"Old Xu... can you be there?"

A loud voice outside called out.

"I have something good to come to you..."

Zhou Huaian couldn't help but pat his forehead and said helplessly, "I really regretted using this surname, but I was called around by people "Lao Xu" and "Xu Jue" all day long. It was always a bit wrong and it was not good.

Then a young official with a green robe and Pu head stepped into the door, but it was his current deputy, Lin Yan, the military officer who joined the army, who was also a new round of military farm work by the rebel army in Guangzhou. In addition, he also had another well-known identity, which is Huang Chao's eldest sister's son, a typical nephew-uncle (neckly) relationship.

Of course, in fact, many of the important civil and military positions around Huang Chao are now held by people from his relatives, among which the existence known as the "Eight Sons of the Yellow Sect" is the most core and important; for example, Huang Rui, the chief secretary, Huang Rui, the right chief secretary, Huang Kui, the commander Huang Ye, the governor of the grain court, Huang Ye, and Huang Yan, the inspector of the Grain Academy, were his subordinates or clan brothers; Huang Hao, the general of the Qianyi general, and Huang Cun, the commander of the sect, were his nephews.

This is also the basic norm that most peasant army troops in this era, with clans and village party fighting as links. However, the current situation of the Nufeng Camp is an alternative or strange existence. It is a symbol of insufficient foundation in a sense and lacks foundation.

Therefore, although he was named Zhou Huaian's deputy, he was in charge of the actual work in the field of military farming and the mid-square meter (charged in the front), and Zhou Huaian was behind the scenes to plan and provide corresponding suggestions for him, or to solve some problems and emergencies encountered in the meantime. Of course, when encountering some difficult situations, Zhou Huaian would guide him to use the magic weapon and killing weapon that he relied on to become famous - "find his uncle to stand up."

This time he came here, but he personally sent a greeting message, inviting Zhou Huaian to attend a banquet held by Xinxin City.

The reason was to celebrate the victory and achievements of the new rebel army's great cause in Lingnan Road. After more than three months of offensive and stalemate, after another battle, the two major strategic envoys under the command of the Lingxi Jiedushi, Yongguan and Guiguan, the commander of the Lingxi Jiedushi, officially submitted a letter of surrender and request to the General's Mansion where Guangzhou was located.

Although there are still many things to deal with in this process, this also means that in addition to the Annan Protectorate located in Jiaozhou (now Hanoi, the capital of Vietnam), the east and west routes of Lingnan Road were unified under the banner of the rebel army.

Lingnan Road was originally set up with the Five Prefectures' Strategy Envoy, mainly the Guangzhou Governor's Office, and also the four jurisdictions of Guizhou, Yongzhou, Rongzhou and Jiaozhou. It was initially established in the 21st year of Kaiyuan (733) and was also one of the Ten Gesture Governors of Tianbao. However, in fact, the Five Prefectures' Strategy Envoy had the lowest presence among the top ten Gesture Governors, and was only the last character of the imperial court's official.

Because its main function is to "suijingyi and his subordinates", it governs the military, Qing Navy, directly governs the provinces, and also governs the four states and counties in Gui, Rong, Yong, and Annan, and directly manages only 15,400 soldiers. Not only is it lower in terms of specifications and positions, but it is also a small number of soldiers compared with other military governors who often have tens of thousands or tens of thousands.

But even these 5,000 standing troops still beat and crushed various local barbarian forces around for a long time, and even supported the war against Nanzhao in Qianzhong Road and Annan Protectorate. However, such a powerful war brigade in the south was almost completely lost in the Battle of Nanyang during the Anshi Rebellion with the defeat of Shannan Jiedushi Lu Ling. Although the establishment was restored later, both combat effectiveness and morale were no longer the same.

Therefore, it was not until the second year of Zhide (757) that the "all the enemy in the world" was changed to the Lingnan Jiedushi, and the capital was located in Guangzhou, but its main responsibility was to pacify the thieves and the barbarians, and the army was expanded respectively. In the third year of Xiantong (862), it was divided into the east and west roads, Guangguan was the east road of Lingnan, Yongguan and Gui, Rong and Jiaojiao, and became the Jiedushi of Lingnan West Road.

However, the Lingdong Jiedushi, who had no pressure to prepare for the enemy, had only the need to settle the land barbarians after the division, led to further abolition of combat power and increased access to the number of vacancies. Therefore, in fact, the Lingdong Jiedushi Li Zhao, who had just transferred to the position for a short time, only used the hasty gathering of officials in Guangzhou, plus the temporary private equity Jianyong, Tumen, village soldiers, and merchant guards in the city to resist the peasant army heading south, so it was difficult to save the general trend after the defeat in the battle outside the city.

Compared with the weakness and dispersion of the commander of the Lingdong Jiedushi, the commander of the Lingxi Jiedushi, Yongguan and Gui, Rong, joined forces with the troops of various states, suppressing the barbarians for a long time and resisting the invasion of Nanzhao, the lineup was stronger and stronger.

Especially those Long March athletes who were used to prepare for the border, a large part of them came from the garrisons in the Central Plains towns; and a considerable part were the famous general Gao Pian a few years ago, defeated the invading Nanzhao coalition forces, and then recovered the Jiannan elite troops of the Annan Protectorate. In addition, the mountainous terrain was not easy to be with each other.

