260.The Battle of Jiangsu and Zhejiang (End)
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Just after the Shangyuan Festival, the Qing army rushed to Ningbo under the drive of the official, and under the unintentional resistance of the Zheng army, the Qing army regained the capital city of Ningbo and the county seat of Zhenhai, and the nominal general Zheng army was driven out of the mainland again. biquge.info In order to prevent Zheng's army from breaking into the Yongjiang River and Qiantang River again, Zhang Pengxi, the governor of Zhejiang, advocated the construction of forts in Zhapu Port and Zhenhai. However, it required money to build forts and cast artillery, and the Qing court's financial resources were already extremely poor, and the natural military department could not afford this expense.
In the history of the Qing Dynasty, Zhang Pengxi, who was known as the first Qing official in the Qing Dynasty and whose political reputation was even better than that of Jackie Chan, naturally did not put the target of the money on the heads of the people, Zhang Pengxi not only did not put the number of money on the heads of the people, but also claimed that the gentry donated one acre of land to the four he, which was really too heavy, and then asked the Ministry of Household to temporarily exempt the payment of taxes for the second year on the grounds that there was no autumn harvest after the war disaster in Hangzhou, Jiaxing, Shaoxing, Ningbo, and other prefectures.
As a result, when these two excerpts arrived in Beijing, Kangxi was naturally unhappy when he saw it, but Zhang Pengxi was asking for the people's life, if he vetoed it, wouldn't he say that he was a dumb king? Therefore, Kangxi found a difference between the two excerpts, and instructed, "Yesterday's war disaster in Zhejiang, according to the routine, and exempted money and grain, how can you force the donation?" Peng Xi's original question is contradictory to those who can't listen to it. And with this in the lower ministry, the officials who understood it naturally knew that it was disposed of, so Zhang Pengxi was demoted to the head of the military department.
Although the Qing court immediately appointed Jiang Yin, the political envoy of Guizhou, to take over as the governor of Zhejiang, Zhang Pengxi's departure still made a gap in the military and political affairs of Zhejiang Province, but Zheng Jun did not take advantage of this opportunity to re-set foot on the mainland, not because Zheng Jun's news was blocked, but because Zheng Jun was reorganizing according to the post-war summary of the Battle of Jiangsu and Zhejiang.
The results of the First Battle of Jiangsu and Zhejiang showed that the strength of the Zheng army was not enough to support a large-scale war, and not only was the total strength insufficient, but the division and regimental levels were particularly small, and they were not enough to deal with the complex situation after being put into operation alone. As a result, the number of sentry posts was increased by half, and the total strength of a single regiment was expanded from more than 1,100 to more than 1,500. In addition to the expansion of the regimental structure, a selection post and a scout post with only a small number of war horses were added at the division level. The selection of the front post is the same as the jumping post, it is a heavy armor pure hand-to-hand combat unit, which is mainly used to break through the Qing army's front line and block the Qing army's offensive in the melee; The scout post took over from the cavalry post to investigate and transmit information, and the cavalry post was reorganized into light armor flintlock lancers, which could serve as another sharp knife for breakthrough while continuing to undertake long-range reconnaissance missions.
After reorganization, the strength of the Zheng Army Division was expanded to more than 5,600 people, and the total strength of the 13 divisions of the Army Division reached more than 73,500 people
On February 20, the 30th year of Kangxi, the 4th Regiment of the Hailongxiang Division, which had completed the training with only two additional sentry posts, broke into the mouth of the Yellow River under the cover of the Zhoushan detachment. At that time, the estuary of the Yellow River was in the first line of Yunti Pass in northern Jiangsu, it was originally the estuary of the Guan River, Song Guangzong Shaoxi five years (1194), after the Yellow River seized Huai, it became the mouth of the Yellow River, but in the Kangxi period, because the Yellow River broke almost every year, so the alluvial plain expanded to the sea, and Haikou was already more than 50 miles away from Yunti Pass.
