The New Year of Tuanshan Fort was quite peaceful and fulfilling, and the changes in tension were only known to the high-level people, and the lives of the ordinary people had not changed in the slightest.

Ning Yuanwei now has 12,000 troops, nearly 7,000 Tuanshan Fort soldiers, and a large number of auxiliaries, that is, the reserve militia in Zhang Da's mouth, with a total strength of more than 10,000.

Zu Zepu of the Ningyuan Acropolis was dreaming of the Qing Autumn every day, waiting for the imperial court to order the mobilization of the troops of Guangning and Shanhaiguan to come together to crusade against Tuanshan Fort, so he was more and more cowered in the Ningyuan Acropolis and refused to come out.

In the afternoon of this day, the fog that had been permeating the morning began to slowly dissipate, the gate of Tuanshan Fort was wide open, and Gao Yuanliang came to the fort gate with a group of civil and military personnel to bow down and wait.

The scout team that went to pick up the scout came with the news that Master Zhang's convoy was already ten miles away and would soon arrive at Tuanshan Fort.

Although the weather was still very cold, the civil and military officials of Tuanshan Fort all looked forward to it, and whispered about the return of Master Zhang.

This time, Zhang Zhang brought his mother Song Xiuniang, Ruochen, and Liu Ru to Tuanshan Fort together, and in the future, under the protection of the Tuanshan Army, they will definitely not be hurt at all.

Xu Jingping's news was followed up by Feng Ling, the director of the newly established Tuanshan Intelligence Department after the reorganization of the Sun Moon Pavilion, and if there was any news, Feng Ling would report to Zhang Li as soon as possible.

At this moment, in the horse convoy of tension ten miles away from Tuanshan Fort, the leading two-horse carriage was sitting on it by Zhang Li and Liu Ruyi.

Liu Ru has spent very little time with Zhang Zhang recently, and after her last serious illness, Liu Ru has matured a lot.

Now she doesn't have any other ideas, after all, her status is too far from Sister Ruochen and Sister Jingping, and it is enough to just be by the young master's side.

Liu Ru glanced at Zhang Li and whispered, "Young Master, you can do things with confidence." Ruochen's sister and aunt will leave it to me to take care of. ”

Zhang Zhang originally planned to keep Ruochen and his mother by his side for treatment, but he couldn't be by their side all the time.

Now that Liu said this, he suddenly thought of a better place.

Zhang Zhang pondered for a moment, and said to Liu Rus: "If so, you will work in the Tuanshan Fort Medical Hall in the future." Now there is an inpatient department in the Tuanshanbao Medical Center, and I have already ordered someone to open up a separate high-level ward in the inpatient department. That's what I'll call it for now. The first group of patients is Ruochen and her mother, and you are solely responsible for taking care of them. When you arrive at Tuanshan Fort, you and Yan Langzhong go to the medical hall and settle Ruochen and his mother first. ”

As soon as Liu Ru heard that the young master had agreed to his request, and had also arranged an errand to work in the medical hall in the future, he immediately nodded and said, "Thank you, young master." ”

After a pause, Liu Ru asked again: "Young Master, Sister Jingping's ......?"

Zhang Li's expression immediately darkened, and a moment later. Only then did he speak: "I have my own arrangements. ”

Liu nodded and stopped talking.

The convoy moved forward for another half an hour, and the speed of the car suddenly slowed down. Zhang Li lifted the curtain of the carriage and glanced out, only to see that Tuanshan Fort was already close in front of him, and Gao Yuanliang and others hurried over.

After the carriage stopped, Zhang Li jumped out of the carriage and exchanged a few words with Gao Yuanliang and others. He immediately ordered everyone to go to the meeting hall of Tuanshan Fort.

Coming to the council hall, Zhang Li walked to the main seat and sat down. After coldly glancing at his subordinates, he said straight to the point: "Now that there are traitors in the court, the emperor is bewitched......"

