In Guangzhou, the routine morning meeting in the General's Mansion became a little noisy because of a reply.
"What, I'm overjoyed when I heard that the military mansion is recruiting, but I'm lost because of a sudden phlegm symptom, and I can't take care of things when I see an illness. Please change to another person.
"Does he still feel resentful..."
"It is said that before the letter, I was preparing to return to Xunzhou to recover from illness."
"It's unreasonable, how can this be. What did he take the military government's official business to do"
Among them, the most disgusting one is undoubtedly not driving Zhang Junru.
"This son is hateful, this wind cannot be broken..."
"It's a character with clear grievances..."
Yang Shigu, who reappeared at the small meeting, smiled slightly.
"At least he is complaining about the military mansion and not the Yellow King, but if the Yellow King still let it go, it would be hard to say."
"Perhaps Huang Wangda can count on others to hold a different mind and do his best for the military."
Having said this, he glanced at Zhang Junrudao, who was faintly different from himself these days.
"It's the same now. There is no reason or rhetoric. He was summoned back with a mere piece of warrant. No wonder others don't think about it..."
"Well, since he has to do it at this time, how can someone distinguish his name..."
In the end, Huang Chao slashed the chaos and set the tone in person.
"Let Xiao Chai come to visit and inquire about the illness, so that you can ask what he wants and understand."
Although he has vigorously conquered the power of the rebels in these days, he still had to compromise on some minor choices. Now it seems that it is a bit overkill and needs to be bridged and remedied.
After this period of endless chaos and Beaufort, he also deeply realized that if we want to strengthen the influence and control of the military through daily means such as money, food and personnel, we need a relatively stable local governance and management method to ensure that The most basic source of output.
Although there was still some faint irritation and disharmony in his heart, it was quickly overwhelmed and replaced by the actual needs of the army gathered in the territory of the Canton and the overall view of the imminent use of soldiers.
"Mr. Hugh, things are a bit bad..."
Then in another place, Huang Xin, one of the eighth sons of the Huang Clan who had just participated in the small meeting, was facing a scribe
"No matter how the brothers persuade him, King Huang is determined to summon the ghost monk back... and promote him to an official..."
"With the patience and wink of this guy, I'm afraid it is a big hindrance and trouble to the things that my brothers have done... I'm nothing, I'm afraid that the brothers will not have a better life..."
"Then restrict Zakan for the time being, and send out those who are involved in the obstacles to avoid it for a while... Is it possible that he can still pursue his own way in the army regardless of his duties?"
Mr. Hugh said calmly.
"Since this generation wants to gain power, what if the support envoy waits for the future leader, as long as he is in the military palace, are you afraid that there will be no chance to return it in the future."
"What the husband said is, but I was too nervous... I will arrange manpower to avoid the limelight..."
Huang Xin is like a relief
"Just let him come back like this, it's always a bit unwilling,"
"That emissary can say something to King Huang. Please give a special number and a banner to the army."
Mr. Hugh is still calm and calm.
"It can also be seen that the attitude of supporting the Duke's selflessness in front of the army..."
"It can't hurt him in the slightest but also benefit him, what does this mean?"
Huang Xin couldn't help but frowned.
"Of course it's Ming Sheng Shiyi's bluffing method..."
Mr. Hugh couldn't help but sighed, and that's what happened to the pattern and aura of this mud-legged man.
"This son has only been under the command of the Rehmannia King for a few months, but his qualifications are relatively young, but he can faintly control the army. It is considered an anomaly... So you can start with the angry veteran who he has led to rely on,"
"I heard that his general, Wang Pan, is dedicated to restoring the name of Stormrage's Old Army; once he can not receive a special number from the army, there will naturally be suspicions between the new and old subordinates..."
"And this son is so occupying a side by planting wings privately under his command, and he is in the military mansion. Doesn't Huang Wang have other ideas. Even if it is not for the time being, are the military masters and generals who gathered in the Canton Mansion? Can we sit and watch easily..."
"Since ancient times, Taoism has always suffered from unevenness. Are they all happy to see it happen? Since then, with a little bit of help, you can get twice the result with half the effort..."
"Furthermore, since he has benefited from your comments, is it fortunate that he will continue to hold on to the things that King Huang has already told me?"
"This is the corresponding method of taking retreat as advancing and doing several things in one fell swoop."
After sending away Huang Xin, who worshipped himself as the mastermind, Mr. Hugh sighed heavily. No matter how hard you try to offer ideas and suggestions to provoke these grass thieves’ internal contradictions and many sentiments, don’t make them chaotic and frequent disputes; but there is still no way to change the situation that these grass thieves have taken advantage of the situation to gain a foothold in Lingnan. .
And after those who have echoed and invoked him for safety, have died or fled one after another, who else in this world can understand and prove that he has fallen into a thief
And secretly contributed to the court to hinder its great efforts and stand.
