Smuggling Daming

After the Pingan Army captured Seoul and forced other rebels to surrender, most of North Korea was already under the control of the Pingan Army. In order to take over these lands, Zhou Zhong had to ask Zhengde for help and asked him to send more The officials of the Ming Dynasty managed the land of North Korea. Anyway, the rebels who surrendered already knew that behind the Ping’an Army was the support of a governor of the Ming Dynasty, so they did not have any objection to the officials of the Ming Dynasty coming to take over their land, let alone at this time. It can also bring them some life-saving food.

The officials sent by Zhengde to Zhou Zhong are all capable people. Although some of these people have personal moral problems, such as lust and greed for money, the worst guy exchanged a few bags of grain for himself after arriving in North Korea. Nearly twenty concubines came, but these are not important, after all, those concubines are also willing, in this troubled world, it is good to be able to eat well, let alone come with Daming Officials enjoy the blessings, and even their families will follow suit.

It’s not scary to be lustful and greedy for money. Anyway, they are harming North Koreans, and Zhou Zhong doesn’t care at all. What’s more, these greedy and lustful people are all selected by Zhengde himself, just to vent his anger. After all, he has treated North Korea so far. The fake map is still obsessed with. In addition, although these people have problematic morals, they are all talented. At least in just a few months, most of the northern North Korea controlled by the Pingan Army has gradually settled down.

After the rear area was stabilized, Liu Tao and Li Anliang discussed and immediately decided to send troops to attack the Zhongqing army who had not surrendered before. After all, they defeated Li Long.And after occupying Seoul, they have already obtained the righteousness of North Korea, and the claims they issued also carried the majesty of kingship, but Qi Yanming's Zhongqing army did not obey, that is, they violated this majesty, and they have enough reasons to crusade against each other , Even people in the Zhongqing Army felt that this crusade was justified by the Pingan Army.

For the crusade of the Ping'an Army, Qi Yanming had already made preparations, and his Zhongqing Army had already assembled on the front line of Pingze and Tian'an.Prepare to fight to the death with the Ping'an Army. After all, for Qi Yanming, he escaped from Daming to North Korea after going through untold hardships, and he has accumulated such a great strength. If he surrendered to the Ping'an Army without even fighting Not what a bloody man should do.What's more, he knew it very clearly.Behind the Ping'an Army was Da Ming's support. As a fugitive wanted by Da Ming, if he surrendered to the Ping'an Army, he might be escorted back to Daming by the officials of Da Ming and beheaded in the end.

It was precisely because of this that Qi Yanming was really determined to fight to the death with the Pingan Army. After all, he had no way out.Moreover, it is impossible for him to give up such a hard-working force of the Zhongqing Army and escape, so at this moment.He also had no choice but to let go.

In fact, from this point of view, we can see the gap between Qi Yanming's knowledge. If Zhang Rui is still there, I'm afraid he will definitely not choose to fight head-on with the Ping'an Army. The biggest possibility is to send someone to negotiate with the Ping'an Army, and then Use the Zhongqing Army as a bargaining chip in exchange for the most favorable conditions for yourself.No matter how bad it is, he will temporarily avoid the edge, and even give up Chungcheongdo and retreat to Gyeongsangdo.Then unite with those gentry, the chances of winning may be even greater.

It's a pity that Qi Yanming is not Zhang Rui, and his knowledge and resourcefulness are not up to that level. Therefore, when facing the Ping'an Army, he chose to fight alone in the end very unwisely. Naturally, it goes without saying that the cold weapon era The Zhongqing army was scattered by hundreds of artillery pieces, and then the well-equipped Ping'an army rushed up. Zhongqing fled to death, and was annihilated by the Ping'an army in World War I.

Zhou Zhong was not surprised by the demise of the Zhongqing Army. After all, the Pingan Army was rehabilitated by Liu Tao and others, and then replaced with the Ming Army equipment provided by him. It can be said that the firearms unit, even if the three major rebels unite, will not be the opponent of the Ping An Army at all in the end.

But what Zhou Zhong didn't expect was that although the Zhongqing Army was defeated, Qi Yanming, the leader of the rebel army, disappeared again. Liu Tao led people to search the entire Zhongqing Road, but he still couldn't find his trace. This made Liu Tao, who wanted to catch this Ming rebel and asked for credit from the court, very angry. In the end, he could only honestly report the incident to Zhou Zhong of Weihaiwei.

Zhou Zhong was extremely surprised when he heard the news that Qi Yanming had escaped again. This was the third time that Qi Yanming had escaped under the encirclement and suppression of the Ming army. The first time was in Bazhou, and the second time was in Jinan , This is the third time in North Korea. In addition, he also learned from Zhang Rui that Qi Yanming had been hiding in his own Shuangyu Port since he escaped from Jinan, and even helped his Nanyang Chamber of Commerce. Know nothing.

