Haisheng Mingdi

Chapter 373

Zhang Xianzhong had been recruited by the Ming Dynasty several times, so it is not surprising that Zhang Kewang said this.

The Daxi Emperor was born in Dingbian, Shaanxi. He also read books when he was young. Later, he sold jujubes with his father. Later, Shangguan Chen Hongfan interceded and was expelled from the army with a hundred army sticks. He has been living in the countryside ever since.

This is a complete prick, or rogue.

In the third year of Chongzhen, Zhang Xianzhong gathered peasant riots in his hometown. He called himself the Eight Great Kings, and was called Huang Hu in the Huang army because of his thin body.

He was the strongest of the 36 battalions led by Wang Ziyong, and one of the thirteen battalions later led by Gao Yingxiang.He once captured Fengyang, demolished the Huangjue Temple where Zhu Yuanzhang became a monk, and also stripped the Zhu family's ancestral grave.

In the ninth year of Chongzhen, Gao Yingxiang was captured by Fu and executed by Ling Chi.

In ten years, Zhang Xianzhong, who supported more than 4 troops, was also defeated and injured by Zuo Liangyu in Nanyang. He accepted Xiong Wencan's recruiting in Gucheng, but refused to accept adaptation and dispatch, and still kept [-] horses.

In 12 years, the anti-flag was raised again. In the 13th year of Chongzhen, Zhang Xianzhong, who was frustrated again, led his troops into Sichuan for the second time. In 14 years, he left Sichuan and moved to Huguang. In 17 years, he entered Sichuan three times.

Zhang Xianzhong entered Sichuan because he wanted to use Bashu as his base camp, connect Huguang, take Yunnan and Guizhou, compete for Guanlong, and then seize the world.

It's just that the situation changed so quickly.

Because of the experience of being recruited, Zhang Kewang and others felt that Zhang Xianzhong wanted to repeat the old tricks to buy time.

"Send someone to Mingying as an envoy!"

Zhang Xianzhong planned to take one step at a time. With the current situation, if he continued to fight, it would be unfavorable to him. It would be a dead end, and he had to find another way.

"His Majesty's condition?"

Zhang Xianzhong twirled his long beard, and his thin yellow face was also tangled.

"Didn't Emperor Ming say that he would make me the King of Yunnan and seal Yongzhen in the world? Then I agree for now. I am willing to remove the title of Emperor, abdicate and return to the feudal clan, and move the town to Yunnan, so that the Ming army in Sichuan will make way for me. , stop the attack immediately."

"My 120 battalions in the West Camp must still be under my control, and will not be reorganized or dispatched by the imperial court."

Zhang Kewang, Zhang Wenxiu, Zhang Nengqi, and Zhang Dingguo, the four adopted sons, knew in their hearts that this was just a stopgap measure.

The King of Anxi and General Zhang Dingguo of Anxi were tall and burly. He stepped forward and suggested, "Why don't you ask the Ming court for our Western Army to go north to Guanzhong, called going north to attack the Qing Dynasty. In fact, Shaanxi and Gansu are the hometown of our Western Army, and most of the soldiers are from Shaanxi and Gansu. Our army is more familiar with the waters and soils of Shaanxi, Gansu, and as long as we go to Guanzhong, we will have more choices."

Zhang Xianzhong nodded, "You can mention it like this first, but the Ming court will definitely not be willing. Then we will agree to go south to Yunnan to fight against the Shadingzhou rebellion."

Whether it is going north or going south, the premise is that the Ming army must first stop the siege of Chengdu. As for when an agreement can be reached, it will take time.

Now that the Ming and Qing Dynasties are at war, Zhang Xianzhong can take advantage of the opportunity of joining the peace talks, take a temporary rest, re-deploy troops and horses, and wait for the opportunity.

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Kuizhou and Fengjie.

White Emperor City.

When Liu Bei was defeated in his campaign against Wu, he withdrew to live here, where he left Zhuge alone and died.

Wen Anzhi, the newly-appointed manager of the five provinces of Shaanxi, Gansu, Yunnan, Guizhou, and Sichuan, is stationed here. Baidi City is located on the north bank of the Yangtze River at the mouth of Qutang Gorge, on Baidi Mountain, facing Kuimen in the east, facing Baiyan Mountain across the river in the south, and Fengjie County in the west , leaning against Jigong Mountain in the north, and at the entrance of the west end of the Three Gorges of the Yangtze River.

Baidi City is a military fortress with extremely strong defensive performance.

It can be said to be the gateway to eastern Sichuan.

In later generations, due to the impoundment of the Three Gorges Reservoir, Baidi City became an isolated island in the Yangtze River.

At this time, the Baidi City still stood proudly on the banks of the Yangtze River, and there was also a water village in the Qutang Gorge next to it, inside which was the newly built Three Gorges Navy.

