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  Chapter 205 203【Development of Farmers Association】

  Zhu Xieyuan was carried back by more than a thousand rattan armored soldiers. He was not injured, but tired.

  Fleeing from Fengcheng to Nanchang, a hundred miles, no more, no less, a total of ten rivers, big and small!

   With such ghostly terrain, if the northern cavalry crossed the river, one can imagine how desperate it would be.

  It is very convenient for those rattan armor soldiers to cross the river, because the rattan armor is waterproof and fireproof, can float in the river, and can be directly transformed into a life jacket.

  Zhao Han's weapons workshop is also making rattan armor.

  Because Zhao Han's army imitated Qi's army, among which the rattan players were very important. The reason why it is called the rattan hand is that the shield is a rattan shield, which is lighter and more defensive than a wooden shield, and is exactly the same as the rattan armor.

   There is no rush for this thing, you have to choose the yellow vine from the mountain and soak it repeatedly for more than one year before you can really start making it.

   Zhu Xieyuan fled back to Nanchang, already in the afternoon of the next day, and immediately sent an order to gather up the defeated soldiers who had fled back.

  Seeing the Jiangxi navy leaning on the shore, he quickly called Zhu Guoxun to ask: "Mr. Zhu, did the rebel navy show up?"

   "There seems to be an anti-thief navy cruising." Zhu Guoxun answered ambiguously.

  Hearing this answer, Zhu Xieyuan was furious, and wanted to draw out Shangfang's sword, and chop Zhu Guoxun to death on the spot with one sword!

  Forcibly suppressing his anger, Zhu Xieyuan warned: "The navy must always be on guard against rebels attacking Nanchang."

   "I would like to obey the military order of the supervisor." Zhu Guoxun knew that he was wrong and behaved very respectfully.

   Two days later, Zhu Xieyuan only gathered more than 2,000 routs.

  The Datong Army, including the wounded officers and soldiers, only captured more than 7,000 prisoners.

   As for the remaining 20,000 officers and soldiers, of course not all of them died. Most of them fled directly back to their hometowns, unwilling to fight for the imperial court again. Even if they were forcibly conscripted into the army in the future, they would definitely be ready to run away anytime and anywhere.

   "Cough cough cough cough!"

  In the governor's mansion, Zhu Xieyuan hid himself and coughed. He dared not let others know that he was sick.

  An old man in his seventies was carried across ten rivers, and it was no wonder that he couldn't get sick because of the blisters and sun exposure. Historically, Zhu Xieyuan would have died of illness in Guizhou in two years, but now he just fell ill in another place.

  …

  Hu Dinggui slept for half a day and one night. Due to his leg injury, he stayed on Lion Rock and did not chase the enemy.

  Filling his stomach, Hu Dinggui limped to the barracks with a long gun in his hand: "What's wrong with Lao Chen?"

  A doctor in the army is changing Chen Fugui's dressing: "He has been suffering from fever, whether he can live or not depends entirely on himself."

  Chen Fugui's abdominal wound, with faintly visible intestines. Fortunately, the cotton armor blocked the force, and the intestines were not punctured, but the wound infection was very fatal.

  Zhao Han didn't know much about medical knowledge either. For the wounded in the army, he only asked people to prepare highly distilled alcohol in advance, emphasizing that the bandages for dressing wounds must be boiled in boiling water. As for the others, they can only be handed over to the ancient trauma doctors, but the golden sore medicine has always been effective.

  Hu Dinggui sat in front of Chen Fugui for a while, and then went to condolences to other wounded.

   In the Battle of Lion Mountain, although there were only more than 400 casualties, the total number of casualties was more than 1,000. There were only over 5,000 soldiers in the entire army, and the casualty rate was as high as 25%, all of whom were injured in battle, unlike officers and soldiers who were injured when they fled.

"what!"

  Screams came from the tent next door. Hu Dinggui leaned on his spear and saw the doctor sawing the leg of a wounded man.

