Chapter 29 Integration of Internal Forces
Not long after entering Danyang City, two people ran out of the city. One with a high crown on his head, a long face, high cheekbones, and two high-grade alloy arm guards in his sleeves, this person was naturally Du Fuwei who was subdued by Chen Xiang. The other one is a little older, wearing ordinary scribe clothes, his face is also very vicissitudes, he looks like his martial arts are not low, and his face is gloomy, he is Du Fuwei's partner, Fu Gongyi.
When Fu Gong Yi appeared in Chen Xiang's field of vision, he had already felt the unhappiness and resistance in Fu Gong Yi's heart. However, Chen Xiang can also understand that the foundation he finally laid down in partnership with his friends was handed away by his friends, and no matter who he was, he would not be happy, so Chen Xiang was not surprised at all, and was only ready to use strong means to completely subdue this guy.
Du Fuwei's face was still unfazed, and even because Chen Xiang resurrected him, the quality of his skin and true qi was higher, but Chen Xiang could still feel the fatigue and helplessness in his heart, obviously the action of forcibly reversing military discipline with his own power in the past month had already made him a little haggard.
After the two respectfully greeted Chen Xiang, they returned to the city lord's mansion and sat down with Li Jingkou Zhong and Xu Ziling to report on the current situation.
When they preached that in order to suppress the resistance of the soldiers, they used a large amount of gold and silver to boost morale, and had already asked the Song family to borrow 50,000 taels of silver.
Chen Xiang thought for a while and said, "Don't worry about the Song family's silver, if we borrow it, we will naturally pay it back." But now that we've captured a lot of land, why not give it to the soldiers? ”
Hearing this, everyone was surprised, even Li Jing, who had been thinking deeply, and Fu Gongyi, who had been thinking about it before, screamed in surprise.
Chen Xiang smiled faintly and said: "We can make those eligible soldiers, especially those soldiers who have made great contributions in the war and do not want to continue fighting, so that they can choose to retire, and calculate the previous merits together, and divide some land for him in nearby places." Let them live and work here in peace and contentment, and entrust them with the maintenance of law and order in the countryside, so that our rule will be more solid and effective. ”
Fu Gongqi immediately objected: "If the general situation is undecided now, the land will be allocated. It will inevitably shake the morale of the army, and no one wants to fight. The soldiers all want to go home to the local masters, and now that we are so difficult to recruit soldiers, if we allow the soldiers to retire, then our army will disappear in the blink of an eye! Who was going to defend the land we had just got?! ”
Kou Zhong and Xu Ziling are both from poor backgrounds, so they naturally know how tempting it is to have their own piece of land, Du Fuwei and Fu Gongqi do not understand this truth, but they have already embarked on the road of countering violence with violence, and it is difficult to turn around, this time with Chen Xiang's strong reversal and the assistance of Li Jing, Kou Zhong, and Xu Ziling. It seems that there has been some improvement, but this is precisely the most vulnerable time, in this chaotic world, will Du Fuwei's enemies give him time to calmly rectify military discipline? At this time, once attacked, it is immediately a situation from which there is no return!
That's why Fu Gong Yi will have such a big reaction. There is such a deep worry. Directly rebounded, and questioned loudly!
Xu Ziling raised his eyebrows and said loudly: "If the land is allocated to the soldiers, then the soldiers will work harder to protect their land, while other poor people who have no land will enthusiastically join the army in order to get their own land. The combat effectiveness will be even improved! ”
When Fu Gongqi heard that Xu Ziling, a stinky boy, dared to refute him, he was even more furious, and shouted loudly: "But if there are too many recruits and the army is not well trained, it will greatly reduce the combat effectiveness!" Now Hailing's Li Zitong is already a hundred miles away! Even if he uses the speed of a turtle crawl, the day after tomorrow will come! Now the military discipline is harsh, and the morale of the army is scattered. I'm going to see how we keep the soldiers' land!! ”
Chen Xiang said lightly: "Oh? Li Zitong, that guy is here? ”
Li Jing immediately said respectfully: "Yes, when the military discipline was rectified at the beginning, Li Zitong thought that he was acting to deceive him, not only did he not come to attack, but instead gathered his defense. Now a month later. Many middle- and lower-ranking officers who could not stand the control of military discipline defected to him, and Li Zitong had already figured out the details of us, and the whole army was coming a few days ago, and we were at a disadvantage, so he took the initiative to shrink the front, gave up the three county towns, and fought a decisive battle directly under the best prepared Danyang City. ”
Chen Xiang said lightly: "Since this guy Li Zitong has come to seek death, then we don't have to be polite, this time we will meet the enemy and see how many catties and taels this Li Zitong has!" Li Jing, you go and discuss with Mr. Du and Mr. Fugong how to reward meritorious deeds, distribute the ownerless land, and resume production as soon as possible. In addition, we need to establish a local governance structure with our retired soldiers at the core to maximize our mobilization capacity. When this war was won, we quickly attacked Hailing and directly swallowed all of Li Zitong's territory. If there is enough for the military provisions, declare that the places we occupy will be exempt from tax for three years, and that future taxes will be levied only on the basis of acres and merchants, and how to take care of the poor and encourage production, that is your business. ”
Hearing Chen Xiang's three points, Du Fuwei and Li Jing's eyes radiated light, especially Li Jing, whose eyes lit up! When these three moves come out, they can really win the hearts of the people and lay the foundation of the emperor! Li Jing's inner struggle is even more serious! Du Fuwei felt as if a new door had opened in front of him, which was completely different from the means of winning in the rivers and lakes, and this method was dignified and seemed to point directly to the hearts of the people!
