Lord of Ming Dynasty

Shang Kexi, who was captured in the Battle of Raozhoufu, did not wait for the Qing army to discuss his redemption, took a trip out to work, and jumped into the Yangtze River waterway with three confidants and ran away.

Originally, Zhang Qiang asked Zhang Liang to pretend to negotiate with the Qing army, and asked the Qing army for population and anti-Qing patriots as much as possible, so as to fill up the population gaps in Fujian and Jiangxi prefectures that they and the Qing army had smashed. Ran.

It was already a week later when Zhang Qiang got the news.

Zhang Qiang couldn't bear the backwardness of transportation and information transmission means in this era.

In order to improve this situation, he vigorously captured prisoners, built roads, built bridges, dredged river silt, dredged rivers, and large shipyards, from civilian fishing boats to communication fast boats, to battleships and cannons. Not many, on the land, the repaired road has specially set up post roads. Except for post horses and post cars, other people are not allowed to walk on them. He cut the back and built countless post stations just to make the information transfer faster. He didn't expect that when he got the news of the last matter, it was still a week later.

This couldn't help making him angry.

Shang Kexi was escorted to Jiujiang Mansion to build fortifications to defend against the enemy crossing the river and build houses for the people and soldiers who retreated to Jiujiang Mansion, and escaped by the Yangtze River waterway.

Shang Kexi, Geng Jingzhong, Kong Youde, and Wu Sangui, these four acted as the vanguard of the Qing army and attacked the Han people of Ming Dynasty for the Qing army. The crime was unforgivable. Zhang Qiang thought about killing them, just like Hong Chengchou who always delayed negotiations. He ordered the execution of Duduo, who was still alive, and sent his body and Azig's body to the Qing army, in exchange for ten thousand ragged Ming people in custody.

He thought it would be more enjoyable to kill them directly than to let them do things in the hard labor camp and sweat for the Huaxia Army, that is, to punish them, and let them make atonement and contribute to the Huaxia Army and the Han people.

This is their best and deserved result.

After learning the news, Zhang Qiang immediately ended his inspection of the territory, and changed his route to Mi Chun's Jiangxi prefecture office in Raozhou Prefecture. It should have been in Nanchang Prefecture, but Nanchang Prefecture was too close to the front line, and other places were also front lines. Yongli Daming, and Huguang, where Manggurtai and Jierhalang are located, faced each other, and some places also confronted Kong Youde's Qing army. In the end, Mi Chun had to put the state capital in Raozhou.

Raozhou Mansion has been reinforced by Liu Liangzuo. There are trenches dug by Liu Liangzuo around the mansion to resist the siege of the Qing army. The militia brigade and a cavalry brigade were surrounded by defense lines arranged by various prefectures to fight against the Qing army. There were militia brigades and field brigades stationed on the defense line.

After inquiring with Liu Liangzuo, Zhang Qiang found out that Shang Kexi had been in business for nearly a year and spent money to buy off many punishment camp guards, as well as those soldiers of the Ming army who performed well in the former hard labor camp who were promoted to supervisors of the punishment camp. And Lin Cheng arranged for a high-quality overseer team that performed well in the prisoner camp that was monitored inside.

As the enemy is getting stronger and stronger, many soldiers and militiamen have been transferred to the front line, so the garrison teams of the punishment camps in various places have been transferred away, making the punishment camps more and more difficult to manage. Lin Yang seemed to have done something wrong, but The very wronged child complained to Zhang Qiang.

He had to organize the young and strong prisoners who performed well in the prison camps and soon released them to become good citizens. After a brief training, they became various guard teams and stationed in each hard labor camp. Outside, there were not many militiamen on guard, and the garrison was stationed nearby. The garrison squad of the battalion, and the field brigade cavalry who assisted in the defense farther away, he thought there was no problem, but a problem arose.

Shang Kexi was given a chance to escape.

In order to cope with the possibility of the enemy attacking the Huaxia Army from Jiujiang, Mi Chun also mobilized many garrison teams to support the front line. As a result, the guards here were relaxed.

Zhang Qiang knew that this was also his own negligence, but how could there be any troops to mobilize now?

After thinking for a long time, he finally thought of a place, the First Fleet near Longzhu Island, where the fleet has not changed for a long time, and where it is close to the Second Fleet's station, it is entirely possible for the Second Fleet to send some ships and troops Go to defense, and then dispatch the second fleet to near Jinling Mansion.

