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"That's right." Dorgon was not a fool, "If you can't win quickly, these generals are likely to turn against you again."

Hong Chengchou said: "The first soldiers approached Shandong and forced Zuo Liangyu to surrender."

"Will he really surrender?" Dorgon was not sure.

Hong Chengchou said with a smile: "Zuo Liangyu has been unable to surrender to Zhao Han for a long time, because he is reluctant to give up the military power in his hands. Now that there is a big epidemic in Shandong, its soldiers are weak, and our army is overwhelming. Zuo Liangyu must ask for help from Nanjing. Before that, he could Make him the King of Dingnan, order him to lead the army in Shandong, and spread the news to the world."

"In this way, Zuo Liangyu can be surrendered?" Dorgon asked.

Hong Chengchou said with a smile: "Zuo Liangyu has always had two sides, and he is not worthy of trust. When the news came out that the Qing Dynasty made him king, how dare Nanjing send troops to rescue him? It would be good if he didn't beat him! This person has never expressed his attitude , I just want to get more benefits from both sides. Daqing sends troops to fight him, and at the same time gives him enough benefits, so he can only surrender to me, Daqing."

Dorgon nodded and said, "That's good."

Hong Chengchou said again: "However, beware of this person's defection. Even if he becomes the prince of the Qing Dynasty, I may betray the Qing Dynasty at any time. I want to find an opportunity to escort him to Beijing for house arrest and keep his prince. Then he canonize him The eldest son is the eldest son, and he made a wish for his generals to be appointed officials, so that he can truly control Shandong."

Dorgon praised: "Sir, you really know the old officials of Ming Dynasty like the back of your hand."

Hong Chengchou put away his smile, and said with a serious face: "Before next year's summer harvest, we must dispatch troops quickly. It is impossible to wait until the summer harvest. Our army is short of food, so we will go grab it when the enemy's wheat is harvesting!"

Summer harvest, mainly harvesting wheat.

However, during the Little Ice Age at the end of Ming Dynasty, winter wheat could not be grown in Hebei, only spring wheat could be grown.

Even many places in Henan cannot grow winter wheat.

Therefore, Zhao Han's summer harvest season was more than a month earlier than that of the Qing Dynasty.It is very likely that Zhao Han will dispatch troops quickly after harvesting the wheat. Not only will he have food for himself, but he can also go to the territory of the Qing Dynasty to collect food.

Hong Chengchou's intention was obvious, to raise as much military food as possible, and when Zhao Han's wheat was about to be harvested, he directly sent troops to the south in a large scale.

Let those soldiers from the Ming Dynasty loot everywhere with their numerical advantage, and go to Zhao Han's side to burn, kill and loot casually.

This is equivalent to hundreds of thousands of troops rushing down, and Zhao Han is completely defenseless.

Zhao Han sent troops to deal with the surrendered generals, which happened to be Hong Chengchou's strategy: Zhao Han and Ming's surrendered generals consumed each other, cutting off the unstable factors of the Qing Dynasty.The main force of the more than [-] Eight Banners soldiers in the Manchu and Qing Dynasties can look for opportunities to choose the battlefield.Either surround and annihilate the main force of the Datong army, or cut off the Datong army's food road, or burn, kill and loot Zhao Han's territory, destroying the people's livelihood and economy in Zhao Han's territory.

If Zhao Han ignored the enemy's army and directly led his troops to attack the territory of the Qing Dynasty.Hehe, you can fight whatever you want, grab whatever you want, anyway, there is not much food here.The more cities you capture, the more you have to divide your troops to garrison, and the more you stretch the front, the more dangerous the food road becomes.

Hong Chengchou has been blackened, and Dorgon forced him to wear the hat of a big traitor, and heavily guarded him to prevent him from leaving, so he might as well be a real big traitor!

Anyway, there is no way out, and they can only help the Manchus seize the world.

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Nanjing.

Officials from the cabinet, the Ministry of War, and the Governor's Mansion were all called to discuss matters.

Li Banghua pointed to the map and said: "The bandits in Henan, as well as the regiment of Henan gentry, have all defected to the Manchu Qing. On the side of the Puppet Qing, three marquises and six earls were conferred in Henan alone."

