Ye Chengzhong took office as the magistrate of Cangwu County. The news quickly spread throughout Cangwu County. At the same time, the new magistrates of Huaiji County, He County, Teng County, Yong'an Prefecture and other places have also been sent out and will arrive to take office soon. In places like Wuzhou Prefecture and some counties and prefectures in Hepingyue Prefecture, officials were all changed, which was no less than a great purge.
The removal of local officials meant that Li Zhen's control over Wuzhou Prefecture and Heping Yuefu was once again strengthened.
At the same time, Li Zhen's deployment of Guangdong soldiers to supplement the army has also been completed.
This time, Li Zhen dispatched four thousand soldiers. Among them, one thousand soldiers were assigned to the army under Smith's command, and one thousand soldiers were assigned to the soldiers under Yang Banhou. In this way, the number of soldiers under the two men increased slightly. They all became a team of nearly 2,500 people, and with all their equipment replenished, their combat effectiveness increased again.
The remaining two thousand soldiers were all placed under Zhou Xiuying's command.
In this way, Zhou Xiuying has more than 3,000 people under his command, which is the largest group. In the government hall, Li Zhen is sitting at the top, and below are Zhou Xiuying, Smith, Yang Banhou, and Ye Chengzhong who has served as the county magistrate. .
Zhou Xiuying said: "Commander, Cangwu County has stabilized. When should we set off?"
Li Zhen said in a deep voice: "I have called you here just to send troops." Li Zhen stood up and walked to a map that had been placed in the hall. He looked at Smith and said in a deep voice: "Smith, listen to the order."
"Here we come." Smith shouted.
Li Zhen pointed at the map and ordered: "You lead your soldiers from Wuzhou Prefecture to the west, enter Xunzhou Prefecture, then change the route north and enter Liuzhou Prefecture. Your final goal is Guilin Prefecture. Do you understand?"
"clear."
Smith had a general impression and began to think about this route in his mind.
Li Zhen said again: "Marquis Yang Ban, listen to the order."
"arrive."
Li Zhen continued: "Your initial route is the same as Smith's. You entered Xunzhou Mansion at the beginning. After the two of you arrived at Xunzhou Mansion, you sent troops together, cooperated with each other, quickly pacified Xunzhou Mansion, and then made arrangements for Xunzhou Mansion. As officials in the state capital, it is now the two of you who are handling matters together, and differences may inevitably arise, but I hope you will work together and consider our overall interests."
"yes."
The two of them answered in unison.
Li Zhen added: "When Smith led the troops north to Liuzhou Prefecture, Yang Banhou you led the army south to Nanning Prefecture. Smith's task was to sweep the area north and northwest of Xunzhou Prefecture, while Yang Banhou led the army to the south. By sweeping the area south and southwest of Xunzhou Prefecture, you two must achieve the goal of sweeping the entire Guangxi Province."
"Commander, here I am."
When Zhou Xiuying heard that Yang Banhou and Smith were going to raid various houses, her heart suddenly became cold.
The two of them have a place, and she.
Zhou Xiuying looked at Li Zhen expectantly, hoping to lead the army to send troops.
Li Zhen replied with a smile: "As the third route army, a regiment under Zhou Xiuying entered Pingle Prefecture from Wuzhou Prefecture, swept the prefectures in northwestern Guangxi, and approached Guilin Prefecture, the capital of Guangxi Province. I will be in charge of this army and march north together."
Zhou Xiuying said happily: "Okay."
When she thought that she could go north to fight, her mood suddenly improved.
"Okay, let's get ready."
Li Zhen waved his hand, and the three of them immediately left the government office.
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May 20th, outside Cangwu County.
The troops under Li Zhen gathered together with high morale.
Zhou Xiuying, Yang Banhou, Smith, as well as Dong Haichuan and Yang Luchan who followed Li Zhen were already in military uniform and were waiting for Li Zhen's order before setting off to leave. At this time, Ye Chengzhong was reminiscing with Li Zhen and was reluctant to leave Li Zhen. Since he came with Li Zhen, he has been working with Li Zhen. Now he is left alone in Cangwu County, and he feels a little uncomfortable.
