This army is not large in number, no more than 10,000 people in front and behind, but it is fully equipped and has many arms, such as cavalry, heavy infantry, musketeers, gunners, logistics, and medium and mobile forces near and far, which can cope with all kinds of situations and terrains. 【Latest chapter reading. 】

Leading this army was the general Li Tao of Hosoyanagi, and with him, there was also an officer corps sent from the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion to assist him in carrying out the reform of the military system of the local guards.

Of course, Li Tao is also the commander-in-chief of the five southwestern provinces, responsible for purging the ** brought by the Confucian family incident.

Three days later, he led the army into the border of Guangdong, under the guidance of the local Jinyiwei, Dongchang and Tiangong merchants, his journey was very smooth, and there was no shortage of food and grass supplies, but the army was a little tired after a long march.

"Everyone hold on, we will arrive in Guangzhou in a few days, and when we arrive in Guangzhou, we will be rewarded for three days." The officers of the Discipline Department stood on the slope and shouted propaganda to the passing soldiers, and then someone started a song, and the loud military song sounded, boosting morale.

At about this stage of time, Guangxi, Yunnan, Sichuan, and Guizhou also had 10,000 field elites stationed, who stepped into the borders of the provinces, and under the guidance of local Jinyiwei, Dongchang and other organizations, they went to the local provincial capital smoothly.

As for the Yulin Army's brigade, it was much earlier, and the latest was only the army that went to Wuchang in Huguang Province, of course, due to the vast territory of Huguang, there were more military areas here, a total of 12,000, and the rest of Henan, Zhejiang, Jiangxi, and Fujian were less, only 7,000 people.

As for the other 10,000 people, they were taken to the northeast by Li Yuyu, and this time it was Xu Wen of the General Staff who sat in charge of the Yulin Army, temporarily taking over the army as chief of staff, sitting in Wuchang, and being responsible for the military reform of the five southern provinces.

Daming is still a closed era, information transmission is very slow, out of a dedicated to the construction of the post house, Jinyiwei, Dongchang and other organizations, other information exchanges, do not know how troublesome, have to run around, and although the field army is strong, but the number of people is relatively insignificant compared to a province, so the news of their stationing, also only circulated in a small area, even if someone listens to an ear, a certain city to an army, will not take it to heart.

Therefore, the careerists who were attracted by the Confucian family incident contacted and communicated one after another, planning to take advantage of the emperor's absence to do a wave of things.

Even though there was a rebellion in Nanzhili before, and there were two failed incidents of two bachelors in prison, however, China has never lacked careerists, since Chen Sheng and Wu Guang said "the prince will have a kind of Xiangning", rebellion has become a common thing, often after falling into the grass, pull hundreds of people, dare to call the ancestor as the ancestor, the name of an emperor.

Unlike the empire on which the sun never sets, there is no emperor in India, and even the empress does not dare to be called.

Therefore, when Zhu Youxiao waited for Li Yuyu, the army swore to go out and went out of Zhenbei Pass, the hinterland of the Ming Dynasty began a magnificent wave of rebellion.

The first to revolt was not Jiangsu, Zhejiang, which had been suffering heavy losses, but Hunan, Hubei, and Huguang Province.

Merchants are the best at calculation, and the longer they go to the sea to do business, the more the gentry in Zhejiang will have the spirit and consciousness of businessmen, they will speculate on people to get returns, they will find ways to evade taxes, if the profits are enough, they will also talk about selling the motherland, but the only thing they will not do is to suffer losses.

Obviously, although the land under the command of these gentry in Zhejiang has been divided, the mulberry fields and cotton fields on the land are still there, and they can still rent them back, their own real estate and textile workers are still there, and they can still sell silk, tea, porcelain, and cotton cloth, and even more and more people come to buy.

Although this has to pay taxes, but in general, compared to before, they will not make much less, and because of the order and norms, they have a lot less heart, and they don't have to deal with pirates, curry favor with foreign natives, etc., now they come from here to buy goods, not they send them.

Even in the foreseeable future, they may earn more as the scale of exports expands, with the development of technology, and the development of the wool industry.

After such calculations, they were stupid to rebel, and as for which bit of land to give to the emperor, they had long passed the stage of getting rich with land.

Although the scholars they supported, and even many of their own children, scolded and scolded the emperor and how heavy the taxes were when they gathered, this was just a political attitude, just like the public scolding the ruling party in later generations, it was a kind of atmosphere, but if they really wanted to rebel, to overthrow the emperor, or to become independent, these businessmen would not dare.

Therefore, despite the excitement of the people of Zhejiang and the very heartwarming report in the Imperial Daily, the biggest means of confrontation in the whole of Zhejiang is nothing more than a collective strike and march by some scholars, but this kind of parade did not even impact the prefect's yamen, which makes people very suspicious of their determination.

