Anti-Qing: Starting from the Reincarnation of the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 82 The morale of the military is the morale of the people
Of course, Daming has no intention of controlling it.

The main purpose of what Ming Dynasty wants to do today is not to kill people, but to use killing people to establish prestige and draw red lines.

In this case, the more people watching the fun, the better.

The more people watch the excitement, the wider the news can spread, and the more obvious the deterrent effect on the Qing army will be!

In the midst of the crowd's attention, Zhu Jing'an led a group of cavalry and galloped to the execution platform.

Then, he led the people and strode onto the execution platform.

Looking around, feeling the attention coming from all directions, Zhu Jing'an spoke loudly.

"Today, on the bank of the Qianjiang River, under the watchful eye of the fellow villagers, I would like to use the heads of these Tatar soldiers to give an explanation to the people of Dong'an Town who died under the butcher's knife of the Qing captives."

"I want to give an explanation to the common people who were driven in front of the battlefield by the Qing army and died tragically on the battlefield in Hualiang Village!"

When Zhu Jing'an shouted, the guards around him also shouted in unison.

The content of his shouting was conveyed far away, trying to be heard by the people watching the excitement around him.

Zhu Jing'an looked around with burning eyes, and then asked the survivors of the Dong'an Town massacre to come on stage and tell their miserable experiences in front of everyone.

Yang Chen, Zhu Haitao and others took the stage in accordance with Zhu Jing'an's order, and tearfully complained about the brutality of the Qing army and the misery of their relatives and family members.

Telling about the tragedy that happened in Dong'an Town, full of blood and tears!

For a time, countless people shed tears.

Because the people near Jintian Town can sympathize with the experiences of Dong'an Town.

Dong'an Town has nothing to do with the Ming Dynasty. Even if the Qing army passed by to beg thieves, they would all experience such miserable experiences.

What about them?

You know, the relationship between Jintian Town and Daming today is inseparable.

If the Ming Dynasty was defeated and the Qing army captured Jintian Town, one can imagine the fate of Jintian Town.

By that time, not to mention the small Jintian Town, I am afraid that the entire Wuxuan County and several surrounding counties will end up worse than Dong'an Town, right?

After empathy, excitement is inevitable!
"kill!"

"kill!"

"Revenge! Revenge! Give justice to the people of Dong'an."

"Expose the canonical punishment! We must punish those Tatar soldiers!"

"..."

For a time, there were endless shouts on the banks of the Qianjiang River.

Zhu Jing'an also immediately announced the military order of thirteen kills.

When Zhu Jing'an announced that this time he would kill [-] Qing prisoners of war, not all of them, the original commotion among the captured Qing prisoners of war disappeared in an instant.

Originally, they thought they were certain to die, so they prepared to fight to the death.

However, when Zhu Jing'an's order was conveyed, not to kill them all, but to kill thirteen, they no longer wanted to resist.

Because many people feel that they will be the two-thirds of the lucky ones, not the one-third of the unlucky ones.

Since there is a chance of survival, the Qing army's thoughts of resistance will naturally be extinguished.

It's really easier to kill than to kill a chicken!

……

On this day, the banks of the Qianjiang River flowed with blood.

Headless corpses were piled together, and the scene was shocking.

As the fire ignited, the smell of burning corpses spread throughout both sides of the Qianjiang River, and could even be smelled in Wuxuan County, which was downwind.

Those Qing soldiers who survived the Thirteen Killing Orders were all sent to labor camps and arranged to atone for their sins.

Two days later, after the Ming army completed its repairs, it began to continue attacking everywhere.

Han Sigu led his troops upstream, preparing to attack the guests.

Zhang Hu, on the other hand, led his troops south and attacked Guixian.

Xie Gao led his troops northward to attack Xiangzhou in the northwest, in an attempt to knock out the Qing troops stationed in Xiangzhou and reduce the pressure on the north.

Zhu Jing'an personally led the main force of the Ming army eastward along the river towards Anping.

Time passed quickly, and all Ming armies made good progress.

In the 42nd year of Qianlong's reign, on the first day of March, Xie Gao's troops conquered Xiangzhou, annihilating more than [-] Qing troops and capturing nothing.

The officials in Xiangzhou refused to surrender and all burned themselves to death.

On the third day of March, Zhang Hu led his troops to conquer Xunzhou and annihilated more than [-] Qing troops. Xunzhou taught Su Wen to surrender and all the other officials died.

After Su Wen surrendered, he was promoted and appointed as the magistrate of Xunzhou by the Ming Dynasty, responsible for presiding over Xunzhou affairs.

The main force of the Ming army continued to move southward and invaded Guixian.

On the tenth day of March, Han Sigu attacked Laibin City. The prefect of Laibin resisted to the end and committed suicide by throwing himself into a well.

Most of the officials fled!

Zhu Jing'an personally led his troops eastward and invaded Pingnan.

