Volume XX, Chapter XII

In front of Yingxue, Tang Bin and others strongly demanded that the city be forcibly attacked immediately, and it was necessary to take Mianzhong City, Yingxue did not agree with Tang Bin and others' opinions, he still advocated to lure and surrender, after all, the massacre was dry, he asked Tang Bin and others to send Zhu Xiaochun's body to the city, and spread the word to Mianzhong City, as long as the defenders in the city are willing to surrender, they can be spared death, and everyone can rejoin the new army, otherwise, the army forcibly attacked the city, it will be ruined, and countless casualties will be killed.

As soon as the defenders in the city saw Zhu Xiaochun's corpse, they were already in turmoil, and the conditions offered by Yingxue were not bad, and the disparity between the forces of the two sides was huge, Zhu Xiaochun had also died in battle, and he couldn't be loyal to him, and more importantly, they were powerless to resist Yingxue's army, if they forcibly attacked the city, it would be tantamount to hitting a stone with an egg, and the defenders in the city decided to open the city and surrender after discussion.

Tang Bin and the others saw that they could take Mianzhong City without spending a single soldier, they were really a little sweaty, and they were ready to use the lives of thousands of soldiers to forcibly capture Mianzhong City, who knew that Yingxue actually relied on a dead corpse and a few words to let the defenders of Mianzhong City obediently open the city and surrender, they asked themselves if they were capable of doing it, and they couldn't help but admire Yingxue more and more.

After Yingxue and others entered the city, after all the defenders of the original Mianzhong City were withdrawn, they quickly received armaments and materials and obtained a large amount of food, and then Yingxue began to reorganize and reorganize all the troops into the army of Li Li and Liu Linfeng and Xie Hao, and at the same time, it was strictly forbidden for the sergeants to make trouble and disturb the people, and send troops to maintain order in the city to prevent people from taking advantage of the fire to rob, and if anyone disobeyed the order, he would be killed!

Yingxue didn't stay in Mianzhong City for long, and arranged everything. Continue to send a large force to attack in depth and order everyone. Be sure to receive all the cities occupied by Zhu Xiaochun within these two days, otherwise. If you are taken advantage of, the gains outweigh the losses. Because Lai Rong occupies a wider area, so Yingxue rushed to Qingjian City, before leaving, Yingxue asked Tang Bin to take over Mianzhong City, rectify the defense, and the rest of the troops continued to attack in depth, mainly to lure surrender, supplemented by armed attacks, especially to the surrender of the army. We must not slack off in surrendering the army, intensify the contradictions, and cause civil strife. Yingxue's order made the soldiers feel a lot more at ease, they thought that they were going to be sentenced to slavery, but they didn't expect that they could really continue to stay in the army. After Yingxue explained everything, she rushed to Qingjian City.

The situation in Qingjian City is even worse than that of Mianzhong City, because Qingjian City has been fought. The people of the city did not expect the battle to proceed so quickly, they did not have time to flee, and they thought that the new army entering the city would be like the previous ones. Burning, looting, massacre, so. There was some resistance among the people of the city, but they soon found out. This army did not rob them of their belongings as they had imagined. On the contrary, a notice was posted to restore the positions of the officials in the city, and everything was as usual, and soldiers were sent to patrol to protect them in case someone took advantage of the fire to rob them, so that the hearts of the common people were slowly relaxed.

The next thing is much easier, because Lai Rong has already withdrawn the main force, and the rest are small cities, there are not many people stationed at all, and there are also soldiers who show up, these small cities are basically received peacefully, and the Yingxue army encountered some sporadic resistance, however, the army received all Lai Rong's cities within two days with an overwhelming advantage, and all the defending generals in the city were replaced, while the soldiers were still retained, but some of the reputable Capable newcomers come up, these newcomers are flattered, of course they swear allegiance to Wang Zhuo, in fact, as long as they are used properly, there is no need to carry out a comprehensive change of defense at all, after all, the battle line is too long, and there are not many available troops in Yingxue's hands, if you don't make good use of these troops, you can't take over at all, of course, these are some small cities, for important strategic locations, Yingxue will not arrange them like this, and no one from the original generals knows where they went, however, this is an extraordinary period, of course, you need to use extraordinary means。

Yingxue saw that the task had been completed, and still returned to Qingjian City with his troops, after all, this is an important pass, and it must be heavily guarded, as Yingxue expected, the dragoon general Xiang Cone Yu Yingxue captured Qingjian City The day after the day, he did not dare to attack rashly, he discussed with the ministers for a day, and then ordered the soldiers and horses to kill Qingjian City, and took advantage of the fire to rob and make a big profit. However, he had lost the best opportunity, at this time Yingxue had already received all the cities of Lai Rong, and after he got the news, he immediately returned to Qingjian City, and saw that Qingjian City was well defended, so he had to lead his troops to retreat. Xiang Cone was a little unwilling, and led troops to Mianzhong City, and found that it was also heavily defended, he couldn't understand how Wang Zhuo could take over all the territory of Zhu Xiaochun and Lai Rong in just two days, but he knew that if he forcibly attacked the city, he would definitely be the one who suffered, so he had to lead the troops back in vain.

