Flowers bloom and fall, flowers fall and flowers bloom. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 infoThis year is the tenth year of the Ming Dynasty, and it was a sunny afternoon in May.

"Soldiers, the country's major affairs. The land of death and life, the way of survival, must not be overlooked. Therefore, the scriptures are based on five things, and the school is calculated, and the situation is asked: one is the Tao, the second is the sky, the third is the earth, the fourth is the general, and the fifth is the law...... "In a bamboo forest in the Houya Garden of the Left Army Governor's Mansion in Yuezhou City, a crisp children's voice is reciting Sun Tzu's Art of War in a hurry.

Walking through the verdant bamboo forest, you can see a little girl carved in pink under the tree riding on a wooden horse, shaking her head and reciting while shaking the wooden horse, looking very cute.

“...... The law, the bend system, the official way, and the main use. The little girl glanced at her father, who was lying on a bamboo chair next to her with her eyes closed, her dark eyes rolled, and the corners of her mouth showed a sly and naughty smile, "More is better than nothing?" I look at it this way, and I can see the victory or defeat. Daddy! Daddy! I'm done carrying it, take me to the big horse, hurry! ”

Her father, Pang Yue, the governor of the Ming Left Army, suddenly opened his eyes, laughed and was about to arrest her: "I want to steal and play tricks again!" Do you really think Daddy didn't hear it? ”

The little girl also reacted quickly, jumped off the wooden horse with a snort, and in a blink of an eye she was already far away, shouting as she ran: "Mother! Mother! Help me! Daddy's words don't count, and he still beats me! ”

Pang Yue looked at his daughter's bouncing back, laughed again, and lay back in the bamboo chair.

Time flies so fast, in a blink of an eye, the little girl is more than five years old, Pang Yue suddenly sighed in his heart. I remember that when my daughter was born, I was leading the army to fight against Tan Tai's army in Jiangxi. That battle can be called a classic in the history of Huguang Town, Tan Tai's 50,000 troops were annihilated, and then the soldiers of Huguang Town returned to Huguang under their own leadership, and Guangxi Town, Guangdong Town and other troops blocked Kong Youde and Geng Zhongming's troops who invaded Huguang in Linxiang County. After another battle, Kong Youde, Geng Zhongming and Shen Yongzhong were all awarded, and more than 20,000 Qing troops under his command were also wiped out. These things seem to be yesterday, but if you think about it carefully, it has been more than five years, almost six years.

Five or six years is not a long time, but a lot has happened in the intervening years. Whether it is for Pang Yue personally or for the general trend of the world, the changes that have taken place are significant.

At the end of that year, Tan Tai's troops and Kong Youde's troops were wiped out in Jiangxi and Huguang one after another, and the Manchu Qing Dynasty suffered the heaviest blow since entering the customs and even since the old slaves revolted. A large number of battlefield generals were killed, and 70,000 or 80,000 elite mobile troops were wiped out, so the Qing court lost the ability to invade south again in a short period of time. The Ming Dynasty, which was already in turmoil, won an extremely precious period of recuperation, just like those who had retreated to the edge of the cliff and were out of danger.

When the good news came, the government and the opposition were boiling, and the military and people of several provinces rejoiced. Emperor Longwu Longyan was happy, and he issued an edict to reward meritorious soldiers. Pang Yue was promoted to the governor of the Left Army with great merit, awarded the Guanglu doctor, and built Yayue Prefecture. Although the Left Army Governor's Mansion is only one of the five military Governors' Mansions, and does not have the detached status of the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion in those years, it can control several Metropolitan Command Envoys, that is, several provincial guard offices, and its power should not be underestimated. In addition, in order to show his trust and respect for Pang Yue, Emperor Longwu cancelled the left and right governors in the original Left Army Governor's Mansion, and only set up one governor. The Huguang Metropolitan Command Envoy and the Jiangxi Metropolitan Command Envoy were both under the jurisdiction of the Left Army Governor's Office.

As the highest-ranking local magistrate who was martyred during the Qing army's southern invasion, He Tengjiao also won the honor after his death. Emperor Longwu issued an edict to bury him back to his hometown of Liping Mansion in Guizhou, and for three days of resignation, he gave a grand memorial service and paid tribute to Wenlie. and promoted his son He Wenrui to the Metropolitan Procuratorate. The post of governor of Huguang was taken over by Du Yinxi.

