I

  Chapter 483 480 [The Difficulties of Guangxi Soldiers]

  Instigating against the Mongolian tribes did not happen overnight.

  Back then, Nurhachi and Huang Taiji, the two generations kept intimidating and luring them, and only then did they nibble away and win over the various ministries of the grassland.

   As soon as Nurhachi started to attack the Liaoxi Plain, Lin Dan Khan immediately led troops to conquer, and beat the Manchus into the princess and marriage. Then quietly separated the ministries, kept giving benefits, and flirted with the Mongolian tribe in private.

  When Lin Dan Khan heard the news, he severely punished the tribes colluding with the Manchu Qing.

  But the more severely Lin Dan Khan punished, the more tribes fell to the Manchus. In the end, the peripheral tribes ruled by Lin Dan Khan fell into the arms of the Qing Dynasty one by one.

  Thus, Lin Danhan, who had "400,000" iron cavalry, was chased and killed from outside Zhangjiakou all the way to Qinghai by the Manchu Qing with only "30,000" troops.

   After careful study of this period of history, the most impressive thing is that the Tartars of the Houjin Dynasty could really have daughters!

  This tribe married one, and that tribe married another, and the Mongolian tribe was tied to death through marriage. Sometimes, even if they are married, they still have to fight, killing their daughter's husband, and marrying another tribe. Or kill the husband of the daughter and remarry the daughter to the brother, nephew, or nephew of the deceased husband.

  Eight-year-old Abney, completely unaware that he was being put on a green hat.

  He felt that the gentleman from Handi was very amiable. Telling him stories about his father Khan (Lin Danhan) and many interesting stories about the south, he gradually felt a father's love that he had never had before.

  In addition, Zuo Xiaocheng began to contact the leaders of the Chahar Department.

  He has basically determined that as long as the Datong army occupies Zhangjiakou, binds the Chahar tribe with food, and promises to help the Chahar tribe deal with the revenge of the Manchus, these Mongols next to the Han will definitely rebel!

  The Chahar tribe had a feud with the Manchu Qing, and was squeezed out by other tribes that belonged to the Manchu Qing.

  Because they were the tribes directly under the Mongolian Great Khan, they occupied rich pastures, and they enjoyed the convenience of mutual trade. Other tribes must prevent the growth of the Chahar tribe, and the Manchu Qing must also prevent the revival of the Chahar tribe.

  They harbored resentment, hated the Manchus for killing their relatives, hated the Manchus for depriving them of their pastures, and hated the Manchus for interfering in their trade with the Han.

  Nowadays, there is not much grain shipped from the Han area, and the Manchu Qing has to buy most of it in advance.

   Every time a herdsman in the Chahar tribe starved to death, their hatred for the Manchus increased.

   Zuo Xiaocheng's current task is to straighten out the relationship between the Chahar Ministry and figure out which ones are loyal to the Manchu Qing. When the Datong army occupies Zhangjiakou, it will be a matter of course, and the entire Chahar tribe will be instigated to rebel!

  Zuo Xiaocheng fought fiercely with the Manchu princess in the grassland, and the Guangxi Datong Army also launched an offensive again.

  …

  After several years of encroachment and continuous suppression of the rebellion, the Datong Army has occupied two-thirds of Guangxi and owns 80% of the land suitable for farming in Guangxi. The rest that have not been recovered are mountainous and difficult to walk, and the land is relatively barren.

  The most severe drought this year is in Hunan, followed by Henan and North Zhili.

  Shanxi, Shandong, Anhui, Jiangsu, Jiangxi, Guangdong, these provinces only have partial severe droughts.

  The "Chongzhen Drought" seems to have completely eased, and even the provinces with the worst drought were nothing in the past few years.

  Big harvest in Sichuan and a bumper harvest in Hubei!

   Compared with previous years, Guangxi can also be called a bumper harvest this year.

