Chapter 149: Gradient Four
"Take good care of your head...with the best medicines and diet."
Zhou Huaian said firmly to the doctor from the third baggage brigade.
“I will come and check it out regularly.”
For Zhou Huaian, he now has good news and bad news.
The good news is that before Wang Pan fell into a coma, he personally completed a legitimate transfer of power, which also means that Zhou Huaian can use "suspects of Ding Hui's followers" with confidence to clear up potential instability factors within the army; it is not necessary to kill people, as long as it involves suspicion, marginalize and weaken them.
In addition, in the name of "revenge for the generals", a new round of pursuit and liquidation of the local area was carried out; after all, from a reasonable point of view, it was with their cooperation that the generals could be calculated; by the way, the other rebel forces stationed in the two states were carried out to carry out a round of cleanup and annexation.
The bad news is that the water behind this incident is so deep that there are directly involved from the General's Mansion; according to the interrogation and interrogation of relevant people captured by the rebel army, although they each knew limited things, they still made up the general reason for the incident.
The original cause was the unexpected performance and results of the Nufeng Camp in the Lingdong states; the new weak partial army led by Wang Pan was not only not dragged down or seriously weakened by the commotion and chaos in the local area, but instead made many achievements and things from time to time; this made some people among the upper class of the rebel army with many factions begin to worry about it.
Because according to the current system of various rebels under Huang Chao, they can actually be divided into two categories;
One type is the basic board of the seventeen old camps and the leader of each leader, headed from the north and south, and the general's mansion established by Huang Chao, which uniformly provides the general needs for clothing, food, armor, machinery and materials in the usual sense; then obtain spoils from attacking the official army and looting the local area as a daily supplement; although they have their own clans and village parties as factions and hills, they must also accept the assignment and allocation of Huang Chao when fighting.
Another major category is the built-up peripheral and local armed forces that came along the way; their quality and organization are obviously of varying quality, and many of them cannot even be equipped with basic weapons; except for regular allocation of food and grass, everything else depends on one's own seizure and preparation, and often directly define an area for them to find ways to maintain it themselves.
The General's Office's binding force on them is far less than the former, and it even means letting them die on their own; therefore, it has considerable autonomy in organization and personnel. Anyway, as long as it is possible to ensure that enough people can be pulled out or corresponding materials can be provided when needed.
The initial rebuilt Nufeng Camp is exactly between the two, because it is the establishment of grain supply under the support of the General's Office and the convenience of taking advantage of the local area. This was nothing but a temporary transitional expedient approach, just like some other scattered rebels; although there was some objection, it was ignored in any way.
However, as the turbulent Lingdong belonged to the turbulent Lingdong, it became surprisingly prosperous and strong, and after a local force with a scale of three or four thousand people regained the attention and appointment of the General's Mansion, things began to become completely different;
Therefore, Ding Hui, the former leader who was originally left to listen to the matter under the General's Mansion, was a representative of some people who sent back to take the lead and seize the dominance of the Nufeng Camp. Because the Nufeng Camp now does not have a clear superior ownership in the General's Mansion, it tends to become an independent hill in the local area, but the corresponding foundation and connections in the rebel army are quite shallow enough to be said to be almost nothing.
Therefore, according to the other party's expectations and plans, if they can successfully seize power, they will take the initiative to demand in the name of the Nufeng Camp and become a vassal under the command of a certain rebel army, and use the fait accompli to seek advice and bargain in the general's mansion to seek corresponding benefits for the parties and others.
But it would be fine if it was just that. At least there was a long-term gradual process. Only under the basic bottom line within the rebel system and the framework of not being able to break up publicly, open and secret struggles and tug-of-wars can the result that can be obtained. The least it can also pull away some of the troops and territory from the powerful Riot Camp, which can be strengthened, and weakened them again.
However, the harvest from the tribute ship he brought back became a catalyst and opportunity for these people to finally make up their minds to take risks and support Ding Hui to seize power immediately. Although the most valuable top deck and fourth-floor cabin on this tribute ship have been selected by Zhou Huaian, most of the remaining treasures were still a considerable amount of wealth in the public account after 70% off, and people were unmoved to make plans.
After seizing control of the Nufeng Camp through Ding Hui, it was a considerable investment and supplement. So under such a huge temptation, the other party spared no effort to send his capable troops under his command to assist Ding Hui in seizing power by force to ensure that there was no accident.
Not only that, the other party also took targeted measures in both directions. Through the newly sent Qingtian envoy and the garrison officer to Xunzhou, the General's Mansion directly set up a banquet for the local reception and entertainment, and directly detained the head king Pan who went there to ensure that there was no Ding Hui in the Nufeng Camp who could compete with each other.
