"Old Void. Yes or no"

A loud voice called from afar.

"I've got something good for you."

Zhou Huaian couldn't help patting his forehead and said helplessly, he really regretted using this surname, but he was called around by people all day long.

Then a young official in a green robe stepped into the door, but it was Lin Yan, who had joined the army before his current deputy, and he was also the inspector of the new round of work in Zhangmu and Tuntian, which was being carried out by the Righteous Army in Guangzhou; In addition, he also has another well-known identity, that is, the son of Huang Chao's eldest sister, a typical nephew (nepotism) relationship.

Of course, in fact, many important civil and military positions around Huang Chao are held by people from his relatives, among which the existence of the so-called "Eight Sons of the Yellow Gate" is the core and important; For example, Huang Rui, the secretary in charge, Shi Huang Rui, the right chief, Huang Yu, the Confucian official, Huang Ye, the envoy, and Huang Ge, the grain patrol institute, are his brothers or clan brothers; Huang Hao, the commander of the front wing, and Huang Cun, the captain of the gate, are his nephews.

This is also the basic norm of the majority of peasant armies in this era, who fought in front of them with clans and township parties as the link. But the current situation of the Furious Wind Camp is a relatively alternative or strange existence. It belongs to a certain sense of lack of heritage, a symbol of lack of foundation.

Therefore, although he is named Zhou Huai'an's deputy, he presides over the actual work in Tuntian and Zhangmu (charging ahead), and Zhou Huai'an lives behind the scenes to plan and provide corresponding suggestions, or solve some problems and emergencies encountered during the period. Of course, when encountering individual situations that are too difficult, Zhou Huai'an will guide him to sacrifice the magic weapon and big killing weapon that he relies on to become famous - "looking for his uncle".

This time, he came over but personally sent a greeting sticker and invited Zhou Huaian to participate in a new banquet in the city.

The reason is to celebrate one of the victories and achievements of the new rebels in Lingnan Province; After more than three months of offensive battles, stalemate, and re-fighting, the two major economic and strategic envoys under the command of Lingxi Jiedu envoy Yongguan and Guiguan officially presented a surrender table and requested to be attached to the general's mansion where Guangzhou was located.

Although there were still a lot of hands to deal with in this process, it also meant that in addition to the Annam Protectorate in Jiaozhou (present-day Hanoi, the capital of Vietnam), the east and west roads of Lingnan Road were unified under the banner of the rebels.

Lingnan Road was originally set up as the envoy of the five prefectures, mainly the original Guangzhou Governor's Mansion, and also led Guizhou, Yongzhou, Rongzhou, and Jiaozhou. It was initially established in the twenty-first year of Kaiyuan (733), and it was one of the ten festivals of Tianbao, but in fact, the five mansions were the envoys, and the sense of existence among the ten major festivals was the lowest, and it was only the role of the court for a long time.

Because its main function is to "Sui Jing Yi Bureaucracy", and it is in charge of the Jinglu Army and the Qing Navy, and directly governs the prefectures, and also manages the soldiers of the four prefectures and counties of Gui, Rong, Yong, and Annan, and directly manages the soldiers of only 15,400 people; Not only is it inferior in terms of specifications and ranks, but it is also a small number of soldiers compared to other festival envoys who are often tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands.

But even this 15,000 standing army still beat and crushed various barbarian forces around it for a long time, and even once it could support the war against Nanzhao in Qianzhong Province and the Protectorate of Annam; It's just such a southern force with a hundred battles, and the battle of Nanyang in the Anshi Rebellion was lost with the defeat of Shannan Jiedu to make Lu Ling; Later, although the structure was restored, both combat effectiveness and morale were no longer the same.

Therefore, it was not until the second year of Zhide (757) that he was changed to the Lingnan Jiedu envoy because of the "Rise of the Gang of Kou in the world", and the seat of governance was in Guangzhou, but the main responsibility was to pacify the thieves and settle the barbarians, and they expanded the army respectively; In the third year of Xiantong (862), it was divided into two provinces, east and west, and Guangguan was the envoy of the Lingnan East Road, and Yongguan was the envoy of the Lingnan West Road.

However, after the parting of the way, the Lingdong Jiedu envoys, due to the lack of direct pressure to prepare for the enemy, only had the need to pacify the barbarians, which led to the further abandonment of combat effectiveness, and the number of impostors and vacancies increased; Therefore, in fact, Li Zhao, the envoy of the Lingdong Jiedu who had just been transferred to the post not long ago, only used the officials and troops hastily gathered in Guangzhou, plus the temporary private placement of Jianyong, Tutuan, village soldiers, and merchant guards in the city to resist the peasant army going south, so it was difficult to recover the general trend after the defeat in the first battle outside the city.

Compared with the weak and sloppy command of Lingdong Jiedu, the Yong under the command of Lingxi Jiedu was in charge of Gui, Rong, and Zhuzhou soldiers and horses, and suppressed the barbarians for a long time and resisted the invasion of Nanzhao, so the lineup was stronger and more refined.

In particular, those Long March athletes who were used to prepare for the border came from the soldiers of the towns of the Central Plains in a large part of the time; There are also a considerable number of Jiannan elite soldiers who followed the contemporary famous general Gao Biao a few years ago, defeated the Nanzhao coalition army that entered the Kou, and then recovered the Annan Protectorate; Coupled with the mountainous terrain, it is not a good existence.

