There was a bang, and a large amount of dirt rose into the sky. An earthen turret collapsed, revealing a gap several meters wide. The Ming troops on the fort scurried one after another, and the organized resistance completely collapsed.

Zhou Qingfeng stood 500 meters away from the fort and held a telescope to watch a company of combat engineers carry out a close-range blasting operation. The target was a fort north of Dagukou and east of Beitang Town. There were several antique cannons on the battery, which the Ming army tried to hold on to and wait for reinforcements. But Beitang Town is only thirty miles away from Dagukou, which is a nail that must be removed.

Aggressive blasting tactics are specially prepared to deal with strong fortifications such as earthen batteries. The Ming troops on the battery lacked training, and after being approached by combat engineers, they began to fire indiscriminately. But they fired slowly and at a close range, so they didn't pose a threat at all. The two demolition teams approached alternately, covering each other, and soon the Ming troops on the fort lost one or the other.

Zhou Qingfeng put down the binoculars, and an officer of the guards beside him said happily: "Marshal, these Ming troops are too useless." In the past, we were engaged in law and order operations, and the bandits we encountered were all more powerful than them. The Ming army panicked when they saw our appearance, and there was no effective way to deal with our attack. ”

Since the landing of the 'Beijing-Tianjin Front', the title of 'Dashuai' has suddenly been confirmed. Everyone is generally optimistic, and they all feel that the 'revolutionary army' has reached the hinterland of Daming and Gyeonggi, and Zhou Qingfeng is no longer a small role in a remote corner, and only the 'big handsome' can match his identity.

Zhou Qingfeng's change of title was undeniable, but he was extremely vigilant against the idea of underestimating the enemy that began to emerge in the army, and said to the officers around him with a cold face: "The soldiers we meet are not well fed and have no status, and laughing at them will not show how powerful we are." The Ming army also has something to fight, but we haven't encountered it yet. If you underestimate the enemy, sooner or later you will die. ”

There is a fort in the east and west of Beitang Town, and the east side is captured, and the west side flees without a fight. The town that held the Haihe River fell. An hour later, the rich merchants of the town came out to beg for surrender, expressing their willingness to supply food and wages, and only begging the army not to bombard people with 'heavenly thunder' again.

"The war is going well, but there is a lack of manpower to govern the place." Zhou Qingfeng is not a rogue, but he currently does not have enough troops and cadres to control the territory he has captured. For example, this Beitang town is a piece of fat, but he only asks the rich merchants in the town to provide some 'reasonable burdens'. The merchants took out money and food, and sent him hundreds of young women and a troupe.

"The money and grain are received, and the woman or something is sent back to Jinzhou with the ship." Zhou Qingfeng's aim was to destroy the Ming ruling base in the Tianjin countryside. But it is not enough to destroy it, but also to rebuild a set of ruling institutions that can be used by the 'revolutionary army'. After all, Tianjin is too rich, and if it can be effectively managed, it can provide Zhou Qingfeng with a steady stream of human and material resources.

Pulling hatred is also quite capable of pulling.

Leaving Beitang, Zhou Qingfeng returned to Dagukou. Because the foothold of Dagukou is extremely important, it has been three days since the landing, and he is now trapped here and can't leave. Due to shipping capacity, he had to wait until the next 5,000 militiamen arrived before he could command the main force to attack the capital—but the second fleet would not arrive until at least two days later.

The headquarters of Dagukou has been hastily completed, and Zhou Qingfeng's pro-army is responsible for the guarding of this place. When he returned to his office room, he saw Wen Ruolan holding a pen behind his desk. A large number of reports awaiting approval have accumulated at the desk, piling up.

Seeing Zhou Qingfeng coming back, Wen Ruolan only smiled sweetly and continued to fight against the various reports on the desk. There is also a small desk next to her, and Ye Erniang, who is also extremely smart, is also busy. Although Zhou Qingfeng has already set up a staff department of the Guards, the staff officers of those half-buckets of water are too poor, and he still has to rely on his own women to go up at a critical time.

