When Zhang Hongbin was busy attacking Xi'an, Zhang Hongwu, who was far away in Xi'an, was also carrying out the most important battle of his life.

At this moment, his identity is a guerrilla general of the New Army, and there are about 3,000 men under his command. Unlike other colleagues, he has special assistance from the Zhangjia Chamber of Commerce, so he doesn't have to worry about food and food at all. According to Mr. Zhang, what is needed at this stage is a higher and higher position, not to make money for the family.

Anti-thieves are already everywhere, and Houjin has also begun to constantly try to take advantage of Daming. The army of the Ming Dynasty has completely decayed, and even the Guanning army is relying on the combat effectiveness of silver and pensions. Technology is sluggish, thinking is stagnant, courtiers are reaping benefits for their behind-the-scenes supporters, and the new emperor is too young to have the courage to rule and dictate.

The situation shows that it is now the end of a dynasty, if Zhang Hongbin hadn't pointed it out in advance, even if Mr. Zhang faintly found something, he would not have considered it in this regard, after all, this kind of thinking was already a big rebellion.

The Zhang family has a traitor, but there is also a loyal minister. No one knows that in the eyes of many people, the scourge of the third child of the Zhang family has been killed by Wang Er's group of thieves. As for the origin of the anti-thief called salvation, Mr. Zhang will not admit it anyway.

The predecessors of the Zhang family have produced a lifter, which means that for a long time, the Zhang family can enjoy certain privileges. But after all, this person is a predecessor, and his own side is not capable of being admitted, and the decline of the family is inevitable. For this reason, the Zhang family needs a hero of the Ming Dynasty, a hero who can carry the Zhang family.

The eldest doesn't count on it, he is more like the second one, operating a qiē behind the scenes, deploying materials for the two brothers and running the industry. In fact, Zhang Hongbin must also admit that without the conscientiousness of his eldest brother, the goods in his supermarket would not be able to sell at all. If the goods cannot be sold, it means that there will be no consumption, and the most important thing is that there will be no more funds to return as funds for the development of the power.

The second eldest Zhang Hongwu, a standard martial arts idiot, went to Shanxi to do some activities according to Mr. Zhang's intentions and became a guerrilla general of the New Army. The 3,000 subordinate people are all newly recruited homeless, but they are standard Shaanxi villagers. After all, this so-called initial team is still more reassuring for people from their hometowns.

The 3,000 men did not have a single soldier, and they were supplied exactly according to the standard salary. In the entire new army, this team has the least salary from the government, and I won't elaborate on the willingness, but the food and salary from the private sector is the most sufficient, so sufficient that even Shangguan is red-eyed.

Thanks to Zhang Hongwen's communication, he forcibly asked the chief officer to withdraw the dog's paw that was about to be stretched out, so that Zhang Hongwu could firmly control the three thousand elites.

The price paid will not be detailed.

Some time ago, several anti-thieves in Shaanxi, especially in northern Shaanxi, began to commit crimes across provinces when their localities had been looted. To put it bluntly, it is from Shaanxi to Shanxi, depending on the situation will wreak havoc here, and then it depends on whether the situation will continue to loot or develop a base area.

Zhang Hongbin's behavior has made many anti-thieves with a bit of brains realize that constant wandering is actually meaningless, and if you want to develop and grow, you want a steady stream of money and food, and having a base is the most important thing.

It is precisely because of this idea that in fact, today's Chuang Wang Gao Yingxiang, Wang Jiayin, Lao Huihui, and even Zhang Xianzhong, who revolted in advance, have begun to plan to set up a base in a certain place.

It's just that there are so many anti-thieves who took the lead in jumping out of the mess in Shaanxi and launched an attack on Shanxi.

According to Shangguan's intentions, it was not his own defense area, and all the new troops were not allowed to move until the enemy entered the defense area. Otherwise, the responsibility will be borne by the generals of the New Army who are dispatched without authorization. Because of this order, all the state capitals except for the state capitals that were attacked by the thieves remained silent.

This situation lasted for two months, and perhaps frustrated by the officials in the affected areas, Chongzhen ordered the new troops from other states and counties to come to the rescue.

"Here, you draw lots, whoever is unlucky, go over there for a walk!" The prefect asked his subordinates to take a handful of signatures and put them in front of several officers.

