On January 6, the 20th year of Chongzhen, the Rongjiang waterway in Liuzhou was crowded with ships of all sizes. Groups of people and baggage boarded the ships in an orderly manner. They divided the ships into groups of eight and filled them up.
Set sail as a team.
From a distance, it looks like someone is throwing beans into a pot, batch after batch.
This is Zhu Hengjia's army to aid Guizhou, totaling 110,000 people: 60,000 soldiers and 50,000 civilians.
The army assembled and boarded ships in Liuzhou, Guangxi, marched by land and water, along the Rong River, Fulu River, and Guzhou River, entered Duyun Prefecture, Guizhou, and then took the land route via Xintianwei to Guiyang.
The reason why the number of civilians is less than the number of regular soldiers is because Zhu Hengjia organized eight battalions of 30,000 vehicle and artillery battalions among his 60,000 soldiers. They can not only install artillery, but also transport food, which greatly reduces the number of soldiers.
Number of civilian husbands.
Each battalion has 3,750 people and 150 side cars. One car is a team, 3 teams are a team, 2 teams are sentries, 5 posts are a general, and 5 generals are a battalion. 1 car has 125 people, including 12 gunners.
, 6 people in the car and 6 people in the car.
This kind of sidecar has a shaft length of 1.3 feet, a width of 0.9 feet, and a height of 0.75 feet. The carriage is made of thin plates, and a blunderbuss is placed on the carriage. The left and right sides match each other, the front and rear are connected, and the hooks and rings hold each other. It carries clothes, food, and equipment.
Antlers.
Each vehicle uses two deer antlers, one foot and three feet long. During combat, they are placed fifteen steps away from the vehicle array as peripheral fortifications. Between every two vehicles, there is a horse-gun and a horse-gun with twelve long spears.
, fill the gaps, and surround the upper and lower sides of the frame with cotton tents to prevent arrows.
Historically, Sun Chengzong's carriage camp at the end of the Ming Dynasty had 6,600 soldiers, 1,984 muskets and 344 artillery pieces. However, it could not defeat the Qing army. The main reason was that they were all equipped with small Franco machine cannons.
, fire blunderbuss are mostly three-eyed blunderbuss with low power and short range. These firearms are difficult to carry out powerful firing, and have low power and short range, so the Qing army can defend them by using launch vehicles.
The Qing army's carriage consists of two layers of wooden boards, two layers of sand, and two layers of cotton quilts. Under the cover of the carriage, the Qing army's white and red Bayala heavy armored infantry can easily approach these wheelbarrows and two-wheeled oxen.
Cars, followed by hand-to-hand combat, the Ming army could not withstand the Qing heavy armored infantry assault. After moving away the resisting horses and opening a breakthrough, the Eight Banners heavy armored cavalry would charge in from the breakthrough. The ensuing battle basically meant that the Ming army began to collapse, and the Eight Banners
The light cavalry began to gallop and shoot arrows in a one-sided pursuit.
Many people have the impression that the Qing army is dominated by cavalry. However, in fact, the Qing army relied most on carts, firearms and heavy armored infantry in combat. The Ming army even commented that the Manchu cavalry was inferior, and its operations mainly relied on carts and muskets. p>
In the bloody battle of the Hunhe River in history, the four right-wing banners of the Later Jin Dynasty attacked without waiting for the arrival of the carriages. As a result, they suffered heavy losses from the Ming army.
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In Guizhou, there are no sunny days and no land is three feet flat. Despite the convenience of water transportation, Zhu Hengjia’s army still took more than a month to reach Guiyang.
The first thing is to appease the people of Guizhou.
First, Zhang Yao, the governor of Guizhou who had meritorious service in guarding the territory, was promoted to governor of Guizhou; counselor Zeng Yi was appointed envoy of Guizhou; Pi Xiong was appointed Duke Kuang; and An Kun was promoted to the second-level general of the country.
Chen Ruizheng was also posthumously named Yi Yongbo, and Huang Ma was named General Dingguo.
