There is a space for passenger planes in the late Ming Dynasty

December 18th.

After another five or six days of marching, Lin Feng finally arrived in Xi'an with part of the Guards Brigade, the Third Mobile Division, and the officials who moved south from the Governor's Mansion.

Fang Xiaoyu, who was already greeting him outside the city, immediately came up to him and said, "Master Hou, you are finally here. There are too many people and things in the administrative office of the Shaanxi Chief Envoy in Xi'an. If you don't come again, I’m almost overwhelmed with work, and I still can’t deal with many things.”

"Haha, if you capture Xi'an Mansion, you have completed your mission. Leave the rest to the officials of the Governor's Mansion." Lin Feng patted Fang Xiaoyu and said.

The group came to the original Xi'an Governor's Yamen and settled down temporarily.

Lin Feng first summoned Fang Xiaoyu alone and listened to his report on how to capture Xi'an Mansion.

The entire battle situation was similar to the battle report he sent last time. After the Zhenming Army captured Jingyang in the north of Xi'an City with a thunderous force, the Ming Army in Xi'an City panicked.

Shaanxi Governor Ding Qirui chose to surrender under the urging of Zan Hua Huang Hongchang, and Fang Xiaoyu led the Second Mobile Division to capture the city of Xi'an without a single blow.

Taking the city in this way greatly reduced the casualties of the Zhenming Army, but most of the various forces and officials in the city were preserved. How to deal with it became a head-scratching matter.

Fang Xiaoyu reported and then asked: "Master Hou, after we entered the city, the biggest headache at present is that Zhu Cunji, the king of Qin in the Ming Dynasty, also surrendered, and his attitude was quite sincere. How should we deal with these people?"

Zhu Cunji was the third son of Zhu Yizhuang, King of Qin Su in the Ming Dynasty, and was the fifteenth King of Qin. Historical records record that in the 16th year of Chongzhen, he surrendered to Li Zicheng after the Dashun Army captured Xi'an. In the 17th year of Chongzhen, he surrendered to the Qing Dynasty. In the end, he had little use value. In May of the third year of Shunzhi, he was killed together with Emperor Hongguang and other Ming Dynasty vassals. Executed in the Qing Dynasty.

From this historical record, it can be seen that he was also a master with no integrity. He acted according to the prevailing situation and surrendered as soon as possible.

"Does this King of Qin have any bad reputation in Xi'an City?" Lin Feng asked.

"The main thing is to make use of some of the privileges given to the vassal king by the Ming court. There is no other reputation." Fang Xiaoyu replied. There are very few records in the history books about this King of Qin, and there is not even a specific time for his canonization. It can be seen that he is relatively mediocre and neither There is no great evil in such a virtuous king.

"Has King Qin's treasury been searched?" Lin Feng then asked.

"Not yet. Because I don't know how to deal with it, I have temporarily sealed off Prince Qin's Mansion and haven't taken any other actions yet."

"You first send troops to the Prince of Qin's Mansion, announce your opinions on how to deal with them, hand over the people's wealth and anointing collected over the years, dismiss the servants of the Prince's Mansion, and allow the Prince of Qin's family to move to Beijing." Lin Feng thought about it for a while and said, this kind of killing of the vassal king It's useless, let them go to Chongzhen for food.

"How should Shaanxi Governor Ding Qirui and others arrange it?" Fang Xiaoyu continued to ask.

"Bring them here, let me see them first." Lin Feng ordered.

Soon Shaanxi Governor Ding Qirui, Right Chief Envoy Ye Tinggui, Inspector Li Tianjing, Xi'an Prefect Chen Qingkui and Governor Bo Huang Hongchang were brought in.

"See you, Lord Marquis!" Several people saluted respectfully, and people had to bow their heads under the eaves.

"Those who were able to choose to submit to our Zhenming Army before the city of Xi'an was destroyed can be said to be heroes who understand current affairs. Now that the Ming Dynasty is in decline, I think time will prove that your choice is correct.

Our Zhenming Army's policy is very clear regarding officials who are guilty of serious crimes. Unless they are extremely evil, they will let bygones be bygones.

