"Take good care of your head... Use the best medicine and diet."
Zhou Huaian firmly said to the doctor from the third major team.
"I will check back regularly."
As for Zhou Huaian, he now has good news and bad news.
The good news is that before Wang Pan fell into a coma, he personally completed the rightful transfer of power, which also means that Zhou Huaian can confidently use "the suspicion of Dinghui party members" to clean up potential instability within the army; not necessarily; To kill, just involve the suspicion and marginalize and weaken it.
There is also a new round of recourse and liquidation of the local government in the name of "revenging the general"; after all, logically speaking, it is with their cooperation that the general will be counted as the leader; incidentally, the tide , Follow the other rebel forces stationed in the two states to carry out a round of cleanup and annexation.
The bad news is that the water behind this incident is so deep that there is direct participation from the General’s Mansion. According to the interrogation and torture of related persons captured by the Rebels, although their knowledge is limited, they still Put together the approximate cause of the matter.
The initial cause was the unexpected performance and results of Stormrage Camp in the Lingdong states; this new weaker division led by Wang Pan has not been dragged down or severely weakened by the local violence and chaos. Instead, they have made many achievements and things in response to the times; this has caused some people among the upper ranks of the rebel army lined with factions to start thinking about it.
Because according to the current system of the rebels under Huang Chao, they can actually be divided into two categories;
The first type is the 17th old camp and the heads of each group. The basic plate from the north to the south, the general mansion set up by Huang Chao, uniformly provides the general needs for clothing, food, and armor in the usual sense; and then from the attack on the army and the generals. In the process of plundering places, the trophies are obtained as a daily supplement; although there are factions and hilltops with their own clans and township parties, they must also be assigned and deployed by Huang Chao when fighting.
The other major category is the institutional peripheral and local armed forces that rushed and gathered along the way; their fineness and weaves are obviously uneven, and many basic weapons are not available; except for regular allocations. Apart from food and grass, everything else must be captured and prepared on its own, often directly delimiting an area so that it can find a way to maintain it.
The General Mansion’s binding force on them is far inferior to the former, and even some means allowing them to fend for themselves; therefore, they have considerable autonomy in organization and personnel. Anyway, as long as you can ensure that when you need it, you can pull out enough heads or provide corresponding materials.
The Stormrage Camp, which was rebuilt at the beginning, was somewhere in between, because it was not only a food supply organization supported by the General’s Mansion, but also a place where it was cheap. This was nothing at all, it was just a temporary transitional expedient, just like some other scattered rebel periphery; although there were some dissents, they were ignored.
However, as Stormrage Camp belongs to the chaotic Lingdong, the unexpected wind and water grew stronger, and with a local force of three to four thousand people, it regained the attention and appointment of the General’s Mansion. , Things start to become completely different;
Therefore, the former leader Dinghui who originally stayed in the general's mansion to listen to the matter was some people who sent back to act as a strong representative to seize the dominance of Stormrage Camp. Because today’s Stormrage Camp does not have a clear upper-level affiliation in the General’s Mansion, but there is a tendency to become an independent hill in the locality. However, the foundation and connections of the corresponding rebels are so shallow that it can be said to be almost nothing. .
Therefore, in accordance with the other party’s expectations and plans, if they can successfully seize power, they will take the initiative to request in the name of Stormrage Camp and become a vassal of a certain road rebel mountain, and use the facts to negotiate in the general’s mansion for the parties involved. Wait for the corresponding benefits.
But that’s enough. At least there is still a long-term gradual process. Under the framework of the basic bottom line within the rebel system and the inability to openly tear one's face, it is possible to obtain results through open struggle and see-saw penetration. It can also take away some of the troops and territory from the powerful Stormrage Camp and weaken it again.
But the harvest on the tribute boat that they brought back became the catalyst and opportunity for these people to finally make up their minds to take the risk and support Ding Hui's intensive effort to seize power immediately. Although Zhou Huaian has selected the most valuable top deck and fourth-story cabins on this tribute ship, most of the remaining treasures are credited to the public account after a 30% discount, which is still A considerable amount of wealth, and it is impossible for people to get up and conspiracy without being tempted.
After seizing the control of Stormrage Camp through Dinghui, it can be regarded as a considerable gain and supplement. Therefore, under such a huge amount of violence, the other party did not hesitate to send out capable personnel under his command to assist Ding Hui's force to seize power to ensure that nothing went wrong.
Not only that, but the other side also adopted a two-pronged approach to target the other side. The Qingtian envoys and garrison officials newly dispatched to Xunzhou through the General’s Mansion will directly receive the wind and entertain the banquet in the local area, and directly set up a bureau to detain the general head Wangpan who is going; to ensure that there is no meeting in the Stormrage Camp Chambers resist the existence of rituals.
