Daming: Lend the system to Emperor Hongwu at the beginning

Chapter 108 The Hunan Army Withdraws North 【Subscription】

Sometimes, the changes in the world situation are really unexpected.

Zeng Guofan has a deep understanding of this point.

In the battle of Tianjia Town, Zeng Guofan lost his troops and lost his generals. He almost wanted to die, but then it was suddenly reported that Shi Dakai withdrew his troops, and then the Tianjing Incident that shocked the world happened.

Hong Xiuquan and Yang Xiuqing, the two heads of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, both died suddenly. Such a thing made Zeng Guofan ecstatic.

He knew in an instant that his opportunity had come.

Taking advantage of the fact that the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom's army is currently in disarray, it is the best time to recruit new troops and attack Nanjing in one fell swoop.

But he was only happy for a few days, and soon Nanjing and Guangzhou issued a joint statement at the same time.

The Tianping Heavenly Kingdom officially changed its banner, joined the Ming Empire, and accepted the dispatch of Emperor Hongwu of the Ming Dynasty.

At the same time, his military power, territory, food and grass are not controlled.

In layman's terms, it is a military alliance that listens to the tune but does not listen to the announcement. Of course, this military alliance is dominated by the Ming Empire.

Hearing this news, Zeng Guofan was as if a basin of cold water had been poured on his head, and it immediately cooled down.

Since then, what else is he doing!

But worse news is yet to come.

Just after the establishment of this military alliance, the two sides issued a statement at the same time again, strictly investigating opium, cracking down on local armed tycoons, cracking down on illegal and criminal activities, and all local forces are not allowed to privately recruit troops without permission.

Zeng Guofan was struck by lightning when he heard the news.

He instantly realized the seriousness of the matter.

This so-called ban on smoking is the old trick of the Hongwu Emperor, and this is the prelude to his raising the butcher's knife against the gentry.

If you don't think of a solution quickly at this time, I'm afraid the only way to die is.

"Everyone, this is a critical moment for the survival of the Hunan Army!"

"We are in Nanchang, and we happen to be caught between Niming and the Taiping rebels. It is too passive to stay here."

"We have to find a way to change this situation!"

"Do you want to go back to Hunan?"

Someone said: "Then Zhu Hongwu sounds vicious, but it is said that he is very disciplined in doing things. As long as we keep ourselves safe, don't violate the rules he made, and don't do things that violate the law and discipline, at most hand over part of the land, there will be no real Worrying about life."

Zeng Guofan's face remained unchanged when he heard this, but he secretly sighed in his heart.

How could he fail to see that these people had a strong rural plot and were reluctant to leave their hometowns.

But... there are some things that really can't be helped.

If you don't leave, you have to disarm and surrender.

In this troubled world, how could he be willing to be a rich man waiting to die? He also has his own political ideals and aspirations.

Besides, he is still the servant of the Qing court, a member of the third rank of the court, and even a governor. He doesn't think that after he is disarmed and returned to the field, Zhu Yuanzhang will really not trouble himself.

"Going back to Hunan can only become fish on the pallet and be slaughtered by others!"

Zeng Guofan scanned everyone below one by one, seeing the hesitation and anxiety in everyone's eyes.

"Let me explain it clearly!" We are going to make a strategic shift next! "

"Go north to Anhui."

"That is the hometown of my disciple Li Hongzhang. He also comes from a rich family in the same place. With him as the mediator, we can take root there soon!"

"Afterwards, I will continue to train the new army. When the army is trained, we will fight back!"

Zeng Guofan paused at this point and continued: "Of course everyone is a fellow villager. If anyone is unwilling to go and wants to go back and wait for someone to slaughter him, I have no objection."

After he finished speaking, he stared majestically at everyone below.

In the end, it was captured by Zeng Guofan's lust, and no one dared to make any changes.

"very good!"

"I am very relieved to see that everyone is determined to go north with me!"

When Zeng Guofan said this, his expression became serious again: "But I said ugly things first, since a resolution has been made tonight, if anyone dares to disturb the morale of the army later, I will use military law..."

At the same time that Zeng Guofan was intimidating and luring the Hunan Army to go north, a siege was going on in Shanghai.

"I'll say it again, this is the territory of our Ming Empire. Foreigners are not allowed to hold guns or set up concessions. I will give you one last quarter of an hour to put down your weapons immediately and raise your hands to surrender. After a quarter of an hour, our Ming army will launch a general offensive. At that time, all gunmen will be shot to death."

"Don't say it's unpredictable."

"Dear Ming officers and soldiers, this is the concession assigned to us by the Qing government. We have the right to hold firearms for self-defense. If you use such violent means, it will affect the friendship between the British Empire, the French Empire and Ming Dynasty. We I advise everyone, don’t lose the big because of small things!”

Hearing the Ming army shouting below, a foreigner on the tower followed suit and started shouting with a tin horn.

"Have we any friendship with Brits and Frenchies?"

Xu Da, the coach of the Ming army this time, frowned, suddenly raised the rifle in his hand, and pulled the trigger with a snap.

"Bang!" A shot hit the iron horn, and the rhythm of the other side's shouting was suddenly interrupted.

"Good marksmanship!" Li Xiucheng beside him praised with a smile.

Xu Da laughed and said, "Little General, what do you say now?"