Zhang Li's brows furrowed, these official words still have to be said - you can't say that Tuanshan Fort is Liangshanbo right now, and this young master wants to be the king of the mountain, right?

"Well, presumably soon the emperor will set things right. There is no further discussion of this matter. If you are not satisfied, you can leave Tuanshan Fort now, and this official will not be embarrassed! ”

Everyone in the council hall was distracted, but not a single person disagreed.

Zhang Li's subordinates can probably be roughly divided into three groups of forces: first, the old man represented by Gao Yuanliang and Pan Batian; the second is the followers of Ningyuan's military preparation period represented by Yi Ze and Goximeng; The third is the followers of the Ningyuan governor period represented by Wang Qifeng.

The circumstances of these three groups are different.

Gao Yuanliang and Pan Batian, who rushed over from Ning Yuan's middle and right, are the descendants of Zhang Li. Even if Zhang Zhang is now pulling the flag and rebelling, they have nothing to say.

Pan Batian was an anxious man, and when he heard Zhang Li say this, he knew what it meant behind it, so he glanced at Yi Ze and said in a deep voice: "Old Yi, you also heard what the adults said." I Pan Batian and Gao Guerrilla naturally follow adults, what do you mean? ”

Before Yi Ze could answer, Gao Yuanliang also glanced at Ge Ximeng meaningfully, and said lightly: "Is Master Ge still willing to be the master of Tuanshan Castle?" ”

The civilian and military generals who had taken refuge in Tuanshan Fort, such as Izawa and Gohimon, were now much better mixed than before, and from any point of view, it was obvious that they would continue to follow Zhang Li with a more promising future.

These two people were both people from Ning Yuanwei in the past, and later followed Zhang Zhang to oppose Ning Yuan's general soldier Zu Zepu. If you don't follow the tension now, I'm afraid that as soon as you return to the Ningyuan Acropolis, you will immediately be wiped off by Zu Zepu to vent your anger.

Yi Ze didn't think much about it, knelt down on one knee, raised his voice and said, "The last general swears to follow Master Zhang to the death!" ”

Gohimeng also bowed to the main seat tension, and said loudly: "The lower official is only Lord Zhang's head!" ”

Pan Batian smiled and turned his head to look at Zhang Li.

Zhang Li's expression was cold, he only nodded slightly, and then looked at the classic history Wang Qifeng.

This Wang Qifeng represents the third group of forces, that is, the people who joined in the development process after the establishment of Tuanshan Fort.

Wang Qifeng's face was solemn, in fact, he had already figured out that his career was hopeless, could he go home and be a small landlord who begged for land?

Unwilling! Master Zhang naturally has the ambition of Lingyun, although he is a small person, he may not be able to make a difference!

If you do a good job in Tuanshan Fort, it is not impossible to become a master.

Wang Qifeng bowed and said loudly: "The lower officials are also willing to follow Master Zhang!" ”

At this point, everyone has expressed their attitude, no one is willing to leave Tuanshan Fort, and they are willing to continue to work with tension.

Zhang Li breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, although the hearts of the people were separated from the belly, but the basic situation of these people under his command was still clear to him. They didn't mix well before, but now they are doing a good job with themselves in Tuanshan Fort. Naturally, there is nothing too much of a problem.

Obviously, in the hearts of the people in Tuanshan Fort, they don't think that Zhang Li is a rebellion - the party competition in the imperial court has been fierce all these years, and what is the point of the officials being frustrated for a while?

Maybe Ming'er and Master Zhang will make a comeback, right?

In these years, all those who have military power are masters, such as Nazu Dashou, Wu Xiang and others, aren't they?

People's loyalty is mainly driven by interests.

As Tuanshan Fort grows and grows, everyone will be like being seated on a roaring train. It's impossible to get out of the car.

Or if you want to jump out of the car, then you jump, there are countless people behind you staring at your position.

What Zhang Li needs to do is to gradually establish a complete set of systems, the rule of law rather than the rule of man, and will never let Tuanshan Fort suffer huge losses because of the betrayal of one person.

