After the victory of this battle, everyone became more confident slowly, and everyone shouted to continue to attack Yunxian in the north, so as to cut off the Great Western Army and flee to Hanzhong through the post road.

Qian Bangqi admonished: "My lord, now that Zhang Dingguo and Bai Wenxuan have been defeated, there is nothing to be afraid of. The lord can lead his troops to the north, seize Yu County, and control Huanghuayi, so as to cut off the passage for the Great Western Army to retreat north. ”

Yang Lin was shocked in his heart, shook his head and said: "Qian Jianjun, water needs to be channeled, and Liukou is equivalent to this flood, and it also needs to be channeled."

If I capture the Huanghuayi in Yunxian County and cut off the retreat of the Great Western Army, Zhang Xianzhong will inevitably attack with all his strength, so the main force is trapped here, but it is not good.

The siege of the city pays attention to the four corners and one, and we should do the same in this crusade against the Liukou, leaving a way to force Zhang Xianzhong to go north from northern Sichuan to resist the Qing Dynasty.

It is better to send troops to garrison Shehong, Suining and other places, I will first lead my troops to attack other counties in Tongchuan Prefecture, and after the place is stable, I will lead my troops to the west to conquer CD. ”

Everyone saw that Yang Lin was so resolute, although they felt inappropriate, but they didn't say anything?

For a long time, in order to enliven the atmosphere, Yin Chengqi said: "My lord, Zhang Dingguo is known as ten thousand enemies, if he is left on the flank, it may threaten the safety of our army's rear." ”

Yang Lin said with a smile: "Having said that, if there is no military rations, what difference is there from a 10,000-strong enemy like Lu Bu?"

Although Zhang Dingguo is known as the enemy of 10,000 people, he is quite loyal, and he is also known as a small lieutenant. ”

Although he almost lost his life last time, Yang Lin still had the intention of openly soliciting.

Everyone was puzzled, and Qian Bangqi arched his hand and said: "Although Zhang Xianzhong has many righteous sons, including Zhang Guangcai and others, the most famous ones are Zhang Kewang, Zhang Dingguo, Zhang Wenxiu, and Zhang Nengqi.

My lord, you want to recruit Zhang Dingguo, so tell me, how much do you know about these four righteous sons? ”

Yang Lin pondered for a moment and sighed: "Although Zhang Xianzhong was born in a rogue, his eyes are like torches, which is also commendable. Not to mention anything else, just look at his four righteous sons, although they are all less than 30 years old, they have been in the army since they were young, they are decisive in killing, and they are in charge alone, which is definitely not comparable to others.

The most powerful of them is Zhang Kewang, who is treacherous and known as a wall, so it can be seen that he is a ruthless character, and it is really not easy to defeat the other party on the battlefield.

The second is this Zhang Dingguo, known as the enemy of 10,000 people and the little lieutenant Chi, who is quite loyal and righteous, if he can change his evil and return to the right,......

Although Zhang Wenxiu can also be regarded as a good fighter, he lacks the courage to make a decision on the spot, so Zeng Ying took advantage of the defeat and returned.

And Zhang Nengqi is brave and martial, but he is not as good as Zhang Dingguo. ”

Everyone was shocked, and Wang Zhibang, the general of the Great West present, and others also nodded their heads again and again, thinking that in the Great Western Army, everyone thought so.

Seeing that one or two people in the audience were quite unconvinced, Yang Lin particularly emphasized that whenever they encountered confrontation with Zhang Dingguo and his subordinates in the future, everyone needed to be cautious, and it was even more necessary to leave thirty percent of the troops to deal with possible crises.

However, taking into account the historical development background, Yang Lin appointed Ma Mingluan as the commander of Tongchuan Prefecture, and supervised the troops and horses stationed in Yu County to guard against the Great Western Army in the north.

Tongchuan Prefecture includes Yu County, Yanting County, Zhongjiang County, Tongnan County, Anyue County, Yuezhi County, and Daying County.

