Gu Wu Chen left Jiangning for Dongyang the next morning, but was delayed for half a day due to Lin Fu's temporary title of "Bing Bei Dao Chou Liang Shi".

  Liu An'er gathered a crowd to start a riot in Kuoyang Lake, killing the auxiliary general Qin Cheng and shocking the court. However, in the hearts of the officials, Liu An'er's rebellion was only a minor problem, not worth worrying about. The emperor sent an envoy to Jiangning to offer condolences and comfort, and also followed the strategy set by the Jiangdong Prefecture to suppress the rebellion, excluding Li Zhuo from the outside, with Left Shangrong, the commander of the Changhuai garrison, leading the main force to clear up the rebellion. The areas of Huai'an, Weiyang, Dongyang, and Huizhou were divided to be cleared, and it was also formally agreed that the four prefectures would train militia to prepare for the riot, with the county magistrate in charge of training the militia under the supervision of the vice censor-in-chief and other officials. The grain, pay, and military preparations were managed by the Censorate and the various prefectures and counties.

  Dongyang recruited 3,000 militia; Huizhou Prefecture recruited 2,000 militia; Huai'an had a bandit-suppressing camp stationed there, recruiting 1,000 militia; Wei and Yang prefectures were lightly tasked with suppressing bandits, recruiting 1,000 militia.

  It can be seen from the arrangement of the militia training quota that Chu Dang played a crucial role behind the scenes. As Gu Wuchen was from Dongyang, and with Chu Dang's increasingly important position, officials from Dongyang naturally treated him as one of their own.

  Gu Wu Chen led the battle in Dongyang, and it was only natural that he became the supervisor of the militia training in Dongyang and was responsible for making arrangements for grain supplies and military preparations. Even if Jia Pengyu did not have any intention to leave, Gu Wu Chen sent Lin Fu to take on this role as the military supply officer, and Jia Pengyu could not object.

  Gu Wu Chen only stayed in Jiangning for half a day, and after settling the affairs of Lin Xuan's troops and supplies, he simply ate lunch and then took a boat to the north shore to rush to Dongyang to direct the battle. Unexpectedly, Gu Wu Chen this time brought his son Gu Siyuan with him to gain experience in Dongyang.

  Gu Wu Chen is about to be promoted to the position of Zheng San Pin, and when that happens, Gu Siyuan will not have to take the imperial examination. He can also enter officialdom through hereditary privilege, but what he lacks is experience and seniority. Gu Wu Chen probably gave up on letting Gu Siyuan take the imperial examination route to become an official, wanting instead to cultivate his son as his own assistant.

  Lin Xie didn't know that there was a rumor circulating at the river mouth that Gu Wu Chen would marry his daughter to him as a token of goodwill. Fu Qing He brought two people with him and set off early in the morning, heading straight for Danyang Prefecture. Lin Xie also wanted to set off earlier, but he had many things to take care of at the river mouth.

  Many things on the side of Jiyun Society, Lin Xie made Lin Mengde, Lin Jingzhong, Zhao Hu and Cao Zikang, as well as Ge Cunxiong, a small eel who stayed to supervise the construction of the five-masted sailboat, and Qi Furen Gu Yanzhou discussed and handled together. Zhao Qingshan was also trustworthy, and other members of the Lin family were also working closely with Lin Xie at this time.

  Many things in Jiyun Society are not worrisome, the prison island side is managed by Zhangsun Gong and Yang Shi, the newly compiled martial arts are personally controlled by Zhao Hu, and there is nothing to worry about in a short period of time; However, after Lin Xie left, considering the distant relationship with Gu Wu Chen, He Kou naturally should be responsible for Zhao Qinmin. If something happens on the He Kou side or in Jiangning City, Zhang Yu Bo and Chen Yuan Liang will only discuss it with Zhao Qinmin, and even Yang Shi's participation rights are more important than Lin Meng De and others.

  To prevent Zhao Qinmin from making secret changes to his deployment at the river mouth, Lin Meng and others could not openly restrict him in name. Before Lin Xuan left, he had to make as many decisions as possible about the recent main work at the river mouth, at least not giving Zhao Qinmin any space to maneuver on major issues.

  Zhang Yubo is a straightforward person, and Lin Xie has a deeper relationship with him. The river mouth is very close to the Donghua Gate, and after Lin Xie took away the Wuwei, the defense of this area will be taken care of by Zhang Yubo and Liu Xilin together. Since he is not in Jiangning, only Zhang Yubo can restrain Zhao Qinnin nearby. Lin Xie specially invited Zhang Yubo to come and determine the main work after the river mouth.

