Zhu Yihai only stayed for one day after taking Kanpu, and then decided to lead his army to leave.
He had no intention of sending troops to stay behind, not even a few token troops. Before leaving, he also held a public trial in Kanpu.
It was also at this conference that Zhu Yihai officially took the title of superintendent of local military affairs in Jiangnan provinces and chief military officer of the flag-bearer battalion. He called himself Zhu Wu, the general of the country, and did not publicly use the title of supervising the country.
The puppet general who was awarded the title of Kanpu garrison after being surrendered, as well as several leaders of the Oolong Society, the Nubei Society who rebelled and killed their masters, the several secret societies that took the opportunity to spread the word and develop, and the other salt dealers in the city
The leaders and backbones of the gang were escorted onto the stage in front of the Chenghuang Temple by Zhu Yihai's order.
Many people were mobilized to come and watch the excitement.
The public trial was very concise and quick. Guys who were once considered influential figures in Kanpu were brought in one by one and their charges were read out in public. Each of them had a long crime.
Zhu Yihai showed no mercy to them and beheaded them all in public.
In troubled times, heavy codes should be used. Although some people suggested that it would be good to recruit these people, even if they act as hawks and dogs, Zhu Yihai ultimately believed that although the situation was difficult and all parties had to be united to fight the enemy, they must at least be individuals.
These are no longer human beings.
Moreover, in today's chaotic situation, it is useless to just show kindness and extend favor. Some blood must be seen and some authority must be established first.
Even if you want to use those people, you have to kill a group of them first and disintegrate their old organizations before they can talk about cooperation. Otherwise, swallowing them whole will only be a hidden danger.
What's more, Zhu Yihai is very short of money now, and he needs the large amount of money illegally collected by these people.
Even though Kanpu is a small town, it has dozens of powerful families, dozens of salt lords, various salt gangs, numerous secret societies, and a lot of secret wealth.
Zhu Yihai crossed the river with 10,000 horses. Even if his soldiers were paid half pay, they would have tens of thousands of taels of silver per month. Not to mention that fighting requires people to chew horses, and weapons and equipment are free of charge.
Even if the lijin bureau is established now, it won't be able to collect much lijin in a short time. After all, the territory has not been acquired yet, and even Haiyan County is not under control yet. How much lijin can be collected?
At this stage, it is impossible to levy money from the people, and not much can be levied. Such levy will make it difficult for them to gain a foothold in the local area, so the best way out is to attack these guys first.
Not only is he famous as a teacher, he can also cut a lot of leeks, and most importantly, he can also gain a wave of public praise.
In order to make a profit, the capitalists would even sell the ropes used to hang them. Now Zhu Yihai is no different. He first practices with these scum and can drop gold and equipment, so why should he let it go?
My mouth went dry even as I read out the document announcing the charges.
The soldiers who executed the executions changed several times, and the blades of their swords were chipped when they struck people.
Kill and confiscate.
The leaders and backbones were killed, and the rest were given lenient sentences. Those gangs and clubs were banned, their houses, properties, boats, horses, mules, etc. were confiscated, and banned weapons were confiscated. Then Zhu Yihai gave them a chance to start a new life.
As long as they are not extremely vicious villains with blood on their hands, Zhu Yihai is still willing to give them a chance. He even recruited a group of skilled soldiers. Some of these people were originally private salt traders, riding horses, boating and archery.
Each weapon has its own merits. After recruiting and replenishing them into each battalion, they can still be used through the ideological transformation of the army. After all, these people are all good at it. This also strengthens the strength of the army.
There were also some local people, and after Zhu Yihai punished them with military sticks or whips, he sold them the salt in the salt warehouse and let them sell it.
In the past, many of them sold salt secretly, but now Zhu Yihai sells the salt directly to them. He pays the salt tax first-hand, and then he can collect the white salt from the salt warehouse and sell it.
There is no longer a need for salt merchant qualifications or salt quotations, and can be sold to the public.
For those powerful local families, after Zhu Yihai killed a few bullies who were resented by the people, he reprimanded and fined the remaining ones.
In the end, Zhu Yihai gained a large sum of money from Kanpu.
Before leaving, he also appointed Su Jiaxuan, the head of the Su family, a wealthy family with a good reputation in Kanpu City, as the mayor of Kanpu Township. He also left some swords and guns for them, and asked Kanpu to set up a Kanpu security camp, and appointed the former Kanpu chief.
One of the military attache's sons was on guard duty.
Then let them maintain their autonomy.
Zhu Yihai left with his men and horses, loaded with money, grain and silver goods, and headed straight for Zhujiazhuang.
"Why didn't His Highness send troops to stay behind, but instead formed a private battalion from the local people? And also appointed the township magistrate from the local people in Kanpu to guard the place?"
Zhu Yihai was riding on his horse, looking at the winding team behind him, and answered Shen Chenquan's question cheerfully, "Because our current main task is to eliminate the Tatars and puppet troops, so the newly recovered areas in western Zhejiang need to be
It is guarded and maintained by local militias, and we cannot spread our forces to stay behind."
Although ten thousand horses and horses are many, they will definitely recover more and more places in the future, a county, a prefecture, or even a province. When the time comes, the troops will be divided and left behind, and the ten thousand people will be too scattered and weak, and then the Tatars will
If you send troops to attack, it will be very disadvantageous.
Although Zhu Yihai had previously dispersed his troops into the countryside during this Northern Expedition, he could recruit them back at any time if he had a plan and a purpose. At this stage, he would not defend any city.
