"Loyalty and hard work." Chen Xin personally greeted Wu Jianzhong at the door of the big tent.

"The subordinates are not hard. This time, the adults went to fight the rogues, and their subordinates wanted to accompany the guards to the adults. Wu Jianzhong's eyes were firm, there was no expression on his knife-like face, and his tone was very calm, but Chen Xineng felt that he was really worried about himself.

Chen Xin led him into the house and sat him down before saying, "The Liukou's combat power is limited, maybe the official can't extinguish them, but our Dengzhou Town won't be defeated by them, so don't worry." ”

"The subordinates are not worried about the rogues, the subordinates are worried about those officials." Wu Jianzhong is still straightforward, and he does not hide his dislike for officials.

Chen Xin smiled and waved his hand gently, "The official knows what you are worried about, and the official will pay attention." ”

"My lord, you are the only hope for the recovery of Liaodong, and you are also the most admired person by your subordinates, please take care of your subordinates." Wu Jianzhong got up from his seat and knelt down to Chen Xin.

Chen Xin sighed softly, helped Wu Jianzhong up, turned around in the tent twice, and said to Wu Jianzhong after stopping: "The original official wants you to be in charge of intelligence collection in Liaodong, but you have followed Liu Xingzuo for many years, and there are too many people who know you in Liaodong, so the official asked you to temporarily take charge of the field action team, although we will not deal with the Tartars for the time being, but our every effort is ultimately to strengthen Dengzhou Town, and if we are strong ourselves, then Jiannu will always be destroyed one day." ”

"The subordinates understand that as long as we occupy southern Liaonan in Dengzhou Town, Jiannu will be consumed to death sooner or later, but what the subordinates are most worried about is that there will be officials to drag them back." Wu Jianzhong said in a low voice, "Back then, my subordinates and Lord Liu defected to the Dongjiang River, because they took a fancy to Mao Shuai daring to attack Liaodong, and with those Liao people here, we can fight back after all, who knew that Mao Shuai was killed inexplicably." ”

Chen Xin smiled and said, "I understand your intentions. Liaodong is bound to recover, but our goal is more than that, you are a Liao people, well aware of the suffering of displacement in the troubled times, now the Central Plains is rampant, and the miserable people are all over the world, we not only want to recover Liaodong, but also give hope to this troubled times. ”

Wu Jianzhong's eyes moved, and he bowed slightly.

Chen Xin walked to the map hanging in the tent. Pointing to the location of Qingzhou Mansion and said: "Let you stay in Qingzhou Mansion, because this place is extremely important for me to camp, the south of Qingzhou Mansion Yishan Mengshan is located in Luzhong, stretching to the Taishan Mountains, and the west of Denglai Qingsanfu is under its protection. Only the north of Qingzhou to the sea area and the south of Xinzhou can be passed by the army. The Xinzhou region is close to the south of the Yangtze River, and it is almost impossible for the Liukou to come from the south, and it is even more impossible to build slaves, so once we control the Qingzhou Mansion, there will be an additional natural barrier, which will greatly reduce the frontal width of our defense and can gather troops more effectively. Restrict the mobility of the enemy's cavalry. ”

"My subordinates understand that they have been subduing the bandits and bandits near Qingzhou according to the will of adults, and now the Tigers are already the largest force."

Chen Xin nodded. "Now that I have a garrison in Dengzhou Town in southern Liaoning, I will also send troops to suppress the Kou, and at the same time, all the pacesetters under the rule of the governor of Shandong have moved westward, and the interior of Shandong is more empty than before. This is a good opportunity. The best result we want to strive for is to bring Qingzhou Mansion under the rule of Governor Denglai. The most unfortunate thing is to win a long-term garrison in Qingzhou Mansion, and the focus is between Yidu County and Linzi, which is the passage from the north to Denglai. ”

Wu Jianzhong said quietly: "What do subordinates need to do?" ”

Chen Xinzhi drew a circle south of Qingzhou Mansion, "After my army leaves, continue to subdue the bandits, especially the Yunmen Mountain, Daoshan, Aishan, and Longshan between Qingzhou and Linzi, and when my order arrives, focus on attacking the rural gentry, just force the gentry to put pressure on the governor of Shandong, and then ask the court for assistance." Don't kill indiscriminately unless necessary, I don't need a dilapidated Qingzhou Mansion. ”

"My subordinates understood."

"In hand, I will mobilize fifty newly trained special service teams and mountain infantry test companies for you, they will arrive one after another in ten days as a dart team, but they only fight bandits, and cannot be used for other attacks, in addition to the two bandits you reported last time, I will help you kill them this time." ……

On the second day, the army continued to advance to Linzi, Chen Xin's old trick was repeated, and a play was staged on the way, and then under the pretext that there were bandits robbing the army rations, the first general was sent into the mountains to attack the two large cottages, so that they could catch up after the attack, and the main force continued to advance.

