Han Zuo Gaomen

Chapter 926: The Three Banners of Ye City
In Yecheng, a large number of people from the countryside were driven into Linzhang New City, which was originally planned to be used as a new capital, nearly [-] people.The coalition forces led by Xie Ai were stationed at the Three Fortresses.

The main body of this coalition is naturally the Huainan soldiers led by Xie Ai, but more of them are volunteers from all walks of life.The size of these rebels was several times larger than the original Huainan Army, and the number was changing from time to time, but the overall size was still around 3.

Although they took Yecheng all the way north, it doesn't mean that this army is strong enough. Many of the so-called rebels are simply men, women, old and young. It is not so much an army as it is a migration of the whole family. .Moreover, there are also a large number of refugees who have no heels in them. In order to eat and survive, they join this huge team.

Chaos is the main theme of Yecheng at the moment. There is chaos inside the city, chaos outside the city, chaos among the people, and chaos among the army.

Right now, there is still order, and that is the three units currently being defended by the Huainan Army.However, Santai also experienced a looting early on. When Xie Ai led his army to Santai, it had at least been attacked by three or four waves of rioters. suffer.

The gold, silver and soft goods accumulated in the mansion were looted long ago, and even Shi Kan's sons, daughters and relatives were taken away by some rebel army and imprisoned as bargaining chips for merit and favor.

Therefore, after Xie Ai arrived in Yecheng, he didn't even have time to savor the joy of making great achievements, and quickly devoted himself to various affairs.The first is to take over the city defense, quickly confiscate the remaining things in the city for use, and then quickly carry out a preliminary reorganization of the snowballing rebel army.

The composition of the rebel army is extremely heterogeneous. At first, it was only a part of some villagers in Ji County, including Dongfang City, who were fighting among Yedi. A large number of Hebei people who fled the war disaster, and many powerful military leaders who were restless in their homes, also used the name of the rebels to attack from all sides.

Some of the defenders of Ye City even looted Ye City in the name of righteousness long before the arrival of the Huainan Army.

Such a so-called rebel army was not fundamentally different from bandits, and it was too messy to control. It was impossible to carry out detailed reorganization according to the strict rules of the Huainan Army.

And Xie Ai didn't believe at all that these so-called rebels could be integrated into a tenacious combat force, so his so-called reorganization was to creatively issue three-color flags to these rebels.The so-called three-color flags include Xuanshui black flag, blood-stained red flag, and hemp-colored yellow flag, which correspond to basic military functions such as defense, offense, and levy.

The rebel army with the black flag of Xuanshui has the right to defend the place, but it has to provide certain materials for the rebel army.The blood-stained red flag is responsible for attacking places, and any place where the black flag of Xuanshui is not hoisted can be attacked.

As for Ma Se Huang Banner, it is the rebel troops responsible for transportation and requisition. All rebel troops are not allowed to attack without authorization, otherwise the elite of Huainan Army will personally attack and retaliate, and they will never stop dying.And other red flag teams can also take the initiative to attack the yellow flag team, instead of being convicted of crimes, they can divide up the people and things they get.

This military order was not accepted by people at the beginning. After all, for a considerable part of the rebellious people in Hebei, they just wanted to take advantage of the Huainan army's momentum to loot, and they were not willing to be restrained by the Huainan army.

However, when the Huainan army personally dispatched to wipe out several teams that had no banners but secretly plundered with some rebels who had already obtained the Red Banner, deterrence was quickly established.In just two or three days, more than a dozen red flags were taken away, and at least nearly ten thousand rebels used this name to wreak havoc around Yedi.

Moreover, some of the rebels in Ye had a good time fighting outside, but when they returned, they found that their old nest had been raided, and they couldn't even find out which friendly army did it.In desperation, he had no choice but to get another black flag and hang it in his lair.

Among them, the red flag can be obtained at will. As long as you can get the red flag stamped with the seal of Xie Ai's Guardian Army, you can become a part of the rebel army, obtain the legal qualification to conquer and plunder, and will not be hunted down or questioned.

But the black flag is not free. Depending on the size of the defensive area, you need to donate [-] to [-] hu to the three stations, and you can get a certain exemption right in the future.For this item alone, the Huainan army obtained thousands of grains in just a few days, not only for their own use, but also to support some credible rebels.

As for the yellow flags, they are not issued casually, but need to be exchanged for meritorious service, and the statistics of such meritorious service are also very broad, one is for donating food and materials, the other is for donating important captives, and the other is for reporting major military situations.

Moreover, this yellow flag, apart from being able to avoid being attacked by the rebel army at the moment, is even a proof of the meritorious service of the Huainan Governor's Mansion after the war. If you can accumulate more than a certain amount, you can obtain the same qualification as the Huainan army, and divide the counties and counties It is not a dream to become a Marquis due to meritorious service and become an official part of the Huainan Army!

In the past few days after arriving in Yecheng, the Huainan Army itself did not participate in many battles, but was doing its best to promote and maintain the Three Banners military order system.After initially disapproving of this clear and clear military order, all parties in the rebel army soon developed a sense of agreement.