At this moment, he can only lament that the traitors in the DPRK are rampant and the party is in trouble, so that there is no time to estimate the thieves that will be restarted outside the ridge. He would rather strictly restrain the heartfelt generals from throwing the door and guard the receipt of the soldiers at Wuling In this way, the current Go'an situation was maintained, but the hundreds of thousands of households in Lingwai and Annan were left behind. .
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On his way back to Xunzhou to recuperate, Zhou Huaian, who was full of breath and touched the thigh of his maid Qingluo, was also looking at an assessment of the military strength of the rebels gathered in Canton. Now although he is in a foreign area, these few After months of business, in fact, Guangzhou has its own sources and channels one after another.
When he first went south, the men and horses under the soaring general Huang Chao claimed to be a 200,000 army, but it was far less than half of the claimed number. Moreover, after passing through the relatively barren, poor and mountainous coast of Fujian, they were fighting and exiled all the way. Greater loss;
Therefore, most of them are enlisted and coerced from weak people along the way. Only 20,000 to 30,000 are qualified combatants who have seen the battlefield and have experience facing the enemy; the rest can only be used as auxiliary forces for the circulation and transportation of flags and shouts to help the battle, and cannon fodder used to consume the official army when they are in battle;
Among them, the old foundation and core strength that have been kept after the army started in Henan are no more than 7,000 or 8,000; the so-called seventeenth old battalion and the three-winged soldiers and horses that followed are mainly controlled by the cousin of Huang Chao, Huang Kui. In the hands of the relatives headed by the eight people and the few old salt lords/ganjiang who followed in their early years.
The main reason is that Zhang Lin, a high-ranking general of Zhenhai Jiedu, was defeated in the Battle of Dayuling, including dozens of leaders including generals Qin Yan, Bi Shiduo, Li Hanzhi, Xu Jing, etc. Many local peasant armies that once attached to Huangchao's banner have all been recruited by Gao Pian to surrender and become officers.
Therefore, the original seven-winged soldiers waited for the front, back, left, middle, up and down. After the collapse and escape, loss, rebellion, and surrender, only the upper, left, and right wings are left incomplete; and as the backbone and elite, it is said that everyone has a mount. Travel.
Of course, these peasant forces that can stay under the banner of Huangchao and arrive in Guangzhou are, on the contrary, those with a firmer or more tenacious sense of struggle, and they can be regarded as the backbone of relatively pure composition and a certain degree of cohesion. Once again, Guangzhou, a large city with abundant reserves and wealth, can be armed with a large number of new forces as long as it takes a good rest and replenishment for a period of time.
Therefore, after the previous months of war wasted and eliminated, many old and weak people who were not suitable for the army were repatriated and resettled through the means of gathering people and farming. Now not only has the basic structure of the Seven Wings been rebuilt, but also expanded. To the nineteen prefaces of the army;
Among them, in addition to the two heavy troops stationed in Shaozhou and Meizhou, there are three military orders in total. There is also a military order in Guizhou and Huzhou in the west, and a military order to guard the coast of Chaoshan (Sanjiang Patrol Army). Outside. Almost all of the other thirteen military orders were ordered to gather in the territory of the Cantonese government, and they totaled at least seventy to eighty thousand troops.
Even if there is a deficit and an insufficiency in it, it will be reduced by 70%. There are more than 50,000 people who eat horses and chew, and there are a large number of civil servants who come with the army; the supply pressure and daily consumption caused by this, as well as various The cumbersome things are also conceivable. This is also where Zhou Huaian's greatest confidence and evidence can be refused to come; at least if he is not in a hurry now, there will naturally be people who will be anxious, and in terms of time, he is always on his side.
Besides, when he was the leader of a small hill head of the rebel army, when he was reprimanded in a disguised form when he left the city of Guangzhou, he was banned; now that there is no statement or name, he wants to rely on a piece of paper to put himself in the army Head, find it easy to clean up the mess for them, there is no such cheap thing in the world, right.
As the saying goes, crying children only have milk to eat. Even among these rebels, there will be no exceptions. As the leader of a potential power, he must also get enough benefits for himself and his followers. Convenience, rather than blind dedication and sacrifice, can gain more trust and contribution;
As for Huang Chao's goodwill and trust, although it is still very important on the bright side, it is no longer so important after he has developed a certain kind of separation of one side of the farm. The big deal is that when the situation is not as good as the others, it is better to shrink back to the two states of Chaoxun and play that unheard-of trick.
As long as the Northern Expedition can be delayed until most of the rebel army begins, all problems will naturally be solved; of course, there is a certain probability that most of the rebel army will be turned around and used as the object of the flag (attack) for killing chickens and monkeys. But it depends on whether the military government headed by Huang Chao is willing to bear the price of this see-saw.
Today’s Sanjiang Patrol Army has only six battalions with a total of more than 5,000 (combat soldiers); but with a bite of the teeth, at least double the number of garrisons and armed young men can be mobilized. It is not without the strength to make them retreat from the various parts of the rebel army with uneven good looks. (End of this chapter)