Chang Yanling didn't get any accurate information, so he was sent to rest by Zhu Cixiang. Then Prince Zhu ordered people to ask military advisor Li Yan to return to Wuchang to attend the military meeting.
Li Yan went to Huaixi to mobilize troops a few days ago and brought with him the Zuo Division of the New Army originally stationed in Fengyang Prefecture and several New Army guards stationed in Runing. The total number was about 20,000. They marched from Huangzhou Prefecture and occupied Huangpi (belonging to Huangzhou Prefecture), Xiaogan (belonging to De'an Prefecture), and Hanchuan (belonging to Hanyang Prefecture). They advanced to the east bank of the Han River, and then pressed along the Han River to Hankou has now occupied Hankou County (to the north of Hankou Town), and the forward has reached Houhu and Yuan Gongdi.
According to the original plan, Li Yan's troops began to attack Hankou Town after receiving the support of a mortar battalion (equipped with eighteen 24-pound mortars) transported from downstream.
Li Zicheng's defense in Hankou relied on Yuan Gong Dike. The height of Yuan Gong Dike was limited, but it was very generous and impossible to destroy with cannons. However, this difficulty is not a problem for "artillery expert" Zhu Cixiang. Because the defenders left by Li Zicheng did not have many artillery at all, and they were all concentrated on Guishan, the Yuan Gongdi front line did not receive much fire support at all.
The mortars transferred by Zhu Cixi from Nanjing can be placed on the front line very close to Yuan Gongdi, and then fire 24-pound explosive shells...
However, Li Yan, who returned from Jiangbei, brought Zhu Cixiang another ingenious plan to seize Hanyang Mansion and even sweep the Jianghan Plain.
This clever plan was not given by military counselor Li Yan, but by Jing Muqing, a member of the Chengtian Mansion who broke out from Jingmen Prefecture City.
This Jingju man had previously organized a regiment to defend Jingmen Prefecture, but was besieged by Li Guo's troops. He originally thought that the Dashun Army would not last long in Chengtian Mansion, but what happened next made him despair again.
The Dashun Dynasty's policy of "granting land by plan, debt exemption and interest exemption" won almost unanimous support from the poor people of Chengtian Prefecture!
Although Li Zicheng did not mobilize these poor people to join the Dashun Army, he ordered Li Guo to organize regiment training for the Dashun side.
Therefore, the landlord regiments in Jingmen Prefecture quickly fell into panic, and Jing Muqing could not control the situation, so he had to take advantage of Li Guo's troops to relax the siege of Jingmen Prefecture City (because Li Yan launched an offensive in the direction of Huangzhou and De'an) Taking the opportunity, he led his troops to break out of the encirclement, grabbed several fishing boats by the Han River, and fled to the east bank of the Han River.
While on the way to escape, he suddenly had an idea and thought of a clever plan to deal with Li Zicheng by repaying him with his own methods!
"welcome!"
Although he did not believe that Xiaolian named Jing could quickly bring down Xiangyang, in the spirit of treating a dead horse as a living horse, Zhu Cihong still summoned Jing Muqing and Jing Juren, the heroes who guarded Jingmen Prefecture, in the palace hall.
During Li Zicheng's southern invasion, the entire Chengtian Mansion was lost. Only Jingmen Prefecture held on for a period of time under the leadership of this Jingjuren. Maybe this Jingjuren was really capable?
After a while, a dark-faced man in his thirties wearing a Zhuge scarf, holding a goose-feather fan, and a white double-breasted Confucian uniform walked in under the guidance of Yan Yingyuan and Li Yan.
Zhu Cihong and Wu Sanfu were stunned when they saw this man's appearance and dress.
This whole thing is that Meng Zhangfei stole Zhuge Liang's clothes and dressed up...a black face with a big beard that looked like boar bristles, and eyes as wide as a leopard's. It's so embarrassing for you to look like this. ? You should carry the Zhangba snake spear and challenge Li Zicheng's general in a duel!
"The late-born Beijing Muqing respectfully invites His Highness the Crown Prince Jin An!"
Just when everyone was in a daze, "Meng Zhang Fei" had already spoken, his voice was loud and full of energy, and he didn't look like Zhuge Kongming... If Zhuge Liang is like you, what hope does Sima Yi have?
"Are you a martial arts scholar?" Zhu Cixiang looked at him and looked at him like he didn't look like a civil official, so he asked.
The judge named Jing Muqing frowned when he heard these words. Why do you, the prince, judge people by their appearance? This person is just a little thicker, but he is actually a famous talent in Huguang. He writes beautifully in small regular script with a hairpin in his hand!
"Master Qiansui, Jing Xiaolian is a talented man from Huguang." Li Yan, who came with him, spoke. Of course, he brought him here after he understood the situation and Jing Muqing's abilities.
