The Fan clan has been a hereditary official for generations of military generals, and its local power is deep-rooted, and many of the subordinate generals are their henchmen or clansmen.

Over the past hundred years, the Fan family has generally married with the surrounding officials, for example, Fan Tianning's eldest sister married Lai Congxin, the general of the Xuanfu Sect and the West Road. And Fan Tianming married the eighth sister of Yang Fu, the general of the middle road of the Xuanfu Branch.

Looking at all the roads of Xuanfu Town, from Longmensuo, Dushi Fort, all the way to Baiyang Fort, Zhangjiakou, Dining Fort, and finally to Shahe Fort, Ximalin Fort, Chaigou Fort, and the castle near the side of the fortress, there are more than a dozen. Judging from the intelligence, most of these castle generals are in-laws, and once our soldiers enter Zhangjiakou and Datong, they are very likely to fight to the death with me. ”

Zhang Ziyun, who was present at the meeting, asked puzzledly: "Aren't these soldiers and horses under the control of the Xuanfu General Army and the Datong General Army?" ”

Gu Xiuquan shook his head and said: "The responsibility of the general army is to train military horses, repair the city, supervise the piers, defend against thieves, compensate the soldiers, and protect the residents. In peacetime, he only manages his own barracks, and the following guerrilla battalions, reinforcement battalions, and odd barracks are based on the principle of the Ming Dynasty's large and small systems, except for the right of moderation in wartime. The general army can't control them, after all, food, salary, personnel, and nothing are in his hands.

For example, in the case of Datong, there were 12,000 battalion generals and guerrillas guarding Datong City. In non-war times, they did not obey Wang Pu's dispatch. ”

Feng Yuanshan snorted and said, "In front of my Tiance army, they are all local chickens and dogs. ”

Gu Xiuquan said: "The complexity of the Xuanda region lies in the fact that many border soldiers, military households and even ordinary people make a living from smuggling, and many of them not only participate in cover and collect tolls, but also serve as caravanserais, and even carry goods to obtain some benefits. The warriors, merchants, heroes, literati, and petty officials in these places are all intertwined, and they are all in the same spirit.

Once our army enters, even the common people may be encouraged to oppose our army, because most of their families make a living from it. ”

Wang Zhuo said: "It's really a headache, no wonder the court can't do anything." ”

Gu Xiuquan nodded and said: "In addition, there are soldiers and horses near Taiyuan, most of them are stationed in Ningwu Pass, Yatou Pass, Pingxing Pass, Hequ, Baode and Zhenxiwei, Xinzhou, Fanzhi and other places, among which the troops of Taiyuan City are not only the troops of Shanxi Town of Zhou Yuji, but also the eight thousand soldiers and horses of Taiyuan City to garrison Li Jiande.

In general, the composition of the forces in the Xuanda region is complex, scattered, and difficult to distinguish between friend and foe, especially the border fortress, and the people's will may not be on our side. ”

"Then let's smash these bottles and cans." Wang Yue said to the huge Xuanda map:

"The Fifth Brigade of Feng Yuanshan and the Seventh and Tenth Brigades of the Public Security Army marched in the direction of Zhangjiakou and Datong, and if Fan Tianming, Fan Tianning, Lai Congxin, Yang Fu and others obstructed them, they were annihilated on the charge of complicity with profiteers. After taking Zhangjiakou, the 7th Brigade of the Public Security Army advanced to Datong and cooperated with Wang Pu to raid Datong. ”

Since the road is only built to Huailai, it will be used as a transfer point for materials in this direction.

Although the strength of the Ming army in this direction was larger, Wang Yue believed that the strength of the two brigades was enough, not to mention that Wang Pu, the chief soldier of Datong, led the way.

"Wang Hongwu's Fourth Brigade and the Ninth Brigade of the Public Security Army, after going south to Baoding, went westward, attacked Pingxingguan, Fanzhi, and Xinzhou, and marched to Taiyuan."

"The Second Brigade of Zhou Yan and the Eighth Brigade of the Public Security Army, after going south to Zhengding Shimen, attacked Niangzi Pass to the west, and after arriving at Yuci, the Eighth Brigade of the Public Security Army went north to join Wang Hongwu's troops, and surrounded Taiyuan. The Second Brigade went south from Yuci to Taigu, Pingyao, Jiexiu, Pingyang and other places to capture the Jin merchants. ”

The jurisdiction of Shanxi Town includes Taiyuan and other places, the forces of all parties are chaotic, and this is the core area of the Jin merchants, there are not a few officials and businessmen colluding, it is inevitable that some of them will release water, or ventilate in advance, in order to wipe out the Jin merchants, so the Taiyuan area is heavily attacked.

On 20 April, the army moved in three directions. Feng Yuanshan led the North Route Army, took nearly 200 buses along the Jingda Highway to Huailai, abandoned the car and went north after arriving in Huailai, along the Tumubao, Jimingyi, Xuanfu Town, and went straight to Zhangjiakou and Datong.

The Middle Route Army, led by Wang Hongwu, also took a bus to Baoding, and waved its division to the west to attack Pingxing Pass.

The Southern Route Army was led by Zhou Yan, took a bus to Zhengding Shimen, and then waved its division to the west to attack Niangzi Pass.

The total strength of the troops dispatched to Shanxi this time was 21,000 people, and the two B-shaped brigades in charge of local garrisons in the Shuntian area assisted in the logistics of the two material transit sites of Baoding and Huailai, and the sixth brigade was in the center to respond.

In order to make this operation more efficient, more than 500 buses and buses were dispatched from the starting point city. Due to the complicated and mountainous terrain in Shanxi, the brigades of the Tiance Army dispatched this time reduced two-thirds of their armored vehicles, increased the number of logistics horse-drawn vehicles by more than 1,500, and supplemented them with 24 transport helicopters as air support.

After arriving at the Baoding and Huailai transit stations, the Tiance Army will be converted into a bicycle army, with one bicycle per person.

The rolling traffic meanders along the newly built Jingda and Jingshi highways, with great momentum and thunder, and the rumbling engine sound amazes the people on both sides of the highway.

Since these two highways have not yet been completed and put into use, there are few vehicles on weekdays, and such a large fleet of vehicles is really eye-catching.

The construction of these two roads was undertaken by the Royal Road Construction Company, and the road construction workers were former military households of Jingying and Shuntianfu, and through more than two years of road construction work, they have become skilled road construction workers.

The vanguard units have arrived at their designated positions, set up transit stations and maintain order, prevent onlookers, and set up cordons.

Those road construction workers could only watch from a distance as the Tiance army got off one after another, formed a team, and then set off. After sending off the Tiance army, the bus returned the same way.

"It seems that Lord Shaobao is going to use troops against Shanxi." A former Ming Army officer, now the foreman of the small package.

"This Tiance army is magnificent, and the other officers and soldiers are called Huazi compared to them." Other workers commented.

"Those people in Shanxi have offended Lord Shaobao, and now they have a good feeling." A worker gloated.

"It's better for us now, we don't have to take the risk of pinning our head to the waistband of our pants, and we can live this life with peace of mind."

"What's the matter, Lord Shaobao has taken Shanxi, and we have to build this highway to Shanxi, so we won't have to worry about stopping work, and our whole family is counting on me to wait for the money to go back to feed the whole family."

"You don't know that, do you? We just don't build roads in Shanxi, and we don't have to worry about running out of work. You are too short-sighted, Lord Shaobao's heart is big, he wants to build the highway to the whole world. ”

"Oh, what do you mean by that? ………！ ”

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