With the help of Yang Xianzhi, Lin Shitai and others, the volunteers successively seized Anyue County, Yuezhi County, and Daying County, and continued to expand by a large margin, and the number of people under their jurisdiction also increased a lot.

Tongchuan Prefecture is close to CD, and since the Liukou entered Sichuan, it has been occupied by the Liukou, and it stands to reason that it should be the most vicious.

But Sichuan is active and wide, in addition to the CD plain, other places are mostly hilly and mountainous, this Tongchuan Prefecture and the more north Shunqing Mansion, Baoning Mansion all belong to the central Sichuan hills, although many places are quite flat, but the hills one after another, one ravine after another.

On both sides of the river, in the ravine, the relatively flat terrain is mostly paddy fields, and the industrious people also reclaim dry land on the flat part of the hillside, because sweet potatoes, corn and other high-yield crops from South America have not yet been introduced, and the development of the hilly area in this era is quite incomplete, and there are not many reclamations on the slope.

At this time, the population is very small, although a few live at the foot of the mountain where the water and grass are abundant, but many live in the village, although it is not very convenient to live in the cottage, but it can prevent robbers, tigers and leopards and other wild beasts.

Looking at the rice fields loaded in the fields, sorghum, jute, cotton and other crops on the slopes, Yang Lin looked quite strange, and said that Zhang Xianzhong slaughtered Sichuan, and Zhang Xianzhong would be killed by the Qing Dynasty in the past two years in history, how could there be no traces of massacres in Tongchuan Prefecture, which is close to CD.

Beat the horse into a cottage, saw that there were more than 100 people in the village, everyone was yellow and thin, and when he heard that the political envoy was coming, the first chief even asked people to kill a hen and prepare to stew it.

Yang Lin was shocked, before the development of the commercial economy, raising chickens was a major income for farmers, and when he saw that farmers wanted to kill chickens, he stopped them again and again, but he only promised an egg.

Captain A felt embarrassed, not to mention that the political envoy came to the court, and the magistrate had never heard of it, and now the adults came to visit and ate so shabby, it was strange to be embarrassed.

Talking about the past few days, the villagers feel that they are really suffering, vaguely, the ground is still quiet in the first year, there are no bandits, and everyone is still living and working in peace and contentment.

Since the Great Western Army was stationed in Tongchuan Prefecture, although it had also killed people, most of the people killed were Ming officials, righteous people who rebelled against the Qing Dynasty, and other people, but rarely killed ordinary people.

However, since August and September last year, the Ming army has gradually taken the initiative on the battlefield, and many gentry and scholars have rebelled against the Great Western Army, coupled with the bandits entrenched in the mountains and old forests, and the ground has become quite unstable.

Some bandits pretended to be the Great Western Army to collect food, and the officers and men of the Great Western Army often forced the people to pay money and food, and severely punished them if they did not agree.

But everyone lives in a cottage, and it is even more difficult for the Great Western Army to enter.

Some of the cottages that offended the Great Western Army were also quite scheming, everyone farmed and trained on weekdays, and when they saw the Great Western Army killing, everyone retreated to the cottage, and even the elderly and children were defended by the city.

The Onishi Army had very little artillery, and it was quite difficult to break through these cottages.

All the Great Western Army demanded was food, and in the past, the government also extorted it in this way, and sometimes it was even more brutal, and everyone was used to it.

In the past six months, the Great Western Army has destroyed several cottages, because everyone lives in the cottages, and many of the Great Western Army are also holding cold weapons, and it is quite laborious to attack.

Some villages were slaughtered, while others were preserved.

Although people were killed in various places, a rough calculation of the number of people killed was far less than four or five percent, far from the slaughter of Sichuan.

And the people who kill more people are local bandits, even if the bandits kill less than 1 percent.

