Every horse thief is nervous and does not dare to sleep at night for fear of some accidents. Be wary of your companions at all times. After a long time, everyone has a nervous breakdown. A horse thief who is in agony can easily lose his mind. Unless you have a strong control ability, otherwise, in the case of losing your mind, anything can happen.

The first infighting, I don't know when it started, anyway, someone was killed. Now, the level is gone. Thus began the infighting. With the infighting of the first pile, there will naturally be a second one. Since someone is killed, someone will come out and cry out for revenge, for revenge, for more people to be killed. The more people are killed, the more people will naturally be involved. As a result, what was originally a sporadic fight eventually turned into a large-scale firefight. According to the three horse thieves, the fire in the wolf's den, so far, at least a few hundred people have died.

Zhang Zhun said casually: "Let them continue to mess around, let's leave it alone." ”

Zhang Lingyun said curiously: "My lord, don't we take the opportunity to attack?" ”

He felt that if the Tiger Army attacked at this time, it would definitely be able to wipe out all the horse thieves in one go. Unexpectedly, Zhang Zhun continued to watch the play.

Zhang Zhun shook his head and said confidently, "Don't care." Let them continue to mess around. ”

Zhang Lingyun then agreed.

As a result, the Tiger Ben Army near Daze Mountain, all night, could hear the sound of horse thieves fighting. One after another, there were also scarred horse thieves who ran out and surrendered. Some horse thieves, running and running, fell down and did not move. The horse thieves who took refuge also had serious mental problems, and they all seemed to have come out of hell, and they were terrified when they saw someone around them.

Some people are obviously crazy. Even if they were given silver, they were blank. Or giggling. There are also people who swallow the silver directly, without caring about their own life or death. and they went up to fight their fellow soldiers, and robbed them of their money. The strange thing is that after they snatched it, they actually stuffed it into their mouths again.

"Crazy."

"They're really crazy."

"Poor, so many madmen."

The soldiers of the Tiger Ben Army were quietly talking to themselves.

They don't know what happened to these horse thieves to become so crazy. However, it is certain that something very terrible must have happened to them, otherwise, how could they be crazy?

About three days later, there was no movement near the wolf's den. In the next two days, the number of horse thieves who came down the mountain to take refuge with Zhang Zhun was even greater. The number of people in one day exceeded fifty, and the number of war horses reached nearly hundred. The mental state of these people is also seriously distorted, and they are very close to the edge of madness.

On February 23, Zhang Zhun finally said: "The whole army has entered the mountain!" ”

The soldiers of the Tiger Ben Army immediately entered the mountain. They divided into several roads and headed from different directions to the various peaks of Daze Mountain. As a result, they were pleasantly surprised to see that all those annoying horse thieves had disappeared. Between the rugged mountains, there are only the corpses of horse thieves, and there are ownerless war horses, which are bowing their heads and gnawing on the withered yellow weeds.

There is no doubt that these horse thieves were killed during the time of infighting. No one knows the specific process of the horse thief's fight, and those who know the process have become crazy. But when you think about it, the scene must be very cold, non-bloody and bloody.

As long as you get the rank of your companion, you can not blame the past, and even if the horse thieves are not happy, they must prevent their companions from taking credit for their own rank. No one wants to be asked for credit by their peers, and no one who doesn't believe in their peers will definitely not attack themselves. No one does not dare to be on the lookout for his fellow at all times. This is the core of Zhang Zhun's strategy. As for the silver or something, it's just a beautiful disguise.

What are horse thieves, a group of murderous people. Human life, for them, is a mustard. They are outlaws, etiquette and morality, credit and shame, for them, all are floating clouds. In normal times, it is not uncommon for horse thieves to kill each other. What's more, is this sensitive time? Zhang Zhun's calculations are based on this foundation.

