Vow to die at the end of Ming Dynasty

Chapter 237 The First Eastern Expedition ([-])
Wang Yanxi was born in the Ministry of Civil Affairs. He used to be a director of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, and he was transferred to the army.Transferring from dry to military and transferring from military to dry is very common in the security regiment system. The requirements for officers in this era are not as stringent as those of later generations, so there is no such thing as crossing mountains.It is also Qiu Tianxing's pursuit to run the army and rule the people. That's why there are so many military transfers and dry transfers in the security regiment system.

Moreover, Qiu Tianxing also used Wang Yanxi's status as the former director of the Ministry of Civil Affairs to express his goodwill to Zhou Zhen, and even asked Zhou Xiu to convey the meaning of transferring Zhou Chaozhong to the Seventh Battalion on his behalf.That is to hope that Zhou Chaozhong can train the army and attack Taicang Prefecture across the river in the future.Regardless of whether Qiu Tianxing's words were true or false, Zhou Zhen remained silent in the end.Perhaps Zhou Zhen himself felt that his family was too powerful and might be the master of the power shock.So Qiu Tianxing successfully took back the command of the Guards Battalion.Of course, Zhou Chaozhong had been in the guard camp for several years, and there were already countless close friends and old friends. These people could not be replaced for a while, and could only be replaced slowly.

Compared with officialdom, there are many factions in the military.Of course Zhou Chaozhong belonged to Zhou Zhen's faction, Ni Zhan and Ye Su were close, but Ye Su had already left for Sichuan, and Ni Zhan became alone.Ni Zhan and Wang Yanxi got along pretty well because they had some contact with Wang Yanxi.But this cannot be regarded as a faction, at most it is close.

Zhang Liansheng was from Chen Chen's old department, and later replaced Zhang Zhuangcheng.Now that Chen Chen wanted to fly solo, Zhang Liansheng naturally couldn't get in touch with Chen Chen, so he could only hug Qiu Tianxing's thigh tightly.

Zhang Chengwu is the nephew of the late Civil Affairs Chief Zhang Hesheng. Ever since Zhang Hesheng passed away, Zhang Chengwu wanted to carry the banner of the Zhang family, but firstly he was not as famous as Zhang Hesheng's grandson Zhang Yingjin, and secondly relying solely on the strength of the army could not Restore Zhang He's status when he was born.Therefore, Zhang Hesheng's former subordinates were divided into two parts, one part was united around Zhang Ying, and the other part followed Zhang Chengwu.

The headquarters directly controls only four battalions, and several factions among them are even involved in government affairs.After just over two years in Ansheng, the comrades at the headquarters of the Security Corps began to learn to fight for power and profit, forming cliques one after another for personal gain.And those battalions that have separated from the headquarters are even more corrupt.

For more than two years, Qiu Tianxing's main energy has been on balancing the forces of all parties in the headquarters.Intrigues, fraudulent cover-ups, and brain-struggling arrangements of all parties are just to avoid the emergence of a force that can threaten oneself.This feeling is really tiring, dozens of hairs of Qiu Tianxing have turned white.

The song "Unity is strength" is only sung by the lower-level regiment members. When a cadre reaches a certain height, he will inevitably be involved in cronies.

Clique disputes cannot be stopped, and what Qiu Tianxing has to do is to avoid vicious fights between cronies as much as possible, avoid wasting the strength of the headquarters in vain, and use everyone's energy to develop and strengthen the security team.

After adjusting the heads of the ministries, Qiu Tianxing decided to launch the Eastern Expedition.In the past year or so, the Tartars have been exhausted by the successive resistance forces, the turmoil in the south of the Yangtze River is almost no longer owned by the Tartars, especially Wu Sangui's incident has dealt a heavy blow to the Tartars anyway.This made the fleeing faction in the Tazi court panic all day long, clamoring to shrink their troops and abandon Jiangnan.

In fact, the power of the Tartars in the south of the Yangtze River is also in jeopardy.Wu Sangui's actions not only dealt a heavy blow to the Tartars, but also greatly boosted the morale of the remnant court.Li Yuanyin, Ma Bao, Ma Weixing and others were defeated first and then won. The more they fought, the more courageous they became, and finally they beat the battle-tested Shang Kexi out of breath.

And Zhu Chenggong also continued to encroach on Geng Jimao's territory step by step, and he had the potential to control the whole of Fujian, which made Geng Jimao mentally exhausted and powerless.

Of course, this is also related to the reason why the two were afraid of the court's suspicion because of Wu Sangui's matter.Ever since Wu Sangui turned his back on him, the two of them have been giving the Tartar emperor a break every day, scolding Wu Sangui for being ungrateful and at the same time showing their loyalty.It's just that the estrangement will be the estrangement in the end, and Wu Sangui is like a domino, triggering a chain reaction that instantly makes the Tartars and the vassals lose mutual trust.That's why the Tartar court called for abandoning the south of the Yangtze River.Except for Jiangxi, a part of Zhejiang, a part of Hubei, and a part of Jiangnan Province, the rest of the land fell into the hands of thieves. Of course, Shang Fan and Geng Fan were ignored by some people.Moreover, Wu Ni in Hunan is still fighting hard and staring at Jiangxi around him. It seems that Jiangxi will soon be lost.
Therefore, abandoning Jiangnan is still very beneficial to the Tartars. First, it can shrink its troops to deal with the bandits of Shanxi regiment Li Taiping and Shandong regiment Sun Zhi.It is foreseeable that as long as the imperial court can withdraw from Jiangnan, the Jiangnan rebels will inevitably attack each other without a common goal of confrontation.Remnant Yongli and King Lu competed with each other for the name of Zhengshuo, Zhu Chenggong formed his own faction, and the rest of the Daxi Army and Xinshun even had blood feuds with Remnant, and they only reluctantly united under the strong pressure of the court.As for the most powerful security regiment in the south, everyone can see that the leader of the regiment, Qiu Tianxing, has the ambition to win the world.Otherwise, if the bandit leader Qiu Tianxing is willing to rely on Remnant Ming, whether it is Yongli or King Lu, as long as one of them can return to the capital Jinling, Jiangnan will be unified immediately, at least in name.Then after a few years of recuperating and fighting, and launching the Northern Expedition, the imperial court might really have to retreat outside the pass.Fortunately, such a situation did not happen.

So the Tartars still persisted, and the emperor of the Tartars was still lucky, thinking that maybe he could keep a few strongholds?
At this moment, the south of the Yangtze River has become a mess, and the Tartars have lost their absolute strength.The Jiangxi battalion continued to mobilize troops back to assist Hubei, even though Hong Chengchou tried his best to maintain a defensive position.The Jiangdong camp even retreated to Suzhou, and its back-up Zhejiang was also in turmoil and lost its support.

This is a great time to send troops to the headquarters of the security regiment, and there will be gains whether you go east or west.Of course, there is another thought in Qiu Tianxing's heart that is not humane, that is, the military chiefs of the battalions have just been replaced. As long as they can fight a few battles, some officers will be promoted or demoted for crimes. Those who died in battle or were injured and retired, it is time to adjust these middle-level officers.

After much consideration, Qiu Tianxing decided to go east.At this moment, the Tartar Jiangdong camp in the east is weak, and the governor of Liangjiang, Tu Guobin, is not handsome, and Suzhou and Songjiang are rich places.Especially Songjiang Prefecture, which is an excellent port city, it will be much more convenient to operate maritime trade after taking it.

(End of this chapter)