In the spring of the 3866th year of the lunar calendar,

Lin Jiang convened senior officials in Qiyun Mountain to discuss

the issue of sending troops. After lying dormant for a winter, Lin Jiang was ready to take action. "This meeting is to discuss the issue of sending troops. After lying dormant for a winter, the rebel army has been reborn and its strength is no longer what it used to be. I am not worried about conquering cities, so today we will discuss other issues.

The first point is the issue of our slogan. I have already formulated a battle plan. The first step is to sweep across Qishan Prefecture outside Qiyun Mountain. All eight counties of Qishan Prefecture must be taken down. Once taken down, we will immediately announce to the outside world that our slogan is to drive out the demons and return our rivers and mountains. This is also our ultimate goal. This move is to win over the northerners who are heading south and unite them as much as possible.

This task is given to Qin Yong. Before we send out troops, you have to take your men down the mountain first. The young soldier will give you 100 people. You must find a way to print our policies and spread our slogans as quickly as possible to all states and regions."

"Yes, sir."

"The second point is to distinguish who our enemies are and who our friends are. I don't want to see a destroyed world, so we must make a distinction. Our

enemies are those high-ranking, corrupt, incompetent officials, as well as those wealthy families who are full of evil and are rich but unkind.

We must have different strategies for these enemies. During our conquests, if anyone is stained with the blood of our people, we will kill them, and those who are extremely evil will be killed.

As for those officials and wealthy families who have not hindered us and have not killed our people, we can further subdivide them, for example, we can let them help..."

"Sir, let me say something..."

"Military advisor, you say..."

"According to your strategy, sir, we have offended almost all the nobles and wealthy families. With the current strength of the rebel army, in addition to the army, there are only a few thousand people available. It is okay to occupy a prefecture, but what if the territory is increased? The management of the common people and the collection of taxes all require the support of these people. If they make trouble..."

"It's okay. I will announce more detailed rules later. If we find any problems during the march, we can correct them in time. We are not afraid of having no one to use, nor are we afraid of offending them. We have plenty of ways to deal with them,"

Lin Jiang said. Isn't it difficult to solve these problems? For example, for those aristocratic families, Lin Jiang will attack their direct lineage, the main family, but support some side branches and so on, and let them suppress the main family.

For example, the landlords and wealthy families, those with property of dozens or two hundred acres are their objects of unity. These families are the main source of grassroots intellectuals and grassroots elites. Give them a chance for promotion, and they are not afraid that they will not work hard.

"Since you are already prepared, I won't say anything."

"Let me continue. The third point is about military discipline and post-war governance. After we come down from the mountain, military discipline is the first priority. We must not harass the people, we must not kill innocent people to claim credit, and we must not hide spoils

of war. All military discipline must be strictly enforced. I will form a 500-man supervision team to severely punish all violators. No one will be allowed to plead for mercy. For post-war governance, every time we occupy a place, the first thing we do is to severely punish those officials and wealthy families who have done evil, divide their property, and take the floating wealth back into the army. As for land, houses and other properties, they must be distributed to the poor, especially those landlords in the countryside, and those usurious loan sharks. IOUs and the like were all burned in public.

In addition, the young soldiers and other literate people in the rebel army were divided into several groups, and then assigned to each town to publicize our strategy to the ordinary people, teach them to read, and form militia soldiers... "

Lin Jiang explained the strategies he had summarized in the past few months one by one. The more they listened, the brighter their eyes became. They were confused about how to govern after conquering a place, but Lin Jiang's words gave them inspiration. If they could really implement these perfectly, would they still be afraid of not being able to conquer the world?

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Outside the city of Qishan Prefecture, the prefect was looking at the dark masses of refugees outside the city, and he was worried. The rebels in Qiyun Mountain hundreds of miles away were his biggest worry. Last winter, those rebels broke through more than a dozen large households in towns and villages, and defeated two bandit-suppressing officers and soldiers in a row. It was unknown when they would become stronger, and these refugees in front of them were not a hidden danger.

