The Soul of the Han Dynasty in the Late Ming Dynasty

Chapter 797 Self Expansion
In the future, there will be Han immigrants immigrating to "Hanjiang Province", and the proportion of Bangzi's population will decrease immediately.

Now it is more than one-third, after a year it will be less than one-third, and it will get lower and lower in the future.

This area is huge, covering an area of ​​10,000+ square kilometers, which is more than the combined area of ​​Zhejiang Province and Jiangsu Province in later generations. The developed fields can fully feed more than 3000 million people.

It is very different from the prosperity of "Hanjiang Province". Shaanxi Province is full of wars, not only the people are in dire straits, but even the officials and landlords are in danger.

After Jiannu broke into Yansui Town, he continued to attack the city and pull out the village, until he reached the city of Xi'an. Fortunately, although the Manchu and Mongolian cavalry was as high as [-] to [-], they had no siege equipment.

The two chief generals, Jierhalang and Azig, saw that the Ming army's will to defend the city was resolute and refused to spend their troops to seize the city, and they had been destroying the armed fortresses and cottages in the surrounding areas where they were self-protecting.

Since the rogues and the Jiannu were separated by Hanzhong, Xianyang, Xi'an and other large cities that were still in the hands of the Ming army, Gao Yingxiang, Li Zicheng, Ma Shouying, etc. did not know that a great savior had arrived.

Due to Hong's bad reputation of shaving his head, Gao Yingxiang and others led the rogues to go to Sichuan to cause disaster.

They broke through the defense line from Qipanguan, Yangpingguan, and Lishukou respectively, and attacked Zhaohua on the eighth day of the eighth day.The attack on Jianzhou on the [-]th was easy again, and the team suddenly swelled to hundreds of thousands.

Since the autumn harvest in Sichuan was not long, every household had food, and the rogues received a large amount of supplies. Sichuan residents who had been swept away by the rogues had to follow the thieves to plunder the next prefecture.

On the [-]th, due to the large number of troops, Gao Yingxiang and others attacked in three ways to capture Mianzhou, Yanting, and Jiangyou respectively, and once again grabbed a lot of money.

Sichuan Governor Wang Weizhang and Zuo Dudu Sichuan General Officer Hou Liangzhu had to retreat to Chengdu after a series of defeats. More than half of the assembled troops were lost, and now there are less than 1 people.

On the [-]th, the self-inflated Gao Yingxiang joined forces with Li Zicheng, Ma Shouying, Guo Tianxing, and Huntian Wang to surround Chengdu again.

The rogues and refugees who participated in the siege of Chengdu are said to be in the millions. The total number may not be less than 80, the number of young and middle-aged people should be close to 30, and the number of those with weapons and some combat effectiveness should not be less than 15.

The white-armed soldiers and the "Red Banner Army" have done a good job in running eastern Sichuan. The good times of more than three years have not been abandoned. The overall quality and quantity of today's white-armed soldiers are far stronger than in history.

Qin Liangyu and Ma Xianglin, the leaders of the two white-armed soldiers, did not expect that the rogues would fight from northern Sichuan to the Chengdu Plain.

The vassal state in Chengdu is Zhu Zhishu, the king of Shu. His predecessor was Zhu Chun, the No.11 son of Ming Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang. He has lived and multiplied in Sichuan for more than [-] years and passed down [-] generations.

Faced with hundreds of thousands of bandits, many county kings and town generals of the Shu kingdom were terrified, and sent more than a dozen urgent distress documents to the court for help.

It is difficult to put out fires near distant waters, and distant relatives are not as good as close neighbors. The King of Shu specially wrote a letter to ask Qin Liangyu for help, and he also followed the advice of the governor of the palace, Gu Zhun, the chief general of the "Red Banner Army" who stayed in Kuizhou Mansion, to send a letter of help.

The king of Shu was neither stupid nor greedy, and the county kings of their lineage did not leave too much notoriety among the people.

