Dashun Yongchang

Yuan Zongdi looked at the city wall with a telescope for a long time. Even if he found it interesting at first, nearly 2 quarters of an hour passed, and the scenery outside Xuzhou City was also tired of seeing. After all, although the telescope can reach far, the field of vision Not wide open.

He couldn't help but asked in a low voice to Liu Zongmin, who was already leaning against the gatepost of the city gate and yawning, "What are we here to see today? There's just a pole on the top of the mountain over there. There's nothing to see, right?" ?”

Liu Zongmin folded his hands on his chest, his binoculars had been taken by other generals for a long time, after he glanced at the sun outside, he said in a daze, "Aren't we planning to set up an iron smelting workshop in Liguojian? But the distance between the two places was 60 miles, and the Lord said that it was too inconvenient to send messages. It would take two or three hours to send someone to deliver a message.

So going to set up a signal route for a quick message, but what could be faster than riding a horse?The flag hanging on the pole can only convey a few fixed meanings. If there is any unexpected accident, don't people have to send a message? "

Yuan Zongdi felt that what Liu Zongmin said was reasonable, and while the two were chatting, a low-ranking officer from the northeast corner building ran over and handed a piece of paper to Li Zicheng, saying, "Your Majesty, the news has arrived."

Yuan Zongdi and Liu Zongmin stopped chatting immediately, and walked to Li Zicheng's side to see what news came.In fact, there are only 14 words on the paper: "It is 0:[-], what time is it in Xuzhou?"

Yuan Zongdi and Liu Zongmin looked at the sundial subconsciously, and Yuan Zongdi reacted quickly and said, "It's less than 5 o'clock now, and it took less than 5 quarters of an hour to get the news?"

Li Zicheng silently calculated in his mind that a quarter of an hour is 15 minutes, and now it is about 4 and 70/[-] quarters, which is [-] minutes before the news arrives.For a soul living in an age where time is measured in seconds, this light signal is too slow to be used at night.

Liu Zongmin finally came to his senses, and asked Li Zicheng in a daze, "How did you do this? How could it be so fast? How can so many words be passed on with just a few banners?"

Li Zicheng glanced at this guy who could only add and subtract but not multiply and divide with some sympathy, and asked him a question of the soul: "Do you know that there are 9 flags of different colors and shapes, and every group of six, how many permutations will there be?" way?"

The generals who were still very interested in listening to Li Zicheng's explanation took a step back subconsciously, leaving Liu Zongmin alone by Li Zicheng's side.Liu Zongmin glanced at Yuan Zongdi beside him out of the corner of his eye, but saw that the other party turned his head to one side, as if he noticed something interesting.

Liu Zongmin secretly pouted these old brothers in his heart, and then simply replied to Li Zicheng: "No matter how many kinds, they must obey your majesty."

"..." Li Zicheng shook his head, and could only explain to him casually: "There are 60480 possibilities, and the number of known Chinese characters is about 5, which means that as long as we have enough time, we can use six-sided The flag expresses all Chinese characters. However, a person who can master 3000 Chinese characters can already be called a scholar, and a person who can master 800 Chinese characters can already complete simple letter writing.”

Li Zicheng suddenly stopped and asked for a booklet from the officer who reported the letter. He flipped through it and handed it to Liu Zongmin, saying: "In this booklet, some fixed sentences, 800 commonly used characters and 10 numbers are compiled into 15 pages. Sentences and commonly used words also have a fixed code, which means that each message or each word becomes a set of numbers. Through this booklet, we can turn words into numbers and numbers into numbers. For words, that's how signaling works."

Liu Zongmin flipped through the pamphlet, a little unbelievable that this thing is so simple, he also had to nod and admit at this time: "It seems that scholars are not useless, they can still do some good things. Then, in this case, we are Shouldn't a signal transmission channel be set up between Jining and Xuzhou, so that we will know soon what happens in Jining."

Someone also admitted that although Liu Zongmin is not good at mathematics, his intuition in some aspects is quite keen. This may be the reason why these generals of the peasant army can survive until now.

After thinking for a while, he said: "Yes, after the complete test is successful, I plan to build two optical telegraph lines from Xuzhou to Jining and from Xuzhou to Guide. In this way, if any sudden changes occur in the two places, we can Received the message."

Yuan Zongdi on the side suddenly interjected: "Your Majesty, I think being able to convey this sentence in its entirety proves that this method of information transmission is successful. The fastest horse delivery today is only 300 miles a day and night. Obviously It is not as fast as the transmission speed of optical telegrams. If this is the case, why not build a signal station first, and then it can be used directly after the test is completed. Isn’t it time for us now?”

