The Sun Never Sets Great China

Chapter 102 Zhang Long Surrenders

Zhang Huahan first ordered people to find those captured Han generals, trying to pick out a few talents from them.He asked those generals one by one about military common sense and war strategies, but to his disappointment, among these people, only Zhang Wenyuan, who was captured first, was quite familiar with military matters, and the others were Some people who pretend to be numbers.

After careful questioning, Zhang Huahan learned that Dahari has three criteria for selecting generals: first, relatives; second, brother-in-law; third, Manchu.True military talents like Zhang Wenyuan are rare among Han people who can be promoted to high positions. In fact, there is no special case except him, Zhang Wenyuan. There is one reason, that is, he was appointed by the Manchu court, and Dahari had to give the Manchu court a little face, even if he was demoted, he couldn't go too far.

Zhang Huahan thinks that Zhang Wenyuan is indeed a talent, although he is not a fierce general like Wu Liuqi or a wise general like Zhuge Ming, but he can barely stand alone in the army, he can be regarded as a general among dwarfs!However, this also reflects the lack of means and awareness of systematic training of military personnel at that time.

Just when Zhang Huahan was thinking about Zhang Wenyuan, Zhang Wenyuan was sitting in his tent, staring at a bowl of horse meat in a daze.This bowl of horse meat was just delivered by the guard of the Zhenlu Army. He told Zhang Wenyuan that it was the meat of a dead war horse, and Zhang Huahan specially ordered someone to prepare it for him.

Although this horse meat is not as delicious as beef, it is delicious for Dahari's subordinates who rarely see meat!Although other generals can eat meat and drink every day, Dahari insists on eating and living with the soldiers to win the respect of the soldiers, so he has not eaten meat for more than a month.

He didn't understand why Zhang Huahan looked at him differently. Since he and the captured generals were called to question, those generals were sent to the big tent where the soldiers lived, and they were beaten by some soldiers. They were placed in a small tent, and they had wine and meat every day. "Could it be that he wants to recruit me?" Zhang Wenyuan thought in his heart, but he was not sure. He suddenly remembered that the rumored Zhang Huahan's body used to be a beautiful actor before he possessed him, and also remembered that Zhang Huahan was once a male in the intelligence. Dressed up as a woman, "Could it be that he has a special hobby?" He felt uneasy.No wonder he thought so, because some scholar-officials at that time were quite masculine, and the book boys they brought with them were often their "boy favorites".

Just as Zhang Wenyuan was thinking wildly, the curtain of the tent was lifted, and two people walked in.Zhang Wenyuan looked up and found that the person who came was the handsome deputy commander of the Chinese Revolutionary Army Zhang Huahan, and beside him was his old acquaintance Liu Xiaoliu.Zhang Huahan smiled all over his face and said to him: "What? Isn't this horse meat delicious? You know, I am also eating horse meat now! If these horses that died in battle are not eaten quickly, I am afraid they will rot. If you can save a little food, you can save a little! Now the refugees can't solve the problem of food distribution, so let's make up for it first, and there will be some in the future."

Zhang Wenyuan stood up tremblingly, and stammered: "If you have anything to say, the deputy commander, please tell me, so that the villain will not feel uneasy and hard to swallow any food." Zhang Huahan sat down opposite him, and said: " What? Don’t you suspect that I’m going to kill you?” Zhang Wenyuan quickly argued: “No, no, no. The villain doesn’t mean that, but the villain doesn’t understand why the adults are so good to the villains, but they don’t care about the other generals. Do not ask."

Zhang Huahan said with a smile: "The reason is very simple, because I think you are a talent, so I take extra care of you, and those generals are just a group of guys who eat vegetarian food. It's done!"

After hearing these words, Zhang Wenyuan felt a sense of acquaintance. He had long been displeased with those villains who could only flatter horses, but now what Zhang Huahan said was exactly what he wanted to say in his heart, and his favor for Zhang Huahan rose again. I wanted to say something, but I couldn't utter a word after holding back for a long time.

Zhang Huahan helped him out of the siege, and said: "I see that you are very good at military affairs. I want to call you into my army. I wonder if you are willing?" Zhang Wenyuan said: "The villain was sent by the imperial court to the Harry army Officer, I'm afraid it will be difficult to agree to your lord's invitation."

