In Pingyang City, Huo Cun, who was undressed and hanging on his arms, was also holding a little with one hand, and personally patrolling and checking many captures and prisoners, only feeling a little sigh and sigh;

His first task was to seize eleven mountainous towns in the area outside the mountains, including Changping and Guangfu; In order to gradually seize more than 280 large and small copper pits under the name of Pingyang Ye, which is also subordinate to Guiyang Prison, and nine silver fields such as Maoshou, Baizhu, Jiuding, and Dafu.

However, after the seizure of the property occupied by the Chen family and the liquidation of the relevant people, the local miners and mountain leaders were also mobilized, and when they heard that the great Chen Yanqian had been defeated and fled, they actually enthusiastically guided and guided him; He asked the rebels to completely eradicate the scourge of this "long-suffering place".

Therefore, after taking down seven or eight towns in a row, not only did they seize a lot of silver collars and red copper ingots that had accumulated in the local area and had time to take them away in the future, but they also rushed to the outside of Pingyang City, which is located in the belly of the mountain basin, under the fierce attack.

Then the pioneers discovered that there was infighting in Pingyang City; And the door was wide open, and people kept escaping, so Huo Cun simply led people to kill and grab the next city gate before making plans; It turned out that apart from a few rebels and vagrants who were robbing the streets, the resistance and resistance encountered was almost minimal;

So when he couldn't wait for the rear team to catch up, he only relied on the remaining seven or eight hundred people around him to carry several times the banner, and bluffed towards the inner city of the state city; As a result, the inner city gates also changed hands easily under the hassle of a small number of defenders.

It wasn't until he entered the vicinity of the state office where the assassin was located that he found that he encountered a group of people with knives and guns facing each other; But at this moment, Huo Cun's caution and wit in the bones of the old rebel army once again gained the upper hand.

He only held back the eager disposition from breaking in, but he made people sneak up on the houses near the two sides, and fired a few arrows at each of them; Then he succeeded in provoking the fire of both sides of the confrontation and was on the spot.

After the two sides of this battle were killed and wounded and exhausted, they entered the palace with the appearance of a new force, and defeated and suppressed the remnants of both sides; Hundreds of enemies were killed on the spot and more than 1,000 people were captured, while the casualties of the rebels were only more than 100 people, and Huo Cun also suffered a blow on the shoulder.

Then he made people beat gongs and drums to tell the city to be martial law and clean the streets; The bluff was busy until the evening of the same day, when a battalion of reinforcements from the mountains arrived at the city of Pingyang to join the forces stationed in the city.

It was only through the interrogation of the enemy soldiers in the city that they knew; previously confronted each other inside and outside the government; It was part of the Guiyang Tutuan soldiers that Chen Yanqian left in the local area, and the united children who were incorporated in Benzhou. It's just that Chen Yanqian, who is the leader, unexpectedly did not flee back to Pingyang City.

Therefore, after these local sons of unity got the news of his defeat, they all made noise and commotion and grabbed their weapons and left the camp, but they fought several battles with the Guiyang Tutuan who rushed to suppress it before forming a confrontation; However, it was cheaper to take advantage of the third party who attacked Pingyang City, the Taiping soldiers led by Huo Cun.

It's just that next, Huo Zheng received a message from his subordinates guarding the captives that surprised him.

"You want to vote for my rebel army?。。"

He looked at the high-spirited man in front of him who was brought out with his hands tied behind his back.

"Exactly."

Although his face was still stained with dry blood, there was a kind of resoluteness and stubbornness in his eyes.

"It's also for us to unite the children to ask for a head."

"And why is that?"

Huo Cun was slightly surprised.

"Dong Thorn Shi gathers unity and protects the township, so that the people are at peace on one side. and give me a place where we can live and live, and this is righteousness."

Dahan said without hesitation.

"And the old thief Chen harmed us and other benefactors, and it should be incompatible. Since your ministry can drive away the old thief, it should be a place for my generation. ”

"Then you know what my rebels are asking for. and how to do it"

Huo Cun didn't care.

"Of course, it is to raid the gentry's house and lead the poor ghost to eat the big family,"

Dahan was a little indifferent

"It's not like we've done this kind of thing under the old assassin Shi, and I can't miss you. As long as I can take revenge on Old Thief Chen."

"And what about after you've got your revenge?"

Huo Cun sighed slightly in his heart.

This is what the head of the pipe once said, a blind person who takes narrow selfishness and petty righteousness as the purpose of acting. There are also many such people in the rebel army in the past, but most of them can be regarded as objects that can be won and transformed. So Huo Cun also saw some kind of shadow of the past, and was willing to say a few more words to him.

"Or is it enough to just take revenge on Old Thief Chen."

"Then what should I do according to what you say?"

Dahan said with some doubts.

"Join our rebel army, but for the vast number of poor people in this world, we will take revenge on more thieves like Old Thief Chen."

Huo Cun became good at this moment.

"It's not about repaying the personal feud of a family name. What we want to do is to overthrow this court and recreate the long-term business of the new world."

"Let's 。。。。。。"

The big man pondered for a moment with some confusion before he spoke.

"We don't understand what you say.,Isn't it just killing officials and rebelling.。。 In addition to the fact that the old assassin is still a decent character, there are dog officials and evil officials in this world, and I can't kill it with the righteous army. ”

"Of course, you can't just kill indiscriminately."