Li Zicheng was stunned for a moment, then nodded and said: "What Mianhou said is reasonable. When I go back, I will discuss it with the Director of Military Supplies to see if we can first set up signal stations on the two lines."

After responding to the two, Li Zicheng took back the pamphlet from Liu Zongmin, handed it back to the officer, and said, "Call back: Xuzhou is 5 o'clock. Pay tribute to mathematics."

Almost at the same time, Gao Eryan finally arrived in Yunyang City. This 13-year Tanghua in Chongzhen, when he saw this scarred city at this time, he couldn't help but feel great respect.

Since the 14th year of Chongzhen, the city has been surrounded by rebels. The imperial court once thought that it had already fallen here, and only by chance did they know that Yunyang was already in the hands of the official army, but the imperial court was powerless to deal with Yun. For any support provided by the Yang officers and soldiers, they could only secretly send some personnel to cross the blockade of the rebel army into Yunyang, and reward the officers and soldiers verbally.

However, this kind of verbal consolation and reward has disappeared since last year, because the power of the rebel army has soared, and the court has been unable to take care of this.As a city with mountains and rivers behind it, just by looking at Yunyang's terrain, you can tell how dangerous it is. It's no wonder that the rebel army attacked by tens of thousands at every turn and it was difficult to capture this city, which was defended by only a few thousand officers and soldiers.

The reason why the rebels must capture Yunyang is also because this place guards the upper reaches of the Han River, which just blocks the passage from Huguang to Shaanxi.If the Han River can be opened up, Xiangyang can be directly transported upstream to Longjuzhai in Shangzhou by boat, and then cross the Lanwu Road and cross the Qinling Mountains to reach Xi'an. The distance between the two places is about 400 miles.

Although this road is not very easy, it is much closer than going from Xiangyang to Nanyang to Luoyang, taking the Yellow River to Xi'an.Moreover, after Dashun established the nation in Xi'an, if Yunyang could be captured, the old bases of the four prefectures in Xiangyang would be linked with their hometown in Shaanxi. This is indeed of extraordinary significance to Dashun.

However, because of the insistence of these Ming officers and soldiers in Yunyang City, Shunjun's strategy of connecting Huguang and Shaanxi channels was cut off.Thinking of this, Gao Eryan had to shake his head and smile bitterly. As a Jinshi of the Ming Dynasty, today he has to represent Dashun to persuade these Ming officers and soldiers to let go of this passage, which is ironic.

When Gao Eryan and his party disembarked from the boat and landed at Chengnan Dock, Gao Doushu, Governor of Hanzhong in the Ming Dynasty, Xu Qiyuan, Governor of Yunyang, and Zhu Yubian, the military commander of Yunyang, stood on the tower and looked at the people coming down from the dock.

Last summer, Gao Doushu found an opportunity to send a letter to the outside world asking for reinforcements. This was the first time the court knew that Yunyang was still there after 2 years.However, Gao Doushu did not wait for reinforcements, but waited for a transfer order. In fact, there was a second transfer order. The first one was issued last year, asking him to return to the court to serve as a servant. He only received it in March this year. At this time, the Shun army had already reached the city of Beijing.

The second letter was sent in February this year, and he was transferred to serve as the governor of Hanzhong. He had just received it a few days ago, and Hanzhong had already been occupied by the Shun army.Gao Doushu was thus in an extremely awkward position in Yunyang. He had created Yunyang's defense mechanism single-handedly, and the local soldiers and civilians were very convinced of him.

However, according to the order of the imperial court, the highest military and political officer in Yunyang is already Xu Qiyuan, the former prefect of Yunyang.He could only advise Xu Qiyuan on the sidelines, and he had no right to ask Yunyang's military and political officials to obey him.Of course, with the prestige he had established in the past two years, if he really wanted to give orders, the soldiers and civilians of Yunyang would certainly obey.

But what's the point?Over the past two years, the peasant army has launched five attacks on Yunyang, the most recent of which occurred in the first month of this year. If the peasant army had not been able to attack for a long time and was full of resentment, they had found an opportunity. A rift between Lu Yingbiao and Feng Yangzhu took place, and taking advantage of the civil strife in the rebel army, the people in the city rushed out to repel the peasant army again.It's just that there are less than 2 soldiers and civilians in the city, and it is impossible for them to stop the next attack of the rebel army.

