The end of the military era

When Xu Wanpeng heard this, he couldn't help saying bitterly: "The Zhou family in Ganyang is really rich and powerful, and I, Xu Wanpeng, didn't feel wronged when I lost.

But don't forget, the Ganyang Zhou family has offended the Silver Wolf Empire, and the expeditionary force of the Silver Wolf Empire is coming soon. "

He Zhonghou smiled slightly at this time, "You don't have to worry about us, the commander, we will leave after we get the money.

As for whether the Ganyang Zhou family can survive the hurdle of the Silver Wolf Empire?

I hope the commander-in-chief still has a chance to wait until that day. "

Xu Lijiang never expected that he returned to the first division's garrison with the guard battalion, but found that he could no longer enter.

"My lord, what should we do now?" Xu Kang, the battalion commander of the guard battalion, asked anxiously.

Xu Lijiang said with a gloomy face: "These bastards seem to have taken refuge in Ganyang Zhou's family!

Let's go out of the city first and go through the south gate. "

The gates in the four directions of Linxing City were originally guarded by the city defense regiment of Linxing City.

However, the three infantry divisions stationed in Linxing City were stationed in Dongcheng District, Xicheng District and Beicheng District.

Xu Lijiang was worried that the city gates in these three directions would be taken over by the rebel troops. After all, he had ordered the deputy division commander Gong Lixin to let the troops of the second division take over the west gate.

It's a pity that when Xu Lijiang arrived at the south gate with the guard battalion, he found that it had also been taken over by the Zhou family's troops in Ganyang.

And Xu Lijiang and his guard battalion were immediately surrounded by the Zhou family's troops in Ganyang.

"My lord, what should we do now?"

Xu Lijiang said grimly: "Let the brothers put down their weapons, we can't get out, and the Xu family is finished."

On February 1537, 2 in Tianyuan, an explosive news quickly swept through the entire Han and Tang Empire.

The Zhou family of Ganyang in Fengwu Town captured Linxing City where Zhenwei Jiedu Mansion was located almost overnight, and incorporated 4 infantry divisions and 2 mixed infantry brigades from the direct line troops of Zhenwei Jiedu Mansion.

Chapter 1 Ten

The sudden entry of the Ganyang Zhou family into the Zhenwei Jiedu Mansion shocked the entire Han and Tang Empire.

Even if the Zhenwei Jiedu Mansion is relatively weak among the 24 Jiedu Mansions of the Han and Tang Empires, it still controls hundreds of thousands of troops, among which there are tens of thousands of direct line troops with well-equipped weapons and strong combat effectiveness.

How could it be easily swallowed up by another local family in another feudal town?

The answer is simple, nothing more than the word "money".

This time, in order to instigate against several direct-line troops of Zhenwei Jiedu Mansion, Zhou Rui took out almost 8300 million silver coins to buy off several regiment-level and above officers.

Of course, the Zhenwei Jiedu Mansion's own problems were also one of the reasons why the Ganyang Zhou family could easily take over several direct troops of the Zhenwei Jiedu Mansion.

If 8300 million silver coins are used to form a new army, it must be much more powerful than the direct line troops of Zhenwei Jiedu Mansion.

But Zhou Rui thought that this huge sum of money was worth the money, even if he spent several times more silver coins, Zhou Rui would be willing.

Although the first division, second division, third division, fourth division, second mixed brigade and third mixed brigade of Zhenwei Jiedu Mansion have not all returned to full strength, they still have a total of about 5.5 people. And most of them are veterans.

For the Zhou family's army, which is extremely short of veterans, it's like rain after a long drought.

As for the loyalty of the 5.5 officers and soldiers, Zhou Rui was not worried.

After the regiment-level and above officers of these troops have all taken their money and left, the remaining mid- and low-level officers and soldiers will enjoy the military pay and various benefits of the Zhou family's army.

The military pay and various benefits formulated by Zhou Rui are unmatched in the entire Han and Tang Empires, and their appeal to middle and low-level officers and soldiers is absolutely unparalleled.

In addition, in order to stabilize the morale of the army, Zhou Rui also decided to give all the middle and low-level officers and soldiers of several units an extra half a year's military salary. The standard is based on the Zhou family's army units.

In fact, for Zhou Rui, the biggest gain this time is not the tens of thousands of veterans, but Linxing City, where Zhenwei Jiedu Mansion is located.

Linxing City is a large city with a population of more than one million, and it is also the most populous city in Zhenwei Town. It belongs to the villages and towns of Linxing City, and the combined population must be almost 100 million.

In this way, the Zhou family would have an additional base with a population of 200 million.

Besides Linxing City, Tonghui City, the second largest city in Zhenwei Town, is also directly under the Zhenwei Jiedu Mansion.

Tonghui City has an urban population of about 70, and the population of its surrounding villages and towns is also about 100 million.

Only the first mixed brigade of the Zhenwu Army is left among the direct line troops of Zhenwei Jiedu Mansion stationed in Tonghui City.

The [-]th Division, the [-]nd Mixed Brigade and the [-]rd Mixed Brigade of the Zhenwei Army that were originally stationed in Tonghui City have now been incorporated by the Zhou family.

Song Shenghe led the 1st Infantry Brigade of the garrison division. After successfully controlling the situation in Linxing City, he immediately sent an infantry regiment of the [-]st Infantry Brigade of the garrison division to Tonghui City.

Zhang Jiafeng, the commander of the First Mixed Brigade, is the nephew of Xu Wanpeng, the envoy of Zhenwei Jiedu.

After he learned of the shocking changes in Linxing City, he immediately came to the City Lord's Mansion of Tonghui City. Li Yuan, the City Lord of Tonghui City, was Zhang Jiafeng's father-in-law.

"Father-in-law, what shall we do?

My first mixed brigade has not recovered from the previous losses in Jingyang City.

Now the first mixed brigade has only more than 4000 people, and the city defense regiment of Tonghui City has less than [-] troops.

Although we can temporarily recruit strong men among the civilians in the city to help defend the city, we don't have enough weapons to arm those strong men. "

Li Yuan stroked his beard and said, "As the saying goes, those who understand current affairs are outstanding.

Now Linxing City has been occupied by Ganyang Zhou's family, and four infantry divisions and two mixed brigades have also been incorporated by Ganyang Zhou's family.

Only your first mixed brigade is left in Tonghui City, and nothing can be changed.

From now on, Zhenwei Town will no longer have the surname Xu, but will change the surname to Zhou. "

Zhang Jiafeng said in a daze: "It's over as soon as the Xu family says it. I still seem to be dreaming."

Li Yuan patted Zhang Jiafeng on the shoulder and said: "Jiafeng, you can't be confused at this critical moment.

The Xu family has no chance of turning over, so you must not be a funeral object for the Xu family. "

Zhang Jiafeng's face was a bit tangled at this time, "Don't worry, I won't be so stupid.

It's just that I'm a little bit reluctant to hand over the military power like this. "

"After all, you are Xu Wanpeng's nephew. If you still hold the military power in your hands, the Ganyang Zhou family will not be at ease."

"Oh, you are right, it seems that I can only take off this military uniform."

On the afternoon of February 1537, 2, after an infantry regiment of the First Infantry Brigade of the Zhou Family Garrison Division in Ganyang arrived at Tonghui City.

Zhang Jiafeng, commander of the first mixed brigade of the Zhenwei Army, led his troops to surrender. Since then, the two largest cities in Zhenwei Town have fallen into the hands of Zhou's family in Ganyang.