According to his meaning, let the large army go over to play, see the thief army from a distance, and retreat directly if the force is strong, if you encounter a lone person called to kill a dozen, so it is considered to have completed the task assigned above. First, most of the troops' food and salary supply is insufficient, everyone is half-fed and half-hungry and has no strength to fight, and secondly, these commanders are not stupid, they also know that if their new army is accidentally defeated, then who will protect their safety when the thieves go south in the future?

Whatever the reason, the chief officer wouldn't allow the people below to work so hard anyway.

"There's no need to draw lots, I'm willing to go!" Zhang Hongwu came out of the ranks, knelt down on one knee and said.

"Well, let's go for a walk. Remember, you can't be beaten, if you come back with a third less new army, you're doing nothing! The commander knew that the troops under Zhang Hongwu's command were fierce and daring to fight, and because the other officers were a little jealous of him, it was better to send him out.

If you are lucky and win the battle, then you have a meritorious service; If he returns from a big defeat, he can just rectify it, and maybe he can double the filial piety of the Zhang family or something. This official has achieved the position of prefect, and few of them are simple.

"The last general obeys!" Zhang Hongbin shouted, maybe he thought of the prefect's idea in his heart, but as long as he could fight, it would be fine.

The food was prepared for two months, but it was only 50% of the regular consumption, so if it was eaten openly, it could only last for about half a month. The worst thing is that these grains are all old grains, and it would be good to be able to eat them, but don't expect them to be delicious.

Some of the silver was also distributed, according to 20%, but after Zhang Hongwu got the money, he exchanged the silver for meat. As for the soldiers' salaries, the Zhangjia Chamber of Commerce will distribute them, so that these fellow villagers from Shaanxi know who paid their salaries, which is very beneficial to winning people's hearts.

When the wine and food were full, the army also set out along the way, but Zhang Hongwu was open to let the soldiers eat, and none of them not only ate well, but also had meat. But what followed was also practice while moving forward. This may not be as good as daily drills, but it is a good help to keep the soldiers' bodies active and ready to enter the combat state.

The food and salary were originally not much, and they could only last for about 15 days according to the opening calculation. But it doesn't matter, Zhang Hongwu's original goal was to complete an unprecedented battle in fifteen days, at least on the Shanxi side. In this campaign, he expanded his army to a certain extent, and at the same time spent a lot of money outside.

"It's time to eat!" The Firehead shouted into the barracks.

On the first day, the army traveled 200 miles, which was rare in the regular army sequence of the Ming Dynasty. It was rare to start recuperating, but everyone collapsed to the ground, like an old dog that had been half-dead. Even if you hear your favorite sound of eating, you can't get them moving.

"Are they all dead? Give me a meal, the slowest team has no meat to eat! Zhang Hongwu came to them and yelled.

Now, no one dares to continue to pretend to be a dead dog, when it comes to eating meat, then nothing else is a problem. You must know that the people of this year, almost all of them are eligible to eat a meal of meat during the New Year!

The bowl was filled with aged rice, but it was topped with a layer of fatty meat and a few slices of greens. This kind of food, according to the soldier, is that even if you eat and fight with others, your life is worth it!

Terrible obedient people, poor Ming people......

"Third child, are you afraid of death?" During the meal, a soldier asked the fellow from the same village next to him.

"Afraid, who is not afraid of death? But if you starve to death, die of thirst, be hacked to death by anti-thieves, be killed by soldiers and ruffians, and be beaten to death by the landlord Lao Cai, maybe it will be more comfortable to fight to death with those anti-thieves. The three of them were eating in large gulps, and the words they said were a little vague, but his fellow villagers finally understood.

Also, if you don't become a soldier, you're afraid that you will die after all, and since you are a soldier, you are risking your life to eat the imperial food. Since this life has long been put away, then there is no question of harm or fear. Now we need to think about how to make this life longer...... In particular, as a soldier for Zhang's guerrillas, he has a full stomach and a salary, and it is rare that he occasionally eats meat, even if the training is hard, even if he really wants to go into battle to kill the enemy, he doesn't want to leave, so he will die in this team.

The death of a confidant is not only a patent at the level of 'scholar', but also a person of any class, as long as you give enough effort, then you will eventually reap a considerable reward.

At least at this moment, among the 3,000 soldiers, more than 2,800 people were willing to die for Zhang Hongwu.