For a period of time, the horse thieves did not sleep well, did not eat well, were suspicious, and always felt that every action of their companions seemed to be directed at them. When you sleep at night, you have to guard against your companion's poisonous hands, and even the food sent by your companion must be carefully checked before you dare to eat. In order to be complete, even try not to eat. As a result, after a few days, some people couldn't support it. Some horse thieves want to strike first, killing their companions first. As a result, every horse thief thinks so, and a rush is inevitable.

Xie Zhiyou originally had two companions, and the three of them spent their days together in Daze Mountain, preparing to stay up until the Tiger Army retreated, and then come out for activities. However, these announcements from the Tiger Ben Army made them suspicious. Xie Zhiyou had no intention of killing his companion to ask for credit, but he couldn't help but prevent his companion from killing him. He didn't want to lose his head in a daze.

As a result, the three of them immediately became estranged from each other. All the actions of his companions, in Xie Zhiyou's opinion, are problematic. As long as the two of them were talking together, Xie Zhiyou suspected that they were discussing how to deal with him. Similarly, Xie Zhiyou's every action, in the eyes of his companions, is also strange. Any action by Xie Zhiyou seems to be aimed at killing them.

During the day, the three of them were all weapons, and they did not dare to get too close to each other. When you go to bed at night, put the knife under your pillow and pull it out at any time. At the same time, he did not dare to fall asleep at all. I'm afraid that if I fall asleep, my companion will do something to me. In the same way, his two companions, who did not dare to fall asleep, also had a scimitar under the back of their heads. So, everyone survived the night. Subsequently, everyone went to bed at night, and they were afraid to fall asleep.

However, one night, two nights are ok, three nights are not. After not sleeping for several nights, all three of them had serious problems with their mental state. Finally, Xie Zhiyou's companion took the lead in stabbing Xie Zhiyou. Xie Zhiyou was also vigilant and immediately drew his sword to fight back. Between his two companions, they are also wary of each other and intrigued. In the end, Xie Zhiyou successfully killed his two companions, cut their ranks, pulled their war horses, and came out of the mountain. If he doesn't make it out of the mountain, he will most likely be robbed and killed by other horse thieves.

Other horse thieves are not as lucky as Xie Zhiyou. More of them were defeated and perished, and then more horse thieves came up, cut off their ranks, and took away their horses. Once the seeds of hatred and suspicion are planted, there is no chance of eradication. The horse thieves were not a regular army, and there was no unified command, so it was certainly impossible to have a sense of trust among themselves. Nor is there anyone who has the power to stop the spread of this situation.

Eventually, the horse thieves exploded. Sporadic battles, some horse thieves died, and these horse thieves' accomplices gave rise to more battles, and these battles slowly turned into big sugar mold fights. Eventually, they broke out in a large-scale conflict near the wolf's den.

"My lord, there are more than six hundred corpses in total."

"A total of more than 300 war horses were captured."

Chen Xingguo came up to report the results.

"Take all the horses away."

Zhang Zhun said lightly.

"My lord, what about the scattered horse thieves?"

Yang Zixuan said with some unease.

"Continue with the previous policy."

"As long as you come with your companion's head, you are not to blame."

"Post more notices! The reward of this reward is not a lot of silver! ”

Zhang Zhun said casually.

Yang Zixuan agreed.

Sure enough, in the days that followed, scattered horse thieves arrived with their companions' heads and horses. According to Zhang Zhun's request, the soldiers of the Tiger Ben Army accepted the rank and war horses of the horse thieves, gave them the silver keys directly, and then beat them away. These people all look like crazy people, and the Tiger Ben Army is not needed.

After statistics, Zhang Zhun now said that the number of horse thieves who came to join the Tiger Ben Army was obviously far from the total number of horse thieves. So far, the Tiger Army has only accepted the surrender of less than two hundred horse thieves in total. And there are almost three or four thousand horse thieves in the Daze Mountain area. If you guess correctly, the other horse thieves will most likely die in more firefights.

