"The latest military report, the army of the Yellow King has broken through Tanzhou, and all of them have taken most of Hunan to observe."

"Killed 10,000 defenders, the rest were all routed, and the Tanzhou guard Li fled without a trace. The armor and goods obtained are piled up. ”

When the news arrived at the Canton Left-behind Division, there was a lot of jubilation, and the market reaction that followed was favorable and prosperous; Because even if there are more seizures ahead, they can't bypass Guangzhou, the only port and port that can be exchanged for exchange.

The maritime merchants and shipping companies in the city, which had to be inherited under the rule of the rebels, could enjoy a lot of benefits and other profits just as the downstream of distribution and the periphery of resale. While cooperating with the enthusiasm of the left-behind division, it is also equivalent to being tied to the chariot of the righteous army in disguise.

And Zhou Huai'an was also standing in front of a map sand table in the lobby of the training center, facing many subordinates and promising students, as well as the seeds selected from the previous officials; In simple terms, explain and analyze one by one, the many changes and possibilities of the process and situation deduction of the war process and situation of the righteous army going north; and the impact and changes in market circulation and people's livelihood.

This is also the inevitable means and process of cultivating and maintaining a new group, centripetal force and collective cohesion; It is similar to the three ironclad truths of life; Outside of the general common direction of daily propaganda, it is necessary to maintain and create a common mark and brand of which they are proud; It is the qualification to receive one's own personal teaching and the title of preaching and teaching.

Explaining these macro-level things is also to cultivate the basic overall situation and strategic cognition in this group; Of course, this kind of thing will not have any practical effect in the short term; While constantly emphasizing and enhancing the overall sense of identity, it is also a talent discovery that casts a wide net to seek a certain metaphysical probability.

Therefore, after getting the news that the righteous army of the Huangchao army easily broke through Tanzhou. He couldn't help but secretly say in his heart, he finally came to this point according to the historical process; Then some of their own arrangements and means should also come into play. For example, it is good to play the role of specious gods and prophets in the subtle and indirect, and then get some benefits from it.

Subsequently, Zhou Huai'an was on the way home when he got an unexpected news from Chaoyang.

"The imperial court sent an envoy to recruit peace?。。

"No, it's the personal envoy of Chen Yan, the envoy of Fuzhou?"

Liu Liumao, the captain of the Ma regiment who came as a messenger, explained in a low voice.

"Is that the town general Chen Yan from the Turkish army?。。"

Zhou Huai'an couldn't help but ask.

"That's what happened...

Liu Liumao nodded yes, and briefly introduced the background and origin of the other party for him.

After the middle of the Tang Dynasty, the south set up "native armies" to prepare for thieves and protect the territory. Its specific composition is quite complicated, including not only the athletes recruited by the local government, but also the united soldiers who "serve the peasants if they are slow and the soldiers when they are urgent", and the "soil regiments" that appeared later, as well as the children and township soldiers who have a large number of people who "provide their own food and gather together" in a specific period.

This Chen Yan is a native of Huanglian Town, Tingzhou (now Jianning County), a native of the Turkish army. At that time, Huangchao's peasant army went south from the north, arrived in Zhejiang through Jiangxi, entered Fujian from Xianxialing, and attacked Jianzhou (now Jian'ou). Li Qianyou, the assassin of Jianzhou, abandoned the city and fled, and his successor, Li Yansheng, was killed. From time to time, Chen Yan, a well-known local hero, took the opportunity to organize a township regiment, gathered thousands of people, known as the "Kowloon Army", and went to Jianzhou to fight against the Huangchao Army.

Because Huang Chao's troops were determined to march into Fuzhou, they only had a little contact with the Kowloon Army and evacuated, so he picked up a big bargain for the restoration of land. The imperial court took Chen Yan's meritorious service in guarding the land, and ordered the Yining Army to be set up in Huanglian Town, and appointed Chen Yan as the town general, "placing drums and horns, giving brand seals", and "cutting off Yu Kou and pacifying the township well".

In December of the same year, the peasant army conquered Fuzhou, and Zheng Yibiao, the Fujian observation envoy who was in a hurry to go to the hospital, asked Chen Yan to be the deputy envoy of the regiment training and led his troops to resist. The rebel army stayed in Fuzhou for more than a month, that is, they marched south to Guangzhou, and as a result, Chen Yan followed the tail to successfully occupy Fuzhou.

Then Zheng Yi regretted it, because Chen Yan soon expelled and forced him to leave his post on the spot on the grounds that Zheng Yi's army was weak and cowardly and incompetent, and went to the court to replace himself; However, although Zheng Pass was not good at military affairs, he was very hard-backed, and he quickly attracted foreign aid from southern Zhejiang before the imperial court could react, and according to Jianzhou, he fought against it.

And the other Zhangquan Tinglong prefectures and town generals in Fujian also took advantage of the time to take advantage of the situation and chaos broke out; Therefore, he had no intention of going south to invade the sphere of influence of the rebels, but wanted to avoid the possibility of fighting with the rebels or even being attacked because he was worried about being attacked by the enemy on his back.

