Chapter 498 Meritorious Service

"Get up,"

Zhang Chenfeng looked down at Ji Steamxiang and said, "Since you are asked to act as the county government, I have a few things to explain to you first." ”

"But please command, the chief must do his best!"

Ji Steamxiang got up and bowed his body to make a gesture.

"The first case, you take our cadres and soldiers to receive the county government as soon as possible,"

Zhang Chenfeng raised his hand and stretched out an index finger and said, "The treasury and the cabinet should be sealed and counted, and the original secretary and clerk should be told to report to the office immediately, and they are not allowed to ...... at home."

"Yes......"

"The second is to appease and relieve the people,"

Zhang Chenfeng stretched out his second finger and continued, "I went into the city to take a look, and the city was still plagued by rebellious soldiers and bandits...... The body should be collected and buried as soon as possible. ”

Ji Steaming Xiang said again and again, "Yes!" ”。

Anyway, these are naturally the right things to do, not to mention the unexpected reuse......

"This third pile, there will be more troops coming and going here in the future, and the transportation of grain and grass materials may not be able to come up for a while, so you have to connect with our military station director and do a good job in the supply of grain and straw......"

Zhang Chenfeng said slowly, "The specific types and figures, the director of the military station will tell you, and we will issue a settlement bill for the expenses, and you will settle with them at that time...... What is the situation with the grain here? ”

"It's still sufficient...... There was an official warehouse in the local area, and the Tartars did not burn in a hurry. ”

"That's fine,"

Zhang Chenfeng nodded, waved his hand and said, "Just these three things, you can call someone to do it, and I will naturally send someone to deal with other matters of public security maintenance." ”

"Yes, I understand!"

Ji Xianxiang listened to one thing and remembered one thing, until Zhang Chenfeng finished his order, and quickly made another gesture, and called a few civil officials to bow down and retreat.

"As for you, I heard that before surrendering to the Tartars, you were all officers and soldiers?"

Zhang Chenfeng looked at the dozen or so tall and short, fat and thin little officers in front of him, but most of them were untidy and embarrassed, and said coldly.

The officers hurriedly knelt on the ground and kowtowed repeatedly.

"Get up,"

Zhang Chenfeng said expressionlessly, "Since you are willing to do it anyway, you can make meritorious contributions." ”

When everyone got up in a hurry, Zhang Chenfeng pursed his lips and teased: "It can be seen that Anton has recovered, and you have suffered a lot." ”

There was an awkward silence.

After a while, one of the older hunched waists replied: "Chief Qiqi, this is all a ...... we have no way to lead troops on weekdays."

Zhang Chenfeng nodded, but did not extend and said: "Now that you have returned to my Ming Dynasty, you must not be half-hearted, as long as you make a good contribution in the future, your future will be indispensable." ”

"Chief Xie!"

Everyone knelt on the ground again and kowtowed and thanked them in unison.

"Get up and talk back,"

Zhang Chenfeng waved his hand, "I heard that many of your local officers are relatives of each other?" ”

These people are somewhat confused by this question.

However, this is true.

These are all local snakes, stationed in one place for a long time, and the scope of marriage is often settled locally.

"What the chief said is true, most of the soldiers and military households are related to their relatives."

"In all the towns and villages of Huai'an Prefecture, you have acquaintances and relatives, right?"

"Yes!"

At this point, people with fast brains have roughly guessed what Zhang Chenfeng meant.

"In that case, I'm going to have to work hard for you here,"

Zhang Chenfeng said, motioning for the orderly to bring out a tray with many letters piled up on it.

"Immediately set out, each of you with a few servants, and go to the towns and villages to recruit soldiers from all over the place."

Huai'an Prefecture has jurisdiction over six counties of Shanyang, Qinghe, Yancheng, Andong, Taoyuan and Shuyang, as well as Haizhou and Pizhou, a total of 2 prefectures and 6 counties, and only Shanyang and Yancheng counties are on the south bank of the Yellow River.

Coupled with the surrounding areas of the county towns of Andong and Qinghe, a total of almost four counties have been recovered this time.

Although the territory is not very large, Zhang Chenfeng understands that the people's feelings here are extremely complicated.

Because all localities are involved in the trafficking of illicit salt, the confrontation between the government and the people and the conflicts between the people have never really subsided, and the pressure on law and order is very great.

In particular, because of their location on the north bank, the remote towns and villages of Andong and Qinghe counties directly border the occupied areas, and the internal and external situation is even more complicated.

However, the captive army did not have enough receiving troops for the time being, and it was unable to control remote towns and villages except for the county seat, and with the harassment of the Qing army, it was estimated that it would soon fall into chaos.

Now, Huai'an Mansion is about to be recovered, the governor of the Tartars, Chen Jin, has fled north, and the Cao soldiers or sailor battalions stationed in various places have no leader, if they collapse immediately, the already dangerous public security situation will break out in an instant.

Zhang Chenfeng has just studied the various towns marked on the map, and there are more than 20 of them on a large scale.

Stability should be maintained as much as possible in these places, even if these soldiers are rotten and incompetent, at least until then, they have maintained the basic situation.

Zhang Chenfeng was very helpless, and could only rely on their strength for the time being.

Even if these people are tofu scum, they have to continue to block in various key places to buy more time for the capture army.

Only when the garrisons in various places kept their cantonments, which were often the key points of local transportation, could his cavalry regiment withdraw with confidence and quickly return to Yangzhou.

His strength is extremely limited, and while annihilating the enemy in Yangzhou, he also has to deal with the remnants of Chen Jin's troops on the north bank and be wary of Hong Chengchou's counterattack from Fengyang.

Don't look at the equipment of the captive army has a great advantage, but too few troops is always a fatal wound.

He is naturally not afraid of the main showdown, but if the treacherous and cunning Hong Chengchou makes the Qing army break into pieces and harass him everywhere, it will be a little difficult to deal with.

Therefore, his first priority at the moment is not to march to Shanyang, but to settle the troops in various places as soon as possible for my use......

Zhang Chenfeng turned his head and signaled, and the guards beside him immediately picked up a stack of brown paper envelopes from the tray.

"This is my confession issued by the captive army,"

Zhang Chenfeng picked up one and said, "I now appoint you as the Xuanfu envoy of the Huai'an Mansion of the Ming Dynasty, and go everywhere to appease the puppet army of the Green Battalion...... You tell the generals and officials in various places that as long as they are sincere in their sincerity, they will give the Ming officials a certificate of ......."

These so-called confessions are all letters of appointment that have just been made.

Zhang Chenfeng didn't have as much ink as Lin Xiao, and he didn't bother to use his brain, so he casually thought about a few official positions - there were official titles written on it, such as "The Ming Dynasty begged for the army, and temporarily organized the captain, deputy captain, and squadron leader of the first brigade......

The faces of the demoted officials lit up one by one, although they didn't know what level this "captain" was, but Zhang Chenfeng explained that it was definitely no worse than the original Tartar seal.

Although it is slightly risky to go to the towns and villages to recruit surrenders, it seems that if you succeed, you will benefit a lot.

In particular, most of the officers from local backgrounds are related to each other, and even if they fail to surrender, they will not lose their lives.

"Whoever is willing to surrender must hand over the letter of the Tartar and write allegiance to my army on the oath!"

Before they left, Zhang Chenfeng admonished.

"Yes, the lowly level understands!"

(End of chapter)