In April of the fifth year of Longwu, Emperor Longwu issued an edict to move the capital to Guilin. Ma Jinzhong, the former chief military officer of Changde, Hu Yiqing of the Dian camp and other units moved to Guizhou and merged into Guizhou Town, and Ma Jinzhong and Hu Yiqing were appointed as the chief and deputy chief military officers respectively. Huang Chaoxuan, the former commander-in-chief of Youxian County, secretly communicated with the Tartars, and later raised troops to resist the imperial court's inquiry, and was pacified by Pang Yue and his army.

In May, Emperor Longwu issued another edict that in addition to the original battalions in Huguang Town, the soldiers and horses of the non-superintendent standard battalions in Huguang and Jiangxi provinces, such as Zhang Xianbi, Hao Yongzhong, Jin Shenghuan and other departments, were also under the orders of the Governor's Mansion of the Left Army. Emperor Longwu personally gave the name of "Zuofu Army" and delegated the power to reorganize the soldiers and horses under the Zuofu Army to Pang Yue, and only needed to report to the imperial court afterwards. Since then, the old name of "Huguang Town" has become history.

After receiving the order that month, Pang Yue began to work on the adaptation. First of all, according to the old method of forming the Yuezhou battalion and the Yongding battalion, Zhang Xianbi, Hao Yongzhong's department, and Jin Shenghuan's department were reorganized, and the cavalry of the three divisions were all under the direct jurisdiction of the Governor's Office of the Left Army, and the infantry soldiers were all coarse and refined, and each was reduced to a battalion. Zhang Xianbi's old unit was reorganized into the Jiujiang Battalion, Hao Yongzhong's old unit was reorganized into the Nanchang Battalion, and Jin Shenghuan's old unit was reorganized into the Ganzhou Battalion. Zhang Xianbi and Hao Yongzhong had no objection to this, in fact, since they witnessed the battle in which Tan Tai's entire army was annihilated, they had never expressed the slightest dissent. Like Wang Guangtai and Zheng Siwei, they soon took the initiative to hand over their military power and went to Guangdong to live a free and easy life. Jin Shenghuan didn't want to say goodbye to his career as a horseman, Pang Yue respected his wishes, and first arranged for him to go to the training camp in Chenzhou to learn the new army's tactics, and then appoint him in the future.

In terms of the water division, some backbones were transferred from the original two battalions of the Fubo Battalion and the Dongting Battalion of the Inland River Water Division to form a third naval division battalion, the battalion number Poyang Battalion, which was stationed in Jiujiang.

At the same time as the reorganization was carried out, Pang Yue also prepared to build the Chenzhou Military Academy on the basis of the original Huguang Town Training Battalion, which served as a base for the Zuofu Army to train command personnel at all levels, and the first president was Shen Shiyuan, an officer of the former training battalion.

In July, in order to echo Jiang Hao's anti-Qing campaign in Shanxi, Pang Yue led his army north from Yuezhou to attack Wuchang, where the Qing army was entrenched. This was the first time that the soldiers of Huguang Town appeared on the battlefield as the Zuofu Army after more than half a year of rest. The whole army was strong and strong, and the fighting spirit was high, and it only took more than 20 days to conquer Wuchang, and the five provinces of the Manchu Qing Dynasty fled to Nanjing in panic through Hong Chengchou. Since then, with the exception of the northernmost Xiangyang Province and a few counties, most of Huguang has also been restored, and the Wuchang-Jiujiang River has formed a line, and the northern barrier of the Ming Dynasty has been further consolidated. After recovering Wuchang, Pang Yue cooperated with the loyal battalion, and Chen soldiers north of Jingzhou, making a posture of attacking Xiangyang and even marching into the Central Plains. The Qing court shook again, but it was helpless because the main force had been contained in Shanxi, Shaanxi and other places.

In late August, in Datong City, Yang Zhenwei, the chief soldier under Jiang Hao, secretly contacted the Qing army outside the city, attempting to murder Jiang Hao and surrender from the city, but was discovered in advance by Xing Biao, the director of the Eagle Eye Guard, who was sent by Pang Yue to Jiang Jiu's side. Jiang Hao was furious, and took Yang Zhenwei to the head of the city and executed Ling Chi in front of the Qing army outside the city, and killed his entire family and hundreds of cronies.

