When He Kui explained the powerful relationship behind this, no one present said a word.
In the final analysis, no matter how extravagant He Kui's words are, the risks behind it have not changed. How many people can have such confidence that they can build a team when they return home and deal with local forces repeatedly?
If they had this strength, they would have done it themselves, and why would they come to join the Taishan Army?
Moreover, a very realistic situation is that those who have sufficient social connections and prestige in the local area are often the local tycoons, not the small single-family households like them.
For example, this is the case with Guo Tao, a newcomer in the staff team.
Their family was considered to be self-cultivated farmers with some savings, but the whole family could only afford an extra three to five dou so that Guo Tao could study some Confucian classics, so there were no resources left to contact the clan members.
No matter what era, well-to-do small families generally live their lives behind closed doors. It’s not that they don’t want to gather people, but that they have more than enough ambition and lack of energy.
So what He Kui said was really not feasible for them.
In this way, He Kui had no choice but to give up and start chatting about other things, assuming that this gathering was just a meeting.
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Unlike He Kui, Duman, who was also not far from his residence, did not discuss this topic.
Of course Duman knew about this, and he was even the first person Zhang Chong approached to discuss the matter.
After listening to Zhang Chong's description of this incident, Duman immediately realized that this was an extraordinary thing. Because his method was different from all the previous ways of fighting for the world, it was beyond human intuition.
The earliest competition for the world was centralized, that is, the Xia Dynasty in the Shang Dynasty, and the Shang Dynasty in the Zhou Dynasty. As long as the opponent's city was destroyed, the world would be gained. And then there was the King of Qin's sweeping of Liuhe, which meant to sweep the world.
Later Gaozu and Guangwu followed this model.
The characteristic of this model is to first consolidate the foundation in a certain place, and then quickly conquer the world like filling in color blocks. But how did Zhang Chong do it?
His plan was to first bloom in Hebei, then spread the seeds all over the world, and finally form a huge network, and then tightly capture the world.
What a strategic ingenuity this is. It can be said that as long as this plan is successful, or only half successful, the Taishan Army's march north and south will be much smoother in the future.
In fact, Duman also understood why Zhang Chong came up with such a method at this time. The reason was the political division between the Taishan Army and the Taiping Road.
The Taishan Army was able to fight all the way from Taishan to Hebei. In the process, it was helped by many Taiping Taoists. Everywhere the Taishan Army went, there were local Taiping Taoists to serve as guides and tell the local people.
This information is very important whether it is for the military, for defeating powerful forces, or for subsequent garrisoning or even governance.
Otherwise, how would Taishan Army, who was unfamiliar with the place, do his job?
But now that the honeymoon period between Taishan Army and Taiping Road is over, these original networks all over the Central Plains can no longer be used, so Zhang Chong thought of this method to build his own network.
It's just that Duman feels that there are several considerations in this matter, and he has done some responsibilities in this regard.
He told the truth that there were only a handful of people who could pull together a team, and we were faced with an environment where the enemy was strong and we were weak. Those with such ability and intelligence could only be found in the huge Taishan army.
But which one of these people is not the commander-in-chief of the area? You can't send these people away, right?
There is another point that Duman also directly told Zhang Chong, that is, how to face the situation that is too big to lose or even uncontrollable.
Because loyalty is too fragile, the only people who can be trusted are some members of the clan. This is why during the Cao Wei Dynasty, important military power was in the hands of the clan general Yuan Cong, and five good generals like Xu Huang were the orders of the deputy generals.
So Duman asked Zhang Chong how to ensure loyalty later.
But Duman didn't expect Zhang Chong to ask back:
"Why do we have to guarantee loyalty? If I, Zhang Chong, can't bring all the heroes back even though I already have such a huge advantage, then how can I fail?"
Duman felt the pride and grandeur in these words. He believed that this was what Zhang Chong thought. This was the A Chong in his eyes.
Indeed, Zhang Chong never thought about the seeds that were scattered and eventually turned against the customers and became a stumbling block to his own career. Because no matter what they did, they were not as strong as him.
Zhang Chong's current behavior is like a platform, constantly allowing people within the system to go to various places to recruit people for expansion. In fact, the Han Dynasty did this before, it asked Yuzhou officials to return to their hometowns to mobilize troops to quell the rebellion. This model is similar to Zhang Chong's.
Very similar to the current one.
But Zhang Chong did not need to recruit so many people from the hometown team. In his plan, it was enough to recruit ten people from each township. They would usually stay in hiding and promote the Taishan Army's policies, and then occasionally rob the rich and give to the poor to gain support from the local poor.
Later, Zhang Chong and Duman discussed these matters in detail. Until the big banquet, Duman even looked over the list of some returning team members with Zhang Chong.