After Yingxue retreated to the cone, he immediately set off to Tianguan, preparing to return to the northern capital to see Wang Zhuo, Yingxue had the help of the magic array, the speed was very fast, and it didn't take long to rush to the northern capital, and after seeing Wang Zhuo, he told him the news of the victory, Wang Zhuo was of course very happy after hearing it, but he didn't expect that Yingxue had already eliminated Gao Yuanhao, Zhu Xiaochun and Lai Rong, the three forces that posed the greatest threat to him, and also fully took over their territory, and the unification of the three northern provinces was just around the corner, how could Wang Zhuo not be excited.

Yingxue brought up the old matter again, and asked Wang Zhuo to be the marshal, of course, Wang Zhuo resigned, because, this marshal had to let Yingxue be, Yingxue couldn't resist him, so he had to say to him that after the three northern provinces were completely unified, then discuss this matter, and now the top priority is to immediately start rectifying the army, and he is ready to set up a new army, that is, the Seventh Army. The surrendered army in the three cities of Mianzhong City and Qingjian City adds up to only about 40,000 people, which can be made into an army, this seventh army, Yingxue decided to be led by Tang Bin and Zeng Zhaoli, Wang Zhuo of course agreed, Yingxue's ability and vision He still has something to doubt.

Seeing that Wang Zhuo agreed, Ying Xue said to him: "Since Brother Wang agrees, then I will be ready to implement it when I go back, and now we are not very stable." Dragoon General Xiang Cone was still ready to come to pick up the bargain today, but unfortunately he came too late. Otherwise, we're going to have to lose something. ”

"I'm not too worried about Xiang Cone, this person's strength is now compared to ours. We have the complete advantage, he only has to defend now, where does he dare to attack us. However, I am still a little worried, if you integrate the surrender of troops from army to army, don't you worry! This will easily cause a military mutiny, after all, there are still some shadows in the heart of the surrendered army, and it is not easy to control!" Wang Zhuo said with some worry.

"I've thought about it, but. The current situation is not stable, and if we carry out a large-scale mobilization of troops, it will not only be easy for the enemy to take advantage of it, but will also affect our own military morale. However, now that the overall situation has basically been decided, I am ready to spend 20 days to a month to carry out military reorganization, gradually remove the shadow in their hearts, and let them build up confidence. I had no choice but to distribute and mix these troops among the other armies, which of course was not what I wanted. Yingxue also said helplessly, this task is not easy, and it is very serious.

"Then how are you going to proceed?" asked Wang Zhuo puzzled. Historically, the response to surrenders has been to treat them as slaves or kill them altogether, because these surrenderers not only consume food, but also cannot participate in battles. If the troops are mixed into the army, in case they take the opportunity to cause chaos. The consequences are unimaginable, and this has happened many times in history. It also caused a very bad impact, so Wang Zhuo had to be cautious about this problem.

"This brother Wang doesn't have to worry too much, these troops have lost their commanders, they are like a plate of scattered sand, as long as the control and use are appropriate, it should not be a big problem, I am ready to use ten days to rectify all the troops, in our original troops, promote a group of new people with combat merits, replace the incompetent people who are not effective in the battle, of course, the four brigade commanders in the army are selected by us, and the grassroots officers below the brigade commander will use the voluntary registration competition to select a group of grassroots officers, which can not only stabilize the morale of the army, but also let the soldiers themselves feel that as long as they have the ability to rise, let them manage themselvesWouldn't it be much better than us to manage them, and it would not arouse the dissatisfaction of the surrendered troops, and then we would have to rely on the help of our opponent, Mr. Xiang Cone, the dragoon general. Yingxue said confidently.

"Could it be that Yingxue already has a clever plan?" Wang Zhuo saw Yingxue's expression like this, and knew that he already had a good plan.

"I also came up with this plan after you reminded me just now, and it looks like this......" Ying Xue whispered to Wang Zhuo.

"Is this okay!?" Wang Zhuo asked in surprise.

"There is nothing to do or not to do, as long as you do it, you will know, anyway, we are fine, it will be regarded as refining the army, what do you say, Brother Wang?" asked Ying Xue with a smile.

"Okay, you can make your own decision about this matter, anyway, as you said, it should be regarded as refining the troops!" Wang Zhuo smiled, shook his head and said, he really didn't agree with Ying Xue's plan, but since Ying Xue said so, he naturally had his reasons, not to mention, this may be the best way.

