It is precisely because the situation has changed so much that it provides Meng Jiucheng's most favorable conditions for his development, although he does not fully know that it will be so smooth.

As the saying goes, when the world comes, the world is the same, and luck is not free. Among the factors of success, luck ranks among the top three, so there should be no objection.

Meng Jiucheng was lucky, of course, with his plan and arrangement. For example, close to Maji Mountain, start from a small mountain village first, and then peek at the big town. This low-key way of action avoids premature attention from other forces.

It took no time to settle the seven villages. When Meng Jiucheng and his remaining troops rushed to Woshiling Village with their supplies and began to build fortifications on Sidingzi, the fires and fights in Junan County were fighting fiercely.

The yamen runners bewitched and swept a group of people, and the bandits and thieves gathered up the scoundrels. The alliance between these two sides was unstable. When they captured the county town, they could barely fight together. If they won the victory, how could they live in peace for a long time?

Liu Tingyu secretly contacted the family of Lingyang Town, as well as the local tyrant Zhou Sangui of Crossroad Town, and was about to start a sudden attack. However, unexpectedly, the news leaked, and the bandits who were the leader of Zhang became the first to start.

The matter was rushed, and Liu Tingyu and his gang were defeated and withdrew from the county town in a panic. After the defeat, Liu Tingyu was unwilling to accept it. Lingyang Town took a break and joined forces with Liu Wenzheng, Zhou Sangui, and the three families to attack the county town.

After such trouble, not only did Liu Wenzheng's expansion plan to recruit soldiers and buy horses give up halfway, but even Meng Jiuzheng killed Ma Si and made such a fuss in the mountains, no one paid attention to him for the time being.

Meng Jiucheng, who received the exact news, became more courageous and arched south again, occupying eight villages including Shanli Village, Xishan Village, Guanlingqian Village, and Daling Village. He not only controlled the villages and expanded the team, but also detained all the people sent by the Lingyang Town to recruit soldiers and horses.

Now Hushan has become the forefront, only more than ten miles away from Lingyang Town. If you go south, it will probably cause the fear of Liu Wenzheng and others.

Meng Jiucheng then sat here, commanded the soldiers, mobilized the people, built fortifications to defend and resist. Mu Yi and others led their teams to set out again and continued to expand in the east and west directions.

In less than a month, Meng Jiuzheng had occupied thirty-two villages, one medium-sized town, equivalent to one third of the territory north of Lingyang Town. The population under his jurisdiction was more than 5,000, and the army also expanded to nearly 500.

This is the case in mountainous areas, with a large number of villages but a small population. You should know that Junan County has seven or eight hundred natural villages and four towns, with a total population of around 100,000. The bases occupied by Meng Jiuzheng are still a small part of the population.

But Meng Jiucheng knew that the foundation he laid was stronger than other armed forces. Because he built according to the standards of the base and had long-term development plans. Establishing a base was indeed a very advanced theory at that time.

Several Red Coat Army have occupied more than a dozen states in Shandong. Is it considered a base?

Of course that doesn't count. In Meng Jiucheng's understanding, the base area should be relatively stable, with its own administrative agencies and policy measures, which are supported by the majority of local people, and can basically rely on themselves and provide logistics supplies and military supplements. We must be patient and do long-term and arduous business work...

Meng Jiucheng spoke so hard that he explained the policy measures and answered everyone's questions before he sent Chen Daotong, Hu Chanfang, Wu Xiucai, and Mr. Feng... These dozen scholars were the government agencies he established, responsible for managing these 32 villages.

That’s right, the construction base must be helped by scholars. Not to mention the saying that lacking knowledge is really scary, but without knowledge and organizational ability, the operation will be ineffective and the army will not grow. This is something that ordinary armed forces do not pay attention to.

Drinking hot water and moistening his throat, Meng Jiucheng gently stroked his forehead, feeling that dealing with scholars was even more tiring than killing the enemy in battle.

Although it was both troublesome and tiring, Meng Jiucheng knew that this was a strong foundation. Without a solid foundation, Zhanxian and Zhanzhou were just buildings on the beach. Moreover, he did not take advantage of the momentum to continue to expand southward, but he also had the intention of using calmness to prevent and wait for chaos.

Nowadays, the rebels in various places basically under the banner of the Red Coat Army, but their components are complex and their goals are different. They fight for territory and resources are also very fierce. When their own strength is still very weak and the situation is still turbid, the result of rash actions is very dangerous.

For example, using sneak attacks is likely to capture the relatively empty Lingyang Town. But then they will face Liu Tingyu, Liu Wenzheng and Zhou Sangui's coalition forces, or the bandit Zhang Cheng's troops. The noise is too big, and it may even attract the attention of Yu Yang, the general under Yang Aner of Juzhou.

Therefore, Meng Jiucheng decided to temporarily slow down, not only to stabilize the occupied territory, but also to make a decision after the situation is clear. Moreover, from the perspective of population and resources, and after the implementation of various policies and measures, these 32 villages still have potential to tap.

"Hi, hey, damn it, come out to work!" Meng Jiucheng put down his teacup and summoned without hesitation.

That's right, the dead head is the name Meng Jiucheng gave to the system that makes people hate but can't do anything about it.

Although the dead head and Meng Jiucheng sprayed each other for nothing, and the potatoes he gave were really surprised and disappointed Meng Jiucheng, Meng Jiucheng also gradually discovered the advantages of the dead head - knowledgeable.

Generally speaking, the biggest cheating device for time travelers is not about bringing some high-tech stuff, but about grasping the general trend of history and knowledge and theories that transcend the times. Knowledge is power, and this sentence is simply tailor-made for time travelers.

Therefore, Meng Jiucheng temporarily abandoned the idea of ​​asking for this and that from the dead, and instead regarded him as a consultant or think tank. However, the way of asking for advice was somewhat alternative. In the mutual criticism and swearing, people and the system communicated in this way.

"Damn, what do you want to ask for when you look for the uncle?" Although the system has a bad attitude and is vulgar and uses words, it basically answers questions and do its best to give it to anyone you want.

Maybe this is professionalism? Meng Jiucheng has come to the conclusion and has gradually gotten used to this method.

"I want to plant bamboo. Can this place grow?" Meng Jiucheng is not a plant expert, but he knows that there are several places in Shandong that can plant bamboo in later generations.
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