At this time, Gao Eryan arrived under the banner of Prince Daming and Emperor Yongchang. No matter what kind of news he brought, it was good news for the soldiers and civilians of Yunyang City.

Xu Qiyuan and Wang Guangen, the commander-in-chief, looked at each other, and then said cautiously to Gao Doushu: "If the crown prince orders us to surrender to Emperor Yongchang, shall we obey or not?"

Zhu Yubian on the side immediately raised his neck and said: "Since the crown prince is in the bandit camp, such orders are naturally insignificant. Emperor Daxing died for the country, and we have enmity with the bandit. Surrender with random orders? Did so many soldiers and people die in vain?"

Xu Qiyuan immediately said: "Yunyang has been in war for ten years, and none of the people survived. Speaking of harm to the people, the left army is more hateful than those bandits. Didn't Zhu Bingbei hear the local people say: don't hate bandits but hate soldiers?" ? If the people are all dead, can Daming survive?"

Zhu Yubian had something to say, Gao Doushu interrupted the debate and said: "Okay, let's go and listen to what Gao Eryan has to say, and then it's not too late to discuss."

Seeing Gao Doushu turn around and go down the tower, Xu Qiyuan and Zhu Yubian stopped talking and followed.At the south gate, Gao Doushu watched Gao Eryan approaching, and immediately raised his voice and asked loudly: "Does your envoy represent the rebellion or my grandson?"

Chapter 123 Yun Yang

It was impossible for Gao Eryan not to be nervous after being hit so hard by Gao Doushu, but he glanced at the officers and soldiers at the gate of the city out of the corner of his eye, and found that they also looked ignorant, obviously this was not a well-prepared grand banquet. It's just a show off.

Realizing this, Gao Eryan's heart immediately calmed down. As long as Gao Doushu doesn't intend to tear himself apart, then he is really nothing to be afraid of. Crazy people like Wang Fan and Lu Zhenfei who turn their faces and deny others are the real ones. It's really fatal.

After tidying up his clothes, Gao Eryan bowed deeply towards the northeast, and then he straightened his waist and shouted: "Da Tianzi has unfortunately died on the [-]th day of the third month of the Jiashen year. Daming no longer has an emperor. I came here on the orders of Emperor Yongchang and Prince Daming to tell you that the war between Dashun and Daming has ceased, and our current enemy is the northern captives who invaded China."

After hearing Gao Eryan's words, the officers and soldiers of the Ming Dynasty suddenly became at a loss, and some people began to cry towards the north.Only then did Gao Eryan realize that Gao Doushu hadn't told these low-level officers and soldiers the news of the emperor's death.The officers and soldiers of Yunyang, who were quite imposing just now, suddenly lost their fighting spirit at this moment.

Gao Eryan was just stunned for a moment before he understood that these officers and soldiers had linked their own fate with that of Emperor Chongzhen. As long as Emperor Chongzhen survived, they still had the courage and hope to fight on.Because they believed in their hearts that the emperor would never forget them.But after the death of Emperor Chongzhen, they lost their goal of allegiance, and naturally they lost their belief in fighting.

At this time, if he really came on behalf of the prince, he should stand up and persuade these officers and soldiers to transfer their allegiance to Chongzhen to the prince, so that they will find a reason to fight on.It's just that Gao Eryan thought about it, but he still didn't take this step after all, because King Fu had already ascended the throne in Nandu.

Although such a hasty ascension to the throne is not in accordance with the etiquette, it has become a reality.Therefore, if Emperor Yongchang failed in the end and failed to stop Jiannu from going south, King Fu, who had secured the throne, would not be happy to see the ministers who supported the prince.And if Emperor Yongchang stopped Jiannu from going south, would he really go to restore Daming?

Therefore, it is really a thankless task to persuade these officers and soldiers to transfer their loyalty to the prince.It even pushed these people into the fire pit, so that they would not even have the qualifications to stand in the team in the future.Therefore, he decided to keep silent and let them decide their own future. This can be regarded as his sympathy for these loyal people of Ming Dynasty.

However, Gao Eryan's words angered Zhu Yubian, a soldier in charge. He stepped out from behind Gao Doushu and reprimanded Gao Eryan: "Damn, what did you say that the war between Ming and the rebels is over? Li Zicheng forced Emperor Daxing to death , This is the revenge of your father, instead of avenging your father, we shake hands with the traitor and make peace, isn't this an ungrateful wolf-hearted dog?"