  The people of Guangxi under Zhao Han’s rule, regardless of their nationality, were allocated land. Some Yao and Zhuang people in the deep mountains, after asking Zhao Han for instructions, allowed them to continue farming collectively. However, first, land ownership must be clarified, and second, advanced agricultural technology must be taught to them.

  After this year's corn harvest, the Han, Zhuang, Yao, and Miao people in Guangxi were all crazy with joy.

  There are no exorbitant taxes, the land tax is relatively light, and the rest of the grain is their own. They can guarantee to eat two meals a day, and they will not be hungry until next year.

  After the bumper summer grain harvest, the enthusiasm of the people in Guangxi has become unprecedentedly high.

   I heard that the Datong Army recruited civilian husbands, and people of all ethnic groups enthusiastically signed up, and farmers and soldiers of all ethnic groups also applied to join the war.

  Nanning Fucheng.

  Ding Jiasheng’s new thirteenth division is swearing in. The composition of this unit is extremely complicated. Han soldiers (including Hakkas) account for only 55%, and the remaining 30% are Zhuang soldiers, and the rest are Yao and Miao soldiers.

  In addition, there are farmers, soldiers and peasants from various ethnic groups, who are listening to Ding Jiasheng's speech there.

  Although they were too far away to hear clearly, everyone was in high spirits, because the goal of this battle was to wipe out the remnants of Guangxi.

  Ding Jiasheng led the thirteenth division, starting from Nanning, first to capture the entire Nanning Prefecture, and then attack Taiping Prefecture, Siming Prefecture, Longzhou, Siling Prefecture, and Pingxiang Prefecture.

   Liu Xinyu led the Tenth Division, starting from Yicheng, first to capture Sien Mansion, and then attack Tianzhou, Sicheng Prefecture, Anlongsi, Shanglinsi, Zhen'an Mansion, and Guishun Prefecture.

  There is an order from the Ministry of War, stop dawdling, the whole territory of Guangxi will be determined in the First World War.

  The remaining chieftain forces and bandits are left to the peasants and soldiers to slowly wipe out. The important duty of the new magistrate is to suppress bandits.

  After occupying Guangxi, they immediately put pressure on Yunnan, so that the puppet court in Yunnan could not support Guizhou, because two divisions from Sichuan were about to attack Guizhou!

   "Let's go!"

  Ding Jiasheng drew his sword and shouted.

  This soldier who came from a poor scholar picked up a copy of "Da Tong Ji" in the village, and dared to lead the hungry people to rebel. He conquered the county and imitated Zhao Han to organize households and divide land.

  He has been a military propaganda officer for several years, and he is also considered to have rich combat experience. This year, he finally became a commander and directly served as the commander of the 13th Division.

  The army set out, including civilian husbands, there were 50,000 people.

  Soldiers, peasants and soldiers advanced along the Yu River (Yong River). There were a large number of ships transporting luggage in the river, and there were also many peasants pushing wheelbarrows by the river.

  Cen Mian, wearing Zhuang costume, pushed the cart and wanted to sing.

  The original meaning of the surname Cen is "cutting board", which is the surname of the owner of the cave, so the whole village has the surname Cen.

  Cen Mian used to help Dongzhu fight in battle, and fought against the Datong Army for half a year. Now that he thinks about it, he thinks it really shouldn't be. The Datong Army is a good man, and His Majesty the Emperor is also a good man. He also divided the land and settled down, and the tax is not high, and he organized everyone to dig canals together.

  This year, the family collected 2,000 catties of corn (corn), which is enough to feed the government.

   What's more, sweet potatoes will be planted next, and a lot of food can be harvested.

  In winter, sweet potatoes and corn porridge are used to cook porridge.

  When the corn was harvested, Cen Mian's family ate three meals a day for several days in order to celebrate.

  He felt that it was too extravagant, and he felt guilty of wasting food. The family also thought it was not good, so they ate two meals instead, and now I think about it, I still miss it.

