"At first glance, it does seem infuriating." Ma Tengyun leaned back on the chair and said quietly: "But thinking about it the other way, people are also reasonable and justifiable." Let's not say that it was made clear from the beginning, it is you and me, if there is a disobedient subordinate, will you give him a good look? If you want people to take us in a humble and noble way, and give us money and food, is that possible? With a strong army in hand, will they care about our horses? ”

He Zhen looked at Ma Tengyun carefully, as if she didn't know her. He really didn't expect that this guy who doesn't squeak or breathe would see so deeply and so thoroughly.

"How's it going, aren't you?" Ta Tianbao patted He Zhen with a smile and said: "Lao Ma is a real person who does not show his face, and when he analyzed it with me at that time, I admired it so much!" ”

"Don't hurt me!" Ma Tengyun scolded with a smile: "If it was really that powerful, it wouldn't have gotten to this point." It's still shallow eyelids before! Now that you can see it clearly, let's think about it in a little bit of poverty, and ask the Shuo army to go out and go around, and seven or eight cities have been defeated. It's all old brothers, and they don't hide their words. If you want to stay in that backcountry, you are up to you, and I am going to mingle with them. ”

Dang Shousu pondered for a long time, and suddenly scolded with a smile: "Old Ma is too unkind, if he had made it clear to me earlier, why would he make it like this?" Padang, well, that's a poor place! ”

"That, I'm not rich either." He Zhen said with a sigh.

Hehe, haha, everyone looked at each other and smiled, knowing in their hearts.

"First come, first served, it's not too late." Ma Tengyun got up and patted his buttocks, and said with a smile: "Look at this posture, I want to continue to fight the Chu army, Huguang is rich, let's not talk about eating and drinking." So that the sons and daughters can marry their daughters-in-law as soon as possible and live in peace, even if they are not with us in vain. ”

"What about the children, I think you want to take a concubine." Ta Tianbao smiled and teased: "In the land of Huxiang Sangzi, I heard that the beauties are not much better than the south of the Yangtze River, and a certain family should also see it." ”

"Go together. Go with you. He Zhen pretended to be afraid of falling behind, but got up and looked at Dang Shousu.

Dang Shousu smiled helplessly, slapped the table, and let out a long sigh.

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"Water warfare takes precedence over firearms, and with the existing ammunition, it can no longer support large-scale battles." Chen Shangchuan was not very happy after the big victory, and thought about it with the list of seized materials, "Even if the captured gunpowder is not powerful enough, it can be used immediately." But this cannonball. Even if it is a stone, there is not much left, and it will have to wait for a while to accumulate a batch before acting. ”

From the sea all the way to Kuidong, the Yangtze River Naval Division consumed a lot of ammunition, even if the transport ship was loaded, and when it arrived in Kuidong, it replenished some of the gunpowder that the original thirteen companies had reserved, but the shells had to be made by stonemasons. After this battle of Yiling. It's not enough to even look at the stone cannonballs.

Liu Tichun and Li Laiheng were both a little regretful, and their eyes invariably fixed on Jingzhou, a point on the map.

Chief of Staff Wang Yougong looked at another place. It took a long time to nod with his hand and said: "According to the latest information, the Qing army is transferring troops from Ganshan and Henan to the south. ”

Only then did Liu Tichun and Li Laiheng look at the place where Wang Yougong had made a move—Zhuxi County, located in the Qinba Mountains on the border between Hubei and Shaanxi. After Zhuxi County, it is Zhushan. Then he entered Fang County, which Hao Shaoqi's department had been operating for ten years.

"How many troops does the Qing army have?" Li Laiheng asked.

