You should know that compared to the Guannei land, which is a mess of porridge, there are quite a lot of things happening in Guandong in this winter. For example, the oldest Taining Army and Yanhai Jiedushi Zikerang, one of the three towns in Huai Shang, was attacked by the troops brought by his son-in-law Zhu Jin at the wedding of his daughter. Since then, he fled outside and claimed to be the governor of the Jiedushi. Therefore, he was killed internally and had no time to cut off his dissidents.

Then, Shi Pu, the neighboring Wuning Army/Xu Si Jiedushi, reached a peace agreement with the Qin Zongquan headquarters who invaded the territory without hesitation; then he sent troops to attack Yizhou in the Taining Army, and successively drove several cities to surrender the civil and military officials in Haizhou. The front of the army drove directly to the city of Yanzhou in the Taining Army.

Wang Jingwu, the governor of Pinglu Army/Qingzi Jie, publicly took in Qi Keren himself, who was dead in Zibo; then when he was about to send troops to attack the Taining Army in the name of the three generals of the Huai Shang Alliance, the army was promoted and retreated. As a result, he was persuaded by the envoy from Zhu Jin, the descendant of Taining, and led his troops south from Mizhou to fight several consecutive battles with the Wuning Army in Yizhou.

On the other hand, the Caizhou army led by the Qin family was able to escape from the ravaged Sizhou and Suzhou, carrying a full load of spoils and captures. Then, they turned around and launched a army to fight with Zhu Laosan's army, which occupied the old nest Caizhou and Yinzhou, for more than a dozen consecutive battles.

Although in front of the Duji Army, which was ready for battle, the Caizhou thieves always used a large number of animals and horses to fight and the local area, and the tactics that most officials and soldiers could not catch up with were still unable to gain enough advantage. They even suffered several defeats in a row under the sudden attack of firearms and the mule and horse teams. Several generals of Caizhou led the troops were lost on the spot; a large number of animals and horses were lost.

However, because the weather was cold and the snow was blocking the road and the unfavorable pursuit, the Caizhou army occupied Bozhou, Songzhou, Yingzhou and other places in Xuanwu Town first, and then stopped and formed a confrontation in the Huaiyang and Baishui line. Now, after the beginning of spring, it is also the period when the Caizhou thieves who have been temporarily cultivated and gathered (swept), are about to make a comeback.

As Zhu Laosan's natural ally in Henan Dao, Cao Xiang, who had recovered the Tianping Army, who had recovered the entire four prefectures of Yun, Cao, Pu, Qi, and was not idle in this winter. He actually crossed the ice of the Yellow River and raided Weibo Town, one of the three towns of Heshuo, and almost used the method of quick battles to ravage and sweep the Tan, Wei, Bo, and Dezhou along the river.

Finally, under the heavy pursuit of Wei Bo's army, he calmly retreated from the ice of the Yellow River to Henan. Then, the tired army, who had been cut off from the road, chose to pick up the spirits and attack the city of Yunzhou without any effort. With the cooperation of loyal subordinates, he quickly cut off the mess and put out the chaos in Yuncheng.

After such a series of disposals, Cao Xiang, who was originally just unknown, was also very popular for a while. He was regarded as the leader of his father Cao Quanzhen, who was the new generation of vassal states.

Zhu Xuan, who was driving the rebellion in Yuncheng, was also empty and launched a rebellion in Yuncheng, was also Zhu Jin's younger brother who had just seized the position of Taining Army Commander. Therefore, Cao Xiang soon raised troops to Yanzhou, which was close to Yunzhou, and claimed to ask for an explanation.

Therefore, in the current Taining Army/Yanhai Town, four forces in the west, south and north have formed a tangle of competition, while the Taining Army, as the master, can only sit in a corner of Yanzhou.

However, for Zhu Laosan, in this chaotic situation where all forces attacked and invaded each other, he was able to take on the remnants of the rebels inside and outside Duji Province, or justifiedly accept and integrate the remaining forces of the rebels from all over the country that were originally enthroned under the name of the New Dynasties of the Great Qi Dynasty, and were large and small.

In addition, under the impact of the attacks and raging between all parties, as well as the waves of refugees and escape, the local corps, the village soldiers and the children of the towns and garrisons who were originally trying to stay away but stubbornly wanted to maintain limited independence, were inevitably seriously injured and suffered heavy casualties, and had to seek shelter and gather together for warmth nearby; and further expanded and enhanced the control and influence under Zhu Laosan's rule.

In this way, a general force pattern was formed with the eighteen counties in Duji Province as the basic base, Chenzhou and Xuzhou of the former Zhongwu Army, Zhengzhou of the former Zhenghua Town, and Bianzhou of the Xuanwu Town as the outer periphery. Now he took the opportunity to seize the Caizhou and Yinzhou in the south, and was able to face the Shenzhou and Guangzhou in Huainan across the river. Now he is sitting in the five-way and two, which is a great situation.

However, in this case, he was not without problems and troubles. At least when there were no big enough external worries and threats, he naturally turned to the mainland to govern the country, and also allowed some long-term suppression and hidden contradictions and accumulated problems to be gradually revealed.