There were too many refugees. Countless people starved to death or froze to death in one winter. The mass graves were almost full. Last winter, he organized a porridge relief program for the wealthy families in the city. But now that food is expensive, those wealthy families are unwilling to continue investing in this bottomless pit. Once the porridge distribution stops, who knows if the refugees will rebel.

In the past few months, refugees in many places have rebelled. Many county magistrates and prefects have died in the war. Even if they did not die, they would be impeached and lose their official positions.

When he thought of this, he felt bad. No matter how he looked at it, his future was bleak. He should find a way to transfer him to a stable place to be a prefect.

But the prefect didn't know that there were dozens of refugees staring at him. They arrived two days ago. According to the time, the gentleman should have taken action.

"Get out of the way, get out of the way..."

Suddenly, a group of fast horses came on the official road, and the people on the horses shouted loudly. The soldiers at the city gate became nervous instantly.

The soldiers at the city gate were the defeated soldiers of Qiyun Mountain. After being disarmed by Lin Jiang, most of them returned to the city. After the prefect organized the second attack on the mountain and failed, he left them in the city. If he didn't leave them, he would feel insecure.

"Who are you?"

"My Lord, I am Fang Datong, the chief constable of Pingshan County. The rebels from Qiyun Mountain have come out of the mountain, have already broken through Pingshan County, and are heading towards the city."

After the man was stopped, the prefect questioned his identity, but the man's words made the prefect's face change drastically.

"What, how could it be, how could it be?"

The prefect was dumbfounded, his mind was blank, and he didn't know what to do.

"My Lord, quickly, close the city gates, gather troops, and organize young and strong people to defend the city."

"Yes, yes, yes, let's go back quickly."

Fortunately, someone next to him was calmer and said quickly. The prefect suddenly realized and immediately ordered to close the city gates. When

the soldiers and others heard the news, they also wanted to close the city gates. Naturally, they agreed and left immediately, and this news began to spread among the refugees.

"Brothers, fellow villagers, the dog officials are unwilling to give out porridge, we are going to starve to death"

"Fellow villagers, there are rebels coming to kill us, staying here means death, hurry up and rush in with me" "Go

into the city to save your life"

Dozens of spies immediately began to stir up the refugees. The emotions of these refugees were like gunpowder barrels. Once they were stirred up, they would explode immediately. They didn't care about anything else and rushed directly to the city gate.

The soldiers guarding the gate were terrified and immediately drew their swords to chop at the refugees, but before they killed a few people, the spies squeezed around them and killed them.

The city gate was in complete chaos and could not be closed. A large number of refugees poured in. When Lin Jiang arrived with some elite troops, all the soldiers at the city gate had fled, and some of the refugees had not yet entered the city.

"Sir, it seems that Qishan Prefecture has succeeded."

"Yes, go in and clean up the mess, tell Tian Xiong not to let any of those corrupt officials go, go and stop them,"

Lin Jiang said. With a little trick, he took down a city. It was not because he was so powerful, but because Qishan Prefecture was too useless.

Lin Jiang led the team into Qishan Prefecture. Many soldiers recognized him by looking at Lin Jiang's mask. After the brave men and officers who were recruited were killed, the rest surrendered. They knew that surrender would not kill them, but resistance would.

On the other side, the troops led by Tian Xiong also captured the corrupt officials and rich families who had fled. None of them escaped, and they were all taken back to the city. Early the next morning, a large group of rebels appeared.

"Restore order, prevent refugees and marauding soldiers from taking advantage of the opportunity to rob, and issue a notice to reassure the people"

"Except for the chief officer in the city, all other officials will be retained temporarily to help restore order" "Take

all captured soldiers and lock them up"

"Take the officials to the prison to clear up unjust cases, release those who should be released and kill those who should be killed"

"Open the government warehouse, provide relief to refugees, resettle them out of the city, monitor those wealthy families..."

"Bring the follow-up working group into the city and have them start working immediately according to the previous drills..."

Lin Jiang issued one order after another, and the rebel army acted quickly. The tiger had already come out of the mountain, and it would be difficult to lock it up again. It was Lin Jiang's time again.