The Han culture is spreading strongly in Southeast Asia

Chapter 460: Pacification of Hunan
In large-scale troop operations, especially those in which one's own side has an advantage, the most taboo thing is that the commander has the mentality that if there are ten of us against one of him, there is nothing we can't win.

Because this will greatly affect the coach's judgment.

At the same time, a coach who can truly convert 100% of the numerical advantage into a direct advantage still needs to have a certain level of ability to do so.

Moreover, this also requires that the enemy coach is not good enough, so that even though he knows that he is outnumbered, he can still allow you to fully utilize your numerical advantage.

Chen Huizu, a coach who had no fighting skills at all, fell into the trap of numerical advantage.

Although the Manchu Green Camp generals who assisted him, such as the Lieutenant General of the Governor-General of Huguang and the Lieutenant General of the Governor-General of Hunan, were better than Chen Huizu, they had no experience in commanding large troops in battle.

Therefore, although the Hunan militia appeared to have 80,000 people, its internal organization was quite chaotic, with camps stretching for more than ten miles, and generals at all levels had their own plans.

Although there are many people, there are actually no more than 20,000 people who can be used on the front line to fight against the Xing Tang Army.

Wang Wuchu personally came to the front line. You know what, the reward of five cents of silver and a full meal of white rice with pork and fish really boosted the morale a lot.

These thousands of elite militiamen charged forward much faster than before, and their fighting spirit was even more resolute.

But their efforts were doomed to be in vain, because Wang Wubing had already made sufficient contingency plans.

For militias with average combat effectiveness, rifles and artillery are enough.

As for the elite militia with stronger combat effectiveness, Wang Wubing prepared for them a combination package of shotgun shells, bombs and volley guns.

After the symbolic interception by rifles, the officers put the copper whistles in their mouths. The entire front was filled with an eerie calm, with only the shouting and footsteps of the militia.

At eighty meters, the militia's muskets were firing cracklingly, and the bullets made dust fly on the breastwork, but the Xingtang Army still did not move, just squatting to avoid the lead bullets.

"Sixty meters!" shouted the staff officer who was measuring the distance.

"Rifle!" Wang Wuchu shouted loudly at the front line, and all the officers blew the copper whistles in their mouths collectively, short and sharp.

Boom! More than seven hundred flintlock rifles fired simultaneously, creating a thunderous roar and sending smoke drifting across the battlefield, as if someone were casting a spell.

Sixty meters later, the Hunan warriors in the front fell down suddenly, with at least sixty or seventy people killed.

"Charge! Kill!" But the Hunan warriors only paused for a moment, and then continued to charge with loud shouts.

"Fire!" Wang Wubing then gave the second order, and the eleven cannons fired one after another at a rate of three each.

More than two thousand pigeon egg-sized shotgun shells swept across crazily, and the brave soldiers in the front were instantly turned into minced meat. The shotgun shells whistled through the crowd, and at least three or four hundred people lost their combat effectiveness.

"Rifle!" Wang Wuchu shouted again.

Boom! More than seven hundred flintlock rifles fired again. The tiny lead bullets filled the other directions that the shotgun shells had not swept, knocking down another group of brave soldiers.

Beep, beep, beep, the bugle calls sounded, and hundreds of grenadiers and four hundred chasseurs bypassed the breastwork and appeared on the battlefield.

The hunters killed the scattered standing soldiers, and the tall and long-armed grenadiers shouted and threw the bombs as big as cantaloupe at the gathered soldiers.

Then, after the regiment's warriors were blown apart, the hunters began to hunt them down mercilessly.

Accompanied by the sound of military bugles, these five hundred people were like killing gods, with thirty people in a line, quickly clearing out everything in front of them.

This was a complete crushing defeat. The Hunan Warriors used their strongest combat power and experienced the most ruthless attack.

Of the more than 3,000 elite Hunan soldiers, at least 1,000 were killed in less than 20 minutes, and the army collapsed directly.

