Standing in the gate of the walled gate, which has its own bloody atmosphere.

"Worthy of a brave veteran."

Zhou Huaian said to the fake officer in front of him who had successfully deceived.

"It's pretty good to deal with it on the spot."

Although in the process, there were some mistakes in the end because of the accent problem, so that the other party found the clues, but the final goal and result were still achieved.

"Thank you for the compliment."

The man smiled a little

"It's just that I used to serve in the government before."

"I was driven to wait in front of the saddle and behind the horse, and I also learned a little bit of the old man's style"

"Oh."

Zhou Huai'an couldn't help but be surprised

"But I don't know what to call it, and what do I say?"

"Back to the head of the pipe, the subordinate surname is Lin, and the word is an inscription."

The man still respectfully introduced himself.

"The ancestor was a native of Lijizhou in Liaodong, but in his early years, his family was coerced by the Pinglu army."

"It has been two generations since they crossed the sea and migrated to the border of Qingzhou for military service."

"It's just that the daily livelihood is very difficult, and the family is starving to death."

"It was in the middle of the transfer to Yizhou, and after being broken by the soldiers and horses of the Yellow King, he switched to the righteous army to make a living."

According to him, the reason for the voluntary surrender of these old officers and soldiers is also very simple; Although the generals of the officers and soldiers can be said to be poor and extravagant, they can indulge in pleasure and indulgence, and the generals and colonels can be powerful and prosperous, but as the soldiers at the bottom, life may not be much better; Strict hierarchical oppression and scolding are commonplace, and there are many deductions and delays in daily clothing, and it is normal to eat from the bottom up;

It is often necessary to go into battle and work hard to improve life; Even if he followed the officials to rob and wreak havoc on the people, he often only got a little leftovers left by others; Moreover, even among the officials and soldiers of the imperial court, there are three, six, nine and other different treatments;

For example, the best treatment is undoubtedly the eight towns in Guannai represented by the Shence Army, as well as the families of the tooth soldiers and pro-soldiers of various feudal towns, and they even have their own land and property in their own names; And the most down-and-out among them, like private slaves and servants in the name of officials and soldiers, are driven by generals at all levels to do the hardest and lowest work; Or simply the existence of catching Din Raff halfway to make up the numbers, and it is a very dramatic situation for those who have been fleeing; Even if they are defeated and captured, it is easy to accept the change of identity compared to those genuine officials or border guards (Long March athletes).

In particular, since the secession of feudal towns and the decline of the authority of the imperial court, it has been common for various cases of infighting and chaos to be triggered by the dissatisfaction and reward of specific armies after the change of the commander-in-chief, political struggles, and the invasion of forces.

For example, a few months ago, the rebellion of the remnants of the Hedong Silver Knife, the slaughter of the Xingzhou soldiers a few years ago, and the Wolf Mountain Suppression the year before last, which enabled Wang Ying to break through the changes in eastern Zhejiang in several states; All of them were a series of incidents caused by the intensification of the contradictions between the local officials and soldiers who were deprived of food and clothing and the chief officials. Some of them were lucky enough to get out or, after the defeat, joined the rebellious peasant army in the vicinity to confront the former government;

Therefore, among the rebels, there were many former officers and soldiers who surrendered or defeated the reorganization. However, in this newly built Angry Wind Camp, and even in the back camp under Zhou Huai'an, it is relatively rare and rare. And Lin Ming, the deputy of this team, was actually among the people assigned to the Angry Wind Battalion by the military government, and because of the priority sequence of returning to the team after recovering from his injuries, he was assigned to Zhou Huai'an's subordinates by mistake.

As for the stratagems and tricks used before, they are nothing new to these rebel veterans; According to Lao Guan's recollections and statements that he came to the meeting with the brigade, in fact, the strength of the rebel army was not so great in the early years, and there was no lack of trickery and fraud, and the local officials and soldiers from all walks of life were turned around, and only then did it gradually grow. The Qingzhou Unity Army, where Lin Ming, the deputy of the team, was originally located, but because of the original bluff strategy of besieging the city and sending reinforcements, he was mobilized and defeated halfway.

It was only later that with the growing ranks of the rebels, some of the support gradually became ineffective, and there were many mistakes; The effect of the success of the stratagem was weakened by the officers and soldiers who became shrewd and vigilant; As a result, this kind of scheming and scheming means is used less, and it becomes a head-on battle in which the ants gather the ants to join the momentum and attack the past with all their might.

Of course, for Zhou Huai'an, this result is actually not difficult to understand and accept; No matter how good and meticulous the planning and calculation is, it also needs enough powerful manpower to carry it out; Otherwise, the more plans will become, the more complex they will be, which means that there will be more variables and flaws, which can only be compensated for and corresponded by human factors.

And this serial fraud tactics, including ambushes and door grabbing, are the best proof of this; If you don't have a team of powerful enough and forbidden subordinates to enforce it, you really can't play with mouth cannons alone. In this way, although most of the fighting has been defeated in the fishing villages, and there are still battles and resistance in the port city, the one-sided result is basically no surprise. According to him

Because of the successful seizure of the gateway to entry and exit, there is the help and guidance that should be provided before; Many of the alarmed officers and soldiers or local regiments were killed or captured before they could even gather; There were also some officers and men who obviously belonged to the naval sequence, but they did not have time to run on the boat to raise the sails and untie the cables, so most of them were blocked on the edge of the trestle bridge on the shore, and they were besieged and killed in turn.

In ancient times, if a sailing ship wanted to sail offshore, it required a considerable number of manpower to work together, so even if some fish escaped to the ship, they could not independently start these ships for a while, but could only scatter and hide in various cabins in despair, and were searched and killed one by one by the rebels who came on board later.

In the end, only a handful of those who saw the opportunity quickly grabbed the smaller fishing boats and sampans, and were able to row out of the range of the bows and arrows on the shore before the rebels arrived.

(End of chapter)