Prince Yun's Mansion, meeting hall.
All the heads of Yunzhou County have arrived, and before the meeting begins, everyone is whispering to each other to find out the situation.
"Old Chen, what's going on today? Why is there a meeting all of a sudden? There are so many people here. The three chief officers of your yamen and the two chief officers of the army are all here. One decline!"
"Like you, I received the notice suddenly. I don't know the details very well, but I heard that the meeting was convened by the prince.
I don't know exactly why. "
"Lao Zhang, do you understand?"
"I know very well! I was called here suddenly just like you, but I don't know as much as you do!"
Such discussions are everywhere, and everyone is speculating on the purpose of today's meeting.
Finally, after receiving the news that everyone was here, Zhao Jun came to the meeting hall.
As soon as Zhao Jun arrived, the hall that was noisy just now became quiet instantly.
Everyone's eyes looked at him involuntarily, and finally landed on the rostrum as he moved.
After sitting down on the rostrum, Zhao Jun looked around. Sitting on the left was Ding Hongguang, and on the right was Li Yi. The two highest-ranking military and political officers under Zhao Jun were also a little confused at the moment.
Not sure what the purpose of this meeting is?
Their doubts were quickly answered. After everyone saluted Zhao Jun as usual, Jiang He, the prefect of the county who presided over the meeting, announced the start of the meeting according to procedure.
As soon as the meeting started, Zhao Jun, who was sitting in the main seat, put down the tea he had just taken a sip of, stood up and looked at everyone, glanced around and then slowly said:
“This meeting was convened by the King, and there are two main topics.
1. According to reliable information, the Tatars are about to launch an attack on Yunzhou County.
But at present, we still don't know the number of people and time they will attack.
Facing the Tatar threat, what kind of preparations should we make in Yunzhou County to withstand the Tatar attack after the war comes.
2. After two years of expansion, the sphere of influence of our Yunzhou County has expanded to four counties. In order to defend these territories, the guard army has repeatedly divided some troops.
The original escort force of 200,000 people would definitely be enough in normal times.
But now our Yunzhou County is facing the threat from the Tatars. The original number of people is seriously insufficient to deal with the Tatar threat when the remaining three counties are dispersed and defended.
Therefore, after careful consideration, the king decided to expand the escort army again.
At the same time, due to the several expansions of the escort army, the current number is too bloated according to the existing military system, so the king wants to reorganize and reform the existing military system of the army.
In order to achieve the purpose of clarifying and simplifying the escort.
As for the specific implementation plan, I hope everyone can give me feasible suggestions at this meeting!
At the same time, if you still want to know something that you don’t understand, I will also answer it for you. I hope everyone can speak enthusiastically.
We must resolve the two main issues of this meeting as early as possible, as soon as possible, and as soon as possible, and set a target direction for the development of Yunzhou County in the following period to cope with the increasingly severe situation. "
After Zhao Jun finished speaking, there were bursts of discussion in the conference hall, and Zhao Jun did not stop it.
I took care of myself and started cooking again, sipping tea and waiting.
Many senior Yunzhou County officials in the hall discussed it for about half an hour before someone finally took the lead to stand up.
The person who stood up was a fat middle-aged man. Judging from the shape of his official robe, he should be the director of the Yunzhou County Arms and Logistics Department.
The Arms and Logistics Department is one of the first-ranking officials under the three chief officials of Yunzhou County, including the Sheriff, the County Magistrate, and the County Lieutenant.
There is a rectangular white nameplate placed on the table in front of his seat, with the three characters Li Shaoshi written in bold black font on it. He should be the director of the Arms Logistics Department.
Li Shaoshi stood up and immediately raised his question:
“I’ve met the prince!
The official has been appointed as the director of the Arms and Logistics Department. In response to the issues raised by the prince, the official, on behalf of the Arms and Logistics Department, has some questions that he would like to ask the prince. "
Zhao Jun glanced at him, then nodded and said, "Speak!"
Li Shaoshi then expressed his doubts:
"Your Majesty, our Arms Logistics Department is responsible for the manufacturing, damage recovery, damage repair and military replacement of military logistics equipment.
In the face of the Tatars' intention to attack Yunzhou County and the prince's desire to expand the army again, what our Arms and Logistics Department wants to know is the corresponding armaments and new weapons to be prepared for the Tatar invasion and army expansion. In terms of the number of armaments, Your Majesty, do you have an estimate?
What's the approximate quantity and delivery time?
Regarding the expansion of armaments this time, how much budget can the county government finance give to the Arms and Logistics Department? "
After listening to the three questions raised by Li Shaoshi, Shui Zhaojun nodded with satisfaction. The questions raised by Li Shaoshi were all important and critical, and they all cut into the ideas and responsibilities of his company.
The Arms and Logistics Department, as its name suggests, is responsible for all matters relating to armaments in the military.
This department is responsible for the manufacturing, repair, recycling and recasting of military weapons, armor, and various equipment.
It was originally the largest ironware manufacturing workshop of Feiyun Chamber of Commerce in Yunzhou County. Later, as Yunzhou County continued to expand its military, in order to meet the increasing demand for armaments, Zhao Jun specially made it independent from Feiyun Chamber of Commerce. After it came out, it returned to the Yunzhou County Yamen and became a public department of Yunzhou County.
Its director is half a rank higher than the county magistrate, and enjoys the treatment of a fifth-rank official in Yunzhou County.
As the director of the Arms and Logistics Department, if the Tatars intend to invade the country, they must naturally consider in advance the quantity and delivery time of the corresponding military armaments that need to be prepared and manufactured in advance, as well as the corresponding financial budget that the county government can allocate.
That's why Li Shaoshi had these three questions.
After hearing this, Zhao Jun thought for a moment and then replied:
"According to the intelligence clues of the secret guards, after more than a year of war with the Da Yuezhi, the number of troops that the Tatar Royal Court can still mobilize should be around 400,000, in addition to the 100,000 left-behind personnel who will stay at the headquarters.
It is estimated that the Tatars can mobilize approximately 250,000 to 300,000 people for this invasion.
The number of people is about twice the number of escorts that our Yunzhou County can currently mobilize.
Compared with the guard's mixed infantry and cavalry, the entire Tatar army is cavalry and has extremely strong mobility. This is the biggest threat to our guard.
Except for the only 60,000 cavalry, no other troops in the army can catch up with the fast-moving Tatar army, and it is very likely that they will be led by others.
Therefore, in order to prevent our army from being flown by the Tatars with their advantages in numbers and mobility, I decided to expand the army by another 100,000 people.
Among the 100,000 people this time, there were 70,000 infantry and 30,000 cavalry.
Coupled with the possible armament losses during combat, this means that the Arms and Logistics Department needs to prepare at least nearly 100,000 sets of infantry equipment and 50,000 sets of cavalry equipment.
According to the Tatars' usual habits, after missing the spring offensive, most of their general invasion times are in the autumn. It is mid-May now, and the Tatars may invade the territory at any time starting in late September.
Coupled with the familiarization time required after the delivery of armaments, all armaments must be delivered to the army in mid-September so that the soldiers can begin to become familiar with the weapons.
This means that the time left for your Arms and Logistics Department is less than four months.
As for the financial budget, you don’t have to worry, the county governor’s office will fully provide it.
Based on the financial situation of our Yunzhou County, all the silver required for the manufacturing of these 150,000 sets of equipment will be fully allocated within half a month!
And in terms of the corresponding financial budget, I will order the county governor's office to allocate an additional 10% to you. This should be enough to fully guarantee the manufacturing needs, right? "
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(End of chapter)
