Chapter 963: The Magnificent Power of Han (Eighty-Seven)

Recruitment! Veteran Zou Zhang made a splash.

He was originally on the Linzi front line to resist Cheng Siwei's offensive. Although Cheng Siwei was taught by him, one was old, weak in energy, and led a makeshift army, while the other was young and powerful. Zhuang, the young man is better than the blue man. When the two faced each other, Zou Zhang just struggled to support himself, winning less and losing more. He was able to rush back to Linzi at this time, and he also benefited from the sudden rise of the Red Scarf Army in Gaotang, which made the two sides stronger. The war took on a subtle shape, and Cheng Siwei's attack came to a halt.

At this time, the attention of both sides has shifted to the direction of Gaotang. Whoever Gaotang's Red Scarf Army turns to will have the upper hand in this civil war.

"Recruitment, he recruited people for free, why can't we?" Zou Zhang stood up and said: "What's more, we have a righteous name that the second master does not have. The second master abandoned our army last year and was eager to return to the country to seize power and provoke In the domestic civil war, I thought that the people would despise him. Whether it was Gaotang or Jimo, they just kept silent in front of his soldiers. Loyal and brave men like Chen Dai have not surrendered to him yet. The Red Scarf Army under his command , we are all the people of Daqi, and I believe that there must be loyal people among them who are loyal to the imperial court. As long as we arrive in Gaotang with the imperial envoys in hand, I believe that the Red Scarf Army will choose our side."

"How can these thieves have any sense of loyalty?" Tian Yuanyuan said with a wry smile.

"In addition to righteousness, of course it must be beneficial!" Zou Zhang said: "My eldest son, why should we be stingy about rewards at this time? These are all false. And Gaotang's return to the embrace of the court will definitely change the offensive and defensive trends in the country. Defending peace is the key to peace." Really. By that time, we will have the three capitals of Gaotang, Pinglu, and Linzi, and the Second Young Master will only be trapped in Jimo. The situation of attacking An will change, and victory can be expected."

Tian Yuanyuan stood up and walked back and forth in the room. After a while, he finally raised his head and said, "The old general is right. At this time, why don't you be stingy with the title? I will go to the palace immediately and ask the king to seal this white guy." When the leader of the Red Scarf Army is waiting, he will be called Marquis Gaotang. He will send an envoy to show his solemnity."

"Young Master is wise!" Everyone in the room responded in unison.

Just when Jimo and Linzi decided to recruit troops from Gaotang's Red Scarf Army, the Red Scarf Army in Gaotang began a vigorous sweep operation. Gaotang City was the main site for Wang Pei's attack on Pinglu. In the rear, there were mountains of ordnance, food and grass, and on the day the city was defeated, because it fell too quickly, Gaotang had already changed hands before Zhu Wei could make any response. In fact, Zhu Wei never thought that Gaotang would take advantage of him. Throw it away in your hands, now all these things are cheap for the Red Turban Army.

The delighted Red Scarf Army began to work as hard-working porters. Every day there was an endless stream of carriages transporting these things back to Rao'an and Penglai Island, the two base camps of the Red Scarf Army.

Issuing notices to stabilize the people, reorganizing civil affairs, resettling refugees, and sending refugees back to their hometowns. These tasks of managing people's livelihood are things that ordinary refugee bandits cannot think of and cannot do even if they think of them. Naturally, they do not exist here in the Red Turban Army. They have people from the Han Dynasty. The large number of manpower arranged these things easily, and with extremely high efficiency, Gaotang, who had just experienced the war, was calmed down and returned to a peaceful life. Except for the arrow holes on the city wall and those blackened The walls and the city's atmosphere have been swept clean, just like before. Without looking carefully, you would basically not be able to tell that this place had just experienced a life-and-death fight not long ago.

Bai Yucheng doesn't care about civil affairs, and there are people to do these things. The weak-minded Gaotang left Wang Yan behind, and finally saved his life. This was thanks to the staff Zhao Yian. In Zhao Yian's view, this Lord Wang Yan was demoted first. Young Master, if you surrender the Red Scarf Army again, there will be no place for you no matter where the First Young Master Tian or the Second Young Master Tian is. If you want to survive, you can only hold on to the Red Scarf Army. Although under this Lord Wang In his eyes, the Red Scarf Army is really not a big leg, but now for him, as long as it is a leg, he will hug it. Such a person is easy to use and can do things well. He is more attentive than his own people, because he knows very well that if he cannot show his value in front of the new master, he is afraid that he will be abandoned immediately. These are all bandits, and they may draw swords against each other if they disagree. of.

In fact, Zhao Yian's estimation was not wrong. Those who came from Han were all students who had just graduated from school, plus some low-level officials. Because they were required to be familiar with the folk customs of Qi, the range of options was narrow. There are too many people. There is no problem for these people to do specific things, but when it comes to overall coordination, they are not able to take the stage. Wang Yan, the former stay-at-home officer, has been in power for a long time, so he should lead this group of people. It is most suitable for novices.

Wang Yan did not live up to Zhao Yian's recommendation, and he led these people to work brilliantly. In a very short period of time, Gaotang, which was under the control of the Red Scarf Army, was restored to calm, which made Bai Yucheng look at him with admiration.

