nanming man

Chapter 346 Sun Kewang manages Jingzhou

Jingzhou City, also known as Jiangling City, is named after Jiangling County, which was located behind Qin Poying in Qin Dynasty, as the county seat.

For more than 2000 years, Jiangling has been used as a place name in successive dynasties, so there is one city and two names.

In history, Jingzhou was not only the capital of Chu, but also many small states, such as Southern Qi, Houliang, Jingnan and other separatist regimes, all had their capitals here.

In the Ming Dynasty, Jingzhou was just a prefectural city, but its specifications were far better than ordinary prefectural capitals.

The entire city of Jingzhou has a circumference of nearly [-] miles. The city wall is thick and strong, and it is more than three feet high. It is a strong city in Huguang, second only to Xiangfan and Wuchang, and comparable to Changsha.

After Zhang Xianzhong entered Sichuan, Sun Kewang became the supreme commander of the Huguangxi Army. He did not need to report everything to Zhang Xianzhong and could do what he wanted to do.

Historically, Sun Kewang was in charge of the two weak provinces of Yunnan and Guizhou, but he raised more than [-] troops. He fought against the Qing government, which occupied [-]% of the world, for many years, and even achieved a very good situation for a time.

It can be said that the ending would not have been so tragic if he hadn't been too impatient, made a foolish move, and provoked internal strife by himself.

Compared to Zhang Xianzhong, Sun Kean was not too interested in such untechnical things as robbing. He was more interested in managing the strategy and accumulating strength.

Sun Kewang is different from Zhang Xianzhong. He has read some books, so he knows that there are no examples of rogues ruling the world in history.

Li Zicheng's failure last year made Sun Kewang even more determined in his heart.

Soon after Zhang Xianzhong entered Sichuan, Sun Kewang changed the original strategy of the Western Army, stopped the strategy of "grain harvesting" and "pursuing payment", and began to affirm military discipline, prohibiting the Jingzhou Western Army from continuing to loot, and turned to the strategy side.

Just at this time, after the Ming army regained Wuchang, it stopped using troops against the Western army, which gave Sun Kewang an external environment to experiment with his ideas.

From the end of 1643, Sun Kewang divided the land in the prefectures and counties under the jurisdiction of the Western Army into camps and villages. Each village was managed by a small school of the Western Army, and the camps were given to the common people to cultivate. Landlord gets one point.

If the common people planted their own fields, they could get six points, and if they planted the land of the landlord’s house, they could get five points.

Although this tax ratio is relatively heavy, the Huguang water system is well developed, the fields are fertile, and the yield is far better than that in the north. The people pay more and harvest more, which is still affordable.

Except for the land tax, Sun Kewang no longer collects poll tax and other complicated taxes within the species, so the burden on the people has not increased much, but has decreased. He does not reject the Western Army, and even welcomes it.

In the Jingzhou area, the only people who were dissatisfied with Sun Kewang were the landlords and gentry. They could not charge high rents and could only pay [-]% of the fixed income.

Sun Kewang's actions quickly allowed the Western Army to gain a firm foothold in the Jingzhou area.

At the beginning of the Western Army's occupation of Jingzhou, the Western Army hunted grain everywhere and unconditionally robbed the people of the remaining food, which dampened the enthusiasm of the people for farming.

Sun Kewang implements a sharing system. After strict military discipline, the common people can receive at least [-]% of the grain as long as they grow the grain, and there is no exploitation by landlords and exorbitant taxes. The common people can see certain benefits and their enthusiasm will immediately increase.

Last year, the two seasons of grain in the area around Jingzhou were bumper harvests, and the grain production was much higher than in previous years, which greatly encouraged the Western Army.

At this time, Sun Kewang had been operating in Jingzhou for nearly two years, and the Western Army already had a stable source of food supply, and there was even a lot of surplus food stored in the city.

In addition, Sun Kewang also built a lot of weapons and armor in the city, which significantly enhanced the strength of the Jingzhou Western Army.

After seeing the results of his strategy, Sun Kewang wrote to Chengdu, telling Daxi Emperor Zhang Xianzhong that he hoped that he could control the whole Sichuan as soon as possible, and then send him a team to prepare for the big fight.

After the Jingzhou area became stable under his management, Sun Kewang would naturally not be satisfied with farming in Jingzhou, he had already set his sights on the whole of Huguang.

However, his own strength is insufficient, so he can only wait for the opportunity, hoping that Zhang Xianzhong will transfer Ai Nengqi or Li Dingguo to Huguang.

It's just that he didn't expect that before he could wait for the Western Army from Sichuan, the Ming Army from Huguang would attack him first.

At this time, he could only prepare for Jingzhou's city defense, while sending fast horses into Sichuan, and then informed Feng Shuangli that Yiling Prefecture must be guarded, and the Ming army should not cut off his connection with Sichuan.

On this day, Sun Kewang, who was dressed in khaki armor, was patrolling the city, watching the soldiers of the Western Army prepare to roll wood and rocks, arrange bows and arrows, make stone throwing machines, actively prepare for battle, and stand ready for battle.

At this time, Sun Kewang made a tour of the city, then stood on the tower, overlooking the river, and said to the generals with a smile, "He Tengjiao wants to attack Jingzhou with 10 troops this time, he really underestimates the lonely king!"

After Zhang Xianzhong became emperor, Sun Kewang, as the head of the four adopted sons, was named Pingdong King.

Thinking that Gao Yihuan struggled for a long time in the south of Henan, was disgusted by others, was stronger than Sun Kewang, and was just a crumbling Dashun Weihou at present.This person is really incomparable, Gao Yihuan has no chance, otherwise he would want to recognize a godfather.

Ma Weixin, the general at the side, said with a smile: "My lord, if the Ming army comes to attack the city, we will defeat the enemy with a strong city. Once the emperor sends troops, we will just defeat the Ming army and take advantage of the momentum to seize Huguang."

Sun Kewang glanced at him sideways, feeling a little displeased, you are the smartest one, and took the king's words, but he nodded with a smile on his face, "He Tengjiao assembled a large army to attack Jingzhou, Hunan's troops were all drawn, if the lonely king defeats him , and then take Huguang, it will be like destroying everything!"

At this time he was talking, a sentry boat suddenly came out of the water gate and shouted: "Quickly open the gate, I have an urgent military situation to report to the king."

Sun Kewang happened to be at the top of the city, and the general immediately leaned out of the city and said, "Bring it up!"

Not long after, a small school of the Western Army was brought in front of Sun Kewang, and reported on one knee, "My lord, I found that the Ming army fleet stopped at Gong'an, but tens of thousands of horses took land, bypassed Jingzhou, Wangyi Go to the mausoleum."

At this point, the faces of several Western Army generals were startled, and Ma Weixin immediately said anxiously: "Your Majesty, Yiling is the channel for us to connect with Sichuan, we must not miss it!"

Sun Kewang glared at him, doesn't the lonely king know, there is no need for you to make a fuss and make a big surprise.

Sun Kewang frowned slightly, and couldn't help pondering for a while, "He Tengjiao is not so shrewd, this must be Yang Wenyue's or Du Yinxi's conspiracy. These two people are more difficult to deal with than He Tengjiao, I am afraid there will be tricks in the scheme."

As he said that, Sun Kewang looked serious, and suddenly waved his hand, "Send the Gu Wang's military order, let the scouts investigate again, the Gu Wang wants to find out the intentions of the Ming army~"

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