The incomprehension and questions of the Yangzhou prefect, Luo Yangxing was also worried at the beginning, and after the troops went deep into the south of the Yangtze River, whether to play the banner of the Tiger and Leopard Army with great fanfare, specially discussed with Wei Zheng.

The final result of the discussion was that no matter what actions the imperial court had, as long as these troops who had penetrated into various parts of the southern part of the Yangtze River had the capital to gain a foothold in the local area, they could play the banner of the Tiger and Leopard Army with great fanfare, and use this banner to expand their influence in the local area, so as to achieve the purpose of expanding the troops and attracting the attention of the imperial court......

As for the possible return of the other by the imperial court, Wei Zheng did not pay attention to it at all......

In contrast to the model in which the grassroots political power of the imperial court was in the hands of the local landlords and gentry, the northern provinces controlled by the Haw Par Army, no matter how grass-roots the political power, were in the hands of the Haw Par Army......

At the local level, there are not only civil officials at all levels sent by the royal government to maintain the most basic rule, but also a large number of local armed forces trained by disabled veterans of the Haw Par Army to maintain law and order......

More importantly, because of the way the Haw Par Army bought and divided the land, everyone had their own land and no longer had to go hungry......

The people sent by the imperial court to the rear of the Tiger and Leopard Army to make trouble, not to mention the development and growth, did not even have a foothold......

Because, no one will let go of a rich life, and go to the kind of days when licking blood on the knife edge and may die at any time......

No civilians joined them, and with the people's support for the Haw Par Army, a large number of armed people were hidden in the northern provinces......

Wei Zheng can confidently say that as long as the people sent by the imperial court enter the area controlled by the tiger and leopard army, they will fall into a dead end......

Thereupon. When Luo Yangxing asked this question. Wei Zheng didn't think about it. The decision was made to play the banner of the Haw Par Army with great fanfare......

And Hu Hai, who is currently active in Yangzhou Prefecture, has no surprise when he plays the banner of the Haw Par Army to expand his influence and even expand the army under the condition of having the capital to protect himself......

Just when the prefect of Yangzhou began to hesitate, whether to transfer the Yangzhou garrison troops and immediately set out to attack Cangyunling. When this tiger and leopard army is exterminated.

Hu Hai, who returned to Cangyunling, has already begun to reap the huge benefits that he has brought to himself after playing the banner of the Tiger and Leopard Army......

After returning to Cangyunling with great fanfare, Hu Hai was very surprised to find that in addition to the more than 200 people in Zhangjiatubao who were willing to join the Tiger and Leopard Army...... Along the way, there were many people who couldn't survive because of the imperial court's tax increase, followed the team and came to Cangyunling, shouting and asking to join the Tiger and Leopard Army......

When Hu Hai singled out all the young people who met the requirements of the Tiger and Leopard Army, he was very shocked to find out. These people, plus the nursing home of more than 200 people, turned out to be more than 400 people. The number of a battalion of the main force of the Haw Par Army is about the same......

There are many people in the army, and the happiest one is Hu Hai.

However, happy to happy, Hu Hai did not lose his mind because of this......

Hu Hai knew very well that he had made such a big battle in Zhangjiatubao, even if the Yangzhou prefect did not want to send troops to encircle and suppress him and offend the tiger and leopard army, the high-ranking officials of the Zhang family in the imperial court also forced the Yangzhou prefect to send troops to encircle and suppress him......

Therefore, on the second day after returning to Cangyunling, Hu Hai reorganized his more than 400 soldiers into three companies...... A long-range musket company, and two close-quarters combat companies with bombardiers and shield fighters. After that, the unprecedentedly intense training for these recruits began......

The yamen of Yangzhou prefect confirmed that the Cangyunling bandits were really the queen of the Tiger and Leopard Army.

The prefect was eager to send troops to exterminate him...... Then, he took the heads of these tiger and leopard soldiers to ask the court for credit.

However, when Tongzhi told the prefect that Hu Hai was full of threats, the prefect, who had just been hot-faced, immediately became hesitant.

Those threatening words, if someone else said them, the prefect would at most take them as wind in their ears.

However, when he came out of the mouth of the Haw Par Army officer, the prefect had to pay attention to it......

As a middle-level official in the imperial court, the prefect obviously knows more about the Haw Par Army than ordinary people......

In the eyes of the prefect, the Haw Par Army not only has an army whose combat effectiveness far exceeds that of the imperial court, but also has an army that makes all the officials of the imperial court feel terrified......

If you ignore the threat and really do something that makes the Haw Par Army hate you......

In front of the tough Tiger and Leopard Army, there is really no hope of survival.

However, just as he hesitated, wondering if there was a way to get the best of both worlds.

A secret letter from Nanjing City was delivered directly to him.

The son of the Zhang family, who was a high-ranking official in Nanjing City, directly threatened him in a letter that if he didn't kick you and destroy the Cangyunling Tiger and Leopard Army immediately, he would immediately go to the court and send himself to prison......

As a result, the prefect, who was forced to be helpless, could only transfer a thousand garrisons from the garrison camp of Yangzhou Mansion, commanded by a garrison general, and slaughtered towards Cangyunling......

In order to deal with the muskets in the hands of the Cangyunling Tiger and Leopard Army, without equipping the muskets, the prefect directly took out all the only ten Franc machines in the garrison camp and sent troops to Cangyunling with the troops......

Of course, such a large-scale military movement could not conceal the internal guards in Yangzhou City......

The Yangzhou garrison had just walked halfway when Hu Hai, who was far away in Cangyunling, received the news......

Five hundred recruits against a thousand imperial garrisons, even though these five hundred recruits were armed with more than a hundred new muskets and thousands of grenades. The former veterans of the Tiger and Leopard Army, who were summoned by Hu Hai, and now the company platoon commanders, after listening to the report on the enemy situation, everyone showed a solemn expression from the bottom of their hearts......

The final result of the discussion was that until the artillery of the official army was settled, it was absolutely impossible to engage in a head-on confrontation with these imperial officers and soldiers......

As for these garrisons who marched into Cangyun Ridge, although they had heard of how powerful the Tiger and Leopard Army were, they had not seen it with their own eyes.

What's more, there are only a few dozen of the Tiger and Leopard Army they are ready to exterminate in front of them, but they have a thousand of them, and they also have ten Franc machine guns......

Therefore, although the prefect repeatedly explained to them before departure, the whole process must be cautious......

However, the garrison general, who had a thousand soldiers, became arrogant as he walked......

As the officers and troops got closer and closer to Cangyunling, the roads became more and more rugged......

At the beginning, the artilleryman, who was still in the middle of the line, fell to the back of the line unknowingly because the artillery was too heavy.

At the same time, an ambush circle against the artillery of the officers and soldiers also appeared in front of the officers and soldiers.

Of course, all these garrison generals who walked in the middle of the officers and troops were still secret......

With the vanguard of the officers and troops, the main force, slowly walked through the encirclement......

The artilleryman, pulling ten Franc machine guns, was struggling to advance on the mountain road, and finally entered Hu Hai's field of vision.

A sneer quickly appeared on Hu Hai's face...... (To be continued......)