"Zhu Cun has swept the entire Chuzhou area, and the Jiangdong Zhoushi has arrived outside Guangling City to meet with Qian Jumei's troops, and once again surrounded the Shouhao army led by Yang Xingmin in Huainan?..."

In the rumbling Jingzhou Foundry, Zhou Huaian looked at the slowly rising and falling tall herringbone forging frame, and the huge steam plant as a supporting power. The heavy water vapor dispersed from it was a bit like a sigh of relief in the next generation. However, no matter how heavy and ugly this thing is, it also represents the beginning and dawn of a new era.

After all, as the reserves of the Taiping Army's political and economic center moved northward, Guangzhou Nanhai County (now Foshan), as an important military production base, inevitably spread to Jinghu and Jiangxi, and formed a new round of production system construction boom with the Xiang River, Han River and the Yangtze River coast, which has continued to this day.

As the top priority of the downstream steel and chemical industry base, it is undoubtedly the plan of the Hanyang Construction Management Area located in Ezhou. The reason is very simple. This is also the location of the Hanyang Arsenal in later generations; it can effectively utilize the large-scale water transportation of the Yangtze River connecting various water systems to gather the (Daye) ore, (Pingxiang) coal and other supporting resources along the coast at a lower cost.

The opening of such a steam transmission forging machine also represents that a new breakthrough will be made in the hydraulic factory system that has been subject to the traditional seasonal water level changes. The role of such a large forging machine is not only forging guns, but also forging large components of the main part of the corresponding industrial machine at one time.

Of course, as the priority target for attack, it is naturally the steam engine component of the corresponding specifications. Because with sufficient output scale, this also means that the original industrial equipment owned by the Taiping Army finally has the ability to copy the batch of mechanical masters, and no longer need to be supplemented with manual polishing and correction as before, but can only maintain small-scale production.

Although this kind of thing seems a bit illusory, its role and value in the long-term social process are no less inferior to gunpowder and guns. In contrast, although the war in Huainan is somewhat twists and turns, even if it fails completely, it is just an accidental event in the development of the Taiping Army.

After all, Yang Xingmin at this moment is really far from the heyday of another historical line. He neither got the Heiyundu, which was composed of thousands of elite soldiers of Caizhou after defeating Sun Ru as the leader of Caizhou, nor did he get the Northern Knights and Shooting Soldiers after defeating Sun Ru in Henan, nor did he get the Northern Knights and Shooting Soldiers after defeating the war in Henan, not to mention the essence of Huainan, western Zhejiang, and Xuanshe.

With the current size and pattern of the Taiping Army, as long as the corresponding production system and military mobilization are fully mobilized, relying on the accumulation of resources is enough to drag the opponent down and die. The so-called latecomer advantage of climbing science and technology trees to farm violent soldiers is nothing more than this. Therefore, the main purpose of this Huainan interference operation is to care about testing and training manpower in a sense.

After all, the Taiping Army has fought many major battles in the south over the years, and the corresponding talents and future famous generals and capable ministers have also taken over many predecessors, but there are not many opportunities to truly allow those subordinates to stand alone; especially the pattern and vision required to lead the combat capabilities of the large corps can only be tempered and reflected in the corresponding war.

Among the powerful forces adjacent to the Taiping Army in troubled times, there is no longer a corresponding scale of strength like Yang Xingmin, but it is not particularly powerful and difficult to deal with. The Taiping Army has passed the stage of needing to fight in the east and plunder resources and population everywhere to lay the foundation, and has entered the fast lane of development where strength is gathered and strength has been accumulated.

However, the situation inside the inner city from the northern region will make Zhou Huaian more concerned. For example, Huang Chao reorganized the Great Qi court shortly after the Taiping Army withdrew, and promoted many newcomers who emerged during the Western Expedition; among them, there were many local land groups or surrendered generals from the official army.

For example, Li Changyan, the cousin of the Fengxiang Jiedushi Li Changfu, was appointed as the general of the left guard and the attendant of the cavalry; and Wang Chongying, the brother of the Hezhong Jiedushi Wang Chongrong, the observer of Shaanxi Guo, and his nephew Wang Gong, the governor of Fenzhou, were also appointed as the left chief of the Shangshu and the Weiqing of the Weiqing. Liu Jing, a general under the command of Zhuge Shuang of Heyang Jiedushi, was also appointed as the Right Jinwu General and the Huazhou Defense Envoy...

In addition, there was a former surrendered general named Huang Shi. Through the reunion of the clan with Huang Chao, he became one of the so-called Grand Qi clan members, and was appointed as the leader of the front guard squad and deputy envoy of the Guards. However, with Huang Chao's return, Shangshu shot Zhang Junru at the left and attacked Zhang Junru, unexpectedly joined the military affairs of the Central Secretariat, and was able to overwhelm the left-behind Shi Zhongshu, and became the first person to lead the court.

As a veteran rebel general, Gai Hong, still stayed at the position of the commander-in-chief of the west of the Jingxi Province, and was appointed as the ambassador of the three towns in the north of the Guan Dynasty; it was equivalent to continuing to wander outside the high-level sequence of the center in disguise. In addition, Huang E, the Minister of War, was appointed as the governor of Dasanguan and the observation envoy of the south of the Jingxi Province, which seemed to be disguised as derogatory...