At this time, Liu Xiaoliu, who was standing beside Zhang Huahan, said, "Brother Zhang is wrong! If the whole world is in the hands of the Qing soldiers, then you and I will become subjugated people. Our Commander Zhang will destroy the Tartars. It’s to give back to my Chinese people a bright future!”

Zhang Huahan said: "You are also a Han. Have you seen what the Tartars did when they occupied our Daming country? A large number of people in their occupied areas were persecuted and killed. They killed my Han brothers and parents and bullied my Han sisters. What do you think? Follow the Tartars and continue to exploit the common people, and continue to harm our country! Then again, you worked for them in the Manchu army, but what did you get?"

Seeing Zhang Wenyuan bow his head in thought, Liu Xiaoliu and Zhang Huahan looked at each other, Liu Xiaoliu said: "Brother Zhang, don't hesitate, agree to our commander soon! There are clear rewards and punishments for joining our Chinese Revolutionary Army. If you work hard in the Chinese Revolutionary Army, you will not be treated badly!" Zhang Wenyuan asked suspiciously, "Why are you here too? Could it be that you are also a subordinate of the Chinese Revolutionary Army?" Liu Xiaoliu smiled and said: " Exactly! Commander Zhang sent me to the Nadahari Army to spread false information and lure Nadahari to attack. In fact, when we first met, I was a member of the Chinese Revolutionary Army!"

Zhang Wenyuan said: "Commander Zhang is really far-sighted. It turns out that Brother Liu and you have been arranged for this chess piece. Zhang admires you." Zhang Huahan smiled and said: "Thank you! Our Chinese Revolutionary Army was established for the sake of the people. The country where everyone is equal is established by the rise of China. In the places occupied by the Chinese revolutionary army, everyone has fields and clothes. We want to build an equal, free, and wealthy society and country. How about it? Do you not want to serve in the Chinese Revolutionary Army?" Zhang Wenyuan said: "Commander Zhang is thirsty for talents, and he is a corporal, how can he refuse. The villain is willing to join Commander Zhang!" After speaking, he knelt down and paid homage.

Zhang Huahan quickly helped him up, and said: "Kneeling is not acceptable in the Chinese Revolutionary Army! The subordinates have to salute when they see their superiors, and the superiors have to salute back, just like me!" After speaking, he gave a military salute to Zhang Wenyuan.Looking at Zhang Huahan's hand gestures, Zhang Wenyuan also gave a decent military salute, and the three of them laughed together.Zhang Wenyuan said: "Can I return my saber? It is the saber my ancestors used to kill Japanese pirates. When my father gave me this saber, he told me to kill the Tartars. I am ashamed. Ashamed of my ancestors, I followed the Nanming army and surrendered to the Manchu and Qing Tartars. Also, my father named me Zhang Long at the beginning, which meant that I would promote the spirit of the Chinese dragon. From now on, the villain will be His name is Zhang Long, Zhang Wenyuan, who took refuge in the Tartars, is dead, and he will be a member of our Chinese Revolutionary Army from now on." After he finished speaking, Liu Xiaoliu took out a sword, "Hehe, General Zhang Long, this is you I only know that it is an ancient relic, but I didn’t expect it to be a hero’s sword, and now it has returned to its original owner.” Zhang Wenyuan, who changed his name to Zhang Long, took his own sword and said to Zhang Huahan: “I don’t know what kind of army the lord assigned to the villain. Duty? The villain must work hard and live up to the commander's expectations!" Zhang Huahan said: "Why are you still a 'little man' and a 'little man' now? From now on, you will be my general, and you must be called the 'little general'!" Do you understand?" Zhang Long stood up and said, "The end general understands!"