Fu Gongqi snorted coldly a few times, obviously unhappy with Chen Xiang's big words, but he didn't know how to refute it, or rather, waiting for the truth to give this arrogant kid a cruel and loud slap in the face, letting him know that war is not so simple!
It's just the prince of the former dynasty, what's the big deal? Moreover, the prestige of the Chen Dynasty has already been almost consumed, and it is useless at all! I don't know what Lao Du's guy is crazy about, and he has to put the injection on this little white face!
Chen Xiang continued to distribute: "Kou Zhong, Xu Ziling, the two of you will lead the gendarmerie and the death battalion to rush to the front line, and quickly expand the results of the battle, gentlemen, you press the formation of these two stinky boys." I'll break the battle tomorrow. ”
Fu Gongyi's jaw was about to fall in surprise, he really couldn't imagine that such a weak noble son would actually go to the front line of the war! Is he going to die?! Even Fu Gongyi, who has been crisscrossing the rivers and lakes for more than 20 years, does not dare to guarantee that he can escape from the front line of the battlefield alone! But that's fine, let this stinky boy who doesn't know the height of the sky die on the battlefield! That's fine!
Chen Xiang returned to the City Lord's Mansion with everyone and gathered all the officers above the middle level.
At present, these officers have been examined three times by the trio of Li Jingkou Zhong and Xu Ziling, and the remaining people are less than 15 after being selected in terms of military discipline, force, and ability, but it is predictable that these 15 people will be the real core of the Jianghuai Army in the future.
Chen Xiang didn't do anything else, let alone arrange any military action, to be honest, he wasn't very good at that, and he also believed that when he appeared on the battlefield, there was no room for any tactics.
He summoned all the middle-level officers this time, just to teach two divine skills, that is, his Divine Light Sutra and Blood Sword Sutra set, as well as Li Jing's saber technique after the fusion of the Ten Styles of Bloody Battle and the Blood Knife Technique.
It was only an hour's time, and after teaching these exercises, Li Jing couldn't help but discuss with Du Fuwei and Fu Gongyi about the distribution of land for soldiers and the future tax system! Du Fuwei will definitely support himself, but Fu Gongyi will definitely find all kinds of reasons to provoke and oppose, Li Jing understands this very well, this is not to hinder himself, but to urge himself to make the plan more thorough, more perfect!
This political acumen of the prince of the Chen Dynasty is really good! and can let go of the people under him to do it, and his courage and mind are first-class! At this moment, because Yu Wenhua was killed, the Sui Dynasty Dujun still stayed in Yangzhou and did not go to Jiangdu, so the Sui army in the south was fighting separately and did not join together, so Li Zitong would let go of the other Sui troops and attack Du Fuwei wholeheartedly! If this period is really relieved and the entire reorganization of the Jianghuai Army is completed, it will inevitably form the basis for the hegemony of the imperial plan, as long as it continues smoothly, then it will inevitably be the surrender of all the people and the will of the people!
Is this Chen Xiang the true son of heaven? Li Jing was already entangled and about to die, but he still decided to do a good job in front of him first!
On the other side, Chen Xiang taught all the Yijin Sutra to Kou Zhong Xu Ziling and Fu Junwu, this kind of kung fu can make ordinary people continue to consume internal force and improve their talents, Kou Zhong and Xu Ziling's talents are already staggering, after learning this set of exercises, they have made great progress, their qualifications have been greatly improved, and even the blockage of their meridians that were originally formed because of their age has been smoothed a lot.
Fu Junwan's talent is also very good, but it is much worse than these two boys, but her strength is that she has strong internal strength, and the internal force that can be used to improve her qualifications is very abundant. After practicing the Yi Jin Sutra, Fu Junwu looked even more beautiful and moving, and seemed to have a sense of superiority from the depths of her bones, which made her look as noble as a queen and admirable.