The county kings and town generals headed by Zhu Zhishu, king of Shu, Zhu Zhiyi, king of Neijiang, etc., all made a statement that as long as they came to rescue Chengdu, they would provide military salaries and food.

The Chengdu Plain is vast and rich. The Kings of Shu have been operating in this good place for more than [-] years, and they can be regarded as an incomparably rich country.

Qin Liangyu and Gu Zhun immediately prepared for the departure of the army after receiving the letter from the king of Shu, and the propaganda and mobilization work began immediately.

The dispatch of the army requires official documents from the Ministry of War or the emperor's imperial decree, and Qin Liangyu's loyalty to the court will definitely not send troops without authorization.

Zhou Shideng, who had been promoted to the left to participate in politics, trusted the "Red Banner Army" to perform his duties in Kuizhou Mansion. He also received a letter from the King of Shu, and immediately took the opportunity to recommend Gu Zhun as the chief army officer to rescue the King of Shu from the siege of Chengdu.

Chengdu was in an emergency. After the official letter from the King of Shu was sent to the capital, Emperor Chongzhen was shocked. He had already been harmed by the bandits, King Xiang and many county kings of the Tang dynasty.

If the always virtuous kings of Shu were taken over by bandits again, how could he, the emperor, face the royal clan?

This time the court's response was fast enough, also because there were soldiers and horses, and the reassuring team was available.

Qin Liangyu, Ma Xianglin, and Zhang Fengyi were ordered by the imperial court to go on an expedition, and Gu Zhun was appointed by the imperial court as the general officer of the Sichuan aid and suppression army.

The task of the white-armed soldiers and the "Red Banner Army" in the Eastern Sichuan Division is to quickly rescue Chengdu, and the family of the King of Shu must be preserved.

When Gu Zhun led three thousand general guards and two thousand general "Red Banner Army" infantry to leave Kuizhou Mansion where they were stationed, Ji Datong, the head of the banner guards who was in charge of Eastern Sichuan affairs, took a temporary position.

At this time, Qin Yuyi had returned to Shizhu's hometown, and she regretted the untimely pregnancy, not only missed the battle to regain Pyongyang, but also lost the opportunity to raise troops and fight the rogues in Chengdu.

She handed over a general female soldier to the command of Ma Lanhua, asking her to ensure the safety of her adoptive mother Qin Liangyu no matter what.

The white pole soldiers have fought frequently in the past two or three years, but they have not faced fierce battles. They have always hunted down bandits and bandits in the mountains and forests of eastern Sichuan.

Because Huang Han circled a lot of fertile land and forced the magistrates to make many concessions, the number of white-armed soldiers has now reached its peak.

Apart from the need to leave some troops to guard eastern Sichuan and the stone pillars of the base camp, Qin Liangyu gathered 5000 troops to swear an oath to march, and at the same time, the [-] Sichuan troops assigned by her were also gathering.

Qin Gongming and one hundred personal guards, who had studied in Shanhaiguan for a year, had already returned home. When they returned, they received gifts from General Zhenglu—twenty one-pounder Francois machine guns and three six-pounder field guns. , seven three-pounder field guns.

Qin Gongming is now commanding a battalion of white soldiers imitating the "Red Banner Army".

It also has artillery generals and hot-armed infantry Qian Zong mainly equipped with self-generating guns. Unfortunately, there is only one general because of the lack of cavalry, but there are more cold-weapon infantry Qian Zong mainly using ash pole spears.

All in all, the current white-armed soldiers are stronger than in history. It is the right person for the imperial court to appoint Qin Liangyu as the commander-in-chief of the hanging seal to lead the troops to Chengdu to rescue the siege.

When employing people, the emperor was very generous, which is why he recognized Qin Liangyu's trust in white soldiers.

The imperial court appointed Gu Zhun as the commander-in-chief of the aid and suppression army, and at the same time gave Qin Liangyu the official position of general who conquered the west, making Qin Liangyu one of the eight generals of the Ming Dynasty who had the seal of a general.

(End of this chapter)