Vow to die at the end of Ming Dynasty

Chapter 233 Ten Years ([-])

Weeds blocked the road, a walking stick pulled the soil, and a wild dog came out, holding a human bone in its mouth, staring at the passerby with red eyes, baring its teeth, trying to move forward, the passerby waved his stick, and whimpered.

Yan Ermei, aliased as Monk Dudong, walked on the land of Hubei.The once affluent land of the two lakes is now deserted with lonely graves and villages.Along the way, Yan Ermei's heart gradually sank.If it wasn't for the silver taels given by the companions of the Yuyuan Army so that he could buy some food in the market, otherwise he would have starved to death on the way if he walked a hundred miles without seeing a single family.

When Sun Zhi annexed the Yuyuan Army, Yan Ermei was aggrieved and chose to leave.Later, he came to Zhili Henan to contact the rebels, but this place was the territory of the Tartars, and most of the rebels who stood up to fight were wiped out long ago, and what was left was only a small group of armed forces who occupied the mountain as king.And now that the world's heroes are rising together, ambitious people are also going to join them.So even though Yan Ermei traveled all over Zhili and Henan in the past two years, he still couldn't organize the forces capable of rioting.Some people even betrayed him to the Tartars. If he hadn't escaped quickly, he might have fallen into the hands of the Tartars.

In the end, Zhili Henan couldn't stay any longer, so Yan Ermei decided to come to Hubei.Along the way, what he saw was the scene of the end of the world with no pedestrians on the road, abandoned villages, barren fields, and collapsed lonely tombs.Although Yan Ermei deliberately chose to take a small path in order to avoid the attention of the Tartars, this also shows the great harm caused by the war to the people.Except for the protection of cities such as the county seat, state capital, and other cities, the thirty miles away from the city are almost deserted, and the bustling village markets in the past have disappeared.

Seeing this scene, Yan Ermei's persistence was a little shaken.He is a staunch supporter of the Ming Dynasty, and believes that only the revival of the Ming Dynasty can save the world.It's just that the world is in chaos today. After the Ming Dynasty, the Tatars also lost their absolute control, and ambitious people rose one after another, seeking to turn their families into states.

Maybe because she pretended to be a monk for a long time, Yan Ermei unknowingly had the heart of a monk, suffering all life and suffering in the world.Yan Ermei gradually gave up supporting Remnant, and only felt that what the world needed most was peace.Whether it is the security regiment or the Tartars, as long as the people can enjoy peace and peace.At this time, both the righteousness of the nation and the long-standing loyalty in Yan Ermei's heart were gradually extinguished, and all that remained was humanity.

Prosperity makes the people suffer, death makes the people suffer even more.

The land of Hubei was not peaceful either. After Xinshun started in Northwest Hubei, it fought endlessly with Luo Xiujin, the Tartar governor of Huguang.On July [-] last year, Luo Xiujin died of illness.The offensive of the Tartars in Hubei was slightly weaker, and Xinshun took the opportunity to expand its territory, conquering the two prefectures of Xiangyang and Jingzhou in succession, and its power reached Yunyang, Yichang, Xiangyang, and Jingmen.Except for Badong County in Yichang Prefecture, which was still in the hands of Liuying, Yichang Prefecture was completely under the control of Xinshun.Later, after the new Governor of Huguang Zu Zeyuan took office, the war resumed, and the Anlu Mansion, Jingmen Prefecture, Xiangyang Mansion, and Yichang Mansion, which were in the front line, were almost turned into a wasteland.

Hubei is now very important to the Tartars. If Hubei is lost, the Tartars will be cut off from the north to the south.The territories in Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Fujian, Guangdong and Jiangxi in the south will all fall into the siege of rebels, and the fall will be inevitable.As a result, the Tartars could only mobilize troops from the Jiangxi camp that surrounded the headquarters of the security regiment to support Hubei, and the pressure on Jinling was reduced.The world is a game of chess, a change in one place will affect the other.The Tartars have limited forces, and after being unable to concentrate their forces to eliminate the strength of the security regiment headquarters, they can only passively start tearing down the east wall to make up for the west wall.The voices of the court to abandon Jiangnan were raging, and some people even raised it when they returned to the outside of the customs, but in the end they were all suppressed by the empress dowager of the Tartars.

