After the new Liao army captured Yuanzhou City, because the original government had already been destroyed by the rebels, it fell into a state of disorder, and the governor of Jiangxi was frightened by Zhang Xianzhong to hide in Nanchang Mansion and did not dare to go out of the city, where could he care about the affairs of Yuanzhou City. [No pop-ups. 】

To this end, in the name of the governor of Huguang, Moli issued a list to recruit talents, appointed new local officials, built the administrative structure of Yuanzhou City, and managed people's livelihood affairs.

At the same time, the army continued to Linjiang Province to continue the pursuit of the rebel Zhang Xianzhong.

The New Liao Army fought two consecutive battles with Zhang Xianzhong's rebels in Qingjiang and Xinhua, killing the rebels one after another, throwing away their armor and throwing away their armor.

Zhang Xianzhong knew the strength of the new Liao army, so he did not dare to besiege Nanchang Mansion again, nor did he dare to stay any longer, and continued to run north in the direction of Jiujiang, intending to join Wang Ziyong.

Even some rebels shouted in shock after learning that the New Liao Army was coming: "The New Liao Army is coming!" The Mo family army is here! Run, everyone! ”

For a time, the name of the Mojia Army began to spread in the west of Huguang and Jiangxi, and its reputation was great, not only Zhang Xianzhong fled when he heard the wind, but even those robbers in the green forest and all kinds of thieves were also frightened, and they followed Zhang Xianzhong to run north.

The soldiers and horses under the governor's account of Jiangxi met Zhang Xianzhong's rebels and retreated, and Zhang Xianzhong's rebels heard the rumors of the Mojia army and fled immediately, what a irony is this? are also the official army of the Ming Dynasty, why is the Mo family army so capable of fighting? And his own soldiers and horses are so sloppy?

Therefore, although Mo Li led a large army to pursue Zhang Xianzhong all the way in Jiangxi, he also unceremoniously appointed new local officials on his own, but the governor of Jiangxi did not dare to have any objections.

Originally, you yourself as the governor of a province, but you have repeatedly lost the city and lost the land, the emperor and the court did not investigate the responsibility to cut off your skull is already burning high incense, and now these lost lands are recovered by the Mo army, as the saying goes, the country cannot be without a king for a day, and the local government cannot be without personnel for a day, and now he is appointing new officials on the spot, what objections can you have?

Yuanzhou, Ji'an, Ganzhou, Linjiang, and other places in Jiangxi have been ravaged by rebels, and all administrative systems have been paralyzed. Mo Li led the New Liao army to pursue all the way, recovering dozens of prefectures and counties, reappointing officials, and administering localities.

Meng Ke did not disappoint Mo Li, and a few days later, he took Song Yingxing and his family to Yuanzhou City.

Mo Li admired Song Yingxing's talent and attitude towards scientific research, and immediately hired him as a professor at Yuelu Academy, and together with Lei Luo, he conducted scientific research and cultivated scientific and technological talents at the same time.

And Song Yingxing was also moved by Mo Li's sincerity. Mo Ligui was the governor of a province, but he trusted and cared for him as a tried and failed person, and was deeply moved by his corporal Lixian, so he devoted himself to teaching and research with enthusiasm.

While Mo Li pursued Zhang Xianzhong, he collected talents from all over the world to receive them under his command and serve him in managing the local area.

Moreover, along the way, many recruits have also been accepted. These recruits included both rebel prisoners, some lost Ming army routs, and many young people from all over the country who came to join the army.

By the time the army marched to Jiujiang, Mo Li's command had grown to nearly 100,000 horses.

Coupled with the teams of Cao Bianjiao, Du Geng, Zhou Yuji and others in Wuchang, the strength is close to 200,000. If you count the troops of Li Guo and Mo Li who stayed in Changsha and other places, the total strength of the Mo family army now reaches about 260,000.

This number is undoubtedly huge, and for a governor of a province like Moli, it is naturally beyond the establishment.

