The flag officials brought out eighteen sets of royal flags and two Shangfang swords.
"Kneel down!" Wen Anzhi shouted to Wang Xiang, Zeng Ying, Tan Wen, Gan Liangchen and other generals who were kidnapped by Wu Huada.
Wang Xiang struggled hard and refused to kneel down, and Zeng Ying was also holding her neck in disbelief.
Wen Anzhi sneered twice and said mockingly, "I was ordered to reorganize the Sichuan Army. You disobeyed the order and resisted the order. You showed some real skills. Sixty or seventy thousand people mutinied. As a result, they were defeated by a single shot. The whole mountain was defeated.
The whole valley is running wild, but the soldiers have worked hard to catch it for three days, and you still have the face?"
"For a mob like you, no matter how many soldiers there are, what's the use? What's the use besides wasting food and wages?"
"Wine bags and rice bags!"
Wang Xiang's face turned red with anger, he was angry and ashamed, "You are just a king or a bandit. You can kill or scrape at will, but you can't use your words!"
Zhang Dai sat there and slapped the table angrily, "Don't be so arrogant!" He went to Zeng Ying's camp to reorganize, but eventually a mutiny broke out and he was arrested. Fortunately, Zeng Ying only disarmed the Biao camp and locked them up.
, but this is also a great shame and humiliation for Zhang Dai.
Wang Yingxiong and Fan Yiheng both sat there with ugly expressions, and even their hands were trembling slightly.
Who could have expected that Zeng Ying and Wang Xiang, together with Gan Liangchen, Tu Long, Ma Yingshi, Hou Tianxi, San Tan, etc., a dozen general officers, would lose so miserably.
Now that I have no capital at all, I can only kill or scrape as I please.
Even the two governors were inevitably involved and found it difficult to escape.
"Push out the rebel generals Wang Xiang, Zeng Ying and others and behead them in public!"
"Wen Xiang, calm down!"
"Please keep someone under the sword!"
"They were confused for a while, but they also made meritorious service to the court and guarded the river. When it comes to employing people, please give them the opportunity to make good on their merits."
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Many people came forward to plead for mercy.
The presidents of the five provinces, Qin Liangyu, Duke of Shu, Zhang Shipeng, the admiral of the Yuyingchuan Guixing Camp, Yuan Zongdi, the admiral of the Pianyuan Camp, and Yang Zhan, the admiral of the Jingluebiao Camp, all stood up to plead for mercy.
Wen Anzhi wants to enforce military law.
The generals begged for mercy.
a long time.
"The Duke of Shu and others are willing to vouch for them, so this book will give them a chance!"
"All officers who participated in the mutiny were dismissed from their posts and arrested. Officers above battalion officer were escorted to Nanjing to be dealt with by Emperor Hou Sheng! Officers below sentry officer were dismissed from their posts and demoted three levels. They were sent to the Jingbiao Training Camp to reflect, learn and reform."
Wen Anzhi followed his advice and invited Shang Fang's sword, but no one was killed.
This was beyond the expectations of Wang Xiang and others.
However, the final punishment was not light. The 60,000 to 70,000 people who participated in the mutiny, no matter how they defended themselves by saying that they just went up the mountain to seek an explanation from Jing Lue, were still defined as mutiny by Wen Anzhi.
All officers above the battalion level were deprived of their posts and taken to Nanjing to await their resignation. Officers below the battalion level were deprived of their posts and demoted to three ranks. They were all transferred to the Jingluebiao Battalion to form a training camp where they could reflect and reform.
As for the tens of thousands of soldiers, they were originally to be reorganized into Chongqing Town Camp, Sichuan Supervisor, Yunnan Supervisor, etc. In total, about 20,000 people were retained.
But this time, Wen Anzhi decided that all the combat troops originally planned to be retained were changed to auxiliary troops of various ministries, and all the auxiliary troops originally planned to be retained were abolished.
The Sichuan Supervision Bureau and the Yunnan Supervision Bureau were all newly established by people allocated from other ministries.
Directly dismiss the Shunqing army and the town camp.
Shunqing Prefecture was placed under the imperial camp Xingying. The left Xie of Xingying was stationed in Chongqing and the right Xie was stationed in Shunqing.
