On the other side of the river, in the city of Dantu, near the embankment, the temporary Chinese army named Luan Tige, at the pre-war mobilization and military briefing enlarged meeting, similar issues were also discussed:

"If this army wants to take Jiangdong lightly, it can't jump away from Huainan Town on the other side."

Li Ziyi, the leader of the sixth group of the staff officer who was in charge of the Jiangdong side's intelligence summary and judgment research, and one of the dozens of remaining members of the first batch of apprentices, stood in front of a rather simple plate and talked eloquently to the generals.

"According to the report of the army driving the traveling merchants over the years, the four roads in Jiangdong today, except for the Fujian Road, which is temporarily unified and stable, the rest of the two Zhejiang and most of the Xuanshu are being divided by more than a dozen large and small armed forces, and there are intermittent disputes and battles. ."

"Among them, the strong and powerful have a state or a number of counties, self-styled observation, defense, capture, regimental training, soldiers and horses, and the weak are also based on a county and a city or a number of townships, the land of the village, and dare to call the history of assassination, long history, Sima, don't drive, and the county order."

"There are many subordinate town envoys, local officials, and volunteer generals, and each has its own tribe and village soldiers to drive from it. In the meantime, dry cleaning and origins are intricate and incomprehensible. In addition, there are a number of revolving and extinguished, unstable wandering soldiers, and bandits repeatedly fleeing. ”

"Especially since the main force of the official army represented by the Zhenhai Jiedu envoy led by Zhou Bao has been defeated and destroyed by this army one after another; The so-called 100,000 volunteer battalions have since disappeared and returned to their hometowns. ”

"Locally, there are the Lin'an Town of Dong Chang, the former Hangzhou Badu Regiment Training Envoy, the old Mingzhou Department of Zhang Quan, the coastal soldier and horse envoy, and the remnants of Wang Ying of Langshan Town, Huzhuzhou, which are considered to have a slightly long-term origin."

"It's a pity that Captain Qian (Gu Mei) is not here, otherwise he would have come to explain here, which would be more empathetic to everyone."

Speaking of this, Li Ziyi made a slightly cold joke before continuing.

"Other local separatist forces with a little strength include Shi Hui, Shi Jianjian, Han Gongwen, Huang Jie, Ruan Jie, Zhang Kezhou, Tang Sheng, Wang Gongbei, Cui Ze and others. Two of them have been attached to the army for a year, and one is the source of the rebel army that has been secretly supported. ”

"However, those that can still be successful for a long time are nothing more than reaching the coast and sitting on the benefits of fish, salt and trade; The local products come out, and to the north can not bypass the boundary of Yangzhou, which is full of troughs and canals, and the rivers and seas are connected, while to the south, it depends on the Guangfu and Jiaozhou outside the mountains. ”

Therefore, in previous years, these Jiangdong heroes and generals have also changed their names and surnames to be good customers of Lingwai Haishi! However, after all, they and Liangling are separated by five states in Fujian; On the contrary, the border of Yangzhou, which is close at hand, is only separated by a river. ”

"Although the army's sailors have been patrolling between the river and Haikou for a long time, Yangzhou also has a good port along the coast of Chuzhou, and there are new and old waterways connected to the river. As long as you detour the coast slightly, you can easily reach the coast of Chang, Suzhou, Hangzhou and Vietnam in Zhejiang. ”

"If you want to completely pacify these places and use them for the long time for your army, you must consider and plan to Huainan Town to take the initiative to attack across the sea, or to attack and harass for a long time, and even support and assist the local local forces to blindly resist the variables."

Speaking of this, Li Ziyi paused, stretched out his hand and said:

"Next, Li (Shicheng), who was a Confucius official in Zhenhai and traveled to and from Huainan Town, joined the army to solve a problem or two for us."

Later, Li Shicheng, who joined the army with a gray and black face full of complicated tastes, was also led to the wooden platform where the plates were erected, and looking at the faces with different expressions on the ground, he couldn't help but have some illusions of being separated from the world.

He really didn't expect that he would soon have the opportunity to return to this sad place that he wanted to forget. However, the preoccupied faces and attentive and serious expressions of the majority of the underground people quickly brought him back to his senses and tried to get into his new role.

"Huainan Town has always been known as the first strong soldier in the southeast eight provinces, and the people are all good in the mountains and seas, and they are still above the towns of Zhenhai and Xuanshe; It also controls the hub of Cao Zhuan, and has the benefits of southeast wealth and tea and salt. Therefore, there are many soldiers and excellent armor. ”

"Since the high order. After Gao Yu entered Huainan, he rectified the upper and lower levels, and collected and lowered the thieves. The judges were selected to be strong, and they were able to win the battle of 70,000 soldiers. Among them, the Huaizhen camp is the most numerous, about half, divided into four armies, Xiaoxiong, Xiongrui, Xiaojie, and Shengrui, and is led by the main and deputy eight military envoys/soldiers and horses. ”

"There are also three internal soldiers and horses in front of the ya, the ya, and the prison court, each leading 4,000 sons to defend the Cao River, the salt courtyard, and the ship station in Yangzhou. In the middle of the city of Yangzhou, there were originally 3,000 tooth soldiers, and in recent years, the inner courtyard has been expanded to more than 5,000 troops on the left and right. ”

"In addition, there are several soldiers from the foreign battalion, which are stationed in various parts of Huainan for food, and the specific number is ominous for the time being; I only know that the most powerful of the soldiers is the left capital of the soldiers and horses to make Bi Shiduo, who is stationed in Tianchang. There are also Gaoyou town guard Zheng Hanzhang, and the state assassin Shi Qin Yan, Chuzhou assassin Shi Zhao Qi, Luzhou defense envoy Yang Xingchou and others. ”

And when these familiar names are mentioned, some of the old rebels among the generals will sound a low discussion and noise. Because each of their names represents the traitor who has done great harm to the rebels of the past.