However, in the face of the Manchu Qing Dynasty's nationwide conscription, although Jiang Hao echoed from the south and assisted by the Hawkeye Guard, he repeatedly repelled the Qing army's attacks, but he was still gradually on the verge of exhaustion. At the end of November of that year, Datong City was breached, but Jiang Hao and several major generals of the Datong Army broke through the city in the dark with the assistance of Eagle Eye Guard, and then arrived in Huguang through the mountainous area of western Henan, and was received by Pang Yue. And their family members had been secretly escorted to Huguang by the Hawkeye Guard long before Jiang Hao raised his troops. In recognition of Jiang Liang's contribution to the Qing Dynasty and the Ming Dynasty, Emperor Longwu canonized him as the Marquis of Yulin.

At the end of the year, the Zuofu army returned to Yuezhou. Zhang Yunli was promoted to the governor of the Left Army with military merits, and Shi Youliang, Lu Qiwu, Cui Shoucheng, Liu Renjun, and He Zhenting were all promoted to the rank of chief soldier with military merits. Pang Yue also adjusted the establishment of the Zuofu Army again. The trapped camp was renamed the Guards Battalion, the Huben, Gangfeng, Pojun, Taishan, and Huashan battalions were renamed the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, and 5th battalions respectively, the name of the Agni Battalion remained unchanged, and the military flags of the above battalions remained unchanged. The Yuezhou, Yongding, Ganzhou, Jiujiang, and Nanchang battalions were renamed the sixth, seventh, eighth, ninth, and tenth battalions respectively.

Among them, two garrison battalions, two cavalry battalions, three sailor battalions, as well as the guards battalion and the guards artillery battalion were directly under the jurisdiction of the Governor's Office of the Left Army. In addition, the first and sixth battalions were combined into the first town, and the chief officer Shi Youliang; The second and seventh battalions were combined into the second town, and the chief officer was Lu Qiwu; The third and eighth battalions were combined into the third town, and the chief officer Cui Shoucheng; The 4th and 9th battalions were combined into the fourth town, with Liu Renjun, the chief officer; The 5th and 8th battalions were combined into the 5th Town, and the chief officer was He Zhenting.

In terms of garrisons, the 1st Garrison Battalion was stationed in Chenzhou, the 1st Town, the 1st Cavalry Battalion and the Fubo Battalion of the Naval Division were stationed in Wuchang, the 2nd Town was stationed in Changsha, the 3rd Town and the Poyang Battalion of the Naval Division were stationed in Jiujiang, the 4th Town was stationed in Nanchang, and the 5th Town was stationed in Baoqing. The rest of the ministries were stationed in Yuezhou.

Originally, according to Pang Yue's idea, each town should have a cavalry battalion under its jurisdiction. However, the training of cavalry was obviously much more complicated than that of infantry, and although many war horses were captured in the Battle of Jiangxi, the matter was urgent, and it could only be put aside at that time.

In February of the sixth year of Longwu, the first part of the Great Western Army entrenched in Yunnan entered Guizhou, and the leader of the troops was Ai Nengqi, the king of Dingbei. Guizhou's general soldiers and horses were unstoppable, and they suffered several defeats in a row. Later, Pang Yue was edicted to lead the army to help, and defeated the Ainengqi army near Guiyang and captured it alive. Subsequently, Sun Kewang quickly sent an envoy to the court, even saying that he had misunderstood, and expressed his willingness to accept the court's recruitment. Emperor Longwu also tacitly did not pursue it again. In the end, the two sides reached an agreement, and the Great Western Army officially announced that they would return to the Longwu Imperial Court, and the four brothers Sun Kewang gave up their self-proclaimed royal titles and accepted the marquis canonized by the imperial court, Sun Kewang, Li Dingguo, Liu Wenxiu, and Ai Nengqi were Pingdong, Anxi, Dingbei, and Funan Marquis respectively. The Longwu court formally brought Yunnan under its rule, but it also paid a lot of costs, not only granting Sun Kewang the seal of the general Zhenxi and allowing him to take charge of all military affairs in Yunnan, but also giving him the greatest autonomy in the appointment of local officials and the retention of taxes. Although there are regrets, due to the remoteness of Yunnan, the imperial court whip is beyond the reach, so it can only be dealt with temporarily.

In this year, although the anti-Qing movement in Shanxi led by Jiang Hao and the anti-Qing movement in northern Shaanxi led by Wang Yongqiang had both failed, the Qing court that "regained lost territory" also ran into a bloody head and suffered a great loss of vitality. And the sporadic anti-Qing beacon fires in various places can no longer be completely extinguished, following the heroes of Shaanxi, Shanxi and Henan, the green forests and horses in Shandong have also joined in. The glorious deeds of the Manchu Qing Dynasty in the south within two years of folding three princes and 100,000 troops made the heroes everywhere also see through the weak nature of this barbaric regime, and "the Tartar is a bird" gradually became a mantra.

