March of the sixth year of Chongzhen of the Ming Dynasty (1633).

It has been a month since Long 13 led a small strong brigade of 100,000 horses to arrive at the Nanyang Mansion of the political envoy in Henan.

Nanyang Mansion City.

Spring is emerging.

Tang Wangfu Carrier Hall, Long Thirteen sat on it.

Yes, it has been half a month since the siege of Xinye County, and in the past half a month, the three largest battalions around Nanyang Mansion - the former Yingzhou staff general, the later Runing staff general Tian Xiongbu, Zaoyang garrison Baiwang department, and Xiangyang guerrilla Li Min'an department were all defeated under the city.

This gave Long Thirteen the foundation for taking the entire territory of Nanyang Mansion before April.

After learning that Long 13 had defeated the Ming army near Xinye County, Lao Hui Ma Shouying, Ge Li Yanhe Yilong, who was in Panhuan in Xiping Town, and tens of thousands of horses from the Red Army Friends Department of the Yuan Shen Yikui who were stuffed into their ranks by Long 13 went directly south.

After fighting thousands of ravines and baiters, Ma Shouying defeated Jiang Yunyi, the governor of Yunyang, who was stationed in the inspection department of the Dishan Temple (Siwan Town) in the middle reaches of the Danjiang River, and almost completely annihilated the Yunyang guerrilla Yang Wenfu department.

Then Ma Shouying and the others continued to go south, and after fighting all the ravines and baits again, Ma Shouying and the others successfully took Yunyang Mansion City!

At this time, almost all of the battalions of the Ming Dynasty in Huguang and Sichuan were set up for the Jingxiang refugees who had made a rebellion in the Chenghua period (centered on Shennongjia and Wudang Mountain, and extended to Kuizhou Mansion in Sichuan and Yilingzhou in Huguang).

As a result, the soldiers and horses of Chongqing Mansion, Jingzhou Mansion, and Chengtian Mansion had to kill Yunyang Mansion first.

And the army of the imperial court, the elite men and horses led by the new governor of Xuanda, Lu Xiangsheng, are in Kaifeng Mansion, the northwest of Nanzhili, and the Dabie Mountain area is repeatedly entangled and killed with thieves, and it is impossible to tell the winner for a while.

In the vicinity of Lushi County, after the old Hui was raging, the government no longer had the ability to deal with the original thief "Yidousu" Jin Shenghuan, but made Jin Shenghuan bigger and bigger, and the Jin Ministry not only took Lushi County, but also expanded to Song County and Luonan County.

In the original history, Jin Shenghuan met his brother Zuo Liangyu and quickly took refuge in him, but now, Zuo Liangyu, one of the six deputy generals of Changping who was one of the six deputy generals after Li Banghua rectified the Beijing camp, was attacked by Long Thirteen and died with his subordinates Li Guoying, Wang Yuncheng, Hao Xiaozhong, etc.

As a result, the Zuo Liangyu group, the most powerful warlord group in the late Ming Dynasty, came to an early curtain call, and the final outcome of the Jin Shenghuan Division, the local "righteous army" group in Henan, which was second only to Li Zicheng, Zhang Xianzhong, and Luo Rucai, was expected.

Originally, the Jin Shenghuan Department, which was dominated by miners in western Henan, was the most powerful in Zuo Liangyu's department, and it was with Jin Shenghuan that Zuo Liangyu would have Hui Dengxiang, Ma Shixiu, etc., and now Zuo Liangyu had an early curtain call, and these people would no longer take refuge in him.

Although Hui Dengxiang, Ma Shixiu and others are insignificant, but without Zuo Liangyu, there is still Lu Xiangsheng, not surprisingly, they surrendered to Lu Xiangsheng after losing the enemy in the recent southward movement of Lu Xiangsheng's army.

Lu Xiangsheng's Tianxiong Army is a little stronger than in history.

A civil official, the army suddenly swelled, which naturally made the imperial court suspicious, so the army of aid and suppression was divided into two, and the Tianxiong Army and the Guanning Army were still under the command of Lu Xiangsheng, and continued to encircle and suppress the thieves dominated by Gao Yingxiang and Luo Rucai.

The remaining officers and troops were commanded by Fu Zonglong, the right attendant of the military department, the governor of Liaodong, Jizhou, and Baoding, and the troops under the jurisdiction of Hu Dawei, Fierce as a Tiger, He Renlong and other departments to encircle and suppress the thieves who were mainly used by King Zijin Liang and did not touch the mud Zhang Mengcun.

