Late Ming Dynasty: Conquering the world starting from riding and cutting

First, all kinds of debts and personal dependencies were declared completely null and void, and then they were not counted or investigated. 6̳̳

Anyone who serves the Keelung army can receive land, oxen, plows, and hoes. After registering, they can also purchase all kinds of luxuries and daily necessities that they regarded as luxuries and daily necessities at unimaginably low prices, and enjoy them. Only men can live happily.

For a time, there was a turmoil in the Youjiang River Basin, and various local officials such as Babu and Ross were conferred their heads and surrendered.

With the successive expeditions, Gu Shixing's military strength not only did not decrease, but instead continued to expand.

Every time a chieftain's stronghold was conquered, at least a thousand more young and strong troops would be added. These were the benefits brought by Keelung's policy. With the increase in troops, Gu Shixing had no choice but to find that his soldiers had already occupied four quarters of the entire Lingxi area. With three-thirds of the troops, it would be easy to defeat Lingxi in one fell swoop!

However, in order to cooperate with the overall situation in Keelung, Gu Shixing had to hold on to the momentum of his subordinates' eagerness to try, and sent the already swollen troops battalion by battalion to ships carrying supplies to transport these people back to the Keelung area, or launch Go to Hsinchu, Kitakyushu and other places to colonize, or go elsewhere. In short, just gradually digest it.

"I'll go! I didn't expect that Shixing looked careless, but he was so meticulous in fighting!" Seeing that his colleagues were so smooth, in just a few months, they took over half of the country in the west of Lingxi. above oneself.

Comparing the two groups of people, I am lagging behind!

"Don't be anxious, I think you two are in different situations!" Chu Yibing reminded him kindly, fearing that Weizhou would be unhappy.

"Just think about the local officials in Lingxi. They are idiots. They can just chop them off with their heads with an axe! Anyway, the big men in the provincial city will at most think that it is a fight between the chieftains. It is different here! All kinds of things! There are countless human relationships, such as friendships, relatives, clans, and clans, and they are so intertwined that they are like a muddy pond. It’s a good thing you didn’t get swallowed up by this muddy pond. Isn’t it so difficult to deal with, my lord? For my sake, I gave you a lot of extra troops!"

Having said that, how can a competitive person like Weizhou accept this reality?

"Weizhou, don't panic, there are plenty of opportunities for you to make meritorious deeds!" Chu Yibing had a hint of mystery on his face. He leaned close to Weizhou and whispered, "I have a feeling that our lord is currently planning a famous plan. It’s a big move.”

"What do you mean?!" Weizhou looked curious.

"Nowadays, officials from the Department of Home Affairs are there every day in Kangkou, Keelung, supervising the preparation of food and salaries, and constantly calculating the navy's transportation capacity. Workers in the Keelung Shipyard are also working overtime to build ships, recruiting sailors from all over. . Think about it, if the Lord hadn’t made such a big move, would those officials have been so diligent in urging him?”

The two people's eyes met in the air, and they both saw the meaning hidden deep in their hearts from each other's eyes, and they understood each other.

After pondering for a moment, Weizhou ordered the soldiers on duty outside the house to fetch the newspapers collected during the day, and the two of them read through them carefully.

Since the third year of Chongzhen, the Ming Dynasty has been experiencing intensified internal and external troubles, and civil strife has gradually arisen in various places.

On the fifth day of February, the peasant army captured Suishan and Pangtuo counties and killed the county magistrates Sheng Shouning and Bai Changhong. On the 15th, he entered Qitang and Huangsi. On February 21, he then captured Kuizhou Prefecture and besieged Taiping.

On the first day of March, the peasant army broke through the encirclement and pursuit of the Ming Dynasty official army and entered Henan. After capturing Nanyang, the provincial capital, the rebel army divided into five battalions and invaded Huguang. Then Li Zicheng and others entered Hanzhong, and Zhang Xianzhong led his troops to Xinyang.