After Yingxue said goodbye to Wang Zhuo, he returned to Tianguan, and he asked Ma He to select four brigade commanders from the army and appoint them as the brigade commanders of the Seventh Army.

Tang Bin and Zeng Zhaoli did not dare to slack off, and immediately rushed to Tianguan with their troops, and after Zeng Zhaoli and Tang Bin arrived, Yingxue transferred the special guards in Zeng Zhaoli's hands, that is, the three hundred brothers in the cottage, to Wang Zhuo's side, and made every effort to protect Wang Zhuo's safety. Then Yingxue all the troops were brought to the exercise ground of Xionglingguan, Yingxue stood on the stage and announced the appointment of Wang Zhuo, Zeng Zhaoli and Tang Bin were appointed as the commanders of the Seventh Army, and the four brigade commanders in the horse or army were introduced to the people in the army.

After he announced the appointment, he continued to announce Wang Zhuo's order: "Ladies and gentlemen, in view of the special situation of the Seventh Army, the captains, captains, and captains in the army are all recommended by the officers and men. From now on, sign up with the four brigade commanders. Please sign up. (Note: The army is organized as follows: 40,000 men in one corps, 10,000 men in each brigade in four brigades in one corps.) Each brigade has 10 lieutenants, each with 1,000 men, 10 lieutenants under the lieutenants, with each commander with 100 men, and 10 pawns under the corps, with each commander with 10 men. )

Hearing such a strange order, the soldiers looked at each other, what kind of order is this, I have never heard of such a rule. Everyone started talking about each other.

Ying Xue saw that although no one had come up to sign up for the time being, the soldiers had already swept away the malaise just now, and they had become more energetic and active.

At this time, a strong man walked to the registration point and applied for the position of captain, and Ying Xue immediately pulled him to the stage when he saw this, "Everyone, this self-recommended captain position, now the brigade commander of the first brigade has appointed him as the first commander." Don't miss the opportunity, guys, we're not kidding, if you want to sign up, hurry up. ”

The soldiers below can be promoted when they see that it is really so simple. Everyone hurriedly rushed towards the registration office, and Ying Xue saw that several brigade commanders were too busy, so she urgently ordered to stop signing up immediately. Let the soldiers go back to their original places, and the new captain's big man will select a hundred soldiers from the crowd to be his men. Set up a hundred registration points, and then. Let him be in charge of the registration matters, and divide the registration point into three places, one is the lieutenant registration office, one is the captain's registration office, and the other is the pawn commander's registration office. Of course, there are as many as 75 registration points for the captain, but there are only five registration offices for the lieutenant and 20 registration offices for the captain. Everyone saw that General Wang Zhuo's order turned out to be such an immediate effect, the big man just now, as soon as he signed up, he immediately became the commander of the army, everyone felt a little regretful, why didn't they have the courage to sign up just now, but now there are still thousands of places, so everyone is vying to sign up, however, there is only one chance to choose, and it is not a semi-final system, everyone is relatively cautious and does what they can.

The registration work was quite simple, and it didn't take long for it to be over, and almost all the people of the entire Seventh Army signed up, including the 100 people who had just signed up for others.

Yingxue also felt a headache, and he and Tang Bin, After Zeng Zhaoli and the four brigade commanders discussed, it was decided to select the captain first, and then the captain and the brigade commander would select the commander of each army, and finally select the commander of each pawn, Zeng Zhaoli and the four brigade commanders are supervised at any time, favoritism is strictly prohibited, and now the opportunity is so good, and it is fought for by strength, and they are all new officers, of course, they have to establish prestige, so the whole test process is very fair, there are no candidates who only complain about their own lives, but they still have a chance, that is, the school guards and the military chief will also set up deputy positions, Yingxue has issued the order, and it is also selected by the registration self-recommendation, everyone does not have much loss, they are secretly determined, ready to impact the next opportunity。

After the selection work was completed, Yingxue divided all the soldiers into four groups, and each of the four brigade commanders selected one group, so that the placement of the troops was basically successfully completed, which had consumed Yingxue for three days.

Yingxue told Zeng Zhaoli and the four new brigade commanders that they would train immediately, and they might soon be put into battle, and they were asked to step up, and then they took Tang Bin to Qingjian City, Qingjian City was guarded by the troops of Zheng Ti and Zhang Luo, Yingxue explained a few words to Zheng Ti and Tang Bin, and asked Zheng Ti and Tang Bin to immediately drive their troops to Mianzhong City to replace Li Li, Yang Yuhai, Xie Hao, Liu Linfeng and Zhou Ming, and ordered the troops of the army under the jurisdiction of Liu Linfeng and Zhou Ming to rush to Qingjian City immediately.

