Delong

Chapter 292

In November, as an obvious cold current blew violently into Bohai County from Bohai Bay, the land in Hebei was frozen for a while, and the big river was frozen as promised, and the traffic was like flat ground.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, the military materials and tribes left by the Dragon Gang in the east, who were originally scheduled to go north, finally arrived in Hebei.

Besides, from a political point of view, Zhang Shiyu's surprise in the previous battle of Leling was commendable. Although Zhang Xing's last words were an opportunity to brag about his military exploits, they were by no means flattering.Correspondingly, from a military point of view, this battle is a bit lackluster. It can only be said that the siege of Leling was solved, and the soldiers of Bohai County and the thousands of Hejian troops after the break were defeated. many.

However, the previous battle in Pingyuan was exceptionally brilliant, and it really shocked the world, so there is no need to worry about it.

Therefore, the rush to go north before deposing the Dragon Army was really a good start, and it was not an ordinary good start.

And next, those Hebei rebels were all probing their brains and eager to try, all preparing to see how the Chulong gang took advantage of the victory and pursued them to sweep the counties, and they were also ready to wave their flags in the process.

However, what the third master Zhang and the Dragon Gang did next was surprising. They didn't fight a single battle, including Wudi and Rao'an who were right in front of them. , and limited the control area to one-third of the Bohai Sea and one-third of the plains previously occupied by Gaoshitong, which is a triangular control area north of Douzigang.

So what did the Dragon Gang do before the big river was frozen and now these days?
The heroes of Hebei can only say that they have really seen the characteristic of "there are many" in the rumors in the rivers and lakes before.

Just a meeting!
Seven or eight meetings were held in ten days!
Open in Leling, turn back to Ban County and continue driving!Holding small meetings after the general meeting, and holding branch meetings after the general meeting, is just a lip service, just trying to make sense!The scalps of the Hebei group of heroes at the meeting were numb, and the faces of the men who survived the bloody storm were pale!

But people are under the eaves, and they have to bow their heads. In addition, they just wiped out the elite of the Hejian camp and relieved the siege of Leling. Vice deeply comprehended the spiritual gesture.

What kind of meeting are you having?
The first wave will be in Leling. It is a conference. Hebei heroes with names and surnames will listen to it. Those people from the Shulong Gang go back and forth, and they only talk about one thing. Leader, this is recognized all over the world. The Hebei Rebel Army's Marshal Gao has already recognized him in Dengzhou. If you don't believe me, you can ask Marshal Gao; The Nanyang Rebels also recognized it, and Wu Dalang and Wu Erlang are sitting here.

Therefore, it is the internal affairs of the Rebel Army to help the Dragon Gang cross the river. It is to support the subordinates, not to grab the territory. Whoever brings the thoughts of the two families will get out.

In a word, everyone should have a big structure.

In all fairness, everyone at this meeting can still understand that the core of the Dragon Clan is originally a member of the Eastern Realm, and suddenly they went north and crossed the border. People of seniority and age know everything.

The second wave of meetings was held back in Ban County, and this one did not exceed the expectations of the Hebei heroes.

That is, the Chulong gang put on a posture, the big bosses were inside, and the bosses were bluffing through the door, and they pretended to fill the position of the big boss with handsome Gao, and then put him in the position of the big boss who had been invisible for a long time. , but Sun Xuanzhi, the leader of the Pingyuan Rebel Army who is still influential, also added a leader, plus Hao Yide, the most powerful of the many rebels who stayed in Hebei before, Mr. Hao, Dou Lide, who made great contributions this time, and this time Fanwang Fan Dacloak, who was the first to open the door, and Zhuge Dewei, who is said to have been in contact with Dashuai Gao and the Dragon Gang, were also given the title of leader.

So far, Hebei Hero has officially joined the group.

However, this logical decision caused a lot of shock inside the Dragon Gang, because even if there were clear words before, it was clear that Zhang Xing and Wei Xuanding had the right to hold relevant resolutions after crossing the river, but for the first time in another In the absence of a big leader, it is unavoidable to make people think about directly deciding on a big leader, five leaders, etc.

But this is not over yet, in the next few days, the meeting will be long and stinky.

What about reorganizing the troops, placing prisoners, distributing winter clothes, and chopping firewood? Meetings are held. Meetings are held when people come, and meetings are held when people leave. Print up the version of the stuff and give it to this or that.

It’s not that I’m completely opposed to it. For example, when reorganizing the army, in addition to selecting those who are strong and skilled in martial arts, you also need to ask how many members of your family you have, what enmity you have with the officers and soldiers, and how much you have suffered in the past two years... There are hardships and hatreds, and they are spoken out in public...and when these words are said, the Hebei people can basically listen to them. Who has had a good time these two years?
But if it directly affects the future because of this, for example, those who obviously have enmity with the government and the army, and those who have suffered a lot in the past two years, are directly organized into a team to be a regular soldier. , then naturally some people couldn't help but make it up, but when they were discovered, they had to hold a meeting to criticize, and even had to be kicked out in the winter.