Wang Wubing took out his pocket watch and looked at the time. The time agreed with Wu Wenyong had not yet arrived, so he rejected Wang Wuchu's request for the entire army to attack and continue to expand the results of the battle.

Chen Huizu was also frightened. The casualties were so great that he could not understand it at all. However, the Xingtang Army then became silent again and returned to its slow and sluggish state like an old turtle.

Thus, with the tacit understanding of both sides, the war returned to its previous rhythm.

Chen Huizu was still frightened, and the militia no longer had the courage to launch such a fierce charge, but the Xingtang Army did not take the initiative to attack. After all, they had 80,000 people, and they would not collapse even if they lost 3,000 or 4,000 people.

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Almost at the same time, the third attacking team, Chen Guangyao, who was stationed in Hengyang, also sent out troops.

In addition to training troops, Chen Guangyao actually had another mission during his more than a year in Hengyang, which was to assist Huang Zhongtong in stabilizing Guangxi.

Because after the Qing Dynasty withdrew, not all Zhuang, Yao and Miao peoples directly surrendered to Dayu. Some of them still hoped to regain the prefectures and counties that had been transformed into Han Chinese by the Qing Dynasty, or simply did not want to obey the court's orders.

This was naturally intolerable to Mo Zibu, although he had no intention of further implementing the policy of "reform the native system and establish the Han system", because compared with the rapid occupation of Southeast Asia, the benefits of implementing the policy of "reform the native system and establish the Han system" were too small.

But this does not mean that he is willing to return the areas where the Qing Dynasty had already completed the transformation of the chieftain system to these chieftains.

Therefore, when Guangxi was under the control of Dayu, the Tusi rebellions were far more numerous than during the Qing Dynasty. This world is full of idiots who can't see the situation clearly and fools who are reluctant to give up their wealth. Therefore, after more than a year of suppression, Chen Guangyao assisted Huang Zhongtong in basically stabilizing Guangxi. Then, he received orders from Mo Zibu to march north from Hengyang to attack Chen Huizu.

The reason why Chen Huizu did not pay much attention to Chen Guangyao was that Chen Guangyao was very low-key and had basically not made any major moves in Hengyang Prefecture for more than a year.

The second reason is that the battle in Leijia Town two years ago gave Chen Huizu great confidence.

Then, when the war broke out this time, the defenders of Leijia Town were stunned by the blow.

Only then did they realize that the Xingtang Army that came this time was completely different from the one from two years ago.

Chen Guangyao concentrated more than 30 artillery pieces and quickly knocked down the city wall of Leijia Town. The army rushed in. The fortress that Chen Huizu had high hopes for only lasted for three days.

Afterwards, Chen Guangyao divided his troops into two groups. He personally led the main force of 15,000 people to continue northward to Changsha, while the other group, led by Song Jun, went west to recover Baoqing Prefecture and other places.

On the tenth day of April, Chen Guangyao defeated a small group of Xiangtan militia and appeared directly outside Changsha City. Changsha was captured without even having time to close the city gates.

Chen Huizu's cousin Chen Wangkai, who was left behind in Changsha, panicked and abandoned the soldiers defending the city. He rode on war horses with only a few dozen people and fled to Yueyang in a hurry.

Chen Guangyao ordered Wang Quan, a native of Hunan and the fifth-generation grandson of Wang Fuzhi, to guard Changsha and control the situation, while he himself led 6,000 elite troops north to Yueyang overnight.

On April 11, Wu Wenyong's army finally completed the detour and suddenly appeared outside Chenglingji. The defenders of Chenglingji were easily defeated.

In the afternoon of that day, Wu Wenyong personally led 9,000 people to Lukoupu, directly defeated Chen Huizu's rear army, and seized most of the supplies of the Hunan Yong army.

By the time Chen Huizu learned the news, it was too late. In other words, even if he knew it in advance, there was nothing he could do.