As a result, the fighting in Hubei became more and more intense, and Yan Ermei is now in the most violent place in the world.In the villages where the battle was fought, the Tartars came and plundered, and the intruders came and plundered again. The people were unbearable and fled to the south of the Yangtze River.In Yan Ermei's eyes, it naturally became what it is now.

Hubei is not a place to stay for a long time. Although Yan Ermei rejected Sun Zhi's offer from the Second Battalion, he is very interested in the headquarters of the Security Corps. He hadn't been able to make the trip before, but now he wants to take a look.They bypassed the place where the battle was fought, and took the trail all the way. Although there were people who cut the trail, Yan Ermei was wearing a monk's uniform, living in a bandit's den for a long time, and was full of slang. Naturally, she passed the level without any danger.

In Jiangnan Province, since the Tartars transferred Tan Taiaobo to Hubei, only the Green Battalion was left under Hong Chengchou.Although Hong Chengchou repeatedly submitted letters to serve in the name of eye disease, even several times a month, the Tartar court still refused.Especially after Wu Sangui rebelled, Hong Chengchou became the standard version of traitors all over the world. He surrendered to the representative of the gentry class. Not only was he not allowed to be an official, but he was rewarded continuously.

Therefore, Hong Chengchou could only continue to command the army to confront the security regiment while writing the letter of his appointment.Because the security regiment launched terrorist attacks in the rear and repeatedly used explosive assassinations, some timid landlords and gentry dared not and did not want to stay in their hometown.As a result, organizations such as the Peasant Association and the Peasant Guard in the enemy's rear were re-established, which greatly restrained Hong Chengchou's energy.

Although Hong Chengchou also wanted to repay him in his own way, the security regiment had a strict household registration system, and it was difficult for the spies under his command to get involved.Although the security regiment can make households Qimin, Hong Chengchou can't.Under Hong Chengchou's rule, he relied on those landlords and gentry, and they all had a large number of hidden households under them. The registration of households and the people would hurt their interests, and if they were enforced, they would lose their support, so Hong Chengchou couldn't do it.

But even so, after the home-returning groups organized by these landlords and gentry fled their hometowns one after another, in order to shorten the logistics supply line and shrink the defense line, Hong Chengchou, who was short of troops, had no choice but to lead the army back to Anqing Mansion.

As a result, the headquarters of the security regiment regained Luzhou Mansion and Ningguo Mansion, and the [-] Tartar army could only stay in Anqing Mansion, Chizhou Mansion, and Lu'an Prefecture.

The same is true in the east. Since Chen Jin was transferred back to Zhejiang, the new governor of Liangjiang, Tu Guobin, had no choice but to abandon Changzhou Prefecture and retreat to Suzhou Prefecture, relying on Zhejiang for defense.Coupled with the erosion of Tongzhou and Haimen halls, the sphere of influence of the security regiment headquarters expanded to Jinling, Zhenjiang, Changzhou, Yangzhou, Taiping, Luzhou, Ningguo, Guangde, Chuzhou, Hezhou, and Haimen halls. , the land of seven prefectures, three states and one hall.Today, the strength of the security regiment headquarters has been able to firmly occupy the most fertile land in the world.Unless the whole army of Tartars came, the scattered Tartars would no longer be able to eliminate Qiu Tianxing with [-]% or even [-]% of their strength.

At this moment, Yan Ermei, who came to the south of the Yangtze River from Hubei, was walking on the newly recovered land by the security regiment.

As far as Yan Ermei could see, there was a scene of construction. Houses were built, fields were weighed, canals were dug, and school buildings were erected.Compared with the end-time scenes I have seen before, this place represents hope.

(End of this chapter)