Of course, according to the feces and urine of those captured in the city, they didn’t intend to harm Wang Pan’s life, they just wanted to take him down and imprison him; until Chaoyang City, Ding will become a fait accompli. Everything is fine. Then he will be escorted to the Cantonese government, where Xiao compensates him for gains and losses by obtaining a false title. It was only afterwards that something unexpected happened, and it became like this.
Despite this, the energy and resources that the other party can use both officially and privately still make Zhou Huaian a little thoughtful and terrified, especially when he went north to Shaozhou to work together, and it may also come from the other party's planning and operation. .
Therefore, although the internal strife and crisis of Stormrage Camp have been resolved, the fundamental vitality has also been injured; and it is truly bad news that such a powerful opponent that has been torn apart and hesitate to meet each other is really bad news.
On the other hand, it depends on the response and response of the Cantonese government. Although Zhou Huaian has basically unified the minds and attitudes of the entire army, and has obtained the expediency to do things right; but then it is the same thing to fight with other rebel forces, but openly confront the authority from the generals’ mansion. It's another matter.
From this point of view, Stormrage Camp is too lacking in the corresponding foundation and heritage. As a result, there is no source of information and channels for communicating information in the General’s Mansion. We can only hope that Cao Shixiong and others, whom I met in the past, will be able to hit something on the side at a paid price.
But in any case, it will take several days to see the results of this trip. He has to sort out and rectify the internal affairs first, and at the same time control the current situation in the site. For example, Zhou Huaian did not intend to move him in the relatively friendly Zhu Cunsuo station in Changle County. Instead, he sent silk silk that was worth thousands of dollars in the past, which was regarded as a gift to his superiors.
Then a special labor brigade was sent to rebuild and expand the abandoned city gate built on the three-way intersection between the hills and mountains in the northeast of Changle County. The wooden wall was used for reinforcement and blockade, on the grounds of tax collection and detection of spies. , As the outer police post and stronghold of the first road to the west.
As the so-called is the struggle on the surface and the defense in private, both hands must be firm and both hands must be strong, so that it is possible to still be unable to appeal the other party under the circumstances of conclusive evidence, which incurs blame and accountability from the Cantonese government. The so-called dark side and lust of the human heart, he had already seen when he was on the African continent.
Sometimes, for the sake of the so-called overall situation and a position that is more beneficial to oneself, the sacrifice of the right things and the already clear right and wrong is also a common occurrence in history and reality; the best example is those mainstream media from European and American countries. , Or those domestic advocates who want to follow the foreign counterparts in everything;
What they are shouting is a grand-sounding stand of independence, freedom, and justice. What they do is "political correctness" or defending the interest groups behind them, and they use the selected truth to induce the audience to recognize and get the public opinion they want. And atmosphere.
In addition, making Wang Pan the main culprit like this has all been caught in Xunzhou City, but how to deal with it next is a bit embarrassing. After all, they were sent here in the name of the General's Mansion. If something goes wrong, then the only way to kill the flag is after the public trial.
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And in Guangzhou city a few days later.
With the continuous spread of the epidemic, not only did pedestrians become scarcer, but even the rebel camps in the city were moved out of the city one after another; only some outer walls and inner walls were left, the most basic garrison and strength. , Even the number and batch of patrols on the streets have been significantly reduced.
However, on the clear and cold main street between Fanshan and Yushan, a group of people suddenly galloped past, and the sound of tapping went straight to the inner city, and finally fell in front of the Grand Dudu Mansion/General's Mansion. , And followed by a general with a national face and eyebrows.
Then they were stopped by the gate behind the archway, and a door lieutenant wearing a jacket and a belly respectfully said to this very experienced and capable general:
"Please also Zou Lang will stay here. Recently Huang Wang has ordered..."
"In order to have a lot of people in the defense army, the generals and servants who enter and leave must stay in the door and wait... they have their own tea and tea..."
"That's the case, it doesn't matter..."
Zou Lang could not help but raised the silkworm eyebrows, waved his hands to the left and right, and was led in.
Then he walked through the second door, the third door, and the winding corridor, and came to a side hall outside the main courtyard where he routinely waited. Zou Lang just sat down in a Hu**, picked up the tea cup he had brought up, and said that a figure hurriedly pushed the door in and said in a hurried and low voice.
"Old Zou, why did you come back suddenly..."
"Is it possible, don't you know that your matter has been posted..."
"It was so... Thank you, Mr. Li, for reminding me... A certain family must have a good report."
Suddenly, Zou Lang would stand up suddenly, but even the tea cup was knocked over.
"Quickly change your outfit and follow me through the side door..."
Master Li urged with an anxious expression.
"If you don't leave, it will be too late..."
At this time, the sound of footsteps of a chain of bead leaves clanging in the distance could already be heard. (End of this chapter)