As a result, the small strong brigade with almost no large number of officers and troops around it was able to carry out the Nanyang attack in a good time.

After taking Xinye County, Long Thirteen only left a small number of men and horses to stay, using a large number of ships captured in Xinye County, passing through the Baihe River, the infantry took boats, and the cavalry passed through the coastal post road, and suddenly killed Fancheng on the north bank of the Han River.

Like Zhaocheng County in Shanxi, Fancheng also has a water gate, which Long 13 blew up and then occupied Fancheng!

At the same time, after learning of the defeat of the Huguang Army, Qi Shangyou, a guerrilla from Dangzikou, who was patrolling in Watingbao, retreated back to the Zuoqi Battalion (Danjiangkou City), while Li Zhan, who was stationed in Xujiazhai (Shigang Town).

The 3rd Brigade of Spring marched westward and took Xichuan County with a cannon without conscience!

After Long 13 took Fancheng, he left the infantry army in this city and returned to Nanyang Mansion with his cavalry.

There is no suspense, the combination of acupuncture skills + no conscience cannon is not something that Zhu Yujian, Bai Jue, and Wan Yuan Ji can compete with, it only took one day of effort, just like Xinye County, Long Thirteen won Nanyang Mansion City!

As soon as Nanyang Fucheng was reached, Neixiang County, Xixiakou Inspection Division, Zhenping County, Nanzhao County, Dengzhou, and Tang County were either captured or surrendered.

At present, the entire Nanyang Mansion, that is, Ye County and Wuyang County in the east of Yuzhou, and Miyang County and Tongbai County in the east of Tang County are still in the hands of the government.

It is only the third day that Long Thirteen took the city of Nanyang Mansion, and a large number of old camp people are still in Yuzhou, and they are about to start spring ploughing, and if they want to gain a firm foothold in Nanyang Mansion, there are still a lot of things that he needs to plan.

At this time, in the Carrier Hall, almost all the generals above the command and the main ones were there.

Being able to take almost the entire Nanyang Mansion in a month, and repel the strong enemies that may come within half a year, and then be able to show their strength in Nanyang Mansion, almost everyone is extremely excited.

Looking at Long Thirteen, who was sitting calmly on the seat of the former prince, even the newly joined Zhuang Zigu and Yue Zhenbang were in a trance.

"Da Ming, is it really going to be over?"

"Ladies and gentlemen......

At this moment, Long Thirteen spoke, his voice was low, distant, peaceful, not hurried, both majestic and amiable.

"I've summoned you here because I have a few important things to announce, Li Xin......

Li Xin stood up.

"Yes, after taking Nanyang Mansion City, the big boss and us have decided as follows after discussing with us."

"First, expand the small and strong brigades, from the previous brigade to eight brigades"

"The first brigade is led by the big boss, composed of 700 cavalry, one pikeman, 200 firecrackers, and 30 artillerymen, except for the 200 guards of the big boss, the rest are led by Zhuang Zigu, Wang Dingguo continues to be the commander of the guards, the pikemen are still led by Niu Yiqi, and the firecrackers and artillery continue to be led by Guo Zhaolin."

"The 1st Brigade has a total of 2430 men and horses, stationed in Nanyang Fucheng"

"The 2nd Brigade was commanded by the 2nd Commander, He Jinlong, and consisted of 400 cavalry, 1,000 pikemen, 200 musketeers, and 30 artillery men."

"The Second Brigade has a total of 1,630 men and horses, stationed in Yuzhou City, and controls the direction of Ruzhou Mansion, Runing Mansion, and Kaifeng Mansion."

"The 3rd Brigade was commanded by Li Zhanchun, the 3rd Commander, and consisted of 400 cavalry, 1,000 pikemen, 200 musketeers, and 30 artillerymen."

"The Third Brigade has a total of 1,630 men and horses, stationed in Fancheng, and controls the direction of Xiangyang Province and De'an Province."

"The Fourth Brigade was commanded by the four masters, Wu Dading, and consisted of 400 cavalry, 1,000 pikemen, 200 musketeers, and 30 artillerymen, with Yue Zhenbang as the pikemen commander."

"The Fourth Brigade has a total of 1,630 men, and the Xixiakou Inspection Division was changed to Xixia County, and the Fourth Brigade was stationed in Xixia County to control the mountains of western Henan, Lushi County, and Shaanxi."

"Led by Li Zhong, composed of 400 cavalry, 1,000 pikemen, 200 musketeers, and 30 artillerymen, Bai Jiu'er is the pikemen commander."