Gao Eryan quietly looked at the officers and soldiers at the same gate, and found that although a few of them glared at him, more people stood there in a daze with their heads down.This made him realize that these officers and soldiers are tired of war at this moment, and they may not have the intention of avenging their father like Shangguan.

After withdrawing his gaze, Gao Eryan stared at Zhu Yu and said seriously: "What you said is a bit wrong. How could Emperor Daxing be forced to death by Emperor Yongchang? Never complained about Emperor Yongchang.

Emperor Yongchang has issued the suicide note of Emperor Daxing to the world, and the crown prince has also read the original copy of the suicide note. In addition to entrusting the state affairs to Emperor Yongchang, Emperor Daxing only wrote one sentence: I am not the king of the subjugated country, and all the ministers are the ones of the subjugated country. minister.

Of course, everyone sticks to Yunyang, this subjugated minister has nothing to do with you.But those ministers who govern the world while the people are living in poverty, but still spend their days and nights, shouldn't they be held accountable?Can a sentence of revenge against the king and father make them get rid of their infamy as ministers of subjugation?

What is the crime of Emperor Yongchang?Is he the one who messed up the world?In the three years since Chongzhen, there have been refugees and bandits everywhere in Shaanxi, Shanxi, Henan, and Shandong. Were they not good people in the past?Who turned these good people into thieves?

The common people pay taxes, the army guards the frontiers, the merchants circulate department stores, and the artisans manufacture all kinds of crafts. Shouldn't the responsibility of the scholar-bureaucrats be to keep the four people in their own professions and keep the king at ease?The common people paid their taxes but couldn't even support their wives and children. The army did not kill the enemy on the frontier but looted their own people in the interior. How could merchants and craftsmen protect their profession in such a world?

The people are innocent, and they have the right to live. Emperor Yongchang just obeyed the voice of the people, just like Taizu obeyed the voice of the people and overthrew the Mongolian Yuan court.It was I, Daming, who first betrayed the people of Daming, not some rebel who committed rebellion. "

If Zhu Yubian's reprimand just now can arouse the anger of some officers and soldiers, the peasant army did not come to visit Yunyang when they attacked Yunyang five times. It means that they have no resentment towards the peasant army in their hearts, but now Gao Eryan's words have broken their defenses.

Yes, what forced the peasants to rebel was not someone's ambition, but the fact that the people really couldn't survive.The natural disasters since Chongzhen's ascension to the throne, coupled with the emperor's concern for peace, made Daming, who was already somewhat malnourished, rush towards the road of self-mutilation in an instant.

This is to say that Yunyang was densely populated during the Wanli period, and there were constant business trips to and from Huguang and Shaanxi. However, after the peasant army's uprising, it became a battlefield with frequent wars.After ten years of war, the villages along the Han River were completely destroyed, and the remaining people had to go to the mountains to protect themselves. There were no more than 200 people in the big ones, and less than a hundred people in the small ones.

Some officers and soldiers who grew up here find it hard to believe that this war will last for so long, and even now there is no hope of ending it.In the past, they could only pin their hopes on the hope that the world would be peaceful after defeating the peasant army.But the news that Gao Eryan brought broke their hope, and what Gao Eryan said now made them even more uncertain about the target of their hatred.

Zhu Yubian didn't know what to say for a while, he could neither blame Chongzhen, nor follow Chongzhen's suicide note to say that the subjugated minister was in the south, so the remaining half of the Ming Dynasty would be lost.Of course, he didn't know at the moment that the ministers in the southern part of the Ming Dynasty were fighting fiercely, and it seemed that they were indeed about to perish.

In fact, Gao Eryan was not very interested in this set of rhetoric invented by Emperor Yongchang, but after using this set of rhetoric today, he discovered that this set of rhetoric did solve the biggest contradiction between Shunming and Ming Dynasty, that is, whether Emperor Chongzhen was killed or not? Dashun forced him to kill, but he decided to commit suicide because he was frustrated with the courtiers.

The former's rhetoric gave the remaining officials of the Ming Dynasty the banner to unite against Dashun, that is, to avenge the king's father.The latter's rhetoric shattered the internal unity of the courtiers of the Ming Dynasty, because the responsibility for the subjugation of the Ming Dynasty fell on these people, so how could they call on the people of the world to attack Dashun?

