Dominate the Country

Luzhou, the newly built Anhui Governor's Office.

Guilin, Changtai, Wang Wanbang and other leaders of the Anhui Qing army gathered together. Also sitting in a row were a series of senior officials such as the Anhui Provincial Governor and the Provincial Procurator.

These people were all heavyweights of the Qing Dynasty in Anhui. Now they all had a stern face and said nothing. The huge hall was silent except for silence. It was as if a dark cloud was covering everyone.

A geographical map with red and black "arrows" hung high on one side of the hall. This was a map of North China. There were now two places with "arrows" running around on the map. One was Jining, Shandong, and the other was Xuzhou, Jiangsu. As for Jinan, they ignored it.

"What should we do?" The Fu Han Army attacked Xuzhou, what should they do? Four words and a big "?" floated above the silent hall.

No one knew whether to send troops. If Xuzhou was lost, Anhui would cry.

"Report..." Outside the second gate. A Goshaha hurried over, and his high-pitched shout broke the silence in the hall. This shout was quite effective, and the heavy atmosphere in the hall was slightly loosened, and everyone present immediately perked up!

"Report to the Lord Zhongcheng. Lord Yingjia, the deputy general of Xuzhou Town, is outside the door..."

Changtai, who was sitting in the middle, stood up. Yingjia, Yingjia is his cousin, and as the deputy general of Xuzhou, why did he come to Luzhou now? Before Goshaha finished speaking, Changtai shouted loudly: "Yingjia. Come in quickly..."

Although Yingjia was only a lieutenant general, he was born as a noble of the Bordered Yellow Banner. If it were five years ago, Changtai was older than Yingjia, and he was also Yingjia's cousin. Changtai would be courteous to Yingjia during festivals, because Yingjia also had a second-class earl title. But what time is it now? Not to mention that Yingjia's ancestral title was a second-class earl, he was a first-class duke, and no one present cared about this.

"Yingjia greets Lord Zhongcheng and all the others."

Yingjia came in from outside in a state of embarrassment. His jacket was covered with smoke and dust, and the color could not be seen. There were four or five holes of different sizes on it, and the braids were obviously burned and shortened. This dress made Guilin's anger disappear a lot. After all, everyone could see that Yingjia had suffered a lot. Only Changtai narrowed his eyes. Changtai, who knew Yingjia well, looked at Yingjia's robe so embarrassed, but he could not find a trace of blood on it, and he couldn't help sneering in his heart.

"Let me ask you, what is the situation of the battle in Jining and Xuzhou?" Guilin was very anxious. Once Caozhou and Xuzhou were lost, it was a choice question that the Qing army in Anhui had to make, whether to fight or leave.

Tears streamed down Yingjia's eyes, "Lord Zhongtang, Xuzhou is in danger, Xuzhou is in danger. Li Zhongtang ordered me to come to rescue, and I hope Lord Zhongcheng will send troops quickly." In addition to the positions of Governor of the River and Governor of Jiangsu, Li Shiyao also has the title of Grand Secretary of the Tiren Pavilion.

"What about the battle in Jining?" Guilin's expression was still solemn.

"Lord Zhongtang sent troops from Henan to attack Jining, but I haven't heard that Jining has been lost." After Yingjia rode out of Xuzhou, he ran wildly for a day and a night, and he really didn't close his eyes for a quarter of an hour. Although he did do something wrong with his clothes, he really worked hard.

Just when the Fu Han Army turned south to attack Xuzhou, Agui also sent the Qing army to attack Jining from Caozhou. The large area of ​​land on the west bank of the canal that was previously seized by the Shandong militia under Kong Zhaohuan and others was soon lost. And Agui saw that Chen Ming did not turn north to reinforce Jining, so he simply led his troops across the canal and surrounded Jining on all sides.

"Chen Ni's artillery fire was too sharp. The defensive fortifications outside Xuzhou City could not stop their main force, let alone their vanguard. We finally burned the floating bridge they built at night, but before noon the next day, the floating bridge was repaired again."

"Xuzhou's city walls and the artillery outside the city could not stop their rockets at all. The explosion was so loud that the sky collapsed and the earth cracked. The gunners in the artillery were also shaken to death."

