Five hundred prisoners were moved to Zhufeng Villa. Although Lu Si had not yet written down the document, Guo Zhongxiong did not intend to cause trouble at this juncture. In addition to sending a small team of Xiangjun generals to station in Huanglongpo Post to restore the smooth flow of the post road, he also sent people to
Five hundred sets of shields, spears and military uniforms.
After all, Guo Zhongxiong had the power to organize the war and could directly integrate the five hundred prisoners into the Xiang army. However, he did not want to take the blame for the future actions of these rebellious five hundred prisoners, so he insisted on asking Wang Zhen to personally
Ask Lu Si to edit the article.
In the previous arrangement of the five hundred prisoners, in addition to considering the possibility of losing control of so many prisoners, they also had to consider the possibility that Guo Zhongxiong would send the Imperial Army to suppress it.
Now that these factors no longer exist, Zhou Qinguang is hiding in Kelan City and cannot leave. Wang Kong and others are prisoners and cannot directly serve as generals without military merit. The five hundred prisoners need to be reorganized in order to fight in the upcoming battle against Yan.
, to exert its due combat effectiveness.
As jailers guarding the prison camps, the former Xiang army generals were physically stronger than the Xiang soldiers who served as hard laborers. They also maintained daily training and had a certain degree of combat effectiveness. What's even more rare is that they were much more stable and honest than the prisoners.
Xu Huai discussed with Wang Zhen and organized them into a separate team, with Xu Zhong as the capital general.
Although Xu Zhong was only a Xiangjunjie-level commander in the Shichang prison camp before, in addition to his strong skills, he was also quite a decent man and had no involvement with the local factions in Lanzhou.
It is also true that when Cheng Yanqing and others realized that Xu Huai might cause trouble in the grain yard, Xu Zhong was the only one who had no backing. He usually did not agree with Cheng Yanqing and others and was unwilling to join them in corruption and exploitation.
Only after bullying the prisoners would he be pushed out and lead his team to accompany Xu Huai and others to Kelan City to collect food.
Xu Zhong was forced to be the scapegoat for Yanqing and others, but no one could have imagined that the situation would develop like that.
Because of these reasons and Wang Zhen's personal reputation, Xu Huai believed that Xu Zhong would be willing to be used by Wang Zhen.
In addition, Xu Huai also stuffed Wang Kong, a well-known prisoner, into the army of the capital, so that they could follow the king's instructions and Lu Xiong to rush to the quarry to ensure that the quarry could resume operation immediately.
Although Xu Huai transferred more than 40 Zhufeng Hall guards from Zhufeng Hall this time, Xu Huai did not think of completely disbanding them and integrating them into the remaining four capitals.
He does not have more than half a year to properly train his troops, and he will soon have to face a complex war directly. Egalitarianism is likely to cause serious problems.
What we can learn from now is the rapid rise of the Huaiyuan Township Camp's first-in-force model during the Tongbai Mountain Bandit Rebellion.
Xu Huai took Yin Peng, Tang Qing, Han Qi and thirty Zhufengtang guards as the backbone, and organized ninety powerful prisoners such as Yan Xiaoyi and Shen Zhene into the advance team.
In addition to the increased number of soldiers and the considerable personal strength of the soldiers, these soldiers and horses are also equipped with armor and the most sophisticated swords and guns; half of them are equipped with well-bred war horses and used as cavalry or horse infantry; half of them are equipped with infantry bows as elite swords
Used by archers.
The remaining prisoners were organized into three capitals, with Xu Xin'an, Tang Pan, and Yuan Huidao as the capital generals. Each had only two Zhufengtang guards to assist in training and supervise military discipline. There was no extra armor, and the main equipment was capable of forming a formation to resist cavalry.
Charge and free range spears, large shields.
In addition, Xu Huai also singled out Zhu Chengjun and 20 relatively peaceful and honest prisoners who were mainly responsible for the serial assassination case and left them in the hands of Xu Wukun and Su Laochang to make up for the lack of defense force in the villa.
It is a common thing for generals to send soldiers for personal use. Xu Huai used Wang Cun's name to leave twenty or thirty prisoners at Zhufeng Villa for dispatch, and no one else would comment.
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The more than 60 prisoners who were most capable of tossing and also had the strongest appeal were taken away by Xu Huai from the very beginning. Although the Shichang prison camp had been agitating for the past few days, they were under the strict supervision of Cheng Yanqing and others.
, but no trouble was caused.
Wang Zhen, Lu Xiong, Xu Zhong, and Tang Qing led the team back to the quarry, and normal operations resumed that day.
After nightfall, Wang Zhen was worried and went to the prison camp to take a look. After seeing that everything was normal, he returned to the official residence. He was also exhausted mentally and physically, but he was draped in front of the window, but he didn't feel sleepy at all.
Lu Xiong pushed the door open and walked in. Looking at the moonlight shining in through the open window, the wrinkles on Wang Zhen's withered and thin face were clearly visible, and his brows were covered with worry.
"What is the Prime Minister worried about?" Lu Xiong asked.
"After this incident, others will believe that Zhufengtang is my Wang Zhen's pawn. It was Wang Zhen's attempt to make a comeback, so he recruited everyone in the Xu family in Tongbai Mountain for his own use," Wang Zhen said.
I don't care about false reputation, but you and I both know that Xu Wukun, Su Laochang, Xu Xin'an, and Xu Wujiang, Xu Wuliang and others who stayed in Tongbai Mountain are not like this... You know what I want to say, right?"
"..." Lu Xiong smiled bitterly and nodded to express what he wanted to say.
Regardless of whether it is for fame and fortune, for the morality and conscience that you insist on, or because you are born evil, if you act just to vent the hatred in your heart, after all, there are traces of your actions.
