Lin Chengcheng laughed and said: "The chieftain's order to shave his head is really self-destructive. This is God's intention to make the King of Jin dominate the sea."
He Zhen then introduced various situations of Milayin's resistance against the Qing Dynasty in Longxi. Originally, when Milayin just returned to Longxi, although he had a capable army entrusted to him by the King of Jin, his combat effectiveness was quite strong, but because of this
The army was isolated and in a very dangerous situation. It could be cut off, attacked and destroyed by the Qing army at any time.
However, since Dorgon issued the hair-cutting order, local bandits have emerged in droves from all over the northwest. And more than half of these local bandits have received covert support or direct help from many Han officials and gentry.
Those officials and gentry who were trapped in the Guanzhong and were unwilling to leave with the Dashun army, but also did not want to shave their heads and abide by the Qing system, many of them participated in the northwest bandit group.
They gathered in the mountains and forests, formed strongholds to protect themselves, each gathered thousands of people, and invaded and plundered the cities, causing Wu Sangui to be disturbed.
Although Wu Sangui supervised the troops several times to fight against them personally, annihilated thousands of "Tu bandits", and captured and killed many famous Tu bandit leaders, he almost put an end to the problem of Tu bandits in the northwest for a time.
However, Milayin quickly changed his strategy and stopped the reform of the camp field law in the "guerrilla zone" of Longxi. Instead, he provided various subsidies and subsidies to the officials and gentry who had taken refuge in Longxi to help them settle in the Longxi area controlled by the Shun Army.
Taking advantage of the social connections of these people in the northwest area, they constantly launched mutinies by the former Ming Dynasty soldiers, or instigated "Tu bandits" and the Dashun army to take joint military actions.
With Milayin's capable and powerful Dashun troops as the backbone, the "Tu bandits" in the northwest are no longer like Wu Sangui's past situation, where they could be easily suppressed by sending hundreds of men.
In the past, the "Tu bandits" in the northwest were mostly ordinary people who were motivated by righteousness and gathered under the banner of resisting the Qing Dynasty and restoring the Ming Dynasty. They had no military capabilities at all, so they were massacred and burned by the Qing army. They had very few weapons and lacked organization and relevant information.
In military training, hundreds of Qing soldiers can often pacify thousands of "local bandits", and often only a few casualties occur after pacifying one area.
The civilians had weak or even no fighting capacity. The Qing army could easily massacre and suppress them. But on the other hand, because the main force was civilians, they could not be killed. As long as they did not kill all the civilians, a group of anti-Qing righteous people were often suppressed.
Another group then continued to rise up to resist the tyranny of the Qing Dynasty, which in turn caused the scope and duration of the Qing army's massacre to expand like a snowball, until most of the local population was wiped out, and then it came to an end.
After a little time, most of the gentry and the people were able to clearly recognize the true face of the so-called Righteous King Wu Sangui, no longer deceived by his rhetorical claims of "restoring the Ming", and finally devoted themselves to the cause of jointly resisting the Qing Dynasty with Mila Yin.
With the Milayin Division as the backbone, the combat effectiveness of the northwest "Tu bandits" was immediately greatly improved. Lintao Prefecture, Taozhou Guard, Minzhou Guard, and the area bordering Hanzhong in the south of Gongchang Prefecture, all became
The area where the Dashun Army in Longxi was actively active.
Mi Layin set up a military headquarters in the old Taozhou Village, with the Taoshui River Basin area as the core of the old battlefield where Li Zicheng was defeated by Zuo Guangxian in the past. He sent troops out of Wuzhu Mountain and Shouyang Mountain, and constantly connected with Gongchang, and raised troops in Pingliang area.
The "local bandits" armed forces often harassed Guyuan and Fengxiang's western border, which made Wu Sangui overwhelmed.
Lin Chengcheng still asked with some worry:
"The Wu thief is a famous general of the Ming army. If the Donglu invaders attack vigorously, General Mi's division will be alone in Taozhou. I'm afraid it will be difficult to resist, right?"
He Zhen and Miao Lichen looked at each other in silence, and He Zhen replied:
"This is indeed the case. Now Wu Sangui has not sent troops to suppress Taozhou. It is probably because the Qing army is still busy consolidating the more valuable control areas such as northern Shaanxi and southern Shaanxi, and has not yet had time to enter Gansu, let alone the border areas around Taozhou.
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However, we estimate that when Wu Sangui can free his hands, His Highness the King of Jin will probably launch a large-scale counterattack in the Central Plains. By then, I think it is difficult to say who is the host and who is the guest."
Lin Chengcheng nodded. Although He Zhen spoke very optimistically, he could still see from the look on He Zhen's face that they had no particularly high hopes about whether Milayin could persist in resisting the Qing Dynasty in Longxi for a long time.
hope.
It seems that the Dashun Army's retention of troops in Longxi was mainly to contain and block the Qing army's control of Shaanxi.
Only Hanzhong, which directly borders Huguangda Base Camp, is the core area of Dashun with higher value.
