Chapter 128: Not Accepting
Yin Li was very satisfied with the deterrence brought by this arrow. He said to the people downstairs:
"Don't panic, the Prime Minister has ordered to strictly investigate the traitors among you. Now take out the talismans one by one and pass them through my inspection. Don't worry, we will never let a bad person go, but we will not wrongly accuse a good person. So those who clear themselves up, line up.”
I don't know if it was Yin Li's arrow or his words that worked. People downstairs began to line up one after another, holding talismans and waiting for inspection.
After that, the gate of the Western Market was opened, with many county officials in front, and the county soldiers behind them holding halberds, and they began to examine the talismans of the people present.
While looking at the talismans, they carefully identified the person coming and let them go if there were no surprises.
The innocent man knew that this was a big deal, so without saying much, he quickly walked away from the halberd gate built by the county soldiers with the talisman in hand and went home directly.
The team was getting shorter and shorter, and some of them were obviously getting agitated. They winked at each other, and finally couldn't bear it anymore. They took out their weapons from the car on the side and rushed through the door.
The county officials were unprepared and hurriedly fled behind the halberd gate. The halberd-wielding warriors quickly fired their halberds and surrounded these people. The archer on the building door began to name the thieves below one by one.
After a while, the five people who ran out of the crowd were shot into hedgehogs. Seeing that they were all dead, a few county officials came forward and began to check on these people.
When they turned over to the car, they saw bags of coarse salt, and they suddenly realized. Then several people looked at each other and asked someone to push the car aside.
That's right, these people who escaped were some illegal salt sellers.
The salt laws of this dynasty are different from those of previous dynasties. Since Emperor Xiaowu of the Former Han Dynasty, the official management of salt and iron has been implemented, and all the salt and iron in the world have been taken back to the state. The salt flat stoves formerly owned by wealthy people have been taken back to the state. The officials cook the salt themselves, transport the salt themselves, and sell the salt themselves. Salt.
But since Emperor Xiaohe of this dynasty, salt can be boiled, smuggled, and sold privately. However, in the salt-producing areas of the world, this dynasty also set up salt officials to collect salt taxes.
Obviously, these private salt dealers did not pay taxes after producing their own salt, but chose to sell it privately in the market.
This time, these people were hunting rabbits with a guilty conscience, not only wasting their lives in vain, but also the private salt that they had worked so hard to cook would fall into the hands of these humble subordinates.
The death of the five people made everyone present further understand the seriousness of this matter. No one said anything anymore, who is my father, and no one said who I am is the disciple of so and so. Everyone had only one thought, to leave this place quickly.
When the crowd turned to a man with a pale face, the county official responsible for the inspection looked at the talisman in his hand and asked:
"Are you Huang Er?"
The pale man was stunned for a moment and nodded quickly:
"Oh, it's me, wait, don't arrest me, it's not me. My name is not Huang Er."
But it was useless. The county soldier who was waiting on the side took out a rope and sent Huang Er back to the back.
Then, the group of county soldiers lifted the blockade, and the West Market returned to its original state, leaving only a group of people alive there.
There was such a big news that the government was arresting Shigushan for spying on Huang Er, so naturally it could not be hidden from anyone who was interested. Soon, two groups of people mixed with the crowd leaving the city and headed straight for Mount Tai.
When these two letters belonging to different families were reported to Mount Tai, Zhang Chongzheng was discussing the new composition with Duman, He Kui and Yang Mao.
Taishan Fang has developed so far. According to Duman's records, there are already 3,000 soldiers and a total of thirty battalions. There are 80 Shanliao settlements that can be integrated, and there are 6,000 Shanliao residents. In addition, there are six dock walls outside the mountain, with 3,000 civilians and six field guards totaling 600 soldiers.
The influence that Mount Tai can radiate extends as far as Tugu County in the east, Fenggao in the west, Yimeng in the south, and Licheng in the north. It can be said that it radiates hundreds of miles, and the number of Shanliao people it can indirectly affect is estimated to be no less than 100,000. If Zhang Chong had not taken the route of elite soldiers and had enough food and fodder, he would have been able to recruit over 10,000 troops as soon as the banner was planted.
