At the end of Ming Dynasty: I, Sun Kewang!Desperate comeback!

Liu Xuanchu and Zou Jianchen took a deep breath when they heard this.

Sun Kewang's handiwork is really quite impressive.

"Uncle Guang Ping, with such a generous reward, the soldiers of Guangxi will definitely be excited. Even if they have been working hard for several months, they will be refreshed! Head to Huguang!" Zou Jianchen changed his subject.

"It's just that with tens of thousands of soldiers, the king has rewarded nearly 300 million taels of silver at one time. With the main force in Huguang, how can the finances of Guangdong and Guangxi be supported?"

Zou Jianchen was worried. Sun Kewang's treatment and rewards for the army were too heavy, which in his opinion would inevitably lead to the financial collapse of Guangdong and Guangxi.

"You Tongzheng, you don't know something about this."

Liu Xuanchu smiled and said: "In the past, the ruler of the country could support an army of 20 with a ruined Yunnan camp!"

"I've learned a lot about his deeds after entering Guangdong and Guangxi."

"It is said that after the Battle of Jiaoshui, he led his troops into Guangdong and Guangxi and occupied most of Guangxi and Gaolian Lei Sanfu."

"Even if these places have suffered from repeated wars, their population and cultivated land are no worse than those of Yunnan and Guizhou."

"After one year of operation by the king, Guangxi has already been under great control, and its output of grain, gold and silver is definitely not worse than Yunnan!"

"Mr. Maoxia, having said that, in Yunnan and Guizhou, the pay and rewards given to the army by the king were not that big!" Zou Jianchen said slowly.

"Haha, this is natural." Liu Xuanchu said with a smile: "At the beginning, the food and military pay for the soldiers of the Western Camp could not support their families but only eight or nine dou per month. Now, although the food to support their families has been slightly reduced, their salaries have been greatly increased."

"But after the emperor entered Guangdong and Guangdong, he pretended to negotiate peace with the Qing court and levied tens of millions of grain and salary in Guangdong!"

"He also sent King Anning and King Fengjie to conquer Annan, and obtained millions of grains and salaries, and ordered Lord Zheng to donate 2000 million in grains and salaries!"

"Later, he used the land of Xijiang to sell a large number of properties of Pingnan and Jingnan vassals at a low price, and gained countless amounts of food and salary!"

"After all these calculations, the food and salary savings in the hands of the king already amount to tens of millions!"

"In addition, Guangdong and Guangxi had a great harvest last year. The hundreds of thousands of hectares of cultivated land in these two Guangxi are several times that of Yunnan!"

"Even if the king reduces taxes in Guangdong, his annual income will be at least twice that of Yunnan!"

"The great talent of the country has also ordered the camp to practice the laws of the bank! The soldiers, gentry, and people of Guangdong and Guangxi deposited the gold and silver in the camp."

"It can be used for emergencies again!"

"With all these things, the king is now far from what he used to be! The reward is less than 300 million yuan, which is not worth mentioning!"

Zou Jianchen was shocked when he heard this.

"Mr. Maoxia, are these things you said true?"

“Everyone in Guangdong and Guangxi knows about all these things like collecting grain and paying wages, conquering Annan, dividing vassal property, setting up banks, etc.”

Liu Xuanchu smiled and said: "Youtongzheng, the king once entered Yunnan, where there were few remaining people, and he was able to find ways to feed an army of 20!"

"Now he has captured Guangdong and Guangxi, and also occupied Hunan. The farmland and population in his hands have been several times that of the past! There are many merchants in Guangdong and Guangxi, and maritime trade is prosperous, which is far from comparable to that of Yunnan Province."

"In that case, what else do you have to worry about?"

Zou Jianchen let out a sigh of relief after hearing this. In fact, it can be summed up in one sentence.

The wealth of Guangdong and Guangxi is ten times that of Yunnan, and Sun Kewang came with the Sixth Department of Administration, so what else is there to say?

In Yunnan, there are so many resources to feed an army of 20 people. In Guangdong and Guangxi, can Sun Kewang and the Sixth Administrative Department still cut off the food and salary of Xiying?

"Pass my military order, our Shu army will immediately reorganize their troops and prepare to march north!" Chen Jian shouted.

The soldiers and horses of the Shu vassal began to prepare to go north.

"The Lord of the Kingdom has an order. Anyway, the troops and horses have been resting after months of hard work. However, the war in Hunan is urgent and we have to send our elite troops to go north. Marquis De'an and other cavalrymen will be rewarded with 50 taels of silver each, and then they can go north!"

Outside the Xunzhou Mansion, Di's third-grade tribe, which had just rested for a few days, was summoned.

Large boxes were opened one after another, and more than [-] taels of silver were piled up.

Thousands of soldiers and horses looked at this silver mountain and were all shocked.

The military commander shouted: "All cavalry will be rewarded with 50 taels of silver!"

As soon as he finished speaking, thousands of soldiers and horses burst into cheers.

More than a thousand cavalrymen couldn't help but be happy looking at this silver mountain.

