Qiming 1158

Chapter 1322 They are no longer a rotten feudal army

It is worth mentioning that although the news that the officials are preparing to run overseas is no longer a secret among the upper circles, the common people, minor officials, grass-roots officers, and low-level soldiers in Hangzhou are completely unaware of this matter.

Even some low-level officials were kept in the dark.

In the matter of escaping for their lives, the powerful bureaucrats who were preparing to flee for their lives gave full play to their sense of secrecy and achieved what they could never do in the past.

The news of the completion of the Yellow River Project in the Ming Dynasty did come to Hangzhou, and everyone knew about it, but for the time being, no one thought of the Ming army going south to destroy the Song Dynasty, and no one could guess that the powerful bureaucrats were ready to make money. gone.

Of course, the fewer people who know about this kind of thing, the better. Everyone keeps their mouths shut, and things like transferring property are entrusted to their own family members and cronies to do business themselves, under the guise of doing business with caravans. Don't bother outsiders.

So for now, no leaks have occurred.

The same is true in the army. Only the middle and senior officers got the news from the civil servants who had made good friends through their personal connections. They knew that the Ming Dynasty had basically repaired the Yellow River. If nothing else happened, I am afraid that the next step would be to go south.

The middle and senior officers were also quite frightened, except for a very few who were really courageous, most of them planned to moisten together, and did not want to stay here and die.

But these things in the army have to get Zhang Shi's permission. Without Zhang Shi's permission, how could they escape the army by themselves?
Facing the private pleas of the middle and senior officers, Zhang Shi's attitude was very clear.

You can leave if you want, but you must leave a sum of money before you can leave. According to the level of your respective positions, leave different money. If the money is in place, you can leave. If the money is not in place, you must stay.

Many officers secretly cursed Zhang Shi for asking for money, asking for money to buy a coffin, etc., reluctantly handing over the money, and then decisively began to prepare to escape.

Unlike the officials, the officers were farther away from the city of Hangzhou and the people, and they were less worried about escaping.

Soon after, the commanders of the [-]-strong army under Zhang Shi’s own control, the middle and senior officers above all made sure that they were ready to run away. .

Only one of them could not bear to escape alone because he had received Zhang Jun's favor. He wanted to persuade Zhang Zhi to escape together, which was considered a conscience.

In the face of this situation, Zhang Shi directly persuaded him to let him go without accepting his money.

The middle and senior officers were ready to moisten, and some officers with relatively low positions also learned of this, and privately asked Zhang Shi to allow them to moisturise together, saying that there are old and young, and the whole family is pitiful and does not want to stay. They were killed by the Ming army or purged by the Ming kingdom.

They don't want to die.

Zhang Shi's heart remained unchanged, he nodded, allowed them to pay a little less money, and then let them prepare an escape plan.

After that, although they still held positions in the army in name, they actually had nothing to do with the army.

As a result, among Zhang Shi's 2-strong army, all middle and high-level officers decided to join the army, and middle and low-level officers prepared to join accounted for more than [-]% of the total number.

The remaining middle and low-ranking officers who did not escape were all of the same identity—renaissance members.

As a result, there was a huge shortage of officers in the army.

But it doesn't matter, this is exactly what Zhang Shi wants to see.

So Zhang Shi began to reorganize this army into the line of fire of the Ming army.

He promoted another group of people to take over these vacant positions in his army - the Renaissance members secretly developed by the Ming instructors when they were training the army.

They have learned quite solid military common sense from the Ming army instructors, and they are fully qualified for the positions of grassroots officers. Some of them are relatively good in theory, and they are also competent for the positions of grassroots instructors.

After this wave of major changes, Zhang Zhi's line of fire naturally promoted these revival members to the positions of officers and instructors, quickly filled the vacancies, and successfully completed the substantial mutiny in a very stable and peaceful way.

After that, senior command officers were also lacking in some key positions.

An army of 2 people still needs some reliable senior commanders. Without senior commanders, many things will be difficult to handle.

Of course, this does not matter. The Ming army has already sent some of the former Ming army instructors who are familiar with the situation to serve on the spot under Zhang Shi's appointment.

Soon, everyone from the lower-level soldiers to the upper-level officers knew about the sudden occurrence of the mutiny and their actual transformation.

They are no longer rotten feudal armies.

From now on, they are the revolutionary army that symbolizes the new era.

They are no longer fighting for the old men in Hangzhou, but for the revolutionary cause.

It is their mission to knock the old men to the ground and let the bulls and horses turn over and call the shots.

After Lian Xiaodai turned the army he controlled into the Ming army, Zhang Shi quickly transferred them into the city and took over the important city defense facilities around the city.

Because Shen Gai's order was in place, Zhang Shi's power and status as a Pingzhang army and state affairs had also been clarified, so the original city defense troops did not resist in the slightest.

They honestly accepted the switch order.

As a result, a series of city defense facilities and military garrison in key areas were controlled by Zhang Shi.

The army that originally belonged to Shen Gai was disrupted and reorganized by him, and it was incorporated into the army directly under him.

The middle and high-ranking officers in Shen's army don't need to tell him, they are ready to moisten themselves. Except for their own soldiers, they don't care about other soldiers. No matter what, Zhang Shi can do whatever he wants, anyway, they don't care.

The middle and low-level officers who did not know the reason were abandoned by the higher-level officers with a confused look. They were scattered and reorganized into Zhang Shi's subordinates, and they began to accept Zhang Shi's command in a daze.

Having said that, but due to manpower and time issues, it was too late for him to annex Zhou Linzhi's army.

But if the team is not annexed, there will be other concerns.

After thinking about it, Zhang Shi came up with a solution.

He pretended to take the opportunity to "revenge private revenge", and placed the troops originally affiliated to Zhou Linzhi in the northeast direction of Hangzhou City for defense, preventing them from entering Hangzhou City, and letting them directly confront the Ming army in that direction.

Zhou Linzhi was very angry about this arrangement. He found Zhang Shi in the complaints of his unexplained subordinates and asked him for an explanation.

Zhang Shi's face was calm.

"I'm giving them a chance to escape. If they enter Hangzhou City, they won't even have a chance to escape. Anyway, the senior officers of your subordinates will go with you, and I have no interest in commanding the rest. Just let them escape, isn't that what they want?"

Zhou Linzhi's face flushed with anger.

"Zhang Jingfu, you are avenging your personal revenge, right?"

Zhang Shi sneered.

"Yes, I'm just avenging private revenge, so what? What can you do with me? Zhou Maozhen, remember, I am the state affairs of the Pingzhang army, and I am the current prime minister of the Song Dynasty. It's me who is in the same country! It's not you!

If you have any ideas or opinions, you can, I will abdicate and let the sages, this position will be left to you, you will do the military and state affairs of Pingzhang, you will guard Hangzhou, and I will leave, how about it?Do you want to take this position?You dare? "

Zhang Zhi took out his official seal and placed it directly in front of Zhou Linzhi, scolding Zhou Linzhi angrily, and started rolling up his sleeves, preparing to attack Zhou Linzhi.

(End of this chapter)