Zhou Qingfeng walked to the desk and pressed Wen Ruolan's vest to input a light spiritual power. Since the landing, Wen Ruolan has not closed her eyes for three days and three nights. The reports of the Guards were relatively simple, and the respective reports sent by the Ministry of Security and the Commerce and Trade Section were like snowflakes that could not be processed at all.

Feeling the warmth of her body, Wen Ruolan raised her head and smiled: "Husband, I'm not tired." ”

"You're not tired, I'm tired when I look at it." Zhou Qingfeng insisted on conditioning Wen Ruolan, even if his wife's cultivation was much higher than his.

Ye Erniang on the side pouted slightly and said, "I'm tired." I haven't closed my eyes all day, and I have too many documents to deal with. The people down there are stupid people, they don't have any idea about anything, and they all send us here for instructions. ”

Wen Ruolan sneered, and motioned Zhou Qingfeng to be considerate of the little girl with her eyes. Zhou Qingfeng picked up Ye Erniang and put it on her lap in the past, and at the same time looked down at the various official documents she was replacing. He quickly frowned at all kinds of trivial things on the official documents, and said, "It's Wang Kai's slippery head that has not been cleaned up again." He deliberately made some trivial things to annoy, just to want me to let go of power. ”

Wen Ruolan immediately said: "It's not necessary to delegate power, we can handle it if we work harder." ”

"Things are only going to get more and more, how much can you handle?" Zhou Qingfeng said with a cold face: "If I knew this, I should have brought He Zhuo and Jia Gang." But they have not been specially trained, and they are afraid that the way of doing things is still the same. Now you can only wait for the second fleet to arrive, and Yin Hu from the Ministry of Education will bring a group of students to join you. ”

Seeing that Zhou Qingfeng's face was not good, Wen Ruolan immediately diverted the topic and asked, "Husband, the engineer just sent a document to ask, where is there a 'peasant training center'?" I think this is for Yin Hu in the expedition plan, but I don't explain its purpose. ”

"It was used to train peasant cadres. We are now short of manpower, and the captured villages and towns have to provide us with labor. However, the work efficiency of untrained manpower is low, and the people at the bottom have too many bad habits, and they have to help if they are not used well. I can't believe in the so-called 'enlightened gentry' who come to Chengcheng, so I can only vigorously train mud legs to be cadres. ”

I'd rather be slower than steady.

Summing up the cases of failed rebellions in all dynasties, the wrong use of people was an important reason for the defeat. When the momentum is good, these concerns are often invisible. But once there is a setback, it is often a landslide that is out of control – Li Zicheng is a typical example. Therefore, the policy of the 'revolutionary army' in terms of personnel and technology is completely opposite.

In addition, Zhou Qingfeng actually has a layer of meaning that he hasn't said. If you simply want cadres, you can be transferred from the Liaodong Peninsula. But the 'revolutionary army' cannot be an organization of Liaodong people. Compared to other rogues who like to use relatives and fellow villagers, the traverser prefers to merge people from all over the world.

Recruiting people from other regions into the management was something that the top of the 'revolutionary army' had to do. At present, Li Shuwei is also recruiting Shandong people for training in Dengzhou, and Yin Hu is responsible for the selection of personnel in Tianjin. Zhou Qingfeng's goal is the whole world, he would rather cultivate himself slowly, and die than reuse those speculative gentry - using them is equivalent to drinking water to quench his thirst.

Wen Ruolan didn't understand Zhou Qingfeng's thoughts, but she also knew that Zhou Qingfeng was extremely wary of the Ming officials and gentry, and killed them at every turn. The 'Revolutionary Army' is not without people who are not born in the gentry, but most of the trusted managers are cultivated by a few traversers themselves - they can improve if they are incompetent, and they are hopeless if their loyalty goes wrong.