There is a Sixth Fleet stationed near Jinling Mansion, in Hangzhou Bay, but it is still too far away from Jinling Mansion. Find a port to arrange the First Fleet there, and you can transfer the Marine Corps and the Marine Corps of the Second Fleet, a total of more than 6000 The strength of the troops, and a regiment drawn from the Second Guards Brigade, is almost equal to the strength of a field brigade.

The guards here can be strengthened.At the same time, assign the marines of the two fleets to the punishment battalion for management, so that the punishment battalion has its own troops directly under it. Otherwise, it would not be a problem to rely on militia guards and garrison assistance for so many labor camps and prisoner camps.Just do it.

He shared his thoughts with Mi Chun and Lin Chengcheng, and the two were overjoyed and quickly agreed.

Then Zhang Qiang began to criticize Lin Chengcheng. He was too lazy to be proud of his accomplishments. He had to be brave to change and not be afraid of trouble. The guards had to be changed frequently, one team a month, and they took turns guarding the prisoner camps. Correcting personnel to guard the hard labor camps saves money and saves troops, but keeping them in one place for a long time is easy to be bought by others, so they must be replaced regularly, otherwise such things will happen again in the future.

Lin Chengcheng was criticized, and Mi Chun was criticized. Although Mi Chun lost weight for Jiangxi Prefecture, he was also responsible for being negligent and not asking about everything carefully, otherwise he would have discovered that there were few guards. Yes, if you find a problem, don't report it immediately, and report it when the matter is irreversible. It is obviously suspected of covering up your fault.

After criticizing the two people and beating them for several hours, Zhang Qiang directly told the two people to stay in their jobs for inspection, and Mi Chun's position as deputy prime minister was directly deprived.

Lin Cheng was fined with a salary of one year and ordered to make corrections within a time limit, otherwise he would go to the prisoner camp as a small captain to guard the prisoners.

After criticizing the two people, Zhang Qiang carefully reviewed the work in Jiangxi Prefecture. He walked around for a few days, inspecting the civil affairs of the entire Jiangxi Prefecture, and at the same time visited the prison camps and hard labor camps in Jiangxi Prefecture.

He even took the escort of the cavalry brigade with his personal guards and went down to Yuezhou Mansion on the Huguang territory that he has not given up until now.

There is a militia team stationed in Yuezhou Prefecture, about 1000 people, and a cavalry force of 2000 people.

The entire Yuezhou Mansion has been deserted, except for those people who are really hard to leave their homeland in the mountains, the entire Yuezhou Mansion has been empty, and has become an inaccessible front line.

Occasionally, you can see the scout cavalry of the Yongli Daming, and the scout cavalry of the Qing army.

Battle clouds have already covered the sky over Yuezhou Mansion.

Huguang will not be very quiet anymore. In the not-too-distant future, it will be almost the same as Jiangxi Prefecture in the past. There will be constant wars, and several parties will stage a desperate battle here.

Zhang Qiang didn't know that because he wanted to weaken Hong Chengchou's troops on the other side of the Yangtze River, he sent Zhang Liang to the Nanming Kingdom, which made the Nanming Kingdom now in a precarious state.

Compared with the tranquility here, it is much more chaotic.

Chapter 428: Nanming Beacon 9

Ma Deli's hard work finally paid off. He ran to Ma Degong's mansion early and said to Ma Degong: "Brother, I have contacted a man from the Western Regions named Dier Yite, who is in charge of a Mongolian cavalry force." Ready to be loyal to you and me, I told him the current situation, and he also felt that Kong Youde could not be blocked here, so he agreed to go with us.

At that time, we will have [-] soldiers and horses, and some young and strong people in the city, about [-] people, plus Dier Yite's [-] Mongolian soldiers. After leaving Huguang, He Tengjiao's Ming army, who were afraid of death, couldn't stop us, and the only one who could fight us was Dashun's Li Guo's Loyalty Camp. "

Ma Degong's shrewd little eyes rolled, and he asked, "Is this person reliable?"

Ma Deli said: "Of course it's unreliable. This man has a back-faced face. He used to be a thief in the Western Regions. Later, he was captured by the Mongols and became a slave in Mongolia because of his troubles. Later, I don't know why. The daughter who was attacked by a Mongolian soldier took a fancy to her and became her son-in-law by Chenglong Kuai. He took the opportunity to annex his father-in-law's tribe.

