Liu Erzu bowed his head lightly and said, "Brother Huo is right, sending troops to help in the war is indeed beneficial to our army. Then, in your opinion, how much is the right amount for our army to send? ”

Huo Yi thought for a moment and said, "Less than five thousand, it should be fine." ”

Liu Erzu groaned, and quickly calculated in his heart. The Red Turban Army is 5,000, Peng Yibin can send up to 6,000, plus the 5,000 men and horses sent by his own headquarters, which should be enough. Moreover, if there are more troops, it will also be advantageous in the measurement of combat merits, and you can get more captured materials.

"It's five thousand!" Liu Erzu made a decision, looked at Huo Yi again and said, "I have to work hard Brother Huo to lead this team." ”

Huo Yi still has a lot of respect for Liu Erzu, and arched his hand and said: "My subordinates obey orders, but I don't dare to say that I am hard." ”

Liu Erzu bowed his head slightly and said, "Only if Brother Huo leads the army, can a certain rest assured." In all matters outside, Brother Huo can be dealt with cheaply, and there is no need to report to me. ”

Huo Yi pondered for a moment and said, "I also ask the general to give Hao Ding an order, and ask him to cooperate when the coalition forces attack Teng and Yan'erzhou." ”

Liu Erzu smiled a little helplessly and said, "It's okay." Allow him a state of land and order him to send troops to help in the war! Peng Yibin, let's give a reward from the seized materials! ”

For his subordinates, Liu Erzu can of course give orders, but he also knows that his subordinates are often not thorough or active in the orders they execute. If it's just for show, he doesn't have a trick. Therefore, Liu Erzu also knows the means of luring him.

Although Huo Yi was authorized to act cheaply, he still discussed it seriously with Liu Erzu, and had a certain way to deal with the possibilities that came to mind, so he received the general order and went out to order troops.

Liu Yingying also wanted to follow Huo Yi on the expedition, but was sternly rejected by her father. This time she wanted to sneak away, but it was not so easy.

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The rebel army moved from dispersion to unity, even if it was just a coordinated operation, or echoing support like the siege of Wei and the rescue of Zhao, its practical significance was far more than capturing a few large cities and destroying many enemies.

It is precisely because of this vision and thinking that Meng Jiucheng can show generosity in the distribution of seizures, even if he suffers a little loss temporarily.

Of course, Meng Jiucheng is also trying his best to fight for the interests of the Red Turban Army, and fighting Haizhou is a prerequisite. In his opinion, this request is not excessive. What's more, he also decided to make some compromises and concessions in the distribution of captured materials!

After staying in Tanghe Town for a few days, news came from Liu Erzu's side that the intention of joint operations had been reached again, and the 5,000 men and horses led by Huo Yi were driving towards this side. And Peng Yibin has no problem, he occupied the state city, got supplies, and collected more than 1,000 defeated soldiers, and his morale is booming.

Now that the joint attack on Haizhou had been decided, Meng Jiucheng left Tanghe Town, mobilized his troops, and assembled in Chengxi Town in the southeast. At the same time, he also informed Peng Yibin and asked him to lead the army to come to the rendezvous.

After the First Battle of Yizhou, the overall military strength of the Red Turban Army did not suffer great losses. Moreover, the recruitment and training of new recruits has been ongoing and will soon be replenished.

The expanded troops may have a small fluctuation in combat power, but not much. The main point is that there is a unique way to expand the Red Turban Army.

In order to better allow the growth of new recruits and implement the training method of using old soldiers to lead new soldiers, the expansion of the Red Turban Army should be more accurately supplemented. There are no new recruits in the form of formations, but the old units are constantly injected with fresh blood, and then they are broken up in formations after they swell to a certain extent.

With veterans with them, recruits can grasp the experience of veterans as quickly as possible; With veterans with them, the recruits have the backbone in the battle array. After one or two actual battles, the recruits will quickly mature, and even enter the ranks of veterans, and begin to teach the real recruits by word and deed.

After this form of expansion, the combat effectiveness of the army will certainly decline in the initial stage, but the skeleton still exists, and the degree of decline can be controlled within a certain range.

This kind of expansion is an easier opportunity for veterans to get promoted, and most of the captains and chiefs are veterans. If you are more motivated, study more, and be more literate, you can also move forward to the middle rank.

Even if you are a veteran and have not been promoted, there will be differences in terms of military salary and treatment. At the very least, military salaries and bereavement pensions are increased according to the length of service and military merits, and the distribution of land after retirement has also increased greatly according to the years and merits.

Therefore, whether you are loyal or a soldier and eat food, as long as you work hard, there will always be benefits for you. Of course, the punishment for soldiers' violations of discipline, slacking off in battle, and cowering in fear of death is also unprecedentedly severe.

Attaching equal importance to grace and power, and clear rewards and punishments, have always been the characteristics of a strong army.

And what is the other characteristic of a strong army, Meng Jiucheng believes that it is a strong soldier, that is, the equipment should be good.

Despite the constraints, he has been trying. Moreover, the expansion rate of the Red Turban Army is somewhat controlled. Therefore, whether it is overall or the generals who go out, compared with other rebel armies, the Red Turban Army still has a better position in equipment.

The campaign lasted two or three hundred miles and took more than 30 days, and Meng Jiucheng calculated the approximate time required for this joint operation.

Although it was more than ten days later than his original plan, the result will not change much. After all, in that era, communication, information transmission and transportation were very backward, and the war period was even more intermittent. The main force of the Jin army, which was fighting fiercely with Yang An'er in Laizhou, was unlikely to withdraw its troops to attack back even if it got the news, and Yang An'er would be resurrected.

Moreover, when the news reaches the north, it will take time to reorganize the army and go to fight elsewhere, and Meng Jiucheng thinks that the Jin army is too late.

Of course, just in case, Meng Jiucheng still issued an order and mobilized other forces led by Wang Zhongfeng and Zheng Si'an to defend the two directions of Juzhou and Mizhou.

As a result of the formation of the militia and taking over the work of maintaining law and order, such as taking over the work of suppressing thieves and robbers, the Red Turban Army was able to concentrate its forces and carry out key defenses at key points around the base area, which was also more advanced than other rebel armies.

As soon as Huo Yi's soldiers and horses arrived, the three coalition forces launched an operation and attacked Haizhou. Ma Liang, Gao Lin, Song Dezhen and other troops in the East China Sea got the news and also became active, occupying the town and attacking the county. Although it was not really united, it indirectly responded to the actions of the coalition forces.

In the face of the menacing and 100,000 rebel army, the defense envoy Na Bu did not dare to fight, shrank his forces, abandoned some counties and towns around Haicheng, and defended the state to govern Haicheng with 35,600 men and horses.

In this way, Meng Jiucheng's goal was achieved, and the coalition army of 15,600 people, and 20,000 righteous people were summoned to help, and they successfully arrived under Haicheng.

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