Wang Yingxiong was forced to resign. In the past three days, Wang Yingxiong and Fan Yiheng were also found to be related to the mutiny. There were both witnesses and physical evidence, so they could not escape the blame.
The two of them resigned and would go to Nanjing to meet the Holy Spirit together. This was because Wen Anzhi wanted to show them some kindness, otherwise he would be taken directly to Beijing.
This way.
The Governor-General of Sichuan and the Governor-General of Yunnan are both vacant.
Wen Anzhi directly appointed Fan Wenguang as governor and governor of Guizhou.
Let Zhang Dai be the governor and governor of Sichuan, and Li Qiande be the governor and governor of Yunnan.
It was reported to the imperial court that the supervisor Zhan Tianyan was the patrol commander of Sichuan, and Yang Qiaoran was still the patrol commander of Yunnan.
The noble governor Fan Wenguang and the Yunnan governor Li Qiande each selected three thousand soldiers to serve as governors and ordered them to lead the standard battalion back to their own provinces and no longer stay in Sichuan.
The two patrol ministers each returned with the governor.
After Zhang Dai became the governor and governor of Sichuan, he also had 3,000 pacesetters. Qin Yiming, the admiral of Sichuan, and Yuan Zongdi, the admiral of Pianyuan, each led their own troops of 3,000 to help them advance westward and capture Chengdu.
Wen'an's military base camp was designated as 5,000, and President Qin Liangyu's designated camp was 5,000. Together with the imperial camp, the Chuan Guixing camp was expanded to 8,000, and was stationed in Shunqing, Chongqing, and Kuizhou.
Songpan General Soldier led 3,000 provincial battalions to return to Songpan to garrison, and Jianchang General Soldier Cao Xun led 3,000 provincial battalions to return to Jianchang to garrison.
Zhongyong Town has ten thousand soldiers and horses, and led three thousand soldiers with stone pillars and white poles in this town to move to Zunyi.
On the map, the towns reorganized by General Wen'an were rearranged.
The first group is the standard camp of Wen Anzhi and Qin Liangyu plus the imperial camp of 8,000 and 18,000 soldiers and horses. They are stationed in Shunqing, Chongqing and Kuizhou. The main force is still stationed in Fenghuang Mountain to prevent Zhang Xianzhong from going to Sichuan. Go east, break through the defenses and go to Huguang, and be ready to join the Hanzhong War at any time.
Can attack and defend.
The second group, composed of Sichuan Governor Zhang Dai, Sichuan Admiral Qin Yiming, and Pianyuan Admiral Yuan Zong's second general, joined forces with nine thousand troops to recapture Chengdu, which had been destroyed by Zhang Xianzhong.
The remaining third group is the remaining general soldiers of the three towns in Sichuan, totaling 9,000, Songpan Town, Jianchang Town and Zhongyong Town. They returned to their respective bases of Songpan, Jianchang and Zunyi. Their mission is to clear out the bandits in the territory. , stabilize public security and restore people's livelihood.
Among these three groups of troops, only Yuan Zongdi's 3,000 troops were guest troops, while the rest were already soldiers from Sichuan Province.
There are only 36,000 troops and horses left in total.
The governors of Yunnan and Guizhou each had 3,000 standard camps, and then the admiral Pi Xiong also had 3,000 or 9,000 people return to their own provinces.
Compared to not long ago, when there were many people from all walks of life claiming to be hundreds of thousands, but actually there were hundreds of thousands, this time the killing was very fierce.
But Wen Anzhi's attitude was firm.
No matter how many soldiers there are without training, equipment, money and food, they are all useless.
It must be an elite army.
If these soldiers were integrated, there would be thirty-six thousand, which would be enough to defend Sichuan.
Coupled with 13,000 auxiliary troops, the total number is nearly 50,000.
In order to enhance the combat effectiveness of the army, not only the elite troops, but also all departments and battalions must be unified in organization.
The basic unit is a battalion, with 500 infantry battalions forming a battalion. A battalion is divided into four sentries at the front, rear, left and right, plus six teams of battalion officers and soldiers. Each sentry has eight teams under its jurisdiction, including two teams of shotgun teams and four teams of sword and spear teams. One team, two teams of heavy musketeers (if not, two teams of archers), each team consists of twelve people.
