Qingzhou is located in the central part of Shandong, known as Linzi in ancient times. In this world, Qingzhou is located on the east side of Liangshan. There are also Dongping Prefecture and Jinan Prefecture. Gao Cheng led Zhu Wu and Chen Da to travel for nearly ten days before he arrived in Qingzhou.

Qingzhou City is also a prosperous place on Jingdong East Road, radiating to the entire Shandong and its geographical location is very important. The prefect here is Murong Yanda, who is the brother of Concubine Murong in the palace and the confidant of Emperor Daojun.

"Murong Yanda is just a mediocre official! If it weren't for his sister Concubine Murong, she would not be able to be the magistrate of Qingzhou!"

After Gao Cheng came to Qingzhou, he first went to visit Murong Yanda, the magistrate. It was similar to what he expected. In his memory, Murong Yanda was a mediocre official who did not have much ability. When he saw this person, Gao Cheng further confirmed this.

Qingzhou is the capital of Jingdong East Road, which governs seven prefectures and thirty-eight counties in its territory. Since the founding of the Song Dynasty, those who can serve as the governor of Qingzhou include Kou Zhun, Fan Zhongyan, Ouyang Xiu, Pang Ji, etc. These people are all future prime ministers. Zhang Shuye, a famous future minister, also held the position of the governor of Qingzhou.

Compared with these people, Murong Yanda was not worthy of carrying shoes for them.

Thanks to the identity of "Zhao Yu", Gao Cheng came to the government office to pay homage to Murong Yanda without any trouble. After all, he was a clan of the royal family. Being appointed as the deputy commander of the Military and Ma Si is enough to prove that he has a way out.

As the prefect and the commander of the Military and Ma Si, Murong Yanda has great power in military, government and civil affairs. As long as Gao Cheng does not do too much, he will rob him of all his strength as soon as he comes, he will not be a villain in vain.

After simply meeting the prefect, Gao Cheng sent the documents to the military camp west of the city with his official seal. Before entering Qingzhou, he had already had a preliminary understanding of the situation of the Qingzhou Military and Ma Si.

Among the military commanders, in addition to the two commanders of the commander and deputy, the leader was Qin Ming, who was in charge. Qin Ming had about four or five hundred soldiers under his command. These soldiers were barely elite after being trained by his apprentice Huang Xin.

Except for Qin Ming and Huang Xin, the other four battalions of the Bingmasi were all old, weak, sick and disabled who had little combat power. These people went out to defeat the bandits who blocked the road and robbed, let alone wiped out the bandits who had occupied the mountain and became king.

The huge Qingzhou has only 500 wing soldiers and has some combat effectiveness. No matter how strong Qin Ming is, he will never be able to use these 500 people to wipe out the three hills in Qingzhou.

In the west of the city, Gao Cheng heard a burst of noise from inside before he got close. The soldiers at the gate of the military camp and others besieged the city and watched the fun. He had long forgotten the task of guarding the military camp gate. It seemed that these people had long been used to doing this.

"This is the military camp of the Song Dynasty? Why does it seem that the minions we trained in Shaohua Mountain are not as good as we did?" Chen Da and Zhu Wu followed Gao Cheng and also saw this scene.

Chen Da couldn't help but say something, feeling a little disappointed with the so-called officers and soldiers of the Song Dynasty. Even he, a rash man who only knows how to practice fists, feet, guns and sticks, knew that there must be a guard post at the gate of the military camp. If the bandits enter the city, with these extremely scattered soldiers, they would probably not even be able to block them.

"It's not surprising that the Bingmasi became like this for more than a hundred years." Zhu Wu was not very surprised. The soldiers of the Bingmasi had no military pay and just had a meal in the army every day. How could they train seriously?

Like the Tokyo Imperial Guards, their troops look very large, but in fact they are all empty-handed. It is okay to scare ordinary people or eliminate some bandits of average strength. Once they encounter strong troops, elite troops, whether they are imperial guards or wing soldiers, they will collapse as soon as they rush.

Gao Cheng remained silent and did not get angry. Instead, he walked directly into the military camp and saw a burly man with beards on the open space surrounded by many soldiers, competing with more than a dozen strong soldiers for fists.

More than a dozen strong soldiers are well-trained, flexible in their steps, and have the strength of the first-level peak. They cooperate with each other, and even the second-level martial arts masters are not their opponents.

But the burly man who was fighting with them was wearing strong suits and bursting rapidly. He took a step forward and repelled one of the soldiers, and then fisted and kicked each of them. In just a few moves, these soldiers were knocked to the ground one after another.

"It's really unhappy! I haven't even moved my body, so you can't hold on and let it go!" This burly man is the commander of the Qingzhou Military and Ma Si, and the Thunder Fire Qin Ming.

His current strength has not reached the fourth level, but is at the peak of the third level. However, such strength is enough to make him a first-class general who charges.

