On the evening of October 5, Jiang Dahai's department received the advice of Chai Guozhu, the main general sent by the imperial court, and successfully launched a mutiny to capture Li Hualong, and more than 40,000 Jizhen elite soldiers took Yangzhou City anyway.

Ye Mengxiong read the battle report with great amazement, and then said to the extremely surprised people: "Li Hualong was captured alive, Yangzhou is already under the control of our army, Chai Guozhu Anyway, 40,000 elite soldiers of Jizhen have surrendered." ”

There were those who were shocked, some were shocked, some were happy, and all the beings were seen at a glance, all of them were seen by Xiao Ruxun, and even the worry on Yuan Huang's face was seen by Xiao Ruxun.

After thinking about it carefully, a confident smile resurfaced on Xiao Ruxun's face.

"So good! The die is cast! As long as my main force arrives in Nanjing, the Rendezvous Water Division and Jizhen soldiers can go north as a whole army and go north to Shen Rebellion! Ladies and gentlemen! For the Ming Dynasty to recreate the world, I share it with you! ”

The scene was peaceful.

After everyone dispersed, Xiao Ruxun left a few important people to discuss the schedule of departure to Nanjing and other matters, and then took Ye Mengxiong's hand and said that he would drink with Ye Mengxiong again to catch up with him, and he would also take Yuan Huang together to reminisce about the days of hard work.

Yuan Huang and Ye Mengxiong were also embarrassed.

Yuan Huang also took the opportunity to apologize to Xiao Ruxun, saying that he spoke too seriously that day and did not grasp the proportions, so Xiao Ruxun should not take it to heart.

Xiao Ruxun also smiled and said that his reaction was too big, but he remembered that he was persecuted by Shen and couldn't suppress the grief and anger in his heart, so he didn't hold back his emotions and caused Yuan Huang trouble, Xiao Ruxun said that he was very sorry, Yuan Huang seemed to him to be the same as his teacher, and he respected Yuan Huang very much.

Ye Mengxiong appreciated Xiao Ruxun's humility very much.

The atmosphere was great.

After Yuan Huang and Ye Mengxiong left, Xiao Ruxun let Mei Guozhen, who had been hiding behind the screen, come out.

"I'm sorry for you, Mei Gong, right now, I can only let you continue to be wronged, Ye Mengxiong Gong has seen you, and the current major matter is unresolved, so we can only let you continue to hide your identity, and when we attack the capital to get rid of the Shen thief, we can let Your Majesty order restore the reputation of you and General Ma."

Mei Guozhen shook his head and smiled.

"Ji Xin, you don't have to worry about me, I understand, and even if I am innocent, I shouldn't stand up now, after all, I was one of the people who made Ye Gong suffer unfair treatment back then, or the main reason is that I gave those officials to attack Ye Gong, this is because I can't stand him."

It seems that Mei Guozhen seems to have some regret for the incident that caused Ye Mengxiong to have to go south for refuge back then.

Xiao Ruxun smiled and said: "Mei Gong, you are relieved, there must be a big event, I will talk about this matter for you and Ye Gong." ”

Mei Guozhen smiled and nodded.

"Ji Xin, thanks to you."

With that, Mei Guozhen sighed and left through the back door.

After Mei Guozhen also left, Xiao Ruxun called the guards at the door.

"Go and call Zhang Wu."

"Yes!"

The guards quickly called Zhang Wu, the commander of the black water, over.

Heishui, who had the first 30 people in Myanmar, has now grown to a scale of thousands, not only important intelligence exchanges in various places, but even some military intelligence, Heishui can handle it single-handedly, and Zhang Wugong is indispensable for this.

Therefore, Xiao Ruxun generally kept Zhang Wu by his side, and personally instructed Zhang Wu to do anything he encountered, and did not deal with others.

"Dashuai!"

Zhang Wu saluted.