  Lin Xiang was delayed for many days at the river mouth because of this.

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  On the eve of Lin Xiangru's departure for Pingjiang Prefecture, Zhao Shuhan and Ge Suiyu came to the river mouth.

  "The court and the people all regard Liu An as a plague, " Zhao Shuhan gazed out at the murky waters of the Chongjiang River, west of Autumn Pu Prefecture to Jiangxi Province and most of Huguang Province were severely flooded this year, with large numbers of refugees scattered along the river, many of whom had flowed into Jiangning. The situation was becoming increasingly difficult, even in the Chongtian Tang, there were occasionally corpses floating downstream, Zhao Shuhan turned to Lin Fu, "You know military affairs, do you think it's really like that?"

  "Liu An's troops have tens of thousands of soldiers, mostly a motley crew," Lin Xian stood on the riverbank, facing the gentle breeze blowing from Chao Tian Dang, feeling a bit cool in the sweltering summer day. "The most critical issue is how much stronger is Commander Zuo Shangrong's Changhuai garrison compared to this mob? At present, it's midsummer, and both sides are holding back from attacking, just like everyone standing in the water, who wears pants and who doesn't, others can't see, but when the water recedes, who wears or not will be exposed. If the Changhuai garrison loses, the local militia has been trained for a short time and is not reliable, from Hongze Pu to Huai Shang, there will be no troops available in a short period. Whether to send Chen Zhihu's troops southward again is another focal point of contention in the court... Talking about these things is useless, we can only take it one step at a time."

  Zhao Shuhan let out a faint sigh. Although the Jiangning Qingliu's rejection of Lin Xie was becoming increasingly severe, in his heart, he believed that it was people like Lin Xie who could ultimately turn the tide, not those Qingliu followers who only knew how to talk big. Now, seeing those self-proclaimed Qingliu followers who only knew how to talk, he felt even more disgusted. With external worries and internal troubles, his heart had accumulated some melancholy. He either invited Ge Suyu to come to the river mouth to clear his mind or closed himself at home to study.

  "Let's not talk about this anymore, it's pointless to sigh and lament in this situation. If the strategy of Zhen Shilang can be implemented in the prefectures and counties, it would be a good policy for governing the country and bringing peace to the nation. Shuhan, you all go take a look at Minyong's training." Ge Suyu was transferred from his position as the head of the Jiangning Gongbu Department to become the deputy supervisor of the Longjiang Shipyard, although he was still a small official of the ninth rank, it was a real job after all. The two five-masted sailing ships built by Lin Xian were under Ge Suyu's supervision. He had built a house at the river mouth and planned to move his whole family there in a few days, so he was much happier than Zhao Shuhan, and urged him to go take a look at Minyong's training at the west of Weilou House.

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  The settlement of refugees and displaced people at the river mouth exceeded 4,000, providing not only sufficient labor for the construction of the river mouth but also a population base for Lin to train civilian militia in the river mouth to implement hierarchical military preparedness.

  The imperial court allowed the four provinces to officially and openly organize and train local militias. Except for the need for local preparation of food, pay, and military equipment, everything else was the same as the garrison army, and they were also granted military officers. The vast majority of the people in the river mouth were from Shiliang County, who had fallen into the hands of the bandits, so it was natural to organize a militia among the civilians at the river mouth.

  Of course, at this time, the large-scale training of civilians and braves is no longer just to provide backup troops for the Ji Yun She Wu Wei; in order to gain the support of Lin Tingli and other members of the Lin family, as well as Gu Wudian, Lin Xuan must agree that in the future, the Lin Li Xiang Yong can also be recruited from the He Kou Bian Lian Min Yong to supplement the losses.

  At present, Gu Wu Chen and Lin Ting Li are training militia in Dongyang. They must rely on the two hundred militia led by Lin Ji Yuan and Chen Shou Yan as the backbone. In fact, Lin Lian's training of civilian militia at the river mouth is also for the reserve soldiers of Dongyang militia; only in this way can Lin Lian use them conveniently at the river mouth.

  At this time, Lin had sorted out and compiled the detailed rules for training troops, which had accumulated to 50 or 60 pages. He didn't hide it from Yang Shi, nor did he intend to hide it from Gu Wu Chen. After all, his ideas on troop training were quite different from those of the mainstream at that time, and Gu Wu Chen and others hadn't paid much attention to them initially.

  The Battle of the River Mouth, most of the newly recruited Lin family's braves were under the leadership of Lin Xian, who was like a tiger and wolf, with a combat appearance far stronger than before; The new recruits were personally selected by Yang Shi from the refugees and trained by Lin Xian for only two months. Zhao Hu led them to fight on the boats in Chao Tian Dang, breaking through the enemy's ship formation like breaking bamboo, like a rebirth.

