664 hard braced Huang Tai Chi

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At the beginning of May, Xuzhou, Jiangbei, Li Mansion.

Li Zixiao has not left since he returned to Xuzhou from Kaifeng, and Xuzhou is still the power center of the White Dragon Army at this time.

However, Li Zixiao has gradually asked Qian Guangyuan and other civil officials to send over to Henan little by little to replace the original Ming officials in Henan.

After a while, when the situation in Henan is completely stabilized, he will move over with a group of civilian officials, and Kaifeng is more suitable as the ruling center than Xuzhou.

In the past two months, Lin Yongnian and Han Lushan have made frequent big moves in Henan, carrying out anti-corruption investigations, and a large number of Ming officials have been ousted.

Think about it, at this time, there were a few Ming officials who were innocent and not corrupt, and as a result, Zhang Fugui's intelligence bureau was accurate in one check.

Then, Lin Yongnian directly took down these Ming officials who were found guilty and replaced them with his own people, and it was in this way that they quickly completed the exchange of Henan officials.

Lin Yongnian did this, even the imperial court couldn't stop it, after all, the crimes of those Ming officials who were taken down are clear, and your court will never see it.

Except for a small number of Ming officials who were really honest but had good abilities, they were valued by Lin Yongnian and Han Lushan, and were willing to serve Li Zixiao, so they survived.

In a short period of time, one-third of the dozens of county towns in Henan Jiufu have been replaced by Li Zixiao's subordinates, and most of them are important county seats.

Like Nanyang Mansion, the western part of Henan Mansion, and the northernmost Zhangde Mansion, they were all temporarily abandoned by Lin Yongnian and them, but these places are either poor or remote.

At the same time, Henan's anti-bandit operation has also been going on, and the entire three battalions of nearly 10,000 city defense troops have swept through almost half of Henan in a period of time.

In the past, those bandits who were entrenched in one place, some hundreds, and some thousands, were basically powerless to resist under the encirclement and suppression of nearly 10,000 city defense troops.

With the extermination of the bandits, the public order in Henan also improved rapidly, and the hundreds of thousands of stone grains that Li Zixiao successively transported from Jiangbei stabilized a large number of victims in Henan.

"Well, my father-in-law and Han Lushan have done a good job in Kaifeng, and in just two months, the situation in Henan has basically stabilized."

In Li Zixiao's study, at this time he was holding a copy in his hand, Han Lushan looked at the piece sent back from Kaifeng, and said to Li Yan next to him with a smile.

"Yes, Lord Lin and Lord Han are indeed sophisticated, with the two of them sitting in Kaifeng, Henan is worry-free."

"Well, Henan can't feed us back in a short period of time, I estimate that it will take at least two years to operate Henan before it can feed us."

"Lord has a far-reaching vision, Henan is the hinterland of the Central Plains, once we rectify it, it is enough to support us to expand another 300,000 troops."

"What about time, we need some more time. By the way, how are Luo Chao's men and horses doing in Luzhou Mansion now? ”

Suddenly, Li Zixiao remembered that Luo Chao's subordinates, who had just set out on the expedition half a month ago to recruit Zhang Xianzhong, asked Li Yan.

"Sir, after Luo Chao led the army into Luzhou, he united with the Ming army there, fought two battles with Zhang Xianzhong, and recaptured Luzhou City.

However, at this time, Zhang Thief's men and horses were entrenched in the Chaohu area, where the terrain was complicated, and Luo Chao did not dare to attack rashly, so as not to fall into the trap of Zhang Thief.

At this time, Zhang Thief had 60,000 or 70,000 men in his hands, and he himself claimed to be a '200,000 army', but his momentum did not decrease at all.

However, the current governor of Fengyang has re-sent two Ming armies, totaling more than 30,000 people, to Lujiang Mansion, and I estimate that Zhang Thief will not stay long in Lujiang Mansion.

If Zhang Thief was not stupid, he should soon withdraw from Lujiang Mansion and flow south or west, if he continued to take Lujiang, they would definitely be defeated. ”

After listening to Li Yan's narration, Li Zixiao nodded and said, "Well, give Luo Chao an order, let him be steady, don't trade in, I know his character."

The best candidate for this mission should be Liu Chong, Liu Chong has a calm personality, and his leading style is diametrically opposed to Luo Chao, but unfortunately Liu Chong is in Jinzhou at this time. ”

Li Zixiao decided to send someone to continue to remind Luo Chao.

Luo Chao's leading style is more radical, daring to fight, but it is not suitable for this time to encircle and suppress Zhang Xianzhong.

"Liu Zhong has a very heavy burden in Jinzhou!"

