Chapter 16: Still Alive

As a convenient position near the water, although he is not responsible for any important chores; However, through the circulation and distribution of materials recorded in daily transactions, Zhou Huai'an also gradually figured out some of the situations of this "Angry Wind Camp".

This Fury Storm Battalion now has about 1,191 soldiers, of which only 176 are veterans from the North, and 340 are regular soldiers from Liangzhejiang and Fujian, and the rest are all locally recruited and recruited newcomers;

In addition, there were more than 200 handymen and porters in charge of fire cooking, livestock, and most of them were eliminated strong men, and only 40 were old men brought from the north.

As the current chief officer of the Angry Wind Battalion, the purple-faced man who is called Wang Jiang's head is full name Wang Pan, a local person in Ruzhou, Henan, who is good at using an iron-headed stick and nicknamed "Wang Leizi", and is known as the title of captain among the 100,000 rebels under Huang Chao, but in fact, he is the fourth head of the Angry Wind Battalion, and it has only been a few months since he took over the Angry Wind Battalion.

The second is the general of the Furious Wind Battalion who is his deputy, but this person is running outside and his whereabouts are unknown;

Although there was only a battalion of men and horses, it was said that the sparrows were small and well-equipped, with archers, foot soldiers (swords), tips (spears), and even a small group of thirty horsemen composed of old soldiers, although the equipment was also extremely rudimentary, and there was nothing to grow except for the saddle and the wooden spear.

Prior to this, they were originally a miscellaneous stream of local rebels who defected to Wang Xianzhi's rebel army in the battle to conquer Ezhou; The rearmament with the delivered equipment after the capture of Ezhou is becoming one;

It originally belonged to the command of Wang Xianzhi's confidant general Shang Junchang, and at its peak, there were three or four thousand people, and he was known as one of the wings of General Wang; It's just that the good times didn't last long, and on the way to Chang'an to negotiate and appease, Shang Junchang was intercepted and killed by the Song Wei Department of the feudal town, and Wang Xianzhi connected the 50,000 troops of the headquarters and died in Huangmei, and the remnants of the rebel army scattered all over the country were led by Shang Junchang's younger brother and general Shang Rang, and went north to join the Huangchao Department of another rebel army, and since then it is time to change the banner and subordination.

It's just that as a foreign defector, the Fury Wind Army, which is constantly losing troops and lacking ways to replenish, has also shrunk again and again into the Fury Wind Battalion, which is now short of manpower; Until the battle after the break of the Great Yuling, although a large number of old people, including the new and old commanders of the previous two terms, suffered heavy casualties one after another, they never surrendered to the official army, but continued to go south after being defeated to catch up with the men and horses of the main formation;

Later, with a weak journey, he sold his death power among the various officers and troops convened by Li Zhao, the envoy of the Lingnan Dongdao Jiedu; Therefore, it was re-valued by the Yellow King, and not only rebuilt the name of the Fury Wind Battalion, but also had the qualification to give priority to selecting and supplementing local soldiers.

Due to the Huangchao when the south fell into Fuzhou, it began to establish rules and regulations in the army and rectify the army as a common practice, and since then it has been established in accordance with the judicial military system: fire commander, team leader, brigade commander, captain, captain, general, Lang general and other titles and the rank of chief and deputy subordinate, in order to replace the original chaotic large and small leaders, leaders, generals, soldiers and horses, guarding, defense, strategy, and self-title;

Therefore, the current supreme official of this angry wind camp is Wang Pan, a native of Ruzhou, Henan Province, who is the deputy lieutenant of Guoyi, who is responsible for presiding over the daily situation; As for the old man Ding Hui of the Angry Wind Camp who was born in Ezhou, he assisted him wholeheartedly as his deputy as a more inferior general.

This Ding Hui was also the only survivor who led the remnants south to join the Huangchao Honjin after several fathers and brothers who followed the leaders of the previous two generations were killed in battle, so he was able to allocate it to a group of old soldiers and rebuild the almost destroyed Fury Wind Camp. Therefore, it is said that he usually seems to be bitter and hateful, and he has no good anger towards anyone, but when it comes to the Yellow King, he can't help but show his heartfelt gratitude and yearning; Because he is good at using a thorny spear of family heirloom skills, he was recruited to listen to the side of Huang Chao while retaining his own position.

Therefore, under the many hasty creations due to simplicity, as the second person in essence, Deng Cun, who is also known as Deng Brigade, is also the veteran and leader of the team assigned by the Righteous Army's main formation, as well as the officer of all the foot soldiers of the Angry Wind Battalion; Therefore, his appeal and prestige in the Angry Wind Camp are second only to Ding Hui, and he is a cold-faced man who doesn't talk much every day but is quite stern. The usual daily use is a wide-headed folding iron knife.

On the contrary, as Zhou Huai'an's temporary guarantor and sponsor, the young and quite old Captain Chai has a lot of background;

His qualifications are even much older than the predecessor of the Fury Wind Battalion, but he began to follow Wang Xianzhi Yanyan when he was a teenager, and after he raised troops in Henan, because of his identity and origin of the township party, he was classified as an old man in the headquarters of the Chinese army who ran under Huang Chao; Therefore, although he only has the title of captain, he has to make many middle- and lower-level generals of the rebel army, including Wang Pan, the head captain of the Angry Wind Battalion, a special existence of some courtesy and politeness.