At the same time, Wuxuan, as the rear of the Ming Dynasty at this time, continued to recruit troops and manufacture ordnance.

As the Ming army continued to report victories, the people in the prefectures and counties around Wuxuan began to have some confidence in the Ming Dynasty.

Many people believe that the Ming Dynasty may really succeed in overthrowing the Qing Dynasty and restoring the Ming Dynasty!

There was a long queue outside the recruitment point of the Ming Army, and the new barracks were overcrowded almost every day inside and outside.

The new recruits are training intensively and are ready to enter the battlefield at any time.

At the same time, the Ming army's ordnance workshop also moved out of Zijing Mountain and moved into Jintian Town, which was reorganized into an arsenal.

As the scale expands, so does the number of workers required.

Small blast furnaces for iron-making and converters for steel-making are constantly operating.

Red molten steel was constantly being cast into weapons and armor, which were then delivered to the army.

The production rate of the Type 65 field gun continues to soar.

The average daily output of five to six doors seems to be a mess.

These produced artillery were either equipped to the army or deployed on various defense lines set up by Zhu Jing'an.

It is a pity that the Ming Dynasty is still groping for the casting technology of heavy artillery.

Although sand mold cannon casting can barely cast heavy cannons, the efficiency is not as fast as iron mold cannon casting, and the output is ultimately limited.

……

Outside Pingnan City!

Zhu Jing'an stood under the banner of the Ming army, holding a telescope in his hand and observing the situation on the battlefield.

Groups of Ming soldiers were forming formations and advancing towards Pingnan City.

Ladders, shield chariots and other siege equipment are all available.

Boom!Boom!
On the artillery position, two heavy guns fired alternately.

While smoke filled the artillery array, black shells hit the city wall of Pingnan City.

With a bang, a cannonball hit the city wall heavily. The rammed earth wall swayed visibly to the naked eye, and smoke, dust, earth and stones fell rustlingly.

The Ming army now has a total of seven heavy artillery pieces.

Five of them were purchased from foreigners in Guangzhou, and the remaining two were cast by the Ming Army's ordnance workshop using sand mold casting methods.

Three of them were assigned to the other three armies for use, and the remaining two were left in Jintian Town and used as city defense artillery.

Therefore, Zhu Jing'an now only has two heavy artillery that can be used to attack the city.

But for now, two cannons are enough.

After all, Pingnan is just a small county, not a fortified city. A few rounds of shelling are enough to capture him.The city wall was bombarded by heavy artillery, and the Qing defenders at the head of the city couldn't help but panic.

In the shadows, figures can be seen running on the city wall.

Song Yi, the Pingnan inspector, stood at the top of the city, wanting to command his yamen militia to counterattack and prepare to resist the Ming army's siege.

However, hearing the rumbling cannons outside the city, the militiamen in Pingnan City were already frightened, and they were all trying to escape.

Even those who didn't escape were still shivering in the corner, their legs and feet so weak that they couldn't even stand up.

No one obeyed his order to fight the Ming army.

The Ming army's siege troops pushed their shield carts all the way to the foot of Pingnan City.

With the roar of an explosion, the city gate of Pingnan was blown open by the Ming army's explosive pack.

Smoke and dust filled the air, wood chips were flying, and there was a faint flicker of fire.

However, the Ming army's siege troops did not hesitate at all. The moment the charge horn sounded, the black soldiers of the Ming army rushed in from the blasted city gate.

Wherever they passed, the Qing troops guarding the city watched the wind and descended.

At the moment when the city gate was blown up, the resistance of the Qing army was like wind and rain, quickly disappearing.

Song Yi, the Pingnan inspector, refused to surrender and jumped from the top of the city. His brains burst from the fall and he died tragically on the spot.

The Ming army quickly took actual control of Pingnancheng!
Zhu Jing'an put down the telescope in his hand and exhaled a thick breath.

"Pass the order, and the army will begin to control the city defense of Pingnan City."

"Remove the remnants of the Qing army in the city, maintain social order, and post notices to calm the people."

"I will again order the army to pay attention to military discipline. Anyone who robs, kills, insults women, or violates military laws will be killed without mercy."

Now that the Ming army is known as the King's Division, it naturally has to show some of the King's Division's demeanor.

We cannot be like the bandit soldiers of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, who robbed wherever they went.

Wherever the army passes, it does no harm to the local environment. It is the most basic requirement not to take a single step from the people.

In order to achieve this goal, Zhu Jing'an didn't mind using a few human heads to establish his authority.

Now that the division of military merit in the Ming Dynasty has been implemented, Zhu Jing'an naturally has the confidence to ruthlessly clean up military discipline.

With the Military Merit Field as an anchor, the Ming Army's military morale is now stable. It's just a matter of rectifying military discipline, and nothing will happen.

After the army took control of Pingnan City, Zhu Jing'an spoke.

"Send the order and report the victory to the rear!"

