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Chapter 8 The Battle of the Zhang Family (4)

After each war, the leaders of the Red Turban Army would gather at Zhang Shijie. The same was true after conquering Cangzhou. Qin Mohuan sat in his position and talked about the battle with a leader next to him.

Because he participated in the battle to siege the yamen, Qin Mohuan said a lot, "When we attacked, the Mongols had already killed their Han army, and the Han concubines in the family also killed them. But he refused to die, and wanted to survive by surrender. Bah! In the end, I took my brothers to kill them."

"How many concubines do those Mongolian dog officials have?" The person next to him asked this question.

"How many concubines? I don't know this. I think there must be twenty or thirty women wearing Han clothes among the murdered people."

After hearing this number, the leader next to Qin Mohuan shook his head and sighed, "It's a pity that so many women."

Qin Mohuan then realized that the leader next to him regretted that these women were not possessed by him. Qin Mohuan didn't like this lustful person. Moreover, this guy had to take over the Mongolian concubine, which seemed even more useless. Qin Mohuan turned his head and held back the urge to mock him. He knew that he was excited and could not accept things he didn't like, so he offended many people. He even punched many people. He could not change his personality, so he could only hold it back and talk.

At this moment, someone outside shouted, "General Zhang is here."

Everyone in the venue immediately turned their eyes to the door, and General Zhang Shijie, who had five bars, led some generals with four bars into the venue. Walking on the passage, Zhang Shijie waved to everyone on both sides, and looked in a good mood.

The generals sat down in the middle of the chair, and Zhang Shijie said to everyone: "Everyone, this battle has been hard for everyone. I have told you before that you will discuss joining the Song army after this battle. Now I can tell you about this matter."

When the leaders heard that Zhang Shijie was about to talk about such a big thing, the leaders calmed down. Gongsun Fu, who was sitting next to Qin Mohuan, listened even more seriously. He had heard that the Song army was preparing to recruit the Red Turban Army before, and Gongsun Fu did not like this situation.

What Zhang Shijie said was exactly the same as the tone set before. The Song army did not want to create a new Han army Shihou, and Zhang Shijie agreed very much.

"Everyone, you must know the Zhang Hongfan Zhang family. I am from the Zhang family. I joined the Song Dynasty twenty years ago, and now I will fight against the Mongolians with you. Let me tell you what the Han army's Marquis did..."

As a member of the Han Army Shihou, Zhang Shijie knew these guys very well and explained their characteristics clearly. Many of the leaders of the Red Turban Army were envious in their eyes when they heard the Han Army Shihou's majesty in the countryside. However, Qin Mohuan and others were disgusted in their expressions.

After talking about the arrogance of the Han Army Shihou, Zhang Shijie continued: "In the past few decades, the Han Army Shihou has been accomplices of tigers, and the Mongols killed people in Hebei. We, Hebei, Henan and Shandong, originally had a population of 30 to 40 million. After the rampage of the Mongols and the Han Army Shihou, only six or seven million were killed. The remaining people in Hebei are probably only four or five million. Everyone has seen the ruthlessness of the Mongols creating no man's land and the tragic situation of cities such as Dezhou. After this war, Hebei can only have two or three million people left. Zhao Guanjia said that this thing will never happen again. Therefore, I will never establish a new Han Army Shihou."

After hearing this, the leaders of the Red Turban Army were silent. After a while, Gongsun Fu mustered up the courage and said, "We are loyal to the Zhao Guan Family. Does the Zhao Guan Family think we will be the same as the previous group of people?"

Many people's eyes lit up when they said this. This logic is very good. As long as the Zhao Guan family believes in the ethics of the current Red Turban Army leaders, it is natural to build the Han army's Marquis system. Although Zhang Shijie came from the bottom of his heart when he criticized the Han army's Marquis, these leaders were basically not from the Han army's Marquis. When they heard such a noble and superior, they heard the Han army's Marquis rampant in the countryside. Everyone thinks that as long as they can have even half of their majesty, this life will be enough.

Zhang Shijie decisively rejected the suggestions of these leaders, "The Zhao Guan Family said that no guarantee is as effective as the king's law. So we want all the leaders to join the Song army. As a member of the Song army, you obey orders and obey commands, this is the most reliable method. Who in the world is the Zhao Guan Family."

