After Yin Chang made an agreement with Guo Ning, he planned to leave Laizhou that night and hurriedly summoned his subordinates to rush to Jinan. Unexpectedly, as soon as Ni sent him to the library, Geng Ge and Shi Poli came to see him.
These three people have been restless since the early years of Taihe, and have been ups and downs several times. They have a good friendship with each other, and they all respected Yang An'er as their leader. Yin Chang chose to join Guo Ning, and two people persuaded him
The three of them talked about each other and had a great time all night.
The next day, some local heroes from Shandong, such as Zhang Lin and Yan Ning, came to see them. These people had the highest status at that time, but they could only lead a city or a village. Now they are still in the capital.
At the first level, we hope to take advantage of this wave of great development to stabilize the navy.
In comparison, Yin Chang was among the top ten powerful factions under Yang An'er at that time. The status, reputation and military and political methods of these people could not be compared with Yin Chang, so they regarded Yin Chang as their senior in conversation.
, very polite.
Yin Chang wanted to learn more about Guo Ning's style from their mouths, so he stayed an extra day and attended several banquets.
He keenly felt that the system of the Ding Navy was completely different from the one he was used to. This system could be said to be much rougher or more rigorous, but it could really attract people to join it.
Never get tired of it.
These days, it is better to rely on soldiers and horses than to rely on soldiers and horses. But Yan Ning and others have completely tied themselves to the rumbling chariot of Ding Haijun? How come they have so much confidence? Yin Chang is a little confused
, a little panicked, but he felt even more that it was not easy for him to maintain an independent attitude under the banner of Ding Haijun.
In the evening, Guo Ning sent someone to ask questions and said that he had made an appointment with the civil and military officials of the Ding Navy to have a banquet with Yin Chang. Yin Chang only said that he had not done anything, so he resolutely refused.
Recruiting troops was a big deal, and Guo Ning agreed to it for ten days, but he didn't know if he would regret it and withhold a few days when the matter came to pass.
The nights are long and the dreams are many, so hurry up and go to Jinan!
Yin Chang and his men left immediately, while Guo Ning and his men rushed to the city gate and said goodbye with smiles.
The group of people rushed straight into Jinan.
Jinan City was occupied by several groups of armies, and the damage suffered is indescribable. Today, there are very few people living in the city. During the day, you can see wild dogs walking in the streets and rats walking in groups on the ruined walls. Because of the broken bricks and tiles
Underneath, there are layers upon layers of white bones; the seventy-two springs in the city are all full of floating corpses, which can fatten countless beasts.
Only in the area near the water gate of West Lake, there was a rough refugee camp built on the city wall, where a group of warriors with their families and families were stationed.
They cultivated a piece of land in the lake and swamp area in the north of the city and became self-sufficient. When the Red Coat Army was strong earlier, several leaders had received the title of general from Yang An'er, but now they seemed to have followed Huang Ding, the leader of the water bandits in Licheng Water Village to the north.
In addition to these people, there are only a few settlements in remote mountains and fields in the entire Jinan Prefecture. The 300,000 households and nearly two million people who once crowded together have almost disappeared.
After actually seeing this place, Yin Chang understood why Guo Ning had never thought of recruiting troops in Jinan. In this place, let alone recruiting troops now, it would probably take more than ten years of continuous relocation of people and livelihoods to restore the old outlook.
, before that, it was just a city of zombies, a big tomb.
However, Yin Chang's goal is not in Jinan, so it doesn't matter.
He was really capable and courageous, so he rode straight into the water gate military village of West Lake on his own, drove his horse and horse, and asked to see the leader of the water village.
The few leaders here are just wandering ghosts under the iron heel of the Mongolian army. How can they dare to take advantage of Yin Chang? They quickly pissed themselves and announced their names.
The leader of the village is Guo Zheng, a businessman from Baoquan Township, Licheng County. He also has two assistants, one is Xu Wende, a scholar who lived here from Daming Mansion, and the other is Shi Yan, an old soldier who just defected here two days ago.
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Yin Chang didn't hide anything, he just said that the Shandong East Road had changed hands, and the important generals and soldiers under the command of Shandong Xuanfu Envoy and Ding Haijiedu Envoy Guo Ning would be coming at any time.
Right now, I, Mr. Yin, have arrived early on orders from Guo Jieshuai and will recruit manpower from Dongping Mansion. If you are willing to serve, then follow me honestly. If you have second thoughts, you may as well leave quickly, otherwise as soon as the army arrives,
All turned into powder.
Guo Zheng and others hesitated at the time and flattered him, but said they still needed to discuss it.
Yin Chang complied without hesitation, and went out to find dry high ground to station himself.
That night, more than a hundred cavalrymen he had urgently recruited from Binzhou arrived. They immediately held pine torches and drove in, taking control of the Shuimen military stronghold and taking over the city defense.
The soldiers and civilians who were originally in the water stronghold were all driven to the newly established camp in the east of the city. When they were panicking, Yin Chang came out to comfort him again. Everyone felt his generosity and respected his methods, so they immediately admired him.
At noon the next day, hundreds of infantrymen from Binzhou arrived first, followed immediately by Guo Ning's grain convoy from Zizhou.