Zhao Xuan continued his public relations, so that these servants could enjoy the treatment of full food, and the coolies cheered as if they were in the New Year, and they all went to help, even if they didn't need to do things, they went over to help, and many people strongly asked to follow Dengzhou Town to fight the Liukou.

However, of course, Zhao Xuan would not take a group of untrained ordinary people with him, and when he arrived at the border of Xincheng County in Jinan Prefecture on the third day, he asked them to return to Qingzhou Mansion on another day.

A group of coolies begged to continue their labor, Zhao Xuan specially allowed them to stay for another night, let them have an extra breakfast, when leaving, Zhao Xuan accompanied Chen Xin to meet these people in person, and the servants visited one after another, and their attitude was very cordial.

Contrary to all the accidents of labor, this Wuqu star Chen Zongbing actually distributed labor pay to them, although it was only three cents of silver a day, but this was the first time in the world, and there was still silver to be taken for contributing to the government, and it was even more grateful.

The coolies were reluctant to cling to the border of Xincheng County, and they were still standing on the side of the road after the army was all cleared, and Zhao Xuan kept looking back at the laborers in the distance as he walked, waving them to hurry home.

Chen Xin rode slowly, and asked Zhao Xuan beside him, "How do you feel on this march?" ”

Zhao Xuan thought for a while before saying: "My subordinates feel that the first thing is to have silver and food, and the second is to be really good to the people." The people are simple after all, and they know who is good to them, and like these servants, if they are persecuted by swords and guns, they will do the same, but they are far less dedicated than they are now, and if they really let them follow, they may be able to produce a lot of soldiers. ”

Chen Xin nodded slightly and smiled: "That's right, but if you have money and food, you have to know how to use it to get the maximum effect, we are not fools, money and food are not indiscriminately giving, it is natural to do things to give silver, the laborers are happy, and others have nothing to say." Second, as long as they send it to Qingzhou Mansion, the time is not long, and they only give a few cents of silver in two days, they are very grateful. When they returned, they would talk to their neighbors, and most of them would say three cents of silver a day, but in fact we only gave six cents of silver in total, which was already effective. When we arrive in Jinan Mansion, we will recruit another batch of laborers, and change a batch in each county, so that some people in each county will say that we are good, so it is more cost-effective than only requisitioning a batch of laborers to Henan. ”

Zhao Xuan suddenly said: "Master Xie mentions." ”

Chen Xin asked with interest: "We've already walked through, so what else do we need to do along the way?" ”

"And people pretend to be people. Entering the wine shop and tea shop, the rumors of those people were slightly exaggerated. ”

Chen Xin laughed and said: "Yes, the manpower invested at this time is not much, but the effect is very good." You are now the 2,000th Headquarters Instructor and the Deputy Chief Instructor of the Battle Group. There will be more time to be alone in Henan, and there are some things that can be summed up by yourself. But it is necessary to remember that the core of propaganda is benefits, but it is not just to let people know that there are benefits, establish a good image of Dengzhou Town, and then attract them to take refuge. ”

"The subordinates understood, but they were just giving bread to the children to eat these days. It still took a lot of silver. ”

"We are one side, the people are one side, and we need a bridge in the middle, and this bridge can be these recruited laborers, hawkers who buy things, and children who eat free things. It can also be Mr. Storyteller or Tea Shop Owner, after they spread, countless people will know the benefits of our Dengzhou Town, and many people will come to take refuge. Many people came to join the army, and many people came to Denglai to do business and buy things. If we garrison in Qingzhou Mansion in the future, we will not be resisted by the people, so we will never lose this bit of silver, propaganda is a loss of money, but it will always be earned back in other places, and it is definitely a big profit, this is the quality of public relations, don't be reluctant to give up this bit of silver. ”……

In Chen Xin's nagging all the way, the Dengzhou army passed through the city, in order to wait for the 1,000th headquarters, they did not march fast, and advanced while propagandizing, passing through Xincheng and Zhangqiu to reach Jinan Fucheng. Xincheng County was dilapidated along the way, and it only took a few days for Kong Youde to destroy this area, but it took a long time to restore it.

The closer you get to the provincial capital, the richer the surroundings become, and the spiritual outlook of the people is much better than that of Qingzhou. When Chen Xin returned from Linqing, he walked this road, and the closer to the canal, the richer he became, and Jinan, as the provincial capital, would certainly not be poor.

Jinan has a thriving business and streets outside the city, and its residents are slicker than in rural areas. The Dengzhou army did not leave the provincial capital that year, but pursued the rebels from the north back to Denglai, so the people here did not know their style very well, and they were quite wary of this guest army, and many roadside shops closed early, for fear of being robbed.

But some of those who got the news were not afraid at all, they opened shops to do business, there were abundant items here, and the quartermaster of Dengzhou Town went around to purchase and pay cash, and when those who closed the door reacted, the procurement was over, and those merchants regretted it one by one.

