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Chapter 1308 Recruiting the armies (Part 2)

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    If you want to take down each unit, you can only defeat them one by one.  Thanks to the bad relationship between Gongsun Shangzhe, Zhao Yuankai, and Guo Kun, Ou Yan was given the opportunity to divide and disintegrate.

    Among the three departments, the most useless is Gongsun Shangzhe's department.  The Guanzhong soldiers under Gongsun Shangzhe were controlled by several descendants of Guanzhong families. They had strong cohesion and strong combat effectiveness.  However, because its army belongs to the Central Army, it is also very arrogant and has a poor relationship with the other two departments.  Moreover, these Guanzhong people are homesick and clamoring to return to Guanzhong. Even if they are conquered, it will be difficult to stay.

    ?The situation in the other two parts is different.

    Huainan is relatively stable, so the Huainan army is mostly composed of government soldiers; while Huaibei is one of the most turbulent places in the world, and the Huaibei army is almost entirely composed of newly recruited refugees.

    And because of this, Ou Yan was the first to take the idea of ??the Huaibei Army.

    In Ou Yan¡¯s view, almost all of these people have no family burdens. After being brought to Jiangnan, they can be married and have children, and then they can settle down in Jiangnan.

    The Huaibei Army is an organized unit, and its army is not organized according to the regional military system, but is a serious recruitment process.  The generals will be led by Zhao Kun, but Zhao Kun is not a military general and cannot suppress the generals. He can only be regarded as the spokesperson of the Huaibei Army.  Some of the military leaders under him are almost all bandits and robbers.  Mainly, Zhao Kun was in charge of the military rations, and everyone was headed by him, and at the same time, they stayed together to keep warm.  If Zhao Kun is asked to direct a specific department, it is really hard to say whether it will succeed.

    The Huaibei Army themselves know very well that they are just a make-up unit, and they may become cannon fodder. Therefore, the armies are extremely unorganized, their morale is not high, and their fighting will is not strong. They are a group of troops who are just messing around.  If they hadn't stayed in the army and had food to eat and a place to live, I don't know how many people would have fled.

    This kind of army will become a pustule if it is not used properly.

    When Ou Yan arrived in the army, he appointed Zhao Kun as the chief official and took charge of the political affairs of the army, but deprived Zhao Kun of his military power.  Zhao Kun didn't miss him either, and happily treated him as a long-term historian.  For Zhao Kun, whoever wants to be with these bandits and robbers is his grandson.

    Then Ou Yan was temporarily in the Huaibei Army.

    Ou Yan stayed in the Huaibei army for two days and then left the army. Soon after, he summoned the military leaders to discuss matters.  The purpose of staying in the Huaibei Army for two days was to make it easier for everyone to take refuge, and to leave the Huaibei Army was to make it easier for them to take action.

    Ou Yan summoned everyone in the name of reward, so a group of military leaders came to the camp happily.

    No one expected that this would be a Hongmen Banquet. When everyone arrived, Ou Yan immediately ordered people to take down everyone.  Except for the military leaders who had previously taken refuge with Ou Yan, all the others were executed.

    ¡°It¡¯s not because Ou Yan is ruthless, because Ou Yan has given everyone a chance, but these people didn¡¯t seize it.

    Ou Yan mobilized troops and came to the Huaibei military camp to purge the soldiers and generals in the camp.  Most of the leaders of the Huaibei Army were executed. Faced with swords and guns, everyone did not dare to cause any trouble.  Without the leader, no one dared to resist, so the entire Huaibei Army was under Ou Yan's control.  After the whole army was reorganized, about 8,000 people were reorganized according to the custom of Fengzhou Army. They were commanded by Guo Xingcun, the general of Ying Yanglang under Ou Yan.

    So far, Ou Yan has collected the first organized army in Jiangdu.

    Ou Yan captured the Huaibei Army, and both Zhao Yuankai and Gongsun Shangzhe were shocked.  Unexpectedly, Ou Yan was so silent but so decisive. He broke the game three times, five times and two times, and gained the upper hand.  Seeing the tragic situation of the Huaibei army leaders, the two of them felt sorry for each other and were worried that they would end up like this.

