"Grandpa, this is the form of persuasion from Shang Kexi and Shang Zhixin that Fourth Grandpa asked me to bring you!"
In the main hall of the Western Prince's Mansion in Hanzhong, Wu Shifan, who had come from afar, saluted Wu Sangui and said hello, and then took out the letter written by Shang Kexi and Shang Zhi that Wu Sanwei had given him, "Persuading the King of the West to Ascend to the Throne as the Emperor".
"What?" Wu Sangui was stunned for a moment, then asked while taking the "Persuasion Form", "Your fourth grandfather?"
"It is Duke Lian, the Marquis of Xinhui," Wu Shifan explained. "When my grandson was about to leave Gaozhou Prefecture with his ancestral cousin, he also happened to lead his troops to Lianzhou and passed by Xianmen Village in Wuchuan County, Gaozhou. His grandson followed. Grandpa and grandpa went to Xianmen Village together and met the fourth grandpa, and then the fourth grandpa gave his grandson this advice and asked his grandson to bring it to grandpa."
"What does he look like?" Wu Sangui asked while looking at the table.
Wu Sangui was still very interested in the little brother he had never met. Of course he had doubts about Wu Sanwei's identity, but this Wu Sanwei was not an unknown soldier. After all, he was a martial arts champion and a deputy general in the city defense camp. General, not to mention his high position and authority, he also has a good reputation and a good background. How could he recognize his biological father by mistake?
Moreover, this Wu Sanwei is indeed from Zhili Province, and his hometown is very close to Beijing. Counting the days, when he was born, Wu Sangui's father Wu Xiang also happened to be a wealthy man in Beijing. Beijing was a colorful world at that time. Didn't Wu Sangui get a "yuan yuan" there?
Later, Wu Sangui heard someone say that there were many girls sent to him back then. Chen Yuanyuan was not the only one, but there were also several beauties, but they were not sent to him. He was not busy with military affairs, so his father Wu Xiang was responsible for them. Collected on behalf of you! But after so many years, Wu Sangui got a younger brother, so it was not surprising.
"He is dark, has a big beard, and is very powerful. He is similar to Zhang Fei and Zhang Yide in "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms."
"Dark?" Wu Sangui was stunned. His father Wu Xiang was a white-faced man. His brother Wu Sanfeng and younger brother Wu Sanfu were both fair-faced. How come Wu Sanwei was a black-faced man? Could it be that someone gave me a black beauty back then?
Wu Sangui thought for a while, but still didn't quite understand, but he didn't think too much about it. Instead, he changed the topic and asked Wu Shifan: "You just said that your fourth grandfather led his troops to Lianzhou Prefecture? Then he doesn't stay in Xin'an anymore?" "
"I can't stay anymore," Wu Shifan shook his head, "I can't stay any longer. Wang Shikai's situation on the west coast of Lingdingyang is getting better and better. When his grandson left Guangdong, he had firmly controlled Xiangshan, Xinhui, and Xinning counties. , and also controlled Foshan Town, the richest town in Shunde County and Nanhai County!"
"It's just four counties and one town!" Wu Sangui looked unconcerned.
Four counties and one town are nothing. Wu Sangui now has three provinces: Sichuan, Yunnan, and Guizhou. He also owns one part of Guangxi, one part of Hunan, one part of Hubei, one part of Shaanxi, and one part of Gansu.
Wu Shifan said with envy: "Grandpa, don't underestimate the four counties of Xiangshan, Xinhui, Xinning, Shunde and one town in Foshan. The territory of those four counties and one town is so good. It is a real land of fish and rice. It is a paddy field with two or three crops a year, Foshan is the world's largest iron smelting and handicraft town, and Macau is the world's largest seaport!
Moreover, these four counties and one town have a large population! There are hundreds of thousands of people in Foshan, and the total population of four counties and one town is probably one million! "
"One million is quite a lot." Wu Sangui had already read the form jointly signed by Shang Kexi and Shang Zhixin, closed the document, and did not make any comments.
Then, Wu Sangui stroked his beard and said to himself, "When I take over Shaanxi and Huguang, there will be no shortage of people."
