"Old Xu... Can it be there"
A voice from outside called out loudly.
"I have something good to come to you..."
Zhou Huaian couldn't help but patted his forehead as helplessness. He really regretted using this surname, but he was called by people all day long by "old Xu" and "false judgment". It means.
Then a young official in Qingpao Putou stepped in, but it was Lin Yan who joined the army before his current deputy, who was also the prosecutor of the rebels in Guangzhou, and the new round of Zhangmu and Tuntian work; in addition; He also has another well-known identity, the son of Huang Chao's eldest sister, a typical nephew (nepotism) relationship.
Of course, in fact, many important civil and military posts around Huang Chao are held by people from his relatives. Among them, the existence of the so-called "Huangmen Eight Sons" is the most important and important; such as the secretary of the hand Huang Rui and You Changshi Huang Rui, Confucian Officer Huang Kui, support officer Huang Ye, and Huang Ye from the Inspection and Grain Yard are his subordinate brothers or clan brothers; Huang Hao, chief officer of the front wing, and Huang Cun, chief officer of the door guard, are his nephews.
This is also the basic normal that most of the peasant army contingents fighting with the clan and the township party as the link in this era generally possess. However, the current situation of the Stormrage Camp is a rather different or weird existence. It belongs to a certain sense of lack of background and lack of a symbol of foundation.
Therefore, even though he was named Zhou Huaian’s deputy, the actual work in the field of Tuntian and Zhangmu was presided over by him (the charge was in front), and Zhou Huaian lived behind the scenes to plan and provide corresponding suggestions or solutions. Some of the problems and emergencies encountered during the period. Of course, when encountering individual situations that are too difficult, Zhou Huaian will guide him to sacrifice the magic weapon and the big killer that he is famous for-"find his uncle."
This time he came here, but he personally sent a greeting post, inviting Zhou Huai'an to participate in a new banquet held in the city.
The reason is to celebrate one of the recent victories and achievements of the rebel army in Lingnan Road; after more than three months of offensive and stalemate, and re-fighting, Lingxi Jiedu made the two major strategies of Yongguan and Guiguan under his command. The ambassador's office formally presented a list of surrenders to the General's Mansion where Guangzhou was located and requested it to be attached.
Although there are still a lot of hands and tails to be dealt with in this process, it also means that in addition to the Annan Duhu Mansion in Jiaozhou (now Hanoi, the capital of Vietnam), the east and west roads of Lingnan Road have been unified under the banner of the rebels. Up.
Lingnan Road was originally set up by the five government officials. The former Guangzhou Dudu Mansion was the main one, and it also led Guizhou, Yongzhou, Rongzhou, and Jiaozhou. It was established in the 21st year of Kaiyuan (733). , Is also one of Tianbao's Ten Jiedu Envoys, but in fact, the five governorships have the lowest sense of existence among the Ten Jiedi Envoys, and for a long time it was only the bottom role of the imperial court.
Because its main function is to "suijing Yilian", it governs the Jinglue Army, the Qing Navy, directly governs all states, and also leads Gui, Rong, Yong, and Annan. It directly manages the soldiers of the states and counties, and directly manages only 10,000 soldiers. There are five thousand four hundred people; not only in terms of specifications and occupations, but also in the low and high numbers, compared with the other tens of thousands, tens of thousands of envoys, they are also few soldiers.
But even the 5,000 standing army still slings and crushes the various neighbouring forces for a long time, and even once supported the war against Nanzhao on Qianzhong Road and Annan Prefecture; it’s just that. The most powerful force in the south, the battle of Nanyang during the Anshi Rebellion, was lost with the defeat of Lu Ling by Jiedu in Shannan; although the organizational system was restored later, both the combat power and morale were no longer considered.
Therefore, it wasn't until the second year of the Second Year of Germany (757) that the "Tian Xia Group Enforcement" was changed to Lingnan Jiedu Shi, who ruled in Guangzhou, but the main responsibility was to punish the robbers and settle the barbarians, and the army was expanded separately; In the third year of Xiantong (862), it was divided into two east and west roads. Guangguan was the Jiedu Shi of the Lingnan East Road, and the Yongguan Jiangui, Rong, and Jiao Jingrue, and it was the Jiedu Shi of the West Lingnan Road.
However, after the division of lanes, the Lingdong Jiedushi had only the need to calm down the barbarians due to the lack of direct pressure to prepare the enemy, which led to further abandonment of combat effectiveness, and more and more fakes and vacancies; therefore, in fact, the one who had just been Li Zhao, who was shortly transferred to Lingdong Jiedu, only used the hastily gathered officers and soldiers in Guangzhou, plus Jianyong and Tu Tuan, village soldiers from temporary private placements, as well as merchant guards in the city, and so on. The army came to resist the peasant army going south, so after the defeat in the war outside the city, it would be difficult to restore the general trend.
Compared with Lingdong Jiedu's weak and weak subordinates, Lingxi Jiedu's Yongguan Jiangui, Rong, and Zhuzhou soldiers and horses, long-term suppression of the barbarians and also to resist the Nanzhao invasion, the lineup has to be changed. Stronger is also stronger.