"Wing Wang has already explained when he came, everything is at the command of the general!" Li Xiucheng saluted Xu Da respectfully.

He has already seen that Daming's army is indeed not in vain. These people have strict discipline and luxurious weapons and equipment, which are far from comparable to the Taiping Army.

Even though part of the Taiping Army has been equipped with foreign guns, the gap between them and the Ming soldiers is still visible to the naked eye.

"fire!"

When Xu Da gave an order, the artillery roared, and on the top of the city of Shanghai, the coalition forces of foreigners and Manchus immediately began to fight back.

The opponent also has artillery.

"Boom, boom, boom!" But soon, the navy led by Chang Yuchun sailed into the Huangpu River and joined the siege ranks.

At this moment, the other party couldn't stand it anymore.

Li Xiucheng looked at Daming's naval warships with envy in his eyes.

They didn't have a single paddle wheel warship like this.

"General Xu, when will we attack the city?" Li Xiucheng asked eagerly.

"There are too many casualties in the direct siege. Anyway, there is basically no fighting in the south of the Yangtze River. Let's besiege them for a few days first!"

Xu Da paused for a moment, and then explained: "I have fought against foreigners several times, and I know their temperament very well!"

"Shanghai County is now an isolated island. The river has been blocked by our Ming fleet, and we are besieging the city here. As long as the pressure continues, they will surrender in a short time."

Speaking of which, Xu Da's original mission was to capture Fujian and take charge of the overall situation in Fujian. However, the plan could not keep up with the changes. The Tianjing Incident directly led to the establishment of a military alliance between the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom and Ming Dynasty.

Throughout the entire south of the Yangtze River, the two rebel forces merged into one, and their strength soared instantly.

Because of this, Xu Da changed his mission to clean up foreign concessions along the coast and prepare for the ban on opium throughout the south.

And the Shanghai that is being attacked now is the last gathering place for foreigners that he will unplug all the way north.

Once this stronghold is pulled out, there will be basically no more fighting in the entire south of the Yangtze River.

It can be said that the situation is very good.

In the original history, because of the Tianjing Incident, the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom fell into political strife for two or three years. In the end, Shi Dakai, the wing king, even took his own troops and directly broke away from the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom sequence.

This caused the half-dead Qing army and Hunan army that had already been beaten to die back, and even though Li Xiucheng and Chen Yucheng also captured some places in the future, the general trend was over, and at the same time foreigners began to turn to support the Qing government. In the end, Hong Xiuquan ran out of ammunition and food, and was led by Zeng Guofan to attack Nanjing, and the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom Movement failed.

But the current situation is much better than the original history.

First of all, because of Zhu Yuanzhang's interference, although one more heavenly king died in the Tianjing Incident this time than in the original history, the effect was better.

At the very least, the political struggles that lasted for several years in history ended as soon as they started.

At the same time, what was disclosed this time was the rebellion of the Northern King Wei Changhui, not the fight between the Heavenly King and the Eastern King.

The result of this was that the cronies of the two were united under Shi Dakai's command, and Wei Changhui was liquidated with the same hatred.

Therefore, the entire Taiping Heavenly Kingdom did not damage the vitality too much, at most it could only be regarded as a muscle injury.

On the other side, because Zhu Yuanzhang occupied Guangdong, although the Taiping Army has been attracting firepower for Zhu Yuanzhang, Zhu Yuanzhang has also relieved a lot of pressure from the side for the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom.

You must know that Ye Mingchen has always been the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi in history, and he, the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi, also contributed to the final encirclement of Nanjing.

In addition, the Ming Dynasty has been encroaching on its surroundings in the past few years. Not to mention that Guangxi and Fujian have all been brought under its command, Hunan and Jiangxi are also threatened by it. The consequence of this is that the living space of the Manchu and Hunan troops is getting smaller and smaller The pressure is mounting.

This is why Zeng Guofan's first reaction was to retreat north when he heard that the Taiping Army and the Ming Army merged.

If these two forces did not fall into infighting, the Manchu Qing south of the Yangtze River would have no chance at all.

Originally, if Hong Xiuquan and Yang Xiuqing were alive, it was possible to turn around and attack Daming. After all, they are both politicians now, and they know who is the greater threat to the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom.

But now that the two of them died, leaving behind Shi Dakai, who was hardcore anti-Qing, this made Zeng Guofan see no hope.

In this way, once the Hunan Army, which is the most capable in the south, withdraws, there will be no more enemies south of the Yangtze River.

Next, we only need to wipe out the local gentry, check the acres of land in the world, release the demographic dividend, and let the country industrialize in an orderly manner.

Speaking of which, the current situation is actually very similar to that of the late Ming Dynasty. The only difference may be that the power of foreigners has become many times larger than it was hundreds of years ago.

But Zhu Yuanzhang has more time to stay here.

He had plenty of time to deal with those foreign devils slowly.

Of course, there is another difference, the Taiping Army. This force can only be regarded as a merger on the surface. It also requires Zhu Yuanzhang to spend a little effort to transform them into his own armed forces bit by bit, rather than the current situation. Listen to the tune but not the announcement.

For this kind of thing, Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't be more familiar with it.

　There are two updates today if there is something to do... But there are not many, all of them are big chapters.

　　
　
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