Wanli 1592

Chapter 813
The Northern Expedition of the Zhennan Army went smoothly, and the Huguang and Fujian battlefields showed a one-sided trend. The army conquered wherever it went. The guards were vulnerable, and most of them fled without a fight.
A small number of those who dare to fight will be quickly defeated by the Zhennan Army, and the rest will surrender and join the Zhennan Army after being broken.

The more people fought, the more the territory was fought, and the soldiers of the Zhennan Army became sharper and sharper.

On the Zhejiang battlefield, Zheng Ying's troops, who occupied Yin County, were also constantly expanding their power. Most of the Ningbo Prefecture was defeated by these 5000 people. It also began to expand like a snowball.

By the end of August, Zheng Ying had taken over the entire Ningbo Mansion and had seized five local landlords to distribute their land. The entire team had expanded to 1000 people. Ningbo Mansion was no longer a problem, and it was time to start attacking other places in Zhejiang.

Speaking of which, these big landowners were really insane. Zheng Ying didn't know how excessive these people were until he saw their property.

90.00% of the good land in the entire county is under their name, less than [-]% of the good land is in the hands of some small landlords and rich farmers, and the rest of the ordinary farmers only have some barren land, and most of them are tenants and landless farmers .

And after another investigation, these guys do not pay taxes on their land, because they are not big official families, so they have the privilege of not paying taxes. Just the yeoman who tills the barren land.

Because of Xiao Ruxun's order, the big families who used their private soldiers to resist the attack of the Zhennan Army were all directly killed under the name of "rebel Shen Yiguan's party", no matter who was behind them, it was useless.

If they resisted, they would be killed, and then they would ransack the house, take away the money and goods, and distribute the land equally to the tenants. If there were too many and there was a surplus, then find the original owner of the land that could be found and return it to him.

After a few visits, the big households in the entire Ningbo Mansion were honest. They used to curse and call them bandits, but now they dare not speak loudly while panting, and their children dare not let them out of the house at all.

After all, they don't have the power to challenge the Zhennan Army at all, and the articles of scholars are useless against the Zhennan Army.

So in the face of talking guns, muskets and artillery are the most effective.

Fortunately, the Zhennan Army did not kill people, but only maintained the original order, so that some small businessmen could go to the streets to do business.

Those strange officials who came here to start new governance instead of the original county magistrates seem to be less inactive than the original officials.

Unknowingly, the people's perception of this sudden "desire for rebellion" army has become different.

Something is quietly growing.

The various ministries of the Zhennan Army are generally progressing smoothly, tearing apart the southern border of the Ming government, and the hinterland of the south of the Yangtze River has been completely exposed to the soldiers of the Zhennan Army. to threaten.

Of course, that's almost, not quite.

On August [-]th, on the Sichuan battlefield, Liu Ting's and Ma Wei's troops, which had been going smoothly, encountered a little trouble.

According to the situation in Sichuan, Liu Ting and Ma Wei have always pursued the strategy of saying hello and going around when encountering a chieftain, and attacking or persuading an area governed by a senior official, and then staying to guard it.

Fortunately, there are many chieftains in southern Sichuan, and the areas governed by Han officials are relatively small, so basically it took little effort. After taking down some passes, it advanced smoothly.

The two marched separately, and after taking down Dongchuan Mansion, they went all the way to Wumeng Mansion and Mahu Mansion, Wusa Mansion, Zhenxiong Mansion and Xuzhou Mansion all the way. .

One persuaded to surrender that one, that one persuaded that one to surrender that one, cheating and persuading all the way, the battle has not been fought a few times, and there are more and more people. As for the food logistics, it is easy to solve, either open a warehouse to get food, or directly work with the chieftain. Trade to buy food, or exchange goods from the warehouse with them.

In this way, the road went smoothly. Liu Ting even proudly said that with his prestige, he could take Ma Wei from Kunming to Chengdu without hindrance. Maybe when he arrived in Chengdu, the governor of Sichuan had already run away, and Chengdu could take it directly. .

As a result, he never thought that as soon as he finished speaking, the other side would directly hit his face with lightning.

He's in trouble.

On August 4th, Liu Ting and Ma Wei led their troops to rendezvous at Muchuan Division. After a day's rest, they reorganized the army that had expanded to nearly [-] horses, and set off to march north.

As a result, after a short while, there was a message from the sentinel from the front.

Half a day ago, the vanguard led by General Xiao under Liu Ting's command suffered a defeat ten miles south of Qianwei. Dozens of people were killed and then retreated. Now Xu Tu is gathering the defeated troops to fight again, but support may be needed because of the number of opponents Quite a few, thousands of people.

Liu Ting was stunned immediately.

Is anyone still resisting?

"Who is so courageous? How dare you resist? Aren't you afraid that I will directly kill you?!"

Apart from this incident in front of Ma Wei, it was quite embarrassing for Liu Ting. His reputation as Liu Dadao resounded through most of Ming Dynasty, especially in front of Ma Wei. As a result, he was beaten in the face as soon as he boasted. No wonder he was so annoyed.

"It's Shizhu's white soldiers!"

Hearing the name, Liu Ting froze for a moment.

"Shizhu's white soldiers? This is a bit far away. In other words, Chengdu has already prepared and is dispatching troops? This is a bit difficult."

"White soldiers?"

Ma Wei asked curiously.

He was a little interested in this army that could defeat Liu Ting's vanguard.

Liu Ting said with a little fear: "Yes, the white-armed soldiers are an elite soldier under Ma Qiancheng, the Xuanfu envoy of Zhongzhou Shizhu. This team is quite famous in Sichuan. They can fight tough battles and have good training. And the equipment is good, and the most peculiar thing is that the trainer of this team is a woman."

"woman?!"

Ma Wei's eyes widened: "Are all the women in Sichuan so fierce? Can they still be officers? Are they from a different race?"

Liu Ting shook his head.

"No, it's also Han, but it's just this woman, and the others are not. However, there are many chieftains in Sichuan, and some tribes do have women who fought in wars. I don't know if they were affected. This woman's surname is Qin, and she belongs to Ma Qiancheng. The main wife helped Ma Qiancheng train the white-armed soldiers."

Ma Wei immediately became interested.

"A female general? I have never heard that women can train the army, and the general's wife can't either? How did she do it?"

Liu Ting narrowed his eyes.

"I don't know much. I have only seen white soldiers a few times. I heard that this woman has been practicing martial arts since she was a child. She is very talented. After marrying Ma Qiancheng, she persuaded Ma Qiancheng to practice together. An army suitable for fighting in the mountainous land of Sichuan.

It can be seen that the team is indeed well-trained, comparable to the Zhennan Army. The white guns held by the soldiers are made of solid white wood, with a hook with a blade on the top and a hard iron ring on the bottom. In combat, the hook can be cut and pulled, and the ring can be used as a hammering weapon. If there are strong troops in Sichuan, one is the soldiers under my command, and the other is the white soldiers. "

(End of this chapter)