Heaven's Change of Fate

Chapter 201
The coach of this Eastern Expedition is Zhang Songxi, and the main force is the core children recruited by Yang Xin in Wudang Mountain.Sending Zhang Songxi is also a helpless move. There is no one under Yang Xin. Yu Lianzhou, Yu Daiyan and others let them kill people, but it is not satisfactory to let them lead the army. After all, they have no orthodox military education, and Yang Xin himself cannot Leaving Xiangyang, only Yang Xin who sits in Xiangyang himself can stabilize the rear and at the same time attract Meng Yuan's attention.

The only one who has received orthodox military training is Zhang Songxi, so Yang Xin can only let Zhang Songxi be the coach of the Eastern Expedition. However, the main force accompanying this time is all the children from within a thousand miles of Wudang Mountain who have been favored by Yang Xin. My own family members have all studied the infantry drill code compiled by Yang Xin.

Although the tactics of the infantry drills are somewhat rigid and rigid in some respects, and even not conducive to timely grasping of the fighters, they are more stable. Thinking back to later generations, the Red Shrimp Soldiers of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland relied on rigid and rigid tactics to achieve success. The prestige of the empire on which the sun never sets, as well as the soldiers of the foot pot chicken, also rely on the rigid tactics that have not changed for thousands of years to traverse the world.

Moreover, the big strategic goal of this Eastern Expedition is very clear, which is to fight eastward from Xiangyang City until it reaches the sea, occupy the Jianghuai area, and expand its strategic depth. The most important thing is to conquer Xinzhou Road, which is now Jiangxi Guizhou. Xi, where China's largest copper mine.

As for the small strategic goals, it is also very clear. Every time a place is captured, soldiers will be recruited, following the example of Xiangyang, let them receive certificates of honor, and at the same time recruit young and strong soldiers into the army.At the same time, in order to win the hearts and minds of the people, all local people should be given land to farmers and houses to residents. Every time a land is captured, the land will be divided openly. Young men will be given ten acres of land, young women will be given five acres of land, and young and old will be given three acres of land. Three acres, including what is carried in the belly.

As for taxes, Yang Xin waved his hand, indicating that all exorbitant taxes and miscellaneous taxes will be waived at one rate, and collected uniformly every year, and only [-]% of the field harvest will be collected. Anyone who joins the army at a young age can be exempted from taxes for three years.Don't think that the tax of [-]% is high. Since the Qin Dynasty, the people of Shenzhou have never had such a low tax. In the past, people who could keep [-]% in their hands were middle-class people, especially during the rule of the Mongol Yuan Empire, people could keep [-]% in their hands The second achievement is not bad. Now, Yang Xin only receives [-]% and Yang Xin has removed all the "fu".
When Zhang Songxi led the Eastern Expeditionary Army along the southeast and attacked Xinye, the first important military town in the Mongolian and Yuan Dynasties, he strictly followed Yang Xin's established plan and won the unanimous support of the people from the bottom of their hearts.

Thanks to the brutal rule of the Meng Yuan Dynasty, under the rule of the Meng Yuan Dynasty, there were no wealthy and aristocratic landowners at all. There were also the Meng Yuan people and the Semu people. The land under his name naturally became ownerless.

The life of the people under the Mongolian Yuan rule was extremely difficult. All kinds of exorbitant taxes made the people miserable. Let alone eating enough, it was a problem to survive. When Yang Xin’s army arrived, they first opened warehouses to release grain, then divided the land, and then exempted all exorbitant taxes. , Unify and formulate eleven taxes.

In the end, Zhang Songxi didn't mobilize the people hard, but just said: "Follow the son, you can feed your whole family."

In an instant, the common people went crazy and enthusiastically joined Yang Xin's team.

Zhang Songxi could call Yang Xin the prince, but the people could not. The respect and inferiority had been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people. Although Yang Xin did not call him the king, the people spontaneously respected Yang Xin as the King of Song.