I will give you two choices. One is to allow you to leave Xi'an with your wealth. You can either return to the court or choose another place to become a rich man.

The other one is willing to serve our Zhenming Army. You need to first participate in our reserve officer review and training. If there are no major problems, after one month of short-term training, you will be assigned an official position according to your rank and ability.

After the training was completed, Song Xian, the former governor of Shanxi Province, has been assigned to be the prefect of Yan'an Prefecture. Although the official position does not seem to be as high as that of the governor, this is one of the four offices under our Zhenming Army, and he is definitely a senior official. I don’t know how you choose? Huang Zhubo has a lower rank and can be used directly. Lin Feng said to several people, giving them a choice.

"The guilty officers and others are willing to serve for our Zhenming Army." Several people replied at the same time. They were not stupid. The world was in chaos now. Lin Feng obviously had the strength to conquer the world. How long would it be before he joined the army?

Seeing that they had all made their choice of allegiance, Lin Feng gave a few simple words of encouragement. After clarifying the relevant requirements, he asked the others to report to the Jiazhou official training class. The leader, Huang Hongchang, temporarily stayed at the staff headquarters to assist in military affairs.

Huang Hongchang, who has a lower rank and can take the initiative to seek refuge, is certainly worth focusing on cultivating.

In the afternoon, Fang Xiaoyu came to report that the Qin Palace had completed the inventory. Lin Feng took the time to go there and checked the treasury inside. There was about 1.5 million taels of silver.

Lin Feng didn't take much. He was not short of money now. He took 300,000 taels and put them in the aircraft space. Fang Xiaoyu gave the rest to the Governor's Mansion.

Seeing that the harvest was not bad, and thinking that King Qin was not a big evil among the feudal lords, Lin Feng generously left them 10,000 taels of travel expenses so that they could save some escorts and rush to Beijing.

Otherwise, the world would be in chaos, and they might be intercepted and killed by bandits and the like after leaving Xi'an City, and they would not be able to go to the capital to cause chaos for Chongzhen.

Xi'an City, the former Shaanxi Governor's Yamen.

The day after Lin Feng arrived in Xi'an, a key meeting was held to discuss the southward relocation of the Governor's Mansion and military response strategies.

This time, Lin Jiakang, Wang Qin, Yang Heng, Guo Zheng, Hu Yanming and others who followed Lin Feng in the first group to move south, as well as Feng Ziming, Fang Xiaoyu, Hong Tu and others participated.

In accordance with the practice of military meetings, Guo Zheng also reported on the enemy situation around Xi'an.

Since the 2000th year of Chongzhen's reign, Shaanxi's capital commander Si led the main force of the capital to attack Lin Feng and wiped out his entire army, the military strength around Xi'an has been severely lacking. Ding Qirui took office as governor of Shaanxi, and he cobbled together a -yuan Fubiao army and surrendered, and the threat from other nearby Ming troops was basically gone.

At present, the main force of the Ming army led by Yang Sichang, a minister of the Ming court, is still playing a game of chasing each other with Zhang Xianzhong and Luo Rucai in Hubei and Xichuan.

In December, Zhang Xianzhong joined the other two groups of bandits, Cao Wei and Guo Tianxing, crossed the river and camped in Wanqing Mountain. At this time, Yang Sichang came up by boat from Yilingshuo. However, Zhang Xianzhong's power was already strong, and he successively captured Dachang and Kaixian, then Mianzhou, Luzhou, and finally Kaixian.

Yang Sichang was in Chongqing and urgently summoned He Renlong and Zuo Liangyu to come to his aid, but both generals were unable to come.

He Renlong was because Yang Sichang had promised to transfer the title of General Zuo Ping to him in order to contain Zuo Liangyu, but he broke his promise and felt uncomfortable, so of course he would not work hard.

Zuo Liangyu was influenced by Zhang Xianzhong's persuasion to "die the cunning rabbit and cook the lackey" because his butt was unclean. Besides, the bandits had not yet been exterminated, and Yang Sichang was trying to take away his title of general who pacified thieves, making it even less possible for him to work hard to suppress the bandits. .

