For all the generals of the Heavenly Tiger Army present, Zhu Youzhen's words are the golden rule, and there is nothing more important than this.

After all, most of these generals are actually from the Han family, and the composition of the soldiers within the Heavenly Tiger Army is mainly from the previous homeless.

It was the imperial court, His Majesty, who gave them food when they were in a desperate situation, and even allowed them to study and read every day.

This was a day that was unimaginable before.

"Hit! Yes, we must fight, but today we are here to discuss how to fight! ”

Huo Weihua said.

However, Xian Feng, who had just spoken on the side, said thoughtfully: "Your Majesty should not want to eradicate all the clans, after all, there are indeed some relatively gentle existences among them, and there are no fish and meat in the country." ”

Huo Weihua nodded and said: "This is natural, for those clans who are willing to cooperate with the implementation of the imperial decree, His Majesty also wants us to give us a certain amount of protection. ”

"That's good, I think I have a solution!"

After Xian Feng finished speaking, everyone present turned their eyes to him.

Because no matter how you look at it at the moment, it is a mushy predicament, but the commander of the Pingnan Army in front of him said that he has a way.

Huo Weihua also said: "Have an idea? If you have an idea, talk to everyone, don't hide it. ”

"First of all... Your Majesty declared that we had come to Canton this time to the outside world to come to Canton and Fujian to rest and recuperate, so as to deal with the subsequent war against Annam, so that we should use this reason to disrupt our forces as much as possible and scatter them into the countryside of the entire Cantonese Prefecture. ”

Huo Weihua seemed to understand Xian Feng's words, and then nodded and said, "Keep talking!" ”

"After dispersing the forces, we must continue to win over the support of those clan forces who are willing to cooperate with the imperial court."

"Oh? Win over a group, suppress a group!? Huo Weihua immediately reacted and said.

"Exactly!"

"These clan forces are actually not monolithic, and there is also a lot of gap between them, although it may be that the clans in the same place may be closer for various reasons!"

Xian Feng laughed and said, "But what if he is a clan in a different place?" I'm afraid it's not that close! ”

In the period that followed, Xian Feng introduced his plan to everyone, which was roughly to obtain as much support as possible from those clans who supported the implementation of the imperial decree and were willing to cooperate.

Then these clans were brought together and given certain benefits, especially by exchanging land.

Don't say anything about the homeland, those clans who dare to make trouble often have the best land, water and other resources, while those honest clans generally do not have the best places.

With these high-quality resources as a replacement condition, I'm afraid no one can say anything bad.

I can't afford to say no.

Use the clans that are willing to cooperate in the barren places to take over the clans that dare to rebel in these rich places.

It is the first step introduced by Xian Feng.

And the second step is more ruthless, that is, direct assassination!

A clan is often firmly controlled by the patriarch, elders, and a group of people who have the absolute right to speak in the clan, then these people must be the first to be assassinated.

When these people die, no matter how strong the unity within this clan is, it will fall into turmoil for a while due to various reasons that lead to the inability to put out a new talker.

At this time, someone on the side hurriedly said: "Then how can you guarantee that these people will be able to come out?" ”

"No matter how bad the decree of the Guangzhou government is, I am afraid it will not be difficult to invite them to come to Guangzhou for a meal... At the dinner table.."

As soon as Xian Feng said it, the same word appeared in everyone's hearts.

Hongmen Banquet..

This is the standard Hongmen feast!

Then he talked about the necessity of dispersing the army into the countryside as mentioned before, in fact, in the face of new firearms, the damage that broadswords and spears can do is almost ... Very little.

Often, a battalion of soldiers could chase thousands of soldiers armed with broadswords and spears, let alone hardly trained thugs.

Of course.. These experiences were all accumulated when fighting in Liaodong and when the Tianhu Army faced those Han troops.

As for how to deal with those diehards in the end.

Xian Feng didn't say it directly.

But everyone knows very well that the soldiers under their command are not holding burning sticks, but Daming standard muskets with excellent performance in this era, and the Pingnan Army has obtained an improved model based on the Minne rifle.

With the blessing of such weapons.

All soldiers are real killing machines, but everyone knows that the best way to purge them is destined to kill all those who dare to plot rebellion.

Next.

In the large camp of the Pingnan Army, the planned deployment work had gradually begun, and Huo Weihua decisively approved the implementation of the plan proposed by Xian Feng.

At the moment, what Xian Feng said is already the best plan.

The Pingnan Army began to use regiments and battalions as units, and gradually began to continuously deploy troops in the prefectures and counties where the clan influence in Guangdong and Fujian was relatively large.

The purpose is to suppress some possible large-scale turmoil in the process of eradicating the clan.

Inside the city of Guangzhou.

Streets and lanes.

For a long time, the people have a lot of complaints about the large number of troops deployed outside the city.

However, due to the fact that it has been publicized again and again in advance through the Daming Monthly News and Guangzhou Daily, the people reluctantly accepted it although they did not understand it.

But at this moment, the Pingnan Army outside the city is massively dispersed.

began to continuously mobilize to various places in Guangdong, and naturally did not hide from the eyes of these people.

For a while, there was a lot of discussion in the city.

But what kind of person is Huo Weihua, when he was in Beijing, he had already felt how important the powerful propaganda weapon of the newspaper was.

Almost immediately, he contacted the local branch of Huangming Daily, which was responsible for publishing the Guangzhou Daily, and began to publish articles from the day he was transferred.

Propaganda is now only to disperse the army and rest according to the decree of the imperial court, so as to reduce the pressure on the army's logistical support.

But as for why most of the troops deployed near Guangzhou City are the most elite Tianhu Army and artillery divisions.

Everyone decisively ignored it.

"Did you hear that? The imperial army outside the city was dividing its forces throughout Guangdong. ”

"Hi... The news has already spread all over the place, isn't it very clear in the newspapers? It's just a normal recuperation transfer.."

"The newspaper said it! That's probably true.."