"Let's just say that our army has captured Pingnan City and is preparing to continue eastward along the river towards Anping City."

"Please supervise the state to quickly send people to take over local government affairs!"

"..."

Also, while the Ming army was occupying places, they were also constantly confiscating homes.

As for the person whose house was confiscated?

To put it bluntly, they were those Manchu and Qing officials who refused to surrender and persisted in resisting the Ming Dynasty.

As well as the gentry and wealthy merchants who actively contributed money and effort to help the Qing army fight and were enemies of the Ming Dynasty.

Mainly these two groups of people!

Rebellion, to put it bluntly, is a process of redistribution of interests.

Zhu Jing'an wanted to divide the Ming army's land and wives, and then build up a team to fight against the Qing Dynasty and restore the Ming Dynasty.

But according to the law of conservation of physics, if someone gets something, someone will definitely lose it.

So, then again, where should the fields and women allocated to the soldiers of the Ming Dynasty come from?

To put it bluntly, it can only come from those gentry and wealthy merchants who firmly sided with the Qing Dynasty.

Although Zhu Jing'an wanted to win over the gentry, the gentry didn't like to talk to him now.

Then, Zhu Jing'an figured out that what he needed to win over most now was the morale of the military.

Only by stabilizing the morale of the military can the new Ming Dynasty regime gain a firm foothold.

As for the gentry, go to hell!

Since you really don't like to talk to me, then don't blame me for killing the pig on you.

The proceeds from the confiscation of homes greatly alleviated the current financial pressure faced by Ming Dynasty.

Their money and food became the money and food of Ming Dynasty.

Their land became a military field assigned to soldiers by the Ming Dynasty.

Their wives, daughters, and family members were given as wives to bachelors in the Ming army based on their military merit.

As more and more military exploits are being cashed in, more and more bachelors are exchanging their military exploits for wives.

Not only did the morale of the Ming army not drop due to the continuous battles, but it began to become higher and higher at a speed visible to the naked eye.

As for the "popular support" lost because of this?
That doesn't matter, as long as the military's morale is under control, it is only natural for the "people's hearts and minds" to join.

Well, to briefly translate, as long as your sword is fast enough, the gentry will kneel faster.

Gentlemen and gentlemen all have precedents for this.

During the Mongolian Yuan Dynasty and the Manchu Qing Dynasty, foreign tribes came to dominate the Central Plains twice. The gentry and gentry were more skillful in kneeling before the sharp sword.

Also, the current Ming Dynasty has not yet reached the stage where it needs to win over the "people's hearts and minds"...

……

At this time, the Ming army aggressively expanded outwards, captured the state capital, and expanded its territory.

The Governor-General's Office of Guangdong and Guangxi also received news that the thieves' army was defeated and that the Ming thieves were getting bigger and sweeping across the place.

Yang Jingsu was sitting in the lobby of the Governor's Mansion, and in front of him was the specific defeat in the battle of Hualiang Village.

When he saw the news that the main force of the Qing army in Guangxi had been severely damaged in the battle, his face immediately darkened.

"Your Majesty Governor, there is such a big trouble in Guangxi, I'm afraid we can't hold back the news."

"The student suggests that you report the news to the court as soon as possible and ask the court to mobilize troops from several provinces to encircle and suppress the bandits in Guangxi."

In front of Yang Jingsu, his master Xu Chongyin suggested.

Yang Jingsu took a deep breath and spoke.

"Mr. Xu is right. This matter should indeed be reported to the imperial court, and the imperial court should be asked to send troops from several provinces to encircle and suppress the Ming thieves."

"However, what I am worried about now, if this matter is reported like this, will the court take action against me?"

The governor of Guangdong and Guangxi has always been the private territory of the Eight Banners of Manchuria.

He, Yang Jingsu, was a Han nationality and was entrusted by the emperor with the important task of serving as the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi.

The imperial court was staring at the position of the Governor of Guangdong and Guangxi under his buttocks, and the Eight Banners officials who were waiting to be released hated him with itch.

If the rebellion in Guangxi was reported to the court like this, it would be inevitable for the Eight Banners officials to make trouble for Yang Jingsu.

When Xu Chongyin heard this, he thought for a while and said.

"If the Governor wants to get out of this matter, your best choice would be to give up the merits."

"Before the imperial court mobilizes troops from several provinces to encircle and suppress the Ming rebels in Guangxi, if you can put down the rebellion first, escort the rebel chiefs to Beijing and offer them prisoners to the Ancestral Temple."

"Then there may be room for change in this matter!"

"You should know, Mr. Governor, that military service is the most important thing in our Qing Dynasty."

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PS: I have something to do this afternoon and I need to go out, so I can’t type. In addition, yesterday’s third update wiped out all the saved manuscripts, so there is only one update.

Thank you for your understanding. I will resume two updates of [-] words tomorrow.

(End of this chapter)