The importance of Luzhou must not be abandoned unless there is no way out. However, in northern Anhui, Yingzhou Prefecture and Fengyang have Anhui Qing troops stationed. The Qing troops from these two places can quickly reinforce Xuzhou.

Yingjia looked at Guilin eagerly. "Lord Zhongcheng, this is not Xuzhou. This is still Anhui."

If the Fu Han Army took Xuzhou, they would not need to completely take Guide Prefecture, or even Guide Prefecture City. As long as they took Yongcheng, the southeasternmost part of Guide Prefecture, and then took Bozhou, the northwestmost part of Yingzhou Prefecture, the Fu Han Army could completely separate Anhui from Henan. By that time, the wealthy families in northern Anhui will probably turn around and chop the Qing army with the knife in their hands!

The Nianzi in northern Anhui have existed since the founding of the Qing Dynasty. Those who live there are civilians, and those who go out are Nianzi. They are rampant between northern Anhui and eastern Henan, and protect salt smuggling in the four provinces of Henan, Anhui, Jiangsu, and Shandong. They cannot be completely eliminated!

Since the rise of the rural soldiers and militia in Anhui, these Nianzi have transformed into militias to protect their hometowns. They did contribute when resisting the Fu Han Army. But this is because they have a deep conflict of interest with the Fu Han Army!

The foundation of the Nianzi is also the most basic clan. The so-called Nianzi is a powerful and earthy version of the military. They rely on the clan to rise, and they are most concerned about the township power and clan power. However, the Fu Han Army targets the township power and clan power, and their interests are consistent with those of the Qing Dynasty in this regard.

Moreover, the Manchu Qing Dynasty at this time was at least stronger than during the Nian Army uprising in the original time and space history, and they had not yet forced people into desperation. Therefore, northern Anhui, which had been the hardest hit area in the past, became an important basis for the Manchu and Qing Dynasties to stabilize the place.

But this was the choice made by the rebels in northern Anhui because there was still "hope" for the Manchus. If the Qing army in Anhui was completely separated from Beijing by the Han army, these rebels would still follow the Manchus wholeheartedly. Go? I'm afraid they were the first to raise the flag and slash the Qing army's heads with a knife!

"Report, report..."

At this moment, an extremely urgent shout sounded outside. Guilin waved his hand, and a moment later he saw a man dressed as a police officer entering the lobby. His embarrassment and exhaustion were not much better than Yingjia's, and then poof Kneeling on the ground with a cry. With tears and runny noses flowing down his face, he said, "Master Zhongcheng, Zhang Nanshan has rebelled. Zhang Nanshan has rebelled. He beheaded all the hundreds of officers and soldiers in Zhiheji, and now they are surrounding Bozhou." The officer, with tears streaming down his face, knelt down on the ground. Can't even lift it up. "The state magistrate doesn't know whether he is alive or dead. Only more than thirty people from one of Guoyang's battalions escaped."

The officer knelt on the ground and kept crying, but he didn't realize that the atmosphere in the lobby had become silent again, as dead as a mourning hall.

The Zhang family gathered in Pheasant River, and Zhang Nanshan rebelled? ? ?

Anyone who knows anything about twisters knows what this means. "Zhang family, Zhang Nanshan——"

Guilin spit out these five words through his teeth. He hated it. I hate myself for not being able to make up my mind to eradicate this scourge. The latter is the leader of the entire Nianzi, and he is also a big crocodile that has emerged from the water since the Nianzi group training in northern Anhui.

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The big rooster in the chicken coop crowed loudly early in the morning. Xu Sanwa sat up from the bed helplessly, and then fell to the ground sleepily. Last night, he lay in bed and flipped pancakes, unable to sleep most of the night. It was getting light and he was confused for a while. Now that the rooster was crowing, he really felt sleepy.

The door of the main room was wide open, and the aroma of pancakes hit him. Xu Sanwa knew that his mother-in-law was cooking without even looking.

His little son, who was just a few months old, was lying quietly on a small bed in the main room, soundly asleep at the moment. Xu Sanwa gently touched his tender little face, with a gentle smile on her face, but the bitter tears in her eyes could no longer help flowing. The plum blossoms in the yard were blooming just right, but the bright red color of this red plum made Xu Sanwa want to tear them all off, crush them, and step them into the soil of the pig pen.

