The spring rain in April seems to be like a sympathetic hand, although occasionally there is a little thunder, but most of the time, it is so gentle.

For such a spring rain, the farmers in Taiping County are smiling on their faces, although Liu Jiehu has entered the county seat, but they find that life has to go on, do whatever they have to do, they can't let their wives and children go hungry, and the harvest of one year is counting on the harvest of these two seasons.

The rice in the field grows very well under the moisture of the spring rain, but God has to bless it once, bless the wind and rain today, everything is safe and stable, and this damn military disaster hurry over, or let the promise of this willow inspection point be implemented, how much less money and grain can be levied, I heard that the two princesses of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom also went to Jinqing Gate in person some time ago to ask how to rebuild Jinqing Gate.

The drizzle is misty, but the fields can still be seen from time to time to take care of the crops of the villagers, but today they all sneaked a few glances on the avenue, the few people wearing hats and robes on the avenue are the leaders of the red scarf thieves, and some people even recognize that there is the Shi Hui Ji pipe belt, that is the top person in the red scarf thief, usually kneel and bow when he sees him, but today he is around a fifteen or sixteen-year-old boy, polite, respectful, look at this posture, this boy is also the top figure in the Red Turban Army, I don't know if it's someone from Liu Jiehu.

But soon someone told him that his knowledge was too short, so where is the son of Liu Jiehu, it is Liu Jiehu himself, but he has to be called Liu Changliu check, don't be wrong, otherwise be careful and lose your head.

These words soon set off a small wave, that is, Liu Juehu? Why do you look so young, you look more immature than my youngest son, but they have so many soldiers and horses, bare-handed, and played such a large territory, and compared with him, these more than 30 years have been in vain.

Some people also say that this Liu Jiehu just seems to be a little vicious, and he doesn't get along at all like the rumors say, he is a very reasonable person, everyone thinks that such a young man, if he is not vicious, how can he be able to control such a fierce person as Shi Huiji.

Everyone gossips, but no one dares to get close to the past, whether these Red Turban Army can defeat the country, it is still not clear at all, and if you rely on it, you will inevitably get into some trouble.

In the rain, Liu Chang felt the feeling of the spring rain gently sprinkled on his face, and asked Shi Huiji very easily: "How is the shelf of Huangyan Independent Company?" ”

Shi Huiji hurriedly complained to him: "The shelf is barely erected, but now there is too much shortage of cadres, so I will let other battalions and companies support some cadres of our independent battalion." ”

Without knowing it, Shi Huiji also used the word "cadre", which Liu Chang often used, but Liu Chang asked him to solve it by himself: "Now which battalion and which company of our Hong Army is not short of cadres, just two days ago, Battalion Commander Qu asked me to transfer Deputy Battalion Commander Feng back to their dragon gun battalion. ”

Feng Sixian, as the old man of the Dragon Gun Battalion, Qu Jie also greeted him beforehand, and he was personally willing to go back to the old unit of the Dragon Gun Battalion, and paid attention to this topic all of a sudden, but Shi Huiji stuck to Liu Chang's side and objected: "Check, this is not possible, without Deputy Feng Ying, our independent battalion will have to collapse in half, not only a cadre cannot be transferred, but you also have to transfer a few more old cadres from Xianfeng for four years." ”

Xianfeng four years, the representative is the oldest group of cadres in the Hong Army, although they only follow Liu Chang for a month or two, but in which battalion and which company are the real backbone, Liu Chang shook his head again and again: "Now that the army has expanded so much, where are the cadres of Xianfeng for four years, I will try my best to pick them from Panshi Village, and it is estimated that I can only find a few." ”

"But the Dragon Lance Battalion Xianfeng has the most veteran cadres for four years, so why bother to rob us from the Rock Battalion."

The original Anhai Company was only an infantry company of 120 people, but now it has suddenly become an infantry battalion of 400 people, and even if they try their best to tap the potential, they are still far from enough reliable and usable cadres, and for this kind of new troops, a good cadre can make the entire company, the entire platoon, and the entire infantry squad look completely new.

However, for the Hongjun, in the four years since entering Xianfeng, the army has expanded dramatically, from the original three or four hundred people to more than 2,000 people at once, and in this case, the lack of military cadres will be a problem that cannot be solved in the long run, but compared with the extreme shortage of administrative cadres, the situation of military cadres can be said to be too good to be said. ..., Shi Huiji didn't want to let his deputy go: "When Lao Feng came to our independent battalion, he was born as a person from the independent battalion and died as a ghost from the independent battalion, but how could Lao Qu think of transferring Lao Feng back?" Next to him, Huo Qiu interjected: "This is all caused by the previous time when the knife even grabbed the limelight, the dragon spear battalion ran a trip and didn't catch anything, but let our company commander Zhou get dozens of military horses, and there were so many complaints in the camp that Battalion Commander Qu couldn't suppress it, so he wanted to transfer Lao Feng back, Lao Feng, you said yes?" ”

Feng Sixian smiled, admitting this, Liu Chang suddenly stopped, looking at this fertile field, all at a glance were flat and endless rice fields: "What a good place!" Has there been any movement of the Qing Demon over there in Huangyan recently? ”

"It's quiet, it's just that the rain is coming!" Feng Sixian replied to him and said: "Check, I heard that some Qing Demon soldiers have been transferred from the north, if it weren't for our Hong Army to fight, I'm afraid they would besiege Taiping County now!" ”

Liu Chang nodded, admiring this great country, he sighed, but he did not point out the arrogance of the country.