Yin Chang has soldiers and food in his hands, so he is confident.
When Huang Ding from the Water Village in Calendar City brought more than a thousand people and rushed to check it out, Yin Chang came forward to take over. There was an old friendship between the two parties, and Yin Chang had said softly and hard, Huang Ding knew that he was no match for Ding Haijun.
Just retreat.
At present, Yin Chang dispatched his men to deliver the news in the direction of Dongping Mansion.
Dongping Mansion was regarded as the capital of the country by Yang An'er earlier. It was repaired and managed, and a large amount of food and materials collected in the city were hoarded. When he raised troops to attack Nanjing Road, in order to ensure that Dongping Mansion was not lost, he deliberately left behind important
Two generals, Fang Guosan and Zhan Hui, were stationed there. However, Fang Guosan and Zhan Hui were both new nobles and old men, and they had always had conflicts.
As a result, after he was defeated and died, the two generals immediately fought against each other. They first competed for the leadership of the Red Coat Army after Yang An'er's death; when the Red Coat Army was torn apart and beyond control, they also competed for the huge amount of supplies that Yang An'er left in Dongping Mansion;
After they fought against each other and destroyed the treasury, they continued to fight for the civilian and military villages around Dongping Mansion.
In the end, there was no fight for anything. Anyway, they were jealous and killed so hard that they killed many people in the 19 towns in the 6 counties and 19 towns of Dongping Prefecture. There were even many generals who originally belonged to Yang An'er's scattered small troops, or those who were in Tianping back then.
The old troops of Huang Laowudian, the military governor, had to flee with their families to the barren mountains and wilderness.
This is all because although they have military force, they cannot compete with Fang Guosan and Zhan Hui no matter what. Instead, they are easily involved in the war and become a human shield.
At this time, in Jinan Prefecture, which is adjacent to Dongping Prefecture, a famous Shandong tycoon raised a recruiting flag. How could there be a shortage of food people?
The news spread by word of mouth and soon spread throughout Dongping Mansion, and people began to come to visit one after another.
Those who can struggle to survive in this kind of world without dying in battle or starving on the roadside are more or less confident, not to mention that there are many stragglers as the backbone?
After only three days, Yin Chang had two to three thousand more men and women in his camp in Jinan City.
But Yin Chang felt that it was not enough.
Guo Ning promised to give Yin Chang 15,000 men. In fact, how could this be calculated clearly? If Yin Chang recruits more people, can Guo Ning still make him spit it out? What really matters is the ten
Within the time limit of 10 days, if we recruit more troops, we will have more confidence to survive in troubled times!
He was just thinking about a plan when his own soldiers came to report that Shi Yan, one of the leaders of the Shuimen military camp, an old soldier, wanted to see him.
Yin Chang said casually: "Let him come."
Shi Yan came in to pay his respects and said: "General, it is too late for us to wait for the soldiers to surrender. I am from Dongping Prefecture. I am willing to return to Dongping Prefecture to spread the name of the general and attract them."
Yin Chang suddenly became interested.
In the past few days, he was busy with the affairs of his recruiting camp, but he didn't pay much attention to this group of new recruits. At this time, he carefully looked at the old soldier and saw that he was about thirty years old. Although he was not strong in stature, he had bright eyes.
God, and there is a rather ferocious arrow wound scar on his cheek. It is obvious that he has experienced fighting and has some experience.
"What do you want? What can you bring me?" Yin Chang asked.
Shi Yan was neither humble nor arrogant: "What I want is nothing but wealth. And what I can bring is that I can recruit enough troops for the general within ten days."
Hey, Yin Chang really hasn't told many people about this ten-day agreement. Only a few of his close associates know about it. It seems that Shi Yan is a thoughtful person.
If people like this are put to use, maybe they will be pleasantly surprised?
"Wealth, it's a small matter!" Yin Chang nodded in agreement, and then asked: "Do you need some cooperation from me?"
Shi Yan said proudly: "I have my own trusted followers and my own methods, so there is no need to trouble the general!"
After a pause, he added: "There is only one thing."
"speak!"
"I see that there are very few troops in the general's camp. But the stragglers in Dongping Prefecture are mostly unruly. Two or three days later, many people will arrive, and the general will have to station more troops to prepare for suppression. Otherwise,
Afraid of causing trouble."
Yin Chang laughed.
He didn't know the details of Shi Yan, so he wouldn't be gullible. If Shi Yan asked Yin Chang to send troops to protect him, Yin Chang would probably worry about whether this was a conspiracy by some enemy to invite him into the urn.
But he only asked me to station more troops and horses in my own camp?
This person is interesting. If this person is really useful, he deserves promotion!
At that moment, Yin Chang sent some money to Shi Yan and asked him to go. After thinking that this man was very confident and that he might really have some skills, Yin Chang issued an urgent order to transfer 300 more people from Binzhou.
Jinan Prefecture and Binzhou are located on the upper and lower reaches of the Beiqing River. They seem to be far apart. But Yin Chang's family relies on the river for food. He found a few ships to transport troops, but they arrived in the morning and evening.