"Boom ........."

Nearly 100 large and small artillery pieces of the Fu Han army roared, and they saw nearly 100 black projectiles flying towards the position of the Qing army, and when this scene was reflected in the eyes of the Qing soldiers, they had already seen the last picture in this world.

Because most of the bombs carried by the Fu Han army in this battle were flowering bombs, the explosions continued to sound into a piece, large and small pits appeared on the positions of the Qing army, and a large number of corpses of the Qing army were lying down, and their faces were a little desperate and the last attachment to this world, so they died in this batch of artillery fire.

The generals of the Qing army who were watching the battle saw this scene and almost took a breath, the psychological impact of this scene on them was too great, and it was almost a direct death of their own side with artillery...... But in this case, how can the battle be fought?

Guan Yuanzhong and the others finally realized the sadness of Manbao, it was really not that they were so incompetent, the key was that in the face of such firepower, any commonly used means almost lost their effectiveness, after all, in the face of the bombardment of hundreds of artillery, no matter how much courage they had, they would be in vain.

In the face of the approaching Fu Han military formation, almost all the Qing soldiers were like ashes, there were artillery muskets in front, and there was a Qing army's supervising team in the back, which was equivalent to a certain death, many people were already scared to pee their pants, and some people were silently reciting in their hearts the blessings of the gods and Buddhas, and they could escape this catastrophe.

"Put!"

With the roar of an officer of the Fu Han Army, the Fu Han sergeants in the first row pulled the trigger in unison, and a crisp and loud gunfire rang out, with a white mist in the sky, pouring out the projectiles, but it was a large part of the Qing army in front of them, and the Qing soldiers were stimulated and also fired.

It's just that the Fuhan army is a flintlock pistol, and the Qing army is still an arquebus, so in this range, the casualties caused by the arquebus to the Fu Han army are extremely limited, and the casualties caused by the Fu Han army to the Qing army are incomparable, which also makes the morale of the Qing army fall even more.

The soldiers in the second row took a step forward, they raised the muskets in their hands, aimed at the Qing army in the distance, and pulled the trigger again, only to see that countless blood flowers appeared in the already sparse array of the Qing army, and they fell to the ground one after another, letting out a desperate wail.

The equipment and combat level of the two sides were not on the same line at all, so after only a few rounds of guns, the Qing army could no longer hold on, and they ran towards the rear one after another, even if the Eight Banners soldiers did not have the slightest desire to fight at this time, or this was no longer a battle, but a complete massacre.

As a bystander, Guan Yuanzhong looked at all this in front of him, and was a little stunned, especially when he saw the Qing army running towards the rear all over the sky, but his heart was like turning over the river and the sea, and he let out a sad roar.

"Your Majesty! The minions are incompetent! ”

After saying this, Guan Yuanzhong spit out a mouthful of blood, dyed his gray beard red, and the whole person fell straight to the back.......

In just one day, it completely defeated 24,000 Qing troops to the ground, and Guan Yuanzhong, the supreme general of the Qing army, vomited blood and died on the battlefield, and Kong Yuxun, the governor of Liangguang, and hundreds of officials and generals, all of whom became prisoners of the Fu Han army.......

The end of the First Battle of Xinhui meant that the Qing army in Liangguang had completely collapsed, and without the 24,000 Qing army, the first division of the main force of the Han army and the second brigade of the Janissary Division directly marched east to attack Guangzhou. The Sixth Division, which ended the Battle of Shaozhou, also began to attack Guangzhou in the south, and it can be said that Guangzhou at this time has become a turtle in an urn.

On September 21, Huizhou City was under the siege of the Fu Han army for many days, and it was impossible to hold on, and the more than 3,000 green battalion soldiers led by Li Hun, the governor of Guangzhou, chose to open the door and surrender, and they knelt in front of Ning Zhongyi, with only awe and humility on their faces.

Ning Zhongyi did not have a good impression of these surrendered Qing troops, these people did not surrender sooner or later, choosing to surrender at this time is completely opportunistic, of course, the Fu Han army has a policy on the battlefield, since it surrendered, it will naturally not do anything to them, so Ning Zhongyi does not care about anything else, these people are grouped together, and the third division sends a battalion back to the Nanjing prisoner of war camp.

At this stage, only the city of Guangzhou has not been conquered in the whole Guangdong, and at this time the Qing army stationed in Guangzhou is mainly from the green battalion of Guangxi and the city defense battalion of Guangzhou, commanded by Su Chun, the governor of Guangxi, but this can also be called a great spectacle, the local green battalion in Guangdong is almost completely wiped out, and in the end it can only rely on the soldiers of Guangxi.