For the battle in Hunan, Mo Zibu dispatched five generals, Chen Guangyao, Reinstein, Wu Wenyong, Ye Xianchun, and Wang Wubing, and mobilized more than 70,000 troops.

The purpose is to catch Chen Huizu in one fell swoop and let those people in the world who want to form a militia to gain benefits from both sides know what the price is.

In panic, Chen Huizu completely lost all his composure, and the Hunan Warriors at the intersection were also frightened.

Immediately, many leaders of all sizes who controlled the Hunan Braves no longer obeyed Chen Huizu's orders. Because they were worried about the situation at home and didn't know what was happening at home, many of them took their troops and ran directly south.

But how could he possibly escape? Wu Wenyong had 800 cavalrymen from the Longxiang Guards Cavalry Regiment at his disposal.

On April 16, the Xing Tang army attacked from both sides and defeated the only small number of militia that dared to resist, forcing most of them to surrender.

Chen Huizu and his brothers mixed in with the defeated soldiers and fled towards Yuezhou Prefecture. They relied on the unfamiliar trails of the Xingtang Army and managed to cross mountains and ridges to escape pursuit.

Unfortunately, when he arrived outside the city of Baling (Yueyang), the red flag of Dayu with a golden sun was already flying on the top of the city.

Chen Guangyao only pulled the cannon to bombard the top of the city a few times, and with the appearance of the Dayu Changjiang Navy led by Lan Yuanmei on the river, the officials and gentry in Yueyang City quickly opened the city and surrendered, very smoothly.

On April 21, Ye Xianchun of the Western Route Army led the army to capture the city of Changde Prefecture.

Duan Feilong, the prefect of Changde and general of Changde Town appointed by Chen Huizu, committed suicide by slashing his sword in the government office. The 40,000 Changde and Lizhou militia suffered more than 3,000 casualties, and Changde Prefecture was captured.

On the same day, Chen Huizu disguised himself as a refugee and was discovered while crossing the Miluo River.

This guy was really unlucky. It turned out that Zhou Xipu was rushing back to Changsha after taking over the Xiangyin militia.

As a result, when he looked up at Guiyi Ferry, which was Miluo City in later generations, he saw Chen Huizu, a tall and plump man, among hundreds of frightened people. He was not so frightened but rather a little sneaky.

On April 27, Mo Zibu received the battle report and immediately issued an order, appointing Chen Guangyao as the Governor of Huguang and asking him to return to Wuchang to take charge.

Wang Quan was appointed as the Governor of Hunan, and Zhou Xipu was appointed as the Hunan Provincial Surveillance Commissioner and the Prefect of Changsha. The two worked together to pacify the local area.

Ye Xianchun was the governor of Hunan and led an army of 20,000 to station in Yuanzhou, Xiangxi, preparing to march into Guizhou.

At this point, Hunan was basically pacified, but this was only on the surface. How to deal with the tens of thousands of captured militiamen and how to investigate the landlords who had caused trouble with Chen Huizu were much more complicated than in Hubei, because the Hunan militia incident was a bigger one.

In view of this, Mo Zibu personally rushed to Hunan and held a grand ceremony to commemorate Qu Yuan at the Miluo River on the fifth day of the fifth lunar month, the Dragon Boat Festival.

Of course, as the emperor, Mo Zibu could not preside over the sacrifice. The presiding priest was Yuan Mei.

Mo Zibu only went to the Miluo River to pay tribute after Yuan Mei, as the chief priest of the Imperial College, had finished the ceremony and gave rice dumplings to the soldiers and civilians.

The reason why Mo Zibu held a memorial service for Qu Yuan was to strengthen his status as the emperor of the Han Dynasty and the justice of his actions.

Because the subsequent equal distribution of land in Hunan will definitely be very bloody, at least hundreds of chieftains with extremely serious crimes will be liquidated.

In order to prevent the people from being misled by them, it is a good choice to use sacrifices to Qu Yuan to emphasize the justice of Dayu and the attributes of the Han Dynasty.

(End of this chapter)