At present, there are at least 4,000 green battalion soldiers in Huangyan Town, and the number of militia regiments and Tuyong recruited by various counties in Taizhou exceeds the number of town soldiers in Huangyan Town, especially the number of militia regiments in Huangyan and Linhai is very large, and they are also quite brave, and the original number of soldiers in the entire Taizhou capital is at least more than 10,000.

Now Zhejiang Province has sent reinforcements from various states and governments to come to the aid of Taizhou, fortunately he tossed around in Jinyun and Xianju, and then divided a part of the Qing army to go to Chuzhou Town, even so, with more than 2,000 soldiers and 10,000 thousands of Qing troops to fight, Liu Chang really could not afford a defeat.

Huo Qiu said: "Check, although there are many demons, but those skills, we fought Xianju County this time, and we didn't encounter any decent resistance at all, I heard that the dragon lance battalion took Xianju County without a single shot." ”

"How can a small mountainous county like Xianju be compared with a big county like Huangyan and Linhai?" Liu Chang saw it very clearly: "What's more, the next time we go to attack Xianju County, it will never be as easy as this time." ”

There are only a very small number of green battalion soldiers stationed in Xianju, and the militia has just been organized, and the county dispatch is not moving, so Liu Chang can successfully attack with light troops, but after such a setback, the Qing army will naturally make progress, although the progress may be relatively slow, but the next attack on Xianju County will never be as easy as this.

The tactics of both sides are constantly evolving, and now the Qing army in Taizhou is no longer looking for a large-scale field battle with the Hong army, but a combination of high ditch and deep fortress and small sneak attack, considering that the Wenzhou Green Battalion was indecently gathered and annihilated, Liu Chang suspected that even if they could find an opportunity to fight with the Qing army, they would also learn from the Battle of Chashan and Wu Hongchuan, and divide the army into several infantry battalions that supported each other, even if the Hong Army could defeat one, it would be contained by the Qing army behind.

After he saw this green grass, Huo Qiu and Shi Huiji stood behind him, quietly waiting for Liu Chang to finish his contemplation, until the spring rain suddenly became heavier.

The rain poured on Liu Chang's face, but Liu Chang laughed: "Camp Commander Shi, you did a good job, I just looked, we don't have many fields abandoned in Taiping County, and this year should be a good harvest!" ”

"It's all a clever calculation!" Shi Huiji laughed: "After a few orders, the situation in the county will be stabilized, and the people also know that whether our Hongjun comes over or the Qing demon enters, this field still has to be planted!" ”

When the Hongjun entered Taiping County, the county saw signs of large-scale abandonment, but fortunately, Liu Chang immediately issued several orders to calm people's hearts, and soon reversed this unfavorable situation, two of which were specifically aimed at the abandoned fields.

If there is a field abandoned in Taiping County this year, it can be cultivated by the leader, if the original landowner has not returned this year, all the harvest is owned by the cultivator, if the landowner returns in time, the field abandoned this year is still returned to the leader of the cultivation, but after the autumn by the Hongjun to come forward, the harvest is reasonably harvested, but according to the rumors, the Hongjun will be biased towards the side of the cultivation, and the landowner can get a lot of harvests.

After the issuance of these two orders, many peasants who had abandoned their homes and fled returned to their homes, even if they did not return, they also entrusted their own clansmen, clansmen, friends, and villagers to cultivate on their behalf, and some peasants who were greedy for cheap planted their own crops on the fields abandoned by others for the first time, which caused a lot of disputes for a while.

Even so, this year's grain output is affected by the war, it will inevitably decline, Liu Chang is now striving to reduce the range of production as much as possible, and at the same time to Huangyan and Taiping, the two most important grain-producing areas in Taizhou, firmly control in his own hands, the war of this era, as long as the control of grain occupies an absolute advantage, an important reason for the failure of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom is that after the capital Tianjing, Tianjing is in the Qing army's locks, and it has never been able to solve the food problem.

Shi Huiji was very familiar with his own defense area, and he put forward another point: "In addition to Huangyan, we should take Linhai, which is not only the location of the prefecture, but also has the benefits of fishing, salt and rice. ”

"It's okay! Whether we will gain a foothold in Taizhou in the next depends on whether we can win the two counties of Huangyan and Linhai! ”

As he was talking, someone behind him was already riding a horse to report: "Check, Fifth Master Ge sent Ye Niangzi here!" ”

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