On the official road in Bac Giang Province, a unit with the Yellow Dragon Banner marched in a neat queue, and the troops on the official road were uniformed in gray cloth uniforms, with large-brimmed military hats on their heads, tied feet tied on their feet, and drummed marching packages on their shoulders.

"Alas, look at the soldiers on the official road!" In a paddy field near the official road, an Annam farmer points to the troop road.

"It seems to be an officer and soldier of the country."

"No, they're all shaved and don't have braids."

"Isn't it a monk army?" ……

"My lord, do you see that the people of Annam in the paddy fields are looking this way?"

On the official road, Xiao Zhang San, who was half a step behind Chen Zongbai on horseback, swept past the people of Annan proudly and smiled.

"They probably haven't seen our troops, so they're just a little curious."

"What Lord Sun said is that after following the Wehrmacht and cutting off the braids on his head, the brothers feel more energetic, and they will fight with the Tartars again, and I am not afraid of them, brothers."

"The pig's tail on his head is for the Tartars to be slaves, since we are with the Wehrmacht, we must completely break with the Tartars, otherwise, like Liu Yongfu of 62, he will not accept Mr. Sun's kindness, and lead hundreds of people to stay in the ravine alone to live a hard life, and both sides are not pleased."

"Hey, Liu Er's house is not having a good time now, I heard from other brothers two days ago that nearly half of the big leaders under Liu Er's subordinates ran away, and all of them defected to our national defense army, and Wu Ya of Gaoping finally gave an order to Liu Yongfu and ordered him to lead all the troops to Gaoping to gather and standby, this will Liu Yongfu am afraid that he is in a hurry!"

"If you want to blame Liu Yongfu for being indecisive and not assertive, when Mr. Sun first arrived in Annan, he was very fond of him in his words, but Mr. Sun personally sent someone to send a letter to invite, but Liu Yongfu refused, if he made up his mind to vote decisively, where would there be today's situation."

Chen Zongbai originally had a good impression of Liu Yongfu, and before Sun Bin arrived in Annan, he also had the idea of defecting to him, but in the past month or two, major events have continued to happen, and Liu Yongfu hesitated to make a wrong decision, so that he could see Liu Yongfu's fatal shortcomings.

Liu Yongfu was born in a poor family at the bottom, his own pattern is too small, and he can show decisive and heroic spirit in a desperate situation where there is no choice.

Chen Zongbai sent Liu Yongfu two sentences, remembered the business explained by Sun Bin, and said: "Brother Xiao Zhang still remembers Mr. Sun's explanation, there are more men and fewer women in South America, we can't forget to recruit more women of Annan age in this army, and the brothers in South America are waiting to rely on us to help solve lifelong events!" ”

"I can't forget this incident, after the rebels occupied several provinces and conquered the city, after the rebels were exterminated, it was not up to the brothers to decide what to do with the young girls in the city." Xiao Zhang San said unabashedly.

"In extraordinary times, we should use extraordinary means, and I am afraid that there are not many Annan women who are willing to go with us without coercive means."

Chen Zongbai nodded in agreement, but remembered that Xiao Zhang San had just defected to the National Defense Army, and was worried that he would still retain the habits of the peasant army when he fought, so he reminded: "The relocation of Annan women by coercive means is the last resort, and in the process of relocating Annan women, the officers and soldiers of all departments must strictly abide by military regulations, and there can be no insults and killings of Annan women, otherwise the military police units in the army will not show mercy." ”

"When Mr. Sun ordered the gendarmes to kill more than 40 soldiers who violated military regulations, and the heads are still hanging outside the barracks, and my brother knows in his heart that he will not knowingly commit crimes."

Under the two means of using fair rewards to motivate soldiers to fight and using strict military law to deter the troops, the newly organized Guang'an troops were completely disciplined, and some peasant soldiers and leaders who could not stand the strict military discipline chose to leave the troops, and the vacancies they left were immediately filled by the young men in reserve.

With the continuous influx of Chinese from other places, the number of Chinese in Quang An and Lang Son provinces has exceeded 300,000, and more than 100,000 of the 300,000 are waiting in line to join the Guang'an army.

There is only one regimental-level officer in the Guangning Army, A Chen Chen Xingui, and Chen Xingui is a regimental-level officer, in essence, he has been staying in the Natuna Islands, and Sun Bin has always been in charge of the Guang'an Army, except for Chen Xingui, Ye Chenglin, Chen Zongbai and the newly established three independent battalions are the most senior officers under Sun Bin, and they have obtained a high position as soon as they joined the National Defense Forces.