Zhang Chong has always believed that soldiers should be more valuable than more. With more soldiers, on the one hand, it is a challenge for the generals to control them. On the other hand, the consumption of corn is terrible. And more importantly, military overpopulation will squeeze out the productive population. If everyone goes to serve as soldiers, who will grow food?
Therefore, Zhang Chong exercised restraint and concentrated his troops at around 3,000 men, a total of thirty battalions. Originally, this kind of organization was very suitable for Taishan Fang's situation in the mountains.
Taishan Mountain is high and densely forested, so it is generally necessary to conduct separate camps to meet the supply situation. Moreover, by spreading out the camp heads, there will be more contact points to increase the Shi Jiajun's influence on the Taishan Mountain Laos.
But as the Year of Jiazi is approaching, Zhang Chong has to consider the war situation in the future.
There are currently thirty battalions, and there are sixty generals and deputy generals alone. Although Zhang Chong was full of energy, he was still unable to effectively manage the sixty generals. Moreover, when we go out into the mountains in the future, it will no longer be small-scale battles in the mountains and forests, but more of group battles, so the existing organization will need to be reorganized.
After discussion with Duman, Yang Mao and others, Zhang Chong decided to add four layers of military, school, department, and qu establishments to the original establishment of tun, team, unit, and corps.
Among them, the entire army has 3,000 people and an additional 1,000 new soldiers have been recruited to form a complete military-level battle group. New recruits are still given priority to be recruited from field guards and Shanliao people. The military leader is naturally Zhang Chong, and the deputy military leader is Yang Mao. Among them, He Kui is the military advisor and offers wine.
Then there were two more schools under the Taishan Army, each with two thousand soldiers. Among them, Guan Yu was appointed as the left captain and Zhang Dan was appointed as the right captain. Under each school there are five divisions on the left, right, front, middle and rear, each with a troop strength of 400.
The subordinates under Zuo Xiaowei will be Chen Huan, Heifu, Ding Sheng, Xie Bi and Wang Zhang. The subordinates of the right captain will be Li Damu, Dian Wei, Wei Zhou, Guo Liang, and Yu Jin.
Each part has two songs. Chen Huan's subordinates were Zhao Jian and Duan Xiu; Heifu's subordinates were Huang Yong and Guo Song; Ding Sheng's subordinates were Jin Quan and Zhao Rong; Xie Bi's subordinates were Xie Kun and He Cheng; Wang Zhang's subordinates were Deng Chong and Shi Lang.
Among the right captains, Li Damu's subordinates are Zhang Nan and Wang Han. Under Dian Wei were Zhao Chong and Xu Xi; under Wei Zhou were Li Wu and Guo Mo; under Guo Liang were Tao Yong and Wei Lan; under Yu Jin were Chang Xi and Zhang Da. A group of garrison generals emerged below these generals, all of whom had been promoted through military exploits over the years. In addition, there are three of Zhang Chong's most special ones, namely the Flying Army Scout General Meng Ju, the Assault Cavalry General Tian Jun, and the Cross-Collision Team General Dong Fang. Zhang Chong admired Dong Fang very much and transferred him to his military officer training team as a leader. As for the two generals Cai Que and Guo Zu, they naturally followed him.
In this way, the total military establishment will probably be maintained at 4,500 troops, and with the addition of the supply camp, it may be as high as 5,000 troops. This is already a very terrifying force. It is almost equivalent to the mobile force of Qingzhou.
In other words, there is no problem for Zhang Chong to lead the Taishan Army across Qingzhou at this moment. But maintaining this force is already the limit of Zhang Chong and Taishan.
It was precisely when Zhang Chong was planning the future of the Taishan Army that two letters and newspapers sent their respective news.
