[Cui Anqian governs Shu]
Shu has always faced two problems: banditry and banditry; and timidity.
Banditry and banditry are an additional product of war. The Xichuan War Zone and Nanzhao have been at odds for twenty years, so it is natural for some banditry to arise. In terms of severity, Chengdu may have to give up its C position to Xuzhou;
Being timid and cowardly is blatant regional discrimination and a common map cannon. Looking through the historical books of that period, when mentioning the soldiers of Shu, there are always words like "cowardice". For example, when talking about the soldiers of Xuzhou, the words "arrogant and difficult to control" are often used.
Faced with the chaotic situation where bandits were rampant, the new Jiedushi Cui Anqian turned a blind eye. The subordinate officials were puzzled and asked the reason. Cui Anqian's answer was to the point: "If there were no officials to act as protective umbrellas, how could these gangs be rampant?"
When the old Shu official next to him heard this, his face changed color.
Cui Anqian immediately changed his tone and said seriously: "If we get to the bottom of it, we will inevitably pull out the carrots and bring out the mud. Many officials, big and small, will be dismissed as a result. Xichuan officialdom will suffer a major earthquake; and if Without a thorough investigation of the protective umbrella behind it, we just hunt down puppets, which not only treats the symptoms but not the root cause, and also disturbs the people."
Listen to the sound of gongs and drums, and listen to the sound of speech. Of course, the Shu officials understood what Cui Anqian said: As long as you stop now and in time, the previous acts of corruption and perversion of the law will be wiped out. Let's forget about it and look forward to everything.
The local officials took reassurance and expressed their gratitude to Cui Anqian for opening the net. At the same time, they also wisely stepped back from the brink and drew a clear line with the evil forces.
This is the first of Cui Anqian's three goals as a new official: knocking on the mountain and shaking the tiger.
Immediately afterwards, there is the second one, "moving wood and establishing trust".
A few days later, Comrade Cui Anqian, who seemed to be "doing nothing", suddenly made a big deal: allocating 1,500 guan of public funds to be placed in three cities in Chengdu (Silkworm City, Medicine City, and Qibao City), and a reward announcement was hung on the pile of money. : "Anyone who catches a bandit or provides valuable clues will be rewarded five hundred guan; if a bandit reports on his accomplices, his or her own crimes will be pardoned and he will receive the same reward as a good citizen."
Hefty rewards are offered to encourage criminal suspects to serve as tainted witnesses and report on each other.
It is similar to "moving wood to establish trust".
Cui Anqian firmly believed that there must be a brave man under the heavy reward, and he proudly concluded that the first person to report the crime must be the bandit who betrayed his accomplices.
The officials around him looked suspicious. Cui Anqian smiled slightly and explained: "How can ordinary people who really keep their own laws know the inside story of bandits? Even if they know a few things, how can they have the strength to easily capture the bandits alive? Haha, you know the inside story of criminal groups best. It must be the criminal group itself. If you don’t believe it, I can make a bet with you.”
Sure enough, the soldiers came to report that a man had captured a bandit alive and came to receive the reward.
"Let's go and follow my officer to verify."
In the busy city, crowds of melon-eating people surrounded the scene. Next to the pile of money, the captured robber was furious. When the official arrived, he roared: "He is with me! We were robbers together. For 17 years, we committed crimes together and the stolen goods were equally divided. Now he But they captured me... If we are going to die, we should die together! He also has a share in the death penalty!"
Cui Anqian asked with a smile: "Who told you to start too late? Look here -" pointed to the notice on the pile of money, "If you had started earlier, he would have died and you would have received the reward. What else do you have?" Complain?"
Immediately afterwards, in front of the robber and all the onlookers, he rewarded his accomplice who betrayed him with a huge sum of five hundred dollars, and announced that he would be pardoned for all his previous sins.
Then, the unlucky robber was taken to the market, where he was executed with a thousand cuts and his whole family was killed.
The officials around him expressed concern, "If this continues, there will definitely be an endless stream of bandits reported and exposed. How can there be so much money in the treasury to pay bounties?"
Cui Anqian laughed "haha", "I can make two more bets with you - first, there will never be any tainted witnesses to report; second, the banditry in Chengdu will end here."
When the news spread that people who betrayed their teammates could get rewards without guilt, all the bandits were panicked. A crisis of trust arose within the criminal gang. Everyone looked like a traitor and they were suspicious of each other. That night, all the thieves fled during the night.
Before the sun rose the next day, there were no more robbers in Chengdu.
Only then did the subordinate officials admire the new leader.
After suppressing the ground, Cui Anqian was about to solve the second thorny problem: saving the military souls of Shu soldiers so that they would no longer be cowardly and become an army capable of fighting big, tough, and victorious battles.
This is Cui Anqian's third priority: rectifying the military system.
