Before noon, there was already an uncontrollable noise in the north of Lihu City.
This is not only that the decision documents of the big bosses have been posted, showing many sensitive and serious things, but more importantly, the rhythm of the meeting has been delayed from high-level decisions among the big bosses to all the leaders.
We are all involved in the process.
And soon, as the discussion deepened, with the unanimous suggestions of important officials including Wei Xuanding, Xiong Bonan, and Li Shu, the scale of the meeting expanded again. Many middle-level and junior officers, commanders, and deputy commanders in the military
Discussions with local backbones have also entered the process, and the format of the meeting has also changed to a special discussion led by a single big leader.
That's right, even Li Shu quickly managed to use his free money to buy food in the west before the autumn harvest in the subsequent meetings, including setting up an inspection agency to clean up all the errands including lawsuits and prisons on the territory...compared to the second time
As far as the Eastern Expedition was concerned, this was certainly an idle job, but no one could deny that it was still an important job that could both accumulate prestige and obtain obvious merit.
As for Chai Xiaohe, in addition to the early transfer of materials, he also received the important task of concentrating craftsmen to continue preparing and maintaining ordnance.
Relatively speaking, although Zhang Xing did not have any direct personal tasks, he still had to face some direct problems at this time.
"Is there a commotion in the Huaiyou League?" Zhang Xing, who was sitting in a corner under the greenhouse, asked in surprise. "What exactly is going on?"
Standing in front of him were Ma Ping'er and Wang Xiongdan. These two people seemed to have been a little depressed since they arrived here, and they were surrounded by a lot of close or confidant leaders and the helmsman who were sitting or standing.
, protector, deacon.
"Actually, it's nothing." Wang Xiongdan hurriedly tried to explain in front of everyone. "It's just that the foster father and you all jointly dealt with a few bastards who wanted to break up... Whether it was according to the rules of the world or the alliance.
All laws and regulations should be dealt with."
Zhang Xing thought for a while and continued to ask: "Should it be right? I'm just curious... Why is the family separation happening now? Where are the people who are causing the family separation?"
Wang Xiongdan was at a loss for words, causing many sensible people from the Deposed Dragon Gang to curl their lips.
Ma Ping'er, on the other hand, was a little impatient at this time and complained directly: "Let's just say it directly, can this matter be hidden from the leader?"
"It's the Black Shark Gang from Wushui that takes the lead. There are about four or five small gangs, all of whom are members of the Huaibei Northwest." Wang Xiongdan was urged, and he had no choice but to whisper in response, appearing to be in a low mood. "They want to rebel.
After a public discussion within the alliance, most people were still unwilling to rebel, but they couldn't hold it back and decided to quit the Huaiyou Alliance and rebel on their own... Finally, they got into trouble and took action, killing one of the gang leaders, imprisoning two of them, and died.
Forty or fifty brothers of high quality."
Zhang Xingfu thought for a moment and continued to ask seriously: "Is the Black Shark Gang Sha Datong?"
"yes."
"Is he the one who died?"
"……yes."
"I remember that Sha Datong was a very smooth man. Why did he suddenly take the lead in doing this? Is it related to the First World War in Lishan?" Zhang Xing was too late to ask.
"Of course there are." Ma Ping'er interjected from the side. "But the more reason is that Huaibei Northwest originally wanted to rebel, and then this time Xuzhou sent troops to ruin the people there... No matter how tactful the Sha gang leader is, he still wants to rebel.
Taking into account the wishes of the local gang members in his gang...especially when Han Yingong was defeated and retreated directly to Huaiyang, forcing the vortex water to harm the middle reaches to the upper reaches."
People around him were stunned and then sighed.
Zhang Xing was also stunned, nodded, but then shook his head: "Let's see how long Boss Du can hold on... The embarrassing thing about this is that in the current situation, for the sake of the unity of the Huaiyou Alliance, one can kill and suppress, but if the situation gets worse,
In one or two years, the Huaiyou Alliance may rebel again, how will it explain to the local heroes in northwest Huaixi?"
There is a lot of discussion around. Obviously, not only from the internal perspective of the Huaiyou League, but also from the perspective of the Deposed Dragon Gang, the Huaiyou League, an ally that is unwilling to rebel, is also a very embarrassing existence. And with the upcoming events of the Deposed Dragon Gang,
Expansion, this state cannot be maintained for long.