   That was a soldier whose calf was bruised by a shell. It was a bruise, but in fact a large piece of flesh was gone. Although the wound was wiped with alcohol and the golden sore medicine was applied quickly, the hot and humid weather for two consecutive days still caused the wound to fester in a large area. It was horrific, and the calf had to be amputated in order to save her life.

  Hu Dinggui came to the edge of the cliff and silently looked at the distant fields.

   "Your leg is injured, don't walk around carelessly." Xiao Zongxian did not know when he came behind him.

   This is Hu Dinggui's old chief, leading them to drag Yang Jiamo's servant.

  Xiao Zongxian was also very unlucky. In the fierce battle on the fourth day, he was injured just after the fight started, and was hit in the back of the head by the stones splashed by the shells. If he hadn't been wearing a bamboo helmet, he might have died in battle for no apparent reason.

  Hu Dinggui smiled and said: "It's okay, I just scratched a few cuts, and the flesh is not very deep."

   Xiao Zongxian took out a pen and paper: "How many did you kill? How many attacks did you repel?"

   "I don't know." Hu Dinggui shook his head.

   It is said that the battle merits must be counted every day, but on the fourth day of the fierce battle, the situation was critical and stalemate. Even if the soldiers were replaced to rest, the missionaries and military judges would not bother them, and it has been delayed until now.

  Xiao Zongxian was helpless, so he could only write down the number of times Hu Dinggui was injured, and then he would discuss it with the mission officer and military judge when he went back.

  Huang Yao’s high-level officials were also discussing. The commander, military judge, and missionary officer agreed that the number of enemies killed by individuals could not be determined, and the enemy’s corpses in front of each position would be counted on average among the soldiers in that position. Then, the military merits are calculated based on the importance of the position and the intensity of the battle.

   Two days later, a lightly wounded person like Hu Dinggui could go down the mountain by himself.

  Everyone made a stretcher, carefully carried away the seriously wounded, and went to a temple at the foot of the mountain to recuperate.

  The people who hid in the mountains have returned home one after another, and the rice fields that have not had time to harvest are also rushing to harvest.

  Looking at the farmers, Hu Dinggui suddenly laughed, and the wounds on his body seemed to no longer hurt.

   That afternoon.

  Mission groups organize condolence performances, which are becoming more and more professional, and many of them used to be actors and prostitutes. They can sing ditties and big plays, and officials, soldiers and common people all like this kind of program.

  Hu Dinggui came to the nearby threshing ground, and the stage had already been set up.

  The title of this scene is "Qingjiang Moon", which is adapted from the story of last year's **** battle between peasants and soldiers, and the character based on Hu Dinggui belongs to the male number three.

  The male number one is Yang Mo, the mission officer who died in battle, who is only one word different from the villain Yang Jiamo.

  The male number two is Xiao Zongxian, who commands the battle.

  In the beginning, an actress came out and sang in Yiyang tune about the happy life after the land was divided. It is no longer in the form of drama, but most of the performances have now been changed to Jiangxi operas that actors are familiar with.

  Singing and singing, the officers and soldiers suddenly arrived, burning, killing and looting everywhere, the people fled in panic, and the heroine's parents were also killed.

  The actor who played the villain Yang Jiamo stepped onto the stage and laughed arrogantly, and then had a monologue and solo.

   "Kill the dog officer to death!"

   "Kill!"

   "..."

  In Zhao Han's opinion, the villain's solo singer was very good, but the soldiers were filled with righteous indignation at the moment, and some even wanted to rush up and beat the actor.

  This kind of emotion, when Mr. Yang, the mission officer, was killed, had already brewed to the peak of boiling.

  Some soldiers yelled and cursed, and some soldiers cried bitterly.

  Huang Yao had no choice but to organize a military law team, and told those who were emotional to sit down, otherwise someone would rush to the stage to make trouble.

  The end of this scene is not about repelling the officers and soldiers, but the actor who played Zhao Han sent the martyr tablet to the Hall of Valor for worship.

   After venting their emotions, the soldiers began to chatter.

   Xiao Zongxian winked at Hu Dinggui, and asked, "Is Miss Sai Sai beautiful?"

  Hu Dinggui shook his head and said, "Sitting too far away, I can't see clearly."