"Come one by one and line up! Anyone who dares to act rashly will be killed without mercy!" an official from the Sixth Department of Administration shouted.

The surrounding guards, with their swords and guns ready, their bows and arrows cocked, and their muskets loaded, stopped the commotion of the army.

"Damn it, why doesn't the king let us go to Hunan as infantry?" a Di soldier said dissatisfied.

"From Guizhou to Yunnan, and then from Yunnan to Guangxi, Hou Laosan, can you still run to Hunan?" a nearby officer joked.

"Yes! Of course I can. Not to mention 50 taels, even if the king only gives 20 taels."

Hou Laosan agreed: "I am also willing to take weapons and climb to Hunan!"

As soon as he said this, he burst into laughter.

These days, 20 taels are enough to risk one's life. It's just a battle in Hunan, why not?
"Zhao Wensi, whose reward are you receiving?" On the school platform, an official looked at the soldier's waistband and asked.

"Come back to me, my lord, I will accept the reward from the king!" Zhao Wensi said quickly.

"This time I am going to Hunan to kill the Tatars. Are you willing?" the official asked again.

Zhao Wensi swore and swore: "Please rest assured, Sir, the king rewards me so generously. If I, Zhao Wensi, dare to take a step back on the battlefield, I will definitely die!"

"Okay! Cavalry Zhao Wenxi, receive a reward of 50 taels of silver! Follow the army to Hunan!" the official shouted.

The nearby officials quickly took out 50 taels of silver from the silver mountain and placed them in front of Zhao Wensi.

"Thank you, sir, thank you, sir!" Zhao Wensi was overjoyed and thanked him quickly.

"The king you want to thank, since ancient times, there has never been such a reward for military personnel." The official sighed.

Just give 50 taels at once. Sun Kewang's standard... there is really nothing to say.

"Yes, yes! The villain has to pray for the king every day in order to be worthy of his kindness!" Zhao Wensi said with emotion as he looked at the 50 taels of silver reward.

"Okay, let's go down." The official waved his hand, and Zhao Wensi quickly held up his 50 taels of silver.

In the eyes of envy, I walked off the school platform.

"Follow the order!" the official shouted, and the cavalrymen came on stage one by one and received their reward in front of everyone's attention.

Soon, most of the mountain of silver reward was consumed, and the rest was rewarded by the army officials.

"Sir!" Upon seeing this, Hou Laosan suddenly stepped forward and knelt on the ground.

"What's the matter with you?" The official narrowed his eyes.

"Sir, not only the cavalry brothers, we are also willing to go to Hunan to serve the king!"

"Yes, yes, yes!" This statement caused an uproar.

"Sir, we are also willing to serve the king. We do not ask for a reward of 50 taels. We only need 20 taels and we are willing to die for the king!"

There was a roar, and the infantrymen who had not received the reward fell to their knees.

Everyone looked at Yinzi with red eyes, shouting that they would die for Sun Kewang!
"Quiet!" the official shouted, and the thousands of soldiers around him immediately stopped making noise.

"The standards set by the ruler of the country for the soldiers going north are 50 taels for cavalry, 30 taels for infantry, and 15 taels for auxiliary troops."

"You only need 20 taels. If I do this, I'm afraid the king will think that I have enriched my own pockets, and I will be skinned and executed!" The official said with a smile.

"What! 30 taels!" The surrounding infantrymen were stunned. Are they so valuable?

"Please allow me to go north to help the king! If we are greedy for life and afraid of death in Hunan, I am willing to accept military law and die without regrets!"

Upon seeing this, one of the infantrymen quickly swore an oath, hoping that he could go north to fight against the Qing Dynasty.

"The army to go north was personally decided by the king. In addition to the soldiers and horses of the four towns of sweeping the bandits, destroying the bandits, punishing the captives, and destroying the captives, there are only cavalry from each department, as well as the elite Shu and Yan'an vassals."

"The Lord's military orders are like mountains, how can I let you go north without permission!" the official said solemnly.

"This, this, this..." The infantrymen of Di's Third Grade Department stared with big eyes and small eyes, and each one began to beat their feet and chest, feeling extremely tight.

"We infantry can also fight! Why doesn't the king let us kill the Tatars!" Hou Laosan wailed, filled with sadness.

"Yes, our infantry brothers are all good men in Xiying. Why can't we go to Hunan to kill the Tatars!"

Thousands of infantrymen, mourning everywhere, were all dejected.

"Commanders, don't be impatient. You can live a good life and earn money by following the king." The official smiled when he saw this.

"Right now, you infantrymen have traveled thousands of miles from Guizhou to Yunnan and then to Guangxi in the past few months."

"It would be a bit unkind to let you go north again."

"Sir, you can't say that. Our brothers from Xiying followed the late emperor and swept across thousands of miles."

An old student from Xiying who lived during Zhang Xianzhong’s time said: “In those days, brothers traveled hundreds of miles a day and could cover three thousand miles in one month!”