   "Brother Cen, can your sister marry this year?" asked Nong Kun from behind.

   Cen Mian turned around with a smile: "This year is festive, it's time to get married, is your family ready?"

  Nong Kun said happily: "It's all ready, two chickens, ten bundles of firewood, one hundred catties of corn, and a big fat pig. Isn't it beautiful? Did you treat my sister badly?"

"It's not bad, it's very good, very good," Cen Mian said from ear to ear happily, "When my sister gets married, let her bring a sheep over there. Ewes can give birth to cubs, and they will give birth to many for your family in a few years." .”

  Nong Kun smiled and said, "Very good, very good!"

  Cen Mian warned again: "When you start a war, you have to be more careful. Don't let my sister become a widow who is a watchman before she is married."

Nong Kun said with a smile: "The Datong Army is good at fighting, so I'm not afraid. When I go back this time, I will sign up to be a farmer and soldier. Maybe I can be a Datong Army in a few years. When I make military achievements, I will be rewarded with land. There will be a lot of land." You can't even grow corn if you have to grow it."

  Guangxi people can live a good life not only because of favorable policies, but also because of successive years of natural disasters and wars, which have caused a large number of population losses.

  As long as the chieftain is overturned, every commoner can get enough land.

   Moreover, Guangxi was one of the first provinces to introduce corn and sweet potatoes. As early as the Wanli period, corn and sweet potatoes were planted in large quantities. After the Datong army came, it only accelerated the promotion of crops.

  Let’s put it this way, more than 60% of the summer grain harvested in Guangxi is corn.

  Even half of the military rations for this expedition were corn.

   Another thing is to organize the people to build aqueducts. Taking the village as a unit, villagers bring their own dry food and tools, and build diversion canals to irrigate crops in sections.

  As long as someone organizes, water conservancy facilities can be built no matter how difficult it is.

  Historically, Yang Yi, a general of the Southern Ming Dynasty, went to Fangchenggang to proclaim himself king, and he did not forget to build water conservancy projects. He organized the people to dig a canal with a total length of 24 miles. When the Qing army came, only the last mile was left uncut... Since then, it has not been dug through, leaving behind the relics called "Emperor Ditch".

   Cen Mian and Nong Kun followed the army and arrived at the fork of the Yu River two days later.

  The mainstream is called Youjiang, and the tributary is called Zuojiang. This time they are going to Zuojiang to attack Xinning Prefecture (Fusui). The Longzhai on the bank of the Youjiang River had already been captured by the Datong Army, and five hundred soldiers were left to guard against the enemy troops from Long'an County.

  After only half a day's march along the Zuojiang River, the vanguard came back to report.

  A fast horse galloped along the river and came in front of Ding Jiasheng: "General, I learned that our army went out on a large scale. The enemy army in Xinning Prefecture abandoned the city and fled, and all of them got into the mountains to the west."

  The news of the enemy abandoning the city did not make Ding Jiasheng happy, but gave him a headache.

  The city is so easy to attack. The most annoying thing is to drill the valley. There are mountains everywhere in Guangxi, and it will take a long time to conquer the mountains.

  In a few years, the Datong Army only won two-thirds of Guangxi, because the enemy frequently entered the mountains to fight guerrillas!

  Ding Jiasheng immediately ordered: "The army moved to Xinningzhou City, divided into 3,000 troops, 3,000 farmers and soldiers, and 5,000 civilian husbands, and took Qianlongzhai in the east of Xinning Prefecture."

   Qianlongzhai is also in the valley.

  Guangxi is fighting lively, but there are basically no major battles, and they are going into the mountains all year round to encircle and suppress.

  The civilian officials of the Ministry of War didn't know to look at the terrain by themselves. All day long, I only know how to urge and urge, and say that I will win the whole territory of Guangxi this year. Damn it, the rest of the land is all mountain roads, it would be **** if it could be done this year.

  (end of this chapter)