After defeating this miscellaneous foreign weapon, Zhou Huaian also got a good news and a bad news from it.

Let's talk about the bad news first, the Turkish army and the regimental training coalition army that originally gathered under Daluo City have collapsed and scattered; As one of them, after the routs were looted along the way, they hit the idea on Jiaozhou Port, which gathered a large number of merchants and goods.

To add insult to injury, the local barbarians and Shanyi also jumped out to join in the fun and began to cause chaos in the local area. Among the Tu tribes, those who have been naturalized and are bound are Tuban (familiar households), and those who are not subject to kingization and are far away in the mountains are Shanyi (Shenghu). This also means that the local local groups that have suffered serious damage to the strength of the states have been unable to deter and suppress them, and the turmoil that was originally limited to Jiaozhou has begun to spread to various places.

Today's Annam Prefecture has jurisdiction over 13 prefectures, 39 counties, and 32 prefectures (tribal settlements), of which Jiaozhi County (Jiaozhou) is the station.

As the largest prefecture and administrative area of the Annam Prefecture, Jiaozhou has eight large and small counties under its jurisdiction; There are 24,000 households registered in the territory all year round, with about 99,600 people; However, because of the hidden population such as shadow and registered households, and the fact that those minors and slaves are not counted as household registration, and the various Tu populations under the rule are not counted, the actual number may be doubled or tripled.

There are 8,700 members of the 1st (Jiaozhi) Jingluo Army in the territory, and there are also a number of battalions of the newly established Jing Navy Jiedu Envoy, which constitute the basic regular armament; However, since the fall of Lingdong and the road was cut off, most of them fled to the north or went north to join the rebel army, and the local mainly relied on those indefinite amounts of native troops, regimental training, and village soldiers to maintain the situation.

In addition, there are some attached and naturalized Tu tribes, which are divided into Tibetan and human attachments. The so-called people in Tibet are escorted by Han officials and are the state capital; The people attached to it are placed next to the military town and is the capital of the light tax state. Most of them maintained the original tribal organization, and during the war, a large number of Ding Zhuang were levied to participate in the war with the army, and the army was not paid saddle horses and weapons, and the imperial court only paid its wartime rations and military salaries for the servant army.

Therefore, in the historical records, the military towns set up by the Tang Dynasty on the border can easily pull out several times the basic military number of men and horses to carry out large-scale offensive campaigns. Today, even after the serious loss of regular troops, the situation in the local area can still be maintained. However, the turmoil caused by Zeng Yuan, who suddenly appeared in Jiaozhou, broke the fragile balance that was maintained at the end.

However, the good news is that in the case of the collapse of each family and the serious damage to their strength, the people and horses they brought with them have become the only local force that can be relied on, precious and significant. At least under the activities and calls of the Belt and Road Party headed by Qu, there are many wealthy families with big surnames who have fled from other places, and they have expressed their support and enthusiastic cooperation to a considerable extent.

Of course, the main thing is to count on the rebels under Zhou Huai'an's command to march and "raise their hands" along the way to recover their homeland that has fallen into the riot. For this reason, he not only raised money and grain in a short period of time, took 8,000 stone of rice and 3,000 pieces of silk cloth, but also prepared his own armed men to form a small army of 200 people, willing to be the lead.

So, after a short rest and a day of correction, Zhou Huai'an had to lead the army on the road to Jiaozhou City again. He was accompanied by 2,000 men who had been recruited on the spot, as well as a number of requisitioned vehicles, boats, and livestock. Because there will be many river systems in the next passing area, when going up the river, it is possible to use water transportation to transport military loads.

After all, this is the middle of the Red River Plain, the Red River Delta, where the largest grain producing area and agricultural irrigation area of the later Cochin regime are located; Therefore, from the seaside, you can see rice paddies and villages scattered among various water networks. The ubiquitous network of ditches and rivers, dotted fish ponds, and herds of buffalo make up an idyllic scene, even reminiscent of the beautiful and exquisite scenery of the south of the Yangtze River.

However, most of these farmland and water conservancy facilities were developed and developed by immigrants and their descendants from the Central Plains and the South over the years. Their arrival has also greatly changed the local agroecology.

As for the local native Tu people, for a long time, they still stayed in the slash-and-burn style of primitive agricultural production that basically did not care about the follow-up after sowing seeds, and could still be harvested by relying on the fertility of the land itself; Or simply rely on the relatively rich mountain forest resources in the subtropics, like wild monkeys, they sleep on the ground in the open air when they are full of picking.