At this time, a discerning person can see at a glance that Mo Li's ambition is not just as simple as suppressing thieves and pacifying the Ming Dynasty. The senior generals in the army actually vaguely understood Mo Li's plan.

However, Mo Li did not let Lu Hanzhang and other eunuchs know the specific number of troops of the Mo family's army, and told him that there were only about 100,000 horses. Fortunately, Moli and he have always cooperated very well, and he basically doesn't care much about military matters.

When chasing to Jianchang, Mo Li heard that Cao Bianjiao, Du Geng, and Zhou Yuji had broken through Wuchang City a few days ago, and Wang Ziyong and Tuo Xianling escaped with the remnants of the rate, and continued to flee from Guangji and Huangmei towards Anqing Mansion in Anhui. Zhang Xianzhong led the remnants of 20,000 or 30,000 people to flee north with Wang Ziyong, and the rebels in Jiangxi were basically driven away, and some of them fled into the waters of Poyang Lake.

After capturing Wuchang, Cao Bianjiao and others successively recovered Yingcheng, Jingling, Huangpi and other cities. Since then, the rebels in Huguang have either been exterminated, or they have fled to Anqing, Huizhou, Zhejiang and other places with the king for his own use.

Later, after Mo Li heard that the peasant army of Li Zicheng, Luo Rucai and others had gone north to Datong from Lu Xiangsheng, and had quickly resurrected in Shaanxi, Shanxi, Henan and other places, and his prestige was getting bigger and bigger, he hurriedly ordered Wei Hong, who had stayed in Lingchuan, to strengthen his defense forces and strictly prevent the peasant army from attacking the city and destroying or even destroying Lingchuan, the base area of the first reform.

At the same time, Moli sent Zhou Yuji to lead 30,000 troops to the north, and stationed in Xiangyang as the new commander-in-chief of Xiangyang, guarding the northern gateway of Huguang, reorganizing the city defense forces of Xiangyang and surrounding prefectures and counties, and strictly preventing Li Zicheng's rebels from going south to Huguang.

Previously, Huguang's three major generals were either withdrawn by Chongzhen or surrendered to the rebels because of their ineffective suppression of bandits. After Moli became the governor of Huguang, Cao Bianjiao was also appointed as the commander-in-chief of Wuchang, and the commander-in-chief of Xiangyang and Changsha were appointed by Moli himself.

Moli appointed Zhou Yuji as the commander-in-chief of Xiangyang and Guan Feng as the commander-in-chief of Changsha.

Wang Ziyong, Zhang Xianzhong and other rebels who fled to Anqing, Mo Li sent Ma Jinzhong to lead an army of 40,000 to continue the pursuit, in the name of chasing thieves, entered Anqing in a grand manner, at this time, the governor of Anhui did not dare to have any opinions.

Cao Bianjiao was responsible for rectifying the military affairs of Wuchang, training soldiers and horses, and at the same time, Moli also asked him to prepare a naval division to deal with future water and naval battles.

The seventeenth century was also the golden age of the Age of Sail. Many great seafaring activities were also carried out during this period. Which of the colonial powers in the West did not rely on its powerful navy to plunder resources from overseas to make its own economy soar?

The future competition for resources is the competition for maritime interests, and whoever has a strong navy will have the capital to dominate.

Now, although even the enemy in the territory of the Ming Dynasty has not been defeated, and it has not yet been unified, but everything is foreseen, and if you don't prepare, you will be wasted, and if you want to have a strong navy, you have to start the layout now, starting with the training of sailors.

In addition to forming a naval division, Moli used the excuse that there were still many rebels in Poyang Lake that had not yet been cleared, so Cheng Qingzhu led the army to continue to stay in Nanchang, Jiujiang and Poyang Lake to pursue the remnants of the enemy.

As for himself, he led his troops back to Changsha and sat in Changsha, arranging for land reform and production development in various localities, while remotely commanding generals everywhere to exterminate the rebels.

Now that the spread is wide, it is impossible to command every battle by yourself, and you have to learn to delegate power and let your subordinates play ......