Wu Shifan said: "Shaanxi and Huguang probably can't find such good sites, and even Beijing is not as good. These four counties and one town really need people, food, and industry and commerce. They are really a piece of land." What a treasure!
The fourth grandfather's possession of Xinhui is far behind. It was originally a good place, but it was a pity that Shang Kexi suffered too much. Most of the population moved away, leaving only a large area of wasteland, which could not support many soldiers and horses. Therefore, Fourth Grandpa left Taishi Ao to guard Xiangdao and led some of his people to station in Lianzhou. "
"Obai." Wu Sangui asked hurriedly, "Shifan, have you met Aobai?"
"No," Wu Shifan said, "Fourth Grandpa said that Ao Bai had diarrhea after drinking unboiled water, so he stayed in Xiangdao to recuperate and take care of his family. But when Fourth Grandpa established himself in Lianzhou, Grand Master Ao still had to lead his troops. Go and join together. Otherwise, once Brother Shikai sends troops to capture Xinhui, not even Taishi Ao can save it."
Obai's historical mission is nearly completed.
But Wu Sangui doesn't know this. He also thinks that Obai is still good at fighting now!
Wu Sangui shook his head and said, "Obai is a rare general. Wang Fuchen and Wang Zhongxiao are worse than him!"
Wu Shifan completely disagreed with his grandfather's analysis. He was now Wang Zhongxiao's little fan. He smiled and said: "Grandpa, of course Wang Zhijun is not as good as Ao Bai. But Brother Shikai's ability to fight with soldiers is worse than that of Ao Bai. .In just a few months, he firmly controlled dozens of townships in Xiangshan, Xinhui, and Xinning counties. Not only did he equalize the fields, but he also established a group of soldiers dedicated to going out to the countryside. The rural soldiers in the capital supported 20,000 rural soldiers in just three counties! They also relied on these newly formed rural soldiers to defeat more than 10,000 banner soldiers and green camp soldiers commanded by Shang Zhixiao and Li Lan!
Ao Bai's use of troops is nothing more than this, right? "
"With 20,000 soldiers from three counties, we can still fight a dozen." Wu Sangui frowned deeply, "It's not easy! He did this? Shifan, do you know?"
Wu Shifan nodded and said: "I know, I know. Brother Shikai first taught hundreds of scribes who can serve as local officials and masters, and hundreds of warriors who can serve as captains of a team through setting up the Reform School and the Jingwu School. He also absorbed all the key people among them into the Tiandihui, and relied heavily on them.
With the scribes who can take on the responsibilities of local township capitals and bureaus, Brother Shikai can promote the equalization of land in the three counties and organize it into the so-called township military capital, equalization of land and self-administration. This makes Brother Shikai in the governance of the three counties. , you can go deep into some rural capitals and control at least 20,000 households with equal land and rural soldiers.
In terms of using troops to manage the army, Brother Shikai has developed a set of tactics for his rural soldiers that are easy to train, easy to command, and easy to master! "
"Is there such a way to fight?" Wu Sangui became interested, "Shifan, do you know?"
"I know," Wu Shifan said, "Brother Shikai also let me enter the Jingwu School. He arranged this set of tactics for his rural soldiers. In short, it is to build hard bases, deploy dense formations, and use heavy firepower. , fight stupidly'!
Brother Shikai said that his method of building an army was the ancient method of integrating troops with the people, which involved a large number of troops but no finesse. Since there are too many soldiers but not enough skill, we can only build more fortifications, practice close formations, and equip a large number of flintlock guns that are easy to master and have strong firepower. When encountering the enemy, we will mostly use the right tactics, use less cunning tactics, and rely on more soldiers and more guns. , and build a battle fortress to grind the opponent to death. "
"A flintlock gun?" Wu Sangui asked, "Is it the kind of gun that causes flint to hit the powder and cause the stone to ignite spontaneously?"
"Yes, it's this kind of musket," Wu Shifan said. "This kind of musket is not afraid of wind and rain, and it is not easy to fire accidentally, so it can greatly increase the density of the queue. In this way, many people can form a close team and fire together, and the bullets will rain like rain. Even if his marksmanship is not good, Meng will be able to bear it!
