Zhang Xianzhong had been recruited by the Ming Dynasty several times, so it is not surprising that Zhang Kewang said this.
The Daxi Emperor was born in Dingbian, Shaanxi Province. He also read books when he was young, and later sold dates with his father. When he grew up, he worked as a policeman. He was dismissed for some reasons, and then went to Yansui Town to join the army. He was executed for violating military regulations.
Later, Shangguan Chen Hongfan interceded, and he was beaten with a hundred military sticks and expelled from the army. From then on, he lived in the countryside.
This is a complete thorn, or a scoundrel.
In the third year of Chongzhen's reign, Zhang Xianzhong gathered peasants in his hometown to riot and called himself the Eight Kings. Because of his thin body and face, he was called Huang Hu among the yellow army. From then on, he moved to the Central Plains.
He was the strongest of the thirty-six battalions led by Wang Ziyong, and was also one of the thirteen battalions later led by Gao Yingxiang. He once captured Fengyang, demolished the Huangjue Temple where Zhu Yuanzhang became a monk, and also stripped Zhu Yuanzhang
The ancestral grave of the family.
In the ninth year of Chongzhen's reign, Gao Yingxiang was ambushed and captured, and was executed by Lingchi.
In ten years, Zhang Xianzhong, who had more than 100,000 troops, was also defeated and injured by Zuo Liangyu in Nanyang. He accepted Xiong Wencan's recruitment in Gucheng, but refused to accept reorganization and deployment, and still retained 40,000 troops.
In the 12th year, the rebel flag was raised again. In the 13th year of Chongzhen, Zhang Xianzhong, who was frustrated again, led his troops to Sichuan for the second time. In the 14th year, he left Sichuan and fought in Huguang. In the 17th year, he entered Sichuan three times.
When Zhang Xianzhong entered Sichuan, he originally wanted to use Bashu as his base camp, connect Huguang to Huguang, collect Yunnan and Guizhou, compete for Guanlong, and then conquer the world.
But who would have expected that the situation would change so quickly.
Because they had the experience of being recruited, Zhang Kewang and others felt that Zhang Xianzhong wanted to repeat his old tricks to buy time.
"Send someone to Mingying as an envoy!"
Zhang Xianzhong planned to take it one step at a time. The current situation would not be good for him if he continued to fight. It would be a dead end and he would have to find another way out.
"Your Majesty's conditions?"
Zhang Xianzhong twisted his long beard, and his thin yellow face was also very tangled.
"Didn't Emperor Ming say that he would make me the King of Yunnan and grant him the eternal title of the town? Then I agree for the time being. I am willing to remove the imperial title, abdicate the throne and return to the vassal, move the town to Yunnan, and let the Sichuan Ming army make way for me. And
, stop the attack immediately."
"The men and horses of my 120th battalion in the Western Camp must still be under my control and not be reorganized or dispatched by the imperial court."
The four righteous sons Zhang Kewang, Zhang Wenxiu, Zhang Nengqi and Zhang Dingguo knew in their hearts that this was just a temporary measure.
The King of Anxi and Anxi General Zhang Dingguo were tall and burly. He stepped forward and suggested, "Why not ask the Ming court for our Western Army to march north to Guanzhong. It is called going north to defeat the Qing Dynasty. In fact, Shaanxi-Gansu is the hometown of our Western Army. Most of the soldiers are from Shaanxi and Gansu.
Our army is more accustomed to the soil and water of Shaanxi and Gansu, and as long as we reach Guanzhong, we will have more choices."
Zhang Xianzhong nodded, "You can mention it like this first, but the Ming court will definitely not be willing. Then we will agree to go south to Yunnan to attack the Sha Dingzhou rebellion."
Regardless of whether they go north or south, the prerequisite is that the Ming army must first stop the siege of Chengdu. As for when an agreement can be reached, this will take time.
Now that the Ming and Qing Dynasties were fighting, Zhang Xianzhong could take the opportunity of submitting to the peace treaty to temporarily rest and recuperate, redeploy his troops and horses, and lurk to wait for the opportunity.
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Kuizhou, Fengjie.
Baidi City.
When Liu Bei was defeated in his attack on Wu, he retreated to this place, where he left Zhuge alone and died.
Wen'an, the newly appointed governor of the five provinces of Shaanxi, Gansu, Yunnan, Guizhou, and Sichuan, is stationed here. Baidi City is located on the north bank of the Yangtze River at the mouth of Qutang Gorge. On Baidi Mountain, it faces Kuimen to the east, Baiyan Mountain to the south across the river, and Fengjie County to the west.
, leaning against Jigong Mountain to the north and at the western entrance of the Three Gorges of the Yangtze River.
Baidi City is a military fortress with extremely strong defensive capabilities.
It can be said to be the gateway to eastern Sichuan.
In later generations, due to the impoundment of the Three Gorges Reservoir, Baidi City became an isolated island in the Yangtze River.
At this time, the Baidi City still stood proudly on the edge of the Yangtze River. There was also a water village in the Qutang Gorge next to it, and inside it was the newly built Three Gorges Navy.
