After listening to his son's inquiry, Zhang Zhongyan was silent for a while, then turned and walked back.
He spoke as he walked.
"It's both. They want to reduce my military power, and they also want to show off to others. This shows that there are many people in the Liberation Army who are dissatisfied with me. Zhang Yuejing is under great pressure, but Zhang Yuejing is not willing to deal with me seriously. .
Zhang Yuejing's position must directly accept Su Yonglin's orders. Zhang Yuejing's attitude can be directly equivalent to Su Yonglin's attitude, which shows that Su Yonglin wants to protect me, and my punishment is just to shut up those people inside.
It's just that I never expected that the military discipline of the Liberation Army would actually reach this point. I heard that only Yue Fei, who was in charge of the army, could reach this point, and the Liberation Army did the same.
I finally understand why Su Yonglin was able to overthrow the Jin Kingdom and dominate the Central Plains. This kind of army can definitely control the people's hearts and minds. The one who wins the people's hearts will win the world. If he cannot win the world, who will win the world? "
Zhang Fu was a little confused.
"Su Yonglin wants to protect his father? Is this his attitude?"
Zhang Zhongyan nodded.
"Why did Su Yonglin accept my surrender? Didn't he just take a fancy to the status and momentum of our Zhang family in Guanzhong? He needed me to announce his attitude to those who were holding a wait-and-see attitude, so that those people would not resist. Surrender to him as soon as possible, and he can control Guanzhong as soon as possible and completely destroy the Jin Kingdom."
Having said this, Zhang Zhongyan sighed again: "He needs me, so why don't I need him? Being his enemy can certainly bring temporary benefits, but seeing that his army is so disciplined, he even seems to love the people like a son. .
People's hearts, people's hearts must be tightly grasped by him. If we don't understand the general trend, we will be harmed by it over time. Only by following Su Yonglin can we maintain long-term interests. In the final analysis, we can use each other. That’s all. "
Zhang Fu was silent for a while, then asked again: "Then how many troops and horses do we need to eliminate?"
"half."
"half?"
Zhang Fu frowned: "Is it too much? Half of it is 20,000 people. Only 20,000 people. Can we still be the same as before? If Su Yonglin turns his back one day, can we still resist?"
"Can we successfully resist with 40,000 troops now?"
Zhang Zhongyan's rhetorical question left Zhang Fu speechless and lowered his head.
Are you kidding me?
Fighting with those murderous soldiers of the Liberation Army?
Zhang Fu didn't dare to think about it at all.
Zhang Zhongyan shook his head.
"Su Yonglin is a strong man. Although he needs me, it does not mean that he is not a strong man. Surrendering to the strong requires sincerity. Without me, although he will face some difficulties, in the end, Guanzhong is still his, and without him, I don't have it anymore.
The Zhang family is just a famous family in Guanzhong. Su Yonglin is the king of the world. Surrendering to the king is a matter of course. My son, put your thoughts away. If the Zhang family wants to survive, it must do its best to cater to Su Yonglin without harming itself. Understand? "
Zhang Fu looked at Zhang Zhongyan blankly, and then nodded with difficulty.
"I understand, Father."
"Well, let's go do the work, build up the momentum, let everyone know that Zhang Zhongyan is disarming, and select one or two hundred people from the disbanded people to hand over to the Military Justice Department.
Just say... they have committed a crime. I took the initiative to find these law-breakers and handed them over to the Military Justice Department for punishment. Then, you privately warned those who stayed to restrain themselves. If anyone dares to commit another crime, I will tolerate it. Not less than them. "
"I understand, Father."
Zhang Fu quickly went to do something.
Soon, news of the large-scale disarmament under Zhang Zhongyan spread, and the entire Liberation Army knew that Zhang Zhongyan was undergoing large-scale disarmament.
At the same time, the Military Justice Department of the Henan Corps also received one hundred and thirty-nine "disturbers" escorted by Zhang Zhongyan's command. They said that these people were bastards who were interrogated by Zhang Zhongyan on his own initiative and handed over to the Military Justice Department for strict punishment. Zhang Zhongyan would definitely Will not tolerate rape.
Then, Zhang Yuejing also announced the punishment for Zhang Zhongyan, fined him money and food, and punished him for laying off unreliable soldiers.
Cut off half of his troops in one go.
