Xin Qiji participated in the expedition with Yang Yan and them, and she was still somewhat familiar with Zhao Qianru, but because she was a princess, Xin Qiji generally didn't talk about them to others. But Chen Liang met Zhao Qianru for the first time, and he had only heard some things about this princess before, and of course he knew that she was Yang Yan's fiancée. Seeing her suddenly interject, I was a little surprised.

Yang Yan looked at Zhao Qianru and said, "In my opinion, in the final analysis, Manichaeism was able to gain momentum in Guangnan in a short period of time, or because the taxes of the Great Song Dynasty were set too heavily, and the government levied and plundered from it, which almost made it difficult for the people of Guangnan to maintain." Otherwise, Manichaeism would not have spread so easily in Quang Nam, and the root cause of this was that the taxes were too heavy. ”

Zhao Qianru nodded and said, "If you can see this clearly, then it will not be difficult to quell the rebellion in the south." As long as the people can live and work in peace and contentment, and live a good life in peace, then no one is willing to rebel with Manichaeism. ”

Chen Liang was slightly surprised, he didn't expect Zhao Qianru to say such a thing, it seems that this princess has some knowledge, different from ordinary women. He was originally a bold person, and he spoke very uprightly, and he couldn't help but say: "If everyone can think like the princess said, my Da Song will definitely be peaceful." ”

Zhao Qianru smiled and said, "I'm just talking nonsense, Mr. Chen has won the award." ”

The next day, the army arrived at Jingjiang Mansion, and Yang Yan ordered the army to camp outside the city, only with Xin Qiji, Zhao Qianru and Cao Anmin to bring Wu Xi's urging army into the city. Fan Chengda and Qi Fang had already received the holy decree, knowing that the court had sent Yang Yan to replace Fan Chengda as the envoy of Guangxi to quell the rebellion. He has long been waiting in the yamen of the envoy of the system.

After Yang Yan and his entourage arrived, Cao Anmin immediately read out the holy decree and tried to announce that Yang Yan would take over all matters in Jingjiang Mansion. Yang Yan suddenly remembered that when he left Jingjiang Mansion, he didn't think that he would return here again as a local official.

After the decree was announced, Yang Yan immediately asked Fan Chengda and Qi Fang about the current situation in Guangnan. Fan Cheng told Yang Yan about the Manichaean administration and the reorganization of the army. Qi Fang also explained the current movements of the Manichaean army to Yang Yan one by one. Now the Manichaean army was divided into three routes to attack Jingjiang Province, with 30,000 horses in the middle to attack Renxiu, 20,000 on the left to attack Bucheon, and 20,000 on the right to attack Liuzhou.

Yang Yan listened and said, "Then how are the troops of the Infantry Division deployed at present?" Will it be able to withstand the attack of the Manichaean army? ”

Qi Fang said: "Now the rear army is still staying in Guangzhou, and Chen Ming and Yu Yuanhua are also there to assist in the deployment. The left army and the local Xiang army were stationed in Renxiu County with a total of 12,000 men and horses, the right army was stationed in Longping, with a total of 6,500 men and horses, and the front army was stationed in Liuzhou with a total of 8,000 men and horses. The Chinese army remained in Jingjiang Mansion. During this period of time, these places have strengthened their preparations, and they should not be lost in the short term. ”

Yang Yan said again: "Now in Jingjiang Mansion, in addition to the Chinese army of the Infantry Division, how many local people in Guangxi are there. ”

Qi Fang said: "There are still more than 20,000 local people in Guangxi in Jingjiang Mansion. ”

Yang Yan nodded and said, "Our army has come from a long way, and we are not familiar with the place in Guangxi, and it will take a while to get familiar with the climate of Guangnan, so the current defensive arrangement is still not moving. Wait for the army to settle down before making arrangements. ”

The next day, Yang Yan asked Xin Qiji, Chen Liang, and Fan Chengda to handle the administrative handover, and Cao Xun and Gao Zhen to place the soldiers. And according to Guangyan's prescription to buy medicinal materials for himself, just in case. He and Qi Fang rushed to the front line to inspect it. When he got to the front, Qi Fang really said that it was right, for a period of time, these state cities have been built very strongly, and the tools and equipment for defending the city are also very well prepared. Although the guards were much smaller than the Manichaean army, they could still be defended. Then Yang Yan also emphasized strict guarding, and if the city is lost, it must be severely punished. He also ordered all men and horses to strictly guard the city and not to fight.

After Yang Yan returned to Jingjiang Mansion again, all the handover matters were completed. Fan Chengda waited for him to come back, then resigned to him and went back to Lin'an.

Since Yang Yan is a military attache as the envoy, he can be called commander of Yang Yan. After officially taking charge of the affairs of the Establishment of the Embassy, Yang Yan immediately began to set up the staff of the Establishment of the Embassy, Xin Qiji was also the staff officer of the Envoy Division, and appointed Chen Liang as the second staff officer of the Envoy Division, and the two of them jointly handled all administrative matters, and they only needed to inform themselves. Zhou Xin was still in charge of intelligence gathering as a senator, and Dong Yuan was appointed as an officer, and the other officials who had been appointed as envoys were basically all retained, and each had his own assignment. After the team was set up, everything began to run normally. Only then did Yang Yan free his hands and began to plan to quell the chaos.

