Dominate the Country

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Hengyang Daotai Yamen, Chen Ming’s headquarters.

Chen Ming gathered several clerks in the army, as well as the clerks in the army, and even several Hunan students who had joined the army since entering Hunan. The purpose was to let them write an article based on the following topic, with the conclusion that ‘the people of the Manchus are gradually losing their hearts’ and ‘they will eventually perish’.

“Everyone has seen it clearly. Since our army entered Hunan, we have destroyed 43 counties along the way.” This is the latest number received by Hengyang, and this number will definitely increase in the future. "There are six prefectures in front and behind. Yueyang, Changde, Hengyang, Yongzhou, Baoqing, Chenzhou. In addition, there are seven prefecture officials in Hengyongchenguidao [stationed in Hengyang]."

"Among them, there are only six county magistrates who committed suicide, died in battle, or died for refusing to surrender, one Daotai, and one prefect."

"Others either abandoned the city and fled, or abandoned their posts and fled, or even disappeared, more than ten people." Compared with the officials that the Fu Han Army encountered in southwest Henan at the beginning of its uprising, this number has changed so much that Chen Ming thinks it can shock the whole of China.

The rules of the Qing Dynasty are that those who abandon the city and lose the land will be beheaded!

At the beginning of its rise, the Fu Han Army had to fight against the government office every time it broke into a county, because it was the last bastion of local officials. More than half of the county magistrates in Ruzhou and Nanyang committed suicide, and some died on the city walls.

"When I led my army to northern Hubei, the Qing officials were also like this. There were only a handful of people who abandoned their posts and fled in the face of danger; there were almost no people who surrendered and begged. However, after my army broke through Jingzhou, more and more officials along the Yangtze River in Hubei abandoned their posts and fled. Today, there are only a few Qing officials in central Hunan who are loyal to their deaths. In dozens of counties and prefectures, 22 officials of all sizes were captured, seven of whom surrendered on the spot, and five surrendered later. It can be seen that the situation has changed."

"Today, I summoned you all here to write an article based on this."

"After you go back, you should think about it carefully. If you are selected, the article can be spread all over the world, and you will become famous all over the world."

In order to strike the Qing Dynasty, Chen Ming's approach can be said to be unscrupulous. From the early days of letting the secret camp throw anti-books into the homes of scholars and gentry and hide anti-books, to the later Confucius's photoshop, all of them were used to strike the Qing Dynasty. Although the latter also hit the scholars hard.

By this time, it was already mid-October. The Fu Han Army's troops attacking from all sides greatly expanded their influence, and at the same time seriously disrupted the local order in central and southern Hunan. The government was vacant, and the Qing Dynasty's control over central and southern Hunan declined to the extreme.

The Fu Han Army harvested two huge "melons" in Daozhou and Chenzhou. He Erhu, Hu Mantian, and Zhu Hongfei in Daozhou successively led the people to revolt. He Erhu and Zhu Hongfei came from the Hong Gang, which can also be said to be the Tiandihui, and Hu Mantian was the leader of the Qinglian Sect in Daozhou. The three led the uprising and easily took over Daozhou City. The Fu Han Army just rushed to Yongzhou Prefecture City and ran into a big red envelope.

He Erhu directly led more than a thousand people to join the Fu Han Army in Yongzhou, but Zhu Hongfei and Hu Mantian were reluctant to stay in Daozhou. The news was reported to Chen Ming, and Chen Ming was not angry. He handed them a Xiangxi Independent First Regiment and a Xiangxi Independent Second Regiment, and transferred a batch of guns and armor.

Chenzhou has two thousand real miners! Most of them are young and strong.

In addition to the troops recruited by the Fu Han Army from Daozhou, Yongzhou, Chenzhou, and Guiyang, the new recruits in Hengyang gathered nearly six thousand people. This number was something Chen Ming himself had never thought of before he went out.

Although he had recently checked a lot of the Qing court's systems and officials for mining areas, and knew that the Qing Dynasty often issued decrees to ban mining, the Qing court believed that there were many unregistered vagrants in the mining areas, who were entrenched and excavated privately, and there were more and more bandits, and they were afraid of being harmed, and they were afraid that the miners would "gather together to cause trouble." However, the benefits of mining to society and wealth were difficult for them to give up, so the mining policy of the Qing Dynasty was always in a dilemma of banning mining, which caused the discontinuity of mining development.

Whenever the Qing court opened a mine, the mining area was undertaken by the Qing government. According to the selection of new recruits, their days in the mining area were even harder than the miners' team in the old base of Lushan. Since these miners came to the mines to make a living, it means that they have no other way out of the mines, so the mine owners naturally exploited them. Not only were the wages low, but the deaths and injuries were concealed and not reported. The mine owners also opened casinos and women's brothels, often trapping them in a mud pit that they could not extricate themselves from. When the Qing government "banned" the mining area, the mining area was controlled by local gentry and wealthy families, who occupied the mines and monopolized mining. In fact, the local government also knew this, but as long as the silver was in place, everything would be fine.

The situation here is comparable to the miners that Chen Ming rescued in the counties around Lushan.

"There is no need to rush to train such new recruits. Our team is not in a hurry to use them for the time being. Take your time. There is still a winter until next year."

"These people, don't look at their strong bodies, they are actually weak and too weak. They can only be used after they are well taken care of. Otherwise, when they are 30 or 40 years old, you will see them? One by one, their bodies will be in bad shape."

Chen Guangqian was sent to the Hengyang New Recruit Camp and temporarily served as the national history instructor of the new recruit camp. This man is really knowledgeable, so naturally, his so-called sugar business is becoming less and less credible.