Then why didn’t Duman talk about this matter in his own small team?
Without him, it was just to keep it secret. He looked at his colleagues with strong Han backgrounds like Cai Yong, Zhuge Gui, and Xun You, and knew that it was best not to say anything about these returning teams lurking back. It was not to doubt these people, but to...
It's full of nature.
In this way, after Duman chatted with everyone about the previous spring plowing work and water conservancy excavation matters, he left Zhuge Gui alone. He wanted to discuss with him the water conservancy construction work near Handan.
It seems that the days of digging in the soil cannot be stopped anymore.
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Zhang Chong only woke up on the second day.
Last night, after the civil servants had left in twos and threes, Ding Sheng and his gang came to see Zhang Chong again, bringing wine and meat. Even Guan Yu, a serious man, also came with a blushing face. Obviously, everyone had not drunk enough.
It’s not that Zhang Chong doesn’t like drinking.
No matter in his previous life or now, he always maintains restraint on alcohol. However, once close friends and close friends are together, this wine is the best thing to add to the fun. After drinking two glasses, he will fall asleep and it will be a good dream.
But he also knows that wine is the most likely thing to cause trouble, and many heroes have died in this glass of wine.
Just this time, let's have fun with the brothers.
The celebratory wine after a big victory is always so delicious.
After everyone got drunk, Zhang Chong felt refreshed the next day.
He recalled what happened last night, and felt a little embarrassed for a moment. He actually asked Old Man Cai directly in front of everyone if he had a daughter.
Lao Caitou admitted amidst the laughter of the crowd, but Zhang Chong forgot what happened next. He only remembered that the laughter of the crowd was getting louder and louder.
Yesterday was indeed a bit ridiculous, even Zhang Chong's inhumane system was a bit dissolute, let alone others.
However, it was a comfortable sleep.
There are some things that no one knows except those around him. Their general has not had a good night's sleep in a long time.
Every time Zhang Chong closed his eyes, his mind was spinning rapidly, and all kinds of things were coming. At this time, he was particularly envious of Zhao E next to him, who could always fall asleep as quickly as possible, as if nothing could make him sleep.
She seemed worried.
Insomnia has become Zhang Chong's hidden worry, and it is only because of his inhuman physique that he appears to be fine.
So after being drunk this time, Zhang Chong felt refreshed when he woke up, and all the pressure that had been weighing on him was relieved.
It was also in this joy that he saw Guo Zu's dog outside the door, pacing back and forth, which made him upset.
Zhang Chong cursed:
"Azu, just come in and say what you want to say, don't look like a thief."
I don't know if it was an illusion, but Zhang Chong clearly felt that when Guo Zu heard this sentence, especially the word "thief", his whole person felt strange, as if he was the thief, not Guo Zu.
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Guo Zu had a strange look on his face. He carefully checked that there was no one else in the room, then walked inside and whispered into Zhang Chong's ear:
"Qu Shuai, Lao Caitou really sent his daughter to the military government."
Hearing these words, Zhang Chong was so shocked that he couldn't close his jaw from ear to ear. Only then did he remember that last night, Lao Cai happily asked his daughter to meet him.
This, this, Zhang Chong was speechless.
But after all, Zhang Chong was no longer a junior brother. He looked at the thief Guo Zu and said seriously:
"You invite Miss Cai to the side room first. I have to deal with official business here. We will talk about this later."
Guo Zu nodded in understanding and was about to leave when he was stopped by Zhang Chong.
Just listen to Zhang Chong add another sentence:
"Go and bring some breakfast to Zhao E, and tell her that I won't be with her since I will be busy with official duties."
Guo Zu understood, and then walked along the door edge like a dog.
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Later, Zhang Chong started his daily morning meeting.
The heads of each department reported to Zhang Chong one by one with all aspects of their affairs.
Zhang Chong pretended to listen carefully, but it wasn't until Meng Ju started speaking that he really listened.
Just listen to Meng Ju summarizing the latest external military information to Zhang Chong:
"Recently, according to intelligence from the Feijun Foreign Army, the Han Dynasty forces in Hebei are accelerating their alliance. Under the co-ordination of Qinghe Prime Minister Liu Yu, Qinghe, Anping, Bohai, Hejian, Zhongshan, and Changshan are frequently communicating with each other. It is obvious that something big is going to happen.
It’s just that the intelligence hasn’t been investigated in detail yet, so I will focus on this matter.”
Meng Ju has been working under Zhang Chong for a long time, and Zhang Chong still trusts him very much. So he let him continue to talk about it.