In December of that year, Dolgon, who had been in charge of the Manchu Qing dynasty for seven years, finally died of a serious illness. At this point, counting the previous Dordor and Azig, the three sons born to the old slave by Abahai have all been finished. Dolgon's death put a shelf on the Manchus' plans to march south again. It is said that before he died, Dorgon shouted "cross the river, cross the river, cross the river", and did not close his eyes until he died. When the news reached the provinces under the rule of the Ming Dynasty, it was the first month of the seventh year of Longwu, and the artillery business of the shops in various places was more than twice as good as before, and countless soldiers and civilians celebrated with tears and joy that this scum with Han blood on his hands had gone to meet the shaman.

In March of the seventh year of Longwu, the Ming Dynasty, which had been recuperating for more than two years, began the first strategic counteroffensive since the Jiashen year. Emperor Longwu, who was trying to forge ahead, took Pang Yue as the general of the expedition to the east, and led the army to capture Fujian together with Wang Dongri, the chief military officer of Guangdong Town. This battle was the first time that the Nanyang Fleet under the jurisdiction of the Governor's Office of the Left Army participated in the war, and it was also the first time that the Left Army fought a joint land and sea operation. After recuperating for more than two years, the Zuofu Army and Guangdong Town broke out with even more amazing combat effectiveness than before. The battle lasted for half a year, tens of thousands of Qing troops were awarded, Chen Jin, the governor of Fujian and Zhejiang in the Manchu Qing Dynasty, and Ma Degong, the general soldier of Fujian, and many other local civil and military officials were killed, and the entire Fujian and southern Zhejiang were declared recovered.

After this battle, Emperor Longwu issued an edict, and the Guangdong Metropolitan Command Department was also placed under the jurisdiction of the Left Army Governor's Office, and the Fujian Metropolitan Command Envoy and Zhejiang Metropolitan Command Envoy Division were rebuilt in the recovered Fujian and Zhejiang, and the Right Army Governor's Office was set up to govern Fujian and Zhejiang, with Wang Dongri as the Governor of the Right Army.

This decision of Emperor Longwu caused a lot of controversy among the courtiers. Some people think that in this way, wouldn't the three provinces of Huguang, Jiangxi, and Guangdong be placed under the sphere of influence of the Zuofu Army? He is afraid that he will become a big trend day by day. But this time, Emperor Longwu insisted on his opinion and did not change his previous decision. Some people also regard Emperor Longwu's promotion of Wang Dongri to the governor of the Right Army and the establishment of the Right Army as a disguised containment of Pang Yue and his Left Army.

After that, from the seventh year of Longwu to the ninth year of Longwu, the Ming Dynasty did not take the initiative to attack the Manchu Qing Dynasty, but began to digest the territory that had been recovered, and gradually accumulated strength.

After these years of development, the strength of the Zuofu Army has also been further expanded. Each of the five towns under the jurisdiction of the Governor's Office of the Left Army was expanded to one cavalry battalion and four infantry battalions, with a total of more than 20,000 people. In addition, there are also guard battalions, garrison battalions, naval divisions, and the Nanyang Fleet directly under the jurisdiction of the Governor's Office, and the total strength of the whole army has reached more than 100,000. The expansion of the army, especially the expansion of the strength of the Nanyang Fleet, allowed the Zuofu Army Group to monopolize the sea trade from the coast of Guangdong to the Nanyang and even Japan, and the continuous inflow of silver every year also made Pang Yue no longer burdened by military spending.

During this period, the Qing army attacked from Henan and northern Zhejiang on two occasions, but they were repelled by the combined forces of the Left Army and the Right Army, and there was no major battle other than that.

It was not until the tenth year of Longwu, that is, at the end of last year, that Emperor Longwu summoned Pang Yue and Wang Dongri to Guilin, the capital of Xingdu, and began to discuss the matter of recovering Nanjing from the east......

Not far away, a sound of footsteps came, interrupting Pang Yue's memories. He lay on the bamboo chair and turned his head, saw the three figures walking towards him clearly, and couldn't help laughing: "What? Knowing that you were wrong, you took the initiative to come back and admit punishment? ”