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  Chapter 250 248 [Stirring the world]

   There are more than 11,000 defenders, and the Tao and Zhang families add up to 5,000. Of the remaining 6,000 regiments, more than 4,000 were captured by Li Zheng. After all, there was no way to escape if the city gate was blocked.

  Train the gentry, kill them all!

  As for the ordinary regiment brave soldiers, the mission officer slowly explained the policy to them. As long as they can memorize the policy, they will be sent back to their hometown immediately, and they will be given a bucket of rice as travel expenses before leaving.

  More than 4,000 captives, after returning to their hometowns, became more than 4,000 policy ambassadors.

   Another three days passed.

  Wang Qisheng, the prefect, and Yang Guanji, the county magistrate, each finished their work and went to the government office.

   The two happened to meet at the door, and their expressions were a little embarrassed. Scholars in the same discipline, officials in the same place, and a thief at the same time, this fate is too wonderful, and the relationship in the future will definitely be stronger.

  The difference in their official positions also intuitively reflects the official rules in the late Ming Dynasty.

  Wang Qisheng was born in a wealthy family, from Yixing, Changzhou Prefecture, one of the strongholds of the Donglin Party. He himself was a member of the Fushe, built cities, embankments, and dug ditches all the way, and was quickly promoted to magistrate based on his political achievements and connections.

  Yang Guanji was born in a poor family, from Zhao'an, Zhangzhou Prefecture, and he was not popular just because of the region. The Jinshi was sent out, did nothing, and was directly demoted to the ninth rank governor, and he is still a county magistrate until now.

   These two people were named on the gold list in the same year and were released as officials at the same time!

   "Brother Liqing!"

  Yang Guanji took the initiative to bow to greet each other, feeling a little relieved, he finally didn't have to look up at each other anymore.

  Wang Qisheng cupped his hands in return: "Brother Ji, please!"

   "Please!" Yang Guanji smiled.

  The two walked into the government office side by side. This is Li Zheng's temporary office.

   "Meet the General!"

  Seeing Li Zheng, the two bowed together.

  Li Zheng said with a smile: "The extinguishing of the fire in the city and the transfer of many official documents are all thanks to the two gentlemen. By the way, Governor Wang is still unwilling to surrender?"

  Wang Qisheng replied: "I have persuaded you, but I was scolded back. But judging from his words and deeds, he is not unwilling to contribute, but he is afraid of hurting his children and grandchildren."

  Governor Wang Zhiliang has five sons, three of whom are already officials. It is impossible for such a person to be a thief.

  He would rather die than keep his son.

  As for Wang Qisheng, although he was a quick thief, he was not weak.

  Historically, Wang Qisheng also recruited troops to fight against the Qing Dynasty, and spent all his wealth to build and train naval forces. Lu Xiangguan, Lu Xiangsheng's younger brother, went to join him after his defeat. Unfortunately, Wang Qisheng's navy was also defeated by Hong Chengchou. The final outcome is unknown, but Wang Qisheng definitely did not surrender, and he probably went to hide his name and become a commoner.

  Wang Qisheng is willing to serve Zhao Han, mainly because he thinks that Zhao Han can make things happen.

  Changsha City has been taken down, and the entire Dongting Lake Plain is exposed to Zhao Han's soldiers, and the southern Hunan region can be said to be within easy reach.

   Occupy Jiangxi and southern Shonan, the hegemony has just begun!

  Yang Guanji is similar, and he has no ideological burden. He was born in poverty, was clean and not greedy, and had no property in his family. After Zhao Han occupied Fujian, Yang Guanji's family might still be able to get the land.

   After chatting for a few more words, Li Zheng called his subordinates and ordered: "Governor Wang would rather die than surrender, send him back to Ji'an, and hand him over to the town for his own disposal."

   "Wait!"

Wang Qisheng stood up suddenly, cupped his hands and said, "General, you can tie up this person and send troops to **** him to various prefectures and counties. Now around Dongting Lake, only Xiangyin has 3,000 defenders, and the rest of the city's defenders are only hundreds of thousands. As long as the governor is bound Going to call the city, although the two mansions of Yuezhou and Changde do not depend on the spread of the call, they will certainly not encounter any decent resistance."

   "No need," Li Zheng said, "The war on the northern front will stop with the capture of Changsha City. This was decided before the troops were dispatched."