At about the same time, Li Zicheng's troops were besieged in Yubeli Mountain in Fengjie County, Sichuan. Many of the peasant soldiers surrendered to the official army, forcing Li Zicheng to almost commit suicide. He was dissuaded by his adopted son Shuangxi. Li Zicheng's subordinate Liu Zongmin killed his wife and children and told Li Zicheng that he would obey the emperor to the death. When the strong men in the army heard about it, they killed their wives many times and swore to follow Li Zicheng. Li Zicheng burned all his baggage and rode lightly into Henan.

"Everyone, Guo Zheng has just introduced the surrounding enemy situation. For the time being, it does not pose a big threat to our Zhenming Army. However, Zhang Xianzhong, Li Zicheng and others are very good at coaxing civilian refugees to join the army. As long as they capture a big city, the army can quickly expand and form a large army. Threats to our Zhenming Army.

The next step for Tingfeng Guards is to focus on strengthening intelligence collection in Xiangyang City in Hubei Province and Kaifeng Prefecture in Henan Province to prevent Zhang Xianzhong and Li Zicheng from seizing the city. "Lin Feng assigned the first task.

"Understood!" said the leader.

"Master Hou, Zhang Xianzhong and Li Zicheng are both rebels against the Ming Dynasty. Do we have to fight them next?" Deng Hao asked.

"The peasant army is not engaged in production, only destruction, and they are not on the same page as us. What's more, in the fight for the world, there is no room for two tigers in one mountain. Unless they surrender to us, they will definitely be our opponents in the future.

Now that the power of the Ming Dynasty has been greatly weakened, the focus of our military struggle has also changed from uniting the peasant army to oppose the imperial court to both attacking the imperial court and preventing the peasant army from getting bigger. You all must keep this in mind and never think that all of us are our friendly forces. Lin Feng warned.

"General, I understand!" Deng Hao replied.

"Master Marquis, if the Governor's Mansion is to be moved south to Xi'an City, we first need to find a place to serve as the Governor's Mansion." Lin Jiakang asked the first question.

"What suggestions do you have?"

"The best palace in Xi'an is the Prince of Qin's Palace. The Marquis has also ordered the Prince of Qin's family to be deported. The general suggested that the Prince of Qin's Palace be directly changed to the Governor's Palace." Fang Xiaoyu suggested.

"Okay, Yanming, you can lead the people from the Construction Department to simply renovate the Prince of Qin's Palace. The front palace will be the office of the Governor's Palace, and the back palace will be my place of residence." Lin Feng agreed.

"Yes, I will implement it immediately." Hu Yanming replied.

"We must pay attention to frugality in the renovation, and the total cost should be controlled within 10,000 taels. The focus should be on improving the office space and living place, and repairing damaged objects will be enough." Lin Feng explained.

"understand!"

"In addition, the new Xi'an government office must be established as soon as possible. I announced that Feng Ziming, the former prefect of Yan'an, will be appointed as the governor of Xi'an. Prefect Feng must quickly rectify the government office personnel and straighten out the government affairs of Xi'an in accordance with the consistent governance strategy of our Zhenming Army." Lin Feng announced the appointment.

"Thank you, Lord Marquis, for your trust!" Feng Ziming already knew this and accepted the order calmly.

"Master Marquis, Xi'an Mansion is located at the junction of Shaanxi, Henan, and Hubei. The next step is to use more troops in all directions. A lot of money and grain have been seized in Xi'an this time. Our staff recommends further expanding the army and doing a good job The next step is to prepare for the attack on the Central Plains." Wang Qin suggested.

"Currently, our Zhenming Army only has the Second Mobile Division and the Third Mobile Division in Xi'an. The strength is far from enough. Expansion of the army is necessary. Can you tell us how to expand it?" Lin Feng asked.

"Master Hou, the Third Mobile Division has just received a large number of new recruits, and it is no longer suitable to split it up. The Second Division has been established for a long time and has a strong backbone. It is suggested that after the troops are dropped from Xi'an, a famous division can be separated from it to take charge of the Xi'an area. Defend." Wang Qin was the first to suggest.

