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Chapter 131 Establishment of Zhenming Army

Fugu County Government Hall.

After taking over Ren Shu, the governor of Shaanxi, it meant that he and the court would soon fall out, so Lin Feng could only start the rebellion in advance.

Although it is a little earlier than the scheduled rebellion time in the second half of the year, you can't resist when a knife is put to your neck. Moreover, some preparations have been made before, so it should be earlier.

Besides, Li Zicheng's team has not been defeated yet, and Hong Chengchou and the others are still pursuing them, so they may not have the energy to deal with them.

Even if these Shaanxi government and military bosses transferred their forces to attack Fugu, Li Zicheng would definitely grow rapidly. Lin Feng had no doubt about his ability to influence people and he would also share the pressure of the rebellion in Fugu.

Since you are going to rebel, you can't make an arrangement. You can do whatever you want. Then you are no different from a bandit.

Today in the county government hall, Lin Feng convened the main backbone to discuss the next step of the rebellion.

Lin Feng sat in the lobby behind his desk. Lin Jiakang and Fang Xiaoyu stood on either side behind him. There were two rows of people sitting in the hall.

In the first row are Su Shunnian, Li Wanxiang, Zhang Tiechui, Yang Sen, Li Changji, Duan Liang and others, which can be regarded as the future civil servant series.

In the other row are Fang Dashan, Fang Tiezhu, Wang Qin, Song Jilie, Zhao Zhixin, Guo Zheng and others, who will be the team of future generals.

Lin Feng glanced around the audience, and now he has a lot of talents under his command, which is much better than some people starting a rebellion from scratch.

"Everyone, everyone knows the current situation. The Shaanxi Inspector was entrusted by the Guo family to overturn the case. He wanted to capture me as the county magistrate as soon as he came, and he unabashedly wanted to beat me into submission. Do you think we can accept this? Lin Feng asked.

"Absolutely not!"

"Anti-damn!"

"We all listen to the county magistrate!"

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Everyone expressed their opinions one after another.

Lin Feng saw that everyone's attitude was clear, and then said: "It seems that everyone has the same understanding. We must not be stupid and loyal people. We believe that if a king wants his ministers to die, they must die. Our destiny can only be determined by ourselves." to decide.

So I decided to raise an army to rebel against the Ming Dynasty, smash this man-eating court, and create our own peaceful age! "

"Long live the president!" Everyone cheered, especially Fang Dashan and his ilk who had finally waited for this day and shouted till they were exhausted.

Lin Feng stretched out his hands and made a virtual pressing gesture to signal everyone to be quiet and then said: "If we want to rebel, we can't just step on the watermelon rind and slide on it. We have to plan carefully, so today we have called everyone together to discuss." Guo Please tell me first what information you have obtained from Feng Wei."

Guo Zheng stood up after hearing the order and reported: "Through interrogation of Jin Yiwei and Inspector Ren, it was found that the main force of the official army in Shaanxi is still led by Governor Sun to pursue Li Zicheng's peasant army in the far west of Shaanxi.

The main force of the Ming army near our Fugu area is the Yulin Guards, with about 2,000 officers and soldiers, led by General He Shijie.

To the east of Fugu is Shanxi. There used to be more than 20,000 frontier troops. In recent years, they have been continuously deployed to encircle and suppress the peasant army, causing great losses. There are now about 8,000 people, many of them new recruits.

According to the consistent behavior of the Ming army, when we raised troops in Shaanxi, without the strict order of the court, the soldiers and horses of Shanxi would definitely not take the initiative to attack us. Therefore, our main enemy at present is the two thousand troops of Yulin Acropolis. "

"Okay, this is the main threat we are facing now. With the strength of our Zhenming Group, it should not be difficult to deal with. The specific military response issues will be discussed at the military meeting at that time. In the next year, can you tell us about the money situation of our county government ." Lin Feng then ordered.