The sun has not risen yet, and the sky has not yet been judged. Mrs. Xu has already prepared meals, including pancakes with green onions and dipping sauce, corn porridge, and a piece of cabbage.

This is the best meal in the Xu family. Multigrain pancakes, green onion dipping sauce.

"Master, wash your face and eat quickly. Eat well before you go on the road." Half of Xu's face was wet with tears. The young couple shed tears last night, but their family was really unable to resist what the patriarch had decided.

The Fuhan Army had surrounded Xuzhou and bombed Xuzhou City indiscriminately every day. But Chen Ming was not in a hurry to kill the Xuzhou Qing army. Otherwise, why would Agui fight Jining hard? Besides, he was still thinking about the Qing soldiers in Anhui. Surrounding Xuzhou City can be regarded as a siege and reinforcements. If everything goes as it should.

Therefore, the transportation of military supplies in the rear has become the focus.

The Grand Canal is no longer safe. Li Shiyao sank dozens of ships in the Grand Canal before leaving, and they have not yet finished salvaging them. The only thing that can be used is the Yellow River waterway, which passes through northern Jiangsu and directly transports arms to Xuzhou.

However, the transportation work of getting on and off the ship also requires manpower. When the energy storage is seriously insufficient, the labor demand is even greater. Pulling people, recruiting young men, and conscripting young men are the only options for the Fuhan Army.

Xu Sanwa's village was ordered to produce 40 young and strong laborers, which was almost equal to one from each family. It was also stipulated that those at the age of eighteen should go up and those at forty should go down. The Xu family is the main surname of this village. Even if there is only one person with a foreign surname, there will be thirty Xu family members. Xu Sanwa's immediate family members were unhappy. Logically speaking, people like Xu Sanwa should not be drawn, but their patriarch chose Xu Sanwa.

Who made his family easy to bully? If the population is not prosperous and there are no direct blood relatives, then there will be no one to support him. The other Xu family members were happy that Xu Sanwa took up a spot. To a certain extent, members of the same clan are relatives, and when it comes to interests, real relatives may not even work. Who would care about a clan member? The clan's only compensation was to give Xu Sanwa's family half a bag of cornmeal.

At the beginning of the hour, forty young and strong laborers gathered at the west end of the village. Before a quarter of an hour, the patriarch riding a donkey appeared, with two young men standing behind him. "Everyone is here? Let's go then." Cries immediately broke out in the village.

Chen Ming, who lives outside Xuzhou, has no intention of caring about the most basic labor issues. Although his 'work' is very easy now, war is not everything to him. He also needs to pay attention to the war situation in the northwest, the war situation in the southwest, things in Nanjing, things in Nanyang, things in Annan - Hongji City, Zheng Zhu and Liangshan The three heroes, the Tay Son Army and Quang Nam Kingdom, the Ha Tien Mo family who has recovered, the conflict between Siam and Burma, the affairs in Singapore, the affairs in Sulu, and the affairs in Korea.

Don’t worry about too many things!

Therefore, Chen Ming, who felt a little more relaxed during the war, was full of time occupied by other things.

What Chen Ming is reading now is the report on North Korea. There is a big news - Enquanjun Li Qi is dead. The cause of death was poisoning!

This was definitely not done by the secret camp, so it is said that Yi Ye died in the internal strife of the remnant forces of the Joseon Dynasty. However, the specific murderer has not been verified, so all kinds of rumors are flying around.

First of all, Yi Ye's two elder brothers, Eun-yeon Lee Seong and Yeon-ryeong Lee Jin, are highly suspected; and there are rumors within the Joseon Dynasty that they are external branches of the Joseon royal family, and there are also those who point the finger directly at Chen Han. It is said that Chen Han wants to annex Korea, which is a cruel move against Yi Ye, and this is just the beginning. Next, it will be the turn of Eun-yeon Lee Seong and Yeon-ryeong Lee Jin.

Chen Ming just wanted to curse after seeing it. Although he did make up his mind to annex Korea, he would not use such a bad trick.

When the three of them fled to Chungcheong Province before, there were so many opportunities in the chaotic army to kill them without anyone noticing. Chen Ming did not do it. Will he choose a killer after the three are completely dead? Or use poison?

