Not to mention Han Qian's personal prestige among the old soldiers of Guangde Army, not to mention the money, food and other material support that Xuzhou can provide, Han Donghu, Su Lie and other leaders of the rebellion were just colluding in secret in the early stage, hiding from the eyes and ears of the government.
The reason for preparing everything secretly was because it would be too difficult and dangerous to start a rebellion directly in Guangde Mansion.
Han Qian proposed a new plan. Even though Su Lie still had some ideas in his heart, seeing the excitement on others' faces, he knew that accepting Han Qian's suggestion was a wise choice.
And considering that he and his followers escaped from the Shang family and were regarded by the government as traitors to the party and arrested dozens of elite soldiers and hundreds of families, is there a better way out than surrendering to Xuzhou?
Besides, Su Lie was not familiar with gang organizations that only gradually emerged in later generations. At that time, there were only some rudimentary forms of gang organizations. However, such as the Taiping Dao in the late Han Dynasty, the Five Pecks of Rice Sect in the Southern Dynasty, Zhang Jiao, Sun En and other historical figures used Shamen and Daomen organizations to carry out their early stage
He is still familiar with the preparation and mobilization, and then setting off a large-scale riot when the time is relatively mature.
Even if they end up going down the road of rioting, using gangs for preliminary preparation and mobilization is the best and safest choice before them.
Even if there is an uprising in the end, it is self-evident whether to choose the hinterland of Jiangnan, where the Chu army is the strongest, or to go to the fringe areas where the Chu court's control is weak.
People like Zhou Pang and Chen Jingzhou were not the leaders of the cottages that existed at the junction of the three kingdoms of Liang, Chu and Shu in the early days?
After this was confirmed, Han Qian felt that he could use the name of the Chishan Society to organize and recruit people, and there was no need to avoid the inheritance relationship with the Chishan Army.
It's okay to even hint to the outside world that there are unclear connections with Xuzhou.
Anyway, Xuzhou refused to admit this kind of thing. Without real evidence, the court had no way to forcefully "frame" it on Xuzhou.
When determining the internal structure of the Chishan Society, Han Qian suggested that Su Lie should be the leader. Su Lie still knew his own limitations and resolutely refused to join. Han Donghu thought that the matter was such a big deal and that he had sinned too much to take on the important responsibility.
In the end, everyone discussed and decided that several of them would respect Han Qian as the leader of the meeting, but internally and externally, they said that the head of the meeting was empty or not.
In order to facilitate concealment and keep secrets, under the head of the association, three nunneries and six rooms were set up in the name of Maoshan Jiufeng to be responsible for specific affairs. Han Donghu, Su Lie, Lin Jiang, Lin Sheng, Guo Xiao, Guo Quan, Zhou
Zhu and others are responsible respectively.
San'an and Damao'an are in charge of recruiting, training, and commanding the armed forces of the Chishan Army.
Whether it was Han Donghu's introduction or Feng Liao's previous contact, Su Lie was still qualified as the leader of a small to medium-sized military organization.
Su Lie has been with Shang Wensheng for many years, and his knowledge and knowledge are extremely extraordinary. If Shang Wensheng had not harbored resentment and had murderous intentions towards them, he would have been Shang Wensheng's most trusted assistant, and his ability was even stronger than that of Shang Wensheng's eldest son.
Come out a lot.
In order to avoid the gap between Su Lie and bring everyone's strength together as much as possible, Han Qian decided that Su Lie would be responsible for commanding the armed forces of the Chishan Society.
Of course, the real backbone of the armed forces of the Chishan Society are all the former military attachés of the Chishan Army.
Even if Han Qian is the leader in name only, major military operations still need to be decided jointly by the three nunneries and the six houses.
Xiao Mao'an is in charge of the congregation's economic operations, and is better at handling complex affairs. Guo Quan, who once served as an official in Guangde Prefecture, was persecuted and imprisoned years ago, and finally survived with his life.
Lei Kuian is in charge of gang rules and intelligence gathering, headed by Han Donghu.
There are six rooms under the third nunnery, and the two rooms are directly under the direct jurisdiction of Damao nunnery. They are secretly trained and directly in charge of the armed forces of the Chishan Society. They are headed by brothers Lin Jiang and Lin Sheng respectively.
Lin Jiang, Lin Sheng and their brother Lin Xiong were all elite military attachés of the old Chishan Army.
After capturing Langxi, the three brothers were injured and withdrew from the front line, and were reorganized into the county army as military attachés.
Especially Lin Xiong, who was already a mid- to high-level military attaché at the battalion command level when he quit Zuo Guangde Army.
Only because there were many uncles in the Lin family and the issue of whether to stay or leave was very controversial at that time, and the mother of the three Lin brothers was determined not to leave their homeland, they did not follow Han Qian to Xuzhou - when Han Qian returned to Xuzhou, Lin Xiong had already been promoted
He is the captain of Guangde County.
It's a pity that due to the counterattack of the aristocratic clan, the three brothers of the Lin family were purged.
Lin Xiong died in prison, Lin Jiang, and Lin Sheng were released from prison before Chen Jingzhou came to Guangde Mansion. However, what they saw after they were released from prison was that their mother died of fright, her sister-in-law committed suicide by hanging from a beam, and she had two nephews in her younger generation.
Children also died during this period due to inability to treat their illnesses.
If Han Qian hadn't come forward in person, it would have been difficult for Feng Liao to persuade them to choose to endure rather than start a riot directly.