After the Eastern Expeditionary Army captured Xinye, they went straight to Nanyang. Because Yang Xin had no civil servants, Xinye could only implement military control. Fortunately, because of Yang Xin's plan, the people returned to their hearts, so there was no problem. Zhang Songxi was not good at management, but Take away all the soldiers, leave some of the recruited young and strong in Xinye, and send some to Xiangyang.

This is also a matter of no solution, which reflects the disadvantages of Yang Xin's hasty actions, and this is also a no solution. Originally, according to Yang Xin's plan, it would take five to ten years to wait until the military strength reached its peak and the talent reserve was sufficient. Unexpectedly, Zhao Min and Wang Baobao's disorderly entry disrupted Yang Xin's plan, and Yang Xin could only raise troops hastily.

Fortunately, Yang Xin was aware of this early on, and he gave great favor to the people to win them over. In addition, at this time, the young and strong among the people were transferred away, and only the old, young and women were left among the people. In addition, the people were busy dividing the fields. Farming prevented turmoil. In fact, Xiangyang and Nanyang at this time, in addition to being under military control, were quite recuperative in other aspects in the early Han Dynasty. All of this was the fault of the Meng Yuan, and their rule was too chaotic.

As the army of the Eastern Expedition continued to march, a slogan began to spread from Xinye to the world: "Eat his mother, wear his mother, open the city gate to welcome the King of Song, and the King of Song will not pay for food!"

Zhang Songxi has a poor view of the overall situation, but he has a lot of cleverness. Zhang Songxi secretly sent people to spread this slogan. However, as a spreader, Zhang Songxi obviously underestimated the power of this slogan. Under the influence of this slogan, The people broke out with unimaginable power.

The Eastern Expeditionary Army had almost arrived at the border of Nanyang, and Dalu Huachi, the highest military and political officer in Wancheng, wanted to take advantage of the unstable foothold of the Eastern Expeditionary Army to launch an attack.As a result, just after Daluhuachi led the elite out of the city to fight against the enemy, the city gate was closed by the people and the city guards, and then the four gates were closed, cutting off Daluhuachi's way back to the city.

While Dalu Huachi was stunned here, the Eastern Expeditionary Army under the command of Zhang Songxi pressed forward step by step according to the infantry drills, and wiped out the army with artillery and muskets.

Afterwards, the city gate of Wancheng in Nanyang opened automatically, and the common people warmly came to greet them, while the soldiers guarding the city directly accepted the votes and killed all the Mengyuan people and Semu people in the city.

Once alive, twice familiar.After Zhang Songxi led the army into the city, the first thing he did was to open warehouses to release grain, then divide the land, reduce and exempt taxes, collect young and strong soldiers to join the army, and then take over Nanyang and implement military control.This operation is obviously much more skillful than the last operation.

As for the follow-up, Zhang Songxi didn't want to take care of it, and he couldn't take care of it. He threw it all to Yang Xin. What Minzheng understands best is not the officials, but the group of subordinates under the officials.

Of course, this is only a temporary helpless move, and what he does is relatively rough. In order to prevent the turmoil in the occupied land, Yang Xin implements the military-government separation system. The government does not care about the army, and the army does not interfere with politics. Dalu Huachi's position is in charge of everything.The thousand-household system in Mengyuan itself has the meaning of a feudal town in the late Tang Dynasty, that is, there are few people in Mengyuan, and it is still ruled by foreigners. disaster.

In order to prevent subsequent disasters in the vassal town, Yang Xin could only simply and crudely implement the system of separation of military and political affairs. He first transferred all the troops and horses, leaving only some young men to form a militia to simply maintain public order.

The young and strong who were sent to Xiangyang were first disrupted, then reorganized, and then underwent large-scale military training. After three months of recruiting, depending on the situation, some were transferred to the area occupied by the Eastern Expeditionary Army to compete with the local young and strong. Rotate, some continue to train, and a very small number of smart people directly turn to civilian jobs.

In short, all of this is going on in an orderly manner amidst the jingling and chaos.

(End of this chapter)