"Going back to the county government, there are currently 1800 taels of business tax for January in the county government account, and there are also 1.5 taels of autumn taxes collected last year. I was planning to escort them to the state government in the near future, but you didn't send them because you didn't have time." Su Shunnian replied.

"Haha, it's better not to send it, otherwise the 1.5 taels will be paid in vain." Upon hearing this, Lin Feng said that fortunately this batch of tax money has not been paid yet, so he can do a lot of things.

Lin Feng knew the group's balance situation well, so he didn't let him report it. The group's account had a balance of about 5700 taels in the early period, with a profit of 3000 taels in January. It spent 3700 taels on pensions and rewards for the First World War in Zhenqiangbao, and still had a balance of taels.

In total, not counting the small treasury in the space, the available money exceeds 2 taels, which can be used for another explosion.

Lin Feng took a sip of tea and continued: "Everyone knows the enemy's situation and our family background. From now until the court notices something happened to the inspector and sends troops to attack Fugu, there will be at least nearly a month. Let's talk about what else. Do you need to prepare?"

"Sir, it is said that if the name is not right, then the words will not be right. Since we are going to rebel against Ming Dynasty, we can no longer use the name of Fugu County Magistrate. There is also the name of Zhenming Group. Ordinary people don't know what's going on. We still have to think of a resounding name." Li Wanxiang was the first to say, he was feeling uneasy and excited now.

The uneasiness is that if the rebellion fails, it will be a serious crime of confiscating the family and exterminating the clan. What's exciting is that once the rebellion succeeds, he will be the head of the country.

"The head of the Li family is right. If the name is not correct, the words will not be correct. But it is not advisable to be too ostentatious. After all, we are just preparing to start an uprising.

I think we should call it the Zhenming Army. We oppose the corrupt officials of the imperial court, not the Han people. This way we can get more people to join us. Lin Feng thought for a moment and said.

"It is indeed good to call us Zhenming Army. If we match up with our Zhenming Group, we can also paralyze the court and prevent it from using all its strength to deal with us. Then how should we call you, sir?" Su Shunnian agreed. "Today is the last day of February. The day is easier to remember. It will be regarded as the day when our Zhenming Army was established. In order to keep it secret, there will be no ceremony. I will be the governor of the Zhenming Army. I will benchmark what the imperial court has to do. Provincial governor. When Hong Chengchou and others come to encircle and suppress us, we will have a governor to confront the governor." Lin Feng said with a smile.

"I've met the Governor!" Everyone stood up and called him. It's much more exciting to call him the Governor than to call him the county magistrate.

"Okay, the name has been decided for the time being. Let's focus on discussing the next development focus." Lin Feng continued.

"Sir, the rebellion depends on nothing more than money and soldiers. At present, the money earned mainly depends on the tax revenue from Zhenming Group and the county government. The army and horses can be expanded a little more." Su Shunnian suggested.

"Currently we have four armies: the Minzhuang Team, the Guards, the Cavalry, and the Zhenqiang Fort Garrison. In the past, they were organized like this to cover up people's eyes, but now it is no longer necessary. Moreover, some of these teams are under the group, and some are under the group. They are under the county government, and will all be unified under the jurisdiction of the Zhenming Army Governor's Office in the future.

Among them, the Minzhuang Team was organized into the First Guard Battalion, with the number of personnel initially increased to 1,000. It was mainly responsible for guarding tasks around Fugu County. Fang Tiezhu is still appointed as the battalion chief and Yang Heng is the deputy battalion chief.

The Zhenqiangbao garrison formed the second garrison battalion, with the number of personnel increased to 500. It is mainly responsible for the garrison task of Zhenqiangbao, with Gurui serving as the battalion commander.

The escort team is organized into the First Guard Battalion and the Second Guard Battalion. The two battalions each consist of 500 people. One of the battalions is stationed in Sitongzhai. Its main equipment is swords, shields and thunderbolts. Fang Dashan serves as the battalion commander.

The Second Guard Battalion was stationed in the Fudong compound and was equipped with a type of electric firecracker. Song Jilie served as the battalion commander.