As a former Imperial Imperial College minister, Wen'an was originally just a literati master, but now he is running around in these troubled times due to the war, caring for the army and the people, and also managing food and wages. From being the governor of Yunyang to the governor of Pianyuan, and now the governor of the five provinces.
slightly.
It fully demonstrates that his performance has been fully affirmed by His Majesty the Southeast Emperor.
For overall consideration, Zhu Yihai now re-divided the war zones.
Taking Jiangsu and Zhejiang as one war zone, Fujian, Taiwan and Guangxi as one war zone, Jiangxi and Anhui as one war zone, Huguang and Henan as one war zone, and Shaanxi, Gansu, Yunnan, Guizhou and Sichuan as one war zone, there are five war zones in total.
Each appoints a supervisor and a manager to take charge.
Zhu Dadian oversaw Huguang and Henan, Wen'an oversaw Sichuan, Shaanxi, Yunnan, Guizhou and Gansu, Huang Daozhou oversaw Jiangxi and Anhui, and He Tengjiao oversaw Fujian, Taiwan and Guangxi. Zhu Yihai was personally in charge of Zhejiang Province.
Zhang Guowei summoned Huanzhong to join the cabinet to assist the government, and Zheng Zhilong entered the court.
When Wen Anzhi was in Yunyang, Pian Yuan's performance was very good. Although he was a scholar, he could always sit on the front line and was very good at managing food and wages. He himself was from Yiling, so Zhu Yihai gave him the task of managing the five provinces.
Sit in Baidi City.
His main task when entering Sichuan was to reorganize the various Ming armies in Bashu, straighten out order, and strengthen the offensive against Zhang Xianzhong.
Inspector Zhang Dai and Admiral Zuo Liangyu came to pay their respects in person.
Even Governor Wang Yingxiong and Governor Ma Gan also came.
The king ordered the flag board to come out, and Wen Anzhi came out holding Shangfang's sword, wearing a python gifted by the emperor and showing his majesty.
The emperor's decree was issued, and the civil and military officials knelt to receive it.
Admiral Qin Liangyu was awarded the title of President of the Military and Horses of the Five Provinces of Shaanxi and Gansu, was given the royal flag and Shang Fangjian, and was also the Admiral of the Imperial Camp in Sichuan and Shaanxi Provinces.
The five provinces of Shaanxi and Gansu are divided into a war zone, with Wen'an as the commander-in-chief, five governors and seven governors (Governors of Pianyuan and Yunyang, who are also dispatched by the governors of Shaanxi-Gansu and Huguang and Henan)
, seven patrol commanders, plus seven admirals, (Qin Liangyu is the president of the five provinces, the admiral of Sichuan, and the admiral of the imperial camp of Shaanxi and Gansu).
In addition, there are 26 separate patrol and military preparation roads in five provinces, including five in Shaanxi, eight in Gansu, six in Sichuan, four in Yunnan, and three in Guizhou, all of which are divided into patrol and military preparation.
Because the current situation in these five provinces is still relatively turbulent, the governor-cum-governor system has not yet been implemented, and each province has even set up a governor.
"Customized by the saint, the governor has five battalions, 2,500 combat troops, and 900 auxiliary troops. The governor has three battalions, 1,500 combat troops, and 540 auxiliary troops.
There are ten battalions of the president's standard battalion, five battalions of the admiral's standard battalion, two battalions of the patrol's standard battalion, and one battalion of the patrol's standard battalion.
In addition, there are two towns with garrison troops in each province, with ten battalions in each town, eight battalions of the two associations’ four standard battalions, and two battalions of the total military standard battalion.”
"The imperial camp in Shaanxi-Gansu Province has a total of 8,000 soldiers and 16 battalions, 4,000 infantry, 2,000 cavalry, and 2,000 navy."
This is the army establishment assigned by Emperor Zhu Yihai to the five provinces of the Shaanxi-Gansu War Zone, which is divided into standard camps and town camps.
The managers, presidents, governors, governors, inspectors, admirals, sub-inspectors, and general soldiers each have their own standard battalions, which are directly under the jurisdiction of the army.
Each province also has two town camps with 5,000 soldiers each, plus the imperial camp with 8,000 troops.
The number of troops provided is quite large.
There are two towns and camps in each of the five provinces, which adds up to 50,000. The governors are 3,400, and there are five.
There are two thousand and forty governors, seven in total, six thousand eight in presidents, seven in admirals, three thousand four in seven, one thousand three hundred six in patrols, seven in total, six hundred and eight in division, twenty-six.
There are 119 standard camps and 100 town camps. The total establishment is 219 battalions. Each battalion has 500 soldiers and 18 auxiliary soldiers.
The total number of combat troops in the five provinces is 109,500, and the auxiliary troops are 39,420.
In addition to the imperial camp, there are 16 battalions, 8,000 combat troops, and 2,888 auxiliary troops, a total of 10,880.