Due to the disaster in the CD Plain, there are many displaced people in various places, some of whom occupy the mountains and forests to make a living by looting, and they continue to extort the surrounding cottages.

Not only did they rob the people of their food, but they also left many fields uncultivated, and the people's grain harvest failed.

In less than a year, nearly one percent was killed, and many people thought that it was an unprecedented massacre in ancient times, and everyone saw the official army marching in, and often took out the only water and wine in the family to express their welcome.

The situation in Tongchuan Prefecture is different from that of Shunqing Prefecture, and of course the political strategy is also different, as suggested by Qian Bangqi and others, Tongchuan Prefecture should be mainly to stabilize the people's minds and settle displaced prisoners to defend the place, and everything else is secondary.

In the past, local autonomy was practiced, and the imperial court only appointed county-level officials, and the local government was self-governing, but the new policy was able to ensure success, and the most important thing was to establish village organizations.

In order to stabilize the people's hearts and punish bandits, the most important thing is to establish rural organizations.

In the past few years, the reputation of the volunteers has risen, coupled with the murder and arson of the rogue bandits in recent years, the people are very annoyed, and the local squires and people are quite supportive.

In accordance with the past custom, half of the officials were selected from the localities, and the prefects, county officials, and chief clerks of the military and criminal houses were selected from the nearby prefectures and counties, and local governments and village organizations were quickly established.

Yang Lin Xiucai was born, there are many people who read in the army, many assistants, secretaries and other things are literate and hyphenated, and some have even been in Xiucai, plus an officer training camp is held every six months, these assistants and secretaries are of course not ordinary.

Over the past six months, in order to strengthen local work, a number of military officials have often been assigned to the localities, including these military secretaries and assistants, including those who are seriously injured and physically disabled and unable to continue fighting, or who have selected officials with better political achievements in the localities to serve as officials in other counties.

Due to long-term tempering, coupled with the implementation of new policies in the past, these people's political ability is far better than that of their masters in the past, not to mention many nerds who raise people and jinshi.

In less than half a month, the village organization was established, and basically a township office was established in each market, and there were more than ten township offices in such a large county, and five or six in small counties.

Combined with the people of each village in the past, basically one security squadron per township, led by the township chief, everyone gathered together for military training.

At the same time, the troops sent to the counties began to exterminate the bandits in the deep mountains and forests.

Since the establishment of the local government, everyone has clearly felt the changes, the most notable of which is the various slogans written on both sides of the roads in various places.

If the territory is safeguarded, the villagers will defend themselves

It is glorious to join the army, defend the country and protect the people

Resettle displaced people, exterminate bandits, and protect local peace

As long as you have the strength, as long as you are diligent and willing to work, why worry about not having food and clothing at home

Recuperation, 15 catties per mu of fertile land, 6 catties per mu of dry land, and 1 yuan and two parts.

…….

In addition to these slogans, "Ta Kung Pao" was posted outside the south wall of the yamen, and "Ta Kung Pao" was posted in conspicuous places in each township (field)

The magistrates, county magistrates, chiefs, and newly appointed clerks of each house often come to the townships and villages together with the township heads

In the past, officials often beat gongs and drums, and officials opened the way, but now they are just three or five followers

In the past, meals were completely dependent on apportionment, but now they have to pay money or something after eating.

At the same time as the establishment of the official yamen, the garrisons sent to various places began to suppress bandits, but at first there was little progress.

With the establishment of the township offices and the formation of the township security brigades, the bandits had few places to hide.

In the past, everyone relied on the cottage to loot the people and resist the Great Western Army, but when the volunteers arrived, those rebels took refuge one after another, announcing that they would change their ways and return to the right

Although a small number of bandits who make a living from looting still want to resist stubbornly, with the help of local militias, coupled with the fact that the volunteers are equipped with a large number of tiger squat cannons, Franc machine guns, and a large number of bird guns, how can those bandits who can't eat enough to eat be the opponents of the volunteers?