After defeating this miscellaneous foreign armed forces, Zhou Huaian also got good news and bad news from it.
Let’s talk about the bad news first. The Turkish army and regiment training coalition forces that had gathered under Daluo City have collapsed and dispersed; as one of them, after being looted along the way, they sent their idea to Jiaozhou Port, where a large number of business travelers and property gathered On the body.
To make matters worse, the local barbarians and Shanyi also jumped out to join in the fun, and began to make chaos in the place. Among the Tu nationality, those who have been naturalized and controlled are the natives (acquaintances), while those who are not affected by Wang Hua are Shanyi (shenghu) in the remote mountains. This also means that the local soil groups that have been severely damaged in various states can no longer deter and suppress them, and the turmoil that was originally limited to Jiaozhou has begun to spread to various places.
Today's Annan Duhu Prefecture has jurisdiction over 13 states, 39 counties, and 32 Jimi states (tribal settlements), of which Jiaozhi County (Jiaozhou) is the resident.
As the largest prefecture and governor of Annan Prefecture, Jiaozhou has eight counties under its jurisdiction; there are 24,000 registered households in the territory, with approximately 99,600 households; but because of the shady households, mailing households, etc. Because of the hidden population, the minor population and slaves are not counted as hukou, and the Tu population of all kinds under the rule is not counted, so the actual number may increase by two or three times.
There is a permanent (Jiaozhi) Economic Army of 8,700 personnel in the territory, and there are also a few newly-established soldiers of the quiet navy battalion, which constitute the basic regular armed forces; however, since the fall of Lingdong and the road cut off, among them Most of them fled and returned to the north on their own or went to the north to join the rebels. The locals mainly depended on the indeterminate amount of Turkish troops, regiments, and village soldiers to maintain the situation.
In addition, there are some Tibetan troops that are attached to and naturalized Tu tribes, which are divided into Tibetans and people attached to them. The so-called people living in Tibet are taken by Han officials, which is the prefecture of Jilin; those belonging to the people are placed next to the military town, which is the prefecture of light taxation. Most of them maintained their original tribal organizations. During the war, a large number of Ding Zhuangs were enlisted to join the army. They did not pay the army's pommel horse or weapons. The court only paid for its wartime rations and army servants.
Therefore, according to historical records, the military towns set up by the Tang Dynasty on the border can easily pull out a number of troops several times the basic army to carry out large-scale offensive battles. Now even after the serious loss of the regular army, the situation in the place can still be maintained. But the chaos caused by Zeng Dagon who suddenly appeared in Jiaozhou broke the fragile balance that was last maintained.
The good news, however, is that with the collapse of each family and the severe damage to their strength, the team they brought has become the only place to rely on, precious and decisive. At least under the lead party activities and calls led by the Qu clan, many wealthy families who fled from other places have expressed a considerable degree of support and an attitude of enthusiastic cooperation.
Of course, the main thing is to count on Zhou Huai'an's rebel army, besides advancing, by the way, they will do the "raise of a hand" along the way to regain their homeland that has fallen into the riots. To this end, not only did they raise money and food within a short period of time, they took out 8,000 shi rice and 3,000 pieces of silk cloth, but also armed themselves to form a small force of 200 people willing to lead.
Therefore, after a short rest and rehearsal for a day, Zhou Huaian had to re-lead the troops on the road to Jiaozhou City. Also accompanied by 2,000 men and women recruited on the spot, as well as a number of vehicles, boats and livestock were requisitioned. Because there will be many river systems in the areas that will pass next, when going upstream along the river, water transportation can be used to transport military assets.
After all, this is the middle of the Red River Plain, the Red River Delta where the largest grain producing area and agricultural irrigation area of the later Jiaozhi regime are located; therefore, from the seaside, you can see the endless paddy fields and villages between various water networks. . The ubiquitous ditch and river network, dotted fish ponds, and ups and downs of buffaloes form the idyllic scenery, even reminiscent of the beautiful and exquisite Jiangnan scenery.
However, most of these farmland and water conservancy facilities were successively developed and developed by immigrants from the Central Plains and the South and their descendants in the past; their arrival also greatly changed the local agricultural ecology.
As for the native Tu people, they still stay in the slash-and-burn method for a long time after sowing the seeds and basically ignore the follow-up, relying on the fertility of the land itself in the primitive agricultural production that can still be harvested; or simply relying on the relatively rich mountain forest resources in the subtropical zone, like the wild Like monkeys, they sleep on the ground in the open air when they are full by picking.
