Chapter 497: Expediency

According to the plan, after taking Shanyang, Zhang Chenfeng will immediately wave his troops south and attack Yangzhou Mansion.

However, Shanyang is still 300 miles away from Yangzhou, and there are not only vast areas along the way, but also many Hubo, and the terrain is complex.

Therefore, along the way, he had to divide troops in Baoying, Xinghua, Gaoyou and other prefectures and counties along the canal to monitor the enemy in Fengyang.

This cost him at least one battalion of troops.

According to intelligence, there are tens of thousands of Qing troops on the front line in Yangzhou.

Even if Yancheng, Rugao and other places along the coast are personally led by Lin Xiao to be in charge, even if there are more than 1,000 people from Chen Liuyu and He Shouxin on the southern line, it is still very difficult to besiege Yangzhou with such a few people.

However, with an elite division in hand, Zhang Chenfeng naturally did not want to fight a rout battle in Yangzhou - if tens of thousands of Qing troops were scattered, millions of people would be harmed in the vast land of northern Jiangsu.

Therefore, he could not divide more companies here, at most......

"That's all there is to it,"

Shi Lang listened, lowered his head and hesitated, "However, in order to ensure the safety of the salt transportation station, there is still a way for the general, I don't know ......."

"What's the solution?"

Zhang Chenfeng was stunned.

"Those thousands of migrant workers ......"

"You mean...... Temporarily conscripted some, armed? ”

Seeing that Shi Lang's eyes were a little evasive, Zhang Chenfeng immediately understood what he meant.

The thousands of migrant workers were the 8,000 refugees that Lin Xiao brought from Zhejiang, most of whom stayed in Clam Harbor and were preparing to go south to Yangzhou Prefecture, and nearly 3,000 people were transferred to them along the way.

Lin Xiao's original intention, in addition to transporting grain and grass for the troops, the main task of these migrant workers was to establish some official military stations in various places, specifically responsible for transporting salt in sections.

Now, Shi Lang wants to fight these people's ideas and expand his troops, he must have scruples.

You must know that this kind of behavior is equivalent to digging other people's walls, which is a big taboo, if it is not really no trick, I am afraid he will not dare to mention it anyway.

"Exactly,"

Shi Lang looked at Zhang Chenfeng and said, "That's the only way...... to be able to ......"

"Well, I think so."

Zhang Chenfeng nodded, but he laughed secretly in his heart.

He knew that Shi Lang was too worried, and Lin Xiao wouldn't mind too much about this kind of thing at all.

We are not old warlords, since we are friendly troops fighting side by side, we don't have such a deep understanding of the door, before, in order to recover the big soldiers, didn't we also help you with a large number of arms?

"That's good, that's good......"

Shi Lang's heart was relieved and he grinned.

"However, after all, these people are just outcasts, and they are not trained to be of great use in a short period of time,"

Seeing this, Zhang Chenfeng said in a deep voice, "Actually, just now, the commander-in-chief of my family gave me an idea, saying that it was ...... Consider it as a last resort. ”

"Oh?"

Shi Lang was stunned for a moment, and asked urgently, "What other good plan does Master Hou have?" ”

"But I'm not sure, whether this is a good strategy or not......"

Zhang Chenfeng shook his head and said with a smile.

"Head Zhang, but it doesn't hurt to say it,"

Zhang Chenfeng's expression instead raised Shi Lang's appetite, "Come and listen?" ”

"He said that almost all of those local soldiers, except for a few high-ranking officers, were from poor backgrounds," he said.

Zhang Chenfeng had to tell the truth, "They work hard for the Tartars, and they also eat with their mouths, and many of them have worked as officials and soldiers before......"

"You mean...... Recruit and co-opt? ”

Shi Lang frowned and bowed his head silently.

"Yes, expedient, emergency."

Zhang Chenfeng nodded and didn't say anything more.

He heard that Shi Lang had also followed his uncle Shi Fu earlier and surrendered to the Qing army on the orders of Zheng Zhilong.

Although he quickly returned to Zheng Chenggong's command to kill the Tartars, he has always regarded that unbearable history as a great shame and kept it secret.

Later, Zheng Jiajun also incorporated some sporadic traitor teams, but for some reason, Shi Lang often opposed them......

Perhaps, before resuming the situation, he experienced some unspeakable things on the way to follow Li Chengdong to the south......

"Head Zhang,"

After being silent for a long time, Shi Lang raised his head and only said, "Over time, these people should be carefully screened......

"This is natural."

……

The degraders all gathered in the courtyard.

Except for Ji Zhengxiang, the canonical history of Andong County, who surrendered on his own initiative, most of them did not even have the qualifications to flee because of their humble official position, and they did not run away after the county was besieged, and they did not want to commit suicide, so they all surrendered.

Among them, most of them are officers of the newly formed training army.

Most of them described it as embarrassing, especially the few officers who were trained.

In the chaos after the city was broken, riots broke out in the various training military cantonments, the newly captured strong soldiers rose up to resist, and most of the officers who were full of evil were slaughtered, most of these people were petty officials, and the people did not have much grievances, but in the chaos, many people were also beaten and robbed, and some almost lost their lives.

As soon as Zhang Chenfeng appeared on the steps, the civil and military officials led by Ji Steamxiang were stunned.

Because, Zhang Chenfeng did not wear the dress of a senior officer, but a camouflage training uniform, except that he did not wear a helmet on his head and a handcuff pinned to his waist, which looked different from ordinary soldiers, and was almost no different from the guards standing guard at the door.

"The cavalry regiment of the captive army, Commander Zhang has arrived!"

The guards shouted their ranks.

Only then did the demoted officials react - the person who came was the official of the "Ming Thief".

Ji Steamxiang hurriedly stepped forward, knelt in a row with the civil and military officials, and performed the court salute.

Zhang Chenfeng waved his hand and said lightly: "No need, let's get up." ”

"Huh!" There was a loud shout in the courtyard.

"Anyway, this time, you are really abandoning the darkness and turning to the light, and you must not use this word again in the future."

Zhang Chenfeng frowned, stood on the steps and said.

"Yes!"

Ji Zhengxiang took the lead and bowed to the end, "General Xie ......"

"Call the chief!"

The guard scolded.

"Yes, yes, see the chief......"

"You ......"

"Humble Ji Steaming Xiang, Andong County...... Oh, the history of Andong County, Daming. ”

"Oh, I heard that you did the history of the canon before you descended to the Qing Dynasty?"

"Yes, in the thirteenth year of Chongzhen, his humble position has been reprimanded as the history of this county."

Ji Steamxiang blushed and replied respectfully.

"Hmm,"

Zhang Chenfeng waved his hand expressionlessly and said, "I hereby appoint you as the deputy county magistrate of Andong County, temporarily acting as the county magistrate. ”

"Yes, yes, thank you for the cultivation!"

Ji Steamxiang knelt down with a puff and kowtowed three times in a row in gratitude.

When the officials saw this, their eyes were full of envy......

Although they don't know what a "deputy county magistrate" is, they probably know that this is the second-in-command in a county similar to the county leader, which can be regarded as a three-level promotion in a row for the history of the past officials and officials.

It is almost impossible for the canonical history to be promoted to the county order and county under the Ming system, and even if there are a few, it is rare.

"Since you are in charge of the county government, I have a few things to explain to you first,"

Zhang Chenfeng looked down at Ji Steamxiang and said, "First case, you take our cadres and soldiers to take over the county government as soon as possible, seal up the treasury and the pavilion warehouse, and ask them to report to the office immediately, and they are not allowed to ......stay at home."

"Yes......"

(End of chapter)