Wang Yougong said solemnly: "Wang Yizheng, the governor of Shaanxi, led two general soldiers to command 25,000 troops, and Bao Zhao, the general soldier of Hebei Town, Henan Province, commanded 5,000 troops, a total of 30,000, which was commanded by General Varka of Xi'an. ”

"Ganshan and Henan Green Camp are not comparable to the Chu army." Liu Tichun's face was a little moved. He pondered for a moment and said, "It is difficult to resist unless the whole army of the Shuo army is dispatched. ”

"The real purpose of the Qing army going south should be to reinforce the Jiangnan battlefield (south of the Great River), and by the way, weaken our army and stabilize it. If our army avoids, it will not be entangled with our army to the death. Wang Yougong said thoughtfully: "If you go to Hanzhong, pass through Baoning, go to Chongqing, and then go east into Hubei Province, this road will be far and difficult." And go to Shangluo, from Baitu Pass to Hubei, through Yun, Xiangke straight down to Jingzhou, or along the Hanshui to Wuhan, this road is much closer, and it is easy to walk. ”

"Avoiding war? Is the Chief of Staff tempting us to wait? Li Laiheng suddenly laughed and said: "Since it is a Qing army, how can there be a reason to let it pass freely from our defense area?" ”

"Hehe, I lost my words, forgive me. I'm just talking about the purpose, but I don't dare to be tempting. Wang Yougong smiled apologetically and said: "The enemy is not small, if you fight, you must plan carefully to win the battle." ”

"If it is said that it is easy to walk on the road of Jingxiang to aid Huguang, it is not necessarily true." Liu Tichun pointed to Zhuxi and Zhushan and said: "There are many mountains, dense forests, uneven land, and many dangers to defend. ”

Zhuxi and Zhushan counties are located in the northwest mountainous area of Hubei Province, the north belongs to Wudang Mountain, the south belongs to Daba Mountain, there are many mountains in the territory and are latitudinal folds, the river valley meanders and develops, the canyon and the mountain basin are intertwined, the landform has hills, basins, low mountains, middle mountains, high mountains and so on, which are very complex.

Historically, when the Qing court organized the three provincial capitals to suppress the anti-Qing base in Kuidong, the progress of the road in Gansu and Shaanxi was indeed slow, not only did it always need to cut down mountains to open the way in, but also fought bloody battles, and were stubbornly blocked by Hao Shaoqi's troops in Chenjiapu, Chitupo, Dengchuanyu, Zhang Laohe and other places.

"And what about here?" Wang Yougong pointed to Pingli County, which is adjacent to Zhuxi in Shaanxi, "Baitu Pass, the border between Shaanxi and the lake, and the terrain is majestic, which is a danger that must be fought for." Can the defenders of Yunyang be ordered to test the attack first, and our army will set off on the next day, enter Zhuxi, and make preparations in advance. ”

"Attacking instead of defending, it is feasible." Liu Tichun thought about it and nodded in agreement.

"Our army waits for work at ease, and is familiar with the terrain, although the enemy is numerous, there is also hope of victory." Li Laiheng said with a smile: "It's going to be cheap Yongzhong again, he is familiar with it there, so he naturally wants to lead the army to the battle." As for me, I'm afraid I'm going to guard the house again, right? ”

"Yiling is a matter of importance, and it must be guarded by the Duke of Linguo." Wang Yougong said with a smile: "With the Yangtze River Sailor here, if there are other soldiers and horses, it will not be a dead end." ”

"If other families can come, they will come, and if they can't come, I will reorganize and train the troops, and it is not difficult to have usable soldiers." Li Laiheng was a little helpless and pouted with some disdain. said: "Li Shangshu wants our army to cooperate and fight against the Tu Chieftains in eastern Sichuan, just to train in battle. ”

There are many Tusi living in the border areas of Hunan, Hubei, Sichuan and Guizhou, especially the Tujia family. In the early and middle of the Yuan Dynasty, the activities of the local ethnic minorities were significantly more intensified than before, and the rebellion of the local chieftains was not common. Several rebellions in the early Yuan Dynasty caused great trouble for the Yuan Dynasty. The Yuan Dynasty was able to quell the rebellion by mobilizing the people. On the basis of quelling the rebellion, the Yuan Dynasty adopted a series of appeasement policies, and successively set up the rank of Tuguan in Xiangxi, such as the pacification department, the Tuzhou department, and the chief official department.

