Chapter 1873 Who can rest assured about this news?
With Wei Wenguang's laughter, Lu Kaiyun showed a hint of joy and said, "Actually, before I came, I also discussed with everyone at home that the powerful people in the city of Fucheng should not continue to let the Korean thieves become bigger, but there are Korean thieves in the north and Zhang thieves in the south, so I was afraid that the Ducheng would not be able to wipe out the two thieves, and then dispatch our Shangxi troops to suppress the bandits."
"At that time, Brother Wei must be steady and not be easily tempted by everyone. No matter what the wealthy families in the mansion say, they look down on our county and town gentry from the bottom of their hearts. They may have countless benefits when they can use it, but if they can't use it, they will throw it away."
Indeed, Lu Kaiyun also thought that Han Jianzhou had developed to the current situation, and the real wealthy family in the city could not continue to let go.
The most important thing is that Han Jianzhou has developed to the current plate, but has not brought out a large number of refugees to escape. Instead, it has made the county and township areas more and more stable, which is definitely not in line with the wishes of the wealthy families in the city.
In the past few days, the soldiers on various rivers in Xiuyan Prefecture were dispatched to judge that the giants like Tang and Shen could not sit still and were a little panicked. Otherwise, how could they mobilize their troops crazily?
What Lu Kaiyun was afraid of was that the city could not defeat two rebels at once, and then dispatched Shangxi's 10,000 new troops to combat the thieves.
After such an order, the Lu family and Guo family would definitely disrespect the order. He was only worried that Wei Wenguang would be deceived and would raise his troops north or south.
Even if he is confident that after he becomes an army, this army will be controlled by the Guo family and the Yan family of Lu family, Wei Wenguang is the superficial head coach and commander, and will also create his own prestige in the army.
Think about it, before the training of the army, Wei Wenguang was just a rich man in the countryside, and he had never been seen by gentry at the level of Lu Kaiyun. Once the Shen family and the Tang family in the palace were sent to lobby and make some benefits... How could the small rich man in the countryside betrayed by the overlord of a state?
Even if the Lu family uses its reputation to suppress many figures in the new army, Wei Wenguang may not have taken away a group of soldiers, which will cause the new army to collapse again.
He and Yan Dinghai and Guo Mingguan came together this time. In addition to inquiring and discussing the situation and dynamics of the thief, they also had the consideration of Wei Wenguang's determination.
As soon as these words were said, Wei Wenguang laughed in silence. He had already followed the signs and orders of the Fucheng City to suppress the rebellion, and then joined the second and third brothers and brought tens of thousands of troops to attack the Fucheng City.
But this plan is impossible to say to Lu Kaiyun and others, "Brother Lu, don't worry, the army we formed is all my soldiers. As long as the two thieves don't come, I will be able to easily lead them out and die and injured in vain?"
"Besides, for more than a month, such an army still has hope for fighting city defense. It is too risky to pull it out to fight with the bandits in a field. Brother Lu should also know that no matter whether it is the Korean bandits in the north or the Zhang bandits in the south, they are different from ordinary bandits."
This time, even Yan Dinghai, who had always been calm, couldn't help but stroking his beard and exclaim, "The two bandit leaders are indeed extraordinary and have a considerable experience in joining the army. Otherwise, they would not have controlled thousands of young and strong men, but only trained a personal army to fight."
"Even if there are generals in Shandong, even if they are officials, there may not be many better than them."
"The two people are in a state of power in the same time, and their styles are almost the same. These two are definitely people who are familiar with each other, or brothers and close friends, and the development of the south and the north has had two impacts on the city. Even if Zhang Shun has not yet won Pinghui County, I really don't know how long it will last for Pinghui County."
At this moment, all the gentry and landlords from top to bottom were probably too panicked. The fall of Anguang County in the north was too eye-catching, especially in that way!
The army formed by the landlords and gentry was originally a defense against thieves, but when the bandits attacked the city, most of the young and strong people took the initiative to run out and stab them, causing the fall of the county town?
Who can rest assured about this news?
The army in his hand is simply unbelievable. What should I do if I could stab you when you fight at any time? Will it be disbanded? If it is disbanded, no one will fight against Zhang Shun's thousands of civilians. The main reason is that Zhang Shun also has a thousand personal corps in his hands.
They are all selected from thousands of young and strong people. They are the best and most high-quality resources. After being assigned to swords, guns, cotton armor, and casual training for more than ten days will have a considerable lethality.
Don’t forget, in the feudal era, did the young and strong farming lack strength? Where can ordinary tenants get the ox, mules and horses? They all rely on their own efforts to pull the plow and harvest, etc.
Select a thousand strong men from thousands of young men who are strong and brave, and they will be full of three times a day, making them accustomed to using a knife, and their lethality is absolutely amazing.
Not to mention that Zhang and Han thieves were generous in their pensions. If anyone died in battle, they would directly pay fifty taels of burned silver to their living families.
Fifty taels!
Only five taels of soldiers in Lu State died in battle!
The Xiao family, the top wealthy family, and the Xiao family, who were the three prime ministers of the Five Dynasties, fought a battle with the Principal of Ventra, and the pension was five times more, and the big-headed soldiers finally got only 20 taels.
The pensions of Zhang and Han thieves are astronomical!
One tael of silver is equal to one thousand coins. Before this drought, the price of rice in Xiuyanfu City was usually only ten cents per pound. How much can one tael of silver be bought for eighty or ninety kilograms of rice? How many thousand kilograms can be bought? This can easily make the family of strong men who died in battle eat for one or two years.
You should know that before the two thieves appeared, all refugees fled with their families and were prepared to sell themselves as slaves or starve to death. In the past, droughts occurred in other places, or natural disasters and man-made disasters occurred in Xiuyan Mansion. Isn’t this the norm?
If you fight, even if you die in battle, you don’t have to sell yourself as a slave this year. Compared with this excitement, those personal soldiers really have the intention to work hard.
Besides, from the rebellion to the present, how many people have died in the personal corps of Han and Zhang thieves? Han Jianzhou fought many times, but only dozens of them died. The most serious time was to attack the county town.
I heard that Zhang Shun in the south is also in the same situation. The number of people injured in the war is similar, but the injury does not mean being given up. All injuries are treated as much as possible. Some people who have lost their combat effectiveness are arranged by the two thieves to join thousands of civilian and sturdy groups and become middle and lower-level managers of various departments. They not only live happily, but also have the right to do so.
Just by dealing with these measures of comfort, who can't tell how powerful the two thieves are to many ordinary people, even the lowest-level civilians, domestic slaves, etc. in the county?
Under this circumstance, even if the senior executives of Pinghui County in the south knew the precedent of the fall of Anguang County, they had a greater sense of guarding. It is really hard to say whether they could defend themselves or not.
As for Yan Dinghai's news channels, he knew that as soon as the news of the fall of Anguang County reached Pinghui, there were some gentry and landlords who were more evil there, discussing to escape from the county town and avoid disaster in the prefecture city. This is not surprising.
If one day, after the two thieves of Han and Zhang gathered together, they would not attack the capital city first but rushed to Xi to send troops, it would probably be that Lu Kaiyun would escape faster than a rabbit in this big tent.
Chapter completed!