Han Zuo Gaomen

Chapter 687 Recruiting the Sixth Army
As Shen Zhezi stood up, the other generals in the hall also stood up, looking at Zhu Feng and the others with unkind expressions, and the atmosphere in the hall suddenly became tense.

At this time, the people in this hall can be roughly divided into three categories according to their different positions and interests.First of all, there are a group of generals of the Northern Expedition. Naturally, Shen Zhezi is the only one who is looking forward to the battle. Whether they fight or stop, they are all in the mind of the general.

As for the other part, it was Zhu Feng, the diehards in the Wubi. They defended each other according to their own dangers. They had a lot of people and fields, and they were quite powerful.

Of course, their strength may be far inferior to Shen Zhezi's Huainan Army, but if Shen Zhezi wants to drive them out, he must pay a huge price, and it is difficult to eliminate them in a short time.The current slightly stable situation will inevitably bring about new waves, which will undoubtedly create opportunities for Jiehu to sweep south again.

And the third part is the group of wall masters who showed a cooperative attitude after Master Wang entered the country.These people can be said to be centrists, and their own strength is not very strong. They need to form good masters to obtain a more favorable living environment.At the same time, they should not completely abandon the interests of the rural clan, otherwise their rural interests would not be adequately protected.

In short, the environment of North-South confrontation is the living space of those diehard Wubi masters; while the small conflict between Shen Zhezi's Huainan army and the diehards of Wubi masters is the living space of these Wubi masters in the middle.

Therefore, when the atmosphere in the hall gradually turned into a posture of Hongmen Banquet, not only Zhu Feng and other hard-lined Wubi masters who refused to cooperate changed their expressions drastically, but also those Xiangzong families who had chosen to attach themselves to Master Wang earlier became uneasy. Get up, lest any conflict break out between you and yourselves.

So soon, Qiao Qiu, the local village sect hired by Shen Zhezi, also stood up and looked at Zhu Feng, and said with a smile: "Before, there were many wars in the village, and everyone survived behind closed doors. Fortunately, Wang Shi broke the thief There are no soldiers in trouble, so we can get together. We and the villagers also admire Mr. Zhu, it is rare that the envoy is summoned this time, why is Mr. Zhu in a hurry to go?"

In fact, this part of the villagers is also quite tired of Zhu Feng's stubborn attitude.The three decrees announced by Shen Zhezi are actually nothing out of the ordinary.Especially for them, it was a surprise to them to make great concessions in the most important places of fields and people.As long as the people and land are not lost at all, it is acceptable to be tougher in other aspects.

"If I don't stay, what will happen to the son-in-law? The old man is really stubborn, and he always has a heart of world-weariness. If he puts his life here, if he can wake up the villagers with his flesh and blood, he will gain something at the end of his life."

Zhu Feng didn't even look at Qiao Qiu, but just looked at Shen Zhezi coldly.If this kid wants to threaten his life to force himself to bow his head, it's just a dream.The Shouchun West Territory where his family is located has continuous ravines and interlaced water networks. Although it is impossible to enter from outside, the stronghold is more than enough to protect itself.
"Old Zhu's words are serious. Although I hold a magic sword, it was given by the king. There are only three thieves who want to beheaded. The thieves who dominate the rebellion, the thieves who corrupt the village, and the thieves who abuse the people! All these three thieves, Those who stick to it will be killed! As for the others, even if there are minor disadvantages, they will not harm the integrity, they are exactly the people the king ordered to educate. Whether it is training or punishment, if it can be improved, it will be good, and it will not take their lives."

Shen Zhezi smiled slightly after hearing the words, and put on an attitude that although you are guilty, I will not kill you.

These dock wall owners are actually a very difficult problem to solve.If you blindly appease and appease, you will be even more aggressive.But if you want to kill people to build your prestige, you will face a huge backlash. Once the riots expand, it's not just three or five people who need to be killed.

In fact, Shen Zhezi's recent goal is very simple. He just hopes to live in peace with these people for the time being, and have enough strength to defend or attack.As for completely solving the problem of Wubi Master, this is not what he can do now.

Therefore, Shen Zhezi did not touch the principled contradiction between land and population at all. Right now, he had neither the time nor the conditions to completely eradicate the Wubi masters.

But his little tolerance is only because the enemy is at present, and the overall situation is the most important: "The Hulu is in power, and the land of Shenzhou is sinking. The rise and fall of the world is everyone's responsibility. The king's teacher restores the frontier, and the common people share it. There is no distinction between people who are virtuous and foolish. They are all Jin citizens, or There are no blood relatives, but there is the same kind of righteousness. This town is not my hometown, it is used for the king's order, and I am grateful for righteousness, so I don't avoid danger, so I came here."

