"After the thieves in the ridges came out of Hunan and Jiangxi, they often drove them to travel around with donkeys, mules, hordes, and horses. Local governments chased them, and they could not control them even if they were too late... The destruction of counties and states has caused great troubles. People at that time thought it was a hard time and said that it was a mule thief, so they were called together with the Huaixi Army. "

"Qianfu Dangerous Record" by Zheng Pi, Secretary-General

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When he received the news that Lu Guimeng arrived in Guangzhou, Zhou Huaian was also reviewing the army at the foot of Luofu Mountain. To be honest, although they are both famous contemporary "Pi Lu" masters, compared with Pi Rixiu, who is still a bit reluctant to use it, he pays more attention to Lu Guimeng, which has the attributes of several rare agronomists in this era.

Because in this troubled era, poetry and songs cannot save anyone, but excellent agronomic knowledge may make more people survive; for this reason, the few old literati who were able to retain under his command were also candidates with technicians or specialized in people's livelihood affairs.

For example, Fan Chuo, who wrote "The Book of Nanman" but still possessed some kind of old-style literati idealism; Liu Xun, former Guangzhou Sima, who wrote "Lingbiaoluyi" and had the aura of an old bureaucrat; and even Lu Guimeng, who is now in the "Lei and Hu Jing" and "Lize Series" to lure later generations.

Although they each have their own problems and limitations; at least they are willing to calm down and study, they can have enough patience and persistence to visit the lower classes of the people to obtain first-hand information. This is much more important than the achievements in articles and poems.

So this time, the subsequent additional condition for negotiating with Dong Chang, a powerful faction occupying Hangzhou, was to find a way to find a way to get Lu Guimeng, who was imprisoned, and send it to his hands. In this way, Liu Xun and another junior college leader of the Agricultural College were in place.

As the saying goes, if there are more than ten thousand people, it is boundless. Now the mobilized people are particularly narrow for the large schoolyard near Guangzhou City, and can only be divided into several standby and rest camps to gather here;

This is also a field training ground for regular exercises. After all, in Guangzhou, which is highly developed and relatively densely populated, it is not easy to find a suitable and continuous large-scale training ground without destroying the farmland and approaching the villages.

The old men who read the look looked quite confident, while the new men were relatively full of morale and confidence. Although the colors and styles of their clothes were uniform gray-blue (old men) or lead-gray (new men) hip shirts, specific clues can still be distinguished from the armor.

Ordinary soldiers were wearing light brown half-body bubble studs or patched leather armor, while auxiliary soldiers did not wear armor and only had small round leather helmets without floral decorations; old soldiers and senior soldiers were wearing piece-piece armor or wide-leaf armor, and the round iron helmets were decorated with monochrome or several-color ribbons as the order of the difference;

For the jumping team and the first-row ranking, there must be more shoulder pads, arm pads and knee pads; the cavalry and infantry teams have the same iron scale armor, and the iron helmet with cheeks is inserted into black horsehair; and the direct regiment and the teaching brigade have a green cloak as a mark.

On these basis, the military academy and generals have added sleeves and shin guards, and a few people have complete two-dou armor or a pair of bright lights. As for the helmets or the Luanbao, they have everything from the sky, flat tops, and flying fins.

As for weapons, they are mainly set of bows/crosses, cards/shields, knives/spikes; in the jumping and first-row sequence, there are also long axes, sticks, hammers, nails, etc. for replacement heavy weapons. As a specially woven fire-striking soldier, they will only be replaced with corresponding equipment when they enter the battle state.

There is also a team of remote devices. In order to reduce the burden and save energy, they only have self-defense horizontal knives and thick cloth shirts that are easy to move and wear-resistant.

But no matter what, compared to the situation where bamboo, wood armor, paper armor, leather pockets and straw hats could only be used to make up the numbers under the banner of the Riot Camp, it was no longer the case with Japanese; now these equipment with very short service life have been handed over to the local garrison sequence.

After all, it was the full supply of Nanhai County Iron Industry, seized a lot of equipment from friendly forces and took over the remnants of the Guangzhou Governor's Office, which was able to piece together the more neatly equipped protective gears of tens of thousands of people in front of us.

The troops scheduled to go out of the war were organized into a new and old tenth battalion and several special teams, carrying the supplies and supplies for more than three months through animal husbandry and vehicles. Another seven regiments of garrisons will be used to maintain and patrol the food routes after the army sets off, and guard the key points.

So many soldiers were divided into dozens of arrays and scattered in the suburbs at the foot of Luofu Mountain, holding up swords, guns and flags like forests and remained motionless for a long time. Between the occasional breathing and movement, it was like the slight ripples caused by the slight ripples on the sea and the sea.

Among the latest batch of supplementary soldiers, the general rosy faces and bright eyes are generally ruddy. The source of the poor is different from the past turbid and dull eyes. They are generally strong and can bear weights and have a wider range of weapons to use when they grow up. And because they have participated in disciplined organizational activities for a long time, whether it is production or study, they have a very high understanding of each other.

In other words, it has good obedience and psychological tolerance, it is not easy to roar, it is not easy to slap, it is not easy to break up and run away because of fear. This is a natural source of high-quality soldiers. Compared with the weaker physique, loose personality, and a little cunning created by the environment, these workers, even just apprentices, are all good talents and beautiful qualities in the army.

Now, even starvation is almost extinct under the rule of the rebel army (death of overwork and illness is not counted); no, to be more precise, there are few beggars everywhere because there are (forced) opportunities for work everywhere. Even if you want to be a parasite like a lazy and scoundrel who eats and eats, you still have no way to go (you will be arrested for labor reform soon).