Gradually, many heroes became impatient, and soon some complaints also came out, saying that the people who dethroned the dragon gang missed their chance and didn't take it from the empty city, but just held a meeting here.

"Where is it that you hate meetings? And where is it that you hate that we don't expand? It's simply because you are afraid of being reorganized." On this day, the cold wind lingered slightly, and the air-conditioning was still there. Yes, when someone mentioned this, Chief Wei Xuanding sneered and told the truth on the spot. "But if that's the case, I'll just go away. It's not like I didn't have the whole gang go directly to Hongshan to join Wang Huchen. Why are you still staying here and being punished for the meeting?"

"Who knows? Maybe it's because he's afraid of the cold." Yan Qing, who was sitting at the bottom, smiled, and many leaders from the Eastern Realm laughed together.

However, the faces of the newly joined Hebei leaders were not good. This was the question raised by Dou Lide just now.

To put it bluntly, who doesn't know who?It's winter, and it's freezing cold. As long as the top has made a decision not to go out to fight for the time being, there is nothing else to do. When will the meeting be considered a matter?If this counts as a matter, two years ago, they were killed by the officers and soldiers until their blood flowed into rivers, and they were driven to the swamp to eat mussels and voles. At this time last year, it was nothing to freeze dozens of people to death in one night?
In essence, the meeting these days is different from the meeting a few days ago... The meeting a few days ago was for who is the leader and the leader, to decide who will be the helmsman of these counties, to send Xu Shiying, The big bosses of the Wu Brothers who felt oppressive went back to welcome the supplies sent from the other side, and they were naturally all enthusiastic; but now, they are actually reorganizing their troops. Already, according to the "Six Secret Teachings" version of the Dragon Gang, select the elite and reorganize.

Moreover, the intensity of reorganization is very large. Originally there were more than hundreds of thousands of people in total. Skilled craftsmen were also specially gathered for farming, preparing to start work on a piece basis.

In fact, for the low-level soldiers, it doesn't matter if they are just asking for a fire in the winter, but for these leaders, it is basically equivalent to touching their lifeblood.

It would be strange if it didn't make trouble.

The new leaders in Hebei are naturally also worried.

After a pause for a while, it was still Dou Lide who looked at Zhang Xing who was sitting at the head drinking cold water, thought for a while, and then seriously asked the question again: "Leader, we are actually clear about this matter, it is indeed not a matter of a meeting, but a matter of many The rebels are all dissatisfied with the reorganization...not only feel that there are too few soldiers left, but also feel that the locks like life and death brothers are broken up."

"Indeed, there are some things that need to be clarified." Zhang Xing, who was sitting on top, thought for a while and put down the cold tea. "What I mean is very simple... It will be broken up and reorganized, and only 2 people will be selected. Those who are not convinced and want to leave will be sent out of the country as gifts. They will never be forced, but they cannot be forced or collude with others to leave, and In the future, don’t expect to use the banner of the rebels. Next time you meet them, you will have to look at their behavior. If they do something bad, they will be shot and executed. If they rob a city and block our way, they will be defeated by the enemy army. Unavoidable rules."

The simple barracks with burning braziers and chimneys suddenly fell silent.

Obviously, the test had the most direct result, and the leader's reply was very tough.

"That's the case with the Dragon Gang." Wei Xuanding spoke boldly, and said some words. "We can have the situation in the Eastern Territory, relying on rules, opinions, and organization... This is our magic weapon, and it is our foundation... If you want me to say, it's not just for the black sheep to leave early, if someone really wants to If you stay here and think about doing your own thing, you should be killed! Let Liu Tou-ling deal with it, and deal with foreign enemies according to the military law!"

Zhang Xing nodded: "Good point."

As soon as this remark came out, all the leaders of the East Territory who were joking before were completely honest. Liu Zhouchen immediately got up, and formally avoided the table and handed over his hands: "This subordinate has orders."

After the military judge sat back, there was no sound in the barracks, but Zhang Xingfu looked at Dou Lide, who had a dusty expression on his face: "Boss Dou, since you have noticed something wrong in the army, you don't want to bother the second master, go back. I’m sorry to trouble you about what they’ve warned you about… Tell those people clearly that if you want to leave, you really won’t be stopped, but you must keep your winter clothes. For those things, I even sent the female officials around the queen to make clothes , It didn’t fall from the sky. To put it bluntly, there is no second rebel army in the world that can prepare tens of thousands of winter clothes by itself, even if it has a territory. Also, if you have to leave, you will be there before the end of this month You have to go, if it is late, it will be the business of Chief Liu."