In order to win over Pi Xiong and An Kun, the two powerful local factions, Zhu Hengjia specially ordered the clan government to confirm the title of Princess Han of Pi Xiong's daughter; he also named An Kun's wife Lu Tianxiang the imperial concubine.
To Li Mingzhong's surprise, Zhu Hengjia did not hold Li Mingzhong responsible for the defeat, but only asked him to make meritorious service and fight well.
The second thing is to treat everyone to a meal. Treat all the toasts from Guizhou to a meal.
Zhu Hengjia didn't ask for much. He didn't ask them to send troops to help him defend Guiyang like An Kun. As long as they were honest and didn't cause trouble for him.
What? In Guizhou, change the status quo and return to local status? Don’t even think about it. In the face of a powerful enemy, if you try to change local status and return to local status, that would be like hanging yourself, because you think your life will be too long!
For native officials in the Ming Dynasty, the military titles included Xuanwei Division, Xuanfu Division, Recruitment Division, Appeasement Division, and Chief Justice Division; the civil service titles included the names of prefectures, prefectures, and counties.
How many toasts are there in Guizhou?
According to the records of "History of the Ming Dynasty and Geography VII", there are Xuanwei Division One, namely Guizhou Xuanwei Division; there are seventy-six chief official divisions, including twenty-one barbarian chief official divisions (there is no difference between long official divisions and barbarian chief official divisions, they are under the rule of The number of local residents is different. Those with more than 400 households will be prosecuted, and those with less than 400 households will be prosecuted by barbarians.
Pu'an chieftain Long Ji Zhao, Long Jizuo, Long Jixiang; Wusha chieftain An Zhongsheng; Langdai chieftain Longfan jade; Guiyang chieftain Luo Dashun??
So many! There are so many! There are dozens of tables for the banquet!
After dinner, Zhu Hengjia summoned An Kun, the Guizhou comfort envoy, alone.
"An Qing, Guiyang was saved this time thanks to An Qing's efforts!" Zhu Hengjia was full of praise for An Kun.
"This is all about overseeing the prosperity of the country. The officers and soldiers serve their lives, and the ministers dare not take credit." An Kun answered politely and respectfully.
Zhu Hengjia looked at An Kun: What a blessing!
This person is about twenty years old, with a boyish appearance and a wealthy appearance. His eyebrows are like willows, his body is like a jade tree, his pupils are dark, and his nose is high.
What's even more rare is that this person knows how to advance and retreat, and he doesn't dare to take credit for himself.
Zhu Hengjia nodded: The four major chieftains in Guizhou, the Tian family, the Yang family, and the Song family, were all wiped out in the Ming Dynasty as they returned to their hometowns one generation after another. Only the An family survived. This is inseparable from their caution. of.
But this An Kun is good at everything, but his bones are too soft. Historically, as soon as Hong Chengchou and Wu Sangui arrived in Guizhou, An Kun surrendered to the Qing Dynasty, and even led the Qing army to take a small road to occupy Guiyang City. In order to flatter the Qing Dynasty, An Kun even sent troops to attack Anti-Qing armed forces. However, the ambitious Wu Sangui took a fancy to An Kun's property and territory, captured An Kun and occupied Shuixi.
Zhu Hengjia decided to give An Kun some advice: "Why did An Qing, Cen Huang of Guangdong and Guangxi, and Tian Yang of Si Bo perish?"
An Kun was shocked when he heard this. The four families of Tian, Yang, Cen and Huang were equally famous and were once the four largest chieftains in the southwest. The Tian family in Sizhou rebelled and were destroyed by Emperor Yongle; the Yang family in Bozhou rebelled and were destroyed by Emperor Wanli; The Cen and Huang families in Guangxi rebelled and were destroyed by Zhu Hengjia.
The supervisor asked me why these four families perished. Do they suspect that I have treason?
An Kun hurriedly knelt down: "Supervise the country, the Shuixi An family has always been loyal to the Ming Dynasty!"
"Oh, An Qing, you misunderstood what I meant."