Wang Xiongdan and Ma Ping'er, two big gangs who have been in constant contact with each other in recent times, naturally knew some things and were even more sensitive to some things. However, although they wanted to speak several times, they did not say anything in the end.
"Forget it, I also know what Mr. Du means, and I also know his difficulties. The second Eastern Expedition is coming, and I don't want to point fingers at Huaishang." Zhang Xing shook his head in reply. "On the contrary, you two were sent back again.
It is not only the face that Boss Du has given me, but also his love for you two, and it is also the room for both sides in the future... How many people have you brought with you this time? "
"There is no one, only the two of us." Wang Xiongdan became more and more embarrassed. "After the hundreds of people went back, they were gathered up by the foster father and all of them were added to the long sword team newly formed by him and his uncle.
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Zhang Xing nodded immediately. It would be weird if he didn't know this basic skill of Du Po Zhen: "That's good, Wang Xiongdan, I have officially added your name to the leader today. You can join Jia Yue immediately."
Go to the camp and pick out two hundred soldiers to be the leader of my bodyguard... I will set off today."
Wang Xiongdan nodded and became curious again: "Where are the old brothers before Third Uncle? Have they dispersed into the army?"
"That's not true." Zhang Xing explained briefly. "I have been promoted a little, but my foundation is still there. I asked Jia Runshi to supplement the number of people and lead... In the future, you two will cooperate more and pay attention to the matching of weapons. These four hundred people,
In the future, he will be an important assistant in cooperating with all the practitioners in the army to form military formations."
The young Jia Runshi turned around and bowed his hand seriously to the slightly older Wang Xiongdan, who immediately returned the greeting. Then he saluted the cold-faced Jia Yue, who was familiar with the world, and the three of them went to the military camp together.
gone.
As soon as they left, Zhang Xingfu came to see Ma Ping'er again: "Ping'er, what do you think? Do you want to lead the army or do something? Does your father have an explanation with you?"
"My father asked me to be more careful and not to make any mistakes. He also said that I would not be allowed to lead troops." Ma Ping'er shook his head repeatedly. "I personally thought that if I could have a team of female soldiers, I would do it no matter what.
Those who came out to lead the troops, but right now there are still none..."
"This is a big difficulty." Zhang Xing nodded in approval. Even though there is such a thing as true energy cultivation, and there are real female masters, the vast majority of people in this world still have no cultivation. This makes men and women in cultural and practical differences.
There is still a typical medieval atmosphere in the division of labor. "There may be a chance to form a team in the future... But before that? Do you still need to lead troops?"
Ma Ping'er lowered his head and said, "My father's words are a bit harsh..."
Zhang Xing was convinced and wanted to give instructions.
Unexpectedly, Bai Yousi was sitting on a chair a few steps away. After hearing this, he said directly: "Let's lead a group of soldiers out, and then follow me!"
Zhang Xing went to see Ma Ping'er, and when he saw the latter nodded, he pointed at Zhou Xingfan: "Xiao Zhou led the horse leader to catch up with Jia Yue, and also led five hundred people out. I will follow Sisi's orders in the future."
Ma Ping'er nodded, turned around and left with Zhou Xingfan.
At this time, there were fewer and fewer people beside Zhang Xing. He finally looked at Wang Zhen, who also immediately sat over.
"I want you to come from Chuqiu. You can bring five hundred people with you, and Meng Zhigui will lead a thousand Meng rebels to come over and be your deputy generals." Zhang Xing, who was under the shed, got straight to the point, not caring about the crowd surrounding him. "
Let Jia Yue divide you into 500 men, and then you, Jia Yue, and Xiao Zhou will be the core military leaders directly under me..."
Wang Zhen hesitated for a moment and asked directly: "Can I become the big boss in this way?"
Even though everyone around him was discussing it heatedly, this statement still attracted the attention of many people.
"That's what I mean." Zhang Xing was still straightforward. "Your qualifications are here, and your merits are actually not bad. Just like Niuda this time, you only have a few mistakes... The Eastern Expedition is over, and there is no such thing as being pinched before.
Once you find something to handle, it will happen naturally."
Wang Zhen nodded immediately: "That's okay."
It's so simple and cute.
Zhang Xingfu looked back at Wang Zhuo again, and to this man, his instructions were quite simple: "Then I'll leave the matters on the southern front to Chief Wang. I can rest assured that you can handle the matter."
Wang Zhuo immediately stood up and bowed seriously.
Let's say that at this time, not only the people under the shed, but also the official roads began to stir up excitement.