Li Zixiao said in a heavy tone when he talked about Liu Chong, he knew that Liu Chong was in Jinzhou at this time, and he would always face the attack of the Tartars, which was the most dangerous.

"Yes, the last time General Liu sent someone to send back the news, it was five days ago, and the Tartars now regard them as a thorn in the side and a thorn in the flesh, and vow to deal with them quickly.

After the last time Dolgon led his army to attack the fortress of Great Black Mountain to no avail, half a month ago, after the Tartars completely occupied Korea, the front of the army turned around and once again aimed at Jinzhou.

At this time, Fort Redmouth had been recaptured by the Tartars, and it had become the forward position for their attack on Golden State, where 50,000 Tartar troops had gathered.

But I don't know what they were waiting for, and they didn't launch an attack on Golden State for a long time.

However, the subordinates estimated that as the weather in eastern Liaodong warmed up, the time for the Tatars to attack Jinzhou was approaching, and they would never let Liu Chong remain entrenched in Jinzhou. ”

"Well, the Tartars want to recapture Jinzhou, but Benjue didn't let them get their wish, and told Hong Sheng to let him lead the fleet, blockade Bohai Bay, and guarantee the supply of supplies in the state.

I believe that as long as the materials are sufficient and there is no shortage of grain and grass, Liu Chong will definitely be able to hold the Golden State for Benjue.

Benjue just wants to let the thorn of Jinzhou be stuck in the throat of the Tartar, making him extremely uncomfortable and unable to pull it out. ”

Li Zixiao sneered and said that Jinzhou was what he deliberately used to disgust the tartars.

At the same time, at this time, thousands of miles away, on the land outside the Guanwai, there were also people who were talking about Li Zixiao and hating him to the bone.

Outside the gate, in the west of Shenyang, a camp that had just been established after the year, at this time there were already many people gathered here, and the number of people came and went every day, and the number of people was still increasing.

Here you can see a lot of blacksmith shops, chimneys towering, and you can hear the sound of striking iron here every day.

To the south, a large Tartar army of 5,000 men was stationed, making it a military forbidden place that no ordinary people were allowed to approach.

On this day, a luxurious carriage with four horses arrived, escorted by a team of elite Tartar soldiers.

"Ahem."

Soon the carriage stopped at the camp, and one in civilian clothes, dressed in brocade, and holding a white handkerchief, came out of the carriage coughing.

"I'll see the emperor, long live my emperor!" A group of Tartar officials below knelt down to Huang Taiji.

"Okay, get up, I'm on a private visit today, don't make too much noise, cough cough!"

As he spoke, Huang Taiji coughed again, supported by a small eunuch next to him.

When he finished coughing, a bright red mass was left on the white handkerchief he had covered his mouth, and he quickly grabbed the handkerchief in his hand to prevent others around him from seeing it.

"My time is running out, and before I leave, I have two more things to do, enter the customs and establish the crown prince."

Huang Taiji thought in his heart at this time, in the face of death, he didn't have too much fear, but began to think about what was behind him.

Last year, Huang Taiji was seriously ill, and during his illness, he commanded the Tartar army to fight the Battle of Songjin, which was a great victory over the Ming army, but he was slapped in the face by Li Zixiao outside the pass.

Immediately, he was so angry that he fainted twice, which aggravated his condition even more, and after the Chinese New Year, his condition took a sharp turn for the worse.

It's just that Huang Taiji has been holding on to himself, and at the same time, every once in a while, he will take old ginseng to prolong his life.

At this time, his weak body can't withstand this kind of old ginseng supplement, if he recuperates and recuperates with peace of mind, he may be able to live for a few more years.

However, Huang Taiji knew that he couldn't rest, he had too much to do, and there were still a lot of unwillingness, so he could only choose to use Lao Shan ginseng to continue his life and maintain his energy.

And after Huang Taiji fought the Battle of Songjin, he turned around and found that Li Zixiao almost copied his old nest and even almost captured his concubine.

This made him regard it as a great shame for the Aixin Jueluo family, and vowed to get it back from Li Zixiao.

Entering the customs and taking revenge is an obsession in Huang Taiji's heart at this time.

But in addition to taking revenge before he died, he also had to consider the issue of the crown prince he would appoint after his death, and he would have to fight with his own people.

Huang Taiji knew that his thirteenth brother had always been eyeing his throne.

Huang Taiji knows Dolgon too well, and his ability is outstanding, especially in terms of combat, and his white flag is also the strongest of the eight Tartar banners, second only to his positive yellow flag.

Before Huang Taiji died, he might be able to suppress Dorgon, but once he died, how could he ensure that Dolgon did not usurp the throne.

Originally, among the many heirs of Huang Taiji at this time, the eldest son Haoge should be the most qualified to inherit the throne of Huang Taiji.

