An army is passing through the mountains of the Three Gorges of the Yangtze River.
This is a mighty army with tens of thousands of troops! If you stand on the hillsides on both sides of the Yangtze River and look down, you will find that this blue army cannot see the east and west ends. The former army has already entered the territory of Sichuan Province, while the rear army still remains in the territory of Huguang.
Li Guo, the Prince of the Fu Army of the Dashun Dynasty, was among this team, riding a variegated tall horse that had followed him for many years. Like most of the other warriors, he wore a simple blue coat over his armor. War robe and a white felt hat on his head. This outfit is exactly the same as that of Li Zicheng, and there is also a banner with the word "Chuang" on the back. Those who don't know better think that Li Zicheng is leading the troops in person!
Of course, Li Zicheng was still pretending to be a human being, and he returned to Xiangjing under the escort of Liu Zongmin with great fanfare - of course he did not go to Xiangjing in a coffin, but found a soldier who looked exactly like Li Zicheng and put on the attire of a king. In full public view, he led the troops down Huya Mountain, then walked through Yilingzhou, Baihu Pass, Jinzhuping, Tingzi Mountain, and finally crossed Jingshan Mountain and entered Xiangjing Prefecture.
Although the general policy of entering Sichuan with all efforts has been determined, Xiangjing Mansion cannot give up easily.
Xiangjing Prefecture was not only Li Zicheng's earliest base, but also the capital of the Dashun Dynasty, and the core of the Shaanxi, Henan and Huguang territories controlled by the Dashun Dynasty.
As long as the Xiangjing Prefecture is still there, the situation in Shaanxi and Henan can be maintained for the time being - at least in Dorgon's view, the battle between Dashun and Ming Dynasty in Huguang is still going on, and his Qing Dynasty does not need to attack the country hard at this time. Shun Guo's sword.
And the Dashun Dynasty continues to show its teeth in Huguang and Guanzhong, so Sichuan people will not regard Li Zicheng, who is pretending to be alive, as a down-and-out ghost who cannot survive in Xiajiang.
According to the information Li Guo has learned, the reason why Zhang Xianzhong, who entered Sichuan earlier than Dashun's army, is in such misery now is because the people of Sichuan regard him as a down-and-out bandit who will not last long.
Therefore, Li Zicheng, who pretended to be alive, could not enter Sichuan as a loser in the Central Plains. He must enter Sichuan when the situation in Huguang was acceptable and Guanzhong was not lost.
Sichuan people believe most in conquering Guanzhong, conquering Bashu, and conquering the world... Wasn't this how Liu Bang conquered the world back then? Later, Zhuge Liang's Longzhong team suggested that Liu Bei occupy Jingzhou and Bashu at the same time, and then wait for the opportunity to seize Guanzhong and establish the Central Plains.
Now Li Zicheng holds Guanzhong in one hand and Jingzhou in the other. No matter how you look at it, he is a "Shun Gaozu"!
Therefore, Li Guo did not dare to wait for the situation to continue to deteriorate. Before the Battle of Xiangjing had fully started and Li Zicheng could pretend to live for a while, he commanded 30,000 elite troops in the name of the Prince of Dashun Fujun and went to Sichuan to rescue Zhang Xian. Loyal to fire and water.
While Li Guo was marching westward, Gao Yigong and Luo Hu, who were stationed in Guanzhong, quietly led 25,000 elite troops to leave Xi'an and Fengxiang Prefectures where they had been fighting for nearly two years, and went to Dasanguan. Enter Hanzhong, then take the route of Xixiang and Chunshui, bypass Daba Mountain, break into Taiping County of Kuizhou, and finally enter Chongqing Prefecture via Dongxiang and Dazhou.
This is a surprise all the way! Now the Ming army in Chongqing is facing enemies on both sides, with Zhang Xianzhong in the west and Li Guo in the east. It is not easy to cope with it barely. If Gao Yigong and Luo Hu come from the north again, they will not be able to deal with them no matter what.
You must know that the 25,000 people of Gao Yigong and Luo Hu fought against the Qing troops in the east of Guanzhong and arrived at Wu Sangui in the west. They fought for nearly two years and have not yet collapsed. They are not elites but they have been trained into elites! If they can really cross the Daba Mountain unexpectedly, the armed landlords in Sichuan will definitely attack!
By then Chongqing Prefecture will be Dashun’s territory!
Moreover, Sichuan people have always believed that the world can be established by conquering Guanzhong from the north (Guanzhong) to the south. Therefore, facing the Dashun army coming from the north, their morale will definitely collapse, and Kuizhou will no longer be able to defend it.
Although the battle between Chongqing and Kuizhou was certain, Li Guo still felt a little impetuous as he looked at the mountains ahead and saw the endless march disappearing among the mountains. , how far is it from Wushan?”