"The Second Mobile Division will take on important combat tasks in the next step, and it must maintain its combat capabilities intact and not transfer too many personnel. A combat division named after Xi'an will definitely be formed, but too many personnel cannot be transferred from the Second Mobile Division. Currently, Xi'an City's How many troops are surrendered?" Lin Feng asked after thinking for a moment.

"The troops surrendered in Xi'an City include 2000 Shaanxi governors and governors, and about 3000 guardsmen from the Shaanxi Dusi. After weeding out the old and weak, it is estimated that there will be more than 4000 left." Fang Xiaoyu replied.

"Where is Peng Xing's Second Shanxi Combat Brigade?" Lin Feng continued to ask. He considered forming a new unit based on Peng Xing's brigade.

"There are still two or three days before we can reach Xi'an." Wang Qin replied.

"Then based on Peng Xing's Shanxi Second Brigade, 2000 people will be transferred from the Second Mobile Division, and 3000 surrendered troops and new soldiers will be added to form the Xi'an Combat Division with a strength of people. Peng Xing will serve as the division commander and be promoted to the rank of lieutenant general.

At the same time, Fang Xiaolin, deputy general of the Guards Brigade, was appointed as deputy division commander and brigade general. The staff headquarters arranged the camp of the Xi'an Division in advance. Before Peng Xing arrived, Fang Xiaolin was responsible for the preparations. " Lin Feng ordered.

After taking a sip of tea, he continued to order: "In addition, the Xi'an government office will be responsible for recruiting another 10,000 troops, and the staff department will organize training. The next step will be to supplement the Second Mobile Division and the Xi'an Combat Division."

"Yes!" Wang Qin, Feng Ziming, Fang Xiaolin and others jointly took the order.

Lin Feng considered that as Xi'an would be the seat of the Governor's Mansion in the future, it would be necessary to establish a separate geographical division. Peng Xing had been appointed brigade general for a short period of time, so he could be promoted as well.

However, Zhou Zhiwei of the Third Brigade of Shanxi Province had been a brigade general at about the same time as him. He had excellent abilities and quality, and was stationed alone in Longquan Guancheng, so it was necessary to upgrade him.

So Lin Feng then ordered: "Considering the special location of Longquanguan City, the brigade with 5,000 people in Longquanguan City will be expanded into a Longquanguan combat division with a strength of 10,000 people. Zhou Zhiwei will be appointed as the division commander and promoted to the rank of lieutenant general. "

"Longquanguan City is the gateway for our future attack on Beizhili. It is indeed necessary to strengthen our troops. It is necessary to expand Zhou Zhiwei's brigade into a division.

However, the most powerful force in our army is the Marquis's Snapdragon Guards Brigade. I feel that I should take advantage of this opportunity to expand them into a division. Wang Qin suggested while agreeing.

"Yes, the Guards Brigade played a prominent role in the Datong Prefecture battle this time. In view of its strong combat power and contribution, I announce that the Xiaolong Guards Brigade will be upgraded to a division, and the strength will be expanded from 3000 to 5000. Deng Hao will still be appointed Division commander, be promoted to the rank of lieutenant general. Appoint Luo Kai as deputy division commander." Lin Feng ordered obediently, his personal guard brigade must be given priority, not to mention they deserve preferential treatment.

"Yes, we will draft the order immediately." Lin Jiakang immediately got ready to work. A pile of orders were waiting for them to draft and issue them.

With this adjustment, the main battle force of the Zhenming Army was reduced by two brigades and added two more famous divisions, turning it into ten divisions and two brigades.

The Guards Brigade was also expanded into the Guards Division, but the increase in numbers was not large. The total number of troops in the army increased by 12,000, and the total strength increased from 130,000 to 142,000.

However, it is easy to increase the number of troops, and the military expenses are also increasing rapidly. After the expansion, the Zhenming Army's monthly troop maintenance expenses will be nearly 43 taels, and the financial balance finally achieved will be broken again.

Fortunately, millions of taels were recently confiscated at Prince Qin's Mansion, which is enough to support him for a while.

As the Zhenming Group completes its layout in the newly occupied territory, its income will increase greatly, and raising these soldiers will not be a problem.

(End of this chapter)