Qin Mohuan couldn't help but nodded slightly. He had never seen Zhao Jiaren, but had heard of the great martial arts of this official family. But what Qin Mohuan could come into contact with was Zhang Shijie, Liu Chong and other generals under the Zhao Guan family. Many people in the Red Turban Army wanted to take advantage of it, but they were seen through by Zhang Shijie and other generals. Naturally, they felt a little nervous. However, in addition to being smart, they were fair in their work and never bullied others. On the battlefield, they always attacked in front and retreated in the back. Qin Mohuan respected Zhang Shijie very much. Zhang Shijie and other generals had shown such a high moral level. I think that the Zhao Guan family, which Zhang Shijie praised so much, must be a wise ruler.

"After all the time, I still can't trust us." A leader complained.

Zhang Shijie felt angry when he heard this. If he had heard such open resistance in the past, he would have been able to order a murder. However, the words to be said at this meeting were decided by Liu Chong and other members of the academic society, and Zhang Shijie was unwilling to object in full. In addition, the plan presented by the academic society also had predictions of the reactions of the leaders. So far, Zhang Shijie still had the situation in control. So he said: "This is not to believe it or not. The Marquis of the Han Army is the Marquis of Baili in the local area. The life and death of the local people is in the hands of the Marquis of the Han Army. As long as the Marquis of the Han Army can hand over the money and grains required by the Mongols on time and in quantity, and send troops according to regulations when the Mongols are about to fight, the Mongols will not care what the Marquis of the Han Army do in the local area. The Zhao official family does not want Hebei to become like this."

After hearing this explanation, the leader who had just spoken continued, "This is still impossible to trust us. If we can trust us, we will be officials in the local area. How can we bully everyone from the villagers?"

Although we knew that the purpose of this was not for the villagers, the leaders who envied the might of the Han army, agreed, "General Zhang, we came to fight the Mongolians because the Mongolians bully people too much. If we bully blind dates like the Mongolians, are we still humans?"

"Yes! We will definitely be nice to the people."

Listening to these words, Zhang Shijie felt very dissatisfied. In terms of the earnest words and decent descriptions, these Red Turban Army leaders were completely unable to compare with the civil officials of the Song Dynasty. Oh, they were civil officials of the Song Dynasty before the Lin'an General surrender. However, according to Zhang Shijie's observation, such a group of people often do things that are wrong, let alone these Hebei leaders who are not as good as Zhang Shijie.

Just as Zhang Shijie couldn't help but sarcastically sarcastically at these people, he felt Liu Chong's eyes staring at him. This was a secret code, a reminder when Zhang Shijie was about to lose his composure. At this time, Zhang Shijie's words came to his mouth, and he changed them to another sentence, "This matter can be discussed later. Let us let General Liu talk about the subsequent arrangements."

Liu Chong got the opportunity and immediately took over the conversation and said, "I have heard a story before, saying that the two brothers saw a group of geese. The two brothers discussed whether the geese were fighting for delicious food or cooking. After discussing, both brothers felt that their methods were the best, so they started arguing. Before the quarrel came to an end, the geese had already flew away. At present, the Mongols were everywhere in Hebei, and they were all jumping around. Let's stop arguing. According to the information, Zhang Hongfan has led 20,000 Mongolian troops south. Although more than 10,000 of them are Han troops, they cannot underestimate them. We are preparing to go out of the city to fight. Everyone is tired today, so we will go to rest first. If you are willing to fight with us, you will sign up tomorrow. If you still feel tired, stay in the city to repair it."

After Liu Chong said this, the leaders of the family thought it would be better to drag it down first, so they agreed temporarily. After the group of people dispersed, Zhang Shijie couldn't help but say to Liu Chong: "General Liu, just let me say a few words to them. If I don't talk about them, I feel confused."

Liu Chong smiled slightly. When it comes to fighting this kind of cold weapons, Zhang Shijie is indeed very qualified, but Zhang Shijie's thinking seems to have remained in the era of cold weapons. According to the curriculum of the society, if Zhang Shijie was still in the middle of feudal and early centralized system, those Red Turban Army leaders who had an ancient concept than Zhang Shijie probably stayed in the nomadic era of Mongolia. So Liu Chong advised: "General Zhang, these people are probably unreliable. I know what you are going to say, so why bother."