After the establishment of the Ming Dynasty, on the basis of the establishment of the Tusi in the Yuan Dynasty, more clear and specific provisions were made on the establishment of the Tusi, the grade of the officials, the inheritance, the abolition, the promotion, the tribute, the requisition, etc., so that the Tusi system tended to be complete. In the official civil and military Tusi titles of the Ming Dynasty, the Tujia Tusi except for the Yongshun Tusi, which has three Tuzhou civilian Tusi officials, all the rest are military Tusi. Including all the Tusi from the Propaganda Division, the Propaganda Division, to the Pacification Division, the Chief Lawsuit Division, and the Barbarian Chief Lawsuit, are set up.

In addition, the Ming court also set up guards in the marginal areas of the Tujia area and the areas inhabited by the Tujia and Han people, stationed heavy troops, and strengthened military defense. For example, the facilities in western Hubei are state-guarded and the hundred-mile barren thousand households, and the Jiuxiwei is set up in Xiangxi. There are also Yongdingwei, Chenzhouwei, Qianjiang Thousand Households and so on. The guard station has guards and commanders, thousands of households, hundreds of households and other officials, and establishes a military defense encirclement around the Tujia area.

The Ming court is in various places to traffic holes. Set up passes, build passes, and garrison them with Han officials and Han soldiers, or guard them with local officials and soldiers. This kind of tight military defense and numerous passes can not only prevent the Tujia people from resisting, but also isolate them from the Han people. Realize the restriction of "barbarians do not leave the country, and Han does not enter the mountain", and it can prevent "toast haunting" and strengthen the control of toast.

The Tusi and the Central Dynasty were interdependent. They use each other, and there are many contradictions, and they fight openly and secretly. Tusi is the emperor of the soil who "owns his own land", and has always had a struggle with the feudal central dynasty on the issue of unification and separation. Whenever the central dynasty alternated between the old and the new, and was unable to control the zhì, the Tusi often took the opportunity to raise troops, trying to get rid of the control zhì, develop outward, and expand their own jurisdiction; When the central dynasty was too strict, Tusi also had to rise up and disobey and oppose the accusation.

After the Manchu Qing Dynasty entered the Central Plains, the peasant army led by Li Laiheng, Yuan Zongdi, Liu Tichun, Hao Shaoqi and others moved to Huguang and formed the "Thirteen Families of Kuidong" to independently resist the Qing army, and the Tujia people then joined the ranks of the Thirteen Families of Kuidong to resist the Qing Dynasty.

In the second year of Shunzhi in the Qing Dynasty, thirteen families captured Jiuxiwei and occupied Cili County. In the third year of Shunzhi, when Li Laiheng and others returned to Guizhou and Xingshan to attack the cave in Badong County, Bai Shimei, the Wusheng of Youyang Division, united the local soldiers of Zhonglu and Shaxi to capture Pengshui County and cooperate with the peasant army. In the fourth year of Shunzhi, the peasant army captured Shizhouwei, and then successively captured Jianshi, Badong, Hefeng, Lichuan and other county seats. Youyang, Zhonglu, Tangya, Dawang and other Situ soldiers and peasant armies echoed each other to attack Pengshui again. From the east of Sichuan to the Yiling, they were all occupied by the peasant army.

But there are those who support the clear, and there are those who are clear. For example, Peng Chaozhu, the Tusi of Yongshun and Baojing, sent the book of guards to the Qing army camp in Chenzhou to express his submission to the Qing rule. And in the fourth year of Shunzhi, he repelled Wang Jincai and Ma Jinzhong, the generals of the Ming Gui Wang, and forced the king and Ma to transfer.

In September of the 11th year of Shunzhi, Li Laiheng's troops attacked Baojing again, camped on the other side of Youshui for more than two months, Peng Ding, the son of Peng Chaozhu, the Tusi of Baojing, gathered more than 10,000 native soldiers to resist, and the peasant army suffered thousands of casualties. At the beginning of the fourteenth year of Shunzhi, Liu Tichun sent Wang Guangxing's general Liu Hongchang and others to lead more than 2,000 elite soldiers, among which "the founder of the founding of many people from it", crossed the Yangtze River from the north of Badong, traveled day and night, arrived at Rongmei in less than four days, and captured the whole family of Tusi Tian Ganlin, who resisted the thirteen families, and then took tens of thousands of gold and silver as ransom, and Tian Ganlin's family was released.

