The army stopped in Huolu City for two days to conduct business. One was to clean up the battlefield seizures in detail and record the battle achievements and losses, so that rewards could be given according to merit in the future and battle losses could be compensated.
The second is to identify the origins of the demoted soldiers and reorganize the army.
On the third trip, Gaokan took his men and horses and divided them into multiple branches to go to various places along the Yehe River.
At the same time, the wells near Huolu and the Niangziguan military fortress under his control must be tightened and controlled to ensure that they are in their own hands, so as to stabilize the rear.
From all places along the Yehe River, it is enough to lead troops from the army.
However, Jingjing and Niangziguan are important pass areas, especially Niangziguan, which interfaces with the Pingding Army and is the pass where Taiyuan soldiers and horses enter Zhending Mansion.
Gao Kan was worried that the Pingding Army would not be able to hold off the Jin Army on the West Road for long. Sooner or later, the enemy would be defeated and they would use the road to kill Zhending Mansion.
So this time, Yang Zhi was specially sent to go there personally with a thousand soldiers and horses.
The guard general and a group of troops at Niangzi Pass did not intend to change directly. Letting Yang Zhi pass was just a shock. Gaokan did not expect that the Jin army from Taiyuan would really kill them and they could hold on.
As long as you guarantee that no matter what the battle situation is with the Pingding Army, you can get the information as soon as possible.
In order to wait for Yang Zhi to return from his work smoothly, the army stayed in Huolu City for two more days.
On the fifth day, when Yang Zhi came back, he not only brought back the soldiers and horses he had brought out originally, but even three to four thousand more people.
When Gao Kan asked, he found out that after he entered the well, he took away all the training soldiers of the rural corps on the other side of the well.
As for the city defense, the 200 people from both cities who were brought there were left to take over.
In this way, the Jingjing City defense troops and horses are left there by their own people, so they don't have to worry about any changes in the city, and they are well placed.
The people who passed by the line of Yehe have all returned, and like Yang Zhi, they have brought back many more people.
So after five days of procrastination in Huolucheng, Gaokan suddenly had nearly two more troops under his command.
At the moment, I don’t know how many people Lin Chong and the others have gathered in Zhending Mansion. In short, it should be no less than here. All in all, there should be five or six thousand more people at least.
In this way, Gao Kan estimated the men and horses at hand, and suddenly surpassed the 20,000 soldiers and approached the 30,000 soldiers and horses.
If we include Wu Song's troops gathered in the north, he may have more than 30,000 troops.
With so many soldiers and horses in his hands, even more than the Pingding Army Town, Mr. Gao suddenly became a real warlord commander in the north.
With more and more soldiers and horses in hand, Gaokan was overjoyed, but there were also hidden dangers.
With so many soldiers and horses, regardless of anything else, the daily food and drink expenses alone are not a small amount. To ensure that the army always has combat effectiveness, naturally the soldiers' rations cannot be deducted.
We even need to improve our combat power. In order to be able to fight against the golden soldiers on the frontal battlefield in the future, we also need to improve our food quality.
Otherwise, how could a group of people who eat chaffy vegetables defeat a group of people who drink wine and eat meat?
To eat well, you naturally need to have enough money to support it. Gaokan's little wealth is obviously not enough. The money from the Lianghuai Salt Gang will have to wait for another month or two, and he cannot wait that long. .
After thinking about it, there was only one way.
When entering Huolu City, the old rule is to conduct a search first, and hundreds of thousands of silver coins were collected. Even Huolu City could search so much, and Zhending Mansion at least ten times more.
There is also Guojiazhuang in Zhengding, which must also be a treasure house with plenty of money and food.
Since Guojiazhuang has surrendered to the Jin people and is a powerful person who brings disaster to the party, there is no psychological burden at all to deal with their high obstacles.
So before he set out for Zhending Mansion, Gao Kan had already made his plan to seize millions of silver coins. Anyway, I have soldiers in my hands and my fists are big enough. I have the final say in Zhending Mansion.
The army marched out from Lucheng, and the people in the city lined the streets to see them off. This was the first time Gaokan had seen this scene.
Because these ordinary people in Huolu City were originally oppressed to a great extent by the government bullies, after Gao Kan led the army into the city, the first thing he did was to clean up the corrupt officials and gentry bullies.
After cleaning up those people, the money and food were confiscated directly, and the remaining houses and real estate were useless.
They simply summoned the local poor people and distributed them directly to each place and village.
Some people's families were so poor that they couldn't bear to blame, so they allocated part of the military ration treasury to support them, and exempted the local people from all taxes that year.
To the ordinary people under Huolu's rule, Gaokan and the army he led were like recreating their parents.
However, this kind of thing will only be done in Lucheng again, and there is no chance to spread to other places at the moment.
First of all, he was still a minister of the Zhao Song official family. He had to act in accordance with the laws of the Song Dynasty. If he did it in a small place, it would be okay in the chaos of war.
However, if it spreads and even forms a trend in the entire Zhending Mansion, and even formulates a new set of laws for public security and safety, it will go against the laws of the Zhao and Song Dynasty officials and the vested interest groups of the entire Song Dynasty. .
At least now, his fist is not that big.
Many things need to be done slowly, step by step, and there is no need to be in a hurry even if it is a difficult task.
Rather than changing the world, what is more important to him right now is where to get more money. With more and more soldiers and horses, more and more military expenditures are needed.
This is thanks to the basic national policy set by the Zhao and Song officials since the founding of the country, to hide wealth from the people. To be precise, it is to hide wealth from corrupt officials and local tyrants and evil gentry.
If it weren't for the accumulation of hundreds of years by the Zhao and Song officials, there would be no wealthy people all over the Song Dynasty. How could Gaokan have snatched so much money?
There is no need to consider the long-term plan at the moment. An army of 100,000 can be raised by robbing.
When he really has an army of 100,000, it will not be too late to consider a stable and stable source of military income. And by that time, if it is really impossible, he can go north to rob the gold men and rob Xixia.
We have to fight anyway, just like those foreign Tatars, it doesn’t matter where they kill and plunder.
The army walked from Huolu to Zhending Mansion. Although the journey was smooth, it took two or three days. When they arrived outside the city of Zhending Mansion, Lin Chong and Lu Zhishen personally led their troops out of the city to greet them.
Gao Kan got off the carriage and said hello, and then followed him into the city.
The prefect's Yamen had already asked Lin Chong to clean up, and Gao Kan moved directly into it as soon as he arrived. However, when passing by the streets of Zhending Prefecture, he saw something unusual.
When I first came to Zhending Mansion, the whole city was still very lively and prosperous. The streets were full of people and there were all kinds of merchants and shops.
But this time we came in and passed through half of the Zhending City, but we didn't see a single pedestrian on the road.
Not only that, even the shops on the street were not open.