However, Hauge and Dorgon are notoriously incompatible, and if Emperor Taiji allows Hauge to inherit the throne, a conflict will inevitably break out with the grievances between the two of them.

And if Hauge is not allowed to inherit the throne, which of the other heirs of Huang Taiji will be Dorgon's opponent!

At this moment, Huang Taiji was really tired, he had to find ways to reform the Tartar army, and he wanted to exterminate the White Dragon Army entrenched in Jinzhou, and find a way to enter the customs.

still has to fight with his brother in his own home, but there is not much time left for him, so it can be seen that Huang Taiji, the emperor, is really not easy to be.

Years later, Huang Taiji vigorously reformed the army, mainly under the influence of Li Zixiao's White Dragon Army.

Originally, in history, there would not have been a time when Jinzhou was occupied, and even Li Zixiao made a big fuss about Tartar Shengjing last winter, clearing hundreds of thousands of people east of Tartar.

Facing the firearms of the White Dragon Army, Huang Taiji found that the Tartar War Horse Bow and Arrow at this time was really difficult to deal with.

Huang Taiji was not a king who did not know how to be flexible, so after a few years, he ordered the reform of the army, of course, the main reform was the Han Eighth Army.

After all, as the Eight Banners of Tartar who take 'riding and archery' as their housekeeping skill, if you let them put down their bows and arrows now, get off their horses, and learn firearms, it will be a death.

Therefore, Huang Taiji's military reform this time was mainly to go to the Han Eight Banners.

First of all, he ordered the expansion of the Eight Banners of the Han Dynasty, so that the number of the Eight Banners of the Han Dynasty increased by more than 30,000 people again, which was regarded as officially allowing the army of the Eight Banners of the Han Dynasty in the hands of the Tartars to surpass the Eight Banners of the Tartars.

At the same time, he ordered the addition of musketeers and artillery in the Eight Banners of the Han Dynasty, and let these Eight Banners also take the route of firearms in the future.

Compared to the Tartar soldiers, these peasants-turned-soldiers are much more suitable for them to learn fire guns than Tartars.

Moreover, these firecrackers are originally fast in training and can be mass-produced, the main thing is that they have enough firearms in their hands, and they can completely finish a batch and quickly replenish a batch.

In this regard, the archers of the Tartars are absolutely incomparable, and a good archer can only be achieved after years of hard practice.

In addition to ordering the reform of the Han Eight Banners, Huang Taiji also ordered the vigorous development of firecrackers and artillery, and at this time they were already able to produce their own artillery such as bird guns, tiger squat guns, and furlong machines.

Originally, in the Eight Banners of the Han Dynasty, there were actually some soldiers who used firearms and artillery, but they were all captured from the Ming army.

But now it's different, the Tartars really want to make their own guns and cannons, and even Huang Taiji is not only satisfied with making guns and artillery, he wants to build bigger artillery.

Dolgon's previous failure to attack the Great Black Mountain of Golden State also made Huang Taiji realize that artillery can not only be used to defend the city, but also to attack the weapon.

Only artillery can blast through the fortress established there by the White Dragon Army on the Great Black Mountain, and can help the Tartar Army conquer Jinzhou.

And this new camp set up in the west of Shenyang is the place where Huang Taiji set up a firearm casting, and the main person responsible for the artillery is a few red-haired ghosts, and even the Spaniards and Francs.

These people wandered outside the gate before, and were hired by Huang Taiji to build artillery for him.

"Your Majesty the Emperor, I didn't expect you to come."

A Francophone walked up to Huang Taiji at this time, hugged his chest and saluted, and said respectfully.

This Fran machine man was the first crooked nut to take refuge in Huang Taiji, and it was also he who created the first fire gun that belonged to them for Huang Taiji.

At this time, Huang Taiji appointed him as the head of this newly established firearms workshop.

Huang Taiji hoped that he could create a firearm like the one in Li Zixiao's hand that could shoot without a fire rope for the Tartar army, as well as a powerful cannon like the one in the hands of the White Dragon Army.

Yes, Huang Taiji has already learned from the mouth of Francophone at this time that the kind of fire gun that does not use the fire rope is called a flintlock pistol.

"Well, Yaba, how are your new guns and cannons cast?" Huang Taiji looked at the Franco and asked.

"Your Majesty the Emperor, my name is Abel, don't be toothless, I've said it countless times. Well, I guess I'm talking about it this time. ”

The Fran man waved his hand and said helplessly.

Then, he continued: "You guys are so bad here, you need too many new tools to build a flintlock pistol, you don't have any, and I don't even know how to build some of them.

Therefore, if the flintlock pistol cannot be made in a short period of time, we can only mass-produce the new bird gun. ”

(End of chapter)