But no matter what, Huang Chao has regained most of the situation in the four prefectures of Gyeonggi Province and the seventeen prefectures of Gunnei Province. In addition, various treasures and strange objects with the memory and styles of the previous generations and previous generations began to appear in the list of transactions with the Taiping Army in batches. The source can be imagined.

On the other hand, the communication and contact with Empress Cao were restored, but the words became cautious and polite, which was helpless. We had already prepared for the corresponding reception and placement, and most of the manpower and supplies were transferred, but now we can only let it go.

As a follow-up reaction to the war within the pass, there have been considerable changes in Kanto. For example, the highly concerned Zhu Laosan also showed some heroic character after returning to Dogi Province. It is said that he immediately summoned more than 20 rebel guards from Dogi Province, including Bian, Xu, Yu, Chen, Hao, and Song prefectures, and thought that he would take the ceremony to remain at Dogi Province.

As a result, after taking office, he announced on the spot that he had not followed the king's order and had no choice but to kill three of the guards; to dismiss and demote the other five guards; to entrust others to the local area after the integration of the place. Under the witness of the representatives of the Heyang Army, Hezhong Army, Tianping Army and Wuning Army on the spot, no one dared to question, and declared his loyalty to the new dynasty of the Great Qi Dynasty and respect Chang'an.

Then, he sent troops to collect the wealth obtained from the property of these guards, and sent people to Luyang Pass to ask the Taiping Army to buy oxen, farm tools, seeds and other things, as if he was preparing to plant winter wheat and melon beans in Dugi Province. This kind of vision and insight to judge the situation is a rare characteristic in this generation where you kill me and I kill you and you are fighting for the throne.

Zhou Huaian certainly welcomed this. Although the people below raised limited concerns about the possible out-of-control and unrestrained trends in the corresponding risk impact assessment process, the significance of surviving more people in the hinterland area where Henan Road is more important is far greater than the extent to which Zhu Laosan grows into a threat.

This is not a simple gain or loss, but also a basic humanitarian tendency that conforms to the style and propositions of the Taiping Army. Of course, the natural generation gap accumulated in the continued development of military technology and productivity is also the joint reactions and consequences of the possible spread of these technologies and continue to maintain some advantage.

In comparison, another Taiping Army secretly supported by the Taiping Army in Yunzhou, Cao Xiang, the governor of Tianping Army, seemed much more low-key and introverted. Although he had suppressed the second major and small incidents since he took office for more than a year and was assassinated by the third assassination, including those around him, he was still unswervingly advancing towards the initial direction and goal.

Including relying on the food and tools obtained from Taiping, restoring farming in the Onozawa and Wuzhang River Basins, tens of thousands of acres of water-watered fields were opened, and the newly formed military farms and garrison troops gradually replaced the original regiments and foreign town soldiers in each state. After the first batch of stable harvests were obtained last year, we began to clean up and rectify local garrison soldiers and land regiment armed forces.

Therefore, in a short period of time, Yunzhou, Caozhou, Puzhou and other places that had not been newly recovered were suddenly claimed to have a great atmosphere; some places in Qizhou and Huazhou seized by Wei Bojun also restored local stability and began to travel with business and travelers. However, at the cost, he ordered the execution of several cousins ​​from his uncle's family and the family of the newly concubine;

When Cao Xiang gained a foothold as the Tianping Army, a key place in Henan and Hebei, he brought him another benefit. He was a two-way dealer who had a mutual exchange of existence and existence from the forces of the neighboring vassal states and Taiping Army. The refined iron, cotton, tea and salt blocks, sugar, wine and medicine from the Taiping Army were replaced by the northern part of the Great Horses, fur, tendons, felt blankets, ginseng, deer antlers, porcelain, and silk silk from the Taiping Army.

Among them, the Chengde Jiedu, who had completely occupied the Henghai Jiedushi, Wang Jingyan, the king of Changshan, even sent envoys to the Tianping Army across the river, showing some kind of goodwill to make friends with the Taiping Army. As for the three towns of Taining, Wuning and Pinglu on the Huai River, there were countless people who secretly exchanged in the name of mutual market.

It can be said that except for the plundering Qin Zongquan of Caizhou, basically the forces in Henan and Hebei can find what they want from it, and become disguised downlines produced in the Taiping Army territory. However, according to the development momentum of the Taiping Army, this situation will not last for many years.

Withdrawing these thoughts that had been drifting away, Zhou Huaian immediately asked Lu Yan who was following:

"Have the fourth batch of dispatched personnel to Huainan already come out?"

With the military advancement process of Huainan's intervention in the war, there are naturally corresponding political and economic measures to ensure the destruction and elimination of the enemy's support base, and even the possibility of a comeback or rekindling. Compared with the first three small-scale trial dispatches, this fourth dispatch is a formal transformation operation after a critical victory.

"The lord has been drafted and has been reviewed and reviewed by the Anti-Rebel Association and the Social Mediation Department... It will be issued by you in the final form."

Lu Yan responded with confidence.

"Then let me pass it as soon as possible on the way back."

Zhou Huaian was actually not very interested in this routine process. After all, he could be selected from tens of thousands of grassroots personnel and interns according to comprehensive conditions such as qualifications, performance and performance, and through the cross-comparison and review of social background and political views of the Anti-Japanese War and the Social Mediation Department, the probability of omissions is already very small.

But Zhou Huaian also wanted to see if he could find a bargain and found a more familiar historical figure.
Chapter completed!