After all, Henan is a rich and densely populated place in the traditional Central Plains. It is only because of the continuous wars and natural disasters that the local area has become broken and the population has withered. However, after attracting military and civilians to jointly settle for several years, it was able to obtain good varieties in the process of re-trading and trading. The convenience of new agricultural tools and farming skills is still easy to achieve obvious results.

However, with his foothold in Henan and his own structure, the subordinates and soldiers who are gathered under him are naturally gathered and divided into several mountains and factions of different backgrounds and origins.

For example, the one who was once the most influential in the army was actually Li Tangbin. As he fought against the world, he was successively assigned to his command. He was a group of old rebels who had a great sense of belonging to the New Dynasties of the Great Qi Dynasty; and then there were other rebels who had been annexed by him and their retained leaders.

However, under Zhu Laosan's usual methods of suppression, winning over and differentiation, it has declined. Among them, those stubborn and unresolved people have either been marginalized or have set up a different name and have never had a chance to come back. Especially after he secretly ordered the military commander Yan Shi to drown on the way back to the army.

Now, as the backbone and backbone of the army and the core team, is the former hometown party represented by Zhu Zhen and Hu Zhen; then, it can be extended to those hometown children and unsuccessful local heroes and scholars who have come to join the country one after another, as outsiders with no foundation, they are undoubtedly a group that is easier to unite with Zhu Laosan than others.

After arriving at the Dogi-do area, they gathered around him one after another, including the new local army generals formed by the Dogi-do, Chen Xu, Zheng Hua, Bian Song, and the small and medium-sized factions. Although the number of people seems to be the most, their respective interests are also different, so their influence is much more dispersed.

However, in terms of attitudes towards the New Dynasty of the Great Qi Dynasty and the Taiping Army, they were divided into various attitudes of obvious tendency, such as trust, closeness, persistence, alienation, and even disgust due to their differences in their past background. Therefore, they had to make effective trade-offs and adjustments to ensure that they always firmly grasp the greatest prestige and authority.

At least, the title and righteousness from the Xin Dynasty Da Qi cannot be lost. This flag that faintly commands all over the Kanto. The deep connection and interest link that closely communicates with the Taiping Army cannot be easily shaken and destroyed. It can be said that this is also the basis and source of wealth for him to gain a foothold in Henan, and one of the major investments.

Then we are grateful and win over the many village party groups in the Central Plains, allowing them to check and balance and compete with each other, and gradually obtain established troops and talents needed for various governance. We treat and treat and treat old brothers who follow their lives and deaths, so that they can continue to support and support themselves...

However, the Xin Dynasty of Daqi in the pass is now in danger and unable to rescue, and these subordinates under his command inevitably have obvious differences and contradictions. Especially, compared with the Taiping Army regime, which has already been king in the south and has pushed its forces to the Taiping Army, which is only separated from its own water, the difference in attitudes and disputes have become even more acute.

The reasons for those who tend to be more intimate with the Taiping Army are also very simple. For example, the lower half of the wall is owned by it today, and it occupies the richest eight southeastern roads. It can be said that the troops are strong and powerful, and there are countless famous generals and ministers in the court who have risen from the ridge to defeat them. Even the Huang King's New Qi Dynasty had to rely on three points at its peak; not to mention that there are still the origins there and have been many favors for many years.

But some people think that the Taiping Army's propositions sound very good, but they are too harsh to the local gentry villages; various means of overbearing and liquidation are inevitably far away from them, which is even more unfavorable to win over and attract people's hearts. Therefore, there are many people who advocate continuing to maintain the status quo without any development in the future, and they can count day by day.

Even under his command, there were many calls for his own private business, but it was mainly those local people in Henan who urgently needed a strong and powerful protector as a guarantee of their wealth and safety, rather than another outsider who was completely unfamiliar with the rights of his wealth and land and household registration.

In fact, Zhu Laosan himself was also a little confused about where the troops under his command would go in the future. Especially since he had seen the power of the firearm battle formation with his own eyes, he had also experienced the wealth and wealth from the Taiping Army, and also benefited from the abundant manpower and material resources. Therefore, he could only maintain the situation in front of him first and drag the conclusion on.

However, before this emotion could last long, he was attracted by something that Li Tangbin held in. It was a tight bamboo and wood cover. After it was opened, a large piece of dry soil was exposed. On the dry soil covered with cracks, there were dense tiny jumping balls (locust larvae).

"What the boys discovered when they were patrolling the rivers is that this is the case in all dry ditches and shoals this year."

Li Tangbindao, with a heavy face.

"Locust plague"

This is an extremely heavy, but it seems to be a very distant thing. In the early years, those who were gnawed all over the mountains and fields were bare and painful, and the experiences and memories of displaced people and hungry people everywhere seemed to have returned to Zhu Laosan's eyes.

Although he had some kind of luck before the New Year, the cruel reality was still in front of him. He and his men had just settled down and lived in peace for a few years, but they encountered such a sudden disaster.

If the response is not appropriate in time, hundreds of thousands of acres of green seedlings, mulberry forests and orchards that have just grown in dozens of military farms are about to be destroyed. After a long time of silence, he still said in a heavy voice:

"Xiaoyu, the military and civilians offer rewards to catch snails on the spot, gathering one bucket for fifty or one pound of mixed grains..."

"Another count the accumulated deposits in the warehouse and go to the Luyang Pass to consult on grain purchases..."
Chapter completed!