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In winter, the days are short and the nights are long, the sky gets dark very quickly, and twilight soon covers the land. As in the past, now these towns are unkempt, and it is no wonder that they suddenly live in a town of thousands and hundreds of people, and there are so many more people, which is naturally more noisy than before.

However, compared with the liveliness of the town, it seems a little deserted at the edge of the town, not deserted, it can be said that it seems a little depressed, after yesterday the town suddenly broke into the number of hundreds of "official troops", although there was no harm and only said that they were temporarily stationed here, but after vacating half of the village's house, the people who thought they had picked up a life in the back village still fled to the neighboring relatives' houses by night last night.

Only a few old people or bachelors who felt that they could not take anything remained in the village, and at night, the houses of the village were lit up with yellow lights.

"My obedient, more than 300 pounds of big fat pigs, click, kill two heads at once, you smell it, this has been fragrant to the house from the front......"

With saliva flowing in his mouth, Tian Chengyi shouted loudly at Chengli.

"Four taels of silver a month, obediently, don't look at the Shiliang family has more than 50 acres of land, that tired and tired, how much silver can you get in a year, support to death, it is only thirty or forty taels, that is, save money and use at most there are a few taels of scattered silver, this soldier eats grain, eats the grain of the government, no matter how bad a year can be left more than thirty taels of silver, this acre of land is only how much silver, if you become a soldier for a few years, when the time comes to buy dozens of acres of land, then this life is ......"

With his hands in the sleeves of his shabby cotton jacket, when mentioning the military salary, Tian Chengyi's eyes were full of longing, but more envy, and even a little jealousy, jealous of those bachelors who were the same as him and couldn't even marry a daughter-in-law, could suddenly become broad.

"Chengyi, the soldier food is not delicious, if you don't eat well, you will lose your head, besides, besides, this is a bandit......"

The more he spoke, the quieter Tian Chengli's voice became, and when he spoke, he looked out from time to time, as if he was afraid of being heard.

"Afraid of a bird, what people are most afraid of in this life is that there is no silver in their hands, Chengli, you don't want to think about it, you are a tired and tired worker, you can accumulate a few taels of silver a year, according to me, we sometimes have to grit our teeth, don't miss this opportunity, you listen to ......"

Listening to the sound of joy coming from the window, Tian Chengyi's face suddenly showed a look of longing.

"Are you going or not? If you don't go, I'll go myself...... It was ...... month."

"But it's four taels of silver!"

In one of the brightest blue brick mansions in the town, Li Ziyuan looked at Zhu Yifeng in front of him, he was not worried about the problem of silver, others may not know, but he knew very well that the self-styled "Lord Zhu" in front of him was a master with two million taels of silver. Don't say that it is to raise more than 300 people, even if it is to raise 30,000 people, it is enough for a year, if there are really 30,000 people, and it is a foreign gun team of 30,000 people, how can it be necessary for "Lord Zhu" to pay for his own money to raise soldiers. At that time, naturally someone will send the salary to the door, troubled times, thinking about it like this, Li Ziyuan seems to understand, why so many people put a peaceful life, but they like that troubled world, in this troubled world, everyone has the opportunity to become the king of grass, that is, those second-rate people who have no interest can also eat the four taels of severed salary.

"A person is four taels of silver, this military salary is high, but you must know that there will be brave men under the heavy reward, we have recruited more than 100 people in Tuanfeng, these towns are much bigger than Tuanfeng, plus the neighboring villages and towns, at least hundreds of soldiers can be recruited, and there will be a few days to practice, although it cannot become an elite, but the appearance of this army can be regarded as ......"

In the deep words, Li Ziyuan said that he was heartfelt, and the reason why his transformation would be so fast was simple-Zhu Yifeng's city was deep and ruthless, far beyond his imagination, not only did he not feel fear, anyway, in addition to the feeling of meeting the master, he naturally did not want to miss this opportunity, not to mention, he knew that there was no one available by this Lord Zhu's side now, as long as he showed his value, he naturally did not worry about not being reused. Of course, the more important point is that now that he has "rebelled", he has no way to go, but to go all the way.

"Erect the recruitment flag, have their own food people, from ancient times to the present, either take silver to recruit troops, or, like the Taiping army, hit a place, snatch all the food, set fire to the house, and threaten the lives of the people, but most of the soldiers who are coerced are rabble, just like this Taiping army, it seems to be called 500,000, but in fact, it has carried a big burden on itself, in fact, the elite soldiers are only tens of thousands, so we only need to train tens of thousands of elite soldiers to be invincible......"