You must maintain high mobility and cannot fight head-on with the enemy.
Even if they fight, they have to look for opportunities, gather together and annihilate them.
Just like when he goes to Zhujiazhuang now.
Of course, there is another reason Zhu Yihai didn't say. He actually knows very well that at this stage, even after he suppresses the local scum, these places are not safe and reliable. Those gentry and landlords, even if they have good names,
Not all of them are trustworthy.
When faced with the Qing army's raids, they might betray the Ming army at any time.
It is not safe to defend the city with these people.
Maybe after he wins more victories in the future, he can really win the support of the gentry and the common people here. Otherwise, it would be too dangerous to leave his back to them now.
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One day later, Zhu Yihai led his troops to the shore of Majia Lake near Zhujiazhuang, where he met Zhang Mingzhen, Ruan Jin and other generals. He even saw Mr. Chao Chao beside Zhang Mingzhen.
This guy, who was appointed by King Yiyang as the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi, was plotted against by Huang Binqing. In the end, he lost his wife and lost his troops, and fled to Wang Zhiren with only a dozen servants. Wang Zhiren sent someone to send him to Zhu Yihai.
Zhu Yihai was not very interested in this guy, but since he was also the commander-in-chief of the Southern Ming Dynasty and a general who supported the Yiyang King, and now he has switched his allegiance to him, there will be some political benefits in taking him in.
But Zhu Yihai rejected Wang Zhiren's suggestion. Not only did he not be given the title of earl or governor, but he was not even given the title of commander-in-chief. In the end, he was given the title of deputy general by Zhang Mingzhen, the commander-in-chief of the Zhejiang Admiral.
He was a senior staff officer, and he didn't even have a battalion of troops with him.
The Dynasty must first fully prove his loyalty and ability with Zhu Yihai before Zhu Yihai can really let him lead the army. Otherwise, it is impossible to let him lead the army based on his original title.
He attaches great importance to these troops under his command. This is a new army that he wants to train and build with his own hands. How can he just hand it over to an old military leader like Chao Xian again?
"Your Highness, the Li thieves have already captured Zhujiazhuang. They slaughtered all the villagers, old and young, and took all the women into the camp for adultery. They are just like a bunch of beasts!"
Zhu Yihai had already anticipated this possibility, and Zhujiazhuang would not be able to sustain it for too long.
In fact, they had warned Zhujiazhuang before and even wanted to join forces with them to fight against Li Yuchun. However, Zhujiazhuang was quite big and the owner did not trust them and was unwilling to pay attention to them. Even if Zhu Yihai wrote a personal letter to the owner,
He raised his banner as the Jiangnan Admiral, but the other party only sent someone to give him a hundred taels of silver and two pigs in return.
Obviously, Zhu Yihai is regarded as the one who beats the autumn wind.
Although Zhujiazhuang rejected his kindness, their current miserable situation still made Zhu Yihai very angry, "worse than animals."
In the village.
Zhu Yihai quickly held a simple pre-war meeting.
At this time, ten battalion heads have gathered here and are scattered around Zhujiazhuang.
In addition to the 10,000 horses and horses gathered together, they also brought many township militiamen. When the numbers were gathered in front of Zhu Yihai, he even couldn't believe it, "More than 50,000 township braves?"
"If we pull them all over, there may be more."
Zhu Yihai shook his head and said, "A large number of people is not always a good thing."
The ten battalion heads were originally dispersed as sentries, and basically established many rural militia groups in various places. However, Zhu Yihai knew very well that these so-called rural militia groups were actually a group of ordinary people holding sharpened wooden sticks.
Use it as a spear and the pot lid as a shield.
If we talk about defending the village and guarding our wives and children, I guess they can still do it. They can also prevent rogue soldiers and thieves, but now that they are joining the battle, the requirements for them are too high.
"Immediately send an order to pull back these rural brave militiamen. Let them retreat further and coordinate assistance from the outside."
If a fight breaks out, Zhu Yihai is afraid that these numerous local warriors will become a breakthrough point.
"Your Highness, Thief Li is currently stationed at Zhujiazhuang, with four thousand men and five hundred cavalry. We found out that those Tatar cavalry are basically horse-mounted infantry. Although they are not elite horse-mounted armor, they are still
They are very tough, and they are all real Tatars. If we really fight with these 500 people, they will probably be stronger than the 4,000 people of Thief Li."
"In addition, Thief Li has 400 light cavalry under his command, which are his old strength, and 800 armored infantry, all of which are veterans."
"If we attack head-on, I'm afraid it won't be easy."
Zhu Yihai's tenth battalion had 10,000 troops. Against 4,500 enemy troops, Zhu Yihai seemed to have a numerical advantage. However, Zhu Yihai's tenth battalion's recruits accounted for more than half, including two thousand auxiliary soldiers.
There were less than 4,000 soldiers who went to the battlefield, which was actually not as many as the Tatars.
What's more, the most fearful thing is the 500 Tatar cavalry. These are soldiers who have fought hundreds of battles from Liaodong to Jiangnan. Even if they are not elite cavalry like Bagala, the heavy infantry fighting on horseback and on foot are not easy to mess with.
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Zhu Yihai said, "No matter how difficult the enemy is, we must find a way to defeat it this time. Everyone, please think of a way to annihilate them as soon as possible!"
Zhang Mingzhen and Chaoyang waited for a while but couldn't think of a good solution.