Originally, he thought that Emperor Yongchang was just an emperor on horseback who could only use knives. Only at this time did he really realize that Emperor Yongchang was not that kind of vulgar and ignorant warrior.The propaganda that started in Beijing was able to make Emperor Yongchang and Emperor Daxing stand together, and the two were no longer enemies who met each other in life and death.

At this time, whether Emperor Yongchang will help the crown prince to restore the country is no longer a big problem. What is really problematic is those ministers in the south who are eager to support King Fu instead of saving their father. They are now far away from what Emperor Daxing said The Minister of Subjugation is becoming more and more similar.Therefore, those who sympathize with the martyred Emperor Daxing may have a good impression of Emperor Yongchang, and they will become more and more disgusted with those ministers in the southern capital who can only fight among themselves.

Gao Doushu didn't use Gao Eryan to re-condense Yunyang's hearts, so he knew he had lost.When he came to Yunyang, it had just been ravaged by the peasant army and the Zuo Liangyu army. There were not even 3000 people in the city, and almost everyone was having a funeral at home.Half of the city walls of Yunxian City, which was six miles in circumference, collapsed, the customs chambers outside the city were completely burned down, and the fields outside the city were also barren. The north of Junzhou was almost a wilderness.

What he can use is only a few thousand officers and soldiers, and a small half of them are peasant troops who have surrendered.Because Li Zicheng killed Luo Rucai, the Junzhou Xiaowu Battalion simply fled Li Zicheng's camp. Most of them left with Zhang Xianzhong, some of them left with Zuo Liangyu, and only a small number of them accepted. Gao Doushu soothes.

Therefore, Gao Doushu's ability to hold on until now is not because of the bravery of his officers and soldiers, but because the local soldiers and the peasant army from the fifth small battalion in Junzhou refused to surrender to Li Zicheng.But after Chongzhen's death, Yunyang lost the object of allegiance.He originally hoped to use the promise brought by Gao Eryan to keep the army and civilians of Yunyang in the Ming system represented by the prince.

But Gao Eryan didn't give him this chance, and once again disintegrated the morale of Yunyang's army and civilians, just when he looked at the other party and wanted to say something, Xu Qiyuan finally took a step, walked in front of everyone and said: " That being the case, let the envoy Gao come in and talk, we Yunyang soldiers and civilians also want to hear what orders the crown prince has brought us."

As soon as Xu Qiyuan finished speaking, he stepped aside, and the officials who were blocking the gate of the city immediately stepped aside, and Gao Doushu pulled Zhu Yubian, and also stepped aside.

After entering the city, Gao Eryan was brought to a simple hut, and he didn't know how the officials here lived.Therefore, after the two parties knelt on the wooden floor, he said directly: "Then I will say a few words first. First of all, Emperor Yongchang admits that the people of Yunyang have the right to defend themselves, so he will not Investigate the losses of the Dashun Army under Yunyang City.

Secondly, according to the agreement reached between Emperor Yongchang and the prince, the Ming army north of the Yangtze River should be brought under the management of the Shun army.Of course, this kind of management will respect your opinions. For example, if you want to go to guard the prince, or if you don't want to leave Yunyang to fight in other places, it doesn't matter.However, the remaining officers and soldiers should maintain local law and order and must not violate the military discipline established by Dashun.

In return, the Dashun Army will accept your qualifications in the Ming Army, provide pensions to the families of the former casualties, and issue retirement annuities to retired officers and soldiers.Of course, Dashun's finances are also very tight now, so part of the annuity will be compensated with land..."

Chapter 124 Removing a Town

When Wang Guangen returned to the camp at the foot of Xitan Mountain, his two younger brothers, Wang Guangtai and Wang Chang, led a group of subordinates and immediately surrounded him, asking him what was going on in the city.

Wang Guangen glanced at his subordinates, and after they shut their mouths and calmed down, he said calmly: "It has basically been negotiated, the Shun army and us will use the river mouth as the boundary, and a police station will be set up at the river mouth to supervise the thieves crossing the river." Or deserters. In addition, our army will be reorganized, and the Shun army will provide our army with food and supplies, and the disabled, old and weak will also be cared for. The exact news will be known when Xu Fuyuan releases it. Now everyone Go away."

Hearing the news brought back by Wang Guangen, most of the subordinates around him breathed a sigh of relief, but some cautious people asked him: "After the reorganization, will they transfer us out of Yunyang to fight elsewhere? "

After a few seconds of silence, Wang Guangen said: "No, our army will still be stationed in Yunyang after the reorganization, but we must maintain local law and order."