Now, as a local snake, Chen Yan is obviously a little unbearable, in addition to the Fuzhou that has been occupied, even Tingzhou, which started from the nest, is about to be unable to keep it, and only one Huanglian Town is left to hold on. So in a panic, he went to the side of the rebels, who were regarded as traitors by the imperial court, to find reinforcements and help.

And Wang Pan, who is the nominal military master, after a short period of negotiation and contact, felt that he couldn't understand the benefits and losses inside, so he hurriedly handed over the matter directly. However, he also mentioned one thing, that is, when he was cut off for the army in the Angry Wind Camp, compared with those foreign guest troops who chased after them like tigers and wolves, the impression and evaluation of these local Turkish troops was between the time of "ruthless and brave" and "rookies pecking each other".

Thinking of these, Zhou Huai'an already had some preliminary calculations; He then wrote a multi-page reply letter to Wang Pan, which specifically explained and analyzed some favorable relationships, as well as follow-up statements and operational suggestions.

Although he had no interest in stepping on Fujian for a short time, this quagmire with frequent contradictions in the barren land of many obvious mountains; However, through deterrence and communication on the periphery, it is still possible to consider operating one or two operations to dig up corners and gather displaced people to take advantage of the situation by taking advantage of fire and robbery.

Not to mention the rest, just the large number of non-governmental maritime trade ships and the corresponding shipbuilding capacity along the coast of Fuzhangquan Prefecture, as well as the corresponding base number of sailors and craftsmen, will be a very valuable and useful wealth. As the saying goes, it is better to teach people to fish than to teach them to fish, and even the rebels also need their own maritime trade fleet and escort forces.

Thus, after the previous stage of crushing the exploitation of the potential of the industrial and mining industry; One of his next major tasks is to gradually restore the production capacity of the local shipbuilding industry in Guangzhou, so as to promote the prosperity and prosperity of some related ancillary industries. After all, the natural location of Guangzhou is here, and it is the key point that any foreign merchant who wants to enter the eastern land for profit.

As long as a small and large-scale armed fleet of coastal vessels can be maintained, it is easy to cut off and block the main routes into Dongtu, and even carry out routine tax sampling and inspection on the grounds of sea inspection; It's no slower than robbing money.

Thanks to the very early opening of the port in the South China Sea, the history of Guangzhou's shipbuilding industry has a long history, which can be traced back to the Qin and Han dynasties; The local South Vietnamese regime was already able to build relatively rudimentary boats, and to and from the small states of Indochina across the coast; After returning to the Han Dynasty, it was fed back by the shipbuilding technology of the Central Plains, and developed a unique shipbuilding industry in the south.

Up to now, it has been in the world's official Xuan (Xuancheng), Run (Zhenjiang), Chang (Changzhou), Su (Suzhou), Hu (Huzhou), Yang (Yangzhou), Hangzhou (Hangzhou), Yue (Shaoxing), Taiwan (Linhai), Wu (Jinhua), Jiang (Jiujiang), Hong (Nanchang) and Dengzhou (Yantai) on the eastern coast, Fuzhou, Quanzhou, Guangzhou and other more than 20 large and small shipbuilding production areas; With the coastal Yangzhou, Mingzhou, Fuzhou, Dengzhou, and known as the world's five major seas.

Therefore, before the Righteous Army invaded Guangzhou, there were already floating sea giants in Guangzhou with man-made overloads and several watertight compartments; There is also a precedent of building hundreds of ships for the imperial court at one time in a certain year. According to the drawings and wooden patterns that were not burned in the yamen of the ambassador of Guangzhou, it can be said that in the heyday of Guangzhou's shipbuilding industry, from the official six-ship style of "building boats", "ships", "fighting ships", "boats", "cao boats", "horses", to civilian "yachts", "sea birds" and "Thoreau" can be manufactured.

Although now due to the war and population loss, there are varying degrees of decline and desolation along the coast; However, the basic foundation such as harbor slipway materials is still there, and it is not without foundation if you want to restore it.

Of course, if you take too big a step all of a sudden, you will still pull the egg; What's more, the current Guangzhou Left-behind Division is not a hall where Zhou Huai'an has the final say. Therefore, we can only slowly figure it out, and from the existing ships, we can draw out more than a dozen small and medium-sized clippers that are in good condition and are less than a few hundred materials, (the big ships are all rented and sold to run the route); Cooperate with the existing sailors and boatmen under the name of the volunteers, as well as the families of fishermen and boat owners recruited from the coast, and start training from the most basic boat operation to the ability to go to sea for short ranges;

After the initial mastery of the ship, you can load some weapons with sufficient lethality and deterrence, such as crossbows and throwers for arson for defending the city, strong bows and crossbows for broadside warfare, etc.; Combined with the restored maintenance and repair capacity, it is necessary to maintain a relatively stable sea surface patrol force.

After all, after the ship wants to get out of the water, it is equivalent to being in chronic wear and tear all the time. And once the future maritime trade fleet of the rebel army is also formed, as a commodity that Guangzhou can monopolize and franchise in disguise, it will be of a completely different level from the export price to the CIF price. This is also an important part of the relatively long-term planning.

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And in the north of Tanzhou, Cao Shixiong is leading a group of men and horses on the trek under the starry night.

(End of chapter)