One month later, Zhang Xianzhong headed west from Xinyang to Shang and Luo areas. Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong joined forces to capture Chengcheng and approached Pingliang and other prefectures and counties. At noon on April 28, Zhang Xianzhong and other 13 battalion rebels left Tongguan and entered Hannan from Shang and Luoxi in Henan, establishing Zhang Xianzhong's Sichuan strategy and Li Zicheng's Shaanxi boundary in one fell swoop.

The Central Plains of the Ming Dynasty were like this, and the Northland was even more rotten.

Huang Taiji, the chief of the Liaodong slaves, sent troops to conquer Mongolia for the second time in order to incorporate the Monan Mongolian tribes into his Houjin system.

On the way back to the army, when passing through the Xuanda area, they divided into four groups to attack and plunder the Xuanda area in the name of knowing that the border generals would disturb the territory, kill the people, and hide the people who fled.

Countless supplies were plundered, and the livestock population was over 300,000. When the news came back that the Northland was almost occupied and without people, the capital was shocked for a moment. Chongzhen hurriedly discussed the matter with the cabinet to see who could stop the decline of the Northland.

But today's Ming Dynasty's cabinet has long existed in name only. After half a month of deliberation, there was still no result, and finally nothing happened.

"Damn it! This bitch's Houjin Jiannu clearly regards Xuanda, Gyeonggi and other places in the Ming Dynasty as their granary and money bag. From time to time, they come over to rob them and get some things back to their den of thieves to enjoy. , I’ll grab it again after getting fat, but the emperor is still helpless, this is so annoying!” Chu Yibing dropped the Di newspaper in his hand, feeling a little angry for Chongzhen, but also a little resentful towards him.

If you don't have the ability to be an emperor, it's more serious to step down as soon as possible and let the lord take the throne.

"Brother Chu, have you noticed that there is something fishy in this, something very wrong!" Weizhou's fair face showed a slight hint of red.

Seeing this, the soldiers around him shuddered when they saw this look. Whenever Weizhou had such a look on his face, it meant that he wanted to kill someone!

But this slave-builder deserves to die. If they want to join the master, it will be impossible unless the Keelung Army is wiped out!

"Brother Chu, think about it. Ever since the slaves first came to Yanjing in the second year of Chongzhen, the world has been in chaos. Refugees in Shaanxi have revolted and fled to various places. The slaves were in the north, and every time there was chaos in the interior, When the army is dispatched, it is a good opportunity for them to plunder the border areas. "

"Indeed, it has been like this several times. Both sides are in chaos and responding to each other, as if there is some kind of connection!"

The two couldn't help but fell into deep thought. This connection seemed to really exist, and it was even something they had negotiated.

On the one hand, the peasant army attacked various provinces, consuming the Ming Dynasty's manpower, material and financial resources internally. This made the Ming Dynasty's already stretched financial resources even more insufficient by those armies that were ineffective in killing the enemy and disturbing the people. They were even less able to deal with the slaves and slaves outside the northern pass. Conquering Mongols.

On the other hand, when the peasant army was about to be annihilated, the Houjin Jiannu troops sent troops to the north at all costs to harass the heart of the Ming Dynasty, forcing the main force of the official army to come north to deal with the Jiannu, thus reducing the pressure on the peasant army. Give them the opportunity to continue causing trouble.

In this way, the Ming army was surrounded and surrounded, but it was impossible to eliminate one of the forces in one fell swoop.

"I'm afraid there are some masters among the Jiannu! Brother Chu, if you and I meet the Jiannu on the battlefield in the future, we must be careful and don't fall for their tricks!"

"Well! I need to report this to my lord so that the whole Keelung army can be on guard. It seems that we have one more enemy!"

Three days later, Chu Yibing's fleet set sail from Hong Kong Island and sailed south, taking more than 3,000 exiles to the Tenth Prefecture area. There will be the new home of these people.