After Meng Ju finished talking about the general direction, he began to talk about the situation in Qinghe, northern Julu, Changshan, and Zhongshan. These three places are the focus of the Taishan Army's follow-up work, so Meng Ju also focused on reporting on these situations.
First, the dynamics in the north of Julu.
As Guan Yu's Zuo Xiaowei troops occupied the area south of Dalu Ze, a large number of powerful people crossed Dalu Ze and fled to the northern area of Julu.
The reason why these powerful people were able to escape so smoothly is also related to Zhang Chong's intention to let go. For these unstable elements, escaping to other areas is good news for the Taishan Army.
After these powerful forces arrived in the northern part of Julu, they soon caused a chain reaction. Under the organization of a county official named Li Shao, the county's southern crown was like Shimiao, Yang Xun, etc., because of the fierce power of the Taishan army, it was difficult to control.
On the one hand, Liancheng wanted to protect itself, and on the other hand, it spent a lot of money to invite Lu Zhi from Youzhou to go south. Not only did he promise to provide military supplies, but he was also willing to donate land in exchange for his sincerity.
Obviously, these powerful people in the north have regarded the northern part of Julu as their own territory. Are they still willing to accept the offer of land?
However, according to the intelligence obtained by the Feijun, Lu Zhi in Youzhou didn't know what he was doing. Anyway, he ignored the requests of the powerful people in the north.
Not to mention the powerful men in the north of Julu County who were in constant panic, Qinghe State wanted Zhang Chong to pay more attention to them.
On the one hand, Liu Yu of the Qinghe Kingdom was the initiator of this alliance. He only learned from Meng Ju's intelligence about his civil and military skills, which forced Zhang Chong to pay more attention to it.
One of these two people is Cui Yan of Qinghe, and the other is the judge of Wei County.
Cui Yan was naturally the fake King of Wei who stole Cao Cao's limelight. Zhang Chong didn't know how credible "Shi Shuo Xin Yu" was about this matter, but it can be seen from it that Cui Yan must have been a majestic husband.
Moreover, the Cui family of Qinghe is a prominent local family, and Cui Yan has a wide range of contacts. With him assisting Liu Yu, Qinghe will definitely be able to return to his heart.
As for the other judge, I won’t say much more. I have been defeated by this person before, and he is a talented soldier.
After understanding the information about Qinghe, Meng Ju reported on the situation in Changshan and Zhongshan.
There is not much to say about the situation in Zhongshan. The troops inside its territory have been depleted and the territory is already in chaos.
Why does a person with dozens of soldiers have hundreds of thousands of plans, and a person who is called a general has hundreds of thousands of plans. A person is a fighter, a rider, and a disciple.
It's hundreds of thousands.
In a word, there were hundreds of large and small forces in the Zhongshan Kingdom, and the authority of the Han Dynasty was lost.
Previously, Chang Shan from Pang County wanted to contact Zhongshan to resist together, but when he arrived at the place, he realized that he had no idea who to talk to.
When Meng Ju was talking about the situation in Qinghe, Julu, and Zhongshan before, he was very indifferent, but when he talked about the last Zhongshan, he seemed a lot more solemn.
He told Zhang Chong that the situation in Changshan was not good, but one situation was that they seemed to be in contact with Taiyuan in Bingzhou. Meng Ju was worried whether the forces in Bingzhou would come out from the east of Jingxing.
Zhang Chong thought about this possibility, and based on the information he had on the war between the East and West Beijings, the possibility of Bingzhou and Taiyuan sending troops was not high, but he had to guard against it.
Thinking of this, Zhang Chong suddenly thought of a way.
He decided to let Zhao Yun return to his hometown, and also pulled out a team of people. On the one hand, he checked Chang Shan's information, and on the other hand, he conducted experiments for the subsequent expansion of training for the returning team members.
But this matter was not urgent. He had to calm down with Zhao E first. Thinking of this, Zhang Chong felt a little guilty for no reason. He looked around and saw that none of his subordinates noticed his distraction, so he motioned to all departments to continue.
Then there are some details about the rewards from various ministries.
Different from the previous wars, the rewards for meritorious soldiers now also include land. According to statistics, this time, approximately 34,000 acres of cultivated land will be allocated, and there will also be 3,000 acres of homestead land.
This time, Zhang Chong asked the field officials to carve out an area in the east of Handan, where he planned to place the fields of meritorious soldiers.
Fortunately, the land in Hebei is flat and wide, and it is impossible to have such a vast area of 10,000 acres in the Taishan area.
Zhang Chong planned to let the craftsman battalion distribute some newly invented agricultural tools to this military merit field for unified farming. Later, when these military meritorious soldiers moved their tribesmen, they would be handed over to them.
Soon, this morning meeting ended. Zhang Chong went directly to Zhao E's place with brisk steps.