"It's just that most of these people were broken by the rebel army who crossed the border the year before last, and their subordinates were either defeated, fled or scattered. In the remaining Huainan states, there are still united sons and regiments led by the state's soldiers and horses; Depending on the number of household registrations, there are more than 1,000 to thousands of people. ”

"However, since Yangzhou ordered the division of troops to the generals, most of them have been abandoned and dismantled. Only some waterway control offices still have one or two listings. ”

"In the end, it was the local regiments, towns, and volunteer battalions that rose up in the countryside from time to time. The number is both large and miscellaneous, and the equipment drill is also extremely simple, even in Yangzhou City, it may not be able to know its number. ”

"Most of them are like grass in the wind, and all the officers and armies come to attach the official army, and the righteous army comes to attach the righteous army; The defeat of the official army is also intercepted by the middle way, and the defeat of the righteous army is also robbed by the tail. and for a long time with the left near the township to compete for land boundaries, fields and water; ”

In the interval of his follow-up introduction, the main force of the Eastern Expeditionary Army, under the guidance of local troops and peripheral forces, has begun to march into the hinterland of western Zhejiang from the adjacent Changzhou and Huzhou respectively, and launched the first round of the Taihu Lake Basin/Hangjiahu Plain strategy.

And in one of the teams that carried the shape of the bag and the cover of the fish lily forward.

"This is the land of fish and rice on the shore of Taihu Lake, what a good place."

Among the three Wang brothers who were able to get together again, Wang Xianchao sighed.

He was dragging in his hands the freshly dug brown wet soil that had been dug out of the ground and still smelled of fertile humus. This made Wang Xianchao, who suffered from the three major sufferings of Henan and was accustomed to seeing the brown clay and yellow mud soil in the Yellow Flood Area, have some different feelings and feelings.

If you can enclose a piece of soil in such a lakeside area, dig a ditch to divert water for irrigation, use the new agricultural tools provided by the Metropolitan Governor's Office, plant matching good seeds, and apply water and fertilizer, I am afraid that you can not harvest two crops of agricultural harvest in a year, and finally have a harvest of more than three stones per mu.

"Uh-huh."

At this time, Wang Zhenzhi, who hung a few oval bullets on his back waist and carried a row of ignition pipes on his chest; But he looks a little unrelenting, and no matter what he asks, it's mmmmmm This also made the youngest third king judge a little envious and jealous.

You must know that when their brothers were in Gwangju, Henan, because the family was poor and couldn't get a wife; But a promise was made in secret. It's a big deal that after having money in the future, they will work together to buy a woman from the homeless people and come back to be in charge, so that no matter whose child they are pregnant, they can inherit the family of the king no matter what.

And now the second brother Wang knows that the so-called foolish people have good fortune, and he actually ended the family affair without making a sound; is still a fair-skinned and beautiful woman in the house after being born in a big family, with the great benefit of her net worth. This makes it even more shameless.

You must know that according to the rules of the Taiping Army, it is generally a senior veteran who meets the conditions for marriage and starting a family. But it doesn't mean that ordinary soldiers can't find a partner on their own, in fact, many soldiers who can't bear the hardship and loneliness will find a woman to live with for a long or short time;

It's just that they can't enjoy the benefits of the corresponding old man's residence, family income and material use after he gets married, as well as the subsidy for the military family members who are justifiably obedient. Therefore, being able to bring enough dowry and household income from the woman's side has become a thing that is enough to make people envious.

However, another cousin, Wang Yanfu, who had another chance, met the corresponding conditions early; It's just that he hasn't had an eye for the object yet, and he keeps saying in daily life: "I don't want to easily harm and drag down the woman of a good family".

Suddenly, he heard the alarm of the enemy, and he couldn't help but lift his spirits and quicken his pace and hurriedly rushed forward; However, it didn't take long for the faint fighting and shouting in the distance to gradually subside, and it turned into the sound of a horn that was disarmed and turned into a state of alert.

"It's really easy to get in, I haven't seen a real opponent until now."

Wang Xiangui immediately let go of the short spear in his hand and complained to the left and right.

This was the third time, and they hurried to catch up almost as soon as they heard the news of the enemy, and then in the middle of the formation or in the middle of the battle, they received the news that the enemy they encountered had been inexplicably routed or fled. Then it's either to fix it or to help clean up the battlefield.

"Xiao Wu, don't slack off, it's always right to be careful."

At this time, Wang Xianchao, who had just put away the three-eyed gun that had been heavy, reprimanded and reminded him in a low voice.

"Clerk Wang is right, at the moment, we are just fighting in the left and close to this Taihu Lake...

At this time, a young man who belonged to the brigade also came over and praised loudly.

"Some years and origins of this generation, the wealthy families, clansmen and eunuchs have been cleaned up by the previous rebels several times; Even if it was the village and township encirclement of the new soil regiment and township soldiers, the foundation was insufficient or lost in the people's hearts. ”

"But the farther south side is different, the chief of the sect is still rampant and dictatorial to the country, and there are many references and slanders against the rebels; Therefore, the people's hearts and public opinion for a while may not be on our side, but more as a giant thief who has invaded the land. ”

"In the future, I am afraid that it will be necessary to resist desperately at the stronghold frequently, or to swarm and harass each other; This is the time to truly test our generation's combat skills, military will, and corresponding means. ”

As if confirming his statement, then both the siren sounded, and the five-colored flag at the end of the high pole on the mobile signal car of the army waved:

"Enemy attack, from the water in the southeast."

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