Zhou Qiang's analysis was initially recognized within the Fuxing Association.
Many people agreed with him and felt that the Chengdu court was trying to quench thirst.
Yiboliu played Jiaozi to death, which already showed that they had no other way to survive except this. The Chengdu court was far weaker and more incompetent than everyone thought.
However, there are still some comrades who believe that the Chengdu court would not do such a thing unless it really lost its mind. Is there any other way to interpret this Jiaozi craze?
Zhou Qiang believes that it can also be interpreted from other angles, but he feels that his interpretation is true. The Chengdu court may have really lost its mind, so it did such a crazy thing.
"With the peasant uprising coupled with the economic blockade, I believe that the Chengdu court has really reached the end of its rope. The farmers who are forced to have no way out will give up their cowardice and embark on the road of resistance. The court who is forced to have no way out will also become crazy and eat their own food. You have to try your best to survive with your hands and feet.”
Zhou Qiang's attitude was very determined, and this attitude was also recognized by Xu Tong.
Moreover, Xu Tong further believed that although the Chengdu court was crazy, it also had the most basic sense. This wave of attacks on landlords and wealthy people was probably to stabilize the army and maintain its deterrence.
"In the final analysis, the army is the foundation of political rule. Without the support of the army, a regime cannot last long. The purpose of the Chengdu court is probably to provide the army with sufficient military expenditures."
This idea was unanimously approved by everyone.
Therefore, Xu Tong's analysis and Zhou Qiang's analysis were combined into one, and the Sichuan-Shu branch of the Renaissance Association had a general judgment on the next struggle situation.
The Chengdu court will remain strong in the short term. It and its army will maintain a strong position in the short term, and there will be some results in internal suppression. It looks quite strong.
However, its ruling foundation has been severely weakened after the economic blockade and rice turmoil. Now it has been severely impacted by Jiaozire during the Sichuan-Sichuan Uprising, causing direct fatal injuries. It has become a hateful thing. .
In as short as three months and no longer than half a year, the Chengdu court will reach its end in madness.
Not to mention those outsiders who advocated the establishment of the Chengdu imperial court, the locals in Sichuan and Sichuan were absolutely unwilling to harm their own interests to support a native emperor with no future and a court that inexplicably pursued unification.
So after a relatively stable order had been established in the Zhongzhou base area, Xu Tong decided to develop towards Wanzhou and move along the Minjiang River to the Fengjie and Badong areas. While liberating all this area, he contacted and stationed in that area. Henan Corps.
Through the Henan Corps, the revolutionary army received weapons, equipment and military assistance, thereby opening up foreign aid routes and possessing the capital to further advance into Sichuan and Sichuan.
This strategy was recognized by the Sichuan-Shu branch, so Xu Tong organized the main force of the revolutionary army of 2,000 people and launched a march towards Wanzhou.
At the end of June of the seventh year of Hongwu, when Jiaozi fever ended, Jiaozi collapsed, and the Chengdu Plain was in chaos, Xu Tong won a decisive victory in Wanzhou. Through the waterway, he quickly captured Wuning County and attacked Nanpu County at the fastest speed. .
The magistrate of Nanpu County was caught off guard and was defeated and killed by Xu Tong. Wanzhou County administration and waterway transportation were controlled by Xu Tong.
The front line Wu Lin set up in eastern Sichuan to resist the Ming army's invasion was the Kuizhou area. Wu Lin deployed about 20,000 regular troops in this area, and its logistics was mainly provided by Wanzhou, Kaizhou, Yun'an Army, Daningjian and other places. .
It means that Wanzhou is the rear area of the Song army defending the Ming army's front line, and now that the rear area is being attacked, it is impossible for the Song army on the Kuizhou front line to fail to respond.
However, just when they were about to make some reaction, in early July of the seventh year of Hongwu, the commander of the Henan Corps of the Ming Army, Zhang Yuejing, ordered the army to dispatch troops from Zigui, based on the prior authorization of the Zhongdu Staff Headquarters and the request of Xu Tong, the Sichuan and Shu distribution director of the Renaissance Society. Attack Badong County.
According to the order, Chen Qiaoshan, the general of the Henan Corps who defeated the enemy, personally led his troops up the river to attack Badong County. He used water troops to attract the attention of the Song Army defenders in Badong County, and also sent mountain elites to cross the mountains and ridges to attack the rear of the Song Army defenders. , repeat the previous tactics.