  Yang Guanji also quickly advised: "General, the prefectures and counties around Dongting Lake are the essence of southern Hunan. It is time to take advantage of this good opportunity to get them quickly, and we can't leave time for the government to breathe."

   "There are not enough officials." Li Zheng explained.

  Wang Qisheng couldn't understand it at all: "As long as the city is taken down, are you afraid that there will not be enough officials? Even if there are not enough officials, first occupy the city and land!"

  Li Zheng smiled and said: "You don't understand, you can go to the countryside and observe how the mission group and the farmers' association divide the land."

  Wang Qisheng and Yang Guanji looked at each other, and both felt that Li Zheng was too rigid. How could such a good opportunity stop?

  Of course Li Zheng will not stop his troops, it's just that the route is different. He and Huang Yao will fight westward next. Instead of occupying the affluent Dongting Lake Plain, they captured relatively poorer places such as Xiangxiang, Xinhua, and Shaoyang.

  The reason for occupying Changsha City is purely because Changsha is a strategic location.

  Based on defensive considerations, after occupying Changsha, it is tantamount to dividing southern Hunan into two, completely cutting off the connection between the Dongting Lake Plain and the south. If the officers and soldiers in the north want to attack, they must first take Changsha. On Zhao Han's side, he only needs to send a small amount of troops to garrison, and he can free up more troops to expand in the south very comfortably.

   Based on offensive considerations, after consolidating the south, a large number of troops will be drawn back, and Changsha can be used as a place to send troops. At the same time, the Jiangxi naval division went up the Yangtze River, marched out together with the Changsha soldiers, and attacked the Dongting Lake Plain from north to south!

   Well, to say so much, in fact, only three words: not enough soldiers!

   Zhang Tieniu and Liu Zhu's route, according to the established combat plan, is to fight all the way to Guangdong.

  Guangdong has Shen Youlong, governor of Guangdong and Guangxi, and his soldiers have been suppressing bandits for more than three years. Regardless of military discipline, the combat effectiveness must be stronger than the regiment's bravery, and they are all battlefield veterans who have seen blood. How could Fei Ruhe eat Guangdong by himself? Zhang Tieniu wants to kill all the way to meet him!

  But he said that Huang Yao was in Xiangtan, and when he heard that Li Zheng had conquered Changsha, he immediately led his troops westward. Occupying Xiangxiang and Xinhua one after another, there was no decent resistance at all.

  Changsha, Xiangxiang, and Xinhua, the three cities, completely blocked the north-south passage. In the prefectures and counties around Dongting Lake, even if they recruit troops again, they don't want to fight south, because there are mountains everywhere.

  …

  Jingmen.

  Huguang governor Fang Kongxuan is fighting wits and courage with Xiong Wencan.

  The northwestern rogue bandits entered a low tide period at this time, and Li Zicheng had only a few thousand people fled into the mountains. While hiding in the mountains and not daring to come out, Li Zicheng married his wife by the way, and his wife was already pregnant at this time.

  As for Zhang Xianzhong, after being wounded, he occupied Gucheng and studied the art of war while rectifying his troops.

   At this time, troops can be sent from Xiangyang and Yunyang to attack Gucheng from north to south. Xiong Wencan actually recruited Zhang Xianzhong!

  Fang Kongzhen sent six seals in a row, asking the emperor to send troops to suppress the bandits, but it was a pity that all of them fell into the sea. Not only that, he was also thrown back to Jingmen to garrison, holding heavy soldiers but far away from the center of the battlefield.

   Just when Fang Kongzheng was writing the seventh memorial, a battle report was handed over to him.

  Changsha fell, and the life and death of the governor of southern Hunan is unknown.

  Fang Kongyan's face turned pale immediately, as if seeing a cauldron falling from the sky.

  At this time, Huguang is essentially divided into two major regions, Hubei and southern Shonan. In the Hubei war zone, there are many gangsters including Zhang Xianzhong; in the southern Hunan war zone, it is naturally Zhao Han's people who are making trouble.

  Fang Kongzhang, as the governor of Huguang, has no energy to manage Zhao Han even though he lacks skills. But when Zhao Han conquered Changsha, Fang Kongxuan had to take the blame!

How to do?