  The enemies fought in the Battle of River Mouth can be said to be scattered and brave, but the case of Qu's banditry did not elaborate on the details of Qu's banditry. However, insiders who witnessed the Battle of River Mouth could see Lin Xie's military skills that couldn't be concealed.

  Yang Pu, Ma Chao and others who had been in the military camp for a long time also realized that if the three thousand regular troops given to Dongyang by the imperial court could show the fighting will of the Ji Yun She Wu Wei in the He Kou battle, it would be much easier to drive Liu An Er's army out of the northern border of Dongyang Prefecture.

  Gu Wu Chen and Lin Ting Li were under great pressure in Dongyang to train the local militia, and Lin's work at the river mouth actually shared some of their pressure. Gu Wu Chen even allocated 10,000 taels of silver for Lin to use specifically for this matter.

  Gu Wu Chen was pragmatic, and when he seized the silver from the bandits on this side, he kept over 200,000 taels of silver without any hesitation. Except for Lin Fu, Chen Yuanliang, Zhang Yubo and others who secretly divided it among themselves, the most he got under his name was up to 120,000 taels of silver. What made Gu Wu Chen far superior to ordinary officials was that he did not think of using this silver to satisfy his own private desires, but instead planned to use most of the silver to recruit and train the Dongyang militia.

  The imperial court only provided a legitimate name for the training of troops, but to train 3,000 local militiamen into crack troops, one year's grain and silver allowance would require 600,000 taels of silver. The cost of equipment and armor was even more astonishingly high, all of which had to be self-funded by the locality. Gu Wu-dust wanted to get things done, but at this time, haggling with the local authorities would only delay the opportunity, so he could not help but put up his own silver first.

  Of course, Gu Wudu can stick to Yinzi and go in, after Dongyang Xiangyong is trained, it is impossible not to become his direct line.

  Gu Wu was trapped in the party struggle and had no choice but to rely on Zhang Xie and others from the Chu Party, just as Lin Xie could not help but rely on Gu Wu. Despite this, he was still a capable and powerful official, far surpassing others.

  The so-called Minyong is a combination of Lin Xie and the current world's rural courage and the next generation's reserve role, which has undergone changes in form.

  All males over 15 years old in the river mouth area were divided into batches to undergo concentrated military training for 10-15 days, which was called "continuing militia"; from the continuing militia, a selection of robust men underwent another 15-day concentrated military training every quarter, which was called "backbone militia". The backbone militia served as the basic defense force of the river mouth area and provided some reserve soldiers for the Wuwei and Dongyang militias.

  The militia is organized with the baojia system as its basis. Each baojia guarantees a core militia of forty to sixty people, and sets up one martial hall, equipped with simple weapons such as bamboo spears, single-edged swords, wooden shields, and hunting bows. During training periods, food subsidies are issued to both regular and core militiamen, who are also actively guided to become the backbone of various tasks in the river mouth area.

  Lin tied up at the river mouth surrounded by houses to the west, a large area of empty land was set aside as a training camp for the people's militia. A rotating training system was adopted, which did not affect the construction of the river mouth and other various affairs. The trained militia could also be used as a daily guard force for the river mouth.

  Although Cao Zikang was originally in charge of this task, the focus of work before Hegou was not on this aspect, and there were no people or sufficient materials provided to Cao Zikang to do this. The large number of refugees fleeing war disasters also poured into Hegou only after May, and the 200 civilian soldiers trained earlier did not have a distinction between ordinary and core civilian soldiers. During the Battle of Hegou, Lin Xie only dared to use them to collect bodies and capture prisoners. Now is a good opportunity to formally launch this work.

  At the mouth of the river, Lin Xianshen led the vanguard to charge forward like a broken bamboo, killing more than 250 bandits and private soldiers of the Qu family. Not counting light injuries, the Ji Yunwu Guard also suffered nearly 40 casualties, with eight people unable to be rescued in time. The other injured were about thirty people who were not seriously hurt and temporarily could not return to their posts.

  Lin Xuan selected 40 strong and capable men from the Minyong troops to join the Jiyunwuwei, keeping it at full strength. He also assigned 30 wounded Wuwei with combat experience to Cao Zigang as instructors for the Minyong. This way, there were enough personnel to organize and implement the training work of the Minyong; apart from Zhao Qingshan leading over a hundred Lin family village braves at the river mouth, a small elite force was also left in Cao Zigang's hands for mobility; additionally, Lin Xuan also wanted to reserve an elite force through this method.