Half a horse behind Li Guo, Second Military Advisor Gu Junen immediately replied: "It's at least two hundred miles back to Master Qiansui."
"There are still two hundred miles?" Li Guo raised his head and looked at the scenery of mountains and mountains in front of him, "How far is Chongqing?"
Gu Junen said: "Chongqing is seven to eight hundred miles west of Wushan, and about a thousand miles away from us. If everything goes well along the way, we can complete the journey in twenty days."
Li Guo took a breath: "There are still twenty days, nothing will happen, right?"
"Don't worry, Master Qiansui," Gu Junen said with a smile, "Zhang Xianzhong has been counterattacking Chongqing Prefecture since the beginning of the year. Although the war is unfavorable, he will not give up. Because Chongqing Prefecture is the richest prefecture in Sichuan, and the annual tax and grain It’s twice as much as Chengdu Mansion, Zhang Xianzhong is not willing to give up.”
Zhang Xianzhong's approach is very strange. He is clearly the leader of a peasant uprising army, but after entering Chengdu, he got the wrong script. He did not allocate fields to his brothers below, which only reduced the burden on the peasant uncles. Instead, he took the imperial examination. scholar!
As a result, the taxis were dissatisfied when they took it out, so they killed a batch of them in a daze!
At the same time, he has no rules for ruling Sichuan. He still has the style of a bandit who eats wherever he goes. He has been the emperor in Chengdu for almost two years and has caused much harm to the surrounding areas of Chengdu. Now he naturally wants to take advantage of Chongqing. .
Li Guo asked again: "What is the total amount of taxed grain in Sichuan now? How much is the total amount of land?"
Gu Jun'en said: "The total tax and grain tax set by the Ming Dynasty emperor for the entire Sichuan was 1.08 million shi, and the total farmland was approximately 13.5 million acres."
"That's it?" Li Guo was startled when he heard this, "Sichuan has always been known as Tianfu, how can the land be comparable to that of Jingzhou Prefecture?"
Gu Junen said with a smile: "That's because the Ming Dynasty was careless and allowed local gentry to conceal their land. Otherwise, with the size of Sichuan and the wealth of Tianfu, how could it be possible that it could only have 13 million acres? It's more than three times as much!"
In later generations, Sichuan Province still had 100 million acres after Chongqing City! How could it be possible that Sichuan Province only had 13 million acres at this time in the late Ming Dynasty? Hidden is really hiding to the point of having no conscience.
Moreover, Sichuan province's payment of 1.08 million shi is a big joke... Even if the actual amount paid by farmers is increased ten times, it will still only be 10 million shi. Spread it over at least 40 to 50 million acres, which is two buckets of rice.
With the soil of the Land of Abundance, it is not considered a burden at all. Sichuan's climate is also relatively mild and was not greatly affected by the Little Ice Age. Therefore, during the historical chaos of the late Ming Dynasty, no local people in Sichuan rebelled, and everyone from top to bottom was very hostile to Zhang Xianzhong, the leader of the peasant uprising.
Of course, Sichuan, the Land of Abundance, belongs to the Sichuan gentry and landlords, and has little to do with the Sichuan farmers. They are just hungry.
Li Guo whispered: "It is the gentry who deserve to die the most. In this world now, they are the chief culprits! After entering Sichuan this time, we have to divide the land based on mouth and mouth."
"The holy name of Lord Qiantose!"
Li Guo suddenly frowned again, "But how can we deal with so many old brothers? We can't let the matter in Xiangjing Mansion happen again..."
The Xiangjing Prefecture has made a big fool of itself...the poor and lower-middle peasants welcome the prince! This is still the hometown of Dashun Dynasty! If it were to happen a second time, where would Li Guo run away? Going to Tibet?
Gu Junen smiled and said: "Master Qiansui, our place was cramped at that time. If we didn't let the old brothers eat the people of Xiangjing, life would be difficult. If we win Sichuan, of course we don't have to do that."
"Aren't you going to enclose the land and give it to others?" Li Guo asked.
"That can't be done..." Gu Jun'en said, "There are many prefectures in Bashu. Each prefecture will give 2.5% of the land to the soldiers, and the remaining 75% will be equally divided among the people. This way we can protect the people. I'm so happy!" He paused, "After allocating the fields to the soldiers, there will still be at least 30 million acres. Each acre will yield one bushel of rice, one foot of cloth, and ten days of corvee... That year we will have three million stones of rice and three million pieces of cloth, and we won’t have to worry about having no one to do the big work.”
"Win!" Li Guo nodded, "This is a good method. As long as everyone is happy, then we can win the world!"