Facts have proved that war never tires of deceit.
The vast mountainous terrain made it impossible for the Song Army to defend. They were attacked by the Ming Army from behind and attacked from both sides. The Song Army defenders in Badong County were first annihilated. Later, the navy was defeated by the Ming Army's navy and the entire army was annihilated.
The Badong defense line that the Song Army had worked hard to build since the last retreat of the Ming Army was indestructible in the eyes of their leadership, and then it was easily breached by the Ming Army in one battle. Look at the posture, it was no more difficult than punching through a layer of window paper. Disaster.
The Ming army swept the battlefield and reorganized their troops, watching with eager eyes, and had a strong tendency to further advance into Wushan County.
Mao Zhiwen, the defense envoy of Kuizhou and the commander of the Song army on the front lines, was shocked.
Considering that he had previously received a notification from Chengdu and learned that rebellions were raging in the Chengdu Plain, if the Ming army launched an attack at this time, it would be a serious matter and they needed to be extremely careful. Mao Zhiwen thought about it and had no choice, so he gritted his teeth and prepared to go to Wanzhou to exterminate the "rebellious" The 5,000-strong Song Army unit called "thieves" called a halt and immediately ordered them to turn around and go to support Wushan County.
This Song army needs to set up a defense line in Wushan County to prevent the Ming army from further attacking.
At the same time, Mao Zhiwen deployed the remaining troops in the Fengjie area to guard against the Ming army and prepare for a decisive battle with the Ming army in Fengjie.
As a result, he no longer had any extra troops to deal with the revolutionary army attacking Wanzhou. For this reason, he could only inform Yun'an Army Zhijun of the relevant information and ask Yun'an Army Zhijun to recruit troops on his own to attack the Wanzhou rebel army. .
After receiving the notification, Fan Xinshui, the commander of the Yun'an Army, was confused.
fight? Crusade against the bandit army?
I am a Jinshi, but I don’t know how to fight!
I am responsible for managing the local area and providing you with logistics, and you are responsible for fighting the war. This is the division of labor we have agreed on. Why do you want my food now and also want me to personally lead the troops to fight?
I've already gone to war. What do you want me to do?
Having said that, Fan Xinshui was helpless. Knowing that the situation could not be reversed, he could only hurry up and put it on the shelves. He temporarily obtained a few military books to study, and spent money to recruit strong men to join the army and speed up the organization of a crusade army.
At that time, the Kuizhou frontline area was far away from the Chengdu Plain and had inconvenient transportation, so it was not affected by the Jiaozi fever. The furthest east of the Jiaozi fever only affected Chongqing Prefecture, and did not spread to areas further east.
Therefore, although the Kuizhou area is located in a mountainous area and agricultural production is relatively difficult, it can be regarded as taking advantage of this aspect. It has not been affected by Jiaozi fever, not many people have collapsed due to Jiaozi, and the social economy is generally stable.
As for the peasant uprising, it was slightly better, because there was already a garrison here, and the locals had already increased taxes to pay for the military expenses. Therefore, when the Chengdu court decided to increase taxes, it did not affect the military regions in eastern and northern Sichuan. It was a blessing in disguise for the locals.
Therefore, due to various reasons, the Northern Sichuan Military Region and the Eastern Sichuan Military Region have generally maintained their vitality and have certain combat capabilities and material reserves.
Xu Tong's sneak attack on Wanzhou was successful mainly because Wanzhou was not prepared. If Wanzhou was prepared, it would not be easy to capture Wanzhou with the strength of the revolutionary army that had just started.
Now Xu Tong did not rush to attack Yun'an Army because he heard that Yun'an Army was on guard. Instead, he integrated all the spoils obtained from capturing Wanzhou, built a large number of ships suitable for inland warfare, and organized an inland river navy. Enhance the mobility of the revolutionary army.
On the other side, in order to coordinate Xu Tong's actions, the Henan Corps also launched a more powerful military offensive. They fought fiercely with the Song Navy in the Wushan County area, using a large number of artillery to bombard the Song ships, and almost defeated the Song Navy.
So much so that the Song Army in Wushan County used the tactic of "Iron Chain" to prevent the Ming Navy from continuing to invade.
But this could not stop the elite actions of the Ming army.