Thinking that Qi Yanming, who should have died early, escaped from his own life time and time again, and even accumulated a little power in North Korea with great difficulty, but with his layout of North Korea, he finally turned into a cloud of smoke, and had to be alone again Running away, it was really not easy to think about it. Even Zhou Zhong couldn't help admiring an immortal Xiaoqiang like Qi Yanming. In the end, he even told Liu Tao not to worry too much about arresting Qi Yanming. Yanming is no longer a threat to the situation in North Korea, the most important thing is to get rid of the gentry alliance in Gyeongsangdo as soon as possible.

The Zhongqing Army was destroyed, and a barrier in front of the Gyeongsang Army also disappeared. The gentry alliance that controlled the Gyeongsang Army also panicked, although they also felt that the possibility of the Zhongqing Army defeating the Ping'an Army low, but they never thought that the mighty Chungcheong army would be so vulnerable. Even after just one battle, the Chungcheong army was completely defeated, and there was no possibility of turning around. Now Chungcheong Road has been controlled by the Pingan army. They celebrate Shang Jun will also directly face the Ping An Army, an extremely powerful monster.

Compared with Qi Yanming, who lacks insight and wisdom, the gentry alliance behind the Qingshang Army is all scholars. Although they are definitely not as good as Qi Yanming in fighting the enemy, their brains are much better than Qi Yanming. Afterwards, they immediately reached a consensus that they would surrender to Ping'an. After all, they didn't want to send their family children to the battlefield to be slaughtered by the Ping'an army.

However, although the gentry alliance decided to surrender, there are many ways to surrender. For example, the Jiangyuan army and other small groups of rebels do not have much bargaining chips or background in their hands, so they almost completely surrendered their hands. Of course, the Ping An Army did not treat them badly, at least they could guarantee their wealth for life.

In contrast, the gentry alliance has a rich foundation, especially those scholars who have been controlling the official class in North Korea. Give up his official position and live in seclusion.However, when rebels from all walks of life broke out, those gentry tore off their disguise again, and actively participated in the rebels from all walks of life. After all, if the rebels want to govern the people, they absolutely cannot do without the support of these gentry, even if it is In the Ping'an Army, there are not a few officials of these gentry origins.

It is precisely because of this that the gentry alliance has the confidence to negotiate conditions with the Ping An Army. At least they have learned from some gentry inside the Ping An Army that the expansion of the Ping An Army is now too fast, making local officials scarce. The supportive Ming Dynasty can transfer some officials, but these officials are mainly in charge of the overall situation. As for specific affairs, local gentry who are familiar with the situation in North Korea are required to handle them.

I have to say that the local gentry in North Korea are indeed very smart. In just half a year, the Pingan Army has annexed Gyeonggi Province, Gangwon Province, and Chungcheong Province. Now they are going to annex Gyeongsang Army and Jeolla Province. Although North Korea's land area is not very large, it is only relative to Ming Dynasty. If it is placed in other parts of the world, North Korea can be regarded as a big country, so naturally it needs a lot of officials to manage it.

Although Zhengde can send some officials to North Korea, this matter cannot be made public after all, otherwise he will be opposed by the ministers, so he can only do it quietly through the Jinyiwei. To meet the needs of North Korea, the upper and middle officials of the Ping An Army are all from Ming Dynasty, and the lower officials are served by local Korean gentry, but even so, there is still a shortage of manpower, for which Liu Tao has complained to Zhou Zhong several times.

There is a shortage of officials in the Ping'an Army, but the gentry alliance is precisely the group of people who prepare the most officials. They will also learn how to be an official while studying, and they are more familiar with local affairs in North Korea than anyone else, so they are the most Suitable for a group of people who help Zhou Zhong manage North Korea.It was also because of this guard of honor that the Gentlemen Alliance quickly sent people to contact the Ping'an Army and discuss the terms of surrender.

In the first condition of the gentry alliance's surrender, they proposed to Liu Tao and Li Anliang that the Ping'an Army must guarantee the rights of the gentry alliance, and must not persecute the gentry like Li Long did, and they must also ensure that after the surrender of the Qingshang Army, Ping'an Army must guarantee the rights of the gentry alliance. The army must recruit people from the gentry alliance as officials, which is a prerequisite for them to agree to surrender, otherwise they would rather die in battle than surrender.

In addition to the above conditions, the gentry alliance also proposed other conditions, but these are very normal, such as protecting the property and personal safety of each gentry, etc. Liu Tao can decide to agree to these, except for the first condition, the gentry Liu Tao was a little unbearable to propose to the Pingan Army in a threatening tone, and he didn't dare to make a decision, so he reported the matter to Zhou Zhong, but the news from Zhou Zhong surprised Liu Tao, because Zhou Zhong actually You must come to North Korea to negotiate with those gentry in person. (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for recommendations and monthly tickets. Your support is my biggest motivation.)