The news that the Second Mixed Brigade defeated the Ming army in Fujian has reached Heping County. After helping Wang Shengrong's troops defeat the Ming army in Jiangxi, Fang Nan did not need to support Hu Zhuang anymore. Instead, he returned to Yong'an County to the south, intending to transfer to Guangzhou City with the People's Army Central Government.

As for whether He Yan's troops can capture Guangzhou City, it seems relatively stable in Fang Nan. After the People's Army raised the flag, after many battles with the Guangdong Ming Army, there are only about 40,000 left in the Guangdong Ming Army.

Guangzhou Prefecture was originally the prefecture with the largest number of Ming troops stationed, but with the first and second encirclements of the People's Army, most of the Ming army in Guangzhou Prefecture were transferred, and now there are more than 10,000 people left.

He Yan's third mixed brigade had a force of up to 20,000, and he seized a large number of artillery in Guo Ze's army, so he was very confident of capturing Guangzhou City.

Since the Third Mixed Brigade defeated Guo Ze's army, the People's Army Central Government has also been very busy. On the one hand, it has to be busy with the relocation matters, and on the other hand, it has to be busy with the People's Army's newly occupied territory.

One by one, the decrees were issued from Yong'an County and sent to all parts of the People's Army. The main task was to mobilize officials from various counties to the newly occupied territory and form a new county people's military government.

With the current situation of the People's Army, the number of officials used to govern the entire Guangdong is barely enough. Fortunately, the People's Army has been developing in the mountains for a few more years. Otherwise, if we want to govern the entire Guangdong, we have to appoint more former Ming Dynasty officials and gentry merchants who want to join the People's Army.

At present, the political and military departments of the People's Army are mainly based on three-year education graduates. Below are the mountain people in the mountains who barely know all the commonly used words and know how to arithmetic. The former is mainly officials, while the latter is a minor official.

With the rapid increase in the territory of the People's Army and the People's Army gained support from the people, the People's Army also chose the right person from the people to serve as minor officials. However, such minor officials are pitiful. In the absence of illiteracy, minor officials are their starting point and their end point. If they want to be promoted, they must be literate.

Those literate mountain people did not know much because they had not received three years of education. However, as they worked as minor officials for several months after they came out of the mountain, their knowledge increased and their abilities improved accordingly. They could improve their ranks and be responsible for more things.

Those graduates who have been educating for three years have accumulated some experience in managing a county, and soon they will have to manage a prefecture and will not be too busy.

Government officials, minor officials, and military officers are all the foundations of the People's Army. Only with them can the People's Army, the large group, be consolidated and be confident of governing after occupying the entire Guangdong.

In the territory of the Ming Dynasty, there were many rebels with tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of troops, but they were eventually wiped out by the Ming army. One of the very important reasons was that they lacked officials to manage their territory, and eventually made their territory a mess and could not be used as the basis for fighting the Ming Dynasty. Failure became inevitable.

Of course, those who can serve as officials are basically those who are interested in the Ming Dynasty. They are willing to be officials in the Ming Dynasty, but they are unwilling to be officials in the rebels who will be wiped out at any time. Even if someone joins the rebels, the number of people is very small, mainly those who have hatred of the Ming Dynasty.

As the People's Army continued to defeat the Ming army, the People's Army became stable under the rule of the People's Army, increasing the possibility of overthrow of the Ming Dynasty, and some people wanted to surrender to the People's Army.

However, when the People's Army has enough personnel to use it, the People's Army is more willing to use its own people, and its own people are more trustworthy. The People's Army will not completely refuse those who want to join the People's Army. They will first investigate carefully and then start from the bottom. Those with ability can continue to be promoted with time and contribution.

If an outsider immediately grants a higher official position after he defects to the People's Army, no matter whether the person has talent or not, it will have a huge impact within the People's Army. Most people are unwilling to see an outsider suddenly become his boss.

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Time passed day by day, and in a blink of an eye it was December 20th. In a few days, all the people's army made great progress.

Wang Shengrong's first mixed brigade, Wang Shengrong personally led the way, divided it into two directly, and successively captured four counties in southern Jiangxi, and turned to Nanxiong Prefecture; Xiong Jian's road has surrounded Shaozhou Prefecture City, and it can break the city in at most half a day.

After conquering Chaozhou Prefecture City, Hu Zhuang's second mixed brigade successively occupied Chaoyang County, Chenghai County, Raoping County, and two-thirds of Chaozhou Prefecture in Chaozhou Prefecture have been included in the control.

He Yan's third mixed brigade is expected to arrive outside Guangzhou before dark.

The other three mixed brigades have experienced one battle after another. Only Zhou Yi's fourth mixed brigade, after the initial battle to attack Jieshiwei, has been responsible for the task of defending the coastal areas of Haifeng County. During the first and second encirclements and suppression of the People's Army in the Ming Dynasty, Zhou Yi's troops did not get the chance to fight.

Seeing this situation, Zhou Yi was in a very complicated mood. He had already applied to his teacher that he wanted to lead troops to fight, and the task of defending the coastal areas of Haifeng County could be handed over to other departments.

In addition, thanks to the great victory of the People's Army, the possibility of unrest under the rule of the People's Army is getting smaller and smaller. More than 10,000 new recruits in the eleven counties were mobilized and transferred to the newly occupied territory of the People's Army as auxiliary troops.

He Yan's third mixed brigade was getting closer and closer to Guangzhou City, and the atmosphere in Guangzhou City was getting more and more tense. Many powerful and powerful carriages squeezed at the west gate and wanted to leave the city, but were stopped by the Ming army. No matter how powerful and powerful people coerced and tempted them, the Ming army guarding the gate did not open the door.

This situation has happened in Guangzhou City for several days. Since the news of Guo Cheng's army's defeat reached Guangzhou City, more bad news has been sent back every day. Not only has Guo Cheng's army been defeated, but the Ming army from Huguang also lost. There has not been any news from the other two Ming armies, but many people suspect that the two armies were also defeated.

The strength of the People's Army makes it difficult for the powerful people in Guangzhou to imagine how such a powerful rebel appeared in Guangdong, and now he is going to attack Guangzhou City. It is said that a group of more than 20,000 people are entering Guangzhou City. With the number of Ming troops in Guangzhou City, it is difficult to reach the rebels. Once Guangzhou City is captured, the powerful people in the city will be in trouble.

The powerful and powerful wanted to leave, but Wu Wenhua refused to let them go. In Wu Wenhua's view, once the powerful and powerful were released from the city, the morale of the Ming army guarding the city would decline. The more people walked away, the more morale of the Ming army would decline. The powerful and powerful all left, and many soldiers were unwilling to stay in Guangzhou City to fight the People's Army in bloody battle.

Under such circumstances, if you want to defend Guangzhou City, Wu Wenhua could only issue an order not to let anyone leave Guangzhou City.

Wu Wenhua knew that even if Guangzhou City could be defended and he offended the powerful, the Guangdong Governor would not be able to continue to be the governor of Guangdong.

"well!"
Chapter completed!