Great Qing Dynasty talker

Chapter 344 Instigating Guizhou Lvying to pull out the donkey prong!
In the early Qing Dynasty, Guizhou Green Camp had only 2 soldiers.

Later, due to war needs, this number soared to 4.

At this time, the population of Guizhou Province was only 560 million. Equivalent to one-sixth of the population of Jiangsu during the same period!

If you consider taxes, it's even more shabby.

There is only a pitiful 26 taels, which is barely equivalent to the tax of a county in Kunshan, Suzhou Prefecture.

The tax revenue is poor and the population is sparse, but it supports 4 green soldiers. This can only mean one problem - the military pressure here is great!

Almost all the food and salary for the 4 people depended on the imperial court.

The green camp soldiers' eyes were green and they couldn't find any extra money.

There are few transiting caravans in the defense zone, the villages are barren, and the chieftains on the mountains are even more difficult to deal with. I wanted to scrape the ground, but I just scraped a foot and hit a stone.

……

He was more interested in the green wormwood in the plate of fried bacon with wormwood and a large bowl of Ganjiang fat fish head.

"And this famous Jiangxi dish, steamed pork with rice flour."

Twenty thousand soldiers from Zhenyuan and Weining towns in Lvying, Guizhou, trekked for several months and finally arrived outside Fengcheng County, Nanchang Prefecture.

The moment he stretched out his chopsticks to pinch the fish's eyes, the Fengcheng gentry knew what he was doing.

Take some rest, eat and drink, and recharge your batteries.

All the gentry were talented people, and they quickly saw the qualities of these two generals.

Wu Zhicheng, the anxious and frantic governor of Jiangxi, who was besieged in Nanchang City, sent a messenger to strictly order the states and counties to ensure the payment, silver and food of the guest soldiers. Anyone who disobeyed the order would be executed.

Magistrate Zhao poured wine while asking:
"But I don't know how many soldiers the general has brought?"

Although the two families are not close, they have some contact. After all, the government's imperial examinations were sluggish, business routes were sparse, and the literacy rate was far less than one per thousand. It was not easy to give birth to two official families.

"This is Mr. Zhao, the magistrate of Fengcheng County."

In Huang Si’s words,

Therefore, he is called the King of East Zhang and West (Wang).

Wang Shenglie is of medium build and looks more like a businessman.

One started by hunting Miao people, and the other started by hunting Yi people.

"These two are Wang Shenglie, the commander-in-chief of Zhenyuan, and Zhou Xifa, the commander-in-chief of Weiyuan Town."

Nanchang is the bait for fishing.

"Okay, okay." All the gentlemen's eyes lit up and they raised their glasses.

"well."

Wang Shenglie and Zhou Xifa were both trusted and trusted generals of the Guizhou Admiral.

"2! Half of my wealth in Guizhou Green Camp."

"The two generals have come from afar and have done a great job with their hard work. The lower officials and the gentry of this county have prepared food and wine to welcome the two generals."

Wu Jun was dozens of miles away, and the military situation was like a fire.

The Zhang family is to the east of Tongren Mansion, and the Wang family is to the west.

"well."

In the county government office,
The county magistrate, county magistrate, chief registrar and six gentry from the county accompanied him. The dishes are very rich, the drinks are plentiful, and the atmosphere is perfect.

……

……

The encirclement of the 4th Army Corps deliberately left an opening on the southwest side of the city. The Qing army's messengers came and went without any serious problems.

It is difficult to get into the literary examination, and my family has always had a poor literary background. Therefore, he joined the army and climbed up the ranks all the way to the rank of general soldier.

Zhou Xifa is tall and tall and is a typical military commander.

The ancestors were local tycoons who made a fortune in business. Later, they felt deeply about the family crisis, so they trained their grandchildren to serve as officials.

Big Fish is the green battalion soldiers from the four provinces of Yunnan, Guizhou, Hunan and Guangxi, with a total number of more than 5.

……

These Qiu Ba Ye are the real life-saving straw.

Wang Shenglie was born in Tongren Prefecture, Guizhou Province. Zhang Youdao, the former magistrate of Yuanhe County in Suzhou Prefecture and now a loyal minister of Wu State, who had repeatedly dreamed of marrying off his daughter, was a pure fellow countryman.

