Chongzhen nine years, May.

The Datong army conquered the three counties of Yichun, Pingxiang and Yongxin, and the thief swept the king and the nine-headed bird was defeated. The thief fled to Wanzai County to wreak havoc. The thief led the town of Shanhu and fled to Chaling County to wreak havoc.

In addition, Yongning County, which is partial and poor, is picked up in vain.

The troops stationed in the four newly occupied counties will have to be busy this year, because many scattered bandits have fled into the mountains, and they have to repeatedly organize anti-bandit operations to eliminate them.

The administrative divisions have been adjusted again——

Ji'an Mansion: Luling, Jishui, Anfu, Taihe, Yongxin, Yongning, Yongfeng, Wan'an, Longquan.

Linjiang Mansion: Qingjiang, Xingan, Xiajiang, Xinyu, Fengcheng.

Yuanzhou Mansion: Yichun, Fenyi, Pingxiang.

Ouyang Steam is the prefect of Ji'an, Yuan Yunlong (niece married to Fei Ruhe) is the prefect of Linjiang, and Liu Ziren (poor and talented in Lead Mountain) is the prefect of Yuanzhou.

Fei Yuanjian was transferred to Jishui Zhixian, and the Fang brothers, who sacrificed their land and returned to the county, served as magistrates in Yongxin and Xiajiang respectively.

Even Huang Shunde and Liu Fang, who were transferred out of the General Military Office because of their marriage with the big clan, were promoted to the magistrates of poor counties because they did not make mistakes in their follow-up work.

For the old brothers, he will not be treated badly, and the newcomers who do things seriously will not be treated badly, Zhao Han not only talks about the rules but also misses the old feelings.

In addition, with regard to the town-level yamen, the rules are also fully determined. In the future, there will be no reduction in town-level yamen, and six towns will be set up in large counties, four to five towns in middle counties, and three towns in small counties.

On the side of the imperial court.

Zhang Qiping, the governor of Baoding, was transferred to the post of governor of Huguang South Road, and in mid-May he went to his post to recruit troops to assist in the suppression of bandits in Jiangxi.

Zhu Xieyuan, the governor of the five southern provinces, in view of the situation of all parties, ordered Zhang Qiping to train his troops quickly, and agreed to attack Luling Zhao thieves together after the autumn harvest.

At most, it can be delayed until the autumn harvest, and the Fujian officers and soldiers are already about to explode, and they began to ignore Zou Weilian's military orders and privately loot the surrounding towns and villages of Ganzhou Prefecture. Zou Weilian can only punish small punishments and admonishments, and dare not really kill people to establish authority, otherwise it will easily lead to a mutiny.

Just this year, a mutiny broke out in Ningxia.

Zu Dashou's younger brother, Zu Dabi, nicknamed "Zu Er Madman", was transferred to Ningxia General Army last year. This goods were as greedy as ever, and the governor was unable to raise enough military salaries, and the border army could not survive at all, so he killed Wang Ji, the governor of Ningxia.

At the same time, Huang Taiji began to reform internal affairs and set up three internal courts: the Inner History Academy, the Internal Secretariat Academy, and the Inner Hongwen Academy.

After the completion of the reform of the three inner courts, Huang Taiji ascended the throne and became the emperor, changed the yuan to "Chongde", changed the country name to "Daqing", changed the clan name to "Manchuria", set the capital of Shenyang, and honored the title of "Emperor Kuanwen Rensheng". Kong Youde, Geng Zhongming, and Shang Kexi were all crowned kings.

The enthronement ceremony lasted for more than 20 days, and the Ming system was copied in full.

After ascending the throne, Huang Taiji immediately sent 100,000 troops and entered Xifengkou and Dushikou in three ways.

Wang Zhaokun, the imperial historian of the Ming Dynasty, was killed, and the Manchu army invaded Juyong and Changping North Road. Wang Puchi, the general soldier of Datong, came to the aid and killed more than 1,000 Manchu soldiers.

The Qing army fought all the way to Liangxiang and Shunyi, which were later Fangshan District and Shunyi District of Beijing.

Martial law in Beijing.

Lu Xiangsheng was promoted to the prime minister of seven provinces, and defeated Gao Yingxiang and Li Zicheng. was about to take advantage of the victory to encircle and suppress the Liukou, and was suddenly transferred to the Beijing Division to resist the Manchu Qing Dynasty, and the Liukou who was beaten all over the ground had a chance to breathe again.