Pang Chunlai said: "The Qing army is heavily stationed on the border, and there will be a war in Henan next year. It's not whether we want to fight, but the opposite side will definitely fight!"

Zhao Han was also helpless.

When the Ming court was still there, Zhao Han attacked Anhui and Jiangsu, and the officials of the major prefectures and counties surrendered.

But after the collapse of the Ming Dynasty, the place has been occupied by rebels and gentry regiments.Zhao Han couldn't persuade them to surrender at all, so he had to fight all the way. On the contrary, the Manchus could surrender on a large scale.

The difference is that Zhao Han's surrender conditions are too harsh.

However, the Manchu Qing Dynasty was a noble title, allowing the army and land to be retained.

There were also some who insisted on resisting. For example, all the generals in Datong had already surrendered, but the civil servants of Datong left behind by Li Zicheng led the officials and people to defend the city against the Qing Dynasty.As a result, the Manchu divisions led the generals of Datong to attack the city of Datong together. With the cooperation of the spies, they directly carried out massacres after breaking the city.

Few military generals chose to resist, but civil servants from all over the country, and many people who swore to the death against the Qing Dynasty emerged.

"No matter how food is not enough, the army must be expanded!" Mao Yuanyi is now the staff officer of the Dudu Mansion.

Li Banghua nodded and said, "Yes, the army must be expanded!"

"I also support military expansion."

"Before fighting Zhang Xianzhong, due to terrain constraints, it was not necessary to expand the army. But the border between Henan and Anhui will be a battlefield next year. The terrain is flat, and there is no way to fight without expanding the army!"

"There is also Shandong. Zuo Liangyu has always refused to surrender. If the army is not expanded, it will be difficult to stabilize Shandong!"

"..."

The cabinet, the Ministry of War, and the Governor's Mansion are all in favor of expanding the army, and are waiting for Zhao Han's decision.

After thinking carefully, Zhao Han said, "Then expand the army to ten divisions, revoke the previous establishment, and name them purely by numbers. The first and second divisions defend Shandong, and the third to sixth divisions station troops in Runing Mansion, Feng In Yangfu, the Seventh and Eighth Divisions stationed troops in Nanyangfu. The Ninth Division continued to attack Sichuan. The Tenth Division continued to encroach on Guangxi."

The Tenth Division has been stationed in Guangdong, and it's not that they haven't done nothing in the past few years.

There are bandits everywhere in northern Guangdong, the mountains in eastern Guangdong, and the mountainous areas of Fujian. They were all wiped out by the [-]th Division, and many Guoshan Yao (Yao people who cultivated by slash-and-burn farming) were surrendered by the way.

In the past year, the Tenth Division has swallowed Wuzhou and Xunzhou Prefectures in Guangxi, and is planning to attack Pingyue Prefecture.

Their military rations are not very sufficient, and most of them are located in mountainous areas. Every time they send troops, they have to use civilian labor to transport rations, which can only be eaten away slowly from one government to another.

Pang Chunlai suddenly said, "Do you want to set up Dongjiang Town? After the war starts, we will send troops to attack the hinterland of the Tartars."

"Yes," Xu Nianzu said, "dispatch the navy to force North Korea to trade grain with Dongjiang Town. In this way, Dongjiang Town only needs money to maintain, and grain can be purchased from North Korea."

"Then form the No.11 Division!" Zhao Han said.

There is no way, the move of the Qing Dynasty forced Zhao Han to expand his army on a large scale.

The Manchus also had no choice. They were afraid that Zhao Han would suddenly cross the border and send troops, so they had to stock up on the border with heavy troops.

No one trusts anyone, and negotiations are impossible.

Fortunately, Zhao Han has a large number of farmers and soldiers in his hands, and is also producing weapons and equipment every year, so he can expand his army and prepare for war on a large scale at any time.

The regular soldiers of the Datong Army will soon be expanded into eleven divisions, each with 1 people, plus other troops and cavalry, Zhao Han's regular army finally exceeds 12.

This number is comparable to the Eight Banners Army of the Manchu Qing Dynasty.

Xu Ying suddenly said: "Let's raise the conditions for surrender. I'll send someone to recruit soldiers from the Ming Dynasty to surrender to the Qing Dynasty. Zuo Liangyu can be a Marquis, as long as he surrenders Shandong!"

Zhao Han thought about it carefully: "You can try it."