Xu Congzhi, the governor of Shandong, personally went out of the city to greet him, it was the first time he saw the Dengzhou army, and Lu Zhi was also very polite to Xu Congzhi, after all, Xu Congzhi was also a little bold. The two accompanied him to the camp for a visit, Xu Congzhi led the troops many times during the Wenxiang Sect rebellion, and he could still see some doorways, although those people and horses gave him a little weird, but he was sure that this army was indeed a rare strong army.

Chen Xin stayed in Jinan for two more days, and waited until the first thousand headquarters that the rapid march caught up, the thousand headquarters of the thousand commanders was Huang Yuan, they had broken through the cottage, although the bandit capital fled, but the power of the two bandits was also greatly weakened, Huang Yuan and the soldiers did not know Chen Xin's purpose, they received the order is to break through the cottage, defeat the main force of the bandits, and then chase the main force after completion.

Then the Qingzhou intelligence station sent a message that after the soldiers evacuated, the Tiger had occupied the two big cottages, kept chasing and killing the two bandit leaders, and brought many scattered bandits into their command.

The local gentry in Jinan rarely took the initiative to work in the army, sent pigs, sheep, grain and other things, and of course gave the generals a piece of silver. Many of them are local nobles, and there are shops in Liaocheng, Linqingzhou and other places in Dongchang Prefecture. Therefore, their labor army not only hopes that the Dengzhou army will suppress the bandits, but also hopes that this guest army will not loot.

Chen Xin also took advantage of the pause for two days to have a lot of relationship with Xu Congzhi, Xu Congzhi knew Chen Xin's connections in the imperial court, and there was an army of thousands of people in front of him as a backing. So the business is very easy to discuss, Chen Xin and Xu Congzhi do not directly talk about business, but just give each other a banquet, the participation of both sides privately discuss the conditions, and the conditions are negotiated in two days, and the business in Shandong will be under the care of Xu Congzhi in the future.

After doing this, Chen Xincai continued to hurry slowly, and the Ministry of War stipulated that he would arrive in Zhending before May, but Chen Xin was not going to be so obedient, and complained to the Ministry of War every few days along the way, while reporting the location, he claimed that there was not much money and food for the army.

It was not until May 6 that the Dengzhou army arrived in Linqingzhou, and Lu Zhi was a little anxious now, but he did not know the potential of the Dengying march, according to his previous experience, the speed of fifty or sixty miles a day was already very fast.

In Linqing Prefecture, there was another armed march, and Wang Erya went to the labor army in the name of the Tobacco Industry Guild, hinting at his background to all forces in Linqing. The big case in Linqing last year has long been spread among the people, because of the name Dengxiang, so many people can associate Dengying, and they also know that they are more capable of fighting, but the feeling is not too obvious. After this armed march in Dengzhou Town, people with other thoughts completely gave up.

The distance between Linqing and the Daimyo Mansion is only more than 100 miles, and the width of the Daimyo's Mansion from east to west is only 100 miles. He was looking forward to the arrival of the Dengzhou soldiers, this Zhizhou got a lot of benefits this year, and after receiving Xu Congzhi's order, he became more affectionate, talked with Chen Xin very happily, and promised to provide food and husband's service.

And Chen Xin also met the old leader Zhou Hongmo, who changed his fate because of his military exploits in the camp and got the good position of Linqing Counselor, and he didn't want to change places. In the original history, he was captured in the battle of Dalinghe, and at this time he should have been constantly giving Huang Taiji a sparse situation, asking him to attack Shanhaiguan as soon as possible and win the world.

Chen Xin didn't know this, he received an eight-hundred-mile rush from the Ministry of War, asking him to go directly to Wu'an. In fact, he had already received the news that Lu Xiangsheng gave the Liukou a head-on blow in Wu'an, and Zuo Liangyu and the Sichuan soldiers joined forces together, and also defeated several Liukou in a row, curbing their attempt to break north into Zhending Mansion.

It was already very close to Liukou, and Chen Xin did not delay any longer, and only rested for one day in Linqing, and after replenishing grain and grass, he led his troops to the Daimyo's Mansion through the Wei River.

In Shanxi, Xuanda and Shaanxi trilateral elite roads surrounded it, most of the 36th battalion of thieves converged in Lu'an Mansion and swam in the direction of Shexian County one after another, and several newly arrived thieves have been found in Shexian County, Linxian County, and Wu'an, which border Henan.

On 11 May, Chen Xin arrived at the Daimyo's Mansion, but he was not warmly welcomed, perhaps because there were many guest troops who had recently crossed the border, and the local prefect did not allow him to enter the city, saying that all guest troops were not allowed to enter the city, and only promised to provide 100 stone of grain. Chen Xin was too lazy to get angry, and camped outside the city on his own, and he didn't meet the prefect.

As soon as he lived in the tent of the Chinese army, someone from the Daimyo station hurriedly came, and after Chen Xin recruited him in, the person hurriedly sent an urgent report, "My lord, I received the news yesterday that Pingshun County, Shanxi Province was attacked by the Liukou. ”

ps: I wrote too fast yesterday, and the handsome guy on the stage should be Xu Pingjie, not Xu Yuanhua, which is hereby corrected.