Due to the problems of military salaries in various places, and the Manchu Qing Dynasty ravaged Gyeonggi again, many troops began to make trouble, and Chongzhen became more and more dissatisfied with the Hou Sui of the Hubu Shangshu.

Shoufu Wen Tiren sensed the holy will and began to arrange for the party to impeach Hou Sui.

When will the Tartars retreat, when will Hou Sui, the head of the household, go to prison!

By the way, Zhu Yujian, the king of the Tang Dynasty, raised the army and was deposed as a concubine......

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"Wang Ting tried to bet on both sides." Zhao Han took out a translation of the secret letter.

Pang Chunlai looked at it closely for a while, and then handed over the secret letter to Li Banghua.

After reading the content, Li Banghua said with a smile: "There is a powerful governor, of course he will not fall to us wholeheartedly." ”

"This internal response will be useful in the future, but it must not be relied on." Pang Chun said.

Wang Ting tried this old thing, and saw that Li Maofang was a bastard, so he came to Zhao Han. Now that Zhu Xieyuan is here, and he is particularly respectful, this product has begun to actively work for the government again.

Bet on both sides, and don't offend on both sides.

Zhao Han won, he is a hero from the dragon; Zhu Xieyuan won, and he may resume as an official of the imperial court.

He wants to take advantage of any benefit, it's just daydreaming!

Li Feng is a businessman, and he knows that he sent his son as a hostage. The soldiers who came from Nanchang and Fengcheng to defect also arrested the chief soldier Yang Jiamo halfway to make a certificate of surrender.

Only the royal court tried to say nothing, and he was timid to do things and refused to let go.

Pang Chunlai suddenly said: "Yang Jiamo has been raising it for half a year, and he has spent a lot of rice grain, so it's time to cut it." ”

Li Banghua shook his head and said: "It's useless, this kind of little trick can't provoke Zhu Xieyuan." ”

"It doesn't matter if it's useful or not, let's talk about it after cutting it." Pang Chunlai said with a smile.

Zhao Han suddenly said: "Judging from this information, Zhu Xieyuan's character is extremely cautious. Sending Yang Jiamo's head will not only not provoke him to send troops, but will feel that this is our strategy to provoke the generals, and he will definitely stick to Nanchang to train troops and not come out to fight. ”

"Drag it down, our army has the advantage." Li Banghua said.

Although both sides are developing, Zhao Han is obviously developing faster, especially the ordnance equipment has been being produced.

According to the information sent by Xu Ying, the Nanchang Weapons Institute is also expanding its scale, but in terms of scale and production efficiency, it is far inferior to the anti-thief side.

"If we drag it down, we will definitely win, but it is not a problem to be surrounded by officers and soldiers all the time," Zhao Han said with a smile, "I mean, sending Yang Jiamo's head will scare Zhu Xie's old man to train in Nanchang honestly." Let's take the opportunity to send troops to Ganzhou, and first solve the Fujian soldiers there. ”

Li Banghua resolutely objected: "I don't agree to send troops to Ganzhou, Wan'an is a dangerous place, and our army only needs a small number of soldiers to be stationed in Wan'an County, and tens of thousands of officers and soldiers can be blocked." After capturing Ganzhou, it had to send more troops to garrison it in case of officers and soldiers from Liangguang who might return at any time. ”

Pang Chunlai echoed: "I agree with Mr. Meng Dark's opinion that the most advantageous strategy for our army is to defend Wan'an, Pingxiang, and Yongxin with a small number of troops, and to block the officers and soldiers of Liangguang, Fujian, and Huguang with the help of mountains and rivers. In this way, the main force can be calmly mobilized to lure the Jiangxi officers and soldiers in Nanchang to a decisive battle! ”

Li Banghua continued: "I know Chongzhen's character, and he allows the local governor to delay for two or three years, as long as the situation does not continue to deteriorate. However, Chongzhen did not allow the defeat of the governor and the situation to continue to deteriorate. Our army only needs to defeat Zhu Xieyuan one time, and the governor is estimated to lose his official position. ”

"Once Zhu Xieyuan is replaced, how can the imperial court still have a powerful person to be sent as a governor?" Pang Chunlai said with a smile, "When the time comes, the whole will be alive." ”

Zhao Han shook his head and sighed, it is now the ninth year of Chongzhen, if the original historical process is followed, Chongzhen will be hanged in another eight years.

