The Soul of the Han Dynasty in the Late Ming Dynasty

Chapter 762

After making wise choices, Zhang Xianzhong and others ushered in good luck. They left Qianshan County and rushed to Taihu County. Officials such as Jin Yingyuan and Hu Yongning, the magistrate of the county, were all killed because of their resolute resistance.

Lujiang City is high-walled and thick, and it is not easy to succeed without insiders. Zhang Xianzhong and others went around the city and captured Wuwei Prefecture in a few days, and fought until Liuhe captured Tianchang County.

"The flames of war reached Huaiyang" and the great earthquake in Nanjing caused Zhang Guowei, governor of Zuoqian capital censor Yingtian, and ten prefectures including Anqing to warn.

Chongzhen issued an imperial decree to strictly order Zuo Liangyu, Ma Yu, Liu Liangzuo and other generals to join forces to rescue.

The Ming army fought a battle in Chuzhou with Zhang Xianzhong, Yao Tiandong and other gangsters. Zuo Liangyu, Ma Fan, and Liu Liangzuo were defeated and fled hundreds of miles south to Pukou City.

It's not that Zuo Liangyu can't defeat Zhang Xianzhong. They deliberately robbed the bandits so that they could follow behind to pick up the cheap. When they found that the main force of the bandits rushed over and put on a posture of preparing to do their best, Zuo Liangyu and others just sneaked out of the passage.

Zhu Dadian, the governor of the water transport and the governor of the Lu, Feng, Huai, and Yang prefectures, was at a loss. He had few soldiers in his hands, and he was not enough to defend the land.

Later, Zhu Dadian was impeached by the censor for "lost state and county", and Chongzhen, who was prone to fever, didn't care about the fact that Zhu Dadian didn't have soldiers and horses in his hands, let alone that Zhu Dadian was actually a capable minister. Penalty downgraded by three levels.

The governor Zhang Guowei and the military supervisor Shi Kefa took the deputy general Xu Ziqiang, the guerrilla Pan Keda, the garrison Zhu Shiyin and other generals to form 2 troops to reinforce, solved the siege of Tongcheng, and recovered the buried hills that the rogues had abandoned, and the two counties of Taihu Lake .

At this moment, Zuo Liangyu led a [-]-strong force to charge up viciously. Why did Zuo Liangyu get serious with the bandits?
It was Xiong Wencan recommended by Yang Sichang, Minister of the Ministry of War, to take office. He personally rushed to Zuo Liangyu's army with 10 taels of silver notes from the Sifang Bank and read out the imperial edict to reward Zuo Liangyu.

The warlord Zuo Liangyu became one of the generals of the Eight Great Ming Dynasty, "General Pingzei", and received a military salary of 10 taels of silver.

Zuo Liangyu was overjoyed by the price offered by the imperial court, so he decided to show a good performance to let the emperor know that he was not given for nothing as the commander-in-chief of the hanging seal.

The most powerful Zuo Liangyu really made a move, and the "general who suppressed the bandits" who was promoted and made a fortune doubled his fortune like a wolf like a tiger, beating the rogues like a wolf.

Liu Liangzuo, Ma Yu and other generals saw that there was an advantage, of course they followed. After all, the bandits harmed dozens of cities and robbed a lot of gold and silver treasures.

Zhang Xianzhong and the rest of the bandits were too arrogant, and the battle line has been drawn to the vicinity of Yangzhou, and the Grand Canal is approaching, threatening the lifeline of the imperial court. At this time, Emperor Chongzhen is not in a hurry?
A series of imperial decrees are issued, nothing more than making officials, making wishes and threats. In a word, they are to beat officials and become nobles, and lose the city and lose their heads!
Seeing that the Ming army formed an encirclement circle, Zhang Xianzhong and others immediately broke through the siege, and the Ming army took advantage of the momentum to recover the city that had been ravaged by the rogues.