Each team consists of ten brave men, one captain, and one fire soldier.
Each sentry leader has a small team of seven guards, including one guard, five positive warriors, and one fire soldier.
The battalion officer's guard team consists of six teams, three teams of sword and spear teams, two teams of shotgun teams, and one team of artillery.
The entire battalion has 500 officers and soldiers, plus 180 auxiliary troops, which is completely in line with the standards of the imperial camp.
The military pay standard is one level lower than that of the imperial camp. Soldiers are divided into upper, middle, lower and upper auxiliaries. The lower auxiliaries share five ranks of combat auxiliaries. The upper-class soldiers are paid one qian three per day, the middle-class soldiers are one qian and two per day, the lower-class soldiers are one qian per day, and the upper-class auxiliary soldiers are paid one qian per day.
The salary is nine cents, and the auxiliary soldiers' daily salary is eight cents.
Half of the salary is paid during normal times, and the other part is paid during the New Year holidays.
If you go out to fight, you will be given one cent of food per day.
Those who pass the reorganization assessment will be rewarded with one tael of silver, those who fail will be rewarded with severance pay of 2 taels plus one dou of grain, and another six taels, but they need to go to the local government to withdraw it after returning to their hometown, and it needs to be divided into two years and ten
It will be collected in two months. If these soldiers do not return home or return to their hometowns to farm after being discharged, they will not be able to get this money.
Although the severance money has been increased, if it is paid in twelve installments a year, and it is only half a tael in January, it will not be so stressful for the time being. It can even encourage these people to return to their hometowns to work in farming and settle down, so as to prevent these soldiers from going elsewhere.
To rob or become a bandit, etc.
Those who were laid off received more, but those who stayed had long-term pay.
Naturally it is better to stay.
However, this time there were more than 100,000 people, and only less than 60,000 were left as combat auxiliaries. More than half of them had to be eliminated. Basically, the soldiers who participated in the mutiny this time could only be retained unless they had special skills or even were particularly brave.
Most of them will be abolished.
Those who remain must start as auxiliary soldiers first.
When the noble governor Fan Wenguang returned to Guiyang, he was responsible for bringing Wang Xiang, Zeng Ying, Wang Yingxiong and other criminal officials back to Guizhou, and then sent them to Pianqiao. When they got there, Governor Pianyuan would take over, and then send them to Changsha, and then Changsha
Zhu Shengli, who was in camp, sent them to Jiangxi and handed them over to Nanjing.
Zhang Shipeng selected 3,000 brave and strong soldiers from various armies. He did not select many veterans. He mainly selected some who had not been in the army for a long time but were young, strong and brave. This time, the army was expanded to 3,000 soldiers, and the auxiliary troops were also expanded.
They paid more than a thousand. This was naturally a good thing, but they did not dare to easily ask for the veterans of the military leaders, especially the former servants of the military leaders. They did not dare to ask for any of them.
You must first ensure that you are well led. Soldiers can be trained, but those military leaders and servants are not easy to lead.
Yang Zhan, the admiral of Jingbiao, also went to pick some elite soldiers and reorganized the five thousand Jingbiao. Even the one thousand and eight auxiliary soldiers were replaced. They were all young soldiers who were pretty good and capable of fighting.
This time, Ma Gan, Wang Yingxiong, Fan Yiheng, Wang Xiang, Zeng Ying, Gan Liangchen and other military leaders from the original Sichuan Province fell. They also took advantage of Wen'an's Zhang Shipeng and others. Each of them took the opportunity to annex and select many elites.
The soldiers, the original armors and weapons of each military commander were even more divided up.
Finally, Wen Anzhi also had a training camp of 3,000 people, all composed of officers below the battalion level under the mutinous military leaders. They received training and performed meritorious service. They could only receive half of their pay, but they still received half of the auxiliary soldiers.
They are paid, but when a war breaks out, they must rush to the front and belong to a death squad.
This training camp does not belong to the regular establishment sequence of the Sichuan Army.
After the failure of the previous mutiny and the relatively harsh but lenient treatment, the reorganization this time was much smoother.
Within a few days, all the admirals, commander-in-chief, generals, guerrillas, and guards had completed their formations with happy faces.
