Zhang Rui only stayed in Zhaoqing City for eight days, leaving behind a thousand bandit suppressing troops to train the new recruits. Then he led his troops to Qingyuan City.
Regarding the government affairs of Zhaoqing City, Zhang Rui explained to Liu Muxiu who arrived. Everything is focused on stability, and Zhang Rui has not made any major changes.
After two battles, Zhang Rui still has some wealth in his bank account and granary. Unlike other peasant uprising armies, Zhang Rui's bandit-suppressing army was more tightly controlled. All teams must join the military for supervision and guidance, and there will be no tolerance for those who dare to violate the military discipline of the bandit suppression army.
This is precisely the case, so the bandit suppression army did not harass ordinary people after they invaded Zhaoqing City. Even two days after Zhaoqing City was captured, some people still didn't know that Zhaoqing City had been replaced.
Nowadays, the new recruits in Wuzhou City and Zhaoqing City are not well trained, so Zhang Rui can only rely on the former veterans and the green camp soldiers who have defected.
Nothing has been decided yet, and there is no general who can take action alone. Therefore, Zhang Rui had to lead his own troops on the expedition. As for the place to be conquered, he could only let Liu Muxiu and the scholars who defected to secure the place behind him.
As long as there are no major policy problems, the rear is almost stable. At present, the anti-bandit army does not have any policy to harm all parties, so no country squire will risk beheading to cause trouble for the "anti-bandits".
After several days of publicity, the slogan of "Two Dou per mu" has given hope to many landless and landless poor people.
Especially when they heard that each recruited soldier could be allocated twenty acres of land, the recruitment office was even more overcrowded these days. If the soldiers were not selected according to Zhang Rui's standards, maybe the bandit suppression army could easily recruit 50,000 troops.
Even so, the recruitment of new soldiers for the bandit suppression army is still increasing.
At this time, the number of new soldiers recruited by the bandit suppression army was that Wuzhou City had recruited more than 1,200 soldiers (mainly because Zhang Rui had recruited almost all the troops in Wuzhou City in Zhilian Mountain.)
Because Zhaoqing City was relatively far away from Wuzhou City, more people were recruited, and 20,000 people were recruited in eight days.
At the same time, the recruitment work went more smoothly as the bandit suppression army conquered the entire Zhaoqing Prefecture with its devastating power.
When attacking Yangjiang County, Yang Shenwei, the commander-in-chief stationed in Yangjiang, had never seen the tactics of the bandit suppression army. The army he led was defeated in an instant, and he himself was killed in the charge.
It is really sad to think that a general soldier of the Qing Dynasty was killed like this. It is precisely this that makes many poor people and those who are committed to fighting against the Qing Dynasty very passionate. Many ordinary people even cut off their ugly braids without the help of the anti-bandit army's propaganda team.
Since Yang Shenmo, the commander-in-chief stationed in Yangjiang, was killed, the Qing army in Zhaoqing Mansion no longer had any troops to stop the bandit suppressing army.
The musketeers led by Li Guozhong and Zhang Zhishan went down in several groups. The green camp soldiers along the way continued to surrender, allowing Zhang Rui's bandit suppression army to continue to expand.
For the Green Camp soldiers who surrendered, the bandit-suppressing army would collect them first, and then they would have to make their own choices when they needed money and land, but they would definitely follow the siege.
The green battalion soldiers who continued to surrender along the way made the bandit-suppressing army that went south to pacify Zhaoqing City even more powerful.
The bandit-suppressing army that originally had only two thousand musketeers and six hundred cavalry going south had a strength of thirty thousand when it was brought back, not counting some of the troops sent to garrison in various counties.
At this time, Zhang Rui's territory has been conquered, including Wuzhou Prefecture, Yulin Prefecture, and Zhaoqing Prefecture.
If Li Guozhong hadn't received an order from Zhang Rui to return to Zhaoqing when he was about to attack Zhanjiang, Zhanjiang would have been defeated by Li Guozhong.
Zhang Rui had to call back the musketeers because he needed to attack Qingyuan City. After attacking Qingyuan, he could go directly to attack Guangzhou City.
At this time, the bandit suppression army occupied Wuzhou Prefecture, and news of Zhaoqing Prefecture had reached Guangzhou City.
Head of the Heaven and Earth Society
"Have you heard? That Zhang Rui has already captured Wuzhou Prefecture and Zhaoqing City. I heard that he has led troops to attack Qingyuan City. According to his ability, maybe Qingyuan has been captured." Tan Xialu said excitedly Liu Shiliu said
"How could I not have heard about it? Now the whole city of Guangzhou knows about it. I heard that Hong Xiguan and others are planning to go and join him." Liu Shiliu also replied excitedly
"No, and this Zhang Rui is very good. I heard that each of their households has land, and they only need two buckets of grain per mu." Tan Xialu said show off.
"Master Qin Xiang, is this true?" Li Muhe, another incense master of Tiandi Hui below the hall, asked
"Yes, Lord Li Xiang, that's what they said when they were recruiting soldiers. It's definitely not wrong!" Tan Xialu replied affirmatively to Li Muhe.
"Every household is allocated a field? Is that possible? It's not like each household is allocated one acre of land!" Li Muhe asked with some confusion.
"How is that possible, Lao Li, you just like to think nonsense. What they said is that every household without children can be allocated five acres of land." Liu Shiliu replied with disdain for Li Muhe's statement.
"Brother Sixteen, each household has at least five acres. How can he get so much land to share with us?" Li Muhe asked.
"You don't have to worry about this. Others have asked you this question before. Their answer is that Liaodong, the hometown of the Tatars, has nothing but lots of fields."
"I heard that the fields there are extremely fertile, black soil. As long as you drop the seeds, you don't need to fertilize them. That's why the Tatars don't let us go there, over there If a willow stick is inserted, anyone who dares to cross the willow stick will be beheaded." Liu Shiliu replied
"Is there really such good land? If so, those Tatars really deserve to die. Such good land is wasted." Li Muhe said angrily, and knocked on the stool he was sitting on with his fist.
"What good things can the Tatars have? They have killed very few of us. What they say about the Manchu and Han family all day long is bullshit." Tan Xialu said in agreement with Li Muhe.
"Sixteen, do you think this Zhang Rui can succeed?" Li Muying asked after taking a puff of cigarette.
"Master, it seems that Zhang Rui is indeed capable. If he can't succeed, it will be difficult for anyone to overthrow the Tatar court." After listening to Li Muying's words, Liu Shiliu considered it carefully. said
"You are right to say that. No one can conquer two houses so quickly. Do you think we should also go to him and find a way out for our brothers?" Li Muying asked
"
"Master, it seems that Zhang Rui is indeed capable. If he can't succeed, it will be difficult for anyone to overthrow the Tatar court." After listening to Li Muying's words, Liu Shiliu considered it carefully. said
"You are right to say that. No one can conquer two houses so quickly. Do you think we should also go to him and find a way out for our brothers?" Li Muying asked
"