Chapter 396 [Guangxi Bingbing]

Hong Chengchou suggested to Dorgon to send troops next summer, to see when the wheat will be harvested.

After repeated discussions, Zhao Han decided to send troops in the spring!

Because the territory of the Datong Army can grow winter wheat.After the winter wheat is planted, farmers and civilians will be recruited directly in northern Hubei, northern Anhui, northern Jiangsu, Runing, and Nanyang to cooperate with the Datong regular army in spring combat, so that farming will not be delayed.

In northern Henan, Hebei, Shanxi, Shanxi and other regions, spring wheat is being sown at this time.

Zhao Han suddenly sent troops in the spring, which happened to be the farming season of the Qing Dynasty.The Qing Dynasty had to mobilize a large number of peasants, which made it impossible for farmers to sow wheat.

Even if Zhao Han loses this battle, as long as he doesn't lose too badly, Man Qing will be seriously injured, and the wheat production of that year must have been severely reduced!

Don't look at the vast territory of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, in fact, it is impossible to control the countryside at all.

Even small counties cannot be controlled, and many remote small counties are governed by the civil servants left by Li Zicheng.

This kind of local control has a lot of room for manipulation, and Xu Ying can send countless spies to Henan!

In addition, Xu Ying also sent people to Shaanxi to try to contact Li Zicheng and Luo Rucai.

As long as the Datong Army and the Manchu Qing Army fought, Li Zicheng and Luo Rucai would be able to take the opportunity to start an incident in Shaanxi.There are still tens of thousands of elites left, and it is no problem to attack the city.

At that time, Li Zicheng and Luo Rucai were making trouble in Shaanxi, and Zhao Han went straight to Liaodong from Dongjiang Town. The two battlefields behind the enemy were enough to drink a pot.

Zhao Han's peasants and soldiers are equivalent to reserve forces, they can be assembled at the front line in two months, and can be trained on the battlefield in one month.He seems to have few soldiers, but in fact he has a lot of soldiers. If it is not for the lack of food, 20 soldiers will explode every minute.

This battle has a great chance of winning.

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Guangxi, Pingyuefu.

Judging from the population composition of Guangxi as a whole, Zhuang 50%, Yao 30%, and Han 20%.

But Pingyuefu is very special. The Zhuang nationality accounts for less than 20%, and most of them are immigrants from other places.They have a collective title called "Dongqian Cubing".

A soldier is a wolf soldier.

The Yao people in Pinglefu often rebelled, and it was difficult for the Ming court to suppress them, so a large number of Zhuang soldiers were moved here.Choose a terrain that is easy to defend and difficult to attack, and let the soldiers set up a stronghold to garrison the fields, surround the settlements of the Yao people with the garrison army, and separate the Yao people from the Han people.

Most of the Zhuang people in Pinglefu are military immigrants, and their existence value is to suppress the Yao people.

Not only that, the Han officials also deliberately provoked conflicts between the Zhuang and the Yao, so that the Zhuang and the Yao formed a feud, so that they could rule very easily.

But at the end of Ming Dynasty, the situation changed.

The Zhuang people took the initiative to make good friends with the Yao people, and even became relatives by marriage.A large number of Yao people who were separated, as well as Han people who lost their land, and Zhuang people who had no land to cultivate, formed villages to reclaim barren hills, and truly realized the national integration of Han, Zhuang and Yao.

These mixed villages have become the key development targets of the Datong Army.

After half a year of action, the Datong Army finally occupied He County, recruited the soldiers from Diandeng Village, wiped out the soldiers from Daning Village, and completed the work of household division and farmland in He County.

A regular division only took down half a county in half a year, mainly because of the terrain, and because the soldiers were disgusting.

After the main force of the Cu soldiers were dispersed, they played guerrilla warfare in the mountains with seven of them.

Poisoned arrows are hard to guard against, they may emerge from the woods at any time, and more than 30 members of the peasant association alone died.

It was early winter, and the Datong Army continued to attack.

They had just received the military order, the unit designation was changed to the Tenth Division of the Datong Army, and Liu Xinyu, who was from Hunan, was promoted as the division commander.This person is a traitor in Hunan, who brought two states and four counties to submit to Zhao Han, and then followed Zhang Tieniu to fight in Guangdong to make meritorious service.