However, Huguang is a little different in this place, with the development of Zhejiang and Jiangsu towards the development of commodity economy, a large amount of land began to grow cotton and linen, etc., grain production is insufficient, and grain must be bought from other places every year, and the largest grain supply is Huguang, the so-called 'Huguang is ripe, the world is full' is not a joke.

Changsha even has a famous rice market, where a large amount of grain is traded, bringing a lot of money to the landlords, and the biggest damage to this land reform is the big landlords.

As the saying goes, where there is oppression, there is resistance, so it is not surprising that the earliest rebellions began here.

Outside Wuchang City, there is a military camp, which was built in the past few days, as Xu Wen's station, suddenly, a fast horse galloped and broke into the barracks.

"Chief of Staff, there is a report from the direction of Changsha that there are rebels in the local area and attack the city, but they are repelled by the prefect of Changsha, but there are many rebels, and the prefect is unable to go out of the city, so he can only defend himself behind closed doors."

"Is the information reliable?" Xu Wen asked unhurriedly.

"It has been confirmed, Dongchang and Jinyiwei have received such reports, and the Huguang Patrol Yamen also has them." The person who reported confirmed.

"In this case, let go of the reform matter for a while and put down the rebellion, after all, this is why His Majesty let us enter here" Soon, Xu Wen made a decision and sent troops to quell the chaos.

"Okay, then I'll go and gather all the people and get ready for the ferry."

"No, I'll just take 6,000 people this time, it's all a rebellion of some civilian landlords, and I can't set off much storm, Wang Lei, you take the remaining 6,000 people to be stationed here, and first carry out the preparations for the reform of the guard, if there is also a rebellion here, it will be up to you to pacify." Xu Wen has a different opinion.

The reporter, that is, Wang Lei, is the deputy chief of staff of the Yulin Army, and he is also one of the two hundred people who were with Xu Wen at the beginning, his qualifications are very old, although his ability is not very outstanding, but he is steady, and his military quality is not bad.

"Really?" Wang Lei asked in surprise. The expression is very unexpected and surprised, although there are many battles in the army now, and there are great opportunities for meritorious service, but after all, there are so many establishments, and the gold content of the military rank is very high, he is now only the rank of lieutenant colonel, not that the merit is not enough, but every so many positions, plus the ability is not particularly outstanding, so many times it is not his turn to be promoted.

If he continues like this, he will not have enough chance to be promoted to colonel, and the best result will only be to go to the city defense army, and he is not a major general.

Now that he has this opportunity to handle affairs independently, he will undoubtedly be able to exercise his abilities, and more importantly, he will have the opportunity to be exposed in front of His Majesty, so that he can see his strengths, and then he will have a better place to go.

"That's right, but I can only help you to this point, whether you can really make Your Majesty notice your ability can only depend on your own performance this time." Xu Wen nodded and said, both of them are in batches, and the relationship is naturally good, and if they can help, they will help. Although his group now occupies the largest strength in the army, but seeing that there are more and more rising stars, if he doesn't help and promotes more people, there will not be so many of his own people at that time.

"I'll cherish it." Wang Lei said resolutely.

"Very good, then I'll be relieved." Xu Wen nodded.

Then he came out of the military tent and began to check the soldiers and horses, preparing to go on the expedition.

Half a day later, a large army set out from Wuchang, crossed the Yangtze River by ferry, and then went down the river to Changsha to quell the rebellion.

Xu Wen's troops are divided into two routes, which can't help but give Wang Lei room to play, but also from the perspective of the situation, the Huguang territory is vast, and if 12,000 people run back and forth, it will be extremely delayed, so it is better to separate, half in the south and half in the north. Anyway, he has fought domestic rebels before, to be honest, they are all rabble, not to mention that this time it is just a rebellion of tens of thousands of people, even if there is no perfect person, he is not afraid at all.

The training and equipment of the Yulin army is not jealous, as the army with the most veterans and the most 800 people in Yulin, it really opened the battle formation to fight, and none of the other three armies was an opponent.

Xu Wen is just a small episode here, Li Tao, who has just walked to Shaoguan, also received a secret report from Jinyiwei, who had worked hard and finally contacted them.

"What, there are rebels in Guangzhou, and several surrounding counties have been captured, and now they are attacking Guangzhou City?" Li Tao asked in surprise, "What are the guards here for, and even a group of peasants can't fight back?" ”

The brocade guard who reported was a little embarrassed and didn't know what to say.

"Forget it, I don't know if I ask you, you go and contact the local government, prepare a boat, and take a boat." Li Tao waved his hand and asked Jinyiwei to retreat.

After that, Li Tao, who had obtained a large number of ships, led a large army and fiercely pounced on Guangzhou.

This kind of situation not only happens in Guangdong, but also in Yunnan, Guizhou, Sichuan and other places, and the difference is only in size and location.

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