As the former Guozijian Jijiu, Wen Anzhi was originally a literati master, but now he is running around in this troubled world due to wars, governing the army and the people, and managing food and pay, from Yunyang Dujian to Pianyuan Governor, and now to the five provinces. slightly.

It fully explained his performance and was fully affirmed by His Majesty the Southeast Emperor.

In order to consider the overall situation, Zhu Yihai now redefines the theater of war.

Taking Jiangsu and Zhejiang as one theater, Fujian, Taiwan, Guangdong, and Guangxi as one theater, Jiangxi, Anhui as one theater, Huguang and Henan as one theater, and Shaanxi, Gansu, Yunnan, Guizhou, and Sichuan as one theater, there are five theaters in total.

Each appointed supervisors and managers to sit in town.

Zhu Dadian supervised Huguang and Henan, Wen'an supervised Sichuan, Shaanxi, Yunnan, Guizhou and Gansu, Zodiac Zhou supervised Jiangxi and Anhui, and He Tengjiao supervised Fujian, Taiwan, Guangdong and Guangxi.Zhu Yihai is personally in charge of Zhezhi.

Zhang Guowei called back to the court to assist the government, and Zheng Zhilong entered the court.

Wen Anzhi performed very well in Yunyang and Pianyuan. Although he is a literati, he can always sit on the front line and manage food and salaries very well. He is also from Yiling, so Zhu Yihai gave him five provinces, Sitting in Baidi City.

His main task in Sichuan was to reorganize the various Ming armies in Bashu, sort out the order, and strengthen the offensive against Zhang Xianzhong.

The inspector Zhang Dai and the admiral Qin Liangyu all came to see him in person.

Even Governor Wang Yingxiong and Governor Ma Gan also came.

Wang ordered the flag to come out, and Wen Anzhi, holding Shangfang's sword, came out, wearing a sitting python bestowed by the emperor, showing his majesty.

When the emperor's decree was issued, civil and military officials knelt down to receive it.

Admiral Qin Liangyu added the title of soldier and horse to the president of the five provinces of Shaanxi and Gansu, bestowed the king's order flag and Shangfang sword, and was also the admiral of the imperial camp in Sichuan and Shaanxi.

The five provinces of Shaanxi and Gansu are divided into one war zone, with Wen'an as the strategy, and the following five governors and seven governors, (Governors of Pianyuan and Governor of Yunyang are dispatched by the governors of the five provinces of Shaanxi and Gansu and the governors of Huguang and Henan) , seven inspectors, plus seven admirals, (Qin Liangyu is the president of the five provinces, the admiral of Sichuan, and the admiral of the imperial camp in Shaanxi and Gansu).

The other five provinces also set up patrol and military preparation routes 26, including five in Shaanxi, eight in Gansu, six in Sichuan, four in Yunnan, and three in Guizhou.

Because the current situation in these five provinces is still relatively turbulent, the system of governor-general and governor-general has not yet been implemented, and even each province has a governor-general.

"The sage made the order, the governor's standard battalion has five battalions, [-] soldiers, and [-] auxiliary soldiers. The governor's standard battalion has three battalions, [-] soldiers, and [-] auxiliary soldiers.

There are ten battalions for the presidential bid, five battalions for the admiral, two battalions for the patrol, and one battalion for the patrol.

In addition, each province set up two towns with guard battalions, ten battalions in each town, four battalions and eight battalions in the two associations, and two battalions in total. "

"The Imperial Battalion in Shaanxi and Gansu has a total of [-] battalions of [-] soldiers, [-] infantry, [-] horses, and [-] sailors."

This is the army establishment that Emperor Zhu Yihai gave to the five provinces in the Shaanxi-Gansu theater, divided into standard battalions and town battalions.

Managers, presidents, governors, governors, inspectors, admirals, sub-inspectors, and general soldiers each have standard battalions, which belong to the troops directly under them.

There are also two towns in each province with [-] battalions each, plus [-] imperial battalions.

The number of troops given is still a lot.

There are two town camps in each of the five provinces, adding up to [-]. The governor-general is [-], and there are five of them.
The governor is 26, there are seven, the president is [-], one, the admiral is [-], seven, the inspector is [-], seven, and the sub-inspector is [-], there are [-].

There are 110 nine battalions in addition to the standard battalion, and 210 town battalions. A total of [-] nine battalions are given. One battalion has [-] combat soldiers and [-] auxiliary soldiers.

The five provinces have a total of [-] soldiers and [-] auxiliary soldiers.

In addition to the sixteen battalions of the imperial camp, [-] soldiers and [-] auxiliary soldiers, a total of [-].

There are a total of 15 auxiliary soldiers in the five provinces, with an average of less than [-] in each province.