The first room is under the direct jurisdiction of Lei Kuan, and Guo Xiao is responsible for it, specializing in intelligence gathering and spying. In this way, Xuzhou does not need to establish a special intelligence network in Jinling, and can be merged into this room to take charge.
Sanfang, which is the largest and will also have the largest number of people in the future, will be under the direct jurisdiction of Xiaomao'an and will mainly focus on the economic livelihood of the congregation. After all, the Chishan Army is a semi-military armed gang organization, and the livelihood of the large-scale congregation is actually the most core and also the most important.
The most urgent problem to be solved.
At present, everyone is staying in Dingjiagou, and Dingjiagou is temporarily designated as the main hall.
Dingjiagou is close to the shore of Taihu Lake, but it is located in deep mountains and old forests, and the roads in and out are narrow and hidden.
Although this area is adjacent to Changxing County in Huzhou, it is the area where the Chishan Army and the old Zuoguang De Army have the best foundation, making it difficult for the government and Jinyun Division's eyes and ears to penetrate.
Even if Han Donghu, Su Yeol and the others move openly among the lakes and mountains, they don't have to worry about their whereabouts being leaked.
In addition, when Han Qian settled thousands of people in Dingjiagou and other five villages, it was clear that these five villages were mainly engaged in fishing and shipping fish and shrimps from Taihu Lake.
The five villages are united with each other, and they are already considered to be quite powerful water villages in the waters of Taihu Lake.
This provides the necessary foundation for the Chishan Society to develop on a large scale from land to waterways in a short period of time.
They temporarily set up the main hall of the Chishan Society in Dingjiagou. In addition to gathering the surrounding fishing village forces, they can directly transfer some of the people and families who have gathered deep in the northern foot of Fuyu Mountain. They can also help the Ding family
In the name of fishing villages such as Guogou, they purchased large and small ships to expand their livelihoods.
As a paramilitary armed gang, the Chishan Society must avoid conflicts with the court and local officials, and do not talk about future development. If it grows stronger, it will soon deprive Guangde Prefecture of their fields and homes, and the 14,500 old people who are struggling on the edge of survival will
Even weak women and children were accepted into the congregation, and the pressure to make a living was still great.
In a short period of time, it expanded the size of the Taihu Lake fishing fleet to the maximum extent, took over the transportation and sales of grain commodities from surrounding counties and counties, and directly arranged some people from land to boats to make a living.
The most critical thing here is to penetrate the towns and ports along the waterway connecting Taihu Lake to the Yangtze River as quickly as possible.
This is the key to the subsequent transfer of the main force of the Chishan Society from Guangde Mansion, from the waters of Taihu Lake, to the Yangtze River, and then to the eastern part of Chuzhou.
Without support and cover along the way, tens of thousands of people had to move from the waters of Taihu Lake to the Yangtze River through waterways. The probability of not being discovered by the government's eyes and ears was too low, and it took too much luck.
Of course, although merchant ships and people and cargo from Xuzhou are currently subject to strict surveillance and inspection when entering Dongting Lake and the Yangtze River through the Yuanshui River, before the checkpoints are tightened, Xuzhou still has some manpower lurking in the Hunan states.
, and also secretly left some ships.
Not to mention that the Xuzhou Boat Gang had a close relationship with the Jingxiang water village forces in their early years.
With the support of Xuzhou, and with the former military attachés of the Chishan Army as the backbone, it is not difficult for the Chishan Society to secretly develop a certain strength in a short period of time.
At this time, a group of people must be organized immediately to cross the river and establish a foothold in Hudang District in the east of Chuzhou in the name of escaping famine.
At present, Li Zhigao and Gao Chengyuan are leading the cavalry, infantry and navy to attack the city of Chaozhou. They have not yet launched a real offensive to seize the city. The imperial court has just sent Wei Zhen and other officials to take over the areas along the Chu River west of Chaozhou. The eastern border of Chuzhou is in chaos.
There are a large number of refugees who escaped from the war zone in the western border of Chaozhou and Chuzhou and are stranded.
The landless farmers in Guangde Prefecture crossed the river to flee north, which can be said to be fishing in troubled waters.
The imperial court even hoped that more refugees from all over the south of the Yangtze River could move to the north bank at this time, so that Chuzhou could be better managed in the future and serve as a bridgehead for the subsequent recovery of Shouzhou, Haozhou, Huozhou and other places, and even the reduction of vassalage in Huaidong.
Han Qian stayed in Dingjiagou for half a month. During this half-month, various things were carried out rapidly, and more than 300 people gathered directly in Dingjiagou to expand the number of people in the main hall.
Han Qian also secretly met with some key members who were truly trustworthy.
Considering that Han Donghu, Su Lie and others were inexperienced, before leaving Dingjiagou, Han Qian ordered Dou Rong to stay. In addition to being responsible for liaison, he also assisted them with preliminary preparations and the evacuation of the landless population.
As a former senior general of the Chishan Army and the Zuoguangde Army, Dou Rong also had enough prestige among the leaders of the rebellion such as Lin Jiang, Lin Sheng, Guo Xiao, and Guo Quan to coordinate them in making potentially controversial decisions.
Preparations are almost here, and even the first batch of ships coming from Ezhou and Huangzhou have already docked at the beach outside Dingjiagou. Han Qian took Guo Rong, Xi Lin, Feng Liao and others to borrow a
A small boat crosses Taihu Lake and heads to Yangzhou in the north...