After such a combination of punches, the dissatisfaction within the Liberation Army against Zhang Zhongyan's Fengxiang Army was relieved to a certain extent. There were not so many people shouting to settle the accounts against Zhang Zhongyan every day.
Those who were cut off from the Fengxiang Army under Zhang Zhongyan will be together with the refugees in Chang'an. Those who are willing to live in Chang'an can be resettled in Chang'an. Those who are willing to go home can be reorganized and go home with the army. They ask the local governments to accept them and take care of the aftermath. matters.
What?
you are not willing?
Look at the army I brought with me!
This is armed immigration!
Those local officials who had surrendered to Zhang Zhongyan before and liked to play football when something happened were unable to say a word of rejection when faced with the armed forces of the Liberation Army escorting the refugees home.
Zhang Yuejing counted the places of origin of the refugees, and left some instructors and a small force in each county where the refugees were born, and set up a refugee resettlement office to supervise the local government in handling this matter.
As for the money and food needed to resettle the refugees who have lost their homes, the Liberation Army will provide part of it, and the remaining part...
Zhang Zhongyan patted his chest and said that he was willing to transport the fined money and food to where needed according to Zhang Yuejing's request, and he would bear the transportation costs.
Zhang Yuejing nodded with satisfaction, set money and food standards for the five counties where many refugees and signed troops belonged, and ordered the local officials to be responsible to the end. Anyone who handles the matter improperly will be severely punished!
It takes considerable courage to say the word "no" in front of a sharp knife.
But these local officials who had surrendered once obviously did not have such courage.
After the Guangfu Army was reorganized, they arrived at Fengxiang Mansion in mid-July, and then divided their troops into two groups, one to Jingzhou and the other to Longzhou, and started the strategy again.
The local government forces of the Jin Kingdom, which had lost its main army and unified command, were unable to resist the attack of the Liberation Army. Except for a few hard-core people, most of them surrendered and surrendered when they saw the Liberation Army coming.
In this case, of course, we should not fight if we can, and try not to cause any losses to the local area, so as to reduce the pressure of future governance.
Zhang Yuejing's rule is to see if the opponent surrenders. If he doesn't surrender, he will send Zhang Zhongyan to persuade him. If Zhang Zhongyan still refuses to surrender after being persuaded, he will have no choice but to fight.
However, there were not many local officials who could survive the first two procedures, so Zhang Yuejing went to Jingzhou, Longzhou, Qinzhou, and Pingliang Prefecture, and only met the Qinzhou governor Li Huai in Chengji County, the capital of Qinzhou. Resist firmly.
He led the Qinzhou border guards to fight against the Liberation Army and refused to surrender.
The key point is that this guy has a lot of backbone, but the people around him are more arrogant, and he has no military talent. After fighting for a long time, the fierce firepower of the Liberation Army made his subordinates unbearable.
So his subordinates did nothing but attack him when he was not paying attention, tied him up, opened the city gate, and surrendered to the Liberation Army - you want to die alone, don't drag us together!
All Qinzhou border guards surrendered, and Qinzhou surrendered.
At the same time, Su Haisheng, who joined forces with Jiang Liangping, led the army into Zhenrong Prefecture, where he encountered the last large-scale resistance of the Jin army in an organized form.
The initiator of this resistance was Zhenrong Prefecture Defense Envoy Pu Lihei. He advocated leading the army to fight to the death with the Liberation Army to serve the country. However, the Wuyan Puha slaves who escaped were unwilling and advocated that Pu Lihei be allowed to join him. He led his army to flee west.
"When the country is in crisis, it is people like you and me who need to stand up and turn the tide. At this time, if you don't want to fight the enemy bravely, but you have to run for your life in a hurry, can you be regarded as someone who has received the emperor's favor?"
Pu Lihei rebuked Wuyan Puha Nu, but Wuyan Puha Nu was frightened by the power of the Liberation Army and planned to run away, not daring to fight with the Liberation Army.
So Pu Lihei did not stop, taking advantage of Wuyan Puha Nu's unpreparedness, he led his army to attack and kill Wuyan Puha Nu, cut off his head, eliminated his bodyguards, and showed them to his army. His head tells everyone that this is the fate of leaving one's post without permission.
Wuyan Puha Nu's army was frightened by Pu Lihei's fierceness and did not dare to resist, so he was recruited by Pu Lihei.
Pu Lihei then organized 20,000 troops and marched to Dongshan County, where he set up a battle array and fought to the death with the incoming Liberation Army.