Leaning forward slightly, Zhu Yifeng is quite clear about what the current officers and troops look like, and the combat effectiveness of the Eight Banners Green Battalion can be summed up in one sentence: Fleeing when you hear the enemy is brave, fleeing when you see the enemy is brave, and fleeing when you meet the enemy is brave. To deal with such an army, tens of thousands of new-style troops are enough to maintain a crushing momentum.

"Of course, it's a bit too early to say this, Zilin, you know, what's our biggest problem right now......

There is no territory, and this is the biggest problem.

For Zhu Yifeng, who is eager to gain a foothold in Hubei, all he needs now is a piece of territory, as for the Taiping Army, the official army, those identities are secondary, and the reason why he is now wearing the "skin" of officers and soldiers is just to fool those people into selling their lives, of course, it is also to realize his "grand cause".

Of course, the more important point is that with the skin of this "official army", the Taiping army based in Huangzhou was forced to retreat, and then it was effortless to capture the city.

"Huangzhou!"

Li Ziyuan's body leaned forward slightly and said these two words.

"This Huangzhou City is our foothold! But now, those bandits are still in Huangzhou, although their main force has passed, the bandits in the city have no intention of abandoning the city, it is a pity......"

It's not too much of a pity, it's a headache at all, maybe others don't know the benefits of Huangzhou, but Li Ziyuan saw the benefits of Huangzhou City on the map - its proximity to the Yangtze River, there is the advantage of a wharf, even if it is not good, if it can't stand in this Hubei, it really can't work, you can also follow the Taiping Army, come to Shunjiang, of course, different from the Taiping Army, when the time comes, they may go to Shanghai, or it may be the "Africa" that the owner said.

It is precisely because of such a back road that Li Ziyuan will set foot on this "road of no return" with the owner with an iron heart, of course, there is another reason, that is, when he was in Hankou, he saw the fierceness of the firepower of foreign ships, relying on the artillery on foreign ships, guarding the city and the river, even if there are tens of thousands of officers and soldiers, I am afraid that they may not be able to fall well.

But the problem now is that the Taiping army in Huangzhou City has a great idea of co-living and dying with the city, and they have never abandoned the city and fled until now. If they don't abandon the city, the owner will naturally have no possibility of "receiving".

"So, it's a headache now......"

Touched the short hair that grew on his forehead, since he left Shanghai, he has never shaved his head, and now there is about half a centimeter of hair in front of his forehead, if he can take Huangzhou and have a piece of territory, he can shave off the pig's tail, but now, he ...... Not yet!

"The Taiping army in Huangzhou City, if we don't leave for a day, we won't be able to take the city for a day, and we won't be able to take Huangzhou, so there will be no territory in Hubei, and there will be no territory......"

Nothing is counted by himself, not even the king of the mountain! I'm afraid I can only wait for others to deliver the letter to Shanghai, waiting for the Pacific to pick me up, but before the Pacific comes here, what kind of mess will happen, and what will I do?

Hey, take it one step at a time!

Sighing from the bottom of his heart, Zhu Yifeng's fist clenched violently.

"It's really not good, when we have recruited all the troops, then we will directly send troops to capture the city!"

Shoot them to death with a caron cannon!

With those fourteen caron cannons, they should be able to catch the Taiping army off guard! When the time comes, first the caron cannons, and then the gun-splitting platoons, how can they stop themselves from taking the city with those rabble?

"My lord, this siege is always the next strategy, besides, let's just ...... men."

Li Ziyuan shook his head, he didn't want to watch the adults fold all those men and horses in Huangzhou, just like the adults said, the army is the foundation of life in this troubled world.

Without waiting for Li Ziyuan's persuasion, there was a sound of notification outside the door.

"My lord, Captain Lin asks to see ......"

"Is it Ziqing? Quick, let him in! ”

As soon as he heard that Lin Yuqing was back, Zhu Yifeng hurriedly stood up, he sent him to inquire about the news of Huangzhou City, and now that he came over in person, there must be movement over there.

"Zilin, it's okay now, there must be something moving by the Taiping Army over there in Huangzhou City!"

Zhu Yifeng's words fell, Lin Yuqing walked into the house, and knelt down on one knee when he entered the house.

"Humble to your lordship!"

Etiquette is the etiquette of this era, and Zhu Yifeng does not reject this very much.

"Ziqing, what's the news from Huangzhou City?"

"My lord, I captured a prisoner outside the city! A letter was found on it! ”

When he took out the letter from his arms and handed it to the adult, Lin Yuqing deliberately added.

"As for the person who was caught, the adults also know him, and we have an old friendship with him!"