Wanli 1592

Chapter 804 Goal, Join Nanjing!
The ethnic composition in this area of ​​Guangxi is very complex, and most of the areas are occupied by various chieftains. Although the policy of reforming the land and returning the locals has continued, the Ming government often borrows wolf soldiers to fight. It is impossible to oppress them politically. Do them good.

Generally speaking, if you can get the support of your family in Guangxi, it will be easy to gain a firm foothold.

Cen Dalu obviously saw Xiao Ruxun's ability to aspire to the central government, so he persuaded his Tianzhou region to support Xiao Ruxun. Not only that, but also used money and food as bait to persuade several state capitals to support Xiao Ruxun together, and the rest was at most No cooperation, but absolutely no objection.

They don't care much about the change of emperor by the Han people, as long as it doesn't harm their interests, don't disturb their lives.

Anyway, Xiao Ruxun didn't mean to completely occupy Guangxi. As long as they don't get in the way and can provide support, that's enough, and it's worth spending some money.

Guangxi's smooth progress can be said to be unexpected, because it was a bit too smooth, but it gave Xiao Ruxun a big surprise. On August 8, a team of [-] people entered Zhennan Pass. On August [-], the gate of Nanning City was actively Open, Nanning was controlled by Xiao Ruxun.

After the entire territory of Guangxi was pacified, that is, after Guilin was taken by Xiao Ruxun on August 27, the 8-man team had expanded by half to 12, of which 3 were wolf soldiers. There are still [-] Guangxi Han soldiers, and the military supplies of the entire Guangxi treasury have also opened their arms to Xiao Ruxun.

There are quite a few troops in Guangxi, and there are a lot of strong fighters, but many troops ran away after fighting the Zhennan Army once.

Some of them surrendered directly after being defeated and surrounded without struggling. They seemed to have no will to fight, but after joining the Zhennan Army and fighting again, they were obviously much more fierce.

And those [-] wolf soldiers were really fierce. Under the leadership of Cen Dalu, they dared to fight no less than the elite troops of the Zhennan Army, that is, they were inferior to the Zhennan Army in terms of organization and equipment, so Guangxi soldiers are really good at fighting. Not fake.

In Guangdong, the team of more than 2 people has also expanded to almost 4 people. The situation is the same as that encountered by Zheng Ying in Ningbo Prefecture. It turned out to be more fierce.

When Chen Lin wrote the letter to Xiao Ruxun, he was still a little confused about this, because the sailors under his command were also the same.

Xiao Ruxun understood why.

This is like the Ming army that surrendered to the Manchu Qing after the Manchus entered the customs. When fighting the Manchus, they were in a bad shape. They immediately scattered like birds and beasts when they said "The Tartars are coming", but after turning around and going south to attack, they became so miserable. Wolves are like tigers, killing people is as ruthless as the Manchu Eight Banners.

This is a truth, the impact of psychological factors nothing more.

Their backing was weak and the Ming government was in decline. They had no courage, but their backing was strong, and the Manchus were strong. Their master gave them unparalleled self-confidence and courage, so they shamefully changed from deserters to fierce soldiers. The transformed ones will be raging in a litter.

It's the same now. When encountering resistance, as long as a team of Zhennan troops line up behind and prepare for battle, the newly surrendered troops in front can see a bit of fearlessness when they charge. The speed is extremely fast, it can be called flying speed.

At the end of August, the whole territory of Guangdong was pacified, Guangxi was basically pacified, Yunnan was captured by Deng Zilong in mid-August, and now it has returned to calm, while the news from Sichuan is that things are going well. The team has expanded to 4 people, and they are playing triumphant songs all the way to the Chengdu Plain without encountering any major obstacles.

Because what happened in Yunnan had not yet reached Sichuan, Liu Ting even lied and persuaded many of his subordinates to surrender. Many passes were captured without bloodshed along the way, which greatly reduced the loss of the army and increased the speed of marching.

Several marches were successful, but the local government was defeated. During this period, no less than 36 officials were arrested, 100 were killed, and more than [-] escaped.

Most people scolded Xiao Ruxun for being rebellious at the beginning, but after being scolded by Xiao Ruxun, some of them seemed to soften their attitudes, and as Guangdong, Guangxi and Yunnan were conquered, more and more people softened their attitudes and became older. Honestly, no more talking.

However, the officials from the three provinces of Fujian, Zhejiang, and Nanzhi obviously had a much worse attitude towards Xiao Ruxun.

So far, no one has surrendered to Xiao Ruxun and is willing to join his army. Xiao Ruxun still brought some officials from Burma to take over the local administration and prevent the local chaos.

Given that the Ming government only went to the county level, according to the current structure, Xiao Ruxun had enough talent reserves, and it was not difficult to manage the daily life of a county.

Guangxi and Yunnan are basically in a semi-autonomous state. Only a few state capitals need officials to be stationed. Most of them are local chieftains who are self-governing. They cooperate with Xiao Ruxun and adopt an attitude of no objection. Then there is no problem, everything remains the same, basically no any loss.

Therefore, the Ming government's control over these provinces is really not very good, as can be seen from the attitude of the scholar-bureaucrats towards these places, but these provinces are the first and most important line of defense to prevent Xiao Ruxun from going north. This line of defense was breached, and the entire hinterland of Jiangnan was exposed under the soldiers of the Zhennan Army.

This kind of local administrative foundation makes the locals have no self-defense ability at all. Whether it is Japanese pirates, Mongolia, or the future Li Zicheng, Zhang Xianzhong and the Manchus, after breaking the main force of the Ming army, the local strategies will be broken in one attack. Don't resist at all, just open the city.

It is not good to completely rely on the local gentry for self-government. This group of gentry raised the power of the central government and oppressed the local self-cultivation farmers, which ruined the local self-defense ability of the Ming Dynasty. There is no power.

Just like now, Xiao Ruxun has never lost more than 100 people in dozens of battles since he entered the army. Now the number of soldiers has not decreased, but is still increasing. There are also many people.

Some soldiers will take the initiative to ask the Zhennan Army whether they will pay the army and whether they will have enough food. After replying, they directly give up resistance and directly pull the team to seek refuge, saying that they want to crusade against those who have no conscience. Well fed jerk.

Then when he turned around and hit his own person, he looked like two people fiercely.

The ordnance, supplies, money and food in the provincial government treasury were all taken into their own pockets by the Zhennan Army, which fattened the Zhennan Army as a whole, and the motivation to continue fighting north should not be too strong.

So Xiao Ruxun quickly formulated the strategic goals for the next stage.

Beginning to pinch Shen Yitong's lifeblood, Xiao Ruxun led the main force to march from Guilin Mansion to Changsha. The goal was to capture Changsha and then further advance to Wuchang and Jingzhou, and then march to Nanjing.

Xiao Ruxun assigned the Wild Lion Battalion of the Cavalry Army to the Guangdong Front Army, and under the leadership of Xiao Ruzhi, the Guangdong Front Army marched all the way in the direction of Zhangzhou, Quanzhou and Fuzhou, positioning Fujian as the next attack target, and further joining the Zhennan Army that had already established a foothold in Ningbo Prefecture And the navy of the Jianghai Department that conquered Zhenjiang Mansion and Nanjing and cut off the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal.

Everyone's staged achievement goal is to join forces in Nanjing and prepare for the Northern Expedition across the river.

(End of this chapter)