Cui Anqian went to the imperial court and sent his generals to recruit troops within the Zhongwu Army. That was the direct force he had worked so hard to manage.
Subsequently, Cui Anqian mixed and reorganized the recruited loyal warrior soldiers and Bashu soldiers, selected 3,000 people from them, and divided them into three armies. All of them wore yellow hats and were called the "Yellow Head Army". This is also a feeling, or a glorious tradition, because the elite troops of the Zhongwu Army are also called the "Yellow Head Army".
Use glorious and loud troop numbers to boost morale. You are no longer the cowardly and timid Shu soldiers, you are the elite among the elite, the special forces among the special forces, you are the glorious and fearless Yellow Head Army!
Later, the archery troops of Hongzhou (now Nanchang City, Jiangxi Province) were hired to conduct intensive training for Shu soldiers, so that Bashu archers could shoot mud balls thrown into the air. Finally, a thousand qualified archers were selected to form the "Goddess" Bow camp". These 1,000 people have all reached the Olympic standards.
The Yellow Head Army and the Shen Gong Battalion officially joined the ranks after a period of devil training. From then on, the soldiers of Bashu were no longer the scum of the war, and their combat effectiveness was unprecedented.
Through the unremitting efforts of the two military governors, Gao Pian and Cui Anqian, the Xichuan War Zone gradually emerged from the haze of war and became prosperous and stable again.
The words are divided into two parts. Gao Pian was transferred to the Jianghuai area and entrusted with the important task of suppressing bandits.
The Huangchaocao Army who fled into Jiangxi was surrounded by the imperial army on three sides, so after a short rest, the Huangchaocao Army created a miracle - they dug a mountain road for 700 miles and appeared in Fujian without a trace. There is no road in the world, but when there are more people walking on it, it becomes a road.
Fujian is another virgin land. The Cao army, which had escaped their pursuit, plundered the Fujian states wantonly, and the momentum of their divine soldiers descending from the sky directly scared away the administrators, giving up resistance, and handed over the whole of Fujian, allowing the Cao thieves to wreak havoc and humiliation.
Huang Chao did not live too comfortably in Fujian, because above his head was his nemesis - Gao Pian.
In order to curb the Cao army, the imperial court specially transferred Gao Pian from Xichuan to Zhenhai, where he was based in today's Zhejiang area. Huang Chao entered Fujian from the east of Jiangxi and plunged into Gao Pian's feet.
Gao Pian didn't take this group of people seriously at all. Not to mention a bunch of street gangsters and gangsters, even the elite troops of the Nanzhao Kingdom were still beaten to pieces by me. There is no need for a three-pronged army. I can dispatch only one partial army to defeat the grass bandits!
Gao Pian had two capable generals under his command - Zhang Lin and Liang Zan. The two generals took orders and attacked separately, winning many battles. Dozens of important generals in the Cao Army surrendered after taking the lead, including Bi Shiduo, Zheng Hanzhang, Qin Yan, and Li Li. Rare.
These grassroots generals will still make waves and achieve great things in the future.
Bi Shiduo is a fellow villager of Huang Chao. They are all grievances. He is a veteran of Huang Chao's grass army and is 100% his direct henchman. His betrayal was a heavy blow to Cao Jun and Huang Chao himself, and deeply hurt Huang Chao's feelings.
There are feelings.
Bi Shiduo knew Huang Chao very well, and therefore became an important staff member of Gao Pian's account and a senior consultant on the "Huang Chao issue". By betraying Huang Chao, Bi Shiduo ushered in a turning point in his fate. He rose to prominence and soon became an important figure within the Gao Pian Group. His story will unfold later.
The Cao army, which suffered repeated setbacks, had to avoid the enemy's edge and stay away from the threat of Gao Pian. The forces of the Cao Army were compressed into the Lingnan area, and their main forces were entrenched around Guangzhou.
Let’s unfold the map and try to understand Huang Chao’s inner monologue: Since Shandong raised its troops, in the past four or five years, he was forced out of Shandong by Song Wei, expelled from Henan and Anhui by Cui Anqian and Zeng Yuanyu, and recently expelled by Gao Pian De Yan'er didn't lay eggs, so he went all the way south, and now he has reached Guangzhou. Going further south, it's the fucking sea.
Gao Pian is not the only one who wants to drive Huang Chao into the sea to make dumplings.
There was another high-ranking official in the imperial court who volunteered to lead the expedition, vowing to cut Huang Chao into pieces with a thousand knives. This high-ranking official was none other than Wang Duo, the prime minister of the dynasty.
Surprise or not, unexpected or not?
Prime Minister Wang Duo was once a staunch peace advocate. He used all his energy to promote the peaceful recruitment of the Cao Army, and even broke up with his former benefactors and the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty. Now, his attitude has turned 180 degrees, and he personally leads the expedition to eliminate thieves for the country.
The reason for his transformation was simple - his younger brother Wang Hao died.