Because as the discussion progressed, many policies that did not need to be kept confidential had been improved and simply released following some previous personnel decisions.
The wealthy businessmen, wealthy merchants and landlords could no longer bear it and started to rush forward. On the separated official road, they were talking and thinking about the newly posted things on the big tree. Some people even pricked their ears.
Come and listen to the discussion across the queue of samurai, or just watch eagerly.
What the local landowners care about is whether taxes will be increased because of the second Eastern Expedition, and whether they should properly express their cooperation or even surrender? What the wealthy businessmen care about is whether there are new business opportunities. After all, because of the three previous expeditions to the Eastern Yi and the subsequent war,
Due to the turmoil, the Jishui Basin, which was originally almost integrated and extremely developed commercially, has been blocked for a year.
Needless to say, there is no need to say much about the thoughts of the wealthy merchants in the world. They were shocked by the scale and results of the Battle of Lishan. Most of them came here to apply for jobs. However, the wealthy merchants who have cultivated themselves these days are naturally more powerful.
He has the mentality of a good bird choosing a tree to roost on, so he has always been reserved.
Of course, there are inevitably spies from all sides involved.
However, as the meeting progressed and deepened, whether it was the landowners and wealthy businessmen, the wealthy businessmen, or the spies, they were all obviously shocked by this method of decision-making.
The Deposed Dragon Gang has been rising for a long time, and the characters in it are all so-called famous. They have naturally heard the relevant rumors, but as the saying goes, seeing is better than hearing a hundred times. Only when you are here today can you believe that the Deposed Dragon Gang actually
Everyone really makes the decision together. A big leader can really decide the final result with a raise of his hand. The following leaders, helmsmen, team generals, guardians, and deacons can also really consult with the big leader in charge face to face, and then
Make the agreed upon documents into documents, copy them, post them, and implement them.
Although these wealthy people, businessmen, landowners, and Taoist priests may not understand the Taoism inside, nor can they properly organize and explain things, some things naturally belong to the kind of things that do not require advanced knowledge to understand.
For example, when everyone has a public discussion together, will they all have a little face, and will the things they come up with be more fair and aboveboard? And will it also be able to minimize the conflicts, assassinations, and other bottomless consequences of private resolutions?
For example, if the results of everyone's discussion are confirmed by everyone on the spot, can the opposition's opposition be filtered out as much as possible on the spot and avoid unnecessary actions by the opposition afterwards? Will it also allow the absolute
Most people will become stress-free and even determined when implementing these resolutions, and even have a sense of mission?
It can only be said that no matter what, this makes these gangsters feel a little refreshed.
"A rebellious gang has turned itself into a government! The government only puts up notices and knows how to do things behind closed doors!"
After watching for a while, under the big tree opposite the official road, a wealthy man in brocade clothes carrying a big sword suddenly sneered, and then walked away with his arms in his arms, attracting side glances from the people around him.
Obviously, the businessmen and landowners who are disadvantaged groups but have mastered the wealth seem to like this kind of open and transparent scene very much. Their attention has been diverted to the interpretation of those clauses. But it is more obvious that they seem to be more and more comfortable in this world.
Some of the powerful people in the world are tired of it.
And soon, as this person left, many people left one after another - not everyone can accept this kind of thing.
"The Cloak Sword is quite right...the Deposed Dragon Gang has become like the government."
Seeing those people leaving, under the tree nearby, a fat Taoist priest with a bare head, wearing a tattered robe with the logo of Baidi Temple, sitting on a double-headed crescent shovel sighed slightly... Baidi Temple
Among them, there is a specially ordained martial Taoist priest, known as King Kong, just like the maid in the Red Emperor Temple...and this person is obviously an ordained Taoist priest who has broken the family.
"So let's forget it?" A friend next to him who was wearing a futou and dressed in ordinary Jianghu clothes except for his shorter hair asked in surprise. "Go back to Nanyang directly? Or go to Hebei?"
"No..." The fat bald Taoist priest thought for a moment, touched his bald head and sighed. "I don't know what the boss thinks. I just think that since there is a rebellion, just like what the Deposed Dragon Gang said, we must both
To overthrow the violent Wei Dynasty, we need to re-establish the world, but if we want to re-establish the world, we have to establish a new government. Isn't it normal to have no charlatanism?"
"Then stay?" My partner continued to ask.