The soldiers finally dispersed in peace, and Wang Guangen took his two younger brothers back to his barracks. When Wang Guangtai ordered his younger brother Wang Chang to get some food, Wang Guangen, who was sitting cross-legged under the eaves, called The two stayed together and said: "I just asked the envoy of Wenshun Army. Although Emperor Yongchang promised not to mobilize the Yunyang Army, he did not refuse the Yunyang Army to send people to Xuzhou to serve him. I want you two to go to Xuzhou , what do you think?"

Wang Chang has always obeyed his two elder brothers, so he stood aside and did not make a sound, but his second brother Wang Guangtai still had his own opinion. He frowned and said, "Why do you want to work for Emperor Yongchang? We stay safe in Yun Isn’t Yang bad? Emperor Yongchang is not a broad-minded person, he didn’t even let Brother Cao Cao go. Brother, didn’t you turn against Emperor Yongchang because of this incident?”

Yunyang is surrounded by mountains, and there are lush forests here, and after years of war, no one cuts down trees, so wood has become the most worthless material, but there are few craftsmen in the army, so each room in the camp is like In the style of the Tang Dynasty, the overhead wooden boards separate the insects and ants on the ground, and there is no need for any furniture. The floor is cleaned and you can lie down.

Wang Guangen looked up at the sky covered by the eaves above, and after a long pause, he said with a tired face: "I used to think that Li Zicheng, who could not tolerate others, could not become the lord of the world. That's why I brought You left from the Rebel Army. I originally thought that with my own abilities, there was no place in this world I couldn't go to.

As a result, we didn't even go out of Yunyang for nearly three years, but lost Junzhou instead.In such a world, individual talents are no match for the general trend of the world.As soon as Emperor Daxing left, Daming would be over.When Emperor Daxing was around, generals like Zuo Liangyu were already domineering and difficult to control. Who can hold back powerful generals from all over the world after he left?

Although Li Zicheng is not a British lord, at least he still has a force capable of calming the world.We support him, it's better than the whole world becomes like Yunyang, right?Besides, if the chaos in the world continues, can Yun Yang really stay out of it? "

Wang Guangtai was speechless, and his third brother Wang Chang said, "I am willing to go to Xuzhou. No matter who is appointed emperor, the world must first be peaceful. Even if Li Zicheng becomes emperor, it is better than no one else." I hope the fight continues..."

On the third day after Gao Eryan arrived in Yunyang, he finally achieved the goal of the trip and reached a settlement with the Yunyang army.In the next three days, he followed Xu Qiyuan and Wang Guangen to order 1500 members of the Yunyang Army, and another 1859 people chose to retire, and they were allotted the land from Yunyang to Junzhou.Then, in the name of governor of Yunyang, Xu Qiyuan issued an announcement to the six counties under him, persuading the people who had fled to the mountains to return to rebuild their homes.

On the tenth day, the first batch of grain was transported from Xiangyang to Yunyang, so the last worry of the army and civilians in Yunyang was dispelled.Only then did Gao Eryan bid farewell to Xu Qiyuan. No. On the 12th, Xu Qiyuan, Wang Guangen and other Yunyang officials saw Gao Eryan and his party off. Gao Doushu, Zhu Yubian and other personnel also left with him. They will go to Xuzhou to visit the prince.Gao Eryan will stay in Xiangyang and serve as the governor of Huguang.

When Gao Eryan went to Xiangyang, Zuo Guangxian had already led the vanguard to take Huaiyuan County. On August 8, he and Yang Zixiu each set off from Xuzhou with a cavalry division, and arrived in Suzhou on August 4, where they joined Cao Ying's troops who had surrendered to Dashun.After resting in Suzhou for a day, Zuo Guang first dispatched 8 infantry from Suzhou as a reserve force, and then led his troops south to Linhuai.

On the morning of August 8, Zuo Bu arrived in Huaiyuan County and defeated the 9 troops of Liu Liangzuo's troops stationed outside the city. Under the leadership of Hu Shoujin, the more than 50 troops of Liu Bu's troops stationed in Huaiyuan County surrendered to Zuo Guangxian in Kaesong.

The gentry in Huaiyuan County immediately complained to Zuo Guangxian about the misconduct of Liu Liangzuo's troops in the city.Liu Zhong, a member of the Qianhu family who accompanied the army, accepted the complaints of the people in Huaiyuan County. The murderer died, and the thief and adulterer were punished.After executing 23 people and punishing 144 people, the people of Huaiyuan County immediately accepted the rule of Shunjun.