"Well, Zhang Wu, give you a task, you immediately send reliable people to Yangzhou Mansion to find Jiang Dahai, and ask him to arrange for the 30,000 elite soldiers of Jizhen under the command of Chai Guozhu to go south, fight in the direction of Jiangsu and Zhejiang, and support Zheng Ying's troops in the direction of Ningbo Mansion, the two forces are combined, handed over to Zheng Ying's command, and take Jiangsu and Zhejiang for me.

Immediately move troops, don't stay and don't hesitate, we must let them start acting before I arrive in Nanjing, and also, go and arrange two land reform working groups to go with you, send them to Ningbo and hand them over to Xie He, let Xie He make unified arrangements, let Xie He speed up the action, this matter is confidential, no one except me is allowed to inform, especially Mr. Yuan and Mr. Mei, watch tightly! ”

"Yes! Subordinates understand! ”

Zhang Wu immediately went to do it.

At present, these things cannot be revealed, and the news must be blocked, especially not let Ye Mengxiong and them know, as for the future......

Then let's talk about it later!

On October 15, the army was reorganized, Xiao Ruxun led the main force down the river to Nanjing, and the cities encountered along the way fell to the wind, or they stopped resisting under the persuasion of Ye Mengxiong, and none of the cities persevered to the end and carried out stubborn resistance.

The army is the same, either they are caught and surrendered at the touch of a button, or they take the initiative to put down their weapons and surrender, or they take the initiative to come to the army of the Zhennan Army to ask for surrender and ask for a full meal.

So the number of armies is snowballing.

In order to ensure the army's combat effectiveness and food supply, Xiao Ruxun resolutely treated it differently.

Along the way, all the troops that Xiao Ruxun surrendered were screened according to strict distinguishing conditions, and the strong young and strong were incorporated into the main combat team, and all the weak were thrown into the logistics transportation team to transport grain, or directly thrown back to the guard to cultivate the land that was easily taken back by the army.

Those who join the main combat corps must undergo all-round "ideological education."

Before that, Xiao Ruxun's ideological education stayed at the extent to which the grassroots officers of the Zhennan Army led them to sit around the high fire and told them the stories of the past.

Now it's different, not only do the officers have to tell the story of the past, but the soldiers have to tell the story of their own past.

Commonly known as the grievance conference.

Anyway, before the night rest, the officer who was a veteran of the Zhennan Army sat around the fire with his subordinates, and each gave a bowl of wine and a little food, and everyone sat around and chatted.

First, listen to the officers tell the story of their original status as a homeless person and their later rebirth under the leadership of Xiao Dashuai, and then under the guidance of the officers, one by one, the soldiers who were recruited or born in the guard also told their past stories.

How to be arrested as a strong man, or how to be oppressed and bullied by the leaders of the Wei Institute and the local scholars, how to be hungry, how to not get military salary, how to miss the family and have no future, etc.

Then the officer cried with them, hugged their heads and cried together, and then drank the wine in the dry bowl in one gulp and looked forward to a better future.

Following Xiao Dashuai's men, there is food to eat, meat to eat, wine to drink, and military salaries, Xiao Dashuai loves soldiers like children, never abuses soldiers, never deducts military salaries, and does his best to treat every wounded soldier brother in every battle, and never gives up any brother.

Crying while talking, and then everyone cried together, the resentment in their hearts was discharged along with the tears of sadness, and the resentment that had accumulated in their bodies for many years was poured out, making them feel like they had been reborn.

Then the officer made a summary.

As long as you follow Xiao Dashuai and be Xiao Dashuai's soldiers, you will definitely be able to live a good life, have meat to eat, drink wine, get military salaries, and be a person!

Of course, the officers also had to say that the more important point was to abide by the military discipline set by Marshal Xiao.

The whole army of the Ming Dynasty knew that Marshal Xiao was extremely strict in governing the army, and he was merciless to soldiers or officers or even generals who did not abide by military discipline, and they told the stories of those who died because of non-compliance with military discipline in Burma to deter these soldiers.

We can't blindly treat the army favorably, and combining grace and power is an extremely important means.