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  Chapter 20 A Character Scroll Cao Bing

   Jia Yucun hesitated for a moment, then glanced at Xue Jun beside him.

  He is from Huzhou. He studied, became an official, and became a gentleman in Jiangnan. Well, Yangzhou is not considered Jiangnan, but it is also close to Jiangnan. I really don’t know much about the situation in Shandong.

  The sudden turmoil caused him to be in a state of confusion, and he didn't know what to do for a while, and he couldn't come up with many strategies to deal with it.

  But when Feng Ziying asked him a question, if he didn't even answer, he might be underestimated, and he might be used as a scapegoat when he was really desperate.

"Brother Feng, I'm new here and I'm not familiar with the situation in Shandong, but I also know that the canal line is in the hinterland of Shandong, and there are always garrisons. Even if the guards are transferred, I don't know if there will be camps along the canal soldier?"

The Great Zhou followed the Ming system, except for the two capitals in the north and the south, the main military force was the Guards Army. However, the Great Zhou was peaceful for 80 years, except for the nine borders in the north and the coastal areas of Fujian and Zhejiang in the south. Besides, the inland areas are generally calm.

   Even if there were occasional bandits, they would be wiped out as soon as they were attacked. Therefore, in the past 10 or 20 years, the guards have been gradually reduced and weakened due to insufficient military resources.

For example, Linqing Guard should have 5,600 guards according to the establishment of the Great Zhou Dynasty, but the Great Zhou Dynasty followed the Ming system, and in fact more than two-thirds were reduced to garrison troops, which is the so-called military households. Not learning military affairs, just as a source of additional soldiers.

   But there are only more than a thousand people who really keep the establishment, and among these more than a thousand people, there are also old and weak, and half of the soldiers who can be pulled out to fight are already Amitabha.

  But in addition to the guards of the guards in the inland provinces, there are still battalions stationed in key places.

  This battalion is basically drawn from the elite of the guards, and is led by battalion officers such as commander-in-chief, lieutenants and generals, guerrillas, and garrison officers.

In other words, these forces are equivalent to the emergency forces of the garrisons in various provinces. They are the real troops that can be used to fight tough battles. It is difficult to support the overall situation if it is reduced to an ordinary security force.

  Feng You took a look at Jia Yucun. This Jia Yucun is also very powerful, and he asked the key in one sentence.

  Given the current bandits in Linqing City, I am afraid that the hundreds of guards will not be able to help if they come back. If there is no guarding battalion to wipe them out, I am afraid that the bandits will become more and more troublesome.

  Of course Feng Ziying didn't know how many battalions were stationed in this Shandong province, but Feng You did.

   "Along the canal, only Jining and Dezhou have battalions stationed, and there are also Jinan in the east."

  Feng You did not mention Denglai and other coastal places. Firstly, the journey is far away, and secondly, the battalions defending the coastal areas are not within the reach of ordinary people.

   "I'm afraid this battalion is not so easy to mobilize, is it?"

  Xue Jun can also be regarded as an official. His ancestors were Ziwei Sheren, but his generation has declined, and he has completely become a merchant.

  Of course, at least it can be regarded as the lineage of the imperial merchants, and they know more or less about the affairs of the government.

   According to the regulations of the Great Zhou Dynasty, the three major battalions in Beijing and the transfer of battalions are all under the direct management of the Ministry of War. If it is an ordinary local matter, the battalion will not intervene.

  Even ordinary thieves and bandits cannot mobilize battalion soldiers. That is a matter for the local yamen and inspection department.

  For the battalion soldiers, there are only two things that can be moved. One is that the Ministry of War orders the transfer of the border guards to fight, and the other is that the capital and the capital are requested to be transferred. There is only one reason for the transfer of the capital.

There have been no Japanese pirates in Shandong for decades, only in the pre-Ming Dynasty, so it can be ignored. As for the rebellion, the hinterland of Shandong is right under the eyes of the capital. There are no camp soldiers stationed in the town.

   Without the writing of the capital, ordinary people want to go to the garrison camp soldiers to imitate the yamen beating drums and knocking on the door to persuade the camp soldiers to dispatch, which is simply nonsense.

  Feng You obviously knew this too. The garrison soldiers in the town, like the garrison troops on the Nine Frontiers, generally didn’t listen to local officials at all.

   Not to mention the folks calling for help, that sentence can be pushed to the local guard.

   It is not impossible to mobilize the battalion, then you have to mobilize the Shandong Capital.

  The problem is to go to Jinan to report. Shandong Dusi will definitely send someone to inquire after hearing the news.

  Even if it is really confirmed that there is a bandit, if you meet someone who is not responsible, you may have to ask the Ministry of War for instructions, and you don’t know how long it will be.

   It’s a bit of a worry, and it also needs to be written to let the battalion soldiers in Dezhou, Jining, or Jinan send troops to Linqing.

In case this gang of thieves really entrenched in the Feng family's mansion, the dry food and water stored in this secret room would be difficult to support. Even if all goes well, if the officers and soldiers are driven away, the people in this secret room may not survive two up.

   "Mr. Jia, I know what you mean. It is very difficult to mobilize the battalion soldiers, and there must be too little time." Feng You shook his head decisively, "If you wait until the battalion soldiers arrive, I'm afraid it will be too late."

"But the guards of Linqing have been transferred away. I don't know who ordered it, and I don't know when they will return. Are we just sitting there waiting to die?" Jia Yucun is also a little anxious, and he still has a bright future. Seeing that he has climbed to King Jia The line of the two companies can make great achievements, how can they die in this Linqing city?

   "Uncle You, besides the battalion soldiers and guards, are there any soldiers around here who can call for help?" Feng Ziying was also helpless.

   He doesn't know much about the military transfers within the Great Zhou. This is because he was born in a general's family. Ordinary people don't know these things at all.

   "There is Cao Bing." Feng You sighed.

Cao Bing is stationed around here, but everyone knows what Cao Bing is. In name, they are guards protecting water transportation, but in fact they have already been reduced to a bunch of garbage that lives on waterways. Those guard soldiers are not as good as they are, they are not worth mentioning at all.

  Although Feng Ziying did not know the situation of Cao Bing, she could also feel from the expressions of Feng You, Jia Yucun, Xue Jun and others that Cao Bing could not be relied upon at all.

  The task of the Cao Bing is to guard the water warehouse, and then **** the grain into Beijing. In December of the first year, the grain is put into the warehouse.

  The five major national water warehouses are located in Huai'an, Xuzhou, Linqing, and Dezhou, plus Tianjin, which is shipped by sea, has become the biggest reliance on ensuring the food supply for millions of people in Beijing.

  So for Cao Bing, the sky and the earth are not as big as Cao Liang. As long as the safety of Cao Liang is not endangered, they will not participate in any other affairs.

  Since grain is the lifeline of millions of people in the capital of the Great Zhou Dynasty, no one has dared to think about the safety of water transportation in the past few decades.

   Not to mention pulling out to fight, even if you are really attacked by bandits, as long as the matter is not too big, you are more willing to suppress it.

   The big deal is to use the excuse of "drifting" to prevaricate the matter, which has become a common practice.

   Keep working hard to ask for recommendation tickets!

  (end of this chapter)