It is about 80 miles from Huaiyuan County to Linhuai County, where Liu Liangzuo is stationed. Zuo Guang first learned from Hu Shoujin that Liu Liangzuo had shrunk his troops to the vicinity of Linhuai after Huang Degong made the announcement. , So I decided to wait for the following Buqi to arrive and solve Liu Bu at once.

So on the morning of August 8, Zuo Guang first released Hu Shoujin and asked him to bring a message to Liu Liangzuo, asking Liu Liangzuo to come to Huaiyuan County to serve the prince within three days, otherwise he would go and eliminate him.

Zuo Guang first stayed in Huaiyuan for 2 days, and Yang Zixiu and Cao Ying arrived. Just as he was preparing to attack Linhuai on August 8, Liu Liangzuo sent his nephew Liu Zehong to Huaiyuan to surrender that night.After discussing with the generals, Zuo Guang first decided to accept Liu Liangzuo's surrender and pardon his army's previous crimes, but Liu Department wanted to hand over the looted women and property.

Liu Liangzuo's troops had only 3000 soldiers, known as the "Three Thousand Cavalry", but there were nearly 3 accompanying troops, more than half of whom were civilian women and husbands who had been robbed recently.

Although Zuo Guangxian and Yang Zixiu's troops only have more than 2000 cavalry, they are all carefully selected elite soldiers, much stronger than the "three thousand cavalry" of Liu Liangzuo's department. In addition, Liu Liangzuo's department has no horse supply at all. The source is that the horses they rode were all rough horses used by the people to pull carts, which could not be compared with the Shaanxi horses used by the Shun Army.

The loss of Huaiyuan County shocked Liu Liangzuo's troops, and they didn't even hear the news of the sudden attack from the Shun Army.This also means that Liu Liangzuo's troops have completely lost the support of the local people. They can only be wiped out by the Shun army if they stay where they are, but if they disperse, they will definitely be wiped out by the local township soldiers.

It is impossible to return to Yangzhou, Gao Jie will not let go of this opportunity to annex them.Going south to join Huang Degong's department, Liu Liangzuo didn't know if his old partner would hand him over to Shunjun.The execution of the surrendered personnel by the Shun Army in Huaiyuan County also made Liu Liangzuo realize that the Shun Army didn't care whether he surrendered or not. Obviously there was a large army behind the Shun Army.

After confirming that people like himself had no other way to go, Liu Liangzuo simply surrendered to Zuo Guangxian. On August 8, Yang Zixiu's department arrived at Linhuai County, and Liu Liangzuo's department left the city to surrender.On the afternoon of the same day, Zuo Guangxian's troops also arrived in Linhuai, and held a banquet outside the city to appease Liu Liangzuo.

However, when Zuo Guang first hosted a banquet for Liu Liangzuo's generals, Liu Zhong, a thousand households of meritorious service, rushed into the banquet with people, intending to take away one of Liu Liangzuo's subordinates.Liu Liangzuo and others turned pale with shock, Zuo Guangxian also asked Liu Zhong what he wanted to do with some displeasure.After Liu Zhong saluted him, he reported: "Someone reported that after Liu Bu announced his surrender to our army, he went back and killed the three women and two girls who had been robbed, claiming that he would rather let them go to see the king of Hades than let them to our army.

What we agreed to pardon before was their past crimes. This is a new crime committed after the pardon, and the next officials will naturally act in accordance with the law.The next official is rude, so let's take him away first. "

Liu Liangzuo, Qin Dapeng and the others all turned their attention to Zuo Guangxian who was sitting at the table. Zuo Guangxian, who felt a little offended, couldn't help persuading him: "Even so, the generals of the Liu Department have just returned to our army, and their morale is not yet stable. Can he be detained first and tried later?"

Liu Zhong glanced at the general of Liu Liangzuo's department at the banquet, and then said to Zuo Guangxian seriously: "The Lord said that everyone is equal before the military law, and if you can't punish the general's military law, you can't punish the soldier. Since they have already told me If the army surrenders, it is natural to abide by the military law of our army.

As a meritorious family, the lower officials only consider whether anyone has violated the military law, and will not consider whether anyone in the army has made trouble because of it.What's more, since this person dared to openly confront our Dashun military law, if he can't be punished and follow his example, what discipline can there be in the army? "

After Liu Zhong finished speaking, he bowed to Zuo Guang first, then turned around and ordered the sin general to be taken away.Zuo Guang was silent for a long time, put down his wine glass and said to everyone at the table: "I feel unwell, so let's end today's banquet. Everyone, please do your own thing."

