Inside the Giant Deer City. Zhu Jun's mansion was set up in a merchant's residence in the city, and there was no one in this residence. The merchant is said to have fled to the south. Therefore, when it is vacant, Zhu Jun lives here, and the merchants will still enjoy it, and the decoration is not bad. There are some rockeries in the back, flowers and trees.

"General. There is still no news from the IRA. A Sima said worriedly.

"Rest assured. They'll talk to us. Zhu Jun said. Sima believes in this. His own general may be thinking too much. Although the imperial court has recognized the status of the rebels of the Republican Army, they were still rebels before. And the Montenegrin army is also a rebel army. Both sides are rebels, how can they fight. This makes them feel very bottomless.

"Huh. Worried? Zhu Jun looked at the rockery and asked.

"General Hui, yes, it is unlikely that the Republican Army will fight the Montenegrin Army. There is no entanglement between the two. Sima said.

"Huh. Otherwise. After the Republican Army defeated the imperial army, they had become the largest military force in the Jizhou region. The strength of the army was expanded by four infantry divisions and one infantry brigade at once. This adds up to 100,000 troops. And the Black Mountain Army, when the imperial court lost all its strength, they took advantage of the situation to rise, and their development was extremely rapid, claiming to have 500,000 soldiers and horses. No matter how many soldiers they have, the Montenegrin bandits have seriously threatened the security of the Republican Army. If they go south, it will make a huge difference to the whole situation. The IRA does not want to see such a situation happen. Zhu Jun said.

"It is already difficult for the imperial court to threaten the republican army, and it will cost more than 200,000 military mobilization forces to recruit them, and the cost of money and food will be uncountable. The most terrifying thing is that the number of weapons they make is also extremely terrifying. It was already difficult for the imperial court to attack them. And their biggest enemy is the Montenegrin Army, and they will seriously threaten the development and security of their so-called base areas. The IRA absolutely does not want to see such a situation happen. Therefore, they will spare no effort to fight. And we're just paying some money. We have only mobilized tens of thousands of people with this money and food, but it is difficult to completely contain the situation. Zhu Jun said.

Zhu Jun's situation is very unfavorable. Everyone is aware of his situation. The imperial court was able to give him only a pitiful number of more than 10,000 troops, which was too much. Not at all. You have to raise your own money and food. Such troops. And the strength of support can only make Zhao An choose Zhao An but Zhao An must fight until the other party is scared before Zhao An otherwise they have no bargaining chips to solve such a thing at all for him. This is the scariest point. Fortunately. Next to it was a titular imperial rebel army. Zhu Jun decided to make use of such resources, and perhaps the other party could bring him a great surprise. Zhu Jun then repaired a book, of course. Shangwu couldn't read that kind of letter. Fortunately, there is Jia Xu to translate, otherwise, there will really be big problems.

"The Republican Army has been reorganized in the past period of time, and its combat strength is strong, which will give us a big surprise." Zhu Jun said with a smile. He wasn't worried about it at all. The IRA would have acceded to their demands and taken steps to resolve such a matter.

The marginal area of Changshan County of the Republican Army, which is the remnant of the Taihang Mountains, is relatively barren. There are relatively few people. And also poor. The largest military power of the Red Turban Army was expanded here. The village redivided the land and brought in more than 30 families. It has a population of more than 300 people. It's not just people who come. It also brought a large amount of grain, but the grain was stored in Laoguoshan. The mountain, like an old pot, is upside down there. It is the only vantage point in the vicinity. Then walk twenty miles to enter the mountainous area. The Red Turban Army built a fortress on the hill and built a beacon tower at the same time, which was the most important means of communication in the case of extremely backward communications, and it was not the regular army that defended the beacon, and after the republican army was reorganized, the regular army was withdrawn. They had to go back to be reorganized, and most of the defense tasks were given to the local militia.

"Quick. Hurry up. "The militia captain Shen Dagou led the militia to move a large number of villagers to the fortress. Billowing smoke from the beacon was emitting. Not far away, another beacon tower was also constantly emitting billowing smoke. They will spread all the way to the south, and the large forces of the Republican army will soon be assembled to attack.

"Are you all here? No one was left behind. Shen Dagou shouted loudly. He carried a musket on his back, because this is in the border area, in order to prevent the militia from being greatly threatened, so the militia here is generally better equipped, there is a village under the old pot mountain, that village is Xiaochangpo Village. Because from here to Laoguo Mountain, there is a small long slope, although the slope is not very steep, but relatively speaking, it is very long, a full two miles long. This is how the name of Xiao Changpo came about.