Later, after several twists and turns, the superintendent Wen Anzhi sneaked through the mountains to reach western Hubei and went deep into the garrison of the anti-Qing peasant army, "living according to Liu Tiren (pure)", and cooperated with the veterans of the Dashun army to resist the great cause of the Qing Dynasty. At that time, the armed forces of all walks of life on the border of Sichuan and Hubei were "hundreds of thousands", collectively referred to as the Thirteen Families of Kuidong. Among them, the remnants of the Dashun Army led by Liu Tichun and Li Laiheng were mainly there, and there were also some rabble who "gathered in the mountains and forests", such as the capricious landlords armed Tan Hong and Tan Yi, and Wang Guangxing, who blindly defended the land and protected the village. There are even teams under the banner of anti-Qing resistance, but they are doing things that disturb the people, which can be described as difficult to distinguish between truth and falsehood, and the fish and dragons are mixed.

Wen'an patrolled the mountainous areas of western Hubei Province. In addition to extensively recruiting the leaders of various departments, he also tried to win over the Rongmei Tusi who lived in the border areas of Hunan, Hubei, Sichuan, and Guizhou to join the ranks of resisting the Qing Dynasty.

Rong Mei Xuanfu made Tang Zhenbang support the army and self-reliance, and Wen'an's "knowing his talents" went to Baiyi Village (now Wufeng Tujia Autonomous County, Yichang City, Hubei Province) in person. Xiao is righteous, mediates in many ways, and guides according to the situation, so that he "returns to the public". went to the Tusi Tian clan again, comforted him with warm words, talked about poetry and papers, and eased the grudge between the Tian family and the thirteen families.

When the southwest army was defeated, Wen Anzhi heard that the land of Yunnan was lost, and the southwest border changed banners. After the news that Yongli had fled into Burma, he felt bitterly that the wish of "collecting Shu to meet the enemy" would not be realized, and he became ill with grief and became ill, and "died in the army".

After Rongmei Tusi Tian Ganlin learned of his martyrdom, he wrote "Crying Wen Xiangguo when he was trapped in Badong": The Yanhai Miasma River was several degrees deep, and Jun En did not report it but invaded each other. The scriptures are manic, and the generosity is lonely and the eyes are hanging in the heart. Where to find the tiger and leopard, the roaring and many sentences are unique! Poor Du Yuchun hated. Crying to the sad and tearful. expressed his reverence and sympathy for his friends, and at the same time poured out the pain of his family and country.

Wen Anzhi is the "hope of the past dynasties" from the apocalypse to the eternal calendar. There is no denying that. As an upper-level figure in the ruling circles of the Southern Ming Dynasty, he undoubtedly had differences of opinion with the leaders of the anti-Qing peasant army on the issue of "Fuming" and "Lianming." However, his uniqueness was that he carefully appraised and weighed the situation during the period when national contradictions were rising, was able to seek common ground while reserving differences with the peasant army, and was able to unite these armed forces to persist in the struggle against the Qing Dynasty, which is enough to show that he saw the strength of the masses of the people in a certain way.

Wen Anzhi said: "Only the old history." To get Ji Xinxun", we must encourage ourselves with "morality, speech, and meritorious service". Under the control of a high degree of patriotic enthusiasm, he was able to perceive public opinion, accept orders in the face of danger, and be on the front line of the anti-Qing Dynasty. He has been in the same boat with the peasant army for more than ten years, although he has suffered repeated setbacks and is unswerving, he is close to the twilight of his life and his heart is strong, he has done his best to restore the rivers and mountains, and he has done his best to fulfill the promise of "three stands" until he died in his post, and he is indeed worthy of being a meritorious minister of the Southern Ming Dynasty.

Because of Wen Anzhi's outstanding work, many Tujia leaders respectfully called Wen Anzhi "Wen Guoxiang" and were willing to organize military salaries. At the same time, Wen Anzhi also helped the peasant army overcome the rogue doctrine, and under the dismal management, it was able to use the barren Bawu Mountain area as a base area to resist the Qing Dynasty, forming a relatively stable situation, although it was the result of the peasant army's hard work, but it was also inseparable from Wen Anzhi's careful scheduling.