However, although Hanzhong is easy to defend and difficult to attack, the current situation in Hanzhong is actually very embarrassing. Needless to say, Wu Sangui to the north of Hanzhong is a powerful enemy of the Shun Army, while to the south of Hanzhong, the army is being prepared day by day.
Zhang Xianzhong, who had avenged his shame, was also very difficult to deal with.
Lin Chengcheng directly stated his purpose of coming:
"The King of Jin commissioned me to come to the Han Dynasty. Both of you should know his intention, right? The main enemy of Dashun is still the Qing army, so the King of Jin hopes that if possible, we can temporarily shake hands with Xiying and make peace, and face the enemy together."
He Zhen raised her eyebrows and said: "Xi Ming's territory is not bordering the Qing army, how can we fight against the enemy together? The King of Jin took it for granted."
Miao Lichen also said: "In recent times, Zhang Xianzhong sent his adopted son Dongwang Sun Kewang to take charge of Baoning. It is said that he was reorganizing the army and arranging troops, and he still looked like he wanted to capture Hanzhong.
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He Zhen complained again: "Not only that, during this period Zhang Xianzhong often sent those damn Catholic missionaries to Hanzhong, posting strange posters everywhere, saying something like, 'Encourage the world to worship God and encourage people to practice good deeds.
If people in the world are willing to worship God, there will be no difficulty. For those who do not worship God, snakes and tigers will hurt people. Those who respect God are not allowed to worship other gods. Those who worship other gods are guilty.' Such nonsense."
Lin Chengcheng, as one of the coaches of the 5th Battalion of Ge Zuo, could be regarded as an old friend of Zhang Xianzhong, but he did not expect that Zhang Xianzhong would become so neurotic after he believed in Catholicism.
Fortunately, the Dashun regime in Wuchang also employed many Jesuit missionaries, and Lin Chengcheng was not completely ignorant of this:
"This is the Western God-Worshiping Cult. I heard Zhang Guang, director of the Military Academy in Wuchang, teach a lot of doctrines, which are similar to the White Lotus Cult.
When Zhang Xianzhong was in Fengyang, he used the local White Lotus Sect and claimed to be the Ancient Yuan True Dragon Emperor. Now he is using this Heavenly Father Sect to build momentum, so there is nothing strange about it."
He Zhen ordered her soldiers to fetch many missionary leaflets torn down by Dashun soldiers. What were written on them were: "Heavenly Father and God are shared by everyone, and the world is one family. It has been passed down from ancient times", "All the people in the world are brothers, and the souls are the same."
From heaven, God sees all as innocent, and so on and so forth.
Lin Chengcheng looked amused, but he was also very surprised that missionaries from the Ximing Dynasty could go deep into Hanzhong and even post these propaganda lists to the capital of Hanzhong Prefecture.
Miao Lichen drooped his eyes and said: "These missionaries are indeed good men. They are not afraid of difficulties and do not hesitate to die. They look like they are indifferent and courageous. There is no gain in killing them, so we have to lock them and go ahead."
Put him in jail and keep him under guard."
Lin Chengcheng sighed: "What kind of magic is this Heavenly Father's teaching? It is so powerful that even the eight kings are possessed by a demon. But King Jin has entrusted me with an important task to relieve the worries of the Dashun Army.
I think we should send an envoy to Sichuan to have a look... these missionaries may be able to lead the way."
He Zhen muttered: "Well... there is no point in killing those missionaries, and there is no point in locking them in the prison all the time. If I can help you, it would be good to send them to contact Zhang Xianzhong."
"Speaking of which," Lin Chengcheng asked again, "Since the Xi Ming army invaded Hanzhong from the north and was defeated by you, brother, what kind of situation is Zhang Xianzhong's side facing now?"
As soon as Lin Chengcheng mentioned He Zhen's glorious deeds in Hanzhong where he defeated the tens of thousands of troops of King Guangen, the wing king of Ximing, with three thousand elite soldiers, He Zhen laughed heartily.
When He Zhen thought about this, she said with some satisfaction:
"I heard that the false King Guang'en was the enemy of the late emperor in the past? It is said that he once harmed our King Jin in Yiling! Fortunately, he was defeated by me this time, which can be regarded as avenging King Jin's revenge in Yiling.
After this man escaped back to Chengdu, it is said that he was dragged to the Chengdu school field by Zhang Xianzhong without any relief, and was given a hundred blows with a big stick! I'm afraid half of his life was lost."
Miao Lichen, an honest person, was also amused by He Zhen's exaggerated tone. He rarely joked:
"You took care of Wang Guangen and avenged the old vengeance for the Lord. I think this is your achievement of becoming a marquis."
He Zhen said proudly: "Don't dare, don't dare. If the King of Jin comes to Hanzhong in person, how can Wang Guangen still have the chance to hide back to Chengdu?"
Lin Chengcheng looked south to the direction of Bashu. After Ximing was hit by the defeat of Hanzhong, it seemed that Zhang Xianzhong was not discouraged, but instead stepped up his military training. Then he would really let go of his old grudges with Dashun.