In order to wipe out the remaining official armed forces in the west, most of the rebels fought and stopped one after another for several months, but they were unable to get much. They also suffered several major and large defeats;

However, the weaknesses and supplements of these border troops are also obvious. Their places are terrestrial poverty and poor people, and their land is mixed with restraint of a large part of their spirit and resources. Therefore, if the output of their location is solely supported, it will not be long, and it will take long to transfer and assist grain from the Pearl River Basin in Lingdong and Jiangxi in the north;

In addition, two years ago, the King of Nanzhao, who had been suffering from the southwest for twenty years, died. His son Fa succeeded to the throne and changed the Yuan Dynasty to Chengzhi Datong in Zhenming. The country's name was Hetuo. In the fourth year of Qianfu (877), he sent envoys to Xin Xidao, the governor of the West Road in Lingnan, to ask for peace to the Tang Dynasty. Then he issued an edict to Xu He. Xin Xidao also sent envoys to Nanzhao. Since then, all the troops garrison Yongzhou (now Nanningnan, Guangxi) have reduced the seventh of them. It can be said that they are no longer the grand occasion of the past.

Therefore, after failing to fight back against the rebel army that occupied the elite area of ​​Lingdong and regrouped, they naturally began to seek other ways out; such as secretly sending people to Guangzhou to seek peace and enter into a ceasefire agreement, and even surrendering and subordinates to the General's Mansion where Huang Chao was located in exchange for their convenience in maintaining the status quo in the local area and doing their own good.

As a corresponding price and statement, Xin Xi, the governor of the West Road of Lingnan, was expelled by his subordinates of Yongzhou, and only went south to Jiaozhou, where the Annan Protectorate was located. In this way, except for some of the officials who collapsed on the spot or abandoned the guards and fled north, the remaining troops between Yongzhou and Guizhou were all affiliated with the name of Huang Chao's Chongtian General's Mansion.

If we say that Xin Xi, who became the governor of Lingnan West Road at the age of 50, was also a well-known figure in the world. He was the grandson of Yin Yunjing, Taiyuan during the reign of Emperor Dezong of Tang. His father was the governor of Shouzhou and was a family of officials. He was a young man in his early years. He was a young man in his prime and was promoted to the forefront of Pang Xun. Finally, after Gao Pian quelled the Tuman Rebellion in Jiaozhou and defeated the invading Nanzhao army, he was recommended as the new governor of Lingnan West Road.

Therefore, it can be said that he is a generation of figures with both military strategy and martial arts, and also has prestige in response to dangers and difficulties; but due to the situation, his personal ability is completely independent and difficult to support the general trend.

In addition, as a chain reaction of the two governors in Lingxi, the rebel army officially surrendered the Qiongzhou Governor's Office established by the imperial court on Hainan Island, as well as the five states of Qiong, Ya, Zhen, Dan, Wan'an and a bunch of vassals; and sent symbolic garrisons and garrisons to Qiongzhou among them.

Of course, for Zhou Huaian, this Lingnan, used to exile political prisoners, is also a bad place, and also has its corresponding value and role. For example, as one of the ports of the Tropic of Cancer on the monsoon and ocean currents, it plays a very important role and role in the trade activities of Lingnan; it is also one of the important extensions of the restoration of the Cantonese trade route today.

Therefore, when no one is willing to go to this "bad land", it became much easier for Zhou Huaian to arrange his own people to resist and difficulty.

According to the meaning vaguely revealed in Lin Yan's words, some of the prisoners of the government troops who were disarmed on the spot will be taken away and then escorted to the vicinity of Guangzhou for disposal and review. This is the most capable Long March garrison in the Tang Dynasty military sequence (as a border army sequence, all those who can't fight will die).

Therefore, as long as the rebel generals with a little font size, they will inevitably have their minds about him; in fact, many of the rebel generals who can fight the most, and even as generals themselves, have the order and origin of these former official troops. Lin Yan secretly revealed this time that he was prepared in advance was also a disguised show of kindness;

After all, Zhou Huaian had already come up with some ideas for him before this and resolved several difficult and difficult sudden incidents. So he still had enough motivation and position to maintain this mutually beneficial relationship between teachers and friends, and now there is no exception.

Therefore, although Zhou Huaian did not like this kind of public appearance, nor did he agree with the style of learning the old bureaucrats among the upper class of the rebel army, and the style of gathering every five days and having a banquet every ten days; he still had to sell his face to accept it.

"There are also a few familiar colleagues who ask me to ask..."

Lin Yan continued to chat.

"Can you have a few more chapters of the aspirations you are writing?"

"They were too impatient to listen to the military, and they were so itchy that they just waited for the rest of their relationship."

"This is also impossible."

Zhou Huaian smiled helplessly.

"I have too many things to do with it. I have to study, manage publicity, and publish, and also take into account the construction of the workshop."

"Most things have just started, and they have no extra thoughts to compile these aspirations and essays."

Of course, he didn't really lack enough time. In fact, this familiar style of copying can complete most of the content by just dictating it; it just wanted strange things to attract others' appetites.
Chapter completed!