Crazy at the end of the Ming Dynasty

At the end of the new year, Wu Shigong took a group of guards for a walk in the big camp, and they led people to wait for horses to walk around the school grounds.

"My lord! In fact, the Nanyang Army and the headquarters send out a town, and the Guide Association sends troops from three directions. In just one winter, our Runing Army can "squeeze" Henan. Keep those bandits, trouble!" Chi Ming said to Wu Shigong said.

In order to make the classification of troops more clear.Wu Shigong upgraded the troops in Nanyang to an army, and under his jurisdiction Tuanlian Town and Xiongchui Town expanded from the Nanyang Army, a total of five legions with 8000 troops, Zhou Xun was the commander of the Nanyang Army.In order to distinguish, the Runing Army also canceled the name of the legion and changed it to "Xie".Therefore, the current organization of the Runing Army from small to large is: Squad - Company - Battalion - Regiment - Association - Town - Army.It really smells like a mix of ancient and modern names.

Due to two consecutive years of severe drought.The local bandit chaos that was finally quelled by the Runing army and the Henan government army has flourished again.Although these bandits dare not get close to the Runing Army's control area, and the Runing Army can't take much effort to eliminate them, but there is always this group of flies "flying" around, which always makes people feel disturbed.

"What's the matter? Want to do activities after only a few days? Don't even pass the year. Do you feel bored with me, an old man?" Wu Shigong joked.

"How can it be? How can an adult grow old?" Chi Ming laughed quickly.

"Compared to you, I'm old. This time, as soon as you entered my personal army, you immediately turned the personal army into a young guard. Who dares to say that they are not old?" Wu Shigong's joke aroused There was a burst of laughter.Although Wu Shigong is not yet thirty, he can be compared with Chi Ming and Huang Ding who are less than twenty.It is indeed an "old man".

"Young Guards? That's a good name! My lord! Let's call our bodyguards this name from now on!" Huang Ding's eyes lit up immediately when he heard Wu Shigong carelessly mentioned a term for future generations.

"Okay!" Of course Wu Shigong said yes, "But first of all, I have to test you, why didn't I send troops to Henan Central and Northern Henan to wipe out the bandits?" [

"My lord! The Nanyang Army can't move now!" A soldier on the side reported.

"Oh? Your name is Zhao Gan! Tell me why?" Wu Shigong said with a smile.

Zhao Gan immediately stood at attention.Said: "Compared with the rogue bandits in central and northern Henan, the bandits in Gucheng are more threatening. The Nanyang army must protect the Nanyang iron mines and stop the Shan bandits from invading Ruzhou. It also needs to prevent Zhang bandits from rebelling. So don't move lightly."

Zhang Xianzhong accepted the Ming court's appeasement in Gucheng, although it was an expedient measure, but it cannot be denied that he was vacillating in thinking at that time, and he also made some very deceptive moves.Moreover, Zhang Xianzhong bribed Xiong Wencan and other officials generously, and found many "godfathers" in the court.Although the Runing Army is sure and sure that Zhang Xianzhong is a fraudulent surrender.But it is not possible to send troops rashly.To destroy Zhang Xianzhong's peasant army.

But the secret agents of the Shanchuan Division and the Military Intelligence Bureau also found out: Zhang Xianzhong was caressed after.He accepted the position of lieutenant general conferred by the imperial court, and also received some food and salary.And in his contacts with court officials, Zhang Xianzhong also followed the official practice of the Ming Dynasty as much as possible.Moreover, Zhang Xianzhong also went to Mianyang Port to meet with Prime Minister Xiong Wencan.

But actually.Zhang Xianzhong has always maintained the independence of the peasant army in Gucheng.Although he reached out to the Ming "government" to ask for food and pay, he did not accept the Ming "government" order to send him to suppress other peasant armies, nor did he accept reorganization or dismissal.On the surface, he had exchanges of etiquette with local officials and local gentry of the Ming Dynasty, but in his heart he was always on guard and kept a high degree of vigilance.Under the cover of "being appeased", he did a lot of preparations for rebellion.

In terms of military affairs, Zhang Xianzhong's peasant army still stayed in the team during the "care" period, and they kept training soldiers and horses, maintaining the system of preparing for battle.And build warships every day to create extremely sophisticated weapons.Buy a horse maker.Day and night, I'm afraid it won't be enough.Anyway, they are fighting hard and making preparations for rebellion.

In terms of economy, Zhang Xianzhong also practiced farming in Gucheng, and used his position as a lieutenant general to order the local gentry to hand over the rent collected as military rations.Zhang Xianzhong also changed the name of Wangjiahe in Gucheng to Taiping Town, and set up a checkpoint in the town, and half of all incoming and outgoing goods were collected, which was used as the cost of raising troops.It not only protected the private trade, but also obtained the necessary materials and equipment for the peasant army.

In addition, Zhang Xianzhong recruited a group of gentry-born literati as staff members to help plan the advance and stop of military aircraft.Among the more famous ones are Pan Duao, a student from Yingcheng County, Hubei, and Xu Yixian and Wang Bingzhen from Gucheng.These people probably joined the Peasant Army because they felt oppressed under the imperial rule.For example, Pan Du'ao joined Zhang Xianzhong's team because he competed with the county gentry for land property and was aggrieved after losing the lawsuit.