Zhu Hengjia hurriedly helped An Kun up: "What I mean is that the reason why these four families perished is because they only have interests in their hearts and have no loyalty; and the Shuixi An family has survived until now because you have settled down for generations." Everyone has a loyal heart. In the past, the noble ancestor Mrs. Shexiang and Taizu made an alliance, and they would never betray each other from generation to generation. I hope that Anqing and Gu will still be like this. Daming will always be Shuixi's strong backing , Shuixi will always be the copper and iron wall of the Ming Dynasty."
After hearing this, An Kun was greatly moved and declared that he would swear allegiance to the Ming Dynasty.
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A century-old court, a thousand-year chieftain.
Shuixi'an's is not a simple, serious shop with a history of thousands of years.
Let’s start with a legend from two thousand years ago.
During the Zhou Dynasty, the leader of the Yi people (called Guangxi in the Ming Dynasty, Luo in Yunnan, and Yi nationally) gave birth to six sons, known as the Sixth Patriarch in history, who commanded Wu, Zha, Nuo, and Heng respectively. , the six tribes of Bu and Mo.
The Wu tribe and the Cha tribe moved to the south and west of Yunnan; the Nuo tribe and the Heng tribe moved to Sichuan; the Bu tribe moved to Qujing and Xuanwei, Yunnan; and the Mo tribe moved to Bijie and Shuixi.
Mu Qiqi, the leader of the Mo tribe, is the youngest son of Apu Dumu and the ancestor of the Shuixian clan.
Let’s look at some historical facts from more than 1,400 years ago.
More than 1,400 years ago, during Zhuge Liang's "Seven Captures of Meng Huo", Luo Shi, the ancestor of the An family, helped Zhuge Liang defeat Meng Huo and was named King of Luodian.
Shui Xi'an's original surname is Luo.
After the establishment of the Ming Dynasty, Aicui, the leader of the Shuixi Luo clan, surrendered to Zhu Yuanzhang, the founder of the Ming Dynasty.
In order to show her loyalty to the Ming Dynasty, Aicui changed her surname "Luo" to the Chinese surname "An". From then on, the Shuixi Luo family became the Shuixi An family.
The Ming Dynasty established Guizhou Xuanwei Division in the areas of Shuixi'an clan and Shuidong Song clan, which were ranked higher than other Xuanwei clans. The residence of Guizhou Xuanwei Division was in Guizhou City (Guiyang).
Later, the Song family in Shuidong was disobedient, and Emperor Yongle destroyed the Song family and returned Shuidong to the land. Guiyang became the direct jurisdiction of the Ming Dynasty, while Shuixi was still under the management of the An family.
Descendants of the An family have served as ambassadors to Guizhou for generations.
After the death of Ju Mu (chief) Aicui of the Shuixi'an clan, his son was very young. At the end of the 21st year of Hongwu, Taizu issued an edict, allowing Aicui's wife Shexiang to act as regent for Guizhou's Xuanwei envoy.
This is the famous Lady Shexiang in history, the legend of Shuixi.
She opened a partial bridge to the east of Shuidong to reach Wumeng, Wusha, Rongshan, Caotang and other areas, and established Longchang Nine Stations. She made important contributions to the Ming Dynasty's further consolidation of the southwest frontier power.
What's even more rare is that she puts national interests above personal honor and disgrace.
Ma Ye, the governor of Guizhou in the Ming Dynasty, wanted to wipe out all Luo in Guizhou and return to his native land. He deliberately whipped Shexiang for a trivial matter, hoping to provoke the Xi'an family to rebel. "So he used things to attack Xiang and provoked soldiers. Zhuluo was angry. She wanted to rebel. She took the overall situation into consideration and dissuaded her subordinates. In order to save the people in Shuixi from suffering from the war, she personally went to Nanjing to meet with Taizu, told Ma Ye about his violent change, and vowed to serve the Ming Dynasty and open up Xibi for generations to come. Protect the environment. In the end, Taizu avenged Shexiang and beheaded Ma Ye.
Taizu and Mrs. Shexiang, a model of national unity.
Zhu Hengjia hopes that he and An Kun can do the same.
"Ankun, Ankun, if the Qing army attacks Guizhou, you must resist it and don't surrender to the Qing like in history!" Zhu Hengjia prayed.
