"Next topic!" Yang Song announced.

"Your Majesty! There is news from Mu Shou Town in the south, saying that there are signs of invasion from the tribes in the south!" Yang Zhong stood up again and said.

"The southern tribes have been friends with our country for many years. This time, for unknown reasons, they invaded again. I have asked the southern exchange team to withdraw to the country. I think the reason should be found out now!"

Yang Song nodded and was about to agree when Chen Ping stood up and said, "Back to the king, I have recently learned the reason why these tribes came to invade!"

"After verification, I learned the cause and effect yesterday!"

Yang Song said: "Well, tell me!"

"Yes! Last night I learned that the southern tribes invaded our country because of the expansion of our country's power!" Chen Ping explained the reason slowly.

"The people in Mushou Town make a living by grazing and breeding! The Southern Barbarians make a living by hunting. There is no conflict at first, but the increase in the number of people has led to the expansion of the grazing range!"

"Not to mention shortening the hunting range of the Southern Barbarians, the Southern Barbarians are all rude, ungrateful and uneducated savages. See how prosperous the Mu Shou Town is and how rich the cattle, horses, sheep and beasts are!"

"Because of this, I became ill-intentioned, but I also knew that our country was so powerful that a single tribe was not enough to deal with it. Therefore, we united with Zongheng and hoped to gather the power of multiple tribes to jointly invade!"

Yang Song and many officials were very surprised. They didn't expect that the savages had learned to unite now. Didn't it mean that the tribes were also fighting lively?

So Yang Song asked: "How many tribes are there, how many people are invading, and when will they come?"

"Back to you! Basically all the tribes from the south are participating. It's hard to find out the number of people, but I estimate that it will be no less than five thousand! Based on the current joint progress, the invasion time should be in a month!"

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Since Chen Ping took office, he has really spent all his time and energy thinking about it. In such a short period of nearly a month, he was able to get a good grasp of Xia's domestic and foreign intelligence and carry out an effective integration!

I have to say that talents are worthy of being called talents, and gold will shine wherever they are!

No, just a few days after Yang Zhongcai received the report from the south, Chen Ping had already gathered all the information!

It’s self-evident what an advantage this will bring to get information a whole month in advance!

Although it is related to the fact that these tribes in the south have no idea of ​​​​keeping secrets, it is amazing to figure out so much information in such a complicated environment!

Don't underestimate such a few words! It takes a lot of time and energy to make calculations, inquiries, integrated analysis, and estimates of the enemy and ourselves...

The monarchs and officials sitting in this palace only want these few words, and they will not pay too much attention to the rest. This should be the so-called saintly appearance in front of others and baldness behind others!

"Very good, Chen Ping, the information you obtained is a great achievement!" After Yang Song praised Chen Ping, he said to everyone.

"Everyone, we still have a month to prepare! Zhang Wei!" Yang Song called by name.

A man stood up from the seat on his right and replied eloquently: "I'm here!"

"How is the training of your guard camp going?" Yang Song asked.

Since the founding of the country, various departments have undergone certain fine-tuning. In addition to internal affairs, the military has also undergone some adjustments.

First of all, the regular infantry brigades led by Di Qing and Lu Su that guard Tianma Pass have not changed much, except that the camp has been fixed!

Secondly, Zhou Wu was transferred back to serve as the captain of the expanded Guards Brigade. The original Wang Wei was promoted to deputy captain. Counting two people, there are 110 Guards teammates.

Finally, the original territorial guard was expanded into a guard battalion, and the expansion was carried out according to the organization rules of the infantry brigade!

Guard camp: 1,100 people (including the battalion headquarters of 50 people), the establishment is:

A light cavalry formation: 350 men, with three light cavalry brigades, each with 100 men.

A long-distance attack formation: 350 people, with one archer brigade, one crossbow brigade, and one crossbow brigade. Each brigade has one hundred and fifty men.

A regular formation: three hundred and fifty people, with one pike squadron, one sword and shield squadron, and one melee squadron (one sword and shield squadron, one pike squadron, and one heavy infantry squadron), each squadron has one hundred

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This organization is somewhat similar to the regular battalion of an infantry brigade, but there are big differences.

Then there was an additional archer brigade and two light cavalry brigade, and all artillery formations were cancelled!

Because the current arsenal can only produce cold weapons, and artillery has not yet been successfully imitated, so there is no artillery equipment.

And because the mission of the guard camp is to defend the southern natives, the role of cavalry is more obvious on the vast plains, so there is a light cavalry formation!

Zhang Wei replied: "Go back to your Majesty! After a long period of training, the reorganized guard battalion has promoted the three hundred soldiers with actual combat experience to mid-level and low-level officers. They already have combat capabilities, but lack actual combat experience."

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"Very good, this invasion of the Southern Barbarians depends on your guard team!" Yang Song was very satisfied with Zhang Wei's answer.

"I will live up to your great trust!" After Zhang Wei answered, he made a request: "Your Majesty, if the enemy has more than five thousand, I need the cooperation of the militia to ensure that the territory is not lost!"

What Zhang Wei thought was that it would not be difficult to destroy the enemy, but he was afraid that these people would be scattered and his soldiers would be few and he would not be able to take care of both the head and tail!

Yang Song did not respond to Zhang Wei's request, but asked others: "Do you have any suggestions?"

It was Chen Ping who was the first to say: "Your Majesty! I have some advice!"

Yang Song discovered that today's platform was completely built for Chen Ping!

After he nodded, Chen Ping suggested: "I suggest you be one step ahead, seize the opportunity, and defeat them one by one!"

"Tell me more about it!" After hearing this, Yang Song roughly knew how to make the change, but still asked him to explain in detail.

Chen Ping explained: "The best defense is offense! Passive defense is the most passive. Now that we have discovered the hostility of the opponent, why not take the first step and defeat each of the Southern Barbarian tribes one by one before they are fully united!"

"Well said! Let's do it like this!" Yang Song decided directly without waiting for other people's opinions.

"Zhang Wei, according to the information provided by Chen Ping, prepare the equipment for the expedition to the Southern Barbarians! Set off this morning!" Yang Song ordered.

"Chen Ping, Yang Zhong, Yang Xin, and Yang Ren, the four of you will cooperate with Zhang Wei to provide intelligence, maintain stability in the rear, provide troops to supplement the militiamen who have been recruited, and maintain logistical support!"

"I obey!" All five people came to the middle aisle and bowed to accept the order!

Yang Song told Yang Zhong: "Yang Zhong, you must maintain domestic stability while Zhang Wei leads the army, especially the people in Mushou Town in the south. Pay attention to appease the people. Yang Li's Propaganda Bureau will cooperate with you.

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Facing Yang Xin, he said: "Yang Xin, your military situation must signal the militia and cooperate with Yang Zhong. While defending Mu Shou Town, you must also be prepared to replenish the troops in the front at any time!"

"I accept your order!" The two of them saluted Yang Song again.

"Yang Li, don't you need to talk about how to carry out this propaganda?" Yang Song asked Yang Li, who was responsible for the propaganda and dispatching.
Chapter completed!