Xu Huai, Xu Wujiang and others formed the Zhufengtang and gathered so many people to go north. This time they would also join the Xiang Army to participate in the Northern Expedition. In the eyes of outsiders, they did this because they followed Wang Zhen.
However, both he and Wang Zhen knew in their hearts that this was not the case.
Then the question arises, why did they gather so many people to go north and participate in this Northern Expedition?
Worried about the disaster of Chi Huren?
Xu Huai has indeed been worried about this, but the problem is that Xu Wujiang, Xu Wukun, Xu Xin'an, Su Laochang and others, at least in Tongbai Mountain, more or less don't care about it, and even think that Xu Huai's worries are a bit unfounded.
During the banditry in Tongbai Mountain, Xu Huai, with his monster-like performance, undoubtedly established his more central position in the Xu family than Xu Wujiang - outsiders don't know this, but they know it, but it doesn't mean that
Xu Wujiang, Xu Wukun, Xu Xin'an, Su Laochang and others will blindly follow Xu Huai.
Xu Wujiang and others were eager for fame and wealth. Did they really think that Wang Zhen's comeback would make everyone prosperous, so they were persuaded by Xu Huai to participate in it?
Lu Xiong doesn't think this is the reason either.
During the bandit rebellion in Tongbai Mountain, the behavior of Xu Wujiang and others showed that they did not have high hopes for Wang Zhen's comeback.
The dynasty had extremely strict restrictions on powerful ministers, and there were strict standards for the background and promotion of civil and military officers. Even if Xu Wujiang and Xu Huai could really help Wang Zhen make a comeback, or even if Wang Zhen could go one step further and formally worship the prime minister after his resurrection, it would be difficult
How high were Xu Wujiang, Xu Huai and others who were born in the imperial examination promoted to such high positions?
When it comes to personal friendship, to be honest, it can be said that they are extremely happy if they can escort Wang Xun to Lanzhou safely, and there is really no need to do so many things in the future.
After exhausting all possibilities, no matter how incredible it is, there is only one most incredible possibility left.
"..." Wang Zhen said leisurely while sitting in front of the window, "I would never have doubted this before. It is also clearly written in the file that after Wang Xiaocheng was killed by Cai Qingjiao, more than a dozen generals escorted his wife and children.
His son returned home and murdered him on the way. Although there were no traces of more than a dozen generals, the bodies of his wife and young son were left on the side of the road. At that time, Cai Ting pretended to remember his old love and sent someone to collect the bodies, so they were buried here.
There shouldn't be any problems here, at least Cai Zheng didn't suspect that the corpse was fake, right? By the way, how old was Wang Xiaocheng's youngest son at that time?"
"Wang Xiaocheng had two sons in his early years, both of whom unfortunately died in infancy. Jingsheng's army went from Jingzhou to aid Lanzhou. Wang Fan was just born. We drank Zhoujiu and went out to fight - he was more than two years old when the accident happened." Lu Xiong said.
"Whether a child who was a little over two years old had been replaced by someone before he was killed? Even if the person who was ordered by Cai Ling to kill him was once a trusted confidant of Wang Xiaocheng, it should be impossible to tell, right?" Wang
Xin asked with a sigh.
Lu Xiong looked at the moonlight outside the window intently. Although Wang Zhen's words sounded very unbelievable, to them who knew more about the inside story of the Tongbai Mountain banditry, this might be the only reasonable explanation for many doubts.
"Xu Wuqi changed his name to Chen Qi and joined Dong Cheng, which should be a secret for them. You have always said that Xu Wuqi and Xu Wuxuan value the most friendship, so it is reasonable for us to speculate at this time. After Xu Wuxuan died
Later, Xu Wuqi seemed not to miss the old relationship, but secretly protected Wang Xiaocheng's youngest son, and even Xu Huai's previous 'foolishness' should have been to avoid attracting the attention of Cai Qing and his minions——"
Wang Zhen frowned slightly and said,
"And if Xu Wuqi hadn't cooperated with Xu Wufu in every possible way, they wouldn't have been able to capture the Xu clan soldiers so easily. The Xu clan soldiers were much stronger than ordinary village soldiers. Xu Wufu was also considered smart, but he suffered the consequences.
He never saw through Xu Wuqi, Zheng Hui, and Dong Qifeng didn't see through this either, so they fell into the trap of suffering?"
"..." Lu Xiong nodded. He had actually suspected it for a long time, but he never thought about exposing it all.
Wang Xun continued: "...Su Laochang is a man with extraordinary knowledge and extraordinary skills in dealing with the world. It is unlikely that he is an old farmer who fled famine and settled in Tongbai Mountain. He should also be the person who secretly protected Wang Xiaocheng's youngest son; at the same time, he also
He is Xu Wujiang's father-in-law. Only with these two people and Xu Wujiang's unwavering support, Xu Huai could easily concentrate all the main forces of the Xu family after the bandit rebellion into Zhuchitang for him to control..."
"What is the Prime Minister worried about?" Lu Xiong asked.
"Wang Xiaocheng really surrendered to death back then. It would be natural for them to want revenge. I'm worried that they will go too far!" Wang Zhen said.
"Xu Huai, Xu Wujiang, Xu Xin'an, Tang Pan and others are not bad in character. If Xu Wuqi's temperament remains the same, there is no need to worry that he will disregard his integrity," Lu Xiong said, "Besides, they are still borrowing money at this time.
Acting in the name of Prime Minister Wang - if Prime Minister Wang is worried that they have gone too far, Wang Kong and Xu Zhong are all available people who can be taken as confidants. Guo Junpan, Pan Chenghu, Yuan Huidao and others are also obviously more respectful of Prime Minister Wang.
The Prime Minister can use them to restrain Xu Huai in the future!"