Li Zhen patted Ye Chengzhong on the shoulder and said with a hopeful look on his face: "Xiaoye, I hope that when I conquer Guangxi, Cangwu County will have a completely new look."
Ye Chengzhong said loudly: "Don't worry, Commander, you will definitely see a brand new Cangwu County when you come back."
"Take care, let's go."
Li Zhen waved his hand, rode his horse to the front of the army, raised his whip, and shouted: "Let's go." After the order, the drums sounded thunderous and the trumpets sounded. Yang Banhou and Smith set off together for the time being, because they The next targets are all Xuzhou Prefecture, and Li Zhen and Zhou Xiuying's army is heading north, toward Pingyue Prefecture.
Ye Chengzhong looked at the back of the person who was going there, with tears in his eyes and a deep sense of reluctance.
He watched Li Zhenyuan go away, and when the army had turned into a black line, he still had no intention of returning.
"Zhixian Ye, come back."
Next to Ye Chengzhong, the prefect of Wuzhou Prefecture spoke.
The prefect of Wuzhou Prefecture was the one who surrendered at the beginning, with mediocre abilities and no achievements. Li Zhen originally wanted to replace the prefect of Wuzhou Prefecture, but thinking that the prefect of Wuzhou Prefecture would stay, Ye Chengzhong would have more room to display his talents, because once the prefect of Wuzhou Prefecture becomes stronger, he will , Ye Chengzhong is bound to be suppressed. He spends most of his time in intrigues and fighting for power, and it is difficult to display his talents in a short period of time.
Therefore, Li Zhen gave Ye Chengzhong a good environment.
In addition, Ye Chengzhong also controlled the military power of Wuzhou Prefecture.
A seventh-rank magistrate controlled the military power, which shows that Li Zhen valued Ye Chengzhong. It was because of this that the Wuzhou magistrate was polite to Ye Chengzhong and never thought of taking away Ye Chengzhong's rights. He is Li Zhen's confidant and must be transferred away. He cannot stay in Wuzhou Prefecture for a long time, so the prefect of Wuzhou is very knowledgeable.
Ye Chengzhong took a deep breath, murmured a few words, and then turned around and returned.
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Guilin Prefecture, Lingui County.
On this day, a middle-aged man with red phoenix eyes and silkworm eyebrows came to the Governor's Mansion, and his cheeks were red. It was Xi Changzhen who came back from the front. After he led the soldiers into the city, he settled the soldiers and came to see Xi Yinglong. He and Xi Changzhen also returned There was Rachel, but neither of them paid attention to the other. They both disliked each other, and when they looked at each other, they looked at each other with fierce eyes, making no attempt to hide their disgust for each other.
Rachel resented Xi Changzhen for unreasonably killing his soldiers, while Xi Changzhen looked down on foreigners, so the two sides could not get along at all.
The two of them walked to the door of the hall, and Xi Yinglong was greeting them at the door.
Xi Changzhen walked to the door, looked Xi Yinglong up and down, punched Xi Yinglong, and said: "You boy, your life is so comfortable. I am working hard for you in the front, but you are enjoying the happiness at home."
Xi Yinglong smiled and said: "Brother, if you are willing to stay, then don't go out."
Xi Changzhen said simply: "I'm not used to it."
The two of them reminisced about old times, but they left Rachel alone.
Russell coughed twice, and Xi Yinglong seemed to have reacted and said quickly: "Mr. Russell, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I just forgot about you in the excitement. Come on, come on, sit in the hall." While talking, , Xi Yinglong took Rachel's hand and strode towards the hall. The corner of Rachel's mouth twitched, thinking to herself, why are you in such a hurry? You are not rushing to reincarnate.
But people were so enthusiastic, but Russell was embarrassed to say it clearly.
Xi Changzhen laughed in his heart, thinking that Xi Yinglong is really good at playing pranks.