Liu Liangzuo and Qin Dapeng led their subordinates away from the Zuojun camp. They were silent all the way, and no one mentioned the lieutenant general who had just been captured at the banquet.In fact, some people still think that this is really a bastard, and even if he surrenders and finds trouble for himself, he is courting death.

The guerrillas that Liu Zhong took away were sentenced to death that night, and then more than 2 military subordinates in Liu Liangzuo's army were demobilized within two days, and 1 people were dismissed. After Yinzi formed a team and arranged to go home, Liu Liangzuo's troops quickly shrank to less than 7 people.

Under Liu Zhong's suggestion, Qin Dapeng took more than 7000 military dependents to Xuzhou for resettlement. After all, their reputation in the local area was already notorious, and the local people did not accept Liu Liangzuo's troops to stay there.The remaining 2600 people were divided into three battalions, led by Shen Bao, Cao Hu, and Hu Shoujin, while Liu Liangzuo stayed with Zuo Guangxian to consult with his staff.

After the Shun Army took over Linhuai, envoys were sent from surrounding counties such as Fengyang, Shouxian, Dingyuan, and Changfeng, hoping to surrender to the Shun Army.Zuo Guang shilled Cao Ying to take Suzhou Xuezheng Wangyu to receive and appease the counties, while he himself joined Liu Fangxing and Ding Qiguang who rushed to Linhuai and set off along the Huaihe River towards Sihong and Xuyi in the east.

Chapter 125 Construction of Base Area

At the same time, the Marshal's Mansion in Xuzhou was not idle either. On the afternoon when Zuo Guangxian and his team headed for Suzhou, Zhang Nai and Li Jing brought three groups of troops, as well as Qiu Junsun, Qiu Lei, He Duiji, and others. Li Sicheng, Xu Ye and others went to Suqian. First, they carried out the final reorganization of Jin Shenghuan's tribe. Second, they used Suqian as a base to appease Sihong, Siyang, Huai'an, Shuyang, Haizhou, and Andongwei.

Li Zicheng also changed the structure of left and right ministers in the civil government to a cabinet structure, and set up seven people, Yang Chengyu, Gu Junen, Zhang Jiayu, Zhou Lianggong, Wang Zeyao, Gong Weiliu, and Jiang Chen, to participate in politics. However, unlike the cabinet of the Ming Dynasty, Li Zicheng confirmed the chief participation in politics. The overall responsibility system and the scope of work that the other six political parties are mainly responsible for can be regarded as improving the efficiency of the cabinet.

He also set up the secretariat of the civil government, with Zhou Zhong, Ye Tingxiu, Fu Yijian and others handling the clerical work of the civil government. In addition to recording the content of every meeting of the government, the secretariat also has an extremely important job, which is to send and receive documents .In other words, documents that are not sent and received by the Secretariat are legally invalid, but the Secretariat has no right to process the documents by itself.

When Li Zicheng set up such a useless rule, he told all the political participants that he did not think he could overturn the resolution unanimously passed by the seven political participants of the civil government, but he refused to admit that one of the political participants issued an announcement of the civil government in his own name.

While making changes to the structure of the civil government, Li Zicheng also appointed the governors of Shandong, Henan, and Huguang, which can be regarded as changing back the old official system of Dashun and temporarily implementing the old system of Daming.Li Zicheng had no choice but to do so. Adopting the official titles of the Tang Dynasty may have connotations, but after nearly 300 years of Ming rule, the common people have long been unclear about the meaning of these official positions.

What Li Zicheng and Niu Jinxing think of as retro is chaos in the eyes of ordinary people, who don't know which government office to go to when they have a problem.This also means that Dashun's regime is out of touch with the common people, and a yamen that the common people cannot understand naturally loses its authority. These are not officials. When something happens, they still like to find the officials and gentry of Ming Dynasty who have stepped down.

Li Zicheng couldn't reach those places in Shaanxi and Shanxi for the time being, so he first changed the provinces of Shandong and Henan around him, and Huguang only sent a governor to slowly change them.Zuo Maotai was the governor of Shandong, and Ding Kuichu was the governor of Henan. As for Chen Qianfu, the governor of Henan, and Zhang Jinyan, the governor of Henan, who were appointed by Nanjing, Li Sheng, the military supervisor, and Yuan Shu, the Daliang soldiers, were all sent to Xuzhou by him.