Especially those long march athletes who were used to prepare the sides, a large part of them came from the towns of the Central Plains; a considerable number of years ago followed the contemporary celebrity Gao Pian, defeated the Nanzhao coalition army, and then regained Annan. The Jiannan elite guarding the mansion; coupled with the mountainous terrain, it is not a friendly existence.
In order to smooth out the remaining military forces on the west side, the Rebels also exhausted most of them and stopped and stopped for several months, but they were not able to take down much. Among them, they suffered several large and small defeats.
It’s just that the weaknesses and complements of these frontier troops are also obvious. The place where they are located is the poor and poor, and the land and barbarism contain a large part of the spirit and resources. Therefore, if the output of the location alone cannot be supported for long, and the long Need to transfer and provide food from the Pearl River Basin in Lingdong and Jiangxi to the north;
In addition, two years ago, the Nanzhao king of Nanzhao, who had been suffering for 20 years in the southwest, died two years ago. His son was succeeded to the throne. He was changed to Yuan Zhenming and Zhi Datong. In May, dispatched envoy Xin Jian to Lingnan West Road Jiedu to ask for peace with the Tang Dynasty. Then issued an edict and Xuhe. Xin Jian also sent envoys to Nanzhao. Since then, the number of soldiers who defended Yongzhou (now Guangxi Nanningnan) has been reduced by seven. It can be said that it is no longer the same as the old days.
Therefore, after regrouping the rebels who occupied the elite area of Lingdong, they failed to counterattack and fell into a stalemate, naturally began to seek other ways out; for example, secretly sending people to Guangzhou to seek peace and conclude an armistice agreement, and even to Huangchao's location. The nominal surrender and subordination of the Grand General's Mansion were exchanged for the convenience of maintaining the status quo and doing things on their own.
As a corresponding price and a statement, it is the Lingnan West Road Jiedu that Xin Jian was driven by Yongzhou's subordinates, and only a few horses went south to Ben'an Jiaozhou where Nandu Protectorate is located; in this way, except for some local collapses or abandonment. In addition to some of the officers and soldiers who fled north, the remaining 30,000 people between Yongzhou and Guizhou were all attached to the Huangchao’s Grand General’s Mansion.
To say that the fifty-year-old Xin Yan, who was appointed as the Jiedu Envoy of Lingnan West Road, is a small and famous person in the world. He is the grandson of Taiyuan Yin Yunjing in the reign of Tang Dezong; his father was an official in the history of Shouzhou. In his early years, he was born as a ranger boy. In his prime of life, he participated in the crusade against Pang Xun and gained his way to advancement. In the end, he was promoted after defeating the invading Nanzhao army in Gaopian ping the savages in Jiaozhou. For the newly appointed Lingnan West Road Jiedushi.
Therefore, it can be said that it is a generation of figures who have both military strategy and bravery, and they also have prestige in times of danger; it is only due to circumstances that individual ability is fundamentally independent and difficult to support the general trend.
In addition, as a chain reaction of the two regimes of Lingxi, the rebels officially surrendered the Qiongzhou Dudu Mansion established by the imperial court on Hainan Island, as well as the five states of Qiong, Ya, Zhen, Dan, Wan'an, and Yiyi. The genus Duiji; and to Qiongzhou among them, symbolic garrisons and guards were sent.
Of course, for Zhou Huaian, this Lingnan used to exile political prisoners is also a bad land, and it also has its corresponding value and function. In the activities, it plays a very important role and role; it is also one of the important extensions of the restoration of the Guangfu Commercial Road.
Therefore, when no one was willing to go to this "bad land", Zhou Huaian made arrangements to manage his own resistance and difficulty, and it became much easier.
According to the vaguely revealed meaning in Lin Yan's words, some of the officers and soldiers who were disarmed on the spot will also be captured, and then escorted to the vicinity of Canton for disposal and reading. This is the Long March defender with the most combat ability in the Datang military sequence (as a frontier sequence, everyone who can't fight is dead).
Therefore, as long as they are rebel generals with a little name, they will inevitably think about them; in fact, many rebel generals who are the most able to fight under the old team, even as generals themselves, have the order and origin of these former officers . Lin Yan secretly revealed this time and asked him to prepare in advance, which is also a consistent disguised gesture;
After all, Zhou Huai'an had already helped him with some ideas before that, and he had also resolved several very difficult and embarrassing emergencies. Therefore, he still has enough motivation and stand to maintain this mutually beneficial relationship between teachers and friends, and there is no exception now.
Therefore, although Zhou Huai'an didn't like this kind of public appearance, and did not approve of the rebellious upper class who used the old bureaucrats as a school, but had a small gathering on the 5th and a banquet on the 10th; Don't sell his face and accept it.
"There are still a few familiar friends who ask me to ask..."
Lin Yan continued to chatter.
"The strange novels you are writing... can you have more verses..."
"They're not too old to listen in the army, and they just wait for their feelings if they are itching..."
"This is also no way..."
Zhou Huaian smiled helplessly.
"I have too many things to do, and I have to do research, I have to manage publicity, and I have to take into account the construction workshop..."
"Most things just started, because there is no extra thought to compile these strange stories and changes..."
Of course, he didn't really lack enough time. In fact, this kind of familiar copy of the text can complete most of the content as long as he dictates; it's just that he wants to be a stranger to hang on to the appetite of others. (End of this chapter)