The five provinces have a total of 159,000 combat auxiliaries, with an average of less than 32,000 in each province.
This number is actually relatively large, but after all, it is wartime now, and there are many military leaders and rebels in various places, so Zhu Yihai has to arrange them properly and try to organize them as well as possible, which is also an urgent matter.
After the failure of the Huguang Wuzhong, Zhu Yihai is now reorganizing the local army with greater intensity.
Fortunately, he is now very powerful in the east.
Wen Anzhi and Qin Liangyu, one civil and one military, were responsible for the overall reorganization. The reorganization was mainly based on troops from Sichuan and Guanzhong and Hanzhong, including the Zhongzhen Camp in the Yunyang area.
Qin Liangyu, Duke of Shu, Taibao and Prince Taibao, president of the five provinces and governor of Sichuan, took the initiative to express that the five provinces really needed to be comprehensively planned and reorganized so that they could command and dispatch in a unified manner instead of fighting independently.
Wen Anzhi said that he would work with the provincial governors, governors, inspectors, administrative envoys, inspector envoys, sub-inspectors, etc. to rectify the taxation to ensure the supply of food and salary for the armies of the five provinces.
According to the emperor's decree, for the soldiers of the five provinces' armies, the auxiliary soldiers should be one, two, and five per month, the third-class soldiers should be two and a half, the second-class soldiers should be two and a half, and the first-class soldiers should be two and seven.
The camp pays half the salary during normal times, and some more during the New Year holidays.
The rations are much lower than those in the imperial camp, but no one has any objections.
Even if the third-class soldiers were paid two to one, they would still have seven cents of silver a day, plus three measures of food a month, which was still far higher than the original monthly salary of the imperial court, let alone the fact that the official salary had not been paid for a long time.
"The Imperial Camp has sixteen battalions and eight thousand soldiers. Elite soldiers should be drawn from all armies to form them. The banner of the Imperial Camp must be raised first. It must be the most capable!"
The gray-haired Qin Liangyu is still wearing armor. She is tall and has a sonorous and powerful voice.
The emperor wanted to build an imperial camp in Shaanxi and Gansu, but he did not send troops like the Huguang camp. Instead, he asked the local government to mobilize soldiers and horses to build it.
This imperial camp will be commanded by Qin Liangyu as the admiral, and some officers will be sent from Nanjing.
Eight thousand elite troops from various armies in Shaanxi and Gansu were mobilized to form a camp, and the generals all nodded in support. This was the emperor's will. Although everyone was reluctant to do so, it was not easy to object.
Immediately afterwards, Wen Anzhi came up with another decree, which was to appoint the governors, governors, admirals, generals, deputy generals and other major official positions in the five provinces.
Basically, the current officials are still used.
However, Shaanxi and Sichuan are still the main ones. In fact, Yunnan and Gansu provinces have only appointed governors, governors, and admirals. The other official positions have not been appointed for the time being. The reason is simple. Yunnan is currently experiencing a major chieftain rebellion, while Gansu is currently
Under the control of the Qing army.
There are also chieftains in Guizhou who are causing trouble.
So now the main focus is on the appointment of officials and the reorganization of the army in the two provinces of Sichuan and Shaanxi.
Generals such as He Zhen, Wu Dading, Zeng Ying, Wang Xiang, and Yang Zhan were basically awarded admirals, and other major generals were also awarded the rank of commander-in-chief or deputy general.
After the new position is officially awarded, the army must be organized according to the position.
A province has an admiral, two town commanders, and several deputy generals. In addition, each model unit also has a commander, deputy generals, etc. In the past, there was no limit to the number of troops recruited, but from now on, they have to be reorganized.
There are strict regulations on how many battalions and soldiers to lead, and soldiers are recruited and paid according to their quotas.
The standard camp and the town camp were divided into two major systems: combat troops and auxiliary troops. The old, weak and disabled were abolished, and the redundant ones were converted into township regiments.
In short, a new five-province command system must be established from top to bottom.
Wen'an managed five provinces, and President Qin Liangyu had an army of 100,000. Each of the seven admirals commanded the province's towns, governors, governors, sub-inspections, patrols and other directly subordinate battalions. They were not under the direct command of the admirals, but were controlled by the governor and governor.
, and follow the instructions of the manager.
Not only that, the generals’ locations, troop levels, food and salaries must all be standardized.
The imperial court sent a doctor from the Ministry of Household Affairs to serve as the governor's salary doctor and take charge of the grain store.
At the local level, each province assigns dedicated officials to participate in government affairs, and the government assigns general magistrates to coordinate food and wages.
The governor-general, governor, and sub-inspector are also responsible for food and wages.
The food and salary department is responsible for the specific management and distribution of the final payment.
The generals and officers have nothing to do with food and pay. The generals' mission is to train soldiers and horses, lead the troops in battle, and don't care about anything else.
It is also prohibited to plunder places, levy food and pay privately, etc.
"Report!"
"The Western thief Zhang Xianzhong sent an envoy to see him and said that he would like to surrender!"