"This body can suffer thousands of disasters, but I can't bear the grievances! The army is brave and brave, and they have marched so far, but they still have benevolence in their hearts and dare not harm the country. It's a pity that the dust is flying, people's hearts are corrupt, and there are still thieves with slave hearts. Blame me for being magnanimous! Although I am respectful and innocent, I can't bear the voice of adultery! If there are such thieves in the village, I will never lynch them and kill them, and I will tell the world, and I will gather my fellow villagers to beg for their death!"

Zhu Feng's face turned ashen when he heard this. What Shen Zhezi said was no different from pointing at his nose and scolding him!He has lived in this township for a long time, no matter if the ancestors are here, or if the thieves come from the south, even if he is unable to resist, he can stay behind closed doors. It has been a long time since he has been humiliated like this.

So all of a sudden, anger surged, and Zhu Feng, regardless of his own danger, strode up to Shen Zhezi and glared at him angrily: "In addition to the brave generals from outside, there are also many villagers here. I have lived in this village for more than half my life. Although the township is difficult, the theory of the township is upright. I have never heard of any traitors hiding in the township! Your son-in-law may as well tell you bluntly, who is a thief in the seat, and the villagers will judge themselves!"

At this moment, Shen Zhezi ignored Zhu Feng's anxious questioning, but continued to say to everyone: "Today, we invite the township clan to announce the second and third government orders in the town, and there is also a military incident to tell. Soldiers are important for the country. Lonely courage cannot last long. The world is so far, swallowing the sound and enduring humiliation is not the only way of benevolence. It is an expedient policy for the villagers to survive by themselves and keep the enemy out, but it is not the sound of the king's government. If you can’t specialize in levy, it seems to have both, but in fact it lacks both.”

"There are virtuous people in the town, and there are leaders in the city. When thousands of people gather, one person is the leader. If there are no rules, if they don't disperse, there will be chaos. The rural situation is so far, I dare not have the voice of the village, and I dare not neglect the king's order. In a compromise, the soldiers from the countryside will be dismissed and returned to farming, and the brave soldiers from the countryside will be recruited to be given armor. In the near future, the six armies will be recruited in the countryside, and they will be distributed to the sages of the village to receive them temporarily.

"The military affairs in this village have been abused for a long time, and there are many scattered people in the mountains and fields. Wang Dao has neglected this for a long time, and forced conscripts will hurt people's feelings. The matter of recruiting people must be entrusted to the sages of the village. Granting the talisman order, who can be the leader of the army, also needs to be recommended by all of you."

After Shen Zhezi finished speaking, he sat back in the banquet, and at the same time motioned to the generals to take their seats, and did not say anything more, leaving a time for the villagers in the middle of the country to digest.

After listening to Shen Zhezi's words, the villagers present, including Zhu Feng who was still full of anger at first, all looked thoughtful for a moment.It is true that Shen Zhezi's words seem to have little content, but in fact they contain too much information and the variables that can be generated.

Whether these dock masters are smart or stupid, their position determines their vision.The so-called knowledge of world affairs without leaving home is impossible in this era of extreme scarcity of information and rapid changes in the world.

Today, Shen Zhezi announced a total of three government orders and one military order, and almost every one of them deserved their long consideration.

The first reclamation order can be said to be a complete concession, not only fully acknowledging the population and land they sheltered, but also willing to share the farmland originally controlled by the town.As long as the villagers here are not fools, they will not speak out against it.Land and population are the foundation of their self-reliance, if anyone dares to touch it openly, it is tantamount to life and death!
As for the storage relief order in the second article, it revealed a little threat.There are dense water networks around Shouchun. The county government must fully control the Jindu waterway and abolish private land. Although this is a bit overbearing, it is acceptable.After all, most of their dock walls are built in densely covered mountains and ravines. If the waterway transportation is too convenient, it will be unsafe.

The danger of this decree lies in whether the county government will expand its attack area based on the waterway and use it as an excuse to clear some dock walls.Therefore, some weaker dock masters are a little uneasy.

But the subsequent relief and market transactions gave people some comfort.If there is an influx of goods from Jiangdong, it will be a good thing for many Wubi to be able to communicate with each other.Although it is also a good show of relief to attract refugees to become naturalized, as long as they strengthen the control of their own docks, the advantages outweigh the disadvantages.

Article [-] of the Bandit Suppression Order is grandiose in words, and it is nothing more than eliminating dissidents and collecting some private funds.Although it is said that there will be compensation, no one will believe that such a thing will be repaid.No matter who suppresses this, this is what should be done.Powerful Wubi owners like Zhu Feng can ignore them behind closed doors, but some small Wubi can only beg not to search too hard.

In general, with the foundation of the first decree, these three decrees are acceptable to the vast majority of dock masters.If another town general is replaced, the situation they face will only be worse.

After all, not all Wubi have the strength to resist tens of thousands of troops. If they don't cooperate, Zhu Feng and other strong clansmen will not provide them with shelter, and may take the opportunity to annex them.Relatively speaking, Shen Zhezi proposed this way of getting along with gains and losses, which is already the best situation they can see.

