Dominate the Country

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Night fell.

Yichang City had fallen into a deep sleep, and the tens of thousands of Fu Han troops stationed here were silent. The entire city seemed to have restored its past order.

Chen Ming lived in the Yichang Daotai Yamen, who had previously led his army to Jingzhou, and was then led by Shi Liang to besiege Wuchang, and all the soldiers and people were buried there. Zhou Wenjue was still the governor of Yichang.

After entering Yichang City, Chen Ming was not in a hurry to attack Nanjin Pass. He was not interested in the territory of the Three Gorges section west of Yichang. Now was not the time to plan for that. Chen Ming was about to go south to Yueyang. Since he entered Yichang, the natives of Shinan rebelled. Tian Tianci and Tian Maojun of the Tian family, as well as Tan Chuying and Tan Huiying of the Tan family, distributed their property widely, recruited private soldiers, and colluded with the local soldiers recruited by the Shinan government to capture the Shinan prefectural city of Enshi in one fell swoop. They captured the prefect, co-prefect, judge, and teacher of Shinan Prefecture - Wang Jigui, Liu Yucheng, Qin Tianxing, etc. Tian Tianci and Tan Chuying personally escorted Wang, Liu, Qin and others, led thousands of local soldiers and a batch of food, grass, silver and money, and went north to Yichang.

In other words, in that hellhole of Shinan, the Fu Han army did not spend a single soldier, and the Tian and Tan clans did the job perfectly.

After all, the Rongmei Tusi and Shinan Tusi were the leaders among the Tusi in western Hubei. Although other big clans such as Xiang, Peng, Tan, and Ran were keeping their troops in place, they did not interfere with the rebellion of the Tian and Tan clans.

Emperor Yongzheng's reform of the natives into officials was seen as an inevitable trend and an unstoppable torrent in the eyes of later generations and the central government. However, in the eyes of these chieftain families, it was a way to draw their blood and dig up their roots!

Even if the "reform of the natives into officials" in western Hubei did not really involve swords and guns, who would really think that these chieftains were absolutely willing?

After the news of the "rebellion" of the natives in Shinan reached Beijing, neither Emperor Qianlong nor the Grand Council and the ministers of various ministries and courts took it seriously. They had been mentally prepared for this.

"Boom boom boom..."

Unlike the silent Yichang City, under Nanjin Pass, the artillery of the Fu Han Army carried the flexible and light mortars and turned around everywhere. The shells they fired did not need to be very accurate, as long as they could fall into Nanjin Pass. Anyway, there was no civilian in Nanjin Pass, and even the villages outside the pass were empty.

Each artillery group only carries eight shrapnel shells and two ammunition feeders. After firing, they will be silent and wait for the ammunition feeder of the artillery group to go back and get the shells.

The shrapnel shells used for mortars are placed in a rope loop, and the shells and propellant bags are also connected together. The two rope loops are tied together, just like a saddlebag. One person can put one on each shoulder and carry four shrapnel shells. But you can't go back to get shells immediately after firing one, because the battlefield is dark, and the mortars move to another place after firing one shot. If you don't know where the gun position is, it's easy to mess it up.

Tian Tianci and Qin Chuying have been watching outside Nanjin Pass for two days, watching the Fu Han Army use cannons during the day and small cannons at night. It seems that the sound of cannons has never disappeared from Nanjin Pass all day.

This is a way of fighting that the two have never imagined.

Tian Mingru once armed his own chieftain's private army with cannons and muskets, but the number was too small. Many people said that compared with the entire Fu Han Army, the guns and cannons of the Fu Han Army in Yichang alone were many times more powerful than those of the Rongmei Tusi at that time.

Moreover, Tian Mingru's cannons at that time definitely could not shoot as far as today's cannons, and their weight was far less than that of the five-jin cannon and eight-jin gun.

Before Tian Tianci and Tan Chuying came to Yichang, they knew that the Fu Han Army would take this opportunity to shock them. But they were still shocked. The Fu Han Army's dozens of cannons and dozens of small cannons bombarded day and night, and the Qing army also gathered dozens of cannons at Nanjin Pass, and fought back with all their strength, regardless of whether they hit or not.

The smoke filled Nanjin Pass, and the wind could not blow it away.

The bilateral artillery battle made these two Tujia "elites" deeply understand that there was no room for the Tujia people to speak in this world. Imagine what it would be like if such fierce artillery fire fell on the Tujia village? Their capital was too small and too insignificant. Whether it is for the Qing Dynasty or Chen Han, it is at most a icing on the cake. It doesn't matter if it is more beautiful or less.

Even if Chen Ming has already appointed them as the prefects of Shinan and Rongmei, and broke the previous Shinan Prefecture in half!

"The Three Gorges of the Yangtze River are like natural moats, and it is too difficult and hard to attack." Chen Ming said so in the military meeting on the second day after the army took Yichang. He will not attack the Three Gorges of the Yangtze River. The conditions are too difficult. If he wants to enter the pass, he would rather go through Hanzhong. At present, from Hubei to Sichuan, except for going along the Yangtze River, there is really no official road in China at this time, even the smallest and narrowest.

As for the narrow paths hidden in the mountains and ridges, Chen Ming knows that many of them are the paths that private salt dealers have waded out with their lives, but they are definitely not suitable for the army to march, especially the Fu Han Army, which relies more and more on logistics transportation. The mountains and ridges have prevented the Fu Han Army from advancing westward in the short term.

