The Southern Ming army has passed Luliang Mountain. Although the generals of the Ming army were in a mess of intrigues, when everyone saw the millions of taels of silver entrusted by Bo He, the morale of the entire army immediately changed significantly.
An army that was originally disorganized suddenly cheered up.
Especially the two Jiangbei warlord troops led by Gao Qian and Liu Liangzuo, all the soldiers seemed to have a cannibalistic blazing light in their eyes.
That’s white cash!
It’s millions of taels of cash!
The legend about Dashun's army plundering the world and amassing tens of millions of silver, and all the rumors about breaking into the king's treasure house, at this moment, of course, were unquestionable facts in the eyes of the Nanming soldiers.
"Kill Xuzhou! Kill Henan... Bah, it's the Northern Expedition to the Central Plains, the Northern Expedition to Henan!"
Liu Liangzuo was so excited that he forgot all about it, as if the mountains and seas of gold and silver treasures had already flowed to his hands. There was no need for a fierce bloody battle, but he just stretched out his hand and gave it a gentle push or a gentle squeeze.
You can hold such a wealth in your hands that is boasted all over the world.
Gao Qian seemed a little more reserved, he just smiled complacently and said:
"In ancient times, when the Jin Dynasty and the Song Dynasty crossed south, how could there be such mighty martial arts and great achievements as ours? The Northern Expeditionary Army did not cross the Huaihe River, and their troops had not yet tried their luck in the Central Plains. However, the Western invaders were already frightened, and the Eastern captives were even more afraid.
He was timid before fighting, and thought of himself as a vassal of the Ming Dynasty and a vassal state of the Ming Dynasty.
Since Wanli, all the emperors of the past dynasties, seeing the grand occasion of the Northern Expedition today, will definitely be able to close their eyes and contemplate the perfection of the country."
The officers and soldiers of the Northern Expedition were all dazzled by Dorgon's exaggerated promises, while Ma Shiying was intoxicated by the greatness of using his "diplomatic magic" to make famous Donglu chiefs surrender.
Ma Shiying stood on the bow of the boat. The Si River met the Bian River from the west in the northeast of Xuzhou City and then continued to flow southeast out of Xuzhou. Due to the limitations of the mountains on both sides, the river was narrow, forming several rapids and dangerous shoals.
The boulders are entrenched, the rocks are dirty, and the Biansi River flows over it, roaring with rage, and the roaring waves, rushing down quickly. The giant warships of the Ming Dynasty reached this section of rapid and dangerous shoals, and it was no longer possible to continue northward.
The outer flood of dangerous shoals such as the Xuzhou Flood flows from the northeast to the southwest, and the water channel is relatively wide. There are huge rocks in the water, and on the floodplain on the west bank, there are as many big rocks as a flock of sheep. The middle flood flows from north to south and slightly westward, and then turns eastward to meet the inner flood.
When they meet, the water channel is relatively narrow and can only accommodate one boat.
When the water rises every year, the boulders are submerged in the water, which does not hinder boating. When the water is half gone, boats can be used within the three lanes.
And when the water is completely gone like today's dry season, neither the Moon River nor the external flood is feasible, and only the middle flood is barely feasible. However, some of the strange rocks are exposed out of the water, and some are semi-hidden in the water. If a ship accidentally hits it, it will
Overturned and addicted.
As a result, the ships of the Ming army docked one after another outside Lulianghong in the south of Xuzhou City. Ma Shiying got off the ship surrounded by guards, and then many generals from the Northern Expeditionary Army, as well as the accompanying Jinling court officials, also followed
Get off the boat.
In the Ming Dynasty, Xuzhou was located at the intersection of the Yellow River and the Yellow River. The siltation and migration of the Yellow River had a great impact on Xuzhou, often causing two floods to overflow or the water flow to be shallow.
In order to coordinate the relationship between the two floods and the Yellow River and ensure the smooth flow of water transportation, the imperial court took a series of measures in the early days of the People's Republic of China, established a special management agency and staffed it with full-time personnel. Among them, there were more than 100 Shaoshui people in Xuzhou and nearly a thousand Hongfu people.
, acquaintance with dozens of people. Lu
Liang Hong had more servants than Xuzhou Hong. Among them, there were thousands of Hongfu at the upper gate of Luliang Hong and hundreds of slaves at Shaoshui. There were 500 Hongfu at the lower gate of Lulianghong and hundreds at Shaoshui. They were all natives of Xuzhou.