However, in the Ming Dynasty, Yuntiguan used to be an important place for coastal defense in northern Jiangsu, built five earthen cities, set up a large river guard, garrison defense, the Qing court inherited the Ming Dynasty system and also stationed Cao Biao and river mark battalions here, but due to the eastward movement of the coastline, these long-term defenders of the officers and soldiers knew that the Zheng army was in the southeast and horizontal, and they were not very prepared for a while, so they were drummed down by the Zheng army.
After the loss of Yunti Pass, Qingjiangpu, where the governor of the river and the governor of Caoyun were located, was directly exposed to the front of Zheng Junbing, the then governor of Caoyun Dong Ne and the governor of the river Wang Xinming were both civil ministers, and the prefect of Huai'an had not experienced the war, so they panicked for a while, so they had to close the city gate and defend Huai'an, and at the same time asked for help from Shouchun Town, Guide Town, Yangzhou, Xuzhou and other places in Anhui.
Because the Qing court stipulated that the canal north of Qingjiangpu could only be passed by Caoyun boats, a large number of passengers had to change the mode of transportation of "south ship and north horse" here, so Qingjiangpu was no less prosperous than Yangzhou and Suzhou at that time. However, as soon as the order to close the city gate was issued, a considerable number of merchants were unable to advance and retreat here, and the merchants had to intercede and exert pressure on the two governors who decided to close the gate in various ways.
In view of the fact that many of these merchants were the subordinates of Ah Ge and Wang Ye, Dong Ne and Wang Xinming had to make a compromise, so when Zheng Jun's advance had not yet arrived, countless merchants carried gold, silver, pearls and jade and other savings or returned south by boat or rode north, and fled Qingjiangpu one after another, and the prosperous city immediately became a dead city. However, these merchants who were eager to flee did not know that the Zheng army actually did not have the strength to conquer Huai'an, and the scattered merchants who fled became the best prey for the Zheng army's scouts
In view of the interruption of the self-isolation of Qingjiangpu, the Qing troops from all over the country did not dare to slack off and came to Huai'an for reinforcements, while the Zheng army turned around and returned the same way with a false shot, and burned Yunti Pass on the way back.
After receiving the news of the retreat of the Zheng army, Wang Xinming and Dong Ne were relieved, and immediately boasted about their exploits to the Qing court, but forgot to notify the Qing army from all walks of life to help at the first time.
After the merging of the two Jiangxi rebels, the power expanded rapidly, but because of the fear that the attacks of the Qing army from all walks of life will also come one after another, Xiong Xin led the troops all the way west, killed into the mountains of western Henan, and captured Zhengyang, Queshan, Miyang, Tangxian and other places, at this time the Qing army Nanyang Town had first opened Jiangxi and then went to northern Anhui, and the Qing army in the narrow west was only between Heluo, so the righteous army was able to quickly gain a firm foothold.
But the righteous army made a big mistake at this time, Xiong Xin couldn't hold back his ambitions, and then ascended the throne in Wuyang and established himself as the Ming Emperor, the year name Shaoyou, and wantonly divided the hundred officials, this move certainly made the intention to take refuge in the western Henan from the dragon, but also attracted the extreme hostility of the Qing court, the Qing court mobilized Hubei Xunyang Town, Hanzhong Town in the narrow west and Henan Nanyang Town, Guide Town merged into the narrow west of Heluo Green Camp to press southwest, after several wars, only a few people in the west of Henan who later took refuge fled into the Funiu Mountains, The bear's heart was wiped out under Wuyang City.