   Xiao Zongxian said in a low voice: "I've seen it up close, and it's as beautiful as a fairy. My son is two years old, so you can't break the rules. You can try it."

   "Try what?" Hu Dinggui asked blankly.

"Marry Miss Sai Sai," Xiao Zongxian urged, "I've inquired about it. This girl Sai Sai is only eighteen years old, and she's only two years older than you. You were named and praised by the general town. There is a future, and this Sai Sai girl is both talented and beautiful."

  Hu Dinggui shook his head quickly, blushing and said: "I... I will get married in a few years."

   "Hey, you are really elm-headed." Xiao Zongxian felt that he was playing the piano against the cow.

  Pan Saisai on the stage, although he just started his career last year, he has only joined the mission team for a short time. But she is beautiful, and she sings very well, so she has been sought after by countless soldiers and common people.

  After the performance, Pan Saisai was taking off her make-up when she suddenly heard someone behind her say: "Xiao Pan, I will go to the countryside of Nanchang County to perform in a few days, and you will star in "The White-haired Girl"."

   "Nanchang County is not our territory, right?" Pan Saisai was quite surprised.

  The head of this performance troupe said: "Nanchang County is setting up a peasant association, we are the closest to there, and I just received the order."

  Nanchang Fucheng and Nanchang County are not the same city, they are about ten miles apart.

  Since he failed to capture Nanchang Mansion in the first place, Zhao Han would not spend his troops to attack. Instead, farmers' associations were formed in the counties of Nanchang Prefecture, and the rural areas were occupied first. The Datong Army had just won a big victory, and the officers, soldiers and landlords would definitely not dare to attack members of the farmers' associations.

  The peasant association not only recruits tenants, but also small landlords and self-cultivating farmers. It mainly does the following tasks: unite tenants to reduce rent and interest, and abolish unfair phenomena such as barrel noodles and winter livestock. Small landlords and self-cultivating farmers do not pay exorbitant taxes to the government. Landlords were forced to release domestic slaves, and all were changed to short-term employment contracts.

  The Peasant Association movement was not intense, and remained within the tolerance range of the government and the gentry—this tolerance was backed by the force of the Datong Army.

   It only takes two or three months, and the small landlords, self-cultivators, tenants, and domestic slaves will no longer be willing to fight for the government after they have tasted the sweetness. At that time, Zhu Xieyuan, not to mention conscripting troops in Nanchang Mansion, may not even be able to collect a few stones of food.

   As for the expansion of the territory, it is mainly in southern Jiangxi.

   Now Zhao Han, Pang Chunlai, Li Banghua and others have explored a development routine.

   That is, to transfer experienced assistant officials (county magistrates, chief bookkeepers, etc.) and appoint them as magistrates of the newly occupied land. Then transfer experienced officials to serve as assistant officials in the newly occupied territory. The original site will be promoted according to political performance and seniority, so as to make up for the vacancy after being transferred.

   There is no shortage of officials, and the more they are trained, the more they are trained. What is lacking now is official positions!

  After the victory in the Ganzhou War, the city of Ganzhou must be taken, mainly to alleviate the salt shortage and reduce the price of salt.

  Shen Youlong has been unable to stop Guangyan from going north, and Ganzhou has been stuck. After the occupation of Ganzhou, the high-quality and cheap Guangzhou salt was continuously imported, which immediately eased Zhao Han's financial difficulties.

  At the same time, Yudu County (Yudu) next door to Ganzhou had to be occupied.

   In this way, the saltpeter mine in Ningdu County can be transported down the river from Yudu to Ganzhou, and then from Ganzhou to Ji'an. In this way, the cost of buying saltpeter ore is greatly reduced, and more gunpowder can be produced in the future.

  Ganzhou city has not been taken yet.

  After the defeat of Fujian General Chen Tingdui, the 3,000 Fujian soldiers in charge of guarding the city had to release Governor Zou Weilian and asked Zou Weilian to take them to defend Ganzhou.

   (Diarrhea since morning, try to do three shifts today, if not possible, only two shifts.)

  (end of this chapter)