There were tens of thousands of people left, not that they were all old, weak or disabled, there were also many strong ones among them, but they were singled out and all were dismissed on the spot.
Wen Anzhi did not even consider Zhang Dai's suggestion of setting up military camps.
He felt that using these people to build military camps without soldiers or civilians would be difficult to manage and would easily cause trouble. It would be better to send them all home and leave them to local management.
Now there are wastelands everywhere in Sichuan. What is lacking is people and stability. Therefore, after they return, the local government can allocate fields to them and organize production.
They can also be more motivated by going home to farm, which is much better than staying here to build military camps.
Most of the troops were reduced, especially when Wang Xiang, Zeng Ying, Gan Liangchen and other leading troops came to help, but there were still many troops left behind in their respective territories. They were all eliminated this time and were dismissed together according to the current standards.
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Zhang Dai went to Chengdu, Ma Wannian went to Zunyi, Cao Xun went to Jianchang, and Zhu Hualong went to Songpan. They also had the task of going all the way and demobilizing the local troops of Wang Xiang and other military leaders.
Although most of the troops and horses were suddenly reduced, the combat effectiveness was obviously better. At least the armor rate increased. After each battalion unified the establishment of 500 people, the number of armored soldiers, firecrackers, and even various small artillery soldiers increased.
If you distribute them carefully, you can still have an artillery team at the outpost level.
In Biaoxie-level towns, there will also be cavalry teams.
Of course, the biggest benefit is not only these, the biggest benefit is that since the end of Chongzhen, the situation in Sichuan has changed from ten sheep and nine shepherds, supervisors, governors, governors, patrols, military preparation roads, military supervisory roads, presidents, and general soldiers with seals.
A situation in which the general troops are indiscriminately deployed and even do not report to each other, making it difficult to give orders.
It turns out that Wang Yingxiong, the commander-in-chief, could not give orders to the governor-general Fan Yiheng, and the governor-general Fan Yiheng could not give orders to the governor Ma Gan, let alone the various commander-in-chiefs.
Wen Anzhi could only give explicit orders before, but in fact his words were not very effective.
There were so many orders to reorganize the army, but in the end they were not reorganized as required.
The unrestricted recruitment of troops, blind expansion, and self-respect of the troops have resulted in a heavy burden on the people in central Sichuan, making it difficult to restore people's livelihood. They are completely divided into vassal towns, and they have the final say in the military and civil affairs within the country, let alone taxes and so on.
If we don't deal with them, Wen Anzhi's strategy will actually be in vain.
It is said that it is a five-province strategy, but it can't even bring peace to Sichuan, so what else is there to talk about?
Although they have gone through a lot of swords, guns and arrows, fortunately, they are safe in the end. While the various ministries gathered in Phoenix Mountain, they were solved in one go. This attempt to capture the thieves and capture the king also triggered a mutiny.
Fortunately, everything was done after planning, and Wang Xiang and others were careless and underestimated the enemy.
But in the final analysis, Emperor Shaotian's prestige is now rising. This is his greatest confidence. It is also the reason why local generals such as Qin Liangyu, Cao Xun, and Yang Zhan are finally willing to stand with Wen Anzhi.
After the incident was completed, Wen Anzhi quickly divided his troops. First, he could better obtain food and salary supplies on the spot. Otherwise, with so many soldiers stationed here for a long time, it would be impossible to supply food and grass. Secondly, he also had to deal with the soldiers of the military leaders who stayed behind.
Horse trouble later.
At the same time, we must also seize the opportunity to regain Chengdu and other places and restore stability as soon as possible to avoid allowing bandits and chieftains such as the yellow bandits to take the opportunity to seize territory and population.
"Is this the end of the matter?"
In the imperial camp, several chief officials of the camp sat together to discuss matters. They all still felt a little bit uneasy. They always felt that such a big event this time was a little too smooth.
Sixty-seven thousand people mutinied, but in the end there were not many casualties.
"I thought this time was going to be a bloodbath, and I was prepared for heavy casualties. I didn't expect that in the end, there were only dozens of casualties. Many of them were caused by twisting their feet on the mountains or falling into ravines during the pursuit.
There was no fighting at all."
"Well, the main reason is that Minister Wen has already seen clearly the nature of these military leaders. After all, there are not many who really dare to rebel and want to rebel. Besides, we have been prepared for it a long time ago." Zhang Shipeng felt that it was surprising if he thought about it carefully.