In addition, Brother Shikai also made a kind of sleeve gun knife. After being put on the muzzle, it does not affect the firing, and can be used as a gun!
Moreover, this kind of flintlock gun is easier to train and load than a matchlock gun. A farmer can fire in squad under the command of the team leader, platoon leader, and shed leader after a month of training. "
In fact, the real essence of the tactic of queuing to kill is that farmers who have put down their hoes can be trained casually and then dragged onto the battlefield to serve as line infantry. Many people can be killed casually.
As for the lobster heavenly soldiers, bravery without fear of death, firing at thirty yards, etc., they are originally tactics based on quantity. There is no need to train to this level. Large numbers are the key to victory!
Having twice as many people is better than anything else!
And isn’t the greatest advantage of the Han people the large number of people?
"Going to the battlefield in a month?" Wu Yingxiong became interested immediately. Although Wu Sangui "gave" him six guards, they were not his direct descendants. It was impossible for him to cultivate his own elite direct descendants in a short period of time. .
Without enough elite soldiers, how can Xiong dominate the world?
If he can pick up some young men and train them for a month before he can go into battle and shoot targets, then he will be very good when he wins Jingzhou and Xiangyang!
Then train one hundred thousand, no, three hundred thousand fusiliers to shoot Kangxi!
Just when he was thinking "shoot Kangxi, Xiong will dominate the world", Wu Sangui suddenly asked again: "This Wang Shikai is indeed a talent, how should we treat him?"
"Of course, make him the military envoy!" Wu Yingxiong immediately took the question.
"Make him the governor?" Wu Sangui was stunned, "He can..."
He didn't say any more.
To Wu Yingxiong, Wang Zhongxiao had the hatred of killing his son and seizing his daughter!
Although this matter is not his fault, there is a high probability that Wu Yingxiong will become the prince and the emperor in the future!
"Dad," Wu Yingxiong said with a smile, "Didn't Kangxi plan to draw a cake to seal the vassal? Didn't he prepare to seal eight vassals in Guangdong and Guangxi first? If he can seal it, so can we! He can send people to appease, We can do it too, and he is not considered an outsider. Xiao Tu and Xiao Xian are the two little princesses of our family! Dad, are they the princesses?"
"Yes, she is the princess!" Wu Sangui said, "Conquer Longhuguang and let them be princesses!"
Then he looked at Wu Yingxiong with encouraging eyes: "Boss, you have to work harder!"
"Dad, don't worry, the child will do his best!"
Wu Sangui nodded with satisfaction, and took another look at Wu Shifan, who was as handsome as a girl. Although the child was a little prettier, he looked no worse than Wu Shicong now.
There is a successor to the old Wu family! As for which one of them will be the emperor in the future, it depends on their father!
You have to fight for this matter!
Thinking of this, Wu Sangui smiled and said to Wu Yingxiong: "Boss, what do you think of Li Zicheng from Lizhou? Is it true or false?"
Wu Yingxiong said categorically: "He is a fake! It must be a fake! It must be a fake!"
"It must be fake? Why?" Wu Sangui asked.
Wu Yingxiong said: "Father, aren't you asking questions knowingly? If he is not a fake, then why should we beat Kangxi? It's too late to beat Li Zicheng. But even if you beat Li Zicheng to death ten more times, you still can't become the emperor! And Kangxi, as long as he is killed once, you can become the emperor!"
"But that Li Zicheng has developed very well in Lizhou, Changde, and Jingzhou!" Wu Sangui frowned, "This old guy seems to have been improving over the years, and he actually learned how to manage the territory, and he did it in a spectacular way, and even walked away from the Once Tian Fubing's plan is completed, Dashun may come back!"
"Don't be afraid," Wu Yingxiong waved his hand, "Let him get bigger first. When he gets bigger, Kangxi will have to transfer all the troops from Hubei to Hunan to suppress him. Then my chance will come!"
