Last year in Jiangxi, floods and droughts took turns. If they were exploited by the government and gentry again, the word "hungry" would be left in the history books.
Especially in the second year, it may be more "hungry" than in the disaster year.
However, under the rule of Zhao Han, Jiangxi in the eleventh year of Chongzhen, except for a few areas in the north, had a bumper harvest of summer grain!
All the people were jubilant and beaming.
When mobilizing the army and food, Zhao Han threw Zhang Bingwen a piece of information: "Your brother-in-law (brother-in-law) has become the governor of Huguang."
After Zhang Bingwen finished reading, he said with a smile: "It's okay, he doesn't care about Xiangnan."
Today there are three governors in Huguang, and the governor of Huguang, Fang Kongzhang, is Zhang Bingwen's brother-in-law. Dai Dongmin, the governor of Yunyang, specialized in conquest of bandits; Wang Zhiliang, the governor of southern Hunan, specialized in dealing with Zhao Han.
Fang Kongxuan just took office. The former governor was Yu Yinggui, who is now in prison in Beijing.
Yu Yinggui is from Jiangxi, and his relatives have joined Zhao Han. However, he was questioned by the court not because his clansman was a traitor, but because he undermined Xiong Wencan's "general situation of recruiting and appeasement". He was impeached by Yang Sichang and was thrown into prison.
These frontline governors all think Xiong Wencan is an idiot!
For example, Dai Dongmin, governor of Yunyang, resolutely resisted the strategy of recruiting. He believes that small groups of thieves can be appeased, but large groups of thieves must be suppressed by force, unless they are willing to dismiss the troops after they are appeased. Dai Dongmin commanded dozens of battles, and Zhang Xianzhong was beaten so badly that he was forced to recruit security.
"Who is this Wang Zhiliang?" Zhao Han asked.
Wang Zhiliang, governor of southern Hunan, is Zhao Han's main enemy.
Li Banghua thought about it carefully, and suddenly got a little impression: "When I was Minister of the Ministry of War, this person was a member of Zhongshu She in the cabinet. The emperor discussed affairs in the Wenhua Palace. I have seen this Wang Zhiliang several times. I heard that poetry is excellent. I don't know if I can fight."
"Shaanxi people know a little bit about military affairs." Zhang Bingwen added.
Wang Zhiliang is not well-known in history, but his son Wang Hongzhuan is well-known, proficient in Neo-Confucianism, History, Yi Xue, poetry, gold and stone, painting, and calligraphy. Wang Hongzhuan resolutely refused to be recruited by Kangxi, and hid in Huashan to live in seclusion. He was called "the leader of Guanzhong voice" by Gu Yanwu.
Come and research, research and go, and there is no more information about this person, so just start fighting!
In the eleventh year of Chongzhen, at the beginning of June.
The Datong army set out in four groups.
North Road:
Gu Jianshan is the main general, leading the navy to cruise the Yangtze River. Li Hui, as the deputy general, led the navy to cruise the Xinjiang River. The main purpose is to guard against the invasion of officers and soldiers from South Zhili and Zhejiang.
West Road (on):
Huang Yao was the main general and attacked Liling from Pingxiang. Li Zheng was the deputy general and attacked Liuyang from Wanzai.
West Road (below):
Zhang Tieniu was the main general, leading two thousand rattan armored soldiers, across the mountains and ridges to take Ling County. Liu Zhu was the deputy general and attacked Chaling from Yongxin.
South Road:
Fei Ruhe was the main general and attacked Longchuan from Changning. Jiang Dashan was the deputy general and attacked Heping from Dingnan.
In fact, to invade Guangdong from Jiangxi, it is best to go south along the Meiling Ancient Road. However, Shen Youlong, governor of Guangdong and Guangxi, had quelled the civil unrest in Guangxi and stationed troops in Nanxiong for defense, making it almost impossible to conquer by force
Although Zhang Tieniu's marching route was the most difficult because he did not bring luggage or auxiliary soldiers, he set off early and arrived at the battlefield first.
In the late Ming and early Qing dynasties, there were endless wars. Ling County, which had nearly 100,000 people, was killed by the Qing army to only more than 5,000 people. Therefore, many Hakka people moved here during the Kangxi and Yongzheng years.
Although Ling County at this time belonged to Huguang, it was mostly from Jiangxi, and the local language was directly Jiangxi dialect.
? When Zhang Tieniu arrived at Xiayang Town outside the county, traveling day and night, the two thousand Tengjia soldiers had been hungry all day. It's a pity that the surprise attack on the county seat failed. The bandits in the city saw the rattan armored soldiers from afar, and were so frightened that they quickly handed over the city gate to the officers and soldiers.
They had no choice but to go back to Xiayang Town. Instead of robbing food, they divided up their troops to defend the town and the tail, and observed the surrounding situation with weapons in hand.
More than a dozen missionary officers in the army are all wearing rattan armor.
Seeing that the whole town has withered and the gates of every house are closed, the mission officer beat the gong and shouted along the street: "Old cousin from Ling County, we are the soldiers of Zhao Tianwang, specially here to kill the bandits in Ling County. Don't be afraid, everyone, if we rob , It¡¯s useless for you to close the door. Don¡¯t want your food, don¡¯t want your money, anyone who has a ladder will borrow it. The carpenter in the town is also invited, and we will pay for the carpenter to make the siege ladder!¡±
After shouting like this for a quarter of an hour, the townspeople finally believed it.
?Because when other thieves came to Xiayang Town, they broke into the house violently, robbed food and money, and even robbed beautiful women. But these rattan armored soldiers in front of them are very?.
(Note: Chaling has been upgraded to a state, and I have been writing it wrong before. Thank you for your correction.)
On the other side of Chaling, although Liu Zhu is the lieutenant general, his military strength far surpasses that of Zhang Tieniu.
Liu Zhu has 2,000 regular soldiers, 2,000 peasant soldiers, and more than 6,000 grain transportation teams. There are also more than 900 missionary groups, dispatched officials, backbones of peasant associations, and medical soldiers.
?After entering the boundaries of Chaling County, mission groups, officials, and peasant associations immediately took action to preach policies in various villages and towns. Not only the peasants responded enthusiastically, but even the gentry and landlords warmly received them. They were terribly harmed by bandits and bandits, and they didn't want to keep their land, as long as they could save their lives.
A few days later, Liu Zhu led his troops to appear in the northern part of Chaling Prefecture, together with thousands of food transport teams, scared the rebels in the city out of their wits.
Although most of the rebels are locals, a few of the bandit leaders escaped from Jiangxi. They had already been overshadowed by the "Heavenly Soldiers". Liu Zhu's army was still ten miles away, so they packed up their belongings and abandoned the city to flee southeast.
It is the direction of Ling County!
Zhang Tieniu's 2,000 rattan armored soldiers collided with more than 5,000 fleeing bandits two miles north of Hukou Town.
There is no need to array at all, and even the rattan armor is too lazy to put on.
Zhang Tieniu asked his soldiers to wear rattan helmets, wield rattan cards and steel knives, and directly charged towards twice as many enemies.
"Run! Zhao Tianwang knows spells, and he has recruited heavenly soldiers!"
When the old thieves saw the Datong military flag, they turned around and ran away in fright. They were really terrified, they had fled from the north, and met the enemy in the south for no reason, and they became more and more convinced that Zhao Tianwang really knew magic.
Zhang Tieniu and Liu Zhu's road started very smoothly because they were fighting weak chickens.
As long as Anren and Youxian are conquered again, the strategic goal of the first phase will be achieved.