In order to sweep away the remaining officers and troops in the west, the rebels also fought and stopped for several months, but they were not able to take much, and they also suffered several large and small defeats;

It's just that the weakness and complement of these border armies are also obvious, and the place where they are located is poor and poor, and the miscellaneous land and barbarism have restrained a large part of the spirit and resources, so if the output of the local area alone cannot support it for long, and the long-term need for the transfer and co-grain from the Pearl River valley in Lingdong and Jiangxi in the north;

In addition, two years ago, the southwest for 20 years of trouble in the Nanzhao King Chief Dragon died, his son Fa succeeded to the throne, changed the Yuan Zhenming Chengzhi Datong, the country name Hetuo, and in the fourth year of Qianfu (877) leap February, sent an envoy to the Lingnan West Road Jiedu envoy Xin Yan, to the Tang Dynasty for peace. Then he issued an edict to allow peace. Xin Yan also sent an envoy to Nanzhao, and since then, the soldiers of Yongzhou (now Nanning, Guangxi) have been reduced by seven, and it can be said that the old grand occasion has not been restored.

Therefore, after the failure of the counteroffensive against the rebel army, which had occupied the elite area of Lingdong and regrouped, and reached a stalemate, it naturally began to seek a way out in other aspects; For example, he secretly sent people to Guangzhou to sue for peace and conclude an armistice, and even nominally surrendered and subordinated to the Great General's Mansion where Huang Chao was located, in exchange for the convenience of maintaining the status quo and acting on their own in the local area.

As a corresponding price and statement, it was the Lingnan West Dao Jiedu that made Xin Yan driven out by Yongzhou's subordinates, and only rode south to Jiaozhou, where the Annan Protectorate was located; In this way, except for some of the officers and troops who were scattered on the spot or abandoned the defense and fled north, the remaining 30,000 or so registered men and horses between Yongzhou and Guizhou were all attached to the name of the Cupola General's Mansion in Huangchao.

To say that this fifty-year-old Xin Yan, who served as the envoy of the Lingnan West Dao Festival, can be regarded as a well-known figure in the world, and is the grandson of Taiyuan Yin Yunjing in the world of Tang Dezong; His father had a history of Shouzhou Thorn, and he was the official eunuch; In his early years, he was born as a ranger boy, and in his prime, he participated in the crusade against Pang Xun Rebellion and obtained his way to promotion; In the end, after Gao Biao pacified the barbarian rebellion in Jiaozhou and defeated the invading Nanzhao army, he was promoted as the new envoy of the Lingnan West Dao Festival.

Therefore, it can be said that he has both military strategy and military bravery, and he also has the prestige of the times when he is in danger; It's just that due to the situation, the ability of the individual is fundamentally independent and difficult to support the general trend.

In addition, as a chain reaction of the annexation of the two pipes in Lingxi, there is also the official surrender of the Qiongzhou Governor's Mansion set up by the imperial court on Hainan Island, as well as the five prefectures of Qiong, Ya, Zhen, Dan, Wan'an and a bunch of subordinates; And sent symbolic garrisons and garrisons to Qiongzhou among them.

Of course, for Zhou Huai'an, this Lingnan is also a badland in Lingnan, which is used to exile political prisoners, and it also has its corresponding value and role, such as as one of the ports passing through the Tropic of Cancer on the monsoon and ocean currents, and plays a very important role and role in Lingnan's trade activities; It is also one of the important extensions of the resumption of the Cantonese trade route.

Therefore, in the case that no one is willing to go to this "bad place", it has become much easier for Zhou Huai'an to arrange the resistance and difficulty of his own people.

According to the vaguely revealed meaning of Lin Yan's words, some of the officers and soldiers who were disarmed on the spot will be taken prisoner, and then they will be escorted to the vicinity of Guangfu to be disposed of and counted. This is the most skilled Long March soldier in the Tang Dynasty military sequence (as a border army sequence, those who can't fight are all dead).

Therefore, as long as it is a little bit of a righteous general, he can't help but think about it; In fact, many of the most capable veteran teams under the command of the generals of the rebel army, and even as generals themselves, have the seniority and background of these former officers and soldiers. Lin Yan's secret disclosure this time and let him prepare in advance is also a consistent show of favor in disguise;

After all, Zhou Huai'an had already helped him come up with a lot of ideas before this, and he had also resolved several quite tricky and embarrassing emergencies. Therefore, he still has enough motivation and stance to maintain this mutually beneficial relationship of both teacher and friend, and now there is no exception.

Therefore, although Zhou Huai'an does not like this kind of public occasion very much, he does not approve of the style of the upper echelons of the righteous army who make the old bureaucrats into factions, and gather every five days and drink and feast every ten days; But he still had to sell his face, and he should accept it.

"There are also a few acquaintances who asked me to ask."

Lin Yan continued to chatter.

"The few stories you're writing. Can there be a few more verses? ”

"They don't enjoy listening to it in the army, and they are itching to wait for the next situation."

"There's no way around it."

Zhou Huaian smiled helplessly.

"I have too many things to do, I have to study, I have to manage propaganda and communication, and I have to take care of the construction workshop."

"Most of the things have just started, and I don't have any extra thoughts to compile these differences and variations."

Of course, he didn't really lack enough time, in fact, this well-known style of copyist could complete most of the content as long as he dictated; It's just that he wants to be a strange thing to live in and hang on to other people's appetites.

(End of chapter)