Li Yan introduced: "Although Jing Xiaolian has been a sect for generations, he himself is a Confucian scholar. He was known as the prodigy of Jingmen when he was young. He won the imperial examination at the age of eighteen. If he had not kept mourning for his mother-in-law for nine years, he would have been a pillar of the imperial court by now."
It turned out that this man was a military official, his ancestor was a fierce general under Zhu Yuanzhang, and he looked almost like him. He was "returning to his ancestors".
"How can you observe mourning for nine years?" Zhu Cixiang was a little confused. Isn't it three years if someone dies? How to observe the nine-year filial piety?
Jing Muqing sighed and showed a sad expression: "Wansheng adopted a child to his uncle, and his adoptive father died in the eighth year of Chongzhen. His adoptive mother passed away in the eleventh year of Chongzhen. In the fourteenth year of Chongzhen, Chen's biological father died again. He contracted the disease and died at the age of eighty-four..."
Oh, then you still have a biological mother... Zhu Cihong said in his heart: It will delay things too much. It will take twelve years to finish them one by one! It’s okay if you’re just a loser. If you’re really capable, you’re doing harm to the country!
"As expected, he is a filial son!" Zhu Cixiang nodded, "I am also a filial son. Naturally, I value filial sons the most. I will give you a seat!"
"Thank you, Your Highness."
After thanking him, Jing Daju sat down on the embroidered pier in a grand manner. It looked so big, like an iron tower.
"I heard from the military advisor that you have a clever plan to quickly pacify Xiangyang?" Zhu Cixiang looked at Jing Muqing, "Can you tell me?"
Jing Muqing shook his feather fan, stroked his bristle beard, and said in a formal tone: "Wan Sheng has a plan, I don't dare to say it's good, maybe it can hit the thieves' vitals."
"Yeah?"
Jing Muqing nodded, "The way to be born late is to repay the other person with his own way!"
What? Zhu Cixiang was stunned, what do you mean?
Seeing Zhu Cixiang stunned, Jing Daju stopped playing riddles and smiled: "The prince is here to divide the land!"
ah? The prince came to divide the fields... and learn from Li Zicheng?
Zhu Cixiang shook his head, "Jing Xiaolian, I am the prince of Fujun in the Ming Dynasty, not a bandit! Moreover, after including Huguang and Fujian and Guangdong, the population of the southeast is more than 100 million, and the farmland is only 500 million acres at most. If points are deducted for meritorious officials and The land of the soldiers can only be divided at most 400 million acres, and the average per capita is only a few three acres...not enough to maintain stability!"
Jing Muqing was stunned when he heard this. He didn't expect that Prince Zhu had studied the matter of dividing fields!
"Your Highness the Crown Prince is wise." Jing Muqing complimented, and then added, "It is indeed not advisable to equalize land throughout the country, but if the Crown Prince wants to go straight to Xiangyang, he must equalize land within Xiangyang Prefecture."
"In Xiangyang Prefecture..." Zhu Cixiang's eyes suddenly lit up, "That's right! Li Zicheng has enclosed all the land in Xiangyang Prefecture and distributed it to his old soldiers!"
After all, Li Zicheng was the leader of the feudal dynasty. He could equalize land by calculation, but at the same time he had to enclose and grant land. Otherwise, how could the old camp soldiers under him be masters? If you don't act as their boss, Li Zicheng's team will be disbanded!
Therefore, in Jingzhou, Chengtian, De'an and other prefectures, Li Zicheng could equalize land by population and act as the liberator of the poor and lower-middle peasants, but in his hometown in Xiangyang, he was the chief leader of the armed landlord class.
To the people of Xiangyang Prefecture, Li Zicheng was a worse person than Emperor Zhu... The local landlords, rich peasants, and profiteers in Xiangyang at least did not hate Emperor Zhu. In the eyes of all the people of Xiangyang Prefecture, Li Zicheng was the one who robbed them. family property, turning them into slaves of the devil!
Li Zicheng is really ashamed of his elders in Xiangyang!
And the class contradiction in Xiangyang is also Li Zicheng's weakness!
Zhu Cixiang laughed loudly: "It is indeed a brilliant plan! Li Zicheng used the method of equalizing land to confuse the people of Hunan, and I also used the method of equalizing land to confuse the people of Xiangyang... It is indeed a way to repay the other side. !”
He looked at Jing Muqing who was as fierce as Zhang Fei and said with a smile: "Mr. Jing, you are a native of Jingxiang. Can you take charge of the equalization of land in Xiangyang for me? After this is done, how much will your family lose? I will take the official title of Wuchang Mansion." Tian will make it up to you!”