It was not until the settlements they lived in were successively conquered and conquered by Han immigrants that they were incorporated into the relatively advanced civilization system and intensive agricultural production through migration, intermingling and intermarriage.

It was also one of the largest rice producing areas in Southeast Asia, which was later known as the granary. According to the data of later generations, in this natural impact of the Great Plains, the paddy fields that are called the top places in the Jiangnan Zhudao alone occupy more than eighty or ninety percent of the cultivated land here.

The Chishui River from the Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau has turned into clear water when it flows here, and a large amount of nutrient-rich organic matter has been precipitated, creating fertile and unusual fields along the way. Add to that abundant light and rain; Therefore, in later generations, two or three seasons of output a year is the most common norm in the local area.

In this expedition to Annan, Zhou Huai'an almost brought out the most combat-effective and a high proportion of old soldiers, front, rear, left, right, and middle old battalion leaders; Under the complete range of military branches, it can be regarded as a large-scale military training; The remaining five battalion heads, which were not equipped with equipment and personnel, were all named after the order of the new battalion 12345, led by Wang Pan, who stayed behind.

And there is also a regiment under the order of each battalion that went out of the battle, and there are mixed soldiers from Guiguan, Huguan and even the local Long March soldiers in Annam, which can be regarded as a veteran soldier who knows the roots and knows the place well. With them, it is also possible to avoid some unexpected situations and unexpected situations, resulting in non-combat attrition and the probability of delays.

Of course, it was not without noise and interludes.

"Boss, why are you acting with this generation?"

Looking at the chaotic armaments that were barefoot and shirtless wearing hats and carrying knives and guns, Xiao Qi, the young detective officer who wanted to speak again and again, couldn't help but ask.

"Can't you just do what he thinks?"

"Because this generation can effectively reduce the damage and consumption of our army before the real enemy."

Zhou Huai'an explained to him disappreciably.

"After all, we are an unfamiliar foreign guest army, and it is not impossible to rely on our own efforts, but in many places, we are afraid that we will get twice the result with half the effort, and we are not as good as the people in these places."

"Moreover, the only way to solve the double tribulation brought by the imperial court and foreign captives is to maintain the stable output of this grain producing area; It is possible to talk about the future. ”

"This is the order in which the main contradiction and the secondary contradiction I told you need to be selected and resolved in succession."

"Do you think it's important to be unhappy for a while and feel the right mood, or is it more important to ensure that most of the rebels in front of you have sufficient food supplies?"

"What's more, aren't these other parties' land and property the place where the ancestors of my Han family have been on the road for generations, carved out little by little from the wilderness, and the military and civilian people of the past generations have fought for a point from the hands of the barbarians."

"If we don't distinguish between friend and foe and treat them as enemies, wouldn't we have made a fool of ourselves for no reason and made it cheap and convenient for those foreign barbarians."

"The leader thinks very far. I'm ashamed of myself."

At this time, a voice couldn't help but respond, but it was Wu Xingchen, who was the captain of the left battalion with small eyes; In addition, there are Chai Ping as a deputy, Su Wuming in the rear battalion, Lu Fang in the right battalion and other cadres, who are also beside each other, with different expressions of deep empathy or so, and even thoughtfulness.

"You slippery head."

Only then did Zhou Huai'an react and sighed at Xiao Qi.

This is obviously not just his personal question, but he took this opportunity to draw out everyone's doubts and make his words clear, which can be regarded as well-intentioned.

To tell the truth, this time when I crossed the sea to fight in Annam, those ordinary soldiers under my command didn't have any superfluous ideas, just order and prohibit; However, some of the generals from the old rebel army among their subordinates inevitably have some thoughts and doubts; After all, they were still shouting and killing the wealthy families and big families in these places before, and doing the thing of stealing their families and dispersing their property; Now after changing places, they have to fight with similar beings.

It is quite normal for some people to be mentally unable to turn around for a while; In this regard, Zhou Huaian can only throw out the theory of the united front that unites all forces to the outside world, as well as the theory of primary and secondary contradictions, so that they can rest assured. And it is planned to expand the preaching in the evening on the priority of Yixia's discernment and the choice of righteousness, so as to make up for this missing detail.

The idea and concept of what an army is fighting for is also something that cannot be ignored. If this kind of psychological transformation and gap is not handled well, if you are not careful, you will let the painting style you have maintained and the theoretical foundation under the guidance of mistakes and confusion.

(End of chapter)