But the most ambiguous thing is the fourth military order, dismissing the soldiers from the countryside to make troubles. When all the Wubi masters heard this sentence, they felt a sense of crisis in their hearts. It was too overbearing!The reason why they can survive to this day is because each of them has not weak arms. If they give up at this point, isn't it just waiting to be killed and being slaughtered?
However, the next line of recruiting brave soldiers from the countryside made some people feel excited.The township soldiers they own are actually very different from the regular army.

Even Zhu Feng, who is the strongest among them, can support at most [-] out-of-production elite soldiers for a long time.Whenever a strong enemy invades, the whole people of Dingkou must be mobilized to fight as soldiers. Even if the foreign invaders are defeated, it will gradually be difficult to recover due to the waste of production.

If they can seize this opportunity, take advantage of the power of Huainan County, sweep the countryside, and pull up a strong team, their strength will undoubtedly skyrocket!In this era, the strong soldiers and horses claim to be in high positions!
Even if some people don't want to be too attached to the Wangshi County Mansion, what about others?The son-in-law said earlier that he wanted to recruit the six armies and the six army leaders.No matter whoever wins a quota, there are tens of thousands of Huainan troops behind him, will they bark their fangs at the folks?
As for the so-called not daring to grant talisman orders privately, it is nothing more than a joke to be recommended by the villagers!If there is someone who can gather an army now, who can compete with him for the position of army leader?
Shen Zhezi finished his eloquent talk, and now he is sipping tea.Tea drinking has not yet become so popular in the north and south that tea cannot be traded as a bulk commodity, which makes him a little regretful.

Therefore, no matter in the south or the north, Shen Zhezi has personally promoted the habit of drinking tea. Under his influence, there are not many overseas Chinese families who have been infected with this trend.After all, if drinking tea forms a culture, it is always more elegant than drinking buttermilk.

He wanted to mobilize enough troops in the shortest possible time, and the power of these Xiangzongwu wall masters could not be ignored.If it is a tough attitude and blindly pushes the past, I am afraid that there will be chaos in less than half of the territory, and Jiehu will also come south with heavy troops.

As for these government orders and military orders, he had also weighed and discussed with Du He, Guo Song and other staff for a long time, not only to make these Wubi masters not have the determination to fight against the same enemy, but also to let them have their own losses.

As for whether the recruited soldiers can be trusted, this is also a matter of no consideration. Shi Le started his family on eighteen horses, and now there are hundreds of thousands of slave soldiers, and they did not develop by convincing people with virtue.Recruiting soldiers is only for the sake of victory, as long as the momentum is displayed, the hearts of the people will naturally unite.

As for Shen Zhezi daring to play like this, it was because the grassland had been prepared before he came to recover the wild horses.The existence of Jiancheng in Liangjun allowed him to advance and retreat freely.The strategic depth he possesses is far greater than when the Zu family was in the town.At the same time, the smooth deployment of Jiangdong's resources is an advantage that no commander of the Northern Expedition in history has.

Of course, this recruitment order is good news for all the small and medium-sized dock wall owners. Bearing a layer of restraint, it can be exchanged for a broader development space.Even if Shen Zhezi can't stay here forever, at least during this period, their strength will surge!
But for big dock wall masters like Zhu Feng, a mere army is not enough to make a qualitative change in their strength, but will lose their detached and independent status.But Shen Zhezi was not worried about their resistance, the essence of Wubi was closed, if they dared to cross the village and make trouble, they would only die faster.

But if they don't make any changes, they will face the hostility of the Huainan army, and perhaps the siege of the villagers.In this year, Wang Tongzhengshuo didn't have any appeal. If he lost the most basic sense of security and cohesion, no matter how big Wubi was, he would collapse without a fight.

Killing donkeys and entertaining guests is not just talk.Shen Zhezi had shown goodwill to Zhu Feng and others before, not because he was afraid of their crowd, but because he was unwilling to kill each other and bleed too much before the war.

But this Zhu Fengchu was stupid, he actually thought that he had to do it himself to kill someone.There are many docks in this township, and the positions of the six military leaders, you don't want it, someone wants it.Tens of thousands of masters, Chen Qi, even if they remain motionless, are natural arbitrators, enough to lead a re-division of local forces!

When others were still thinking about the pros and cons of this military order, Zhu Feng was the first to react.It's not because he is more resourceful than others, but because he doesn't have to consider the interests at all, because he can't win the position of a military leader anyway, he only needs to consider how much damage this military order will cause him .

When several obviously malicious eyes fell on him in the banquet, cold sweat was already gushing out from Zhu Feng's forehead.

"When Master Wang entered the town, the poor peasants in the countryside were unable to get information and fight together, and they are still regretful to this day! The emperor ordered the recruitment of bravery from the countryside, and he dared not resign. He did not seek fame in the world, and was willing to protect the countryside with flesh and blood and sincerity! "

While the others were still hesitating, Ling Zhuo, who had been advancing and retreating with Zhu Feng earlier, had already taken a step forward, clasping his hands together.

(End of this chapter)