When he was fighting with more than a dozen soldiers just now, Qin Ming did not use any energy or powerful power, but just used his ordinary fist and foot skills. He did not even use one-tenth of his own strength.

At this time, Qin Ming suddenly felt two scents of Qi nearby, as if a master was nearby. He twitched his face and immediately turned around and glanced around.

Gao Cheng, Zhu Wu and Chen Da did not hide their figures. Their clothes were completely different from those of the soldiers, as if they were standing out in the crowd. Qin Ming saw the three people behind the crowd at a glance.

"Who are you? You actually trespassed into the camp?" Qin Ming shouted, and the rolling sound waves were sensational. The soldiers and soldiers who were watching the fun covered their ears and retreated with pain and made way out of the space.

Gao Cheng used his finger to clean his ears and smiled: "What a loud voice, it's worthy of being a thunderbolt fire. It's really like a thunderbolt, shocking!"

Zhu Wu stepped forward and shouted: "Qin Commander, this is the newly appointed deputy commander of the Military and Ma Si. Lord Zhao Yu and Zhao, why don't you come to pay a visit?"

Qin Ming's body was circulating and was about to step forward to capture the three people who had trespassed into the military camp. When he heard this, he suddenly felt stiff. "Deputy Commander of the Military and Ma Si?"

The soldiers were shocked not far away to watch the fun.

Gao Cheng looked calm and waved his hand to ask Zhu Wu to show the official seal document. Qin Ming quickly took the soldiers in the camp to turn over and bow, "Go to the commander!"

"Get up, from today on, I will be the chief officer of the Bingmasi. Qin Ming, summoning all the officers above the head of the Bingmasi to join!" Gao Cheng immediately gave the first order.

Soon, Qin Ming summoned the Yu Hou who arrived from outside, the officials of the Ministry of Public Administration and the Bingmasi and the Bingmasi Office, and dozens of people almost filled the hall.

"All have arrived?" Gao Cheng sat on his head, his eyes swept over these people, and asked faintly.

Zhu Wu stood on the side, holding the list of officials of the Bingmasi in his hand, and said in a deep voice: "Sir, Huang Xin, the chief supervisor of the Bingmasi, has gone out for official duties and is not in Qingzhou for the time being. Except for him, all the officials of the Bingmasi have arrived!"

Gao Cheng nodded slightly, first glanced at Qin Ming, then threw the list of soldiers in his hand and military account books on the table. He stood up and said in a deep voice: "Qingzhou is the capital of Jingdong East Road. There are actually bandits in Taohua Mountain, Qingfeng Mountain, and Erlong Mountain and Three Mountains!"

"There are thousands of bandits in the Three Mountains, including many powerful bandit leaders. I heard about the reputation of the bandits in Tokyo. I didn't expect that when I came to the Military and Ma Si today, I saw that the soldiers were not like soldiers and generals were not in shape! If the bandits in the Three Mountains invaded Qingzhou, how do you protect the hundreds of thousands of people in the city?"

"Even the guards in the military camp dare to leave their posts without permission. Qin Ming, you are the commander of the Military and Ma Si. Are you the soldiers you lead?"

Gao Cheng scolded him without hesitation. Qin Ming looked ashamed on his face, lowered his head and said silently. After Gao Cheng finished speaking, he went forward and bowed: "The villain knows his crime, please punish him!"

Qin Ming never cared about these issues when his apprentice Huang Xin helped manage the military camp. When he encountered bandits or enemies, his first idea was to rush forward and recklessly.

Unexpectedly, when his apprentice Huang Xin was not in Qingzhou, the commander suddenly came to the military camp and saw the chaos in the military camp. Qin Ming had no choice but to defend himself, so he could only bow his head and confess his guilt.

The other officials, Yu Hou and the Military and Masi Office, scolded Qin Ming when they saw Gao Cheng coming, and kept kneading Qin Ming, a first-class general, as a soft persimmon, and kept silent as a cicada and did not dare to breathe loudly.

Gao Cheng saw Qin Ming bowing his head and admitting guilt, his face calmed down slightly, and said, "Qin Ming, you are not weak, you are a powerful general in Qingzhou. The magistrate also attaches great importance to you. I know your ability. This matter will be over for the time being. Starting from today, the Military Affairs Office will reorganize it!"

Qin Ming's face was happy and quickly bowed and said, "Thank you, sir, for your promotion. The matter of the military personnel is the only one who follows the leader!"

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Gao Cheng had been in charge of millions of troops in the world in the past. Now he is a small commander and has no problem. As soon as he takes office, he easily suppresses Qin Ming and uses Qin Ming's reputation to show his prestige.

Qin Ming was extremely powerful and had a great reputation in Qingzhou Military and Horses. Qin Ming said that after he bowed his head, no other officials of all sizes dared to stab him. He conveyed Gao Cheng's orders in a solid manner.