The first thing Zhang Luo said when he saw Yingxue in Qingjian City was that Gao Yuanhao's troops were too difficult to control, and they couldn't be mobilized at all. Dejected, the next order is also Yang Feng Yin disobeyed, if it weren't for Ying Xue's order first, he would have slaughtered all these surrendered soldiers, Liu Linfeng and Zhou Ming also felt the same way, those surrendered soldiers are not like soldiers at all, where can such an army fight, fortunately, there has been no major war recently, otherwise, they will definitely run away, and they still want to count on them to fight, just don't help.

After hearing this, Ying Xue smiled and told Li Li, Zhou Ming, and Liu Linfeng that this time, he was here to solve this problem, so that Zhou Ming and Liu Linfeng did not need to worry, but they ordered Zhang Luo to take back their own two brigades.

When Liu Linfeng and Zhou Ming heard this, they immediately shouted, in this way, what else is this commander of theirs doing, although there are 40,000 soldiers under his command, but the entire army commander is a bare pole, and Zhang Luo heard Yingxue's order, and immediately prepared to go out to start arranging, the strength of the two brigades under Gao Yuanhao is really a burden to him, he has long wanted to lose it, he seems to have forgotten that he is also a military commander under Gao Yuanhao, at the beginning, he was also Meng Yingxue did not give up, so he has today.

Ying Xue saw Liu Linfeng and Zhou Ming's expressions like this, which he had already expected, so he repeated his old trick again, told his remediation plan, and told Zhang Luo and Zhou Ming. Liu Linfeng and the others, Zhang Luo and the others were still a little suspicious after hearing this, but when they heard that Zeng Zhaoli and Tang Bin had succeeded, they were convinced, because Tang Bin and Zheng Wei had rushed to Mianzhong City, and the two of them must also be going to rectify the surrender of troops, since it was so effective, Zeng Zhaoli and Zhou Ming decided to start immediately, and they selected four brigade commanders from Zhang Luo's army according to Yingxue's instructions, and started Yingxue's plan.

Sure enough, as Ying Xue said, there was a cold scene at the beginning, but soon everyone understood that this selection was indeed true, and it was very, very true, and the results were immediate, because everyone immediately saw the results, seeing this situation, some of the soldiers in Zhang Luo's army were eager to try and wanted to sign up for the selection, but Zhang Luo immediately stopped everyone, because he also had to select a group of grassroots officers, and the soldiers and officers who performed well in this battle must also be prepared to be promoted。

Everything is going quite smoothly, however, the busiest thing these days is Yingxue, he has to keep going back and forth to Mianzhong City and Qingjian City, and resolve conflicts and disputes in time, however, because both sides are going on at the same time, it only took three days, and everything was successfully completed.

After everything was completed, Yingxue gave these seven armies five days to train and repair, because after five days, there would be new tasks to do, and all the armies were excited when they heard that there would be new battles to participate in, especially the three new armies, and they were even more excited, because in such an army, as long as they have the ability, fight bravely, and make military achievements, it is not a problem to be promoted, which is much more promising than their original troops, so they are full of expectations.

Yingxue didn't pay attention to these, he was too tired these days, and needed to rest well, he started the magic array and returned to the northern capital, and rested for five days, Wang Zhuo knew that Yingxue was too tired for a while, and also told his subordinates not to disturb him, and everyone knew that Yingxue was Wang Zhuo's henchman and guard, and now he was so red and purple, it was too late for him to stammer, where would he dare to disturb his rest, and the happiest was the dragon and Xiaotian, Xiaoniao, A few birds, Yingxue rested, they also had a holiday, Wang Zhuo has the protection of the special guards, Xiaotian they don't have to worry anymore, now almost the entire three northern provinces, they can wander around, which pass guards don't know them, especially, they are in the palace of the northern capital after the war, with the power of six people, they actually killed 20,000 people, Yingxue's name is needless to say, and Xiaotian, the red spirit beast, invulnerable, invincible, can be said to be widely praised in the army, almost everyone knows Xiaotian, however, Xiaotian and others rarely go to the city, the three northern provinces are desolate, the area is very wide, Xiaotian and others are playing on the mountains almost every day。

On the morning of the fifth day, Yingxue came to Wang Zhuo, Wang Zhuo has not rested these days, but as a general, the supreme commander of the entire three northern provinces, he does not need to do ordinary things, he is only responsible for the management and transfer of officers above the brigade commander, as well as strategic defense and strategic offensive.

Seeing that Yingxue was coming, Wang Zhuo hurriedly asked him to sit down, seeing that Yingxue was full of energy, Wang Zhuo knew that Yingxue had recovered as before, and the purpose of coming to him was definitely to take action.

"Brother Wang, looking at your sad face, could it be that you have encountered something difficult?" Ying Xue saw Wang Zhuo frowning, and knew that he must have encountered something difficult to solve. (To be continued.) )