The Chief Propaganda Officer of the Tenth Division is called Ding Jiasheng, who was also a traitor. He practiced the secrets of "Da Tong Ji" by himself, and took Duchang County to defect to Zhao Han.

Ten thousand officers and soldiers of the Datong Army, with more than a thousand soldiers and many civilian husbands, marched by land and water to kill Bian Pengzhai.

Bianpeng Village is located not far to the northwest of Zhongshan County in later generations, facing the river and backing the mountains, so it is easy to defend but difficult to attack.

The head of the Cubing village of Liangfeng Village had already captured Pingyuefu City, gathered the leaders of the Cubing of each village to make himself king, and also had some Han and Yao tribes attached to him.

They even took down Yangshuo County along the river.

If it weren't for the threat from the Datong Army in the rear, these soldiers would probably have captured Guilin!

This time it was going to be a decisive battle, and the place was at Bianpeng Village.

There is also the Bianpeng Village area in He County, which is a rare grain-producing area in Pingle Prefecture.There are basins between the mountains and rivers for irrigation, and the leader of the soldiers is reluctant to throw them away.

The leader of the Cu soldiers is called Wei Changyi, and Wei is a common surname of the Zhuang nationality, which means "buffalo".

This person has a very high degree of Sinicization. Not only did he take the daughter of a Han gentry as his wife, but he has also educated himself, and he proclaimed himself "Pingle King".

The two sides lined up on the bank of the Fujiang River, fighting in an upright manner.

For Wei Changyi, this is the only way to fight.If they formed a stronghold to defend themselves, those damned Datong troops would directly divide the fields nearby.

This is how Diandengzhai surrendered. The Datong army surrounded the village and recruited Han people and Yao people to divide the land.Those are the fields of the Zhuang people in the village, and they were divided up, and [-] Datong troops were specially left here to help the people plow the fields and dig canals.

Then there were various calls, as long as they were willing to surrender, the soldiers could redistribute the fields.

After two months of confrontation, the owner of Diandengzhai led his soldiers to surrender collectively due to internal pressure.The Zhuang people in the village were also dispersed to divide their fields, and formed mixed villages with Yao people and Han people.

On the banks of Fujiang River.

The formation of the Datong Army is much denser, but the formation of the Cu soldiers is extremely loose.

However, the combat power of the Cu soldiers should not be underestimated. According to legend, Qi Jiguang's mandarin duck formation has a reference to the Cu soldiers.

A team of seven, with four leading the battle and three assisting.

There are cavalry, and they all fight with cavalry.

Infantry includes shield soldiers, bird gun soldiers, pike soldiers, archers, crossbow soldiers, skirmishers, sanshou and so on.In addition to conventional weapons, there are javelins, sugar palm arrows, medicine arrows (poisoned arrows) and so on.

Before the battle, the Datong cavalry rushed out and shouted with their trumpets: "Brothers of the Han, Yao, and Tong (Zhuang) ethnic groups, the Datong Army does not distinguish between high and low ethnic groups. Brothers and sisters of all ethnic groups are equal. Don't work for the master of the Zubing village anymore. , as long as you lay down your arms and surrender, everyone can share the fields..."

The composition of the Tenth Division's troops was extremely complicated, half of which was taken away by Fei Ruhe to form a new army, and many officers were taken away by Jiang Dashan and Jiang Liang.Most of the recruited soldiers were Hakka, Miao, Zhuang and Yao.

Today, 60% of the officers and soldiers of the division are Han Chinese, and the rest are all southern minorities.

The cavalry rushed out to yell, and they yelled in a variety of languages. Yao language alone yelled four kinds.

"Array, advance!" Wei Changyi hated this kind of yelling very much. He had a Yao army under his command, and this summer he was called out to defect.

Both sides are coalition armies of various races, and they began to advance step by step, with their respective cavalry cruising and fighting on the side of the battlefield.

The Tenth Division of the Datong Army also had 2500 cavalry, but most of them belonged to the southwest horses.

The average shoulder height is only 1 meters, which is much shorter than the war horses in Jeju Island.But mountain climbing is very good, and it is also good at carrying goods, and it can barely charge and fight.

The soldiers on the opposite side are also this kind of war horse...

"Bang bang bang bang!"