When he received the first report, Zhang Chong was just uncomfortable, because it said that Shi Gushan's spies in Dongpingling had been arrested. This letter was sent by Zhang Chong and others, who were buried in Dongping Mausoleum by Taishan Fang.
Last winter, Zhang Chong took advantage of the opportunity of doing business with Fenggao Haoqiang to plant fine works in Dongpingling and Fenggao, all of which were disguised as grain merchants.
But soon, Zhang Chong received the second letter, and he was shocked and angry.
This letter was sent by Dabeard Jisun, the senior brother of Dongpingling. The letter said that Jinan Xiangsi had arrested a traitor named Zhang Goulv, who was suspected of being a traitor. Jisun also asked this person in the letter how much information he knew about Taiping Road and whether he knew about their plans for the Year of Jiazi. Ji Sun even asked him in the letter that if everything failed in the end, he could directly attack Jinan Xiangsi and kill the traitor directly. Through the letter, Zhang Chong could feel the anxiety of sacrificing his grandson.
Zhang Chong immediately called for his younger father, Zhang Bingnan, and this dog was one of his subordinates.
Soon Zhang Bingnan came over and was wondering why he was called to the meeting hall. Normally, he would not attend such meetings. He would hold them all day long and it would make his head hurt.
As soon as he sat down, Zhang Chong asked:
"Dad, is Zhang Goulv in the old camp?"
Laoying is the holy treasury stationed in the main village of Wangzhoufeng, and is also generally called Laoying.
Hearing this, Zhang Bingnan nodded and said:
"Yes, aren't we all in the old camp now?"
Upon hearing this, Zhang Chong immediately asked the guards to go to the old camp to call Zhang Goudu.
Seeing that Zhang Chong was agitated, Zhang Bingnan was also frightened and asked hurriedly:
"What's wrong, Erzi, what's the problem with that dog and donkey?"
Zhang Chong hurriedly told his father about the letter sent by his grandson, and he basically believed the content in the letter. Because Taiping Road has been operating in Jinan for a long time, it must be better informed.
Sure enough, in less than half a moment, the guard rushed back and shouted:
"Zhang Goudu is not in the old camp."
Now there was trouble, everyone present looked at each other.
This dog and donkey are the seventy-five old brothers who gathered together in the forest. Although they have been gradually marginalized in the past two years due to inactivity. But he is an old brother after all, and they don't avoid him in many things, so no one is sure what this guy knows.
People like Duman and He Kui were more concerned about the impact of this incident on military morale.
Even Zhang Chong's eldest brother has joined the government. What does this make others think? Originally, there was a balance between officials and thieves, and the thieves were also thinking about recruiting people and giving themselves a ribbon. If Dongpingling raised dogs, donkeys, and high salaries, it would have the effect of selling a thousand pounds of horse bones. At that time, wouldn't everyone in Taishan's army be suspicious and worried that others would lead the team down the mountain to recruit soldiers?
Zhang Chong naturally thought of this situation. He quickly calmed down and knew that he had to deal with Zhang Gou Donkey before the matter caused serious doubts in the army.
When he told Yang Mao and others about the idea of hoeing rape, Yang Mao also agreed. He took the initiative to ask for orders, saying that he would lead a team of capable people and immediately go down the mountain to eliminate the traitors.
But Zhang Chong refused. He thought for a while and said firmly:
"No, this time I will personally lead the team to Dongpingling. If the dog and donkey are killed, I will avenge him. If he is captured, I will kill Touyu Temple to save him. If he really betrays everyone, I will kill him. Bring your head back.”
Hearing Zhang Chong's words, Yang Mao was shocked and immediately admonished:
"The son of a rich man should always be cautious. The white dragon fish was trapped in Yuqie, and the white snake released itself, and Liu Ji harmed it. Now he is in danger. If there is disaster and defeat, where will the group be?"
Yang Mao said it with sincerity, but it could not change Zhang Chong's mind. He only replied:
"There are some things that you must do yourself before you can give an explanation to your brothers."
Yang Mao tried to persuade him again, but he refused.
(End of chapter)