Of course, the tension is clear, and this needs to be done step by step - and it is a relatively critical moment at this time. None of the people under him have a second heart, and that's the best thing to do.

Zhang Zhang straightened his voice and said loudly: "Let's discuss the current situation of Tuanshan Fort." ”

After a pause, Zhang Li first nodded to Gao Yuanliang: "Gao Guerrilla, what is the current military situation of Ning Yuanwei?" ”

Gao Yuanliang took two steps forward and said loudly: "My lord, now Ning Yuanwei is calm, and this time is the New Year." Zu Zepu has been cowering in the Ningyuan Acropolis, and there is no change. ”

Zhang Zhang nodded. He asked, "Beacon Tower—Hmm, how many fire piers are currently deployed?" ”

Gao Yuanliang thought for a moment and replied loudly: "The original forty-seven fire road piers in the southern part of Ningyuan are now all restored to use, and each fire road pier is garrisoned with a small banner of troops. ”

The tension bowed slightly, and so on. No matter who the enemy is, as long as there is an army dispatched, Tuanshan Fort will be the first to get the news.

Depending on the situation, Zu Dashou and they don't plan to toss anymore in winter, they are all in the "cat winter", after all, it is much more difficult to send troops and supplies in winter than in other seasons.

Military pressure will be gone, at least until the beginning of spring. Then now is the time to expand the army!

The army has been greatly expanded, after all, it now controls a lot of territory in the south of Ningyuan, and every guard city has a large amount of armaments and materials, and if it is not used now, will it be left for the enemy?

As soon as he thought of this, Zhang Li immediately made a decision: "Gao Yuanliang obeys orders!" ”

Gao Yuanliang's expression was awe-inspiring, and he said solemnly: "The end will be!" ”

Zhang Zhang said slowly: "Tuanshan Fort currently has 7,000 soldiers, and the best soldiers in the reserve are selected as soldiers-how many people are in the reserve now?" ”

Gao Yuanliang blurted out: "My lord, now the reserve is also 7,000 people!" ”

Zhang Zhang nodded and said in a deep voice: "Okay, the number of soldiers has been expanded to 10,000." Increase the recruitment work, don't be afraid to spend money, and pull all the armaments and materials in Ningyuan Zhongyou, Ningyuan Houtunwei and other places back to Tuanshan Fort! In addition, the training of soldiers should not be relaxed, and the month-long recruit training month will start immediately! ”

Zhang Zhang also knew that the step of this expansion was obviously a bit big - but he had no choice!

Originally, he hoped to get armaments from the imperial court, but now that this hope is shattered, then everything has to be created by himself.

Without a gun, any wealth created is Tang monk meat, and it will only be eaten by others to the point that there is no bone residue left.

Then expand the army, expand the army, expand the army, and expand the army again.

If there are not enough people, go and pull people again!

If you don't have enough money, find a way!

Anyway, now everything is tilted towards the main line of army expansion!

After the beginning of spring, there will be 10,000 soldiers capable of fighting, and 10,000 undertrained "reserve" auxiliaries, so that after a few battles between the old and the new, there will be 20,000 soldiers who can fight in one battle.

Some important strategic points in Nanning must also be defended with additional troops.

As soon as he thought of this, Zhang Zhang immediately turned his head to Pan Batian and said: "Mr. Pan Qian, your current task is to guard Ningyuan's Zhongyou Station, which must be heavily guarded, so let's increase the number of troops to 3,000!" ”

Pan Batian was overjoyed, and hurriedly replied loudly: "The last general will obey the order!" ”

"Izawa!"

"The last general!"

"You lead an escort of 3,000 people to Xuanfu, Shanxi, Datong, and Beizhilila. Don't fight the regimental mountain fort, just say Ningyuan Guard. Every 300 guards brought back 2,000 people, and they had to bring a steady stream of people to Tuanshan Fort. ”

Iza replied, "Yes, my lord! (To be continued.) )