It's quite reasonable.
The key is to deal with it in time and be prepared in advance. Otherwise, if these rebels come up the mountain, the situation may turn out completely different, and the consequences may even be unimaginable.
"Is it stable now?"
"Those military leaders have all been dealt a blow. Officers from the battalion level up have been sent to Nanjing, and officers below the battalion level are also in the teaching camp. Now tens of thousands of stragglers have been dismissed and given money and food. As long as they return home honestly, they can still
With twelve taels of silver in hand, who do you think would still want to commit chaos and die because of their incomprehension?"
"Too."
Zhang Shipeng looked at the map in front of him, "Our top priority is to quickly integrate the newly selected 3,000 people. My suggestion is to mix them with the original 5,000 people, rather than directly setting up six new camps. This way, the old and new can be integrated as quickly as possible."
stand up.
Also, after the reorganization is completed, they can be immediately sent out for actual combat training. They can train troops while suppressing bandits, and can also secure the people, protect the country, and restore people's livelihood.
Cleaning up the border will prevent Western thieves from coming over."
Zhu Wanhua and others agreed very much.
After the expansion to sixteen combat battalions, a new association was added. In addition, the commander-in-chief's army and the general staff's army also each received a directly subordinate standard battalion, so there were four standard battalions and the 12th battalion of the three associations.
"I suggest that we go north to capture Dazhou and Tongjiang before the fighting between the Western Bandits and the Eastern Bandits is underway. This is the southern end of Micang Road. It is important to have control of it."
Dazhou and Tongjiang County are both on the two tributaries of the upper reaches of Qujiang, a tributary of the Jialing River. Bazhou is on the Bajiang River and Tongjiang is on the Danjiang River.
To the north of these two cities are Nanjiang and Mengba, and further north is Micang Mountain.
Micang Mountain is also very dangerous. It separates eastern Sichuan and Hanzhong. There are dangerous mountain passes in the mountain that can be climbed. There are many checkpoints and fortresses along the way, such as Liulicuan Pass.
Of course, further east to Dazhou, there is another route into Hanzhong, passing through Taiping County and over Daba Mountain to go to Hanzhong Xixiang.
There is another road leading to Hanzhong to the west of Baoning, which is Jinniu Road. This road is more dangerous. Jiange, Chaotian Pass, Qipang Pass, Yangping Pass, etc. are all guarding the narrow valley, and one man can pass it and no ten thousand people can open it.
Many sections of the dangerous road are plank roads, which is not conducive to large armies.
Zhang Xianzhong is heading to Baoning with hundreds of thousands of horses, intending to take the west route to Jinniuguan, which is actually the last resort.
But because Shunqing and Kuizhou were now in the hands of the Ming army, Zhang Xianzhong did not dare to fight, so he had to force hundreds of thousands of people to crowd towards the Jinniu Road.
Thinking back to the Three Kingdoms war when Liu Bei attacked Hanzhong, more than 10,000 troops were blocked by Xiahou outside Yangping Pass for more than a year. It was very frustrating to sit in that narrow valley.
Later, he found a trail and sneaked over the mountains to reach Dingjun Mountain behind Yangping Pass. They attacked from both sides and allowed Huang Zhong to kill General Cao Ying with his mountain sword and win the victory in Hanzhong.
Zhang Xianzhong now obviously wants to imitate Liu Bei and come out of Hanzhong, but facing Ma Ke and Wu Sangui, he may not be able to win.
The imperial court's order to the Ming army in central Sichuan was to open up the Baoning, Jiange, Guangyuan, and Chaotianguan roads to allow them to enter Hanzhong. However, Shunqing and Kuizhou refused to let them go, fearing that Zhang Xianzhong would take advantage of the situation and leave Huguang eastward.
Now that the army has been reorganized and divided, the Phoenix Mountain Camp in Shunqing will only have 18,000 combat troops, plus 3,000 teaching regiment death squads, and several thousand auxiliary troops.
It is not difficult to defend Shunqing with this number, but it would be a bit risky to go forward into the eastern part of Boryeong Province to capture Bazhou and Tongjiang, or even go north to capture Nanjiang River.