These three banners not only provide them with protection, but also share some power with them. Most importantly, they have not established a strict and firm relationship between superiors and subordinates.

It would be best for the Huainan army to succeed and sit firmly in Ye. The flags they each possessed would allow them to gain a lot of benefits in the follow-up to calm the chaos.Even if the Huainan army was just spinning around, they rolled up their flags and hid or burned them, and they didn't get involved with each other.

Therefore, the Three Banners military order was quickly implemented in Hebei, and it was not only limited to Ye, but even in other farther regions, many powerful and bandits began to use the Three Banners as their name.

For those distant places, it is naturally impossible to make a special trip to Yecheng to ask for the Three Banners, and simply make a fake one and hang it up. After all, outside of the influence of the Huainan Army, who would know what the seal of the Huainan Governor's Mansion looks like.And after hanging up the flag, you can also show it off to others. I also have a backer. If I offend me, I am worried that I will attract Master Huainan to take revenge later!
The reason why Xie Ai dared to do this was also because when he reported the plan to attack Yecheng to the north, the governor nodded and gave him great autonomy, and even allowed him to appoint some officials in the name of the governor's mansion to win over and appease him if necessary. Those tyrants in Hebei.

Although Xie Ai was authorized by the governor, he did not make it to that point, because firstly, after all, Hebei had been ruled by slaves for a long time, and Jiangdong's official position was not very attractive, and secondly, he did not want to cause any trouble for the governor. However, the Jiangdong court still attaches great importance to fame and status. If the governor repeatedly appoints him as a guarantor, it will also provoke criticism from the governor.

Now it seems that the Three Banners Military Order formulated by Xie Ai himself is more effective than the direct temptation of the MG.Although Yedi is still in chaos right now, some order has initially been established in the chaos.

However, this order has not been established for a long time, and it will soon suffer a serious impact, because the enemy has already appeared in the north. Ma Qiu, the general of the Shihu Department, led [-] cavalry, and smashed several red flag rebels one after another, very close to Yecheng.

This important military situation soon spread to the entire city of Ye, and the turmoil it caused was really huge.When even two groups of rebels who had originally hung the three flags learned that Shi Hu had sent troops to the south, they immediately put away the three flags and headed north to meet them.

Although the other rebels did not show such enthusiasm, their attitudes became ambiguous. At least nearly [-] people left Yecheng after Ma Qiu appeared. Others simply led their troops to leave.And Ma Qiu didn't launch an attack immediately, but instead used pressure to keep those attached people away from Yecheng.

For a while, the originally bustling and overcrowded Santai in Yecheng quickly became deserted. Apart from Xie Ai's [-] Huainan army, there were only a few thousand rebels left.

Among them are mainly the trilogy of surrendered generals such as Wang Guang and other surrendered generals who have no way of retreat, and Liu Bi and other surrendered generals who are in conflict in Dongfang City, and there are some scattered refugees from the countryside. They don't care which side they prefer , Anyway, going out of the city was also swallowed up by people.

The original mighty rebel army shrunk several times in less than ten hours.This also shows that Shihu's accumulated prestige in Hebei is far from comparable to that of the Huainan Army that just arrived in Hebei.Although Shihu had the shame of defeating Huai Shang in his early years, many people still prefer Shihu to be stronger in the land of Hebei where the Shi family started.

Of course, there are also many people, no matter who they are strong or weak, they just don't want to participate in it, and use their own lives to consume chips for others to fight for victory, so they stay out of the matter.

When Wang Guang and others complained about the lack of righteousness, Xie Ai was not lacking in optimism.Although these Hebei tyrants did not have the courage and loyalty to fight with the Huainan Army to defeat the enemy, at least they did not turn their heads to help Shihu attack the Huainan Army.

This shows that the Three Banners military order still has a certain effect, at least it has created a weak sense of identity in just a few days.The military leaders could agree with this rule, but they were not sure what kind of order Shi Hu Nanlai could bring to Ye, so they simply refused to help each other.

"The defeated army is not brave enough to speak bravely. The Huainan king's division is here, and Ji Long comes here in person, so he may not dare to say that he will win. How can a mere eagle and dog under his command stop Wang Ye's recovery!"

Xie Aifei not only did not stop and scold those powerful military leaders who had retreated, but instead sent them out of the city in person when they bid farewell face to face.

Even so, the situation in Yecheng is still grim.The distance between Yecheng and Liyang is more than 200 miles in a straight line, so the news will inevitably be delayed.

Although there were sporadic news that the battle of Liyang was over and the Huainan army had won a complete victory, there were still no large groups of defeated troops and Huainan reinforcements in the south, and it was only regarded as rumors that the Huainan army wanted to calm people's hearts.

Of course, after the Huainan Army initially stabilized the situation in Liyang, Han Huang led [-] cavalry to rush northward to reinforce Yecheng.However, Ma Qiu has already arrived near Yecheng. In addition to the five thousand cavalry from the headquarters, there are still thousands of people recruited along the way to seek refuge. The nearly ten thousand army is within easy reach of Yecheng.

(End of this chapter)