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Chapter 930 Luoyang, here I come

Li Mengxi entered the hinterland of Luoyang, and the immediate difficulty was to find a place to gather troops. This time was different from the last time. The last time Liu Bei came to Luoyang was to lead troops to fight against thieves under the order of the imperial court. Last time, he was able to lead the troops in a fair and just manner.

The horses were placed in the open, and they chose a place to camp in an open and honest manner.

This time there is no such convenience.

Li Mengxi and Zhang Fei searched the map for a long time but could not find a suitable place to gather troops.

Finally, Zhang Fei decided that since there was nowhere to gather thousands of troops, it would be better to skip the step of gathering troops. The purpose of gathering troops was to combine the forces and then disperse them in all directions to start a riot at any time.

, in this case, it is better to disperse the troops directly. After the troops are dispersed, three to five hundred people will be left, and it will be much easier to place the three to five hundred people.

Zhang Fei is extremely experienced. Last time, Zhang Fei was responsible for the overall planning, how to arrange manpower, and how to lay out action plans. Zhang Fei could do it by himself without Li Mengxi's intervention.

The first step in planning is to get manpower in place. This is not difficult. With a detailed map in hand, you can directly arrange people to the place.

After the personnel are arranged, the next step is to arrange the combat plan. After the manpower is distributed in all directions, a team of more than a hundred people needs to cover dozens of villages, and low-level officers often do not have enough.

Strategic ability, so he directly planned the combat route for the centurions of each team, which road to take, which village to attack first, and which village to attack later. Every step was planned.

In this way, the centurions no longer need to think for themselves, and just follow the arranged plan, which is the best strategy.

But there is another problem here. Centurions are generally illiterate. Even if they are given a map or even if they are given a written battle plan, they cannot understand it.

Therefore, at this time, it is time to use the method of ambush from ten sides and use flags to guide every step of the action.

This march brought a batch of special supplies and a cartload of small printed paper flags. There were only twelve zodiac signs on the paper flags. This is a twelve-digit system. For example, the first number is one to twelve, rat to pig, ten to ten.

The two figures, thirteenth to twenty-fourth, have been transformed into two figures. The first figure of the rat remains unchanged, and the second figure repeats the twelve zodiac signs.

Then, the first position becomes an ox, then twelve, the first position becomes a tiger, and another twelve. With two figures, one hundred and forty-four numbers can be compiled.

Add one more number, and the number is one thousand, seven hundred and twenty-eight. Add one more number, and it is twenty-seven hundred and thirty-six.

The coercion area of ​​a hundred-man team is only a few dozen villages at most. Between these dozens of village areas, more than 20,000 guiding flags are completely enough. Judging from Zhang Fei's previous deployment experience

, one flag is placed at every intersection, and it covers dozens of villages. Three to five hundred flags are enough.

In other words, there is no need to use so many numbers at all, three zodiac signs are enough.

Zhang Fei directly copied the arrangement according to the last time. The soldiers he brought were also old people. They had done flag planting once and were familiar with it. Among the more than 5,000 troops, the old people from last time accounted for one-third.

With these old men, there was no need to give orders for things like whittling wood into guns, blocking traffic in the name of building roads, forging instruments, collecting firewood, and hoarding war supplies. The soldiers themselves knew what to do.

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The hinterland of Luoyang was peaceful, but suddenly, strange things happened everywhere.

Somewhere, there was a group of officers and soldiers riding neatly on horseback and holding Han banners. They planted flags along the road. The officers and soldiers informed all the people along the road. The flags were to mark the path. These were road posts built by the government. Which village was the flag closest to? , which village must be watched carefully, and if it is damaged by someone, the nearest village will be held accountable.

This team of "official soldiers" who planted flags everywhere also detained a prisoner. Everywhere they went, the officers and soldiers cracked their whips and beat the prisoners until they screamed. The officers and soldiers said that this was someone who raised the flag privately. This is the fate of all those who dare to imitate.

This is the method that Zhang Fei came up with to set an example and shock people. The so-called prisoner was pretended to be a soldier.

After the officers and soldiers planted the flag, they left. The villagers went to watch the flag. The flag was yellow in color and had vivid little mice and other zodiac pictures painted on it. The pictures were very similar. The villagers, old and young, were amazed to see it.

The flag is made of paper, which is very strong mulberry paper. In order to prevent rain, the mulberry paper is also coated with tung oil. In the military establishment, this type of paper flag is called "guiding paper flag". As the name suggests, the paper flag is only used to guide the way. For example, when you stray into the deep mountains and old forests, and you are in a hurry, using flags to guide you is far from enough. You can use other methods, such as cutting down a tree and placing a stone. But cutting down a tree and placing a stone cannot mark the number. There is nothing better than paper. The flag serves as a better guide.

