Chapter 124 Return
In the familiar sound of the roar,
As he was teasing, he had become much tameful when he lay on the saddle, but he still liked the grinning little hyena. Zhou Huaian looked at the city wall that reappeared in front of him and breathed a sigh of relief. He finally could have a good rest.
If Wang Pan hadn't sent someone to urge him again, he would have wanted to clean up the local area longer and practice more of his better ideas and means. He won 21 Tuzhais, and the collection and seizure of towns and villages also made his partial army grow to more than 3,000 people.
This is because he was dismissed from the turbid and preserved the essence. His physical fitness or habits and style were really inappropriate. Now everyone has uniform gray-blue robes, backpacks and gears, two weapons and a pair of crossbows, and the armor rate of the soldiers has reached at least 40%. However, the potential of the local area and the oil and water have almost been squeezed to the limit.
Seeing that there were many more station cages suddenly appeared at the top of Chaoyang City, some of which were already like human beings, some were dying, and some were still wailing and begging, it seemed that they were the work of the work team they left behind; I just hope that they would not overdo it, and overcorrectly expand the attack surface without reason, and have to turn back to clean up and deal with the aftermath.
It seems that the three city gates have reopened for a while and have relatively stable flow of people in and out; and some ships have also stopped at the docks and ferries outside the east gate near the river. It seems that the arrangements and agreements left after leaving are continuing to play their roles.
It is nothing more than the old tune of rest and encouragement of industrial and commercial circulation after abolishing the harsh taxes and labor of many government officials. The key is that the rebel army mastered the reserves of several major civilian materials in the city's food warehouses, salt, cloth, firewood, and pottery, and was qualified to conduct relatively rough regulation on the commodity economic system that maintains the daily operation of the city through opening up the market and material supply channels.
Zhou Huaian suddenly raised his head with some emotion, and saw a few figures pointing in his direction beside the big banner with an extraordinary sight, and he didn't look so respectful and polite.
"Is this the monk Xu?"
"Apart from short hair, it just looks like this..."
"Don't underestimate others, according to the words of the brothers in the army."
"That's a person who can hold a license to attack the enemy, comfort the rear, and govern the ranks of the ranks..."
"You haven't seen that in many things, you're obeying your own advice...
"Even when he was not in the army, people around him often said, "This monk, how about that?"
"If we want to open up a situation in the army, or make a difference..."
"I'm afraid I have to deal with it well..."
"So let's put aside these thoughts and attitudes for the time being..."
"Who..."
With a roar and scream in front of him, a stumble figure suddenly rushed out of the crowd dodging on the roadside, and rolled in front of the slowly moving horse. He was shocked that the "pipi shrimp" under Zhou Huaian's crotch was raised and finally stopped stepping on it.
"Okay okay..."
The man curled up in front of the horse's hooves begged for mercy.
"I have a huge injustice and want to ask the leader of the rebel army..."
"Please give me my support..."
"Ha...what the hell is this..."
Zhou Huaian looked at the weak figure who suddenly ran out and pounced in front of his horse, and did not feel the sense of time and space dislocation. This is the legendary horse-blocking complaint. How could he get into it? And obviously he still admits his mistake.
"What do you want to ask for..."
Zhou Huaian was in a good mood and was a little curious at the moment. Looking at the person who had been pressed to the ground by two strong soldiers. Although it was covered in dust, it seemed that he was only thirteen or fourteen years old. In this era, he was a middle-aged man who could barely serve in the military. He couldn't help but feel a little alert and said in his heart.
(The Tang Dynasty Rule Commentary on the Service includes men who meet the service as strong men, middle men and young men, with service age ranging from 15 to 55 years old.)
"I want to sue the monk Xu..."
The person pressed to the ground couldn't help but say hoarsely
"Make people buy and sell in the market..."
At this moment, Zhou Huaian suddenly remembered a not-so-funny joke in the classic movie "Nine-rank Sesame Official" in later generations: "Who is kneeling in the hall, why do you sue me?" It just felt a bit ridiculous; he was obviously acting outside the world, so why did he take such a big blame for it?
"In the name of helping the army, he forced the woman to seize the powerful woman from the people's family, but has not been returned yet..."
"I secretly abducted the children in the streets..."
The people on the ground were still making loud calls, but Zhou Huaian was left and right with a dull and petrified expression. After listening to him talk a lot, someone came back to his senses, but Su Wuming shouted loudly.
"What a courageous one, do you know..."
Then the following words were interrupted by Zhou Huaian.
"Enough, disperse the crowd and continue moving forward, and bring people with you by the way."
"I just want to know what's going on..."