Three days ago, in the northwest of Lang Son Province, Liu Yongfu held the letter in his hand, and it was difficult to make a decision for a long time.

"Chief." Outside the house, a man who looked like a scholar walked in.

"Chief Wu sent a letter inviting me to Gaoping to join the teacher, and the Fushan brothers will see how I should decide." Liu Yongfu hurriedly got up and handed the letter in his hand to the visitor.

Shen Fushan took the letter and looked at Liu Yongfu with some regret in his eyes, "Alas, Corporal Lixian, Chief Liu, treat me well, so I will do my duty again and persuade him once." ”

Unfolding the letter and hurriedly scanning the book, Shen Fushan understood Wu Yazhong's intentions in his heart.

"The leader used to be a subordinate of Leader Wu, and Leader Wu had the intention of inviting the leader to return to his command in the letter, is the leader willing?" Shen Fushan said tentatively.

"Leader Wu is too ambitious and his strength is insufficient, I broke away from him because I didn't want to sacrifice the lives of my brothers in vain, and now I send a letter inviting me to lead troops to make peace, and I clearly want to take advantage of the opportunity of the main force of the Gui army to counterattack back, how can I agree to his request."

"The leader is unwilling to make peace with the leader of Wu, just write a letter by hand and send someone to send it, why hesitate?"

"In the territory of Annan today, the peasant army of the leader of Wu and the Guang'an army of the Sun brothers who have just recruited An are the most powerful, I did not accept the recruitment of the Guang'an army, and then refused the invitation of the leader of Wu, the two most powerful forces in the north of Annan are all offended, and Liu Yongfu cannot gain a foothold in Annan even if he has three heads and six arms!"

"Don't say too much under the leader, the leader of Wu and the Guang'an army stand side by side, the leader of Wu occupies the land of the two provinces, the factions of the troops under his command are chaotic, the descendants who really obey his command are only one or two thousand people, and the other more than 8,000 people are all side forces gathered under the banner of the leader of Wu, and they will not really work for the leader of Wu.

On the other hand, the Quang Ninh army occupied all the three provinces of Quang An, Ninh Hai and Lang Son, and even though the Hue court merged the small Quang An and Ninh Hai into one province, the Quang Ninh army still occupied the territory of the two provinces, and the land area and population in the area under its control exceeded that of the Wu chieftain.

Moreover, the Guangning army troops are unified, and the troops that have taken refuge have been scattered and reorganized, and Governor Sun's control over the troops is far greater than that of Governor Wu. ”

"This is a big matter, Brother Fukuyama allows me to think carefully for a few days." Liu Yongfu couldn't pull his son to join his old subordinates, and waved his hand to shirk it.

"Chief! ......" Shen Fushan had to persuade again, and a man with a turban hurriedly ran outside.

"The leader is not good, the leader of the king and the leader of Zhou have gone down the mountain with a hundred brothers!"

"What! Zhou Ming and Wang Si will also abandon me! ”

Zhou Ming and Wang Si are Liu Yongfu's henchmen, and they have been following Liu Yongfu since the anti-Qing uprising, but he didn't expect to leave him at this time, and Liu Yongfu was difficult to accept for a while.

"The two leaders left a message saying that the leader wanted to surrender to the Manchu Tartars, and they didn't want to be lackeys for the Qing army, so they said goodbye to the leader." The news that Liu Yongfu was going to defect to the Qing army suddenly spread more than ten days ago, and the messenger secretly glanced at Liu Yongfu, wanting to see from his eyes whether his own leader wanted to defect to the Manchu court as others said.

"Chief, the brothers in the camp have a common enmity with the Manchu Tartars, and they are unpopular with the Manchus, the leader should explain the truth to the brothers, otherwise the army will be finished as soon as the army's heart is dispersed!"

Shen Fushan's tone was excited, and without waiting for Liu Yongfu to reply, he turned his head to look at the messenger and said: "Governor Sun and the leader of the Guangning Army are old friends, and the leader has agreed to Governor Sun's invitation, and he will lead all his brothers to join the Guangning Army in the near future, you quickly recover the two leaders and explain it to them clearly!" ”

"Leader, this ......" Xiao Bing looked up at Liu Yongfu expectantly.

"That's it, do as Brother Shen says."

Liu Yongfu sat weakly on the chair, and at the same time, a boulder pressed in his heart was immediately put down.

"The villain obeys!" The soldier looked happy and turned and ran out of the house.