Daming, who was paid several million more, really seemed to have been given a stimulant. It really curbed the development momentum of Zhang Xianzhong, Liu Guoneng, Luo Rucai, Yao Tiandong and other rogues.

Now it can be confirmed that the Grand Canal is safe and sound. Governor Zhang Guowei believes that the territory under his jurisdiction is too large to avoid neglecting one thing and losing another.

Therefore, the imperial court is requested to separate Anqing, Chizhou, and Taiping to set up governors, and to recommend Shi Kefa, the supervisor of the army, to take up this post.

Emperor Chongzhen was not at all a British lord who knew people well and made good use of them.

Shi Kefa, who was not good at fighting, finally became a member of the party with autonomy. Fortunately, he had a commander-in-chief Mou Wenshou who was good at fighting, so Shi Kefa did not get the chance to make military mistakes after he was in Fengyang.

Shi Kefa, who was full of enthusiasm and did not understand military affairs, ordered the commander-in-chief Mou Wenshou and Liu Liangzuo to lead the army to pursue the bandits.

Because they know very well in their hearts that it doesn't matter whether they surround Zhang Xianzhong, Yao Tiandong and other thieves. If there is any omission in the defense line and Fengyang is ransacked again, not only the head of the governor Shi Kefa will have to move, but I am afraid that it will not be good. fruit to eat.

Huang Han reorganized decisively, and the "Red Banner Army" in the interior gave up Shaanxi, southwest of Shanxi, north of Henan, and west of South Zhili, which had been repeatedly ravaged by vagrants. Sure enough, they did less useless work and improved the efficiency of transferring refugees.

Many Henan people who were willing to follow the "Red Banner Army" went to Xiangyang to take a boat to the Yangtze River via the Hanshui River and went down to Nantongzhou to wait for a sea boat to go to the "Hanjiang Province".

Times have changed, and not all those who defected to the "Red Banner Army" were proletarians. There were already many enlightened wealthy officials and gentry in Shaanxi, Shanxi, Henan, and Central China. .

The calculations of the big families are more forward-looking, and long-term bets can make the family prosper. Luoyang and Kaifeng are besieged by bandits and slaves at every turn, and no one feels safe.

The force of the "Red Banner Army" is a myth, and the reputation of the general who conquered the captives to calm the people and govern the army is well known. Articles in the "Red Flag Daily" exaggerated the new territory.

It has become fashionable to lure Henan's aristocratic families to transfer their assets and part of the population to settle in the "Han River Province".

Of course, these people will not take the ships that transport refugees. Most of them hire boats to go south to the Yangtze River and then transfer to luxury passenger ships to go directly to the "Han River Province".

Zheng Zhilong's fleet sailed for nearly 20 days. When they passed the Zhoushan Islands and approached the mouth of the Yangtze River, they encountered a sentry ship sent by General Zhenglu.

Unexpectedly, the general Zhenglu really didn't see anyone, so he directly gave himself a task. Zheng Zhilong couldn't laugh or cry, so he had to go to the port of Nantong Prefecture to pick up the [-] immigrants waiting for him to transfer.

Zheng Zhilong, Zheng Zhihu, Gan Hui and other generals were also quite curious about whether the legend about the millions of living people of the Great General Conquering Captives was true. When they came to Nantong Prefecture and went ashore, they felt that this place was different.

Originally, they thought that the immigrants waiting for transshipment didn't know how dirty they should be. Who knew that the immigrants were not even unkempt, and everyone had bright eyes and strict discipline.

If you have any questions, just look for the person with the red armband on the arm, and the custodian will answer. If the person cannot solve the problem on the spot, he will enthusiastically take him to his superior.

Zheng Zhihu finally saw the main soldiers of the "Red Banner Army" at close range. There were not many people released here in Nantong Prefecture. Thousands of brave and strong people.

Xiangyong and Minzhuang who are not in the training period basically work as porters at the port, because the reloading volume here is particularly large, and it is no problem for a strong laborer to earn one or two taels of silver a month while taking care of the meals.

(End of this chapter)