Zhang Shan rejected Zuo Liangyu's proposal to help eliminate the trespass outside Luoyang first. For Zhang Shan, the trespass has never been a problem he is worried about.￥f,

He has not lifted the siege of Luoyang for half a year. It is not that he is afraid of Li Zicheng, but that he is worried about Zuo Liangyu. Now that Zuo Liangyu has accepted the order of transfer, the rear is stable and the Chu army can surround and suppress the rebels with peace of mind.

Zhang Shan was very happy about Zuo Liangyu's choice. He was not afraid of Zuo Liangyu, but if Zuo Liangyu refused to accept the conditions he proposed, then he would have no other choice.

When he came to Yancheng, Zhang Shan prepared two plans. The first plan was naturally to Zuo Liangyu accept the order to disband the Henan army, and bring 10,000 people north to be his admiral outside the pass, and the remaining 20,000 people were reorganized by the Chu army and incorporated into the new Central Plains Military Region. The other 50,000 people were all dismissed.

Although the Chu army had to pay one million silver dollars for this plan, the problem that money could solve was not a problem for the Chu army. It was still very cost-effective to solve Zuo Liangyu and the 80,000 Henan troops under his command with one million.

If Zuo Liangyu does not accept this condition, Zhang Shan will have only one last choice, which is to directly invite Shangfang’s sword to kill Zuo Liangyu in this White Tiger Hall. This is a very adventurous plan. Although there are only two of them in the hall and his fifty guards outside, there are tens of thousands of Henan troops inside and outside the Yan City.

Once the situation cannot be controlled by then, Zuo Liangyu's subordinates will become in chaos, and he and his fifty subordinates may have to be left here. He does not want to choose this plan unless he has no choice.

Apart from these two solutions, there is no other good solution, which can quickly solve Zuo Liangyu and his 80,000 subordinates.

It would be difficult for a veteran gangster like Zuo Liangyu to send troops to attack him. He could not defeat the Chu army, but he would run faster than the rabbit. Zhang Shan did not have so much effort to consume Zuo Liangyu, and he did not want to make such a situation. The prince's letter had already urged him to defeat the trespass as soon as possible, because the situation in western Liaoning might change. At that time, the Chu army would have to concentrate all efforts to maintain stability in the capital and deal with the possible rebellion in western Liaoning. There would even be Qing army taking advantage of the situation.

The result is finally everyone is happy.

Three days later, large army gathered in Yancheng.

The soldiers in Huguang Town of Zhangshan, the soldiers in Denglai Town of Cai Yuan, and the soldiers in Henan of Zuo Liangyu. More than 100,000 people gathered. The camp tents were continuous and the flags were like the sea.

One million silver dollars have been shipped from the Sihai Bank. The real money and silver are all bright silver coins, without a single banknote or silver note.

Zuo Liangyu gathered all his troops and horses near Yancheng. He watched the Chu army in Huguang and Chu army in Denglai arrive so quickly to meet, and looked at their neat military discipline, all kinds of muskets, and a large number of cannons. Seeing that the camps they built outside the city were so strict, the experienced Zuo Liangyu sighed.

If he really wants to have a breakup with Zhang Shan, maybe he will be surrounded by these two troops under Liu Jun's command. If he really fights, even if he has more Henan soldiers, he will definitely not have any chance of winning.

Zuo Liangyu quickly selected 10,000 troops from his command, all of whom had been old subordinates for many years. After rich experience in the battle formation, Zuo Liangyu selected these 10,000 troops as the troops who went north with him.

Then he changed the equipment for these 10,000 people, collected the best armor, armies and equipment from the entire army, and even all the war horses in the army were all equipped with these 10,000 people. Other firearms and cannons were all equipped with all of these 10,000 people.

After such trouble, the equipment of these 10,000 people was good. Everyone had armor, and even equipped two sets of armor, one set of iron armor and one set of brocade armor. Each of them had a waist knife, a pair of bows and arrows, and a horse. They even formed a firearm battalion of 3,000 people, each equipped with bird guns and more than 30 cannons.

These 10,000 people also plundered all the horses and mules and vehicles of the entire army. A large-scale baggage chariot camp was established.

Zhang Shan knew all of Zuo Liangyu's small moves, but he didn't care. Zuo Liangyu's weapons and armor, etc., saw Chu Jun just a few rags. He would let him go, it didn't matter.

After Zuo Liangyu picked up 10,000 troops, among the next 70,000 Henan soldiers, Zhang Shan and Cai Yuan sent the instructors of the various divisions and battalions under their command, and the non-commissioned officers personally went to assess and select the troops.

Finally, 20,000 people were selected from these 70,000 people.

Then Cai Yuan and Zhang Shan each led a subsidiary of their own. Based on these two alliances, plus 20,000 selected Henan soldiers, they reorganized and formed a brand new Kaifeng Town.

Ergou Zhang Guozhu became the general officer of this brand new Kaifeng Town, while Cai Yuan took office as the admiral of the Central Plains Military Region and the general officer of Denglai Town. Yang Wenyue became the governor of the Central Plains, the military and political affairs of Henan and Shandong provinces, and also managed rivers.

These are one of the plans set by Liu Jun in advance. Zuo Liangyu accepted the transfer order, so he will follow this plan next.

