Jingzhou City, also known as Jiangling City, is named after Jiangling County after Qin Poying and as the county seat.

For more than 2,000 years, Gangneung was used as a place name for successive dynasties, so there was one city and two names.

In addition to being the capital of Chu, Jingzhou has been the capital of many princes and small states, such as Southern Qi, Later Liang, Jingnan and other secession regimes, have been all here.

In the Ming Dynasty, Jingzhou was only a capital city, but its specifications were far better than those of ordinary state capitals.

The circumference of the whole city of Jingzhou is nearly 20 miles, the city wall is wide and solid, more than three zhang high, it is the strong city of Huguang second only to Xiangfan and Wuchang, and can be compared with Changsha.

After Zhang Xianzhong entered Sichuan, Sun Kewang became the supreme commander of the Huguang Army, and he didn't have to report to Zhang Xianzhong for everything, and he could do what he wanted.

Historically, Sun Kewang ruled the two weak provinces of Yunnan and Guizhou, but he raised more than 200,000 troops, and fought against the Qing court, which occupied ninety percent of the world, for many years, and even achieved a fairly good situation for a time.

It can be said that if he hadn't been too anxious, made a stupid move, and provoked infighting himself, the ending would not have been so tragic.

Compared with Zhang Xianzhong, Sun is not too interested in robbery, which has no technical content, but is more interested in managing one side and accumulating strength.

Sun Kewang is different from Zhang Xianzhong, he has read some books, and he knows that there is no example of a rogue sitting in the world in history, and if you want to sit in the world, you must change the habits of the rogue bandit, stabilize the foundation, and start to transform into a political power.

Last year, Li Zicheng's failure made Sun Kewang even more determined in his heart.

Soon after Zhang Xianzhong entered Sichuan, Sun Kewang changed the original strategy of the Western Army, stopped the strategy of "fighting grain" and "chasing salary", and began to affirm military discipline, prohibiting the Western Army in Jingzhou from continuing to plunder, and turning to the side of economic strategy.

At this time, after the Ming army recovered Wuchang, it stopped continuing to use troops against the Western Army, and gave Sun Kewang the external environment to experiment with his ideas.

From the end of 1643, Sun Kewang divided the acres of land in the prefectures and counties under the jurisdiction of the Western Army into camps, each of which was managed by a small colonel of the Western Army.

If the people planted their own land, they would get six points, and if they planted the landlord's land, they would get five points.

Although this tax ratio is relatively heavy, the lake and wide water system are developed, the fields are fertile, and the output is far better than that in the north.

In addition to the field tax, Sun Kewang no longer levied the poll tax and other kinds of complicated taxes, so the burden on the people did not increase much, but decreased, and he did not exclude the Western army, and even welcomed it.

In the Jingzhou area, the only people who were dissatisfied with Sun Kewang were the landlords and gentry, who could not charge high tenant rents, and could only receive a fixed income, but after all, there was still a harvest, which also reduced the hostility.

Sun Kewang's actions soon enabled the Western Army to gain a firm foothold in the Jingzhou area.

At the beginning of the occupation of Jingzhou by the Western Army, the Western Army collected grain everywhere and unconditionally snatched away the surplus grain of the people, which hit the enthusiasm of the people for farming, and they were unwilling to cultivate or no longer take care of the fields.

Sun Kewang implemented the sharing system and strictly enforced military discipline, so that as long as the people planted the grain, they would be able to receive at least 50 percent of the grain, and there would be no exploitation by the landlords and the exorbitant taxes and miscellaneous taxes, and the people would be able to see the certainty of the benefits, and their enthusiasm would immediately increase.

In the past year, the two crops of grain in the areas near Jingzhou were bumper harvests, and the grain output was much higher than in previous years, which greatly encouraged the Western Army.

At this time, Sun Kewang had been in Jingzhou for nearly two years, and the Western Army had a stable source of food supply, and even a lot of surplus grain was stored in the city.

In addition, Sun Kewang also built a lot of weapons and armor in the city, which significantly enhanced the strength of the Western Army in Jingzhou.

After seeing the results of his strategy, Sun Kewang sent a letter to Chengdu and informed Emperor Zhang Xianzhong of Daxi, hoping that he could control the whole Sichuan as soon as possible, and then transfer a team of men and horses to him to prepare for a big effort.

Jingzhou area, under his strategy, has become stable, Sun Kewang will naturally not be satisfied with just farming in Jingzhou, he has set his sights on the entire Huguang.

However, his own strength is insufficient, so he can only wait for the opportunity, looking forward to Zhang Xianzhong transferring Ai Nengqi or Li Dingguo to Huguang.

It's just that he didn't expect that before he could wait for the Western Army in Sichuan, the Ming Army in Huguang preemptively attacked him.

At this time, he could only prepare the city defense of Jingzhou on the one hand, and on the other hand send fast horses into Sichuan, and then inform Feng Shuangli that he must guard Yiling Prefecture and not let the Ming army cut off his connection with Sichuan.

On this day, Sun Kewang, who was dressed in earthy yellow armor, was patrolling the city, watching the soldiers of the Western Army prepare to roll wood and stones, arrange bows and arrows, make stone throwing machines, actively prepare for battle, and wait for battle.

At this time, Sun Kewang inspected the city, and then stood on the city tower, overlooking the river, and said to the generals with a smile: "He Tengjiao wants to attack Jingzhou with 100,000 horses this time, he can't help but underestimate the lonely king!" ”

After Zhang Xianzhong became emperor, Sun Kewang, as the head of the four adopted sons, was named the king of Pingdong.

I think Gao Yihuan has been struggling in southern Henan for a long time, he is disliked left and right, his strength is stronger than Sun Kewang, and he is still just a crumbling Dashun Wei Hou. This person is really incomparable, Gao Yihuan has no chance, otherwise he would like to recognize a godfather.

Ma Weixin, the general next to him, said with a smile: "King, if the Ming army comes to attack the city, we just use the strong city to defeat the enemy, once the emperor sends troops over, we will just defeat the Ming army, and then take advantage of the situation to capture Huguang." ”

Sun Kewang squinted at him, feeling a little unhappy, just you are smart, robbing the king's words, but he nodded with a smile on his face, "He Tengjiao gathered heavy troops to attack Jingzhou, Hunan people and horses were all drawn, if the lone king defeats him and then takes Huguang, it will be like destroying the withering and decaying!" ”

While he was talking, a sentinel suddenly came out of the water gate and shouted, "Open the door quickly, I have an urgent military situation to report to the king." ”

Sun Kewang happened to be at the head of the city, and as soon as he was ready, he leaned out of the city and said, "Bring it up!" ”

Not long after, a junior colonel of the Western Army was brought to Sun Kewang and reported on one knee, "King Qiyu, I found that the Ming army fleet was stopped in the public security, but tens of thousands of horses and horses took the land route, bypassed Jingzhou, and went to Wangyiling. ”

At this point, several generals of the Western Army were shocked, and Ma Weixin immediately said urgently: "King, Yiling is the channel for us to connect with Sichuan, and we must not lose it!" ”

Sun Kewang glared at him, Don't you know that the lonely king can make a fuss about you, and he was shocked.

Sun Kewang frowned slightly, and couldn't help but groan, "He Tengjiao is not so shrewd, this must be Yang Wenyue, or the plan of blocking Yinxi." These two people are more difficult to deal with than He Tengjiao, and I am afraid that there will be a plan in the plan. ”

Saying that, Sun Kewang's expression was solemn, and he suddenly waved his hand, "Pass the military order of the Lone King, let the scouts explore again, and the Lone King wants to find out the intentions of the Qingming Army~"

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