"Okay!" Wu Sangui was overjoyed when he heard this, "You have good sense, he is indeed a good son of the Gu family!"
Hunan, Lizhou, Jiashan.
Since the weather turned cold again, Li Zicheng returned to the Jiashan Temple where he had lived in seclusion for more than 20 years. This impregnable temple has now become the Jiashan Camp where King Li Chuang trained his troops.
Li Zicheng now implements a land system and a military system. At first glance, he is very similar to Wang Zhongxiao. Both have equalized land and placed soldiers on the land.
The difference is that Wang Zhongxiao's land distribution system is more "equal", with an average of 30 acres of land per household (household of five people), and then there is a prohibition on transfer and an upper limit on land ownership.
The land equalization system has never been about simply making equalization. The purpose of implementing it is to allow the country to control the population and land, and to inhibit annexation.
But there will always be classes under private ownership, and some people will always have more means of production than others... What Wang Zhongxiao can do now is to average it out and limit it, so that the concentration of wealth will be slower and the process longer.
Li Zicheng's land equalization system requires more concentration... yes, concentration!
The equalization of land implemented by Li Zicheng was more closely related to military service, and could actually be regarded as military service land.
Although he also allocated some land to many poor people in Lizhou, Jingzhou Prefecture, and Changde Prefecture. But that can only allow the poor to make ends meet. If they want to live a slightly more comfortable life, they have to rent fields from wealthy families.
After the land equalization was implemented in Li Zicheng's jurisdiction, the large households that could have extra land for rent were undoubtedly the Fubingjun households!
Li Zicheng's government military households are different from Wang Zhongxiao's rural military households. The number is not as large as the latter - there is no Foshan town in Li Zicheng's jurisdiction that can continuously provide flintlocks, gunpowder and artillery.
Therefore, even if he knew the tactics of "building hard fortresses, deploying dense formations, heavy firepower, and fighting stupidly", he would not be able to build a huge army "carrying flintlock guns".
In addition, it was impossible for Li Zicheng to pay sufficient military pay and provide enough food for an army of tens of thousands.
Productivity really doesn’t allow it!
What Li Zicheng could build up in a short period of time was a relatively traditional army that mainly used cold weapons and was equipped with a small amount of artillery and shotguns (matchlocks).
Such an army needs to be equipped with more types of weapons, a certain armor coverage, more horses, and of course more elite warriors.
In a word, although this kind of army has relatively low requirements for handicraft industry, the cost of individual soldiers is higher and training is more difficult.
This naturally required the granting of more land to ensure they could afford the cost of equipment and training.
According to Li Zicheng's land granting rules, land was divided orally, usually ten acres per household.
The starting price of military service land is one hundred acres per soldier, which is an additional one hundred acres in addition to the land allocated for military service.
If you become a small officer, you can easily get hundreds of acres or even thousands of farms. Those old brothers who followed Li Zicheng and hid in Jiashan Temple for many years, or who followed Liu Yihu through life and death and hid from the officers and soldiers for many years, now have it. Due rewards, Li Zicheng also grew into the backbone of the group.
In addition, the local officials and masters who took refuge with Li Zicheng also received corresponding land grants, which you can use to offset your salary.
Li Zicheng himself was also granted 3,000 acres of paddy fields owned by Jiashan Temple, making him the largest landowner in Lizhou today...
After several months of clearing and equalizing the fields, Lizhou, southern Jingzhou, northern Changde and other places under Li Zicheng's rule had completed the equalizing of fields after the autumn harvest, with a total of 15,000 soldiers in total!
Except for some of the "New Dashun soldiers" who are stationed in various places, most of the others are now concentrated in the Jiashan camp in Lizhou.
Under Li Zicheng's personal supervision, he practiced martial arts, formations, and military formations every day.
Now he finally looks like an elite soldier!
Today is another day for Li Zicheng to review the three armies. Standing on a high place, he looked down at nearly 12,000 elite soldiers who were full of morale and fully equipped with armor.
Li Zicheng, who has experienced ups and downs, is now inevitably filled with tears of excitement...
Dashun’s new journey is about to begin!
(End of chapter)