And he is still nesting in Jiangxi, how can he have time to slowly rub shoulders with Zhu Xieyuan?

Zhao Han said: "We are fighting for the world, and we can't hope that the emperor is mediocre and the government is incompetent. Zhu Xieyuan will not move in the short term, and if he moves, it will definitely be a three-sided attack. We have to take the initiative to attack and break through the officers and soldiers all the way first! The rumors that began to spread last year must have fermented in half a year, and the Fujian soldiers were in chaos and the generals were not in agreement, so they should take the opportunity to win the battle! ”

Pang Chunlai and Li Banghua glanced at each other, their expressions a little helpless.

They chose the safest way, Zhao Han wanted to take risks, and the real decision could only be Zhao Han.

With Zhao Han's character, once a decision is made, it is useless for others to persuade him.

A few days later, Nanchang City Gate.

A bloody human head, placed in the center of the road outside the door, was pressed with a piece of paper. Above: A small gift, not a tribute, please Inspector Zhu smiled.

Soon someone recognized that this was the head of Yang Jiamo, the former Jiangxi commander-in-chief.

The officials and soldiers in Nanchang were shocked, and the whole city was under martial law, thinking that Zhao Han was going to lead troops to call.

Zhu Xieyuan comforted everyone and said: "The Zhao thief did not dare to attack Nanchang, intending to provoke me to send troops for a decisive battle. The governor wanted to send troops, but at this time, the training had not been completed, and the officers and soldiers of Huguang South Road dared to start recruiting. Don't worry, when the time is ripe, you will definitely go out in three ways to encircle and suppress the Zhao thief with the power of thunder! ”

Immediately, Zhu Xieyuan restrained his generals not to cross the border to plunder Fengcheng County, and at the same time sent spies to observe the movements of the anti-thieves.

Soon he got the news that Zhao Han sent the sailors south with great fanfare, and the Datong soldiers in Fengcheng and Qingjiang counties disappeared instead, and it seemed that all of them were transferred to fight Ganzhou.

This made Zhu Xieyuan suspicious, and he didn't know if Zhao Han was deliberately luring himself into sending troops, or if he really concentrated all his strength to fight Ganzhou.

Both!

Zhao Han was transporting troops to Wan'an County to assemble, but the army in the northern counties had not moved, and peasant soldiers could be recruited to fight at any time.

If Zhu Xieyuan did not move, Zhao Han would go to fight the Fujian soldiers in Ganzhou.

If Zhu Xieyuan dared to send troops, Zhao Han immediately asked the sailors to return, recruit peasant soldiers from the northern counties, and cooperate with the regular army to fight a decisive battle with the government!

This actually belongs to Yang Mou, Zhu Xieyuan quickly figured it out, Zhao Thief relied on the lack of preparation of the officers and soldiers, forcing him to make some kind of difficult choice.

Zhu Xieyuan chose to continue training, he could only believe that Zou Weilian could stick to Ganzhou City and be undefeated.

The city of Ganzhou is majestic and strong, of course Zhao Han can't attack it, and he didn't think about really knocking it down - taking Ganzhou down is not conducive to defending the southern territory.

Zhao Han constantly transported troops and grain, camped at the foot of Egong Mountain in Ganzhou Prefecture, and confronted Ganzhou City across the river.

Zou Weilian hurriedly took the main force of the Fujian soldiers back to Ganzhou City. It's not that he hasn't done anything, he has already built hundreds of small sampans, and he doesn't even bother to brush tung oil, all of them are one-time fire attack ships.

Once you find the right opportunity, burn Zhao Han's sailors to the ground!

As for the father-in-law Fei Yinghuan, he will go to Fujian this winter. As the governor of Fujian, it is impossible for him to stay in Jiangxi all the time, otherwise it will inevitably arouse Zou Weilian's suspicion.

The strange thing is that after Zhao Han came to Ganzhou, the naval division and the army did not move much.

Instead, they brought a large number of backbone peasant associations, and under the protection of small troops, went deep into the countryside to form local peasant associations. For the time being, there is no hurry to divide the land, because there are not enough grassroots officials, but they just form peasant associations to carry rents and resist taxes, and at the same time help local farmers train peasant soldiers.