Chen Ming felt that now was not a good time at all. If these three people were kept, the remaining power of the Li Dynasty could be roughly divided into three groups. With the Jin family in their hands, that would be four forces...

In fact, although Li Yu was young, the power supporting Li Yu was the strongest among the remaining forces of the Li Dynasty.

Because the younger the king is, the easier it is to control.

Even the Jin family implicitly supported Li Yu.

In North Korea, a country that thinks it is a "small China", in the power struggle, the temperament of its ministers and aristocrats is really like the good sons of China.

This shit pot must not be worn. Chen Ming picked up the pen and wrote the two words "thorough investigation"! He also wanted to drag the Jin family into it. Because of the status of the Jin family, and the fact that Jin herself did not give birth to a child, she and the power behind her were a good candidate as a notary.

...

The heavy snow in Jilin has stopped for five days. The snow in the village has long been cleared away. Only the Loyalty Hall was covered with a thin layer of thick, crystal-white snow.

At the head of the hall, Wang Zhanqing, with pockmarks on his face, was wearing a bear-skin coat and sitting on a tiger-skin chair. This tiger-skin was not earned by Wang Zhanqing, but was seized after he defeated the original gang of gangsters in this mountain stronghold. Below were several of Wang Zhanqing's trusted leaders.

"Pah!" A crisp sound.

It sounded so loud in the silent hall. A teacup was slammed under Wang Zhanqing's feet, and hot water splashed, and a bright red flower bloomed on the red blanket under Wang Zhanqing's feet.

However, the expression on Wang Zhanqing's face was not as angry as he actually showed. His eyes swept across the faces of the leaders, and then he said in a nonchalant manner: "It's okay! It's not your fault. We have only been here for a year. In terms of connections and well-informed information, it is the government that has benefited from it."

Several leaders were confused about what Wang Zhanqing meant, and they looked at each other in amazement. The boss didn't get angry? This is too weird.

When their team went down the mountain to collect food, they were almost wiped out by the local nest and the government. Even if they escaped, less than half of the original thirty horsemen were left.

Wang Wangyan stood with his hands folded, waiting for his brother to speak. In his opinion, the first person to take the knife should be Wang Sangou, the second leader of the village. This man is a man who can fight and fight, and he didn't sit in the position of second leader because of his surname Wang. Because Wang Sangou, Wang Zhanqing and Wang Wangyan are not from the same place. But he didn't expect that his brother wanted to see his brother's talent.

"Second brother, tell me. How should we fight this game?" Wang Zhanqing's Henan accent has not changed for two or three years.

"Fight. Bloodbath the willow nest. Show the ability of our mountain village." After a slight surprise, Wang Yan immediately reacted.

"Hmm." Wang Zhanqing nodded, and seemed quite satisfied. He looked at the leaders below and said, "What do you think of Wang Yan's words?"

There was another silence in the hall.

Wang Sangou felt that he could not wait any longer, so he stood up and said, "Brother. Wang Yan is right. We are going to clean up the willow nest." He was beaten and suffered a loss. He kept silent, which was not the style of the gang. Cleaning up the willow nest was a relief.

"There are only thieves for life, but no one can guard against thieves for life. Isn't the willow nest related to the Tartars? Let's send someone to keep an eye on it first, and give them a good fight when we find a chance." Wang Sangou seemed to see the moment when the troops rushed into the willow nest.

"Brother, I heard that Zhou Laocai's wife is a rare beauty, and the rest of the girls are also very beautiful. I won't fight with you for the little girl, as for the old woman..." Wang Sangou smiled with a smirk on his face, and laughed a strange laugh that all men understood.

Wang Zhanqing stood up with a big laugh, "You are so good, you still want to be my cheap father-in-law, right?"

"But if we take down the willow nest, if that little bitch is really cute, I will recognize you this time. I will recognize you as my cheap father-in-law for once."

"Brothers, what the second brother said is right. After we clean the willow nest, we brothers will feel happy. Then let's clean the willow nest!"

"Clean the willow nest!"

"Clean the willow nest!"...

The atmosphere in the Loyalty Hall immediately became lively, and soon the atmosphere of the whole mountain village became lively. Only a small minion hiding in the dark suddenly turned pale.

"Clean the willow nest? Wang Zhanqing, Wang Zhanqing, you are so brave, have you forgotten what you are doing?"