The use of paper flags to guide the way this time has both advantages and disadvantages. The advantage is that the paper flags look very good in quality, very regular and formal, and really look like something made by the government. The disadvantage is that when Li Mengxi designed the paper flags, The paper flags were so exquisitely made, and the little mouse pattern on them was so pretty, and the items were so good that the children became obsessed with the paper flags. It is estimated that many children would want to secretly take the paper flags away. .

At a certain village intersection, the villagers were curiously discussing the material of the flag. Some people actually said it was silk. The paper texture was so delicate that people could mistake it for silk.

Someone tried to touch it, but after touching it, they were still not sure what it was. Some people thought it looked like paper, but if it were paper, there must be linen or something inside, but there was nothing on this flag.

An old man looked up at the beautiful little flag hung up, and then at the thin straw rope wrapped around the flagpole. The flag looked extraordinary, and seemed to be of great use to the government.

The old man told the villagers, "Please be careful and don't let others move around, so as not to get into trouble."

The imperial government was a helper. The government was cruel and harsh. Zhang Fei borrowed the power of the imperial government and the people were afraid of the imperial government, so they spent a lot of time guarding the flag.

The common people could not see the mystery on the flags. They only thought that the flags were simple pictures of the twelve zodiac animals. The kind-hearted people were deceived. They had no idea that the flags planted on the roadside were used to guide soldiers and horses.

At some point, a group of 125 soldiers arrived at the predetermined location, which was near a forest.

After this group of soldiers arrived, the centurion at the head looked left and right, recalling something.

The chiefs below the centurion also looked around with wide eyes, and the more they looked, the more familiar they looked.

"Haha! Wasn't this where we were last time?" the centurion laughed.

The elders also laughed, "No, I said you are so tender and familiar."

Zhang Fei deliberately arranged this so that the old man from last time could return to his old place, thus eliminating the familiarization process.

Returning to his old place again, the centurion walked to the woods with familiarity. He walked around in the woods and arrived at the place where the wood was stored. The impressions on the ground were still there, but the trees were gone.

The centurion thought that maybe the people nearby had taken the wood away and used it.

This was a huge forest with endless trees. The centurion called for men to start felling the trees. Once the trees were cut down, the tree stumps could be used to hold back horses, block roads, and even make wooden guns.

According to the third general's instructions last time, he ordered to prepare 1,300 wooden guns last time. This time, prepare more.

The centurion returned to the cart to check the supplies. The cart contained food, weapons, tools, many black strips of cloth, and a pile of large paper flags.

The black cloth strips are not even new this time, they are from the unused batch that was made last time. The function of the black cloth strips is just like the yellow cloth strips wrapped around the heads of the Yellow Turban Army. They are used for trouble.

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In order to coerce the people, the people did not have sophisticated armor or flags. The weapons could only be wooden spears. The main task was to rely on each team to find wood and cut some wooden spears. The flags were prepared paper flags. The paper flag system was complete.

There are small Wushi flags, large Centurion flags, and even larger organizational flags.

Like the guide paper flags, the guide paper flags were numbered with the twelve zodiac signs because the soldiers were illiterate. The common people also had the problem of being illiterate and unable to remember the numbers, so the flags were compiled with the twelve zodiac signs that were easy to remember.

While the soldiers were dispersed in groups to various parts of the hinterland of Luoyang, at the same time, there were also capable manpower that had sneaked into the city of Luoyang early.

The manpower sneaked into Luoyang City can be used to make arrangements in advance. Secondly, they can hide in the city as surprise soldiers. If things come to a close and they have to besiege Luoyang, the surprise soldiers sneaked into the city can set fire, poison and cause destruction everywhere to increase the pressure on the court.

, in order to gain greater bargaining chips.

The elites who sneaked into Luoyang City turned into traffickers and pawns, and everyone carried poison. These people could cause terrible harm to Luoyang City.

In addition to the action group waiting for opportunities to sabotage, there is also the [public opinion group]. The public opinion group does not engage in sabotage, they are only responsible for stimulating public opinion.

For example, if you spread rumors that the city has been destroyed, spread rumors that Emperor Ling has escaped, spread rumors that Emperor Ling has died, when the two sides in Luoyang are surrounded are in a stalemate, if the city of Luoyang breaks into chaos, the court will have to surrender.

What Zhang Fei feared the most in the hinterland of Luoyang were the new army camps set up by Huangfu Song. Zhang Fei sent people to check according to the map and found that all the new army camps were gone. Were they removed by the imperial court or moved to the city?

No, I don’t know, it’s gone anyway.

Without the strength of the officers and soldiers outside, it will be easier to do things.

The right time, the right place, the right people, and the right people are all on Zhang Fei's side, and Zhang Fei is free and happy.
Chapter completed!
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