The joining of these literati has done some useful things for Zhang Xianzhong's peasant army.For example: Xu Yixian once explained "Sun Wu Art of War" to Zhang Xianzhong, helped the peasant army manufacture three-eyed firecrackers, maces, and ambush crossbows, and guided the deployment of regimental square formations and left and right battalions.The combat effectiveness of Zhang Xianzhong's peasant army has been improved to a certain extent.

Moreover, officials such as Premier Xiong Wencan of the five provinces are still greedy.Because when Xiong Wencan was the governor of Fujian and the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi, he extorted a large amount of treasure by recruiting Zheng Zhilong.After Zhang Xianzhong was appeased, he repeated the same old tricks, bribing gold for thousands of dollars, pearls and pearls, and tens of thousands of goods.This made Zhang Xianzhong laugh at his subordinates: "This is taking me as Zheng Zhilong."

It would be fine if the money was spent to eliminate the disaster, but those court officials not only extorted money, some people who harbored hatred for the peasant army also repeatedly planned secretly and suggested to the court to take advantage of the opportunity of Zhang Xianzhong's troops to garrison Gucheng and mobilize heavy troops to wipe them out. .Ruan Zhitian, the county magistrate of Gucheng, even planned to murder Zhang Xianzhong by poisoning him.

So all of these prove that Zhang Xianzhong will definitely rebel.It's not a question of how and when.But as long as you look at the distance between Gucheng and Xiangyang, Nanyang and Runing, the Runing Army must prepare a unit ready to rebel against Zhang Xianzhong at any time.

Wu Shigong was quite satisfied with Zhao Gan's answer.But he went on to test the school and said: "Tell me again, why don't you mobilize Jiaoji Town and Yuanyue Town in Dabie Mountain?"

This time Chi Ming rushed to answer: "Use eagles to hunt rabbits to eliminate the bandits in the Dabie Mountains. Protect Runing. The southern wings of Guide and Germany." [

Wu Shigong smiled and nodded.If the Runing Army launches a full-scale war, the main battlefields will definitely be in the west and north.Therefore, maintaining the safety of the south wing is very important.The Dabie Mountains have always been a place where bandits gather, so only when the Runing Army eliminates this hidden danger can they boldly launch military operations westward and northward.

Besides, if the Dabie Mountain area is controlled, plus the Tuntian Zhuangzi in Huanggang, Tongcheng, and Lu'an, the Runing Army can effectively threaten the official army in Fengyang and the Beijing camp in Nanjing as long as they station a town here.This made it impossible for the two imperial troops to attack the Runing army casually.

"Then you know why you can't send troops!" Wu Shigong asked again.

Chi Ming and the others nodded and said, "Because after the troops are dispatched, Runing and Guide are empty. I'm afraid that the Shaanxi bandits will enter Henan again."

When the grand military strategy of "opening the net on ten sides" began, the Ming army was indeed smooth sailing, with frequent success stories.Moreover, the surrender of Zhang Xianzhong and Liu Guoneng also had a great influence on the leaders of the Peasant Army.In the encirclement and suppression by various Ming armies, the momentum of the peasant army has been knocked down.

But Wu Shigong knew that in the future Li Zicheng's peasant army would sweep the entire North China.So it must be a temporary low tide now, and it will definitely come back in the future.

Moreover, the main forces of the Ming armies from all walks of life are now concentrated in Shaanxi and Sichuan. If the peasant army wants to flee, the best places to flee are Henan and Huguang.And these two areas are the combat areas of the Runing Army.Therefore, Wu Shigong has been preparing for a decisive battle with the peasant army.

"One reason. What else?"

"Guarantee the strength of our Runing Army and wait for the future battle."

"That counts as one. Are there any more?"

Chi Ming and the others looked at each other for a while, then shook their heads.Wu Shigong suddenly laughed: "You are by my side, you are not just protecting me, you have to learn more! It seems that you will be kicked to the war department to stay for a while."

"I'll tell you, there are other reasons: Our Runing Army's financial resources can only support such a large military operation. No matter how much it is, we will have to eat more food. When there is a full-scale war, where will the food support come from?"

"Also, don't forget! We are the Runing Army, and we can only fight in Runing and Guide. When we went to Nanyang and Huguang, we took advantage of it, and there happened to be bandits there. But when we went to central and northern Henan, there was no imperial court." How about the summoning order?"

"However, don't be so discouraged. No one is born to fight. If you can become my bodyguard, you should all have excellent combat skills, but now you have to learn how to command and how to fight. The previous Rusong and Xiao Xinzi are also studying, and I will let them out when they are full of teachers. If you are not full of teachers, I will not let you out by then!"

"promise!"

After finishing the walk, Wu Shigong returned to the inner house.Butler Liu Yuan went out to greet him.Wu Shigong asked, "Have all the annual gifts been sent out?"

"Give them all away!" Liu Yuan quickly replied, "But! But everyone else accepted it, except grandpa in Lu'an who didn't accept it."

"Huh?" Wu Shigong felt quite strange, "Why didn't he accept it?"

"This... Master Sun has sent a letter to Master."

"Where is the letter?"

"It's in the study for the master."

Wu Shigong went back to the study, opened the letter Sun Chengxiu wrote to him, and read it at a glance.The more he looked at it, the angrier he became. Sun Chengxiu clearly wrote a letter of resignation.

So after Wu Shigong finished reading, he slapped the table and shouted, "Let Xue Zhinong get over here."

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