  The soldiers in Fang Kongxuan's hands could not move. Once he went south to conquer Zhao Han, Zhang Xianzhong would immediately jump back in Gucheng.

  Fang Kongxuan hurriedly wrote a letter, asking Chongzhen to order the suppression of the thieves as soon as possible. Get rid of Zhang Xianzhong as soon as possible so that he can move his troops south and concentrate on fighting Zhao Han.

   What kind of security call is this? Zhang Xianzhong put tens of thousands of people there, restraining more than 100,000 officers and soldiers from moving. Officers and soldiers are still unable to attack, so whoever dares to attack Zhang Xianzhong will "sabotage the plan of recruiting and appeasement". The former governor of Yunyang is still in prison.

  Because of Xiong Wencan's actions, the officers and soldiers could not fight, nor could they retreat, so they were foolish enough to watch Zhang Xianzhong train his troops.

   What's more nonsense is that Zhao Han, who was recruited by Xiong Wencan, had obviously surrendered and rebelled, but Xiong Wencan himself was not convicted because he was carried by Yang Sichang.

   Chongzhen trusted Yang Sichang unconditionally!

  Fang Kongzheng’s memorials had just been delivered to the capital, just as the Manchus entered the customs again.

  Governor of Jiliao Wu Aheng and Jiliao General Lu Zongwen were defeated and died. Zheng Xizhao, the **** and supervisor of the army, managed to escape for his life.

  The Qing army drove straight in, stationed troops on Niulan Mountain, and looted towns and villages.

   Chongzhen urgently ordered Lu Xiang to enter Beijing, bestow Shang Fang with a sword, and governor of the world to help.

  Dry Qing Palace.

Chongzhen smashed the Huguang battle report, and was angry with Yang Sichang for the first time: "This is your plan, punish the bandits, appease the Zhao bandits, and the Tartars. The bandits are not killed, Zhao bandits surrender and rebel, and the Tartars are unwilling Peace talks. Will you fight a war?"

  Yang Sichang hurriedly knelt down and kowtowed: "Your Majesty, although the bandits Zhao rebelled again, they finally did not send troops to the various prefectures in the south of the Yangtze River. Otherwise, half of the world's wealth will be lost."

   "Should I thank Thief Zhao for not attacking Jiangnan?" Chongzhen laughed angrily.

  Yang Sichang avoided this topic and said: "The northwestern rogues, except for Li Zicheng's tribe, the rest of the rogues have been recruited..."

   "You're also called Zhao'an?"

Chongzhen probably was provoked by Zhao Han and the Tartars, so he took out Fang Kongzhang's seven memorials and threw them to Yang Sichang, saying: "Zhang Xianzhong surrendered for several months, refused to disband the army, and refused to let go of Gucheng. .Take Xiong Wencan back and put him in jail, and replace him with someone who can fight. Immediately encircle and suppress Zhang Xianzhong. After destroying Zhang Xianzhong, send heavy troops south to fight Zhao bandits!"

   "Your Majesty..." Yang Sichang still wanted to stick to his point of view.

   "Immediately do so, otherwise I will change to another Minister of the Ministry of War," Chongzhen said angrily, "Go to Xiangyang yourself and wipe out Zhang Xianzhong quickly!"

  Yang Sichang said: "But this side of the capital..."

   Chongzhen scolded: "There is Lu Xiangsheng here in the capital!"

   Zhao Han finally brought about huge changes. Xiong Wencan was sent to prison early, Yang Sichang left Beijing early, and Lu Xiangsheng might not be trapped to death.

  As for Zhang Xianzhong, he could no longer train his troops with peace of mind, and had to flee with his troops again.

   Chongzhen has always been at war and uncertain, Zhao Han wantonly expanded in Huguang, forcing Chongzhen to the main battle side. If the front line continues to lose, Chongzhen may be inclined to make peace, anyway, he does not have the willpower to persevere to the end.

   Li Zheng captured Changsha and stirred up too many things.

  Especially in the prefectures and counties around Dongting Lake, the officials were timid, the gentry were frightened, and Zhao Tianwang's prestige could stop children from crying at night in all counties.

   Moreover, Zhao Tianwang's reputation has spread throughout the world, and everyone knows that there is such a giant bandit.

   It is one thing to monopolize Jiangxi, but also occupy Huguang. Everyone knows that the south has changed.

  (end of this chapter)