Once Zuo Liangyu left, Henan and Shandong would be placed under the control of the Chu army, from then on to Zhenjiang in Liaodong in the east, Hunan in the south, Sichuan in the west, and Shanxi in the north.

Outside the pass, the four military regions, Zhili, Central Plains, Sichuan and Lake, and nine provinces were roughly under the control of the Chu army. Although this control is not strong for the time being, in time, the Chu army can fully control these places. Especially after the two provinces of the Central Plains were included in the control of the Chu army, the Sichuan and Lake in the south and Zhili in the north were connected together.

First control the army, control the territory, and then intervene in local affairs step by step. Liu Jun has his own step form.

The remaining 50,000 Henan soldiers who were not selected were all dismissed, each with six silver dollars.

The six silver dollars were sent to each Henan soldier who was dismissed by the Chu army, with a small amount of money, and no deduction. What surprised these soldiers the most was that outside Yancheng, the Chu army also organized many merchants to recruit workers.

Some recruited people to farm, some mines recruited miners, some ordnance workshops recruited workers, and some recruited hundreds of shops to reclaim land in Taiwan. There were a lot of workers recruited. And the conditions were pretty good, especially with the Chu army as a guarantee.

"Yangtze River Shipping recruits crew members, dock porters, crew members are five silver dollars a month, dock porters are four yuan a month, and they also include food and accommodation, three meals a day, and there are meat dishes a day, and every meal is full. If you want to come, sign up quickly." On the side of the Triangle Apricot Huang banner of Yangtze River Shipping, there are several tables. The manager of Yangtze River Shipping and a group of friends are shouting hard.

"Is there such good treatment?" asked a Henan soldier who had just received six yuan in severance payment. He was only over 20 years old. His family was lost in the sweeping bandits a few years ago. Later, he was conquered by Zuo Liangyu and had been doing some auxiliary soldiers for logistics transportation. Because of his malnutrition, he was almost twenty years old, but he was very thin. In the process of picking up the troops, he was not selected and was laid off. Fortunately, he received six yuan in severance payment and had no objection to being deported. He did not like life in the army very much, but he was a little confused about where to go in the future.

After seeing these merchants recruiting, he couldn't help but be very interested and invited a few companions who were in the auxiliary barracks to come and watch.

"A little brother, look at what you said, you don't even look at whose industry our Yangtze River Shipping is. Let me tell you that the boss of the Yangtze River Shipping Industry is the industry under the name of the prince's brother. From the estuary of the Yangtze River to Chongqing, Sichuan, there are our merchant ships on the four thousand miles of the Yangtze River. Let me tell you that our Yangtze River Shipping has a total of 1,000 merchant ships of all sizes. Think about it, how big is a thousand?" A young man heard his suspicion and hurried over.

Liu Keda was surprised. He could not imagine what a thousand merchant ships would have been like if so many ships were parked together.

"How could there be a thousand boats? Are you lying to me?"

"I'm a grandson, tell you the truth. Our Yangtze River shipping is not the same as ordinary ships. Our ships do have more than a thousand merchant ships, but the merchant ships are not all our own. How can I say that, the prince and his elder brother established the Yangtze River shipping, invested a lot of money, and then he also had dozens of large merchant ships. Then he joined forces with many ship owners who used their own ships to join the Yangtze River shipping, and occupied shares according to the size of the ship."

"Do you understand this? Our Yangtze River Shipping is a large ship that specializes in the Yangtze River, jointly run by many shipmakers. It has more than a thousand merchant ships under its name. It has a wide business, from the estuary of the Yangtze River to Chongqing, all sections of the Yangtze River. Now the business is very good and urgently needs manpower. Come to us, whether you are a crew member on the ship or a porter in various docks and warehouses, as long as you are willing to endure hardships, you will have at least four silver dollars a month, and you will also be able to eat and live, have three meals a day, four sets of clothes, shoes and socks a year, and there are bonuses for the New Year and the Festival."

Liu Ke was moved. This was much better than being a soldier under Zuo Liangyu. In the past, he had basically no salary and was paid for it. Occasionally, if he won a battle, he would have some rewards, or sometimes the army would rob him, and they followed him and also snatch some points.

"Can I do this?" Liu Ke asked, "Don't look at me as thin as I'm thin. Actually, I'm very strong, only a little thin."

"It doesn't matter if you are thinner. You are still young. You can go to the boat to run. If you are willing to work hard and hard, you can learn the ability to run a boat. If you learn whatever you want, you will immediately increase your salary." The guy looked at Liu Ke and said, "How about it, if you want, please register quickly. I tell you that although we need personnel, recruiting here is the most important thing. Otherwise, you can't recruit people anywhere, right? Don't miss this good opportunity. After passing this village, there will be no store."

Almost at the same time, there are many such recruitment flags outside Yancheng, such as Huangzhou Shipyard, Yingcheng Salt Field, Jiangnan Manufacturing Bureau, Jiangnan Money House, Sihai Bank, Dong India Company, etc., all of which are recruiting jobs with great benefits.

Not far away, Zhang Shan and Cai Yuan stood together and watched the lively scene.

"The prince's move is so clever. In this way, all 80,000 Henan troops will be attracted, so there is no need to worry about them becoming a problem."

"Of course, the prince has always been a chess player."

Cai Yuan looked at Zhang Shan, "Hey, if Zuo Liangyu refused to transfer north that day, would you really want to kill him on the spot?"

“That’s natural.”
Chapter completed!