But before we set out again, there was an additional episode to be held; Zhou Huaian personally issued land to those senior veterans (non-commissioned officers); that's right, it was a finely printed land certificate; there were detailed personal information such as names, ages, origins, and origins, as well as causes and consequences, encouraging words and slogans of the rebel army.

This is also the long-term system and constitution that the Left-behind Office has set after the change of the name and flag; it is also the most common method for most time travelers. Zhou Huaian also specially chose this node that is about to go on the battle again, throwing out this killing weapon to correct people's hearts.

After all, "this place has some land" is the main pursuit and lifelong goal of most people in traditional Chinese agricultural society for thousands of years; even in the early days of New China in later generations. Therefore, this alone is enough to impress the rebel soldiers who were in exile because of land loss and bankruptcy and eventually went to the forefront of rebellion.

Although the land grants are currently limited to senior soldiers, each person's share is only ten to fifteen acres, and the total number of land grants is only a thousand people; it can be resettled with just one small village.

But there are no opportunities and hopes for others who joined the Rebel Army; because as long as they serve in the army for more than five to eight years, they will naturally obtain the preliminary qualification to grant land; it is calculated starting from about ten acres.

Then this is just the beginning. As a subsequent reward and punishment incentive mechanism, as long as most soldiers perform normally and do not make mistakes, the amount of land granted can be added year by year; or if they make many achievements, they can also be added as appropriate.

Of course, these land grants are only under their name. Only after being killed or disabled or retired from service can we actually receive the specific land allocated to the acres of land with this thing; however, the average production of the corresponding land can be converted into subsidies for money and grain according to the annual output.

It is considered a kind of welfare and advantage exclusive to old soldiers, and the current financial expenditure pressure is not too great, and it is a cost-effective measure. When we reach more territory in the future, we will have more room for resettlement and land grants.

After completing this process simply and grandly, the atmosphere and morale of the army arrayed in the countryside cannot be spoken the same as that of Japan, but it is filled with a kind of eagerness and omnipresent longing, and an uncontrollable atmosphere of joy spread everywhere.

Of course, whether from the overall perspective or from a private perspective, Jiangling must rescue one or two; this node located at the Jianghan Waterway Hub is too important, and it is related to the existence and safety of many small and medium-sized rebel forces led by Zhou Huaian and the Taiping Army.

Although these so-called rebel forces are indeed mixed, many of them are just occupied under the banner of the rebel army. The main force of the rebel army left a blank local force after the rebel army left; these existences themselves also disguisedly destroyed and destroyed the basic structure of the Tang court's rule in the Jianghan area and even the Jiangnan region.

On the one hand, their existence made it impossible for the government to effectively utilize the resources and population in these places. As the saying goes, it is the basic principle that even if it cannot be used for itself, it cannot be cheaper for its opponents. On the other hand, they are the cooperation objects of the Taiping Army regime for a long time, potential trade profits and resource imports, and are also one of the important barriers and peripheral buffers for the Lingnan region to be able to gather forces outside the matter.

Of course, from another aspect, this is also a disguised and concealed corner of the main force of the Huang Chao Rebel Army; it cannot be easily uttered and can be praised by others.

At least based on the information and dynamic analysis accumulated by Jiangling, some of the rebel troops occupied the land under the name of rest and rest after suffering setbacks and losses, and refused to leave again. As a result, there was a stir in the General's Mansion.

Although their motives and purposes are different, they do not have such high demands. Perhaps it is just to facilitate the selfish intentions of robbery and plundering. However, it can ensure that before the main force of Huang Chao goes north to the Central Plains and suffers the final failure, it will leave enough seeds and flames to continue to rebel in the south; and the rule of the Tang court in the vast south will continue to be eroded for a long time like a wound that is difficult to heal.

Of course, it would be even better if the Tang Dynasty's money bag and lifeline were able to destroy all the wealth and wealth areas in the southeast before leaving. Zhou Huaian would not believe that under such circumstances, the Chang'an court, which had cut off the blood transfusion in the southeast, could still stand for one or two generations as tenaciously as in history.

Of course, the most direct and critical advantage at the moment is that by taking advantage of the opportunity to send troops, Guizhou (Guilin, Guangxi), where the Guiguan Manager is located, is located, and this important water and land transfer hub and military node, is legitimately occupied; the last gate for transporting water through the Guling Canal into and out of the Wuling River is in hand.

The person who sent from Jiangling to seek help and serve as a contact person was Wang Chongba, the younger brother of veteran Wang Chongyin and the left-wing general, was accompanying Zhou Huaian along with him, with a little shocked and strange look.

However, in the database accumulated by Zhou Huaian, I still vaguely remember that this person seemed to be a number one person in normal history; but as a famous general from the late Five Dynasties, he served as the Later Tang, Later Jin, Later Han, Later Zhou dynasties, and the founding father of Wang Yanchao; but he couldn't help but ask.

"As far as you see, my subordinates describe it as strong or not..."

"Even if the officials are strong and elite, there is nothing more than this... Jiangling's difficulties may be worry-free."

The other party replied respectfully.

"Then let's go and meet. The lineup in your mouth is as sharp as the mountain collapses and the mountain's official army is strong and powerful. "

Zhou Huaian said with no time to think, then he looked at Zhang Guiba, who was holding the big banners separately, and the Sha Avenue holding the main flag.

"Shake the flag and blow the trumpet, it's time to beat the drums and start..."
Chapter completed!