"It's hard to say." The bald Taoist priest continued to touch his head under the tree. "I still feel a little guilty about Shangguan... If we could endure those restrictions, why did we escape from the temple with the boss that day? And you
I thought, An Tianxia should do this, but An Tianxia wanted to eliminate the violent Wei before, but if he wanted to eliminate the violent Wei, he should twist into a rope and follow one head... The Deposed Dragon Gang looks like this, today it's Li
As the head of the house, the man named Zhang will come over again tomorrow, no matter what he thinks, he doesn’t look like one!"
"That's the truth." The short-haired friend sighed. "If you want to say that the rebels are rebelling against each other, then there is no need to do this. But if you do this, who will be the emperor? As long as one of them becomes the emperor,
How can we continue to do this? Even the demon guards in the North have a single-headed commander!"
"That's what I mean." The fat, bald Taoist priest nodded quickly. "I guess among the people who just left, it's not that this thing looks too much like the government, but that it doesn't look like anything else. They've never seen it before, and they feel scared.
... As long as it looks like a wealthy family and a gathering of friends, it will stay."
"Then wait a little longer?" My partner thought for a while and asked immediately. "Should I go back and make it clear to the boss, and you stay here and continue to watch?"
Just as the bald Taoist priest was about to say more, suddenly, there was another noise in front of him.
He raised his head in surprise, and even couldn't help but sniffle... and after he stood up, he suddenly realized.
It turned out that at noon, the Qianlong Gang carried out many wooden barrels from the military camp, which were filled with hot meals, including vegetables, pickles, stir-fried sauce, steamed buns, rice, porridge, and soup... This is the Jishui River Basin,
At the junction of the north and the south, transportation is developed, and the variety of materials is quite guaranteed.
Smelling the aroma, people under the shed and in the square paused their discussions. Whether they were the big boss or the ordinary guardian deacons, they all went to get food. Then they quickly continued talking with rice bowls and steamed buns, as if they were in a military camp.
He has rude habits and doesn't have much etiquette.
However, the food was so delicious that the people on the official road looked at it in awe, and many people who had no lunch habit were ready to go to the city to find a meal.
The bald Taoist priest also rubbed his stomach and hesitated for a moment.
But at this moment, under the shed, some big boss noticed this, and after giving an order, someone actually handed over several buckets of food, soup, and porridge, and there were food soldiers there to greet them.
It turned out that the Deposed Dragon Gang actually wanted to treat these onlookers and wealthy businessmen and landlords who were waiting for news to dinner.
The wealthy businessmen in the world didn't care and just swarmed in. They even felt that the Dragon Gang finally had some sense of loyalty. Although the wealthy businessmen and landlords had no shortage of their own money, and some even thought the food was inferior, looking from a distance
When I saw the big bosses, all the bosses gathered together to eat the same thing, they couldn't help but be amazed. They all came to try it and decided to try it themselves.
The fat, bald Taoist priest also filled a large bowl of rice, spread half a bowl of green vegetables, sprinkled half a spoonful of sauce, and specially ordered a steamed bun. He sat back in the shade of the tree to eat, and after a while he ate it cleanly.
I was ready to return the bowl quickly when I saw a large vat of sour plum soup coming next to me. I was even more happy... The Jianghuai Central Plains are rich in plums, and the plum rain is named after it. It happens to be in June after the rainy season.
The most practical, cheap and delicious, suitable for men, women, old and young, so sour plum soup is available in cities of all sizes.
However, when the bald Taoist priest rushed to ladle the sour plum soup, he saw a pair of Liuhe boots suddenly appear behind the bucket, and then inexplicably stretched out a hand and grabbed the big iron spoon first.
The fat Taoist priest raised his head in surprise, but saw a young man looking at him with a smile, so he smiled too. Before he could speak, he noticed something strange. When he lowered his head again, he saw that the surroundings of the big iron spoon were already cold.
People even had ice edges faintly appearing, but the ice did not form from around the iron spoon, but appeared from the entire barrel, and they were shocked for a moment.
Without him, there would only be one person in the Deposed Dragon Army with this level of Ice Qi!
Or it can be said that at this moment, one of the most famous Ice Qi masters in the world seems to be deposing the Dragon Army.
"Okay." After just a moment, Zhang Xing, who was starting to get bored, said with a smile and handed over the iron spoon. "Everyone should be careful about the public spoons. Don't fall in. You will end up drinking too much."
The fat Taoist priest nodded, took it, lowered his head and scooped out a bowl of ice-cold sour plum soup. He handed the spoon to the person behind him, but he held the bowl beside him and watched the dragon-slaying knife turn and leave, and then returned.