After Chen Ming arrived at the front of the army, Xiong Bingzhang talked to Chen Guangqian twice and told Chen Ming that this person has quick wits.

The result was that Chen Guangqian came to the new recruit camp from the headquarters.

As a result, when Chen Guangqian arrived at the recruit camp and inquired about the situation, he was shocked. The Chenzhou miners he had not seen had already finished their training. The mild winter outside and other recruits who were still training told Chen Guangqian that these miners were definitely treated differently.

After listening to the words of an instructor next to him, Chen Guangqian suddenly realized something. "That makes sense. In ancient times, many brave generals died while they were strong and healthy. They charged into battle, fought with swords and knives, and were covered in wounds. After recovering from their injuries, they seemed to be full of energy, but in fact, they were already weak. When they reached middle age, their physical strength declined and they often died suddenly. This is quite similar to these new recruits in Chenzhou."

"Mr. Chen, you just arrived at the new recruit camp. Keep this new recruit camp manual. Take a look at it when you have time. Don't let those wearing red sleeves get in your hands. They are trainee military police and will be punished if caught. There are also these military regulations and disciplines. If you want to be a good instructor in the new recruit camp, you don't need to be a well-versed person in classics, history, and literature, but these."

When Chen Guangqian received the three or four-inch thick volume, he felt a sinking feeling in his heart, and his heart skipped a beat. No way? The military regulations and disciplines of the Fu Han Army are so thick? So many?

Chen Guangqian, who was anxious, swept away his previous indifference, said goodbye to the instructor with a proper attitude, and returned to his residence to carefully read the manual and the thick military regulations and discipline.

First of all, it is really necessary to memorize the manual. It is a complete daily guide for the new recruits. It introduces when to rest, when to get up, when to eat, the instructor's clothing and behavior, and some living habits, such as not throwing garbage everywhere, etc. It is really necessary to read it. After opening the thick military regulations and discipline, Chen Guangqian found that these were not all rules and regulations to constrain soldiers. Many of them were about the soldiers' behavior and etiquette. There were also many illustrations, and the actual content was far less than what I thought before. I was scared before, and the instructor who led me also played a little joke on me.

But there are indeed military disciplines of the Fu Han Army here, and some of them look very familiar to Chen Guangqian: "Fu Han Army Offensive Regulations"

Article 1: The **** takes over the Qing Dynasty and rebuild China as its highest goal. All officers and soldiers should have a spirit of sacrifice. When fighting with the enemy, no matter how dangerous it is, they must not retreat in battle.

Article 2: This law applies to all officers and soldiers who retreat in battle.

Article 3: Military law stipulates as follows:

1. If the squad leader retreats with the whole squad, the squad leader shall be killed.

2. If the platoon leader retreats with the whole platoon, the platoon leader shall be killed.

3. If the team officer retreats with the whole company, the team officer shall be killed.

4. If the battalion officer retreats with the whole battalion, the battalion officer shall be killed. The same applies to the regiment commander, brigade commander, and division commander.

5. If the superior officer does not retreat and the officers and soldiers under him retreat together, resulting in the death of the superior officer, all the subordinate officers under the superior officer shall be killed. For example, if the battalion officer does not retreat and the whole battalion retreats, if the battalion officer is killed, all the subordinate team officers shall be killed. If the squad leader does not retreat and the whole squad retreats, resulting in the squad leader being killed, the whole squad will be killed. The same applies to all ranks!

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"This is the method used by Qi Nantang in the former Ming Dynasty to train soldiers." Chen Guangqian has read "True Records of Training Soldiers" and "New Book of Effectiveness", although not the complete version, there is a collective responsibility law in them, and he still remembers it clearly. "If all the squad leaders under a sentry retreat, the sentry leader will be beheaded. If the sentry leader does not retreat, resulting in the death of the squad leader, and the squad soldiers abandon him and retreat, the leaders will be beheaded."

"From this point on, all the officers such as the captain-general and the generals will be held accountable in this way!" Chen Ming originally thought of the collective responsibility law of the Guo army of Chiang Kai-shek. Not only is there a vertical line from top to bottom, but there is also a horizontal law when the various units cooperate in combat.

"No wonder the Fu Han army is so powerful. Training soldiers with Qi Nantang's method is indeed unstoppable."

"Chen Han has been punished for collective punishment in the civil law, but the military law remains the same." Chen Guangqian's face flashed with a ferocious look, "That's good, that's good. If not, how can we train strong soldiers and destroy the magnificent Qing Dynasty." Thinking of the shame when he left Wuzhou Prefecture two months ago, the laughter in the hall was still vivid in his ears. It was really a great shame in his life. What kind of man is he if he doesn't take revenge?

"The eternal honor is fought for in an instant."

"The teacher will not raise the army again, and the time will not come again."

"I may not be as famous as Han Huaiyin, who can use the majestic momentum to set off a group of clowns and villains, and may even not be trusted by Lu Gong, but I stand in Chen Han, and they stand in the Qing Dynasty. When the Han Dynasty defeats the Qing Dynasty, it will be the time for them to kneel down and beg for mercy."

Chen Guangqian's face, which usually has a smile on it, became frighteningly ferocious at this moment. Hatred can change a person's character and destiny. It can make a harmless person become three times more ferocious than a hungry wolf.

Han Xin's "humiliation under the crotch" was a huge driving force for his reputation. The humiliation and ridicule that Chen Guangqian suffered was also the biggest reason for him to turn around and join the Fu Han Army.

The stronger the Fu Han Army is, the greater his hope for revenge!

The recruit training camp is the foundation of the Fu Han Army. A strong army must have a group of strong soldiers!