Nan Ming Sun Never Sets

Chapter 81 Qiongzhou Mansion

In the late Ming and early Qing dynasties, Hainan was only a remote area of ​​Guangdong Province, not very important, and it has not been valued by those in power.Qiongzhou Fucheng is also the only city on the island that can be regarded as a serious city, but it is still too weak in the eyes of Bai Mingxiu's powerful Ming Dynasty Restoration Army.

In Bai Mingxiu's plan, it was originally to bombard the city of Qiongzhou and break through the city walls.But when he came to Qiongzhou Mansion, he found that the defense of the city wall was very empty, and the strength of the Qing army was insufficient.So Bai Mingxiu called Shang Zhonghe, the head of the 102nd regiment, and ordered him to attack the city directly.

The soldiers of the 102nd Regiment carried siege tools, crossed the moat, and erected ladders on the city wall.At this time, there were not even a few soldiers on the city wall trying to fight back.When some archers and musketeers showed up, the infantry who built bunkers under the city used rifles and machine guns to fight back the group of defenders.

By the time the vanguard troops of the 102nd regiment reached the city wall, the scattered defenders on the city wall had dispersed in a swarm.When the soldiers opened the city gate and more soldiers entered, the prefect Zhu Zhiguang hadn't even left his mansion.

The movements of the Ming army were too fast, completely different from the slow-paced Qing army.The normal battle took a total of two hours, and the entire city of Qiongzhou fell into the hands of the Ming army.The prefect Zhu Zhiguang was captured by soldiers of the 102nd regiment when he left the government office.Most of the Qing army in the city surrendered without any resistance. The Ming army counted the results of the battle and found that the Qing army had more than 30 casualties in the whole battle, and most of them were wounded. There were more than 500 people left. They all surrendered, and the defenders in the entire city were less than six hundred.

However, considering that Qiongzhou Mansion was originally a remote and remote frontier place, the number of such defenders was considered normal.It was almost effortless for the Qing army to seize Hainan back then, but until today, there are still some anti-Qing forces on Hainan Island, mainly composed of Nanming forces and the local Li people. The scale is small and the momentum is limited.

"This will soon be the base camp for our counterattack and recovery." Bai Mingxiu sighed when he entered the official office of Qiongzhou Mansion.

Bai Mingxiu sat in an armchair, propped his chin and fell into deep thought.When he entered the city, he discovered a phenomenon. Although the common people were more afraid of the army, they still welcomed the Ming army.Considering that Qiongzhou also rebelled against the Qing Dynasty during the San Francisco Rebellion, and finally surrendered to the Qing court after Wu Sangui fell, it is not difficult to see that there is not much loyalty to the Manchu Qing here.In fact, in many counties and counties across the country, as long as there is no suppression by the Eight Banners, officials who are purely Han Chinese will not have any psychological burden to return to Nanming.

Just like the prefect Zhu Zhiguang, whom Bai Mingxiu had never heard of in later generations, he was very straightforward after being arrested. He asked for paper and pen to write a letter of surrender, and begged the soldiers to cut off his money rat tail with a knife. "Anyway".

"The real difficulty is not to defeat the Qing army on the battlefield, not to capture large and small towns, but to manage these places and truly transform the country from an old feudal agricultural country to an enlightened modern industrial country."

Sister Lion looked at Bai Mingxiu who was thinking, smiled, and said: "These things can be considered slowly. Doesn't Your Highness have a specific framework? Now that Qiongzhou Mansion has been captured, it's time to think about how to make progress in Guangzhou Mansion." .”

Bai Mingxiu nodded and said, "Indeed, but I'm not worried about taking Guangzhou City. Now I should send someone to contact King Jin and King Yanping."

Ever since Li Dingguo defeated Wu Sangui and occupied Kunming to get the relevant system task information, he didn't know what the current situation was on Li Dingguo's side, and Zheng Chenggong's side, although after occupying Batavia, sent the original Zheng Chenggong One of his spies returned to Taiwan, but at this time he did not receive any news.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Bai Mingxiu is going to hook up with the two kings, especially the Zheng family. The Zheng family actually has a strong military force, and they are secretly separatist. Bai Mingxiu does not want to have warlords independent of the court in the future, so he needs Meet Zheng Chenggong.

As for Li Dingguo, he was very sure that the king of Jin was loyal to the Ming Dynasty, and he was not in love with military power. Therefore, when Bai Mingxiu proposed to reorganize the Ming Dynasty Restoration Army, Li Dingguo also fully supported it. It was precisely because of this that Bai Mingxiu Only then can Xiu rest assured that he will leave the main force of the Ming Dynasty Restoration Army to Li Dingguo.

As for Hainan, Bai Mingxiu didn't intend to let it go, but prepared to manage it well.He sent two regiments of troops to collect them one by one from each state and county, and wiped out the Qing army forces in each state and county.The Qing army in Hainan is all Han green camps, and there are almost no Eight Banners. When encountering the Ming army, they all simply surrendered.And some Southern Ming anti-Qing righteous fighters who remained in Hainan also joined after meeting the Great Ming Restoration Army.

It didn't take long for Bai Mingxiu to completely control the entire territory of Hainan.For the return of the Ming forces, Hainan is very happy regardless of the Han people or Li Tong.The Li people in Hainan have always been dissatisfied with the rule of the Qing government, especially because they have their own custom of hair decorations. The hair-shaving order aroused their great indignation and continued resistance.However, the policies of the Ming Dynasty towards the Li people in Hainan were relatively lenient. Especially in the Ming Dynasty, Hainan’s society developed rapidly, with more agricultural and water conservancy construction, and business and trade gradually prospered.

The "Three Strategies for Restoring the Land" that Bai Mingxiu wrote to Li Dingguo before was specifically used to regain the stability of the region.The first strategy is to protect the environment and the people, actively restore the law and order, protect the life and property of the villagers, and create a sense of security for them; Crack down together and confiscate property; plan three to resume production, guide farmers and businessmen from all walks of life to continue their production and life, distribute fields and other means of production to homeless and homeless refugees, and recruit labor to carry out various infrastructure and construction projects in the form of employment. Construction of military installations.

Now Bai Mingxiu has applied the three strategies of restoring soil to Hainan. The cadres he can use are basically from the Daming Army of Restoring the Nation. Things, still have the power of implementation, and will not produce particularly large deviations.

At the same time, the news that Zhu Cixuan, the crown prince of the Southern Ming Dynasty, led troops from overseas to capture Qiongzhou Mansion began to spread across the mainland like wings. In addition, Li Dingguo occupied the entire Yunnan before, and the Qing court seemed to be in a precarious situation again.

　Bailian still wants a recommendation ticket, without a recommendation ticket, Bailian's cold may not be cured
　　


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