Zhang Huahan said: "Very good! I will hand over the [-] surrendered soldiers to your command now, and you will be their top general! For the time being, we will be weaving militiamen. In the future, the elite will be divided according to the training situation to become a regular army. And you I will use it again in the future, do it well, I am optimistic about you!" Zhang Long was taken aback, he didn't expect that Zhang Huahan would give him such great trust from the very beginning, and was about to decline, but Zhang Huahan stopped him and said: "Don't refuse, I know you have this ability! I heard from Liu Xiaoliu that the subordinates you train can indeed fight and endure hardships, and you are unselfish, and you don't recognize your relatives during training, patrols and battles. Can you make this army It is all up to you to train an army capable of conscripting and fighting well! I will select some of the middle and lower-level officers in this army from the regular army of the Chinese Revolutionary Army. With them, you can follow the instructions of the Chinese Revolutionary Army. Training methods to train them, and with them helping you, you will feel more relaxed." Zhang Long said: "The general must train an elite army for the commander as soon as possible!"

Zhang Huahan nodded and continued: "But I still have a task for you. Dahari has been defeated now, but part of his troops are still in Huai'an, which is said to be occupied by his subordinates. The generals in Huai'an are Who?" Zhang Long said, "It's Dahari's distant nephew, a Manchu, and he's a lieutenant general."

Zhang Huahan said: "What is he like? Is his relationship with Dahari close? Can the soldiers under him fight? How many elite Manchus are there?" Zhang Long said: "That man is greedy for money and lustful, and he is also a flatterer. He has no fighting skills at all. There are almost no Manchus left, and the elite Manchu troops have been taken away by Dahari. There may be hundreds of cronies under him who are Manchus, but there are quite a few Han soldiers in the Green Battalion under him who can fight, but it is a pity that they met With such a mediocre person, I can't even think about being unbeaten. Although he is Dahari's nephew, he is actually from the same clan. He seems to be someone from the Qing Dynasty and the Qing Dynasty. Dahari is just perfunctory, not very close. Why, does the commander want to send troops to take Huai'an? If so, then I will be willing to go, take Huai'an, and give it to the commander as a meeting gift."

Zhang Huahan said: "I do have this intention. But from what you said just now, I think that Huai'an may be taken without using force. Since the guard is greedy for money, then we'll 'buy' Huai'an. Now it is estimated that a few deserters have returned. Huai'an, bring back the news of Dahari's defeat. There must be a panic in Huai'an city, and the guards must be helpless, and the 5 to 5 soldiers will definitely not be able to defend. You will select [-] elite soldiers from the army tomorrow. , I will give you some more firearms and cannons, and bring [-] taels of silver with you, and Dahari’s official seal. When you arrive in Huai’an, you first fire a few cannons to scare them, and then send someone to send the official seal into the city and tell them Dahari is dead, and he sent a message to the guard that as long as he is willing to surrender the city, he will be given [-] taels of silver. Only a hundred or ten of his cronies are Manchus. You can also get your own capital by blaming yourself. But you must remember to recruit those combat-capable troops and incorporate them into your army.”

The three of them discussed some plans to collect Huai'an. After everything was settled, Zhang Huahan, accompanied by Zhang Long, came to the school ground of the barracks, and called all the soldiers to shout to them.

These soldiers have been confined in the barracks for the past few days, eating and sleeping all day long, and fighting, but after a few people who took the lead in fighting were beaten with military sticks by the Chinese Revolutionary Army, they became more honest.Today they were about to eat when they were suddenly driven out of the tent by the guards of the Chinese Revolutionary Army and taken to the school grounds.Although they were not too worried about their safety, they were still a little apprehensive, not knowing why they were called here.

After Zhang Long finished speaking, they realized that the handsome young man standing next to Zhang Long was Zhang Huahan, and immediately whispered to each other, discussing a lot.Zhang Huahan managed to calm the soldiers down. Standing on the high platform, he shouted to the soldiers: "Brothers! I know that some of you haven't been paid for more than half a year, and some of you haven't even seen the military pay. , now that you are willing to surrender my Chinese Revolutionary Army, then you are soldiers under my Chinese Revolutionary Army! Of course I can’t let you suffer! I will send someone to make up all your military pay this afternoon! Three taels per person Silver, everyone has a share!"

Hearing this, the soldiers standing at the front cheered, and the people behind saw the cheers in front, but they didn't know what was going on. When they asked the people in front about the situation, the whole army suddenly boiled up, shouting "Long live Commander Zhang!"