"Where are we now? Why can't I go to Huguang later?"

During Zhang Xianzhong's time, Xiying was constantly being chased and intercepted, with four squares and six corners, and nets spread out on ten sides.

Those who couldn't run were eliminated by the survival of the fittest so early.

For the old soldiers from Shaanxi and Gansu, moving thousands of miles seems to be nothing?

Shunjun had climbed snow-capped mountains and walked through grasslands before!
"Hahaha." The official said with a smile: "Old brother, you don't know something. The reason why the king doesn't let you go north is actually not because he doesn't want you to make achievements, but because he wants you to rest for a while and go down the river to capture Guangzhou. !”

"Then we will attack Jiangxi and Fujian! You can rest assured that within a few months, the time will come for you to make great achievements. When you take Guangzhou by then, the king will be rich in rewards!"

"Sir, are you telling the truth?"

"That's natural. You can't stay in Guangxi forever with tens of thousands of troops, right?"

"The king never cares for idle people. I'm afraid that when you attack Guangzhou, you won't go out of your way to get the reward from the king!"

"Don't worry, sir, there aren't many soldiers in Xiying who are afraid of death!" said the veteran of Xiying, patting his chest.

"Yes! I'm afraid we won't have the chance to make any achievements! How can we be afraid of death on the battlefield!" An infantryman shouted as he geared up.

"Then I'll just sit back and wait for a few months. Your department will regain Guangzhou and collect the reward!" The official laughed and ordered the officials of the Di Department to come forward to receive the reward.

"Marquis De'an, in addition to the gifts for the soldiers, the king ordered me to bring you 500 taels of gold, 5000 taels of silver, and three thousand pieces of brocade..."

"The pay and land for your officers are at the same standard as those of the officers in Guangxi. You will never be short of them." The envoy Cheng Wanli said slowly.

"The Lord's great kindness will not be repaid by the death of a third-grade man!" Di Sanpin knelt on the ground and bowed his hands in salute.

Anyway, tens of thousands of soldiers will naturally have to divide their fields in Guangdong and Guangxi.

Of course, Sun Guozhu's land allocation is a bit different. In Guangxi, [-]% to [-]% of the grain is collected from private fields.

If there are landowners, there are five officials, one landowner, and four cultivators.

Without landowners, there are six officials and four civilians.

As for the military camp, Lord Sun took [-]% from the soldiers.

All in all, after giving the six officials and four civilians to the soldiers of the Western Camp, the camp only received [-]%.

Serving as a soldier can be arranged by the camp and the intermediate income can be withdrawn.

Or recruit people to farm by yourself.

"Hurry up, Marquis De'an. The king will dispatch your cavalry to go north. Marquis De'an, please don't have any wrong ideas." Cheng Wanli said with a smile.

As tens of thousands of troops moved north, a large number of generals from the Western Camp followed them into Hunan.

But not all generals need to go north, otherwise Wang Ziqi will be alone in Guangxi, with no generals under his command, and it will be difficult to handle the military affairs of Guangdong and Guangxi.

Anyway, among the generals, all the Yan'an and Shu vassals went north, while the rest of the troops sent out cavalry, while the infantry and generals stayed behind.

"Sir Cheng, the king has treated me with great kindness. He wants Di to command an army of tens of thousands of soldiers. It's too late for Di to be grateful, so how can he think too much about it?" Di Sanpin said with cupped hands.

"If Marquis De'an thinks so, the king will feel relieved."

"After your main force has rested for a while, it will be Marquis De'an's turn to show off his skills."

"Please, Lord, don't worry, Mr. Cheng! Once Di's men have rested, they will go through fire and water for the Lord without any hesitation!" Di Sanpin said solemnly.

When Sun Kewang contacted the Dashun Army, tens of thousands of soldiers and horses from Guangxi also began to move northward according to his order.

It is planned to gather in Baoqing and Yongzhou areas, and join forces with the main force of the [-]-horse army to attack the main force of the Qing army.

And when Sun Kewang kept moving.

Dorney is about to arrive in Guiyang with a large number of personnel and materials from Yunnan.

"Nikan, don't even think about being lazy!" An Eight Banners soldier waved his whip, hit a Han man, and yelled at him to speed up.

On this road from Kunming to Guiyang.

Countless Han people were carrying all kinds of supplies and doing their best under the supervision of the Qing army.

"Let the boys be gentle. It's hard to catch Nikan now. If we kill them all, who will transport supplies for us?" Donnie frowned as he looked at his large and small convoys that stretched for more than a hundred miles.

The Qing army's logistics have been cut off, and the food Li Dingguo left in Kunming is their only hope.

After returning to Kunming, Doni immediately sent out cavalry to arrest people everywhere in Kunming.

He also took the green battalion soldiers and horses from all over Yunnan, took countless Han people, transported a large amount of materials, and embarked on the journey back to Guizhou.

However, the current situation of this army, which has been cut off from its logistics and has wiped out Yunnan and Guizhou, is now in an extremely bad situation. (End of chapter)