There was nothing left and right, and Zhou Qingfeng simply calmed down and fulfilled his responsibilities as the core of the leadership of the 'revolutionary army'. He often makes a judgment at a glance when he approves the official document, and the oral reply is quickly recorded by Ye Erniang. Tossed until the night, the mountains of various official documents were cleaned up. He was about to order a midnight snack to be brought when he suddenly looked up at the door of his office.

The guards outside the door were still standing straight, but a sharp-billed bird's head silently poked out from the guard's feet. The bird's eyes were full of apprehension and curiosity, and he glanced at the office in a wink, but after recognizing Zhou Qingfeng, he didn't dare to speak, or didn't know how to speak.

Wen Ruolan was also alert to see this bird, and she was about to cast a spell to react. Zhou Qingfeng stopped her and said, "Ruolan, don't do it." Then he said to the bird, "What are you afraid of, sneaky one?" Come in! ”

The guards at the door found the bird that appeared secretly, but it was also stopped by Zhou Qingfeng. The bird walked in cautiously and said tentatively in a croaking voice: "Uh......, that ......, Zhou Dashuai?" ”

"Come on, Flatfur. You weren't so careful when you talked to me before. Zhou Qingfeng pouted.

The puppet bird let out a loud pant and said weakly, "That was before, you still have to ask me for help." Now you have brought thousands of soldiers to Tianjin. The dignitaries and nobles in the capital are frightened by you, and the gossip in the market is not the same. My eldest lady was stunned, even my master ....... ”

Flat hair spoke faster and faster, but at the end of the day, he suddenly stopped talking.

Zhou Qingfeng smiled happily, "How is Senior Guo now?" ”

"My master has been very busy in the past two days ......." Flat hair is not good at lying, and it took a long time for him to think of such an adjective.

Zhou Qingfeng was insightful in his heart, and said with a smile: "Senior Guo still wants to wait and see one or two more, right?" ”

Flat Fur raised his paw and scratched the top of his head, and asked in a very confused and twisted manner, "Zhou ...... What do you want to do? ”

"Naturally, it's about dominating the world."

"You're not here for my eldest lady?"

Flathair's voice suddenly raised an octave, and he cried out in surprise, his tone full of disappointment.

This time, it was Zhou Qingfeng's turn to be stunned when he heard this, and then said with a smile: "How can such a military event be for the ...... of your eldest lady." He stopped halfway through, "Okay, you can just treat it as your eldest lady." Anyway, I'm here for the appointment, but the battle is a little bigger. ”

Bian Mao, who was the most loyal to the eldest lady, was immediately unhappy, and said angrily: "It's a shame that my eldest lady has been worried about you for the past two days, and she has been scolding you for being bold in my dreams. I didn't expect you to come for her at all, if the eldest lady knew, she would definitely be sad again. ”

At this point, Flat Fur seemed to see that there were two other women in the room, one big and one small. Seeing that the second daughter was beautiful, luxuriously dressed, and definitely not low-status, it said even more depressedly: "It's only been more than half a year, and you actually accepted two wives and concubines." This is really a newcomer who forgets the old, and the eldest lady has mistaken you. After saying that, the flat feathers fluttered their wings and flew outward, and disappeared in the blink of an eye.

Zhou Qingfeng hurriedly chased after him and shouted into the night sky: "Hey, flat hair, come back." Why did you stupid bird suddenly lose your brain? ”

A big shadow suddenly fell in the night sky, wrapped in a strong wind and falling in the courtyard outside Zhou Qingfeng's office. Looking at the torches in the yard, it was the triplane built by Zhou Qingfeng and Guo Jiao. There was also an annoyed voice in the air, "My master said, you may be able to use this thing, and I will lend you this ungrateful guy for the time being." ”

Zhou Qingfeng was also annoyed on the ground and shouted to the sky; "Where is Lao Tzu ungrateful?"

"The eldest lady has helped you so much, but you are either here specifically for the eldest lady, or you are ungrateful." Flatfur said it rightly and flew away.

Hey......, what kind of fallacy is this?!