Guangxi Admiral Su Chunlai was almost angry and vomited blood after learning about the big battle that took place in Xinhui, the distance from Guangzhou to Xinhui is not far at all, as long as Guan Yuanzhong can hold out in Xinhui for two days at most, Guangzhou's reinforcements will also arrive, but who would have thought that the Qing army in Guangdong would be so unbearable, and 24,000 people would be defeated and completely collapsed.

In the face of the Fu Han army from the three breads, Su Chunlai had no other choice, because now it was clear that there were no reinforcements, only they were left to fight alone, so in desperation, they had to choose to surrender, after Su Chunlai surrendered, it was announced that Liangguang had almost no forces that could threaten the Fu Han army, and for a time all the Liangguang provinces sent a surrender table, expressing their willingness to surrender to Ningchu.

As a result, Ning Chu's plan to attack Liangguang this time, under various coincidences, was completed ahead of schedule, and in less than a month, the main force of the Qing army was wiped out, and by November, all the territory of Liangguang would be fully taken over.

..........

Nanjing City, Ningshou Palace.

Ning Yu sat on the chair and was playing chess with Ning Zhongyuan, and next to him were several important ministers in the imperial court, such as the first assistant Ning Zhongjing, the second assistant Cui Wancai, and the left capital Yushi Li Fu and others, they looked at the changes in the chess game seriously, and their faces all showed a bit of solemnity.

"Hoo ........"

Ning Zhongyuan exhaled a long breath, with a bit of joy on his face, "Today's chess is better than me, it's really rare, drink for fun today!" ”

Although Ning Yu is poor in chess, he does not have the slightest regret, after all, his skills are used up, and he is busy with political affairs every day and has no time to improve his chess skills, but Ning Zhongyuan plays against the scholars from time to time, but his chess skills are becoming more and more proficient, and now Ning Yu can't win completely even if he goes all out.

Cui Wancai, the second assistant on the side, had a smile on his face, "The emperor's chess skills are becoming more and more exquisite, and I am afraid that it is difficult for the ministers to be the opponent of the emperor." ”

Ning Zhongjing smiled, "You are all busy with the affairs of the imperial court now, and the level of chess skills is almost bad, but the level of governing the country cannot be bad, it doesn't matter if you lose to me, but if you lose to the Qing court, the people will scold your mother!" ”

Ning Yu heard that there seemed to be something in his words, so he leaned forward slightly as a state of listening, "What my father said, please make it clear." ”

"At the moment, I am not afraid of Dachu martial arts on the one hand, although the battle between the two Guangxi is not clear what the result is, but there should be no mistakes, although I have ignored the government, but I am still very concerned about the lives of the people, the emperor, you are in the country, I won't tell you the truth, it's just a way to government, or pay attention to a slow rule."

Ning Yu was silent in his heart, this was actually the old father reminding him...... Since the implementation of the new policy, a lot of people have been stimulated, and these people will inevitably say some gossip, they dare not tell the emperor, so they try their best to tell the emperor, and even some old ministers from the dragon have begun to mumble.

It is difficult to fight the world, and it is even more difficult to sit in the world.

Ning Chu's new policy is now beginning to be effective, but offending Shilin is also offended enough, especially around the change of next year's imperial examination, many people have already protested, and it can even be said that if it were not for the imperial court's implementation of the new policy for the gentry is too harsh, I am afraid that Liangguang and Yunguichuan would have been attached to it long ago.

For the gentry in the world, it doesn't matter who is the emperor, whether it is surnamed Ning or Aixin Jueluo, they don't care, what matters is the policy and attitude of the court towards the gentry, as long as the court makes a good appearance of treating the gentry, it is not easy to say in the north, and it is estimated that a handwritten letter in the south can be said to surrender.

But this is not the result that Ning Yu wants, if he doesn't take advantage of the time to fight the world and clean up the local forces, how can the imperial court effectively control the place? If you really want to deal with it after unification, I'm afraid that it will be another bunch of rotten sesame seeds, and it will be a bit of a bogeyster to deal with.

Ning Yu thought about a lot of things in his heart at once, but he said with a smile on his face: "The current dispute between the north and the south is also a dispute between the gentry's choices...... It's just that Erchen thinks it's always good to clean early. ”

Ning Zhongyuan only reminded him that since he stepped down from the position of emperor, it was naturally not good to point fingers too much, otherwise everyone in the court would have ideas, so seeing that Ning Yu said this, he didn't say anything more, just smiled slightly, and continued to set up the chess, preparing for the next game.

At this moment, the head of the chamberlain walked in from outside, looked at the crowd, and then bowed his hand.