Zhao Zhixian took the initiative to send Zhou Xi some food:
"Zongrong Zhou, please try it, Ningdu Three Cup Chicken."

Zhao Zhixian, wearing the robe of a seventh-grade civil servant, rushed to greet him with a smile on his face.

Today, the entire Zhang Youdao family has moved to Hengtang Town, Suzhou Prefecture, built a house and bought land, and seems to have taken root in the south of the Yangtze River.

……

The sound is like a loud bell, eating is like fighting for one's life, drinking one sip at a time, and no one refuses to come. The fierceness was evident as he spoke.

The Zhang family believes that the only thing Suzhou and Tongren have in common is: humidity.

This time,

In addition to the elites under the two men, there are also Austrian aid from other towns, and even 2 shotgun battalions, 2 rattan battalions, 1 crossbow battalion, and 1 battalion of porters under Tibiao.

The admiral has repeatedly warned,

The purpose of the war is to earn money, and 4% of the rewarded silver must be sent back.

Also, he privately told Wang Shenglie not to forget the identity of the guest soldier, and to use some means when necessary!

After finally leaving the province to fight, Jiangxi is still a wealthy country.

Good opportunity, don't waste it!
Zhou Xifa didn't understand, so he respected Wang Shenglie during this expedition!
……

"Zhixian Zhao, you don't know that our Guizhou Green Camp is suffering."

Wang Shenglie took advantage of the wine, hooked up and started acting.

The gentleman next to him heard the song and knew its elegant meaning. He immediately came over and raised two fingers:
"Twenty thousand taels! A little kindness from the gentlemen of this county."

"Hey~" Wang Shenglie began to break his fingers, "The army is short of uniforms, straw sandals, mules and horses, food, and meat~ However, although I, the Guizhou athlete, are poor and poorly equipped, I still have the heart to kill the enemy. Hot."

Everyone laughed.

Outside the county government office,
A row of soldiers at Weining Town were waiting quietly.

Their uniforms are indeed shabby, they look dark and thin, and they mostly wear straw sandals.

The imperial court issued a pair of boots every year, but they were all sold for money.

Wang Shenglie suddenly stood up straight and shouted:
"Brothers from Zhenbiao, take off your uniforms!"

……

The soldiers took off their uniforms, revealing their red breasts.

The onlookers took a breath and saw the scars from the sword, one after another.

Zhou Xifa also proudly took off his official robe to show his pride:

"When I attacked the Yi village in Weining Prefecture, I charged naked every time. No matter how ferocious the Jiangnan thieves are, can they be more ferocious than them?"

Zhao Zhixian was solemn and held his hands in a circle:
"Good soldiers! We have hope in Fengcheng."

He said loudly:
"This county will allocate another 5000 taels of grain and 2 taels of silver. Mr. Futai has spoken first. Brothers, kill the first level thief and reward 10 taels of silver! If he is an official, double the amount."

When Zhou Xifa heard this, his eyes lit up:
"Does the county official keep his word?"

Magistrate Zhao asked someone to get Wu Zhicheng's autographed letter:
"Lord Futai's autographed letter cannot be faked. Moreover, it is not our county that provides the money, but the gentry from the whole province. Don't worry, you two generals, we Jiangxi people will be able to get this first-class silver by selling iron."

……

Everyone in Weining Zhenbiao was beaming.

I could hardly suppress my surprise: 10 taels? The price was unprecedentedly high in the Qing Dynasty.

Suppress the chieftain barbarians in the province and get a reward of 1 tael of silver for each head. It is higher in other provinces, usually 1 taels, and in rare cases it may be higher.

Wang Shenglie remained silent:
"10 taels, did you get it?"

"Correct!"

Wang Shenglie was literate, and he briefly browsed the letter and the seal to make sure it was correct.

"make a deal!"

On the same day, silver carts and grain carts entered the military camp.

The 2 Guizhou soldiers smiled happily and were very satisfied with the reward. Have a hearty meal with wine and meat.

the next morning,

The whole army marched all the way to the northeast.

Prepare to cross a tributary of the Fu River, pass through Sanjiangkou Town, and then go north to relieve the siege of Nanchang.