At the same time as the failure of Xiongxin's department, the Ganxi Righteous Army that returned to Yangxin and other places was also surrounded by the Qing army Jiujiang Town and other troops in early April of the 30th year of Kangxi. Zheng Shiyang, the leader of the rebel army (recommended by book friend Zheng Shiyang), was forced to ask the governor of Jiangxi Yu Chenglong to surrender, and Yu Chengchan promised in person, and then attacked and killed Zheng Shiyang and others when the rebel generals went to the camp to negotiate, and then stormed the leaderless rebel army, killing more than 4,000 remnants of the rebel army who thought they were safe
However, the rebel army of Hunan and Yuegui continued to fight, in addition, the Yao people of Guangxi launched an anti-tax riot in the left and right rivers area, and the Tusi of western Sichuan also showed signs of rebellion
"Zhuozhi County." Zhuo Wenyuan was appointed as the acting magistrate of Weng Shan (note: Daishan) because of his meritorious service to the city, at first Zhuo Wenyuan was not satisfied with the position of this positive seven products, and really thought that it was not comparable to his own merits and the price paid, but when he learned that there were now only seven official magistrates in the entire Ming and Zheng, his attitude immediately changed. "Has Weng Shan's household registration been neatly arranged?"
"Back to the governor," Zhuo Wenyuan looked at the new governor of Daqushan, who was more than a round younger than himself, and Zhuo Wenyuan had a flattering smile on his face. "It has been neatly arranged, and there are now 1,057 households registered in the entire Wengshan, of which 47 are artisan households, and the rest are land-granting people." Zhuo Wen reported in detail and detail. "According to the scale of three places in one day, one land in four Xuan, and one Xuan in five yellows, 78,240 mu of various types of land will be granted, and it is estimated that more than 30,000 stone of grain can be purchased every year."
"Thirty thousand stones?" As the grandson of the late loyal and brave Marquis Chen Bao, Chen Niu counted his fingers and muttered in his mouth. "It's still too little."
"It's too little, the key is that the Lord has transported too many people back to Dongning, otherwise." Zhuo Wenyuan found that a trace of displeasure flashed on Chen Niu's face, and immediately stopped, yes, he is just a recent minister, what qualifications does he have to judge the decision of the supreme ruler, so he immediately changed his mind and proposed a proposal. "But if we can grant the land in Changguk County as well, maybe we can."
"It's also a way to immigrate to grant land, but where do people come from?" Chen Niu looked at Zhuo Wenyuan coldly. "The Qing captives, who have suffered losses, are now far away from the population of Zhenhai County to Yinxian, Cixi and Fucheng, how can they take food from the mouth of the forty or fifty thousand army with the strength of the Governor's Mansion?"
"The Qing Dynasty has prepared a large military commission in Ningbo, which has really posed a threat to Wengshan and Changguo, but there are too many soldiers in Ningbo, and other places are empty," Zhuo Wenyuan replied with a roll of his eyes. "Or you can start from Shaoxing, as long as you enter Aozimen, Cao'e River, Xiaoshan and Shanyin and other places are all populations, as long as you don't attack the city"
Although repeated attacks are the characteristics of Zheng's soldiers, it is difficult for Qiao women to cook without rice, and the fourth regiment of the Hailongxiang Division under the name of the Daqushan Governor's Mansion is now under the command of Wu Shu himself, so Chen Niu, the governor, is actually an empty shell logistics director, so as soon as he heard Zhuo Wenyuan's construction, he asked angrily: "What about the soldiers?" ”
"My lord, Zhejiang soldiers were once known as the number one in the world." Zhuo Wenyuan can propose this proposal, and he is naturally confident. "As long as the adults are willing to give a name, the lower officials can recruit soldiers and horses for the adults."
"Nominally? Soldiers? Chen Niu looked at Zhuo Wenyuan. What does Lord Zhuo mean? ”
"Xiaguan still has some connections in eastern Zhejiang, although he can't get close to him clearly, but as long as he sends someone to sneak in to contact, he may be able to pull out a group of people."
"This official can ask Ding Xibo for a few blank official documents, but they are only from the seventh rank or below, I don't know if these heroes will be tempted?"
"This adult can rest assured."
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