Shen Dagou was originally an honest farmer. There are many children in the family. There was an old lady and seven brothers and sisters, and because they were poor, they did not marry until they were twenty-seven years old. No one will marry into such a family. In addition, the harvest has not been good in recent years. The land was already barren, and the drought made it even worse. There are a lot of taxes in the imperial court, and the family can't open the pot. Fortunately, the Red Turban Army came quickly, as long as he was a soldier, he would give food, or he would also give food if he became a militiaman, and Shen Dagou became a militia at that time, because he performed well and was very active, he became the captain, and he was able to bring back five stones of grain in a month. In fact, the militia has a lot of things, the first is responsible for public security, the second is patrolling, and the third is also doing farm work, and they are equivalent to the earliest village organizations. A lot of things have to be done. Five stone grain for such a family. It's a great opportunity. Plus the Red Turban Army policy is good. A large number of unreasonable taxes were abolished, and there was no forced labor, and the life of Shen Dagou's family slowly improved. And that's not all. Shen Dagou also recently got married. Although the woman is a widow with a child, this is his first marriage after all, and Shen Dagou feels that life will get better.

"Captain, captain. Everyone is here. A militiaman came running to report.

"Good. You go and settle down, let everyone eat some food, boil some hot water, and get more spring water. "Shen Dagou has arranged.

"Alright. Captain, you just see. The team member said excitedly. Shen Dagou began to be placed.

Three days ago, while on patrol. Shen Dagou felt that something was wrong with the situation, so he began to arrange some people to live here, and he divided the last time to arrange people to come here, and the last time the retreat was only twenty-seven households. Ninety-one, now they're all here. There is everything on the mountain. It was just a precaution that a large amount of grain was piled up here, and there was a spring here. Be able to provide some water, of course. Twenty tanks of water would fill the fort in order to prevent some special situation here.

"Look. Our village is on fire. A teenager shouted. The crowd looked over, and they saw that their village below was on fire. They can see it from the fire shining here.

"That's my house, woo. Whining. "Some of the children started crying.

"Don't cry. The house burned. We can build it again. The key is that people must be saved, and there must be no accidents, you know? The big dog shouted.

Some of the children reluctantly stopped crying. Let's not mention that there are more than 1,000 people who attack their village, they are the Black Mountain Bandits, in fact, they are the bandits, bandits, and all kinds of poor people in the vicinity. Their weapons are in disarray. And it's unorganized.

"Mother, I'm afraid." A seven or eight-year-old boy looked at the firelight and said.

"Don't be afraid, child. If nothing happens, these fires will soon call Uncle Red Turban. Wait for them to come. The bad guys just ran away. One woman said with a smile. The Red Turban Army is their greatest reliance, and it is difficult to improve their situation by relying solely on the militia. Such a problem can be solved only by waiting for the arrival of the main forces of the Red Turban Army.

"Uncle Red Turbans, when can you come?" The child asked.

"It's coming. It's almost there. The woman said. A lot of people are waiting for reinforcements to arrive. If they don't arrive in time, the situation will be very dire.

Eighty miles to the south, there was a training ground on which an infantry company of a separate brigade was stationed, and the main task of their company was to guard the training ground. When I saw the smoke billowing from the beacon tower. The whole company gathers immediately. After reorganizing their weapons and equipment, they quickly threw themselves into the battle, they took rescue measures, took timely action, and at the same time, the situation here was quickly reported to the headquarters. The billowing smoke from the beacon kept transmitting the situation here.

Crisis. Crisis. Crisis.

Separate Brigade. Brigade headquarters.

"Let's not talk about weapons and equipment. The troops must first assemble in the north, and the first purpose is to participate in the exercise. The second is to deal with possible war situations. "Zhou Cang made arrangements.

"Hmm. To deal with those Black Mountain thieves, there is no need for these at all, I can take a regiment and kill them directly. Pei Yuanshao said.

"They're all a rabble. Killing them was an easy thing to do. Pei Yuanshao said lightly. He didn't even mention the matter of armament.

"We can't underestimate them, we have to hit him where it hurts a lot." Zhou Cang looked at Pei Yuanshao and said.

"Hmm. Counsel, I will listen. Pei Yuanshao said. Zhou Cang shook his head helplessly.