Fengcheng County Cheng Da Ma caught up:

"General Wang, General Zhou, why don't you wait a little longer? The Green Camp in Yunnan and Guangxi will be arriving soon. This way we can be more confident!"

"No need. I'm afraid there are too many people and not enough money."

……

At this time,
Ma Zhongyi, the general commander of the Southern Jiangxi Army, who had arrived outside Sanjiangkou Town, encountered Wu army scouts one after another.

This means that the main force of the Wu army must be within a hundred miles, maybe closer!

"Old Ma, what should I do?"

"If you can't hide, fight!"

Ma Zhongyi looked at the running Wu Jun scouts and lamented that this battle was getting harder and harder to fight. At the same time, he silently cursed in his heart which bastard sold the war horse to Wu Jun.

Ma Zhongyi climbed onto the war horse easily:
"I am sending an order from my general to build strongholds along the outside of the town. Let the local inspection team cooperate. Then send a fast horse messenger to Nanchang to report to Mr. Futai that 5000 soldiers from Nangan Town have crossed the Fuhe River and are ready to rescue the provincial capital."

"Whoo."

Sanjiangkou is an important location. Densely populated and relatively wealthy.

The Qing government set up an inspection department here to inspect merchants and arrest bandits.

...Zhe Yong, the general manager of Chahar, and Ma Zhongyi rode on horseback to observe the terrain of the nearby 10 miles.

There is a small mountain ridge to the north of the town, with rolling hills.

Most areas are below 30 feet above sea level.

"This battle is not easy to fight!"

"It's hard to fight, but we have to fight. Lao Zhe, your cavalry is stationed below the mountains to maintain deterrence. Damn, fighting on the Poyang Lake plain is playing into the hands of Wu thieves."

"Do not worry."

The two quickly discussed a countermeasure.

When Wu Jun arrives, they will fight face to face.

Outside the town are continuous wheat fields, which are expected to be harvested in more than a month.

The wind blows the wheat waves, which is very spectacular.

Ma Zhongyi frowned. He suspected that the purpose of Wu Jun's large-scale attack at this time was food!
He thought to himself,
How about just burning down the wheat fields?

In the end, I gave up this cruel idea. Because the soldiers under his command were busy building forts and making shield chariots.

……

Fuhe, although it is called a river.

The width of the water surface downstream of the main stream is 1 mile. In summer, its width can even reach 2 miles.

The difference between rivers is just like the difference between people. They are ridiculously big.

Of course, Ma Zhongyi is not stupid.

We were looking for small tributaries to cross the river all the way to avoid risks.

300 soldiers were also allocated to guard the small boats crossing the river. This was a life-saving escape route.

He was not afraid of death, but mainly wanted to save his precious life and serve the Qing Dynasty and the Emperor better and longer.

Looking at the river, Ma Zhongyi suddenly felt a sense of crisis.

"Old Zhe, what do you think the Wu Jun navy will do if it breaks through the three forks and sails from Ganjiang River to Fuhe River?"

"That's it~"

"The people in Jiangbei Camp in Yangzhou don't know what to eat. They have stockpiled tens of thousands of soldiers and eat dry food every day. They don't put pressure on us, but our navy forces hold our heads down and beat us violently."

The two of them looked at the turbulent river water and meditated hard.

"Master, the inspection of Sanjiangkou is here."

"bring it here."

The fat inspector fell to his knees as soon as he saw him:
"Greetings to you two adults."

"No courtesy. Come and tell us, is it possible to block the Fuhe River or Ganjiang River?"

"what?"

……

Bai Pang made an inspection and saw that the two generals were not joking, so he seriously considered this crazy idea.

finally,
He shook his head:
"The river is too wide, unless half of Lushan Mountain is moved."

Ma Zhongyi sneered and changed the question:
"How deep is the Fuhe River?"

"Very deep."

"What kind of inspection are you doing on horseback? I don't know anything about it. Now row the boat for me to measure it, and measure it every three miles!"

The kicked-up inspector left in embarrassment and rowed a small boat to place weights everywhere under the supervision of the green battalion soldiers.

Zheyong felt that he could not keep up with this good brother's thoughts, so he frowned and asked:
"Blocking the river has nothing to do with our current battle, right?"