Of course, according to the fact that those captured in the city were astray and urinating, they did not intend to hurt Wang Pan's life, but wanted to use this to release him down and detain him; until the Ding Cheng in Chaoyang City became a fait accompli, everything would be fine. Then they would escort him to the Guangzhou side, and learn about the gains and losses and obtain a false title as compensation. It was only later that something unexpected happened and it became like this.
Despite this, the energy and resources that the other party can use from the official and private side still makes Zhou Huaian feel a little scared, especially the fact that he went north to Shaozhou to work together may also be due to the other party's planning and operation.
Therefore, although the civil strife and crisis in the Nufeng Camp have been solved, it has also damaged its vitality; it is really bad news to have such a powerful opponent who has broken up and fight against each other.
On the other hand, it depends on the response and response of the Cantonian side. Although Zhou Huaian has basically unified the mind and attitude of the entire army and has also obtained the right to act legitimately; it is the same thing to fight with other rebel troops in the next step, but it is another thing to openly fight against the authority from the General's Mansion.
From this point of view, the Nufeng Camp lacks the corresponding foundation and foundation. It has no source of information or channels for information transmission in the General's Mansion. I can only hope that Cao Shixiong and others whom I met in the past can indirectly attack some things at a paid price.
However, no matter what, it took several days to see the results of this trip. He had to sort out and rectify the internal affairs first, and at the same time control the current situation in the territory. For example, Zhu Cun's troops who were relatively friendly in Changle County, Zhou Huaian did not intend to touch him. Instead, he gave him silk worth thousands of shreds of silk, which was a gift to him by Shangguan.
Then a special labor brigade was sent to build an abandoned city gate between the hills and mountain passes in the northeast of Changle County at the intersection, and renovate and expand it and reinforce and block it with wooden walls. On the grounds of tax collection and inspection of spies, it was used as the first peripheral police post and stronghold to the west.
As the saying goes, it is an open struggle and private defense. He must be both hands tight and both hands must be strong, so that he can still appeal the other party without conclusive evidence, which will lead to conviction and prosecution from Canton. He has already seen the dark side and selfish desires of the people when he was on the African continent.
Sometimes, for the so-called overall situation and the position that is more beneficial to oneself, sacrificing the right and wrong that have been clearly divided is also a common thing in history and reality; the best examples are those mainstream media from European and American countries, or those domestic advocates who must follow everything abroad;
What they shouted about was a high-sounding independence, freedom and fair position, and they were "political correctness" or safeguarding the interest groups behind them, and used the selected truth to induce audience awareness and obtain the public opinion and atmosphere they wanted.
In addition, the main culprits who made Wang Pan become such have been caught in Xunzhou City, but what to do next is a bit embarrassing. After all, they were sent here in the name of the General's Mansion. If something was wrong, then they would have to kill the Qiqi Banner after the public trial.
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And in Guangzhou a few days later.
As the epidemic continues to spread, not only are pedestrians becoming increasingly rare, but even the rebel camps stationed in the city have been moved out of the city one after another; and only some of the most basic garrisons and forces on the outer walls and inner walls, and even the street patrols have significantly reduced the number and batches.
However, on the cold main street between Fanshan and Yushan, a group of people suddenly rushed past and kicked straight to the inner city. Finally, the Grand Governor's Office/General's Office was dismissed, and followed a general with a national face and a silky-eyed eyebrows in.
Then they were stopped at the gate behind the archway. A door captain wearing a jacket and a belly-bearing man respectfully said to the very experienced and capable general:
"I'll ask General Zou Lang to stay, and the Huang King has recently ordered it..."
"In order to ensure that there are many people in the Defense Forces' Mansion, the generals and entourages who come and go must stay in the door and wait quietly... and have their own tea to entertain you."
"That's true, okay..."
General Zou Lang couldn't help but raise his eyebrows, waved his hands to the left and right and was led in.
Then he walked through the second door, the third door and the curved corridor and came to a side hall where he was waiting routinely outside the main courtyard. General Zou Lang had just sat down on a bed, picked up the teacup he had brought up, and then a figure hurriedly pushed the door and broke in, saying in a hurry and low voice.
"Old Zou, why are you coming back suddenly...?"
"Is it possible? I don't know if your matter has been reported..."
"It's like this... Thank you, Director Li, for reminding me... Some family will have a good reward."
General Zou Lang suddenly stood up, but even the teacup was knocked over to the side.
"Come on, change your clothes, follow me out of the side door."
Commander Li urged him with a worried expression.
"It will be too late if you don't leave..."
Chapter completed!