    Ou Yan set his second target as Zhao Yuankai.

    Zhao Yuankai is the son of former prime minister Zhao Fen.  He is flattering and good at collecting people's wealth.  If he is asked to engage in crooked things, he is good at it, but if he is asked to lead troops in war, it will be a bit difficult for him.  In the past, in the army, Tu Wanxu also directly bypassed Zhao Yuankai and delegated military command to each government.

    Ou Yan knows that such people may not be willing to suffer the hardships of marching, nor do they care about military power.

    Ou Yan went to see Zhao Yuankai in person.

    When Ou Yan put the information about Zhao Yuankai's corruption and bribery in front of Zhao Yuankai, Zhao Yuankai was scared to death.  Corruption and bribery would not be a big deal if it were normal. After all, there are a few upright officials these days.  But Zhao Yuankai is not a fool. If Ou Yan uses these materials as a prelude to investigate him severely, he will definitely not be easy.  Zhao Yuankai knew very well how wicked the things he had done were.

    Zhao Yuankai immediately gave in to Ou Yan.  He knew Ou Yan's purpose very well, and there was no need to fight him to the death.

    When Ou Yan saw that Zhao Yuankai was so smart, the two had a cordial and friendly exchange.

    Ou Yan assured Zhao Yuankai that after the victory in this battle, Zhao Yuankai would have a share of the credit, and he could also ask the court toDuke Wei among them will definitely give Zhao Yuankai a good position.  In exchange, Zhao Yuankai would hand over all his military power and no longer interfere with his subordinates' affairs.

    Anyone else would not be willing to do so. After all, the military is often the foundation of one¡¯s life.  But Zhao Yuankai was an exception. He knew that the people below him were not convinced by him and would make troubles. Even if he forced himself to take command, it would not make much sense.  Besides, now that Ou Yan has taken advantage of him again, he might as well follow Ou Yan to do some military service and be transferred to Taiping someday.

    Zhao Yuankai readily agreed to Ou Yan's suggestion and left the army with a group of confidants and soldiers.  Ou Yan reorganized and eliminated his troops together with Lu Qiji in Yanling, with a total of 12,000 troops, commanded by General Ying Yanglang Zhu Hui.

    With these two troops captured, Ou Yan¡¯s basic purpose has been completed.  The two armies numbered 20,000 people, plus the original 20,000-odd troops, for a total of more than 40,000 people, enough to sweep across the south of the Yangtze River.

    Ou Yan then ordered all armies to prepare to go south as soon as possible.

    Ou Yan ignored Gongsun Shangzhe's subordinates, but Gongsun Shangzhe, who had been waiting for Ou Yan to take action, couldn't sit still.  He was always ready to attack Ou Yan, but unexpectedly he failed, and naturally he felt uncomfortable.

    But Ou Yan is now in a hurry to go south, so he can't afford to deal with Gongsun Shangzhe again.

    Gongsun Shangzhe wanted to test Ou Yan to see Ou Yan's true purpose, so Gongsun Shangzhe took the initiative to ask Ou Yan to fight and be the vanguard.  Ou Yan originally didn't want to use Gongsun Shangzhe, but seeing that he was always jumping up and down, it was an eyesore to stay in front of his eyes, so he ordered Gongsun Shangzhe to lead his troops south to rescue Danyang County.  At the same time, Ou Yan used the excuse that there was a shortage of horses in the army and forcibly left a thousand horses from Gongsun Shangzhe's army.

    Gongsun Shangzhe did not want to stay under Ou Yan, so he was able to lead his army south to Danyang on his own, which was exactly what he wanted.  Although it cost him a thousand war horses, Gongsun Shangzhe was afraid that Ou Yan would regret it, so after giving him the horses, he ran south directly.

    Ou Yan didn't care. He got a thousand horses for free, and he was able to form a cavalry of 500 people.

    At this time, Yang Guang was pressing hard, and Ou Yan did not delay. He immediately ordered the entire army to prepare to go south.  (Remember the website address: www.hlnovel.com
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