Historically, after the death of Wen An, the anti-Qing organizations on the border of Sichuan and Hubei once again lost their unified command. If he is still alive, under the Qing army's "suppression", the thirteen families should be able to unite and coordinate operations, although they dare not say that they can break the Qing court's suppression, but it will cause greater losses to the Qing army.

Although people are dead, the government is still there. The current supreme governor of the Kuidong region, Li Weizuo, praised Wen Anzhi's good governance such as "self-sufficiency in the fields, the benefit of salt and iron, and the purchase and sale of the public with the people", and continued to implement many policies without change.

Although the goodwill and appeasement of the official seal was important, Li Weizuo was also determined to resolutely crack down on Tusi, who had defected to the Manchu Qing Dynasty and insisted on being an enemy of the Ming, so as to deter others. Among them, Baojing and Shizhu Tusi Peng, who repeatedly resisted the Ming army, were key targets.

Now that a grand strategy has been set for the development of immigrants to western Hubei and eastern Sichuan, local obstacles must be removed. And the thirteen families also have conflicts with local local officials from time to time, and Liu Tichun is not surprised by what Li Laiheng said about training with war.

"The Ma family of the Stone Pillar Xuanfu Division-" Liu Tichun pondered for a moment and said cautiously: "If you don't use the sword soldiers, it's best, and its military strength can't be underestimated!" ”

Shizhu Tusi is one of the six major consolation divisions of the Tujia family, and the Ma family has even produced a heroine - Qin Liangyu, who is the wife of Tusima Qiancheng. After Ma Qiancheng was killed, because his son was young, Qin Liangyu took the position of husband on his behalf. And led his brothers Qin Bangping and Qin Minping to participate in the battles against the Qing army, the Rebellion of Extravagant Chongming, and the Rebellion of Zhang Xianzhong.

Emperor Zhu Youzhen once composed four poems in praise of Qin Liangyu. After Qin Liangyu's death, later generations of literati praised Qin Liangyu for many poems, including "commemorating Mulan; to learn from Qin Liangyu". After the fall of the Ming Dynasty, the Southern Ming Dynasty posthumously named Qin Liangyu as a "loyal marquis".

Even if you don't talk about Qin Liangyu, the Ma family is also a wealthy family, a descendant of the Han Fubo general Ma Yuan, and a hereditary Shi Yan Xuanfu envoy. But now, Ma Wannian, the son of Tusima Xianglin, that is, the grandson of Qin Liangyu, has been attached to the Qing Dynasty in the sixteenth year of Shunzhi in the Qing Dynasty (1659), and is still awarded the post of consolation envoy.

Since the time of Qin Liangyu, the stone pillar has had "white pole soldiers" who are brave and good at fighting. It also leads the nine streams and eighteen tongs, and there are Chen, Wu, Gao, Ya, Luo, and Xiang six tribes outside the mountain, and Tan, Liu, Feng, He, Ran, Jiang, and Bai are seven tribes within the mountain. Although there is no city and there is a village, the thirteen tribes have to set up a fence, with apprentices, nothing to do to farm acres, and there are police to raise each village together to listen to the command. The peaks and mountains in the territory are dotted all over the place, and all the ethnic groups are stationed at the border. Zhonglu, Youyang, Tangyan, Shaxi and other divisions all pushed Shizhu as the director, and the voices were endless. In terms of strength, it should not be underestimated.

"Nine Creeks and Eighteen Mountains may not all obey the Ma Clan, and the Thirteen Clans also have several clans that have the heart to secede." Wang Yougong sneered: "If Ma Wannian remembers the virtue of his grandmother's loyalty, our army can still show mercy." If it is a dead heart, then it is impossible to say, to let the stone pillar fall apart, and from now on there will only be a pacification department, a chief lawsuit, and no more consolation division. ”

Wang Yougong's meaning is obvious, that is, to divide the stone pillar into small pieces, and not to set up a large local official position such as the Xuanhui Division, but to manage it with more small local officials. In this way, it prevents one family from becoming the only one, and it is more convenient to divide and system. (To be continued......)