The Qingzhou Military and Ma Si had a total of one army and a horse. The Great Song Dynasty military system was in the army, with one hundred people, five capitals and one battalion, and one army. The army had a total of two thousand five hundred main troops, and the number of auxiliary soldiers and errands was more than five thousand.

In addition to the capital of Yidu, Qingzhou also has five county towns. There are also regiment commanders in the county towns, leading militias from each county. The combined force of the five county towns is about 5,000.

However, these militias are usually under the jurisdiction of the county regiment training envoys, so it is impossible to transfer to Qingzhou Prefecture City.

One of the purposes of Gao Cheng coming to Qingzhou was to conquer the future Liangshan generals and schoolmen in Qingzhou, and another purpose was to eliminate the bandits in the Three Mountains and make contributions and gradually form his own forces.

Qingzhou Bingmas and Ma Si is the first team he wants to master.

Murong Yanda usually only knows how to drink and have fun in Qingzhou, seeking flowers and willows, and has no interest in the affairs of the Bingma Si. Without him in charge of the affairs, Gao Cheng took over the power of the entire Bingma Si.

His first order was to clean up the elderly, weak, sick and disabled in the Military and Ma Si. These elderly, weak, sick and disabled seem to have no strength, but their relationships in Qingzhou were complicated. Therefore, Gao Cheng did not just do it.

He first selected all the old and weak who were not strong in combat, and then turned these people into auxiliary soldiers. He spent a lot of money on his own and bought a thousand acres of land outside Qingzhou City. Then he asked all the old, weak, sick and disabled to arrange farming, and the fruits and foods they planted were purchased by the Bingmasi.

Gao Cheng took away 60% of the money sold, leaving 40% of the people. It was considered to give them a way to support themselves. Nearly two thousand soldiers with 2,500 men were missing.

Gao Cheng issued a second order at this time, recruiting two thousand strong men in Qingzhou and re-selecting troops for training. The population grew in prosperity, and even in the prosperous Qingzhou, there were a large number of people who were almost unable to survive.

The original intention of the establishment of the Xiang soldiers of the Song Dynasty was to give these people who could not survive a way out. Whenever there was a disaster or drought, the court would vigorously recruit Xiang soldiers and gather all the strength among the refugees to prevent these people from living and civil rebellion.

It is very easy to become a soldier. Gao Cheng can recruit himself without asking Tokyo. In just a few days, thousands of strong recruits were applied.

At this time, Huang Xin also returned to Qingzhou.

Huang Zhixin said that he was in Sanshan. He had some skills in commanding and training troops, but his skills were only ordinary. He was very qualified to be a general and a famous general, but he could not become a general or a famous general.

However, this person had some ability at least, so Gao Cheng immediately asked him to assist Zhu Wu and began to train this military soldier.

Gao Cheng secretly trained troops in Qingzhou City, and soon a month passed.

In one month, more than 2,000 newly recruited soldiers and horses have initially learned the formation, and have practiced some simple swords and marksmanship in a similar manner. They have a little combat power.

On this day, Gao Cheng stood on the high platform in the military camp, watching more than 2,000 people below changing their formations according to the orders, Qin Ming kept shouting loudly, making the soldiers sweat all over their faces.

"Sir! The magistrate has a document sent!"

At this time, Zhu Wu walked gently to Gao Cheng and handed over a document. There was a red seal on it, and I don’t know what was written in it.

Gao Cheng opened it casually, then glanced at him, and a sneer appeared on his face. "Interesting! The bandits in Qingfeng Mountain heard that we were training troops to intentionally eliminate the bandits in Sanshan. They were contacting Erlong Mountain and Taohua Mountain was preparing to attack Qingzhou together!"

"Now the bandits in the Three Mountains are attacking Qingfeng Village. Liu Gao Chuanxin from Zhizhai asked for help from Qingzhou. Murong Yanda directly transferred the letter of help from me. This is to ask me to send troops!"

Zhu Wu's expression changed slightly when he heard this. Among the bandits in the three mountains in Qingzhou, Erlong Mountain is easy to defend but difficult to attack. The remoteness of Taohua Mountain is not too harmful. Qingfeng Mountain is the most powerful mountain village among the three mountains.

Therefore, Qingzhou has a Qingfeng Village at the foot of Qingfeng Mountain, which specifically controls the bandits of Qingfeng Mountain. However, Qingfeng Village has not many troops, so it is very difficult to resist a Qingfeng Mountain. Now facing the siege of the bandits of the Three Mountains, it is probably dangerous.

"Sir! Our military officers have just trained for one month. The soldiers have not been on the battlefield and have never seen blood. If they send troops, they may not be the opponent of the bandits in the Three Mountains!" Zhu Wu said in a low voice.
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