When he was attacked by the Hubert Mongolian tribe, he defected to others. Because of his bravery in combat, he was promoted to a big fighter. Later, Tubert Mongolia was beaten thousands of miles away by Chahar Mongolia. Khalkha Mongols.

This time, the Qing army sent Kong Youde to assist Kong Youde in destroying Yongli Nanming. In the end, Kong Youde was defeated by the Huaxia army. After returning, he reorganized the army. He is a bannerman, and now he is still related to Manchu soldiers. It can be said that no matter whether this person does things well or not, he has some means.

With all his heart and soul, I think he still has a kind of coldness and viciousness of people from the Western Regions in his bones, and he is a good seed to be a scapegoat. "

Ma Degong raised his head and asked his younger brother Ma Deli, "What do you mean?"

Ma Deli said: "If we want to leave, of course we can't leave right away. We have to leave when we can't hold on anymore. At that time, we will put them behind us and let them block the Nanming army for us, and delay the news of the Nanming army for a few hours. Let's go first. If he wants to escape, it will take a lot of effort. If he doesn't die, he will have to peel off his skin. If he loses his soldiers and horses, we can't decide whether he will live or die? We will accept him at that time. A few days of Mongolian soldiers, don't we have thousands of cavalry in our hands?"

Ma Degong smiled and stroked his beard and said: "Yes, yes, he is a man from the Western Regions, how can he play with us Han people? Shame on him. If he can bring all the [-] troops of the Manchu generals with him , then it would be perfect for us. By the way, what will happen to his family after Kong Youde leaves? Did Kong Youxing tell you?"

"I heard that they also asked for reinforcements from Hong Chengchou. They must feel that they have reinforcements. Their place is solid and there is no need to take away their family members. After all, this is his lair. He can't leave, and he doesn't want to leave. Maybe he can't. He will return here in the future." Ma Deli replied to his brother.

"Is he so confident? The Ming army can't hit his lair?" Ma Degong asked strangely.

Ma Deli said: "It's possible that he is ready to transfer his family members, but he didn't say it in front of me, but I got a message that the governor surnamed Feng has asked for reinforcements from Hong Chengchou, and the new army from a town will arrive Guilin Mansion, help defend where, at the same time nearly 20 Qing soldiers, green battalion and Han army flag troops arrived, and a clan member named Mang Gurtai also brought tens of thousands of Qing soldiers to help."

Ma Degong pondered for a long time before he sighed and said: "The imperial court has made a good idea. Kong Youde wanted to make meritorious service and expand his territory, so the imperial court followed him and sent troops into his territory. If he fails, let these soldiers and horses take over his territory, reorganize his army, and the imperial court takes back this place. Mangurtai seems to be the future master of this place, alas—"

Ma Deli also had the expression of dead parents. He thought he was very happy to have earned an idiot-like ghost from the Western Regions, but he didn't expect Ma Degong to analyze it. The foreign aid seems to be here to grab the territory. It must include the territory of my own family. Without Kong Youde, there are Zhangsan Lisi. Zhangsan Lisi is definitely not as close as Kong Youde and they cooperate with them from time to time. There are always struggles, which will not be exposed on the surface. Both sides need each other, and Once Manggurtai comes, then with the arrogant virtue of the Qing army, they will definitely have no good fruit to eat.

"What shall we do?" Ma Deli asked.

Ma Degong snorted coldly, "What else can I do? If the situation is wrong, run away and leave this place to Mangurtai. The Huaxia army has already killed two Qing army princes and several clansmen. I don't care about killing them again." A family member, we can't bury them with them. How can we not be buried with them? We don't work hard and let them consume each other with the Nanming army."

Ma Deli said: "Well, once they win or lose, if it is the Qing army, we will stab a knife in the back; if it is the Nanming army, we will gather the defeated Qing army to strengthen our strength, and then go to Huguang to occupy the territory go."

The two smiled at each other.

At this moment, someone came to report.

"Report to the Eldest Master, the Second Master, Master Kong has brought troops to our place, the city is full of soldiers and horses, the city gate guard dare not open the city gate, let the younger come to ask the two masters, what should we do? "

Ma Deli asked: "Which master is here?"

The servant reported, "I heard that it is Master Kong, who has hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses."

Ma Degong and Ma Deli looked at each other, and then said to the servant: "Go and settle the soldiers and horses outside the city first, and tell Lord Kong that Ma will go to meet him immediately."