"A total of 1,630 men and horses, stationed in Xichuan County, to control the direction of Yunyang Mansion and Zuoqiying"

(Zuoqiying, later Danjiangkou City)

"The Sixth Brigade was commanded by Yuan Zongdi, consisting of 400 cavalry, 1,000 pikemen, 200 musketeers, and 30 artillerymen, with He Jin as the commander of the pikemen."

"The Sixth Brigade has a total of 1,630 men and horses, stationed in Tang County, and controls the direction of Piyang County and Tongbai County."

"The 7th Brigade was commanded by Bai Wenxuan, composed of 400 cavalry, 1,000 pikemen, 200 musketeers, and 30 artillery soldiers, with Liu Xiyao as the commander of the pikemen."

"The Seventh Brigade has a total of 1,630 men and horses, stationed in Dengzhou, and controls the direction of Yunyang Mansion and Xiangyang Prefecture"

"The 8th Brigade is commanded by Omubu, consisting of 400 cavalry, 1,000 pikemen, 200 musketeers, and 30 artillerymen, with Long Xiaohu as the pikemen."

"The Eighth Brigade has a total of 1,630 men and horses, stationed in Nanzhao County,

Strangling the direction of the Ruzhou government".

"By the way, near Nanzhao County, there is also a bandit, called 'Black-hearted Wolf', which is very ferocious, and after the Eighth Brigade is in place, in addition to controlling the key passes in the mountains, the first task is to suppress the bandits."

"Second, after occupying the above-mentioned lands, Nanyang County, Neixiang County, Xichuan County, Xixia County, and Zhenping County became hinterland counties."

"Before we went south, we had already divided about two farming households into counties, and appointed prefectural orders, chief registers, and prefectural officials in advance, and according to the wishes of the big bosses, they would become counties directly under the jurisdiction of the old camp of our department."

"Among them, 7,000 households were resettled in Nanyang County, 6,000 households were resettled in Zhenping County, 5,000 households were resettled in Neixiang County, and 3,000 households were resettled in Xichuan County and Xixia County."

"Each household will be allocated 20 acres of land, and in the future, the old farmers will implement the tuntian system, and the same will be 100 households as a village, and the people of each village will cultivate the fields under the jurisdiction of the village together, harvest the grain, throw away the grain seeds, and hand over all the food for their own consumption, and the cloth and supplies for their daily use will also be allocated by the government."

"Therefore, Laoying Tuntian can hand over nearly one million stones of grain every year."

"I concurrently serve as the county magistrate of Nanyang County, Shang Ziyi concurrently serves as the county magistrate of Neixiang County, and Xue Zhiheng concurrently serves as the county magistrate of Zhenping County."

"Neixiang County is located at the junction of mountains and plains, and relies on turbulent water, through which you can take a boat to Dengzhou, Xinye, Fancheng, rich in minerals and timber, and will be the leading industrial and mining city in Nanyang Province in the future."

"Due to the limited number of men and horses, 200 cavalry and 500 pikemen led by Long Xiaoju were stationed here in the early stage."

"In addition to the peasant households, there are about 10,000 households of craftsmen and miners in Laoying, which will be divided into four households in Neixiang County, 1,000 households in Xixia County, 1,000 households in Zhenping County, 2,000 households in Nanyang County, and the rest in Xinye County."

"Neixiang County, Xixia County, and Zhenping County all have copper, iron and lead mines, in addition to smelting iron ore, Xixia County also has pyrite, which can refine sulfur, and Neixiang County also has nitrate caves to smelt nitrate."

"A large kiln was set up in Neixiang County to smelt iron ore and other minerals, and after smelting refined iron, some of it was left in place for further processing, and some of it was transported to Nanyang County by water, and some of it was transported to Xinye County."

"There is a shipyard in Neixiang County, and its shipwrights are divided into two, and then many young apprentices are transferred to the old camp, half of which remain in the local area, and the rest are moved to the wharf of Xinye County, and two new shipyards are set up, and all the redundant carpenters and blacksmiths in the old camp are allocated to these two shipyards."

"The big boss planned to build two 400-material large ships and eight 200-material small boats based on the official and military naval divisions running on the Han River at this time, as a fleet, with Wang Ziqi and Wang Ziyu as commanders respectively."

"After the meeting, Wang Ziqi went to Neixiang County Shipyard as a supervisor, and Wang Ziyu went to Xinye County Shipyard as a supervisor."

"How the ship was built, how many people were deployed, and what weapons it carried, the big boss had already discussed with Wang Ziqi, Wang Ziyu and the captured Nanyang Mansion shipwrights, so I won't go into details here."