After all, even if he has always been kind to others in the army, he is unwilling to interfere too much in the matters of others. However, if he takes the blame for his inexplicable behavior because others pretend to be arbitrary, it is unbearable. Especially under the rule of the rebel army, he forcibly confiscated women and trafficked children. Why does it sound so familiar?
Among the crowds on the street, there were also a few figures who had just surrounded him, hurriedly left but couldn't wait to turn back and report something.
After filtering out this little episode that was a bit unpleasant, most of the people were settled in the resident station in the east gate. Then, Zhou Huaian ordered Xiaoqi and Liao Yuan beside him to call the leaders of the Young Adventure Team and the city work team to privately ask for something. Then he washed up and changed his clothes and had some snacks, and then went to the inner city where the Central Army was located.
Wang Pan, who had already received the news, not only welcomed him at the Chaozhou government office, but also sent someone to prepare tonight's welcome banquet, saying that he would celebrate and reward him for his contributions and hard work after this return.
When delivering and repaying many things, Zhou Huaian also noticed that Wang Pan's left hand position was added, and there was a man with dark skin and thin hands and feet; he had a pair of thin faces and thick eyebrows, a tight thin lips and a straight nose bridge, which vaguely showed that this was a very determined and independent person.
Just standing there without saying anything, you will naturally have an invisible deterrence, which will make the brigade commanders and lieutenants who were originally unconventional or like to joke involuntarily restrain and intimidate;
According to Wang Pan's on-site introduction, he was Ding Huilai, the old man from Nufeng Camp, who had been famous for a long time, and was also the deputy general appointed by the military government this time. He also brought a dissatisfied camp, a thousand servants and a transport team of 200 pack animals from Guangzhou to take up his post. It was just because he was delayed by many things before, so he arrived in the army to perform his post a few days before Zhou Huaian left.
After returning this time, Zhou Huaian found that he had two more deputy officers, one was the newly appointed deputy manager of the camp, named Lin Zhong, who was a civil servant who had just been dispatched by the military government recently; the other was the garrison's editor-in-chief named Liu Zhi, who was a regular teacher in the martial arts provincial examination; it is said that they all came with several subordinates and Ding Hui, deputy general who returned to Nufeng Camp.
Two deputy officers were airborne, needless to say, used to mix sand and balance daily life; otherwise, those who did not come early or late would have been asked to have vacancies of staff required by Nufeng Camp; but after the relevant personnel of Nufeng Camp won the battle and recovered a lot of territory, three leaders were suddenly arranged to bring their own teams to the post;
However, it really proves that something mixed. What is happy is that this represents the General's Office's intention to strengthen its influence and indirect control; what is worried is that this also means the possibility of fighting for power and profit in a sense, and the internal relationship and structure that was relatively smooth and smooth have become complicated. It can be said that the Nufeng Camp is also very troublesome.
However, it was like some kind of balance or compensation method, after Wang Pan suddenly made an unexpected announcement, Zhou Huaian was appointed by the so-called chief clerk of the town defense; thus he became the third person in the Nufeng Camp or this Longjiang Town Defense Force, second only to the town defense official Wang Pan and the deputy town defense official Ding Hui;
However, because Zhou Huaian directly led the rear battalion as the trainer of the garrison, he was also responsible for all the battalion affairs that the baggage team wanted to do; the number of people directly or indirectly controlled by his subordinates also occupied almost nearly half of the Nufeng Camp's organization.
Therefore, it is natural to have some restrictions and diversion of authority. After all, a leader who does not know how to balance and restrict power under his subordinates is destined to not go much far.
On the other hand, it is mainly because the previous performance has far exceeded the tone of the Cantonese side. With the merits and titles of the military government, the military personnel of Longjiang Town have also been relaxed. Therefore, the privately formed branch battalions have also obtained the qualification to further expand the camp head;
According to the latest position classification, Wang Pan directly led the central camp with 1,200 members and the most powerful front camp. The newly appointed Ding Hui became the immediate superior of 1,000 people from each of the left and right battalions. As for the many people in the half battalion, because of the unevenness of good looks, he only picked out more than 100 people who were still sophisticated as deputy generals, and the others were dispersed and filled in the garrison team according to Wang Pan's requirements to supplement the local garrison forces.
Finally, Zhou Huaian expanded to the rear camp of 800 people and several baggage brigades to which he belonged; therefore, a vague three-legged tripod with Wang Pan as the main and core formed in the army;
Therefore, when this temporary military discussion came here, Zhou Huaian suddenly felt that he wanted to take back his previous evaluation and judgment on Wang Pan with the head of the head; although he seemed a little lazy and impatient with tedious affairs, he was not necessarily vague on key issues, or had his own ideas and countermeasures.
Chapter completed!