The two escort battalions are mainly responsible for mobile combat tasks, so they are equipped with some horses and carriages to improve their mobile marching capabilities.

The cavalry was reorganized into the First Cavalry Battalion, with a strength of 500, equipped with muskets, bows and arrows, and machetes. Wang Qin was still the battalion commander, focusing on long-distance raids and mobile support operations.

In this way, our Zhenming Army has five battalions, with a total strength of 3000 troops. Lin Feng said clearly.

After several battles, Fang Dashan's command ability was obviously insufficient, and it was not good to have both the escort team and the people's strong team in the hands of the Fang brothers. He took this opportunity to expand the number of leaders and spread the military power in everyone's hands. .

"Sir, this arrangement of troops is much more reasonable, but what should we do if there are still many vacancies?" Song Jilie asked.

"According to the new establishment, the current strength of the army is still about a thousand men. The Fugu County government will organize recruitment to supplement the army, and the funds will be disbursed from the county government office. The recruitment work will be completed by Su Shunnian and the military staff." Lin Feng ordered. , he planned to separate the recruitment and leadership of troops to prevent generals from expanding their troops without authorization.

"Yes!" Su Shunnian stood up and accepted the order.

"In addition, the Sitong Ordnance Factory was independent from the escort team and established a separate supply camp with 500 personnel. Zhao Zhixin was appointed as the battalion general and Zhuang Laodao was appointed as the deputy battalion general. They are mainly responsible for ordnance production and logistics material transportation and other tasks." Lin Feng Lay out the road.

The Ordnance Factory is also very important and must be independent and under the direct leadership of the Governor's Palace.

"Thank you for your trust, sir!" Zhao Zhixin stood up happily and responded.

"Finally, some elite soldiers were transferred from each battalion to expand and establish my personal guard, with a strength of one hundred people, with Fang Xiaoyu as the captain and Qian Zhuo as the deputy captain." Lin Feng said.

"Understood!" Fang Xiaoyu and the generals of each camp replied in unison.

"Even if the Zhenming Army is established, each battalion can set up sentries, teams and more. The specific organization will be proposed by the general manager of each battalion and submitted to me for approval. Does anyone else have any suggestions?" Lin Feng said.

"Sir, there is a shortage of iron in Fugu now. I suggest you buy more and reserve it. Training and fighting will consume a lot of iron in the future." Zhang Tiechui suggested.

"Well, it is true that we need to reserve a large amount of iron, but on the one hand it is not easy to purchase in large quantities, and there are also problems with transportation. On the other hand, it is too expensive, so we should practice it ourselves.

Mr. Li, last time I asked you to set up Zhenming Mining Branch, how are you preparing? Lin Feng asked.

"Sir, the personnel are all ready and have been gathered. It just takes time to find the ore." Li Wanxiang replied.

"I will tell you the specific distribution of the surrounding mineral deposits when the time comes. You should organize mining as soon as possible." Lin Feng thought of the distribution map of the surrounding mineral deposits in Shaanxi at this time and had to use it quickly.

"Sir, once we get into trouble, the Jiazhou branch of the group may be in danger, and we need to notify them to evacuate as soon as possible." Li Changji reminded that he came from Jiazhou, so of course he was worried about the branch.

"Chang Ji reminded you in time, don't evacuate if you want to evacuate. Guo Zheng, you and Feng Wei sent people to inform Chen Xiong that they should go into secret mode, sell the original shop, change their location, change their name and continue to operate, Jia We still need some for the state." Lin Feng arranged.

"Understood!" Guo Zheng responded.

"Okay, that's the main arrangement for our next step. Everyone should split up and take care of their own matters.

Finally, I would like to emphasize again that starting a rebellion is not a dinner party, but a life-and-death struggle with the court. Everyone must keep their spirits up, especially keeping it strictly confidential, but not leaking the information. Tingfengwei needs to strengthen supervision in this area, do you understand? " Lin Feng said.

"Understood!" Everyone responded in unison.

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