This person's character is not very good, but his political ability is not bad.

Bai Yucheng is currently busy with one thing, expanding his army. There were tens of thousands of refugees who followed him to Gaotang City, and he selected 10,000 young men from them and armed them. Bai Yucheng knew very well. If he wants to gain a foothold in Gaotang, the first thing he must show is force. Only if he shows strong muscles will his two neighbors not dare to do anything wrong to him.

At this moment, the real strength of the Red Scarf Army, in addition to the 5,000 core combat strength of the Red Scarf Army, is the 10,000 young men who have just been recruited. Of course, it will take time for them to form combat effectiveness. However, Bai Yucheng is cautious about this. With an extremely optimistic attitude, his army is filled with a large number of low-level Han army officers. These Han army officers who have changed their names and disguised themselves to join the Red Scarf Army will be the greatest guarantee of his army's combat capabilities.

In half a year at most, there will be a mighty army on the land of Qilu.

The 30,000 armed forces that Niu Fuchen found out were actually just some local regiments to train the people. Bai Yucheng fully learned from the Han Dynasty's experience in local governance and allowed rural militia groups to organize self-defense. Of course, the control of these militia groups must In the hands of the Qilu Army. The biggest role of these militia groups at the moment is to fight against the defeated soldiers. The war has just died down, and there are countless defeated soldiers on the ground in Gaotang. These people are not good at fighting, but harming the countryside is their specialty. Gaotang is the base that Bai Yucheng uses to manage the entire Qi State. He also hopes that in the next year, the Qilu Army will be self-sufficient and will not need to transport supplies all the way from Liaoxi. Naturally, these cannot be allowed. This guy is endangering the countryside.

Ten thousand young men are stationed outside the city, and military training is in full swing. The soldiers who have endured the torture on Penglai Island have turned from rookies into veterans after fighting several battles. Let them train these new recruits. Another task they received. These guys took office happily. They did not bring knives, but each had a white wax pole. This was learned from Hu Tou. Everything they experienced on Penglai Island is naturally now the original Return it to these new recruits.

The training methods that they used to gnash their teeth and scold them on the island are now being used intensified on these recruits. If the instructor scolds them, they will naturally not stop. The few battles that have just passed have made these original recruits understand the instructor. What I taught them with the whip was originally used to save their lives. Naturally, they would not hold back at this time.

What's more, Bai Yucheng also gave these training officers another instruction. They would review every ten days and eliminate unqualified soldiers every day. After a month, the training officers would be able to train a company that meets the standards. Then he is the company commander. If he can train a battalion, then he is the battalion commander. With this goal, these trainers will not work hard.

On the temporarily opened school grounds outside the city, whips and curses flew together, and wails and laughter coexisted.

"Is the training method too extreme?" In the distance, several war horses stood side by side. Zhao Yian looked at the somewhat inhumane training methods on the school field with some worry, and said to Bai Yucheng: "Master Hou, haste makes waste. ah!"

"This is not our homeland, and powerful enemies are watching all around. I can't afford to wait." Bai Yucheng shook his head and said, "I also know that this kind of training method will destroy many people, but those who can stay will definitely become masters like Tiger and Wolf." Besides, these training methods are not very cruel. You must have never seen how my special forces team trains, right?"

"Of course I have heard of Mr. Hou's deeds when he was in school. Many of your battle cases are now in the textbooks we study!" Zhao Yian said with a smile: "But Mr. Hou, your soldiers were selected to fight against special forces. At this time, the brigade is already the elite of the army, but not long ago these people were just farmers and small traders. Aren't you worried about provoking a mutiny?"

"You are thinking too much!" Bai Yucheng chuckled, "Now Gaotang is full of waste and has nothing to offer. However, the only food that can stabilize the morale of the military and the people is in my hands. As long as I keep them fed, , no matter how hard it is, they will persevere, not to mention, my military salary of two taels per month has been steadily paid. If they don't serve as soldiers here, where will they earn these two taels of silver?"

Zhao Yian made a sound in his throat, "two taels of silver. In the Han Kingdom, the basic pay of an ordinary soldier in the regular army is one hundred taels of silver. This does not include the reward after winning the battle. In comparison, the Qilu Army The soldiers were not as well paid as the local militiamen of Han.

"I know what you are thinking?" Bai Yucheng laughed and said, "That's all we can do now, but I will increase their pay as we win battles again and again. When our Han Kingdom conquers Qi, I guarantee that they will The salary is no worse than that of other legions, otherwise I really won’t be able to serve as commander for long.”

"Master Hou has great foresight!" Zhao Yi'an nodded in admiration. "According to the Supervisory Yuan's report, since both parties want to recruit us, I'm afraid it will happen in the next two days, and Master Hou will have to prepare."

"What's there to prepare for!" Bai Yucheng shook his head disdainfully, "Aren't you just pretending to be ferocious and arrogant like a bandit, opening your eyes to money, and turning around when you hear that a high-ranking official is rich in salary? Do you still need to prepare for this? I'll wipe my face and come."

Listening to Bai Yucheng's words, Zhao Yian burst into laughter.