Zhao Qianru and Cao Anmin were both sent by An to the Yamen of the Envoy Division, and the female soldiers of the Jingyan Army were responsible for protecting the safety of the inner house. Then Yang Yan strictly ordered that all the troops be stationed outside the city at once, and only a thousand people were selected from Wu Xi's urging army to protect the safety of the envoy's yamen in the city. Other soldiers and generals were not allowed to enter the city without a general order, so as not to disturb the lives of the people in the city. Even Yang Yan lived in the city one day, served in the barracks one day, and handled official business at both ends. If Yang Yan is not in the city, Xin Qiji can manage various affairs instead of him, and if he is not in the barracks, Cao Xun and Gao Zhen will exercise military orders on behalf of Yang Yan.

Then Yang Yan ordered that all roads leading to the Manichaean-occupied areas be completely blocked, and that they were caravans, and that they were strictly forbidden to pass. Because the two sides were in a state of war, grain, cloth, iron, salt, wood and other materials became a scarce commodity in the Manichaean occupied areas, and some merchants were driven by profits and secretly sold these things to the Manichaean occupied areas. The first thing Yang Yan had to do was to cut off the supply of these materials to the Manichaean army.

Many soldiers began to fall ill and were bedridden, but because of the prescription provided by Guangyan, the disease was immediately and effectively controlled, and there were not many sick soldiers, and they were not too sick. It was much better than when Wu Gong and Qi Fang arrived in Guangnan. At this time, Yang Yan couldn't help but secretly feel laser derivation. His prescription was a great help.

Then Yang Yan ordered to begin the reorganization of the local army in Guangxi, as well as the recruitment of local people to expand the army. The local box army of the Song Dynasty was divided into two kinds, one was the ordinary box army, which was mainly the unqualified people eliminated in the forbidden army, in fact, it was used as a miscellaneous service, and the military service was also very low, and the minimum was only 30 wen per month. The other is to teach the Yuexiang army, which is mainly recruited from various places, responsible for maintaining local security, and has a certain combat effectiveness, and the strong can also be selected into the forbidden army. Fengyin is also higher, with more than 80 wen per month.

At present, the local troops concentrated in Jingjiang Mansion are basically the Jiaoyue Xiang Army, with a total of more than 20,000 people. Yang Yan ordered the transfer of the Jiaoyue Xiang army from other states that were still under the control of the Great Song Dynasty to Jingjiang Mansion, with a total of more than 35,000 people, all of whom were selected together.

At this time, hearing the news that Yang Yan had arrived at Jingjiang Mansion, Ling Xiang and Huang Mingxia also rushed to Jingjiang Mansion from Guangzhou. The three of them naturally like it very much when they meet. Now Huang Zhengping and his people have gathered 2,6700 people in Jingjiang Mansion, half of whom are disciples of the Huang family, while the other half of the other four families or other servants have escaped from Yongzhou and defected to their command. Yang Yan organized them into an army, led by Ling Xiang and Huang Mingxia. And continue to recruit people.

Before coming to Guangnan, Yang Yan also explained to the Song court the merits of Ling Xiang and Huang Mingxia in the battle to defend Guangzhou, and Zhongshu Province was also subject to the rank of Ling Xiang Wude Doctor, and was given the title of Huang Mingxia as the county lord. Because Yu Yunwen considered that once the Manichaean rebellion was quelled, the governance of Guangnan not only depended on the efforts of the Great Song Dynasty, but also won the support of the local Tuzhen ethnic group, and once Yongzhou was recovered, the local clans were still needed to maintain local stability.

For Ling Xiang and Huang Mingxia, this means that the Great Song Dynasty recognized the status of the Huang family. Once the Manichaean army is defeated, the Huang family will once again become the first family of the Gu clan, and the strength of the other four clans will also be greatly weakened, even if they are united, they will not pose any threat to the Huang family, and the Huang family's dominant position in the Gu clan will be unshakable. Therefore, the Huang family was very excited, and at the same time, with the Great Song Dynasty's strategy, the Huang family's trick power was also greatly strengthened, and some of the Gu people who escaped from Yongzhou defected to their banner.

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Just when Yang Yan gradually began to put down the plan to quell the Guangnan Rebellion, the Jin State, thousands of miles away, put down the rebellion of the Red Jacket Army but reached a stalemate.

After Dajin's Shandong Xuanfu envoy and privy deputy envoy Wan Yan Mouyan captured Weizhou, he did not listen to the advice of the monk Yan Chen, and finally killed all the prisoners of the Red Jacket Army. There were more than 15,000 people in total. And in the letter, it was said that Monk Wanyan Chen was suspected of colluding with traitors, and all his duties were dismissed at once, and he was heard in Zhongzhong. He led the army and divided his troops into three routes, from Zhaoyuan, Laiyang and Luo Feng, respectively, to attack the Red Jacket Army led by Li Quan, who lived in Dengzhou.