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The work of trackers is very hard, and they are constantly moving from spring to autumn. Therefore, when the Dashun Army occupied Xuzhou, most of these extremely hard-working trackers went directly to the Chuang camp. Some of them joined the regular army of the Dashun Army, and some
He was retained by Ma Bao, who was then the governor of Shandong Province, and became one of the backbones of the Dashun Canal management organization.
Although in the past, the Ming Dynasty carried out large-scale dredging work almost every year to carry out large-scale management of the two floods, dams, embankments, etc., they could not eradicate the danger of the two floods, so they reopened the Ba River.
During the Wanli period, Li Hualong opened the Ya River and avoided the danger of two floods in the Yellow River for more than 200 miles.
This is undoubtedly a good policy, but it also resulted in most water ships no longer passing through Xu. Lv Erhong went northward, and only the returning ships from the south passed by. During the period, although the Yellow River floods still affected the second flood, the status of water transportation during the second flood declined.
, the imperial court also neglected management.
During the Tianqi period, Xuzhou City suffered the most serious flood in history, and the old city was buried. This was not unrelated to the excavation of the Ya River and the decline in the status of the Second Flood Water Transport.
It can be said that until the first year of Guangzhong, the last twenty years of the Ming Dynasty completely failed to manage the intersection of Huang and Yun, which also caused the people of Xuzhou to suffer. The great flood in the Tianqi year is still fresh in the memory of the locals.
Most of the ship trackers were either unemployed due to the diversion of water transport, or were enduring extremely hard work. Naturally, they would not have a good view of the Northern Expeditionary Army coming from afar at this time.
Not to mention the soldiers and horses of the Jiangbei warlords, even Huang Degong's troops, most of them were very disciplined and brutal. They burned, killed and looted wherever they went, which was only a little better than the Qing army.
Now that a large number of ships have docked in Lulianghong, Ma Shiying even ordered a large number of trackers to be recruited to help the Ming army tow the ships. If they were given enough money and food, these coolie trackers would not have any grievances. The problem was that the Ming army had newly acquired Donglu.
"Sui Gong", but this huge sum of money was divided up by the warlords of several major feudal towns in the blink of an eye. Even Ma Shiying himself didn't have much money left in his hands, let alone the coolies?
There were crowds of people beside the canal, and silhouettes flickered. Dozens and hundreds of people stepped off each battleship one after another. The army gathered more and more, and the momentum became more and more powerful. Ma Shiying did not realize that the Ming army came from afar and was hostile to the disadvantage. Instead, because it made him
Donglu became a vassal and received annual tribute, and his generous and complacent momentum reached its peak.
He couldn't help but chant:
"The roots of Yu's chisel are still there, and the sky has set up dangerous and strong gates. The mountain shape rushes across the Yellow River, and the water vapor is cloudy and the day is dark.
Jia Ke is running Suiyanji, and the people on the boat are offering sacrifices to Shi Longzun. There are no waves in the surrounding areas, and he smiles and points to the green curtain to buy wine bottles."
In the early spring, Luliang Mountain and the vicinity of Lulianghong were full of undulating peaks and neat forests. Gao Qian had already sent some soldiers to seize the commanding heights of Luliang Mountain and build camps in steep places. The breeze blew through the mountains and forests, and the soldiers climbed up to overlook the vast forest sea.
As far as the eye can see, the roaring pines and waves are extremely spectacular.
"Since ancient times, there has never been such a grand event as our Northern Expedition in the country of southern crossing." Ma Shiying sighed, "The Eastern captives have already surrendered to the imperial court, and they still want to give us millions of taels of silver and hundreds of thousands of taels of gold every year.
Sui Gong, isn't this an unprecedented success during the Song Dynasty's peaceful rejuvenation and Yongxi's Northern Expedition?"
"ZTE has been completed, and Mr. Ge should be the first to take the lead!"
A group of courtiers who followed Ma Shiying in his Northern Expedition all congratulated him cheerfully, and several eunuchs who oversaw the army were also smiling. In the eyes of the Ming army, the Qing army was certainly stronger than the Dashun army, but the Qing and Shun armies were at a stalemate.
Of course it is the best. Now that Dorgon has sent so much gold and silver, it seems that the imperial court's "strategy of two tigers competing against each other" has been completely successful.