As for the rest of the others, it is inevitable that they are a little lackluster, or lack sufficient sources, which is also due to the fact that there are too few opportunities and time for him to contact and understand his current identity, and he cannot make corresponding inquiries and judgments.

And in the next few days, Zhou Huai'an found that he had become the only real civilian in the rebuilt Fury Camp.

Prior to this, during the period of the Furious Wind Army, the predecessor of the Raging Wind Battalion, there were only a handful of so-called documents, records and book histories, but after the army went south, it was basically dead and dead, fleeing and scattering; In the end, those who were able to arrive near Guangzhou with the remnants of the Fury Wind Battalion were almost all martial artists who could not read a few big characters.

And just a few days ago, the bookstore that had sent a few helpers to rebuild the Raging Wind Camp had been called back because it was busy with more important matters; So in fact, this angry wind battalion that lacks everything is basically managed and dealt with by Du Wei Wang Pan and other generals Ding Hui themselves.

There is no way that in this cruel and backward world, there are many people who are desperate to take risks due to hunger and cold, but the number of people who can read and write is too limited.

According to the private complaints between Ding Hui and Wang Pan, after the capture of Guangzhou this time, a group of scribes should have been recruited for use; It's just that for various reasons, there are very few candidates who are willing to take the initiative to dedicate themselves to recruitment, and the few who are willing to take refuge are almost divided up by other more intimate and important subordinates.

Therefore, after they went back and forth several times, they accidentally got Zhou Huai'an, a "monk who was forced to return to the world", from the familiar captain of Chai, as a temporary manpower. Then I finally freed myself from all kinds of messy things and chores.

Therefore, under the current circumstances, Zhou Huai'an, as a standout, is still relatively safe and needed.

Thanks to the vast majority of peasant rebels in this era, the extensive and neglectful of logistics support and maintenance, as well as the waste and fallacy caused by various management chaos in daily affairs; Zhou Huai'an easily found a few entry points, and gradually reflected the obvious efficiency generated by it in some nodes that are difficult to ignore in daily life;

Although the vast majority of them are vulgar people who can't read a few words, no one will refuse to gradually become more convenient and worry-free, or even take the initiative to see it come to pass. In this case, it is easy for him to indirectly get the results and trends he wants through detailed adjustments and exchange of interests.

He also got the first attendant and helper, a skinny half-grown boy, a son of the Henan Township Party of the brigade commander Deng Cun, who claimed to be fifteen years old but looked only twelve or thirteen years old; is responsible for daily errands, moving things, cleaning and other chores around him, so that Zhou Huaian has more time and time to sort out and distinguish the documents and records accumulated over the years.

According to the news he heard from the Angry Wind Camp at the time, Zhou Huai'an found that he had really suffered a kind of unwarranted disaster.

The original order from the general was indeed "only kill Hu'er, not hurt the Han family", but this instruction, which was obviously too general and vague, was inevitably understood and exerted by various rebels who entered the city to purge.

As a result, it has become a variety of private standards, from the initial "kill those who do not look like the country" to "kill those who are not dressed and behaved like Middle-earth", and then to "kill those who have suspicious words and deeds" and "kill those who have the intention to resist", which directly turned Guangzhou City into a bloody slaughterhouse and Shura region.

This is the dark side and historical limitations of the so-called peasant rebel army.

Therefore, the first suggestion he gave when he formally requested the meeting was to take advantage of the opportunity to continue to replenish the number of troops and materials, and to collect as many people as possible who knew some skills or skills, and to build up the logistics system and auxiliary personnel that were originally almost none.

From this point of view, he has no decent competitors and potential resistance to the damage of vested interests for the time being, but he is able to increase the resources and influence in his hands in disguise.

"Monk, you want to recruit more people?"

Sweating with the horse team, who was sweating with his team, he was opening his chest to fan the wind and cool off the head Wang Pan asked rhetorically.

"What is this?"

"Exactly, because there is a shortage of people in the camp who can trade all kinds of crafts."

Zhou Huai'an said respectfully.

"I've already delayed some of the progress of the repair and repair."

"So I would like to ask the head for permission to send someone to the relief ground on the outskirts of the city, and recruit some suitable people to come over."

"Ah, I'll let Big Bites take care of this"

The other party paused disapprovingly and said.

"You can go with you, just to tell the difference."

"By the way, Xiao Chai has something to hand over, saying that he will borrow you to go over in two days."

"Maybe there's something else for you."

"But it's as I am told."

Zhou Huai'an replied without changing his face.

"How have you been observing these days?"

After walking away from Huai'an, Wang Pan put down the unconcerned expression just now and asked

"There's nothing wrong yet."

An inconspicuous man beside him whispered.

"It's more mixed with Lao Feng and their class in the back camp."

"Then keep staring."

"If there's nothing suspicious for the time being, you might as well send him more use."

"It's so easy to get such a suitable monk."

"It's easy to be idle, except for really important things."

"Everything else can be tested and tested by him."

"If there's anything wrong, there's a chance you'll miss it, right?"

"If there is really no problem, you have to take a good knot and wrap up."

"Those dogs who always like to chew their mouths on the side of the Yellow King of the province say that we can't keep people in our camp anymore."

"Besides, this is also Xiao Chai's heart. Don't let others abduct you. ”