This number is actually relatively large, but after all, it is wartime, and there are many military leaders and rebels in various places. Zhu Yihai also needs to arrange them properly. It is also an urgent matter to reorganize them as much as possible.

After the failure of Huguang Wuzhong, Zhu Yihai is now more vigorous in reorganizing the local army.

Fortunately, he is now very powerful in the east.

Wen Anzhi and Qin Liangyu were responsible for the overall reorganization, which mainly focused on the soldiers and horses of Sichuan and Guanzhong Hanzhong, including the Zhongzhen Camp in Yunyang area.

Duke of Shu, Taibao and Prince Taibao, Qin Liangyu, president of the five provinces and admiral of Sichuan, took the initiative to say that the five provinces really need to make overall plans and reorganize so that they can be commanded and dispatched in a unified manner instead of fighting independently.

Wen Anzhi said that he would work with the provincial governors, governors, inspectors, chief envoys, inspectors, and sub-inspectors to carry out taxation reforms to ensure the supply of food and salaries for the troops in the five provinces.

According to the emperor's decree, for the soldiers of the five provinces' armies, the auxiliary soldiers are one to two five per month, the third-class soldiers are two to one, the second-class soldiers are two to four, and the first-class soldiers are two to seven. The camp usually pays half the salary, and pays some more during the New Year's festival.

It is much lower than the food and salary of the imperial camp, but no one has any objections.

Even if there are two or two third-class soldiers, there is seven cents of silver a day, plus three buckets of food a month, which is still far higher than the original monthly salary of the imperial court, not to mention that it has not been paid formally for a long time now.

"The Imperial Battalion has sixteen battalion heads and [-] soldiers. They should be formed by drawing elite soldiers from various armies. The banner of the Imperial Battalion must be erected first, and it must be the best able to fight!"

The gray-haired Qin Liangyu was still in armor, and her tall voice was resonant and powerful.

The emperor wanted to build an imperial camp in Shaanxi and Gansu, but he didn't send troops like the Huguang camp, but asked the local government to mobilize soldiers and horses to form it.

This imperial battalion will be commanded by Qin Liangyu as the admiral, and some officers will be sent over from Nanjing.

Eight thousand elites were drawn from the Shaanxi-Gansu armies to form a battalion, and all the generals nodded in support. This was the emperor's will. Although everyone was somewhat reluctant, it was not easy to object.

Immediately afterwards, Wen Anzhi came up with another decree, which was the appointment of the governors, governors, admirals, chief soldiers, and deputy generals of the five provinces.

Basically, the current officials are still used.

However, Shaanxi and Sichuan are still the main ones. In fact, in Yunnan and Gansu, only governors, governors, and admirals have been appointed, and the rest of the official positions have not been appointed for the time being. Under the control of the Qing army.

There are also chieftains in Guizhou making chaos.

So now it is mainly the appointment of officials and the reorganization of the army in Sichuan and Shaanxi.

Generals such as He Zhen, Wu Dading, Zeng Ying, Wang Xiang, and Yang Zhan were basically awarded admirals, and other major generals were also awarded the ranks of commander-in-chief or deputy general.

After the new post is officially awarded, the army must be reorganized according to the post.

There is one admiral in one province, two town chiefs, and several lieutenants. In addition, each standard unit also has chief soldiers, lieutenants, etc. In the past, there was no limit to the number of recruits, but now they have to be reorganized.

There are strict regulations on how many battalions to bring and how many soldiers there are. Recruit troops according to the quota and pay according to the quota.

The standard battalion and the town battalion are divided into two systems, the soldiers and the auxiliary soldiers are distinguished, the old, weak and disabled are abolished, and the surplus is changed to the township regiment.

In short, it is necessary to establish a brand new five-province command system from top to bottom.

Wen'an manages five provinces, President Qin Liangyu has an army of [-], seven admirals each command the provincial town camp, and the governor, governor, sub-patrol, patrol, etc. are directly under the standard battalion, not directly commanded by the admiral, but subject to the control of the governor and governor , and obey the strategic dispatch.

Not only that, the generals' garrisons, troop levels, and food and salaries must all be standardized.

The imperial court sent a doctor from the household department to serve as the doctor of the governor's salary, who was in charge of the grain platform.

At the local level, the provinces assign special officials to participate in the government, and the government sends a full-time judge to coordinate food and pay.

The governor of economics and strategy, the governor and the sub-inspectors also manage food and salaries.

The final payment platform is responsible for the management and distribution of rations.

Military generals and officers don't have to interfere with food and pay. The task of military generals is to train soldiers and horses, lead troops to fight, and don't care about other things.

It is also forbidden to plunder places, privately collect food and pay, etc.

"Report!"

"The western thief Zhang Xianzhong sent an envoy to see him and said that he would like to submit the above table!"

(End of this chapter)