Sure enough, then, when the Tiger Ben Army continued towards the mountain, a large number of horse thief corpses appeared one after another in the Taohuajian, Leopard Bamboo Stream, Laolongwan and other areas in the Daze Mountain area. Combined, there are more than a thousand people. When the soldiers of the Tiger Ben Army arrived, some of the wounded horse thieves were also present. For these horse thieves, of course, there can be no reward. The only thing that awaited them was the bayonet that put an end to their suffering.

Elsewhere, there are scattered carcasses of horse thieves. Scattered and scattered, there are actually 600 people. It can be inferred from this that the horse thieves in the Osawa area are basically almost dead. If anyone escapes, it is a very small minority. At this point, the bandit trouble of Dazeshan was solved. Zhang Zhun's strategy has received excellent results. The Tiger Army itself, but did not suffer a single casualty.

"My lord, why do horse thieves kill each other?"

"Don't they really know that they borrowed a knife to kill someone?"

"Among the horse thieves, is there no one to stop the cattle in this situation?"

At the summary meeting afterwards, many officers asked Zhang Zhun curiously.

They are indeed very curious that such a simple strategy has received such outrageous results. What is the principle behind this?

It is really a bit strange that thousands of horse thieves were disintegrated and hundreds of war horses were seized for just a few thousand taels of silver. What makes them even more puzzling is that Zhang Zhun's plan is not profound, and ordinary people should be able to understand it. However, the horse thieves just didn't understand, and they obediently started a fight, and finally killed each other, which is really interesting!

"The reason is simple, because they are horse thieves. The lack of unified command and mutual distrust are the most fundamental reasons for their fierce fight. Even if they knew that this was a ploy to kill people with a knife, they couldn't change it. Because, you don't trust the people around you. Since you don't trust the people around you, you have to be suspicious, you have to be on guard, and you have to strike first. ”

"As long as someone does it first, the strategy really works. Suspicion, combined with hatred, is enough to make a person crazy. The inability to rest for a long time led to an abnormal mental state of the horse thieves, which exacerbated the infighting. This is an irreversible ploy. The more distrust, the more killing. The more you kill, the more you don't trust. It's an endless loop, and there's no chance of liberation. ”

"Whether it is a horse thief or another army, if there is no unified command, there is no mutual trust between them, and the enemy only needs one strategy to arouse mutual suspicion. Once the seed of doubt is planted, it does not need sunlight and moisture, it can take root on its own, thrive, and eventually destroy everything around it. ”

"On the contrary, if these horse thieves had a unified command and mutual trust, my strategy would not have worked at all. Anyone who dares to slaughter their own companions will be dealt with harshly to avoid the spread of infighting. A respectable commander can also effectively prevent the spread of mutual suspicion. Therefore, there are special prerequisites for this strategy to work, and it can only be effective in the body of a horse thief. ”

"Within our Tiger Army, we must obey the command in all actions and trust each other, so as to avoid tragedy. You can distrust other people, but you must trust your comrades! Each of us is a comrade-in-arms who can be trusted with life and death on the battlefield! ”

Zhang Zhun said earnestly.

All the officers nodded their heads in acknowledgment.

The battle of Mt. Osawa ended, and almost all the horse thieves were swept away. The reason why I say almost, not all, is that there must have been some horse thieves who escaped. However, these sporadic horse thieves are no longer a climate. Because, in the hands of the Tiger Army, there are already cavalry. The Tiger Cavalry will continue to pursue the scattered horse thieves until they are all wiped out.

In the entire process of suppressing bandits, the Tiger Ben army captured more than 1,100 war horses of various colors. Zhang Zhun immediately saw that these war horses were gathered and set up three cavalry battalions. Each cavalry battalion has five squads, each with 5o cavalry, not counting officers. The whole battalion was the first battalion, and the commander was Yang Weiguo. The commander of the second battalion of cavalry was Zhong Wuying. The commander of the 3rd Cavalry Battalion was Liu Jixiang.