Dou Lide was silent for a moment, then stood up and said yes.

After Dou Lide sat down, Hao Yide stood up again and cupped his hands and asked: "The leader, dare to ask again, how much of the reorganized tribe can be distributed to the original leader?"

"Regardless of the original amount, it will only be distributed fairly according to the status within the gang." Zhang Xing answered seriously. "The big bosses each keep two hundred personal guards, the chief one hundred, and the rest of the troops according to the type and number of troops, try to make it as even as possible for everyone... What I want is to organize an army of 30 to 2000 troops, except for Liu Touling. In addition to military judges, personnel officials like Yan Qing, and local officials who served as posthumous officials, there are about [-] or [-] other military leaders, each with about [-] people. Do standing up and down collocations."

Up to this point, Zhang Xingfu looked at Fu Boshi again: "Boss Fu, for example, your Huaixi sword soldiers are very effective, of course they won't be scattered, but I will arrange another thousand soldiers or crossbowmen for you, Or mixed soldiers to make wings."

Fu Boshi's face remained unchanged, but judging from the frequency of nodding, he was very excited inside.

At this time, the camp became quiet again, many people were quickly settling accounts, and the leaders of the Hebei Rebel Army who had just become leaders after crossing the river almost opened their eyebrows quickly, and even Dou Lide kept a straight face and remained silent... No one else, according to this arrangement, they have taken advantage of it. No one thinks that their 5000 people are worth the main army of the Dragon Gang, especially after they have just experienced the first battle in Pingyuan, and they are still seeing the soldiers in the army. Long Jun stepped out of that kind of marching ranks, and came to Banxian County and needed a copy of "Six Secret Teachings". They had already clearly realized that deposing Long Jun was not the same as their own wild troops.

Even the many leaders from the Eastern Territory, after a little calculation, fell into a certain kind of silence. Not to mention those like Fu Boshi who made a lot of money, most of them actually didn't suffer, and even the general There are a little more soldiers... because after all, there are [-] more troops.

It can only be said that Zhang Longtou, taking advantage of the situation after crossing the river, has increasingly centralized power, which can be regarded as an exchange, the so-called reorganization and exchange of troops.

So who suffers?
The answer is that those leaders of the Hebei rebel army who did not enter the venue, did not become leaders... They actually lost their military power and became the meat of others, otherwise how could there be trouble?
As for Zhang Xing's method, everyone knows it well, it is very simple to dial and dial, hit a stick and then give a red date.

Vulgar, without technical content, and without any heroic spirit, but useful, at least after eating dates, the atmosphere in the camp suddenly became very harmonious.

"I'll try my best to talk about it..." Dou Lide's face remained the same, but when he expressed his position, he was much more serious and sincere. "But I don't have enough prestige. If Hao Da... Hao, Gao Da, Sun, and a few of them go to talk together, there will probably be more obedient people below, and I think they can be suppressed."

Hao Yide and Fan Wang nodded immediately, and among them Zhuge Dewei nodded the fastest... He had already become short sellers before.

Gao Shitong also looked around and coughed dryly: "Even if there is no order from the leader, I will go to find those bastards to explain. I was afraid that those bastards would be disobedient, ignorant of the seriousness, and cause trouble."

Sun Xuanzhi, who had been silent all this time, also said: "I won't go... The Pingyuan Rebels who followed me to Dengzhou and came back did not cause trouble, and I have no right to talk about other things."

Zhang Xing nodded knowingly.

In other words, today it was said that he was attacked at the double-day routine morning meeting, but in fact Zhang Xing, like many leaders from the east, had been waiting for him for a long time.

Even, they already knew that during the trouble, the reorganized rebels reacted differently. The most honest ones were the Pingyuan rebels who had been slaughtered in Dengzhou before. They didn't say a word and obeyed very Thoroughly, on the one hand, it is the psychological shadow of killing, and on the other hand, it is out of resentment towards the Bohai Navy; I don’t know why, the most noisy one is the Bohai Rebel Army under Gao Shitong’s command; as for those who should be the most rebellious in theory The Hebei Rebel Army showed a strong and pragmatic attitude.

Either go directly, or stay silent, and if you have any opinions, go to the prestigious leaders of Hebei such as Hao Yide and Dou Lide to explain.

Obviously, the anti-sweeping experience in the past two years has made these remaining Hebei rebels know better than the Bohai rebels from Dengzhou what it means to be warm and cold in the world.

However, it was precisely because of this that Zhang Xing, Wei Xuanding and the others had discussed it well for a long time, and they all felt that the Bohai Rebel Army could be easily suppressed. On the contrary, the Hebei New Rebel Army needed to be dealt with carefully to avoid any major troubles.