"What do you think I want to say?" Zhang Shijie asked back with some annoyance.

"You will tell them that if you want to be an official, if others sue them, they will have to sue them." Liu Chong said helplessly.

After hearing Liu Chong's words, Zhang Shijie smiled and said, "How did you guess?"

Liu Chong smiled bitterly in his heart. Those words he responded were written by Liu Chong, and he could not guess what he could guess. So Liu Chong didn't explain, and continued to persuade: "General Zhang, after saying this, those people will definitely get angry. Then General Zhang, you are really relieved after mocking them. But doing so can only make these Red Turban leaders disunited. At this time, we can coax them, and at least let them exert some effort. Even if we fail to fight, we can always defend the city."

After hearing this, Zhang Shijie was not satisfied. He said, "These people will only gain a better position. If they succeed at this time, there will be endless troubles. General Liu, you are still young and don't know the nature of those people."

"Isn't it just that the King of Grass Heads is the one who has a gun?" Liu Chong replied decisively.

When Zhang Shijie heard 'If there is a gun, he is the king of grass head', he was stunned at first, then he focused his head, a smile appeared on his face, and praised loudly: "Well said! Well said! General Liu said this well."

Liu Chong remembers that when he first heard this a few months ago, he was moved by the exquisite words of the Zhao Guan family. Zhang Shijie was not a member of the society, so he did not have the opportunity to participate in the history course of the society. In the history course, he talked about the rise and fall of dynasties. All he could rely on in troubled times was force. As it was proved time and time again that only force could determine life and death, life and death determine destiny, everyone would trust more and more. The so-called "pretending to be a chicken head than a cow," and after tasting the taste of holding the power of life and death, no one would give up power.

The society has a relatively consistent view of the future. According to past historical experience, the Song Dynasty took back Hebei and lost the common enemy of Mongolia, the conflict with the Red Turban Army will inevitably break out. Now, to win over some of the Red Turban Army to the greatest extent is the best choice. If the Red Turban Army is completely wiped out, it will leave a bad reputation. As long as there are some generals of the Red Turban Army in hand, the Song Dynasty will not be famous for breaking away from the mills and killing donkeys.

Of course, Liu Chong didn't want to make Zhang Shijie too angry at this time. Those motivated guys spent a lot of effort to be able to enter the school. Because they could not join, some were angry. Some were crying because they could not join. There was no need to stimulate Zhang Shijie too much. So Liu Chong just said: "This is the instructions from the official when our intelligence department wrote a report to the official. At this time, we don't have to worry about so many people with doubts. We need to select reliable leaders from them."

After hearing Liu Chong's words, Zhang Shijie smiled and said, "General Liu, the Zhao Guan Family said to commend the advanced and encourage the backwards. That's because we all think the same, and what we want is that everyone can live a good life. But among so many leaders of the Red Turban Army today, I dare not say that everyone just wants to be as arrogant and domineering as the Marquis of the Han Army. At least 60% of them think so. I said before that the northerners were not enlightened, and they were talking about them. The Zhao Guan Family would never tolerate these people."

Liu Chong nodded, "General Zhang is right. They do think so. But I think some of them just don't understand the changes in the world, but they don't understand the new world. So we should do our best to explain it clearly to them. Although some people will definitely rebel, at least some people will hesitate and wait and see after listening to our principles. Some people who have rebelled will even be lost when the situation is unfavorable. After all, they are Han people. We can be ruthless when killing the Mongols and traitors, but when facing the Han people, our troops may not be able to bear it."

After hearing this, Zhang Shijie said with a stern face: "General Liu, you are raising a tiger for trouble."

Liu Chong replied without any concession: "We are all tigers, tigers that are stronger than the leaders of the Red Turban Army. But why does the Zhao Guan family never send military supervisors? Because we have the same philosophy as the Zhao Guan family. Betrayal of the Zhao Guan family is betraying ourselves."

Zhang Shijie was stunned. He really didn't expect this level. Just as Zhang Shijie was about to refute, the guard came to report, "Captain Qin Mohuan came to apply and let us take him with him when we beat Zhang Hongfan."
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