This time, nearly 20 taels of silver were spent, plus the 5 taels of silver used to "buy" Huai'an City, a total of nearly 25 taels of silver, but Zhang Huahan didn't feel bad about it. Salt, tea, steel and other industries, taxes and fees, commercial trade and foreign maritime trade, the Chinese Revolutionary Army is still relatively rich, and he knows that it is very necessary to spend this money, because these soldiers come to fight for money. If there is no military pay, they will mutiny again, and they will harass the people.Of course, these silvers are nothing compared to the silver fined by Zhang Huahan from profiteers in Yangzhou City, because Zhang Huahan obtained a total of more than 60 taels of silver from profiteers. During this period of time, he did not use the military salary sent by the headquarters to pay at all. The current situation is a bit special. The entire Yangzhou city is a forbidden area with money but no food, but with the large amount of money sent by the headquarters Cornmeal and sweet potatoes, that will soon change.

The strong north wind blew all night until it stopped in the morning, and the sun also emerged from the thin clouds, sprinkling sunshine and warmth onto the earth.To the north of Zhangjiaji, which is close to the canal, more than 60 miles northwest of Yangzhou City, a dark army of Manchu and Qing troops was marching southward, and they were about to reach Zhangjiaji. The small and medium-sized warships followed the army and moved slowly downstream.

Tuhai was walking in the middle of the team under the escort of a group of personal soldiers.Since his navy was defeated and returned to the Yellow River, he has gathered from Xuzhou and Guide to attack the bases of the Chinese Revolutionary Army in Kaifeng and other places on the Henan battlefield. , Then he mobilized many people from Xuzhou City and Guide City.After mobilizing a large group of troops, Tu Hai led all the troops to advance along the canal to Yangzhou. In order to avoid the probing horses of the Chinese Revolutionary Army and to transport the 25 cannons, he had to detour through a branch of the canal. On the south bank of the river, to protect the 25 ten-thousand-jin red cannons on board.These cannons were unloaded from Yangzhou City by Dahari at the beginning, and they were all new cannons, but they were too heavy, and fortunately, the Tuhai headquarters was a navy, and if they walked by land, it would definitely be serious. Slow down the marching speed of troops.

In order to prevent the news of his troops attacking Yangzhou from leaking out, Tuhai ordered his troops to go all the way, and the soldiers under him also took the opportunity to frantically snatch the villages they passed. These places originally belonged to the territory of the Chinese Revolutionary Army. The main force of the revolutionary army went south, so this area became an area without soldiers to defend, and Tuhai could safely plunder. Trouble yourself again.However, in the past few days, many militiamen of the Chinese Revolutionary Army have fought with them, causing them to die hundreds of soldiers. But after all, the number of militiamen of the Chinese Revolutionary Army is too small, and there is almost no threat to Tuhai's army. Tuhai heard When the subordinates said that they had killed all the militiamen, they didn't care whether their troops would be exposed.

Tu Hai originally didn't want to go too far south of the Yellow River. After all, his strength was less than [-], but he was surrounded by troops from the Chinese Revolutionary Army. If he is dragged back, then the Chinese Revolutionary Army in the north may take advantage of the loophole to surround his army. I am afraid that I will suffer the bitter fruit of failure again, but when Dahari's cronies came to him to move troops to rescue him, he said something to him Afterwards, his attitude immediately changed. After all, the conditions offered by the other party were too attractive. The promise of recommending him as the Iron Hat King and a large amount of money made him a little dizzy, and at the same time restored his gambler nature.

What made Tu Hai even more heartbroken was that once the Chinese Revolutionary Army near Yangzhou was defeated, he would really lose his mind. Dahari promised him that he would be allowed to rob Yangzhou for three days. If you grab it for a few days, you can save a sum of military pay immediately.However, he was still a little disappointed, because according to the previous agreement, after repelling the Chinese Revolutionary Army near Yangzhou City, he could only give it to Nadahari to continue to maintain it. When he thought of a piece of fat falling into someone else's mouth, Tu Hai I felt heartbroken. "Dahari, old man! It's really cheap for him! If the imperial court's appointment clearly stated that Dahari should be stationed in Yangzhou City so that I have no way to seize it, I would never hand over this treasure land to others!" Tu Hai resented in his heart I thought, this guy is still thinking about looting Yangzhou every day.

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