Turning back to the front, seeing all the leaders of Hebei obeying one after another, Chief Wei, who was the first to taunt today, took a sip of hot tea slowly, then let out a little breath, and couldn't help laughing on the spot.

Obviously, not participating in the first battle did not affect the excitement of the former downcast Taoist back to Hebei in the slightest.

"However." Zhang Xing thought for a while, and then spoke seriously in Wei Xuanding's surprised eyes who thought it was over. "It's true that the army felt restless. Not only the reorganized Hebei Rebel Army, but also the soldiers from the east came to Hebei. We can't just pay attention to the top and ignore the thoughts of the people below... We have to find a way to get the winter camp in order and boost morale."

"The boys below have enough food and clothing, so everything will be fine." Hao Yide persuaded him with a wry smile on the spot. "Leader really doesn't need to worry."

"How about a martial arts competition?" Shan Tonghai, who had been watching the excitement but just settled the score, suddenly interjected.

"Yes!" Zhang Xing immediately agreed.

"However, in the martial arts competition, it will inevitably fall on the practitioners in the end, which is not interesting to the soldiers below." Wang Shuyong said seriously. "When I was in Zhuangzi, I often put out wine and meat, and let the villager and passers-by compete in archery..."

"That's a good idea!" Wei Xuanding immediately agreed. "I remember seeing it that day. But only some people in the army know how to shoot archery. We need to do something else. How about letting soldiers who have no cultivation base and are not good at archery wrestle and wrestle?"

"It's all right." Zhang Xing immediately patted his knee. "Have a meeting."

People around were slightly taken aback.

"That's not what it means." Zhang Dalong calmly explained. "It's a winter barracks sports meeting... wait until the reorganization is almost finished, archery today, dragon ball competition tomorrow, wrestling the next day, tug-of-war and stone throwing the next day, and you can compete in groups according to the barracks, or follow the leader... …Each item will be assigned a ranking, individuals will be given wine, meat, money and silk, and points will be counted at the end. Whoever’s subordinate gets the most rewards will be rewarded for the whole battalion, and they can be selected first when the logistics supplies arrive.”

This is interesting.

"It's very good. If this kind of thing is done, it can be said that morale will be improved." Wei Xuan Dingfu became a little uneasy again. "However, if such a conference wants to go smoothly, it must be carefully designed. It is necessary to arrange more matters, and the venue, logistics, and time must also be thoughtful... It is really troublesome."

"Then hold a special meeting, gather the relevant leaders together, and make a preparatory meeting." Zhang Xingyi said. "Wei Gong leads the way and finds Chief Zheng."

Wei Xuanding and Zheng Ting, the leader in charge of logistics with the army, naturally agreed, but immediately, not only the two of them, but everyone in the simple barracks felt that something was wrong—there seemed to be more meetings after the Dragon Gang crossed the river point.

Just when Zhang Xing was in the winter camp in Ban County with great interest, preparing to imitate Wang Jian for the sports meeting, he didn't know that in the afternoon of that day, thousands of remnant soldiers finally returned from the plain to the river slowly.

In broad daylight, these thousands of defeated soldiers walked into the camp almost without saying a word. Occasionally, they were greeted, ordered, and greeted.

However, almost everyone, whether laughing, crying, talking or moving, seemed a little cautious.

Xue Changxiong, the general manager of the Hebei March who hadn't reacted much to the death of his son before, saw this scene on the general platform, his eyes were almost tearing apart, and then he was on the verge of falling.

Of course, a master who has half a foot in the place of the master will not really fall down, but General Xue has indeed lost his mind.

Without him, at this point, Xue Changxiong finally confirmed that his [-] soldiers were completely gone. The remaining five or six thousand soldiers seemed to be alive, and they were indeed alive, but they were completely abolished and could no longer go into battle.

Just like the sugar cane brought in as a tribute from Nanling, after being gnawed, the scum looks quite heavy and heavy, but it is useless.

However, the sugar cane dregs are thrown away. These soldiers who seem to be intact are not easy to throw away. If they are thrown away easily, what do the other soldiers think?I'm afraid I can only keep it and put it in the camp to scare people who don't know why.

"Thief! Thief!"

Thinking of this, under the glare of the winter sun, Xue Changxiong finally couldn't bear to yell at the stage, and he no longer had the demeanor of Zhang Laosan when he gave birth to a child. "How vicious?! How vicious?! If you don't kill this official, I, Xue Changxiong, swear not to be human!"

No one answered him, and the five parents and children beside him just stood dumbfounded, inexplicably flustered, and his confidant Chen Bin looked back, but he was just speechless.

In some battles, the process only took an hour, and in some battles, only one leader was killed, but it was destined to have a far-reaching impact.

PS: Sorry, this chapter is really late... Good night everyone, sorry again.

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