The Second Battle Barracks at Dangzikou served as the front line to prevent the Ming army from entering Henan from Huguang. Li Shuheng, who was stationed in Luoyang City, was always paying attention here.
After Qiao Yuansheng and his Second Battle Barracks defeated the Huguang and Sichuan-Guizhou coalition forces at the Dangzikou, they immediately sent cavalry to send the news back to Luoyang City.
"Rebirth of the Great Era of Fighting Waves"
From Dangzikou to Luoyang City, Nanyang Prefecture and Ruzhou are separated in between.
Nanyang Mansion and Ruzhou have become the territory of the Tiger Banner. In addition, the Tiger Banner has been victorious all the way and is attacking Kaifeng Mansion. Therefore, no force or person in these two places dares to provoke the people of the Tiger Banner.
The day after Qiao Yuansheng's victory over the army at Dangzikou, the news spread back to Luoyang City.
When Li Shuheng came to Luoyang City, he immediately ordered people to seal off the Fuwang Palace, leaving only the servants and maids in the Fuwang Palace to clean up the Fuwang Palace. The several palace gates of the Fuwang Palace were all guarded by troops sent by the Tiger-Character Banner. .
As the first governor of the Tiger Banner, he usually works in the government office in Luoyang City.
The government office was large enough, and Hong Chengchou, the Henan chief envoy appointed by the Tiger Character Banner, also stayed in the government office.
Hong Chengchou, who had been an official for many years, was very familiar with local governance.
Usually Li Shuheng only needs to grasp the general direction, and Hong Chengchou does everything else, and Hong Chengchou does everything very considerately.
Under Hong Chengchou's management, farmers' associations in Henan Prefecture, Ruzhou Prefecture, and Nanyang Prefecture blossomed everywhere, causing the tiger-character flag's hand to reach directly to the village forts below.
Why does the imperial power not go to the countryside? Tiger Character Banner never recognizes it.
The legal rights of clans and gentry