Nanjin Pass is the last battle in western Hubei.

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Lushan, the military department of the Fu Han Army. This so-called military department is the original military department. The scope of authority is similar to that of the military department in Beijing. They are only responsible for the selection and appointment of military positions, punishment, military registration, military equipment, and customs, and do not involve specific military power. The military power of the Fu Han Army is completely controlled by the Grand Commandery.

The person who served as the Minister of the Military Department was Zhang Chi, one of Chen Hui's confidants.

The beginning and end of each month are the busiest times for the military, because in the first three days of each month, the recruiting offices in various places will report to Lushan on the recruitment of new soldiers, and the new recruit training camps in various places will also report the specific entry and exit to the Lushan military.

The new recruit training camps have entry and exit every month, and the allocation of new recruits is not under their control.

The military needs to have specific data on the changes in these data and the corresponding changes in the amount of materials, and then communicate with the logistics department.

Zhang Chi used to work in the general's mansion, and now he has taken on a big job. He didn't make big mistakes, but small mistakes are frequent. There is no way, no one can immediately do it like a fish in water after jumping to a high position. What's more, this military department is also newly established, and this kind of thing was previously under the jurisdiction of the Grand Governor's Office.

——Chen Ming left, but the Grand Governor's Office still has a deputy governor.

Zhang Chi did not go home for three days. He put in a hundred efforts to make it as perfect and accurate as possible. Then on the fourth day, he had to take the report to see Chen Hui. The report had to be in triplicate, with one copy for the military, one for Chen Hui, and one for the logistics department.

On the fourth day of September, Zhang Chi, who had successfully put on smoky makeup, took the report and went straight to the Hanwang Mansion. After meeting Chen Hui, he put the report on the ground. Chen Er had already asked someone to bring an embroidered cushion.

When Chen Hui became king, Chen Han also set up a department similar to the Ministry of Internal Affairs - the Ministry of Internal Affairs. Chen Er was the deputy general manager of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. The general managers were the Seventh Duke, the Ninth Duke, and Uncle Huang. That position was similar to a position of honor, and it was just one of such positions. Chen Er was still the one who did practical things.

Chen Er now has a nickname, Chen Zhongsheng, which was given to him by Chen Hui. Because there were no eunuchs in the Hanwang Mansion, Chen Er was still his "Grand Chamberlain, General Manager".

According to Li Xiaomei, Chen Ming, since Chen Er became the deputy general manager of the Internal Affairs Department, he has quit drinking, smoking, meat, and all irritating condiments such as onions, ginger, and garlic. He only eats vegetables because meat has a strong body odor, and he eats vegetables at night. At noon, he only drinks tea and eats snacks because he is afraid of vegetable shreds in his teeth and a bad taste in his mouth. He even dares not eat and drink water or snacks to his heart's content, for fear of having poop and urine when serving Chen Hui...

Chen Ming is also convinced by him. This kind of person's talent is to serve people!

Just like Wu Shulai, the eunuch beside Qianlong, Fu Heng would not offend him easily, and Zhang Chi also smiled at Chen Er. But he didn't know that he looked tired, pale, with two panda eyes, and his own face was very ordinary, so this smile looked like a ghost. It was also Chen Er's strong mentality that did not lose his composure.

Sitting on the embroidered cushion, fatigue penetrated from Zhang Chi's four feet into his skin and bones. In an instant, his limbs and bones were soft and light. Zhang Chi looked extremely tired and weak. He sat so low that it seemed as if his waist was about to collapse. He was sitting on an embroidered cushion, but he made a three-quarters of the feeling of being paralyzed here.

"More than 800 people from Huangan area joined the army?" Chen Hui said in surprise. He remembered that there were only more than 100 people in Huangan County last month. This was already very dazzling in Huangzhou Prefecture.

"Your Majesty, the Grand Commandery put several military merit farms in Huangan and Macheng last month. The effect..." was immediate. This month, the number of people joining the army in various places has exploded collectively, not in individual prefectures and counties. But Huangan, located in the southern foot of the Dabie Mountains, is the most affected place. There are many people and little land in that place. After seeing the military merit farms and examples, the passion of the people is beyond imagination.

Zhang Chi and Chen Hui, who was sitting at the head, didn't know that in another time and space, the name of this county was changed to Hong'an by Rabbit. In the 21st century, it was a famous general county in China, an old red base, and naturally a notoriously poor place.

Poor places have always been places where strong soldiers come from. Dabie Mountain is a treasure house. As long as it is developed with care, hehe, the strong soldiers from here alone are enough for the Fu Han Army to gallop across the world.

"Is the rural work team of the East Road still in Huangzhou? Tell them not to rush to Wuchang, but to go around in the Huangma counties in the north, work hard, publicize well, publicize well..."

In the month of August, the Fu Han Army had a total of 6,000 new recruits registered in various prefectures and counties, and at the same time, there were 1,700 new recruits from the recruit training camp. In the two or three months after Chen Hui became king, the Fu Han Army's strength was still growing little by little. Now, under the pretext of replenishing the troops, we can continue to adjust and adjust again...

The military merit land designed by Chen Ming is an alternative form of "beating the local tyrants and distributing land", but the local tyrants are all the Chen Han government, and the land distributed by Chen Han to the soldiers below is all its official land, and the objects of land distribution are also reduced to only the class of soldiers. But the torrent it has brought about cannot be underestimated!