The two cavalry battalions of Yang Weiguo and Zhong Wuying were stationed near Pingzhou, one in Tingkou Town and the other in Guchengji, because the terrain here was the most suitable for cavalry training, and at the same time, sporadic horse thieves were also the targets of their attacks. They had to train and weed out the scattered horse thieves. As for the 3rd Cavalry Battalion, it was stationed near the city of Laizhou and was used as a mobile unit.

The horse thief named Xie Zhiyou, as well as some other horse thieves in a better mental state, were also incorporated into the cavalry battalion. For these horse thieves, whoever they are working for is a life. However, they soon showed up and joined the Tiger Army, and the benefits they got were really many. In addition to a full amount of money every month, there is also a large number of military fields. Having land means that they can also settle down in Laizhou Mansion and be upright.

Most of the military households in Liaodong know how to ride horses, and some of them are quite good at riding and shooting. There is no way, the cavalry of shoes is very fierce, and the riding and archery kung fu of shoes is the sharpest weapon. To deal with the godson's mounted archery, the most effective is actually the same mounted archery. The Ming army has never lacked war horses, therefore, on the Liaodong front, the cavalry units of the Ming army are very sufficient.

Soon, Xie Zhiyou and other bandits who took refuge became instructors in the cavalry battalion. Purely from the perspective of technology, their riding skills are indeed very skillful. They are in Liaodong. It is also a formal riding scraping practice. Now, they have moved this set of training models over and put them on the cavalry of the Tiger Army, which seems to be the same, and the training effect is also good.

Of course, it will take time for the cavalry battalion to form combat effectiveness. It would take months just to practice riding, let alone shoot on horseback. It only takes six months for Zhang Zhun to train a qualified infantryman. However, it takes at least three years to train a qualified cavalryman. This is still in the case of great intensive training.

The current cavalry of the Tiger Ben Army can only be called infantry on horseback. They can ride fast to their destination and then dismount and fight. In terms of the mobility of the troops, it is not bad. The area around Laizhou Prefecture, and even the entire Shandong region, is suitable for cavalry combat. This is Zhang Zhun's greatest comfort.

After the elimination of bandits in Dazeshan, the various procedures related to land reform were carried out smoothly. This policy, which was proved to be a weapon of rebellion and mass murder by later generations, began to play a strong role, and the support of the people, who had received real benefits, reached its peak. In the entire Laizhou Mansion, there are few people who are still thinking about the imperial court.

By the end of February, the fields had basically been divided, and all that remained was some detailed work. In order to facilitate management, Zhang Zhun changed Aoshanwei and Lingshanwei to Aoshan County and Lingshan County according to Gao Hongtu's suggestion, and appointed county commanders respectively. This means that Ao Shanwei and Lingshanwei. Officially separated from the ranks of the guards.

Due to the expansion of the control area, more resources can be integrated. All kinds of military production can be obtained at a lower cost. Pingzhou, in particular, is rich in resources. In the Dazeshan area, there are more ores, which can meet the needs of ironmaking. There is also a lot of timber in Daze Mountain, which can meet the needs of shipbuilding. In addition, Pingzhou also has a must, that is, grapes. Since the Tang Dynasty, the grapes of Pingzhou have been quite famous. After taking Pingzhou, Zhang Zhun had a plan, which was to vigorously develop the local grape industry.

According to rough statistics, the total registered population of Laizhou Prefecture, including the newly established counties of Aoshan and Lingshan, is 730,000. According to the statistics of all cultivated land, it is about 3 million mu. As the work continues to deepen, whether it is the population or the land, it will continue to increase the strength of the tiger army, and of course it will become stronger and stronger. For the current site, Zhang Zhun is still relatively satisfied, which is a good start.

On March 23, Zhang Zhun returned to Fushan City.

Today is the day of the mouse's wedding, and Zhang Zhun naturally wants to attend.