumstances, will not happen once every few decades or even hundreds of years. If it really happens, then you can only consider yourself unlucky.

and then?
Let’s look at Tianquan County. In just a few short years, it has changed hands several times, and each time the owner changes, a new group of people is replaced.

Until now, no one is willing to take up the post here.

We all studied hard for ten years, and worked our way up in officialdom, and finally climbed to a high position, but before we could even enjoy it, we were removed?
Who would be happy about that!
The result is that today, Baisha City has become a veritable county seat of Tianquan County.

Although Ji Mingqian is still a county magistrate, the merits he has accumulated are enough. The development of Baisha City is obvious to all, and it has already reached the scale of a county city.

Even in terms of prosperity, it is even better than before.

The most important thing is that with the strong support of Xuanzhen Temple, naturally no one dares to sing a different tune.

That is the eldest prince of the Zhou Palace, Ji Mingqian's elder brother, who was behind this and withheld the appointment letter. Otherwise, Ji Mingqian would have been the prefect of Tianquan County, and the county lieutenant Wang Fugui and others would have been promoted to a higher level.

Of course, even so, the documents sent out by Ji Mingqian were circulated smoothly in Tianquan County, and no one dared to talk nonsense.

When you are strong, others will recognize your existence, so the current King of Zhou finally remembered his son.

Not only did he write letters to maintain their relationship, but he also opened up some royal powers to Ji Mingqian.

For this reason, the eldest prince of Zhou Palace was furious and smashed countless things.

Of course, these are all things that happened later. For now, whether it is the Jianghu faction or the Tianquan County government, it can be said that they all listen to Xuanzhen Temple.

It was only with these as foundations that it became possible to improve internal military preparations and integrate Tianquan County.

But this is not an easy task. There are too many aspects that need to be planned and considered, and someone has to implement, execute, supervise and correct it.

After much deliberation, Chu Zhou gathered Zuoqiu Tong, Ji Mingqian, Fan Zhong, and Hao Songqing together to form a five-member command organization specifically for dealing with this war.

According to his idea, Zuoqiu Tong was in charge of military affairs, Ji Mingqian was in charge of government affairs, Fan Zhong was in charge of logistics, and Hao Songqing was in charge of coordination and filling in the gaps.

As for Chu Zhou himself, he will make the final decision!
Then there are Xu Cheng, Yi Huai, Fan Tiehu, Wei Fangjie, Wei Jinkui, Cao Bao, Wang Fugui and others who act as executors of specific affairs to implement various requirements and government affairs.

In other words, this is the highest wartime institution, which is responsible for the entire Tianquan County. Chu Zhou also gave this temporary institution a name, called the Foreign Warfare Armaments Command.

Does it feel a little awkward?
Fan Zhong and the other three all thought so, and some even strongly opposed it. Chu Zhou was so annoyed by them that he just changed the abbreviation.

Just call it, Military Affairs Council!

Well, many people objected to this name, but who says Chu Zhou is the boss?
Once he made the decision, everyone had no choice but to accept it!

Of course, the name is secondary, and pre-war preparations are the main thing, but this is really not easy, there are so many things to do and so many things to deal with.

It was also at this time that the first piece of news, or rather bad news, came from the channel agreed by the Ice Rhino Sect.

——Outside Shisong City, a hundred thousand strong army of the Beggars' Army, accompanied by countless disaster victims, attacked the city. After ten days and ten nights, with countless casualties, they finally broke into the city. After another three days of street fighting, they finally captured the city.

However, the commander of the Qihuo Army was furious and issued an order to massacre the city.

The whole city was slaughtered and the swords were not put down for three days.

As a result, Shisong City, one of the most prosperous cities in Chishui Prefecture, was reduced to ruins. When the news spread, there was an uproar!
　The second update is a bit short because I didn’t have enough time. Please forgive me!

　　
　
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