Although the policy of changing the land and returning to the river has been continuing, the Ming government often borrowed wolf soldiers to fight, so it was impossible to oppress them politically, but to give them benefits.

In general, if you can get the support of the people in Guangxi, it will be easy to gain a firm foothold.

Cen Dalu obviously saw that Xiao Ruxun had the strength to win the central government, so he persuaded his Tianzhou region to decide to support Xiao Ruxun, not only that, but also used money and food as bait to persuade several state capitals to support Xiao Ruxun together, and the rest at most did not cooperate, but he would never object.

They don't care much about the Han people changing emperors, as long as they don't harm their interests and don't disturb their lives.

Anyway, Xiao Ruxun doesn't point to completely occupying Guangxi, as long as they don't get in the way and can still provide support, that's enough, and it's worth spending some money.

Guangxi's smoothness can be said to be unexpected, because it was a little too smooth, but it gave Xiao Ruxun a big surprise, on August 3, a team of 80,000 people entered Zhennan Pass, and on August 13, the city gate of Nanning was opened on the initiative, and Nanning was mastered by Xiao Ruxun.

After the whole territory of Guangxi was pacified, and after Guilin was taken by Xiao Ruxun on August 27, the army of 80,000 people had expanded by half of its manpower to 120,000, of which 30,000 were wolf soldiers, and 10,000 Guangxi Han soldiers, and the military supplies of the entire Guangxi treasury were also open to Xiao Ruxun.

There are many armies in Guangxi, and there are many who are strong in combat, but many of them fled directly after fighting the Zhennan army once.

Some of them surrendered directly after being defeated and besieged, and they didn't struggle, and they didn't seem to have much will to fight, but after joining the Zhennan Army, if they started fighting, it was obviously much more fierce.

There are also those 30,000 wolf soldiers, which are really fierce, under the leadership of Cen Dalu, they dare to fight no less than the elite troops of the Zhennan Army, that is, they are inferior to the Zhennan Army in terms of organization and equipment, so it is not false that the Guangxi soldiers are good at fighting.

In Guangdong, the force of more than 20,000 people also expanded to almost 40,000 people, and as happened to Zheng Ying in Ningbo Prefecture, those soldiers who gave up resistance and joined the rebel army turned around and pursued the soldiers of the other guards were much more fierce than before.

Chen Lan was still a little puzzled about this when he wrote a letter to Xiao Ruxun, because including the sailors under him were the same, they were sick and crooked before, not to mention how fierce they are now.

Xiao Ruxun understood why.

This is just like the Ming army that surrendered to the Manchus after the Manchu Qing Dynasty entered the customs, and when the Manchu Qing Dynasty fought against the Manchus, the bear was not in shape, and the sentence "The Tartars are coming" immediately dispersed, but after turning around and attacking south, it became like a wolf and a tiger, and the murderers were as ruthless as the Manchu Eight Banners.

This is a truth, the influence of psychological factors.

The backing was weak, the Ming government was declining, they had no courage, and the backing was strong, the Manchus were strong, and their masters gave them unparalleled self-confidence and courage, so they shamefully changed from deserters to fierce soldiers, and they were all in a nest.

It's the same now, when encountering resistance, as long as a group of Zhennan troops is in the back to prepare for battle, the newly surrendered troops in front of them can see a bit of fearless attitude.

At the end of August, the whole territory of Guangdong was pacified, Guangxi was basically pacified, Yunnan was taken by Deng Zilong in mid-August, and now calm has been restored, while the news from Sichuan is going well, Liu Wei and Ma Wei's team has expanded to 40,000 people, and they are marching all the way to the Chengdu Plain with triumphant songs, and they have not encountered any major obstacles.

Because what happened in Yunnan had not yet reached Sichuan, Liu Wei even deceived and persuaded many of his subordinates to surrender, and many passes along the way were taken without blood, which greatly reduced the loss of the army and increased the speed of the march.

During this period, no less than 500 officials were arrested, 36 were killed, and more than 100 escaped.

Most people scolded Xiao Ruxun for being rebellious at the beginning, but after being scolded by Xiao Ruxun, it seems that some of their attitudes have softened, and with the overcoming of Liangguang Yunnan, there are more people who have softened their attitudes, become honest, and no longer speak.

However, the officials from the three provinces of Fujian, Zhejiang, and Nanzhi obviously have a much worse attitude towards Xiao Ruxun, one by one, rebellious, and never let go, Xiao Ruxun does not care about them, and when the time comes, there are ways to torture them.

So far, no one has surrendered to Xiao Ruxun and is willing to enter his army to do business, Xiao Ruxun still brought some officials from Myanmar to barely grasp the local administration and prevent the local chaos.

In view of the fact that the Ming government only goes to the county level, according to the current structure, Xiao Ruxun's reserve talents are quite enough, and it is not difficult to grasp the daily life of a county.

Guangxi and Yunnan are basically semi-autonomous, only a few state capitals need officials to station, most of them are local Tusi in autonomy, they cooperate with Xiao Ruxun, adopt a non-opposition attitude, then there is no problem, everything remains as it is, basically no loss.

Therefore, the Ming government's control over these provinces is really not very good, it can be seen from the attitude of the scholars to these places, but these provinces are the first and most important line of defense to prevent Xiao Ruxun from going north, this line of defense has been breached, and the entire hinterland of Jiangnan is exposed to the peak of the Zhennan army.

This kind of local administrative foundation, so that the local self-defense ability is not at all, whether it is the Japanese or the Mongols or the future Li Zicheng, Zhang Xianzhong and the Manchu Qing, after breaking the main force of the Ming army, the local strategy is broken at one attack, and some do not resist at all, and directly open the city.

This group of gentry elevated the central power upwards and oppressed the local yeoman peasants downward, and the local self-defense ability of the Ming Dynasty was exhausted.

Just like now, since Xiao Ruxun entered the army, there have been dozens of battles, and there has been no loss of more than 100 people in one battle, and now the number has not only not decreased, but is still increasing, and the local generals who have fled account for most of them, and there are also many generals who have surrendered.

There are even soldiers who take the initiative to ask the Zhennan Army if they will pay their salaries and give them enough food, and after replying, they directly give up resistance and directly pull the team to take refuge, saying that they will crusade against those bastards who have lost their conscience and have not been paid or fed.

Then when he turned around and hit his own people, it was exactly the appearance of two people.

The ordnance, materials, money and grain in the provincial treasury were all included in the pockets of the Zhennan Army, and the whole Zhennan Army was fattened up, and the motivation to continue fighting to the north was not too strong.

So Xiao Ruxun quickly formulated the strategic goals for the next stage.

Beginning to pinch Shen's consistent lifeline, Xiao Ruxun led the main force to march from Guilin Mansion to Changsha, with the goal of capturing Changsha and further marching into the area of Wuchang and Jingzhou, and then marching in the direction of Nanjing.

Xiao Ruxun sent the cavalry mad lion battalion to the Guangdong Front, and the Guangdong Front, under the leadership of Xiao Ruzhi, marched all the way to Zhangzhou, Quanzhou and Fuzhou, positioning Fujian as the next target, and further meeting with the Zhennan Army, which had already established itself in Ningbo Prefecture, and the Jianghai Division, which had conquered Zhenjiang Mansion and Nanjing and cut off the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal.

The goal of everyone's phased achievement is to join Nanjing and prepare for the Northern Expedition.