It was not until the settlements they lived in were successively broken and conquered by immigrants from the Han region that they were incorporated into the relatively advanced civilized system and intensive agricultural production through migration, cohabitation and intermarriage.
It is also one of the largest rice producing areas known as the granary in Southeast Asia in later generations. According to data from later generations, on this natural floodplain, the paddy fields known as the top land in the Jiangnan provinces alone accounted for more than eighty to ninety percent of the cultivated land here.
The Chishui River from the Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau has passed through here and has become clear river water, which also precipitates a large amount of nutrient-rich organic matter, creating an abnormally fertile field along the way; plus abundant sunlight and rain; therefore, it will be a year later. It is the most common situation in the local area to receive three-quarter output in two seasons.
For the five battalions who went to Annan this time, Zhou Huai’an almost brought out the most effective combatants with a high proportion of veterans, the front, back, left, right, and middle battalions. When it is complete, it can be regarded as a large-scale troop training. The remaining five battalions whose equipment and personnel are dissatisfied are named after the new battalion one, two, three, four and five, and they are left behind. Wang Pan led.
There was also a group under each of the battalions that came out of the battle, mixing up the Long March soldiers from Guiguan, Huguan and even Annan. They were also veterans who knew the place well. With their presence, some unexpected situations and emergencies can be avoided, resulting in non-combat attrition and the probability of delays.
Of course, it's not completely without noise and interlude in the meantime.
"Boss, why are you working with this generation..."
Looking at the messy armed with bare feet and bare shoulders wearing hats and knives and guns walking in front of them, the young detective team officer Xiao Qi who hesitated to speak again and again couldn't help but ask at the beginning.
"Can't he do something else..."
"Because this generation can effectively reduce the damage and consumption of our army before really confronting the enemy..."
Zhou Huaian explained to him disapprovingly.
"After all, we are foreign visitors who are unfamiliar with our lives. It is not impossible to do our own way by ourselves. But in many places, we are afraid of getting twice the result with half the effort. It is not as easy and effective as the people in these places..."
"Furthermore, only by solving the double tribulation brought by the imperial court and foreign captives and maintaining the stable output of this grain producing area, will it be possible to talk about the future..."
"This is the order in which the main contradiction and the secondary contradiction I told you need to be selected and resolved."
"Do you think it is important for you to feel uncomfortable and right for the time being, or it is more important to ensure that most of the rebels ahead have sufficient food supplies..."
"What's more, these other people's land properties are not the places where my ancestors of the Han family have blazed a trail from generation to generation. They have been opened up little by little from the wild, and the soldiers and civilians of the past dynasties have competed from the barbarians one by one..."
"If you don't distinguish between the enemy and the estrangement and treat them as enemies, wouldn't it mean that you will be in a mess for no reason and it will be cheap and convenient for the foreigners to barbarians..."
"The leader is thinking far... I'm ashamed of waiting."
At this time, a voice could not help responding, but it was Wu Xingchen with the small eyes of Zuoying Duwei; Chai Ping as his deputy, Su Wuming from Hoouying, Lu Fang from Youying and other generals were also nearby. I feel the same or so, and even the thoughtful expressions are different.
"You slippery ghost..."
Zhou Huaian reacted and sighed at Xiao Qi.
Obviously, this is not just his personal question, but he took this opportunity to draw everyone's doubts out, so that he said clearly, it was considered a well-intentioned one.
To be honest, this time crossing the sea to come to Annan to fight, the ordinary soldiers under his command did not have any extra ideas. They only had to order a ban; but some of the generals from the old rebel army inevitably had some thoughts and doubts; after all, they were still there before. Shouting and screaming at these local tycoons and big households, doing the ransacking of family property; now after changing places, they have to fight together with similar existences.
It is quite normal for some people to be unable to turn their minds for a while; for this Zhou Huai'an can only throw out the united front theory of uniting all forces with the outside world, and the theory of primary and secondary contradictions to make them feel at ease for the time being. In the evening, I also intend to expand the preaching on the priority of Yi Xia's argument and rational selection to make up for this omission in detail.
The idea and concept of why an army fights is also something that cannot be ignored. If this kind of psychological change and gap is not dealt with properly, if you are not careful, you will make mistakes and confusion in the style of painting and the theoretical basis you have been guided by. (End of this chapter)