Huo Cun suddenly felt a little powerless and helpless at this moment.

"And you must not plunder or bully the people without permission. Everything gained in the army will be returned to the public and then distributed. ”

"What kind of Lao Tzu rebel army are you, why are you more verbose and troublesome than the official army."

Dahan couldn't help but complain.

"Let's just ask, can you take care of food and food, there is no shortage of clothing, and there is still money to pay."

"Yes...

At this moment, Huo Cun was depressed and just wanted to scold, and what he said was in vain.

"It will take some time to investigate and see the after-effects."

"That's it..."

This big man was a little happy.

"I've thanked the rebels on behalf of those united brothers. As long as you give us money for food and clothing, you can do whatever you want. ”

"In the future, if any dog dares to do the evil deeds that plague the people. Let's see one for the rebels first, chop one is. . . ”

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In Guiyang City, Zhou Huai'an didn't expect that as soon as Huo Cun led the troops, he unexpectedly took down Pingyang County, the state capital of Chenzhou.

In ancient times, Chenzhou was located in the southeast of Hunan Province in the later period, where the Nanling Mountains and the Luoxiao Mountains intersected, and the Yangtze River and the Pearl River water system diverged. "The beauty of Hengyue in the north, the rush of the five mountains in the south" has been the "throat" of the Central Plains to the South China coast since ancient times.

As the state of Pingyang City, it is not only a "place where soldiers must fight", but also a "place where humanities are beautiful". It is bordered by Ganzhou, Jiangxi Province in the east, Shaoguan in Guangdong Province in the south, Yongzhou in Hunan Province in the west, and Hengyang and Zhuzhou in Hunan Province in the north.

This result, which far exceeded expectations, also somewhat disrupted his next plan and layout; At least since it has been obtained, this key point that makes the mountain and the mountain echo each other cannot be easily thrown away.

However, after the unplanned addition of most of the whole territory of Chenzhou, it not only has to bear the maintenance and transformation needs of tens of thousands of household registrations in the territory; At the same time, it is located at the other end of the east-west long basin with Pingyang City, and the counties of Yingdao, Ningyuan, Yongming, and Jianghua in Daozhou must be taken down as an echo of the relatively complete geographical victory of cutting into the territory of Hunan (Observation Envoy).

Fortunately, Daozhou has been attacked and plundered by the rebel army of the Northern Expedition, and the local forces are relatively dilapidated and empty, and there is also a small branch of other rebel troops stationed in the state city of Yingdao County; Therefore, in this direction it is possible to suspend the drawing.

First of all, it is necessary to divide troops to support Huo Cun in Pingyang City, and initially mobilize and utilize the local population and property resources; Then the eastern foot of the Luoxiao Mountain Range in the northwest of the basin in Hunan and several mountain passes between the Mulian Nine Mountains in the north should be controlled; In order to temporarily ensure that there is no danger for a while.

In addition, because of the development of transportation and business travel, the local area is also a place where culture and education gather, and there are many scholars and scholars; For example, the previous Yizong Dynasty's criminal department Shangshu, the family of Liu Zhan, a scholar of Jixian Palace, settled here; In order to achieve long-term peace and stability in the future, it is also necessary to take the opportunity to send them all to Guangzhou for re-education and transformation, so as to reduce the resistance and trouble of local transformation.

This kind of so-called cultivated land house, which has long been prestigious and controlled the place in disguise, is the most troublesome; They created resistance and confrontation for the rebels, and did not use force at all; As long as there are symbolic private statements, or some questioning and slanderous remarks, they can be given to the rebels

Therefore, we can only use the liquidation process when we have just seized the city, and quickly cut through these potential hidden dangers and the root causes of right and wrong, and forcibly send them away out of sight;

When they arrived in Guangzhou, they were not familiar with the place, and the local connections and prestige they relied on were basically useless, so they could slowly concoct and screen out, and it could be said that the objects that would be transformed and used in the future.

It feels like the plan can't keep up with the changes and has to be exhausted or struggling to cope; As a result, the already overstretched reporting teams, census teams, and task forces are even more insufficient.

However, a regional sharding transformation experiment is being carried out in Lianzhou, and it can't be done halfway or made into raw rice or something. Zhou Huai'an once again felt some serious annoyance and pain as the leader of the regime, and the lack of talent and manpower under his subordinates.

Of course, if he is willing to relax some of the standards and requirements of the selection and training process, he may be able to alleviate some of them; Even some compromise and concession were taken: as is the case with most local powers that emerged in the last years of the traditional dynasties.

For example, to continue to tolerate and indulge the local gentry, the big families, and the powerful people, and let them continue to maintain most of the status quo on their own, as long as they are regularly levied and paid for food, and servitude; It would be nice to lead his subordinates to hide in the city and enjoy all the existing situations with all the power and worry that can save time and worry.

There is no need to be so tired of running around and tossing and turning, there are always endless things and problems to solve; But after he unexpectedly came to this chaotic era, and after bearing the fate and sustenance of so many people, is it just to walk the old road that most people have walked again?

Therefore, he can only spend more time personally teaching those who have been selected in an expedited manner, in order to cramming as quickly as possible batches of barely usable emergency manpower.

It's just that the next days when Zhou Huai'an was in Guiyang still didn't last long before he was interrupted by another news. The Cantonese side received a request for help from Cao Shixiong in Gangneung.

(End of chapter)