"It doesn't matter now. Who can say what will happen later."

……

"Master, I'm very happy." The slave Liu Lu came.

"What's the joy?"

"Guizhou Green Camp reinforcements are here and have arrived at the south bank. This is the messenger they sent to contact us."

A capable commander wearing straw sandals and an old official robe knelt on one knee, cupped his hands and said:

"General Manager of Zhenyuan Town, I'm going to the village to pay my respects to you."

Ma Zhongyi glanced at it and asked:

"Miao people?"

"Yes."

"Do you have a boat?"

"Yes, but not many. They are crossing the river in batches."

"Liu Lu, go and command our boat gang to help the friendly forces."

Various ferries shuttle back and forth on the not-too-wide river. Some can carry one or two hundred people, while some can only carry a dozen people.

……

"Lao Ma, what do you think?"

“Half the merit is shared, and half the guilt is shared.”

The two of them laughed and went to the big tent to eat meat and drink wine.

By evening,
More than 10,000 people crossed the river, and the boatman was so exhausted that no matter how hard he whipped them, it was of no avail.

then,

The army could only camp and rest on both sides of the river.

Zhenyuan Commander-in-Chief Wang Shenglie, Weiyuan Commander-in-Chief Zhou Xifa drank with Ma Zhongyi and Zhe Yong to get closer.

"Brother Ma, I heard that you once spared a Suzhou magistrate?"

"Yes."

"This is such a good job that even the chief minister of Guizhou would not replace it."

"Brother Wang is quick to talk, but I was fired away after less than a year~"

Wang Shenglie put down his wine bowl in surprise:

"Who took the courage of the ambitious leopard?"

"Li Yu!"

……

There was a moment of silence in the tent,
Wang Shenglie's mouth was so open that he didn't come back to his senses for a long time.

Although Zhou Xifa drank a jar of wine, he was not drunk and muttered:
"Why does the name sound so familiar?"

Wang Shenglie whispered:
"He is the false king of Wu."

Bang, the wine bowl fell to the ground and broke.

Ma Zhongyi smiled:
"Come here, change the bowl."

"So, Brother Ma had dealings with Li Ni back then?"

"I just met him a few times~ It's a pity that I didn't kill this kid with a knife back then."

The house slave Liu Lu, who was helping pour the wine next to him, thought of that warm and shrewd face again, as well as the heavy 500 taels.

……

Qingjiang County, Linjiang Prefecture, Jiangxi Province.

The county seat is called Zhangshu Town.

This town is also known as the "Medicine Capital of Jiangnan" and is one of the best medicinal materials trading markets in the south. Tens of thousands of people are engaged in the medicinal materials industry. There is even a saying among the people that "the medicine is not as effective as the camphor tree".

Like Nanchang and Fengcheng, they are both located on the banks of the Gan River.

Wang Sansong, the former Fuliang County gentry, was hiding in this town.

As a foreign businessman, I stayed in a medium-sized hotel for a long time.

He looks a little wealthy, but he is not considered rich. There are only eight hundred such people in Zhangshu Town, but they are inconspicuous at all.

"Dad, are we just going to hide like this?"

"Ah."

"Isn't it a problem if this keeps going on?"

"Today, the biggest issue in Jiangxi is the war! Apart from this, everything else is nothing."

"I don't know if we can get back our porcelain kilns in Jingdezhen. That has been the family property of our Wang family for generations."

……

There was a thunder, and the rain came as expected, getting heavier and heavier.

Just chatting,

Suddenly there was a knock on the door.

A local friend flashed into the house:
"Brother Wang, congratulations on your great joy."

"Oh, Brother Zhang, please come in quickly." Wang Sansong quickly gave up his seat and poured tea.

asked very cautiously:

"But I don't know where the joy comes from?"

"The Supervisor of Ganguan sent people to look for you everywhere. It's a coincidence that the person sent by me happens to be an acquaintance of mine."

Wang Sansong was stunned. As soon as he was distracted, the tea overflowed~
The warm tea overflowed the edge of the bowl and flowed onto the table.

The two of them hurriedly got up to dodge and the other apologized.

(End of this chapter)