Go under the tree.
"You should go back to Nanyang. I have figured it out and will stay here." The fat Taoist priest looked at his companions who were still eating, drank the cold sour plum soup in one gulp, and then wiped his mouth. "Follow the announcement.
Go up and find that hell leader to join the gang."
"I bought you for just a bowl of soup?" The friend next to me who was still eating had seen it clearly before, but now he couldn't help but couldn't bear it. "How come our Bashu Thirteen King Kongs are so cheap?"
"You know nothing!" the fat Taoist priest blurted out, dismissively.
In the afternoon, it may be that many backbones in the gang were too enthusiastic about participating in political discussions, and many powerful leaders seemed to be willing to take this opportunity to emphasize their special powers, so that the meeting tended to be delayed and further expanded... But soon
Soon, all this was forcibly stopped by Zhang Xing, the newly appointed leader Zuo and commander-in-chief of the Second Eastern Expedition.
It is a good thing to have a meeting, but if the core issue is successfully solved, there is no need to continue to perfunctory here. In other words, solving the core issue itself is to launch the Second Eastern Expedition quickly and decisively.
In fact, at Zhang Xing's urging, Wang Shuyong rode directly back to the front line that night, and Wang Zhen and Meng Tiegui also returned to the southern front that night.
After breakfast on the second day, Lihu's army started to move forward... The deposed dragon army began to advance in an orderly manner, with troops one after another, and flags all over the official road, as far as the eye could see.
Interestingly, when the entire Eastern Expedition army numbered as high as 30,000, the largest advancing force of the Dragon-Deposing Army, namely Zuo Longtou Zhang Xingshen's troops, only had 4,000 troops.
But this seems to be a matter of course, because beyond Lishan and heading east, in the entire Dongping County, Jibei County, and Lu County, no matter whether it is an official or a bandit, there is no army with a total of more than three thousand.
On June 15th, Zhang Xing's red flag with the word "deposed" arrived at Yuncheng. At this time, Niu Da and Wang Shuyong, who were the vanguard, had already captured Lu County, Jibei County and Xiaqiu, Lu County respectively.
At the same time, the leaders below Xu Shiying have quickly taken control of at least fifteen counties and twenty cities in the three counties, plus seven major rivers, Jishui ferry, nine famous specialties, commercial towns, and five mines.
Seven large temples.
And took advantage of the situation to sweep away eleven permanent and semi-permanent military strongholds of various origins, including the Liangshan Dazhai.
Each leader has a special appointment, and they all implement it strictly along the way.
Announcements of peace and security were posted on government offices, city gates, towns and any settlements with more than 300 people as the huge army poured in everywhere. This time, considering the food risks in the future, the Dragon-Deposed Army did not release grain on a large scale, but
We chose to provide targeted emergency relief to food-deficient areas, and began to encourage everyone to take advantage of summer to seek food from wild vegetables, fruits and vegetables.
Of course, it is inevitable to distribute the money seized from the treasury and carry out a larger-scale debt-burning strategy.
Parts of these three counties, which were the main battlegrounds between the Deposed Dragon Army and the Qilu Army, were the enemy areas closest to the Lishan battlefield. All parties within them showed great obedience.
Almost all the government surrendered, the defeated troops were swept away, the previous defectors were liquidated, the war orphans were collected, the food was specially protected, ordnance supplies were transferred to Lihu, the Jiyin area was renovated, and the unique local organization of the Dragon Gang was deposed.
The structure was established and various military and political policies were implemented.
On June 17, Xiong Bonan gave his answer. According to the purple-faced king's investigation, the so-called rebel army on the south side of Juye Ze, which numbered 1,500 people and was known as the Golden Boring Army, had committed multiple robberies and robbery.
There was an evil act that was close to massacre of the village. Therefore, although they asked to surrender, they should not be regarded as rebels, but should be exterminated as bad bandits.
Wang Zhen's troops, who had just come from the southern front, quickly attacked and easily won the battle. He beheaded the enemy's leader and surrendered his troops. In accordance with Zhang Xing's military order, he killed the enemy on May 1st and dumped their corpses in the marsh.
The snake is strong.
On June 21st, Zhang Xing started from Yuncheng and headed for Sucheng. The surrounding armies once again pushed eastwards from various places. This time, almost all of the three counties, which were extremely empty, fell into the hands of the Dragon Army.
Autumn has not yet arrived, but the autumn wind is already sweeping away the fallen leaves.