"Your Majesty, Emperor Taishang, there is great good news, the First World War of Xinhui is over, and Su Chunlai, the governor of Guangxi, has surrendered to our army....... Now Liangguang has been owned by Dachu. ”

"That's great news!"

Ning Yu dropped the chess pieces in his hand and said with a smile: "It seems that the battle between Liangguang and Guangxi is a little smoother than we imagined....... This is a great achievement, and I have to reward it. Feng Privy Envoy Changshan Wang Ning Zhongyi as the King of Qi, the First Division Commander Ning Tieshan Feng'an Luhou, the Third Division Commander Cheng Ming as the Yidu Marquis, the Sixth Division Commander Qian Ying as the Changyang Marquis, and the key to this battle The Second Brigade Commander of the Praetorian Division Guo Ding'an was promoted to the commander of the Twelfth Division and was named the Marquis of Xinhui. ”

"Yes."

After listening to Ning Yu's words, the ministers paid more attention to Guo Ding'an, and there was actually no problem with other people's rewards, Ning Zhongyi naturally didn't need to say much, this time he led the battle of Liangguang, and he was the brother of the Emperor Taishang, and it was not too much to get a one-word king with his merits, as for the three division commanders, they were all Huguang counties, so they were all normal, but only Guo Ding'an was crowned a new marquis, which shows how satisfied the emperor was with his insistence on Xinhui in this battle.

Of course, with the release of the relevant regulations of Lord Ning Chu, everyone understood that as the Lord of Great Chu, although his status was very high, it did not involve land rewards, and all the original land grants were changed to be issued in the form of annuities, so no matter where they were sealed, it didn't matter much.

However, there is one piece of information that has attracted the attention of Shoufu Ning Zhongjing, that is, Guo Ding'an has been promoted from the commander of the Second Brigade of the Praetorian Guard Division to the commander of the Twelfth Division, which makes people feel a little inexplicable, is it possible that the army will be expanded again? You'll have to ask about this.

"Your Majesty, this Twelfth Division ........"

Ning Yu laughed and glanced at everyone, "Since the battle between Liangguang and Guangxi was fought so cleanly, we can't live up to the great opportunity created for us by the front-line soldiers, I am determined to expand five divisions in Nanjing, namely the 11th to the 15th divisions, and will draw a part of the backbone from each division to fill it, based on the newly recruited soldiers, and the future goal is to enter Sichuan." ”

Ning Zhongjing's face changed a little, and he said anxiously: "Your Majesty, if you recruit five new divisions right now, I'm afraid the cost of one division will not be enough....... Unless we wait until after next year's summer tax, it will be difficult for the imperial court to raise military funds for a while and a half, and the emperor will be asked to learn from it. ”

"Of course, I know that the current imperial court does not have enough money and food, so we have to find other ways to raise this money."

"Otherwise?"

This time it confused everyone, what else can the court do if it has no money? Even if the emperor pays for it himself, where is there so much, if these five divisions are newly established, just the initial settling-in allowance plus a certain amount of equipment and weapons will cost at least two million taels, not to mention the subsequent military salary expenditure.

Ning Yu said with a smile: "The court has no money, it doesn't mean that the people have no money, we can borrow money from the people by issuing war bonds." For example, this time the expansion of five divisions will require 3 million taels in the early stage, and another 4 million to 5 million taels will be needed to advance into Yunnan-Guichuan in the future, so we can issue 8 million taels of war treasury bonds. ”

"War national debt? Borrowing money from the people? ”

Ning Yu's idea once again smashed everyone into a daze, this thing had never been heard of before, could it be that the emperor came up with a trick to exploit the people?

Emperor Ning Zhongyuan, who had been listening to the side, couldn't hold back any longer, he frowned, and asked in a low voice: "Emperor, how can the imperial court have a reason to borrow money from the people?" This is obviously exploiting the people, and the reputation that our Da Chu has accumulated with great difficulty can't just be ruined! ”

The others also nodded in agreement, in their opinion, the emperor's ideas are sometimes too advanced, the court can wait for taxes if they ask for money, and they ask for money directly like this, and the appearance is too ugly, so they stepped forward to admonish.

Ning Yu was a little crying and laughing, of course he knew that raising national bonds in this era would cause them to misunderstand, so he had to patiently explain: "People can't stand without faith, and the country will die without faith." Of course, Erchen understands that we must have credit to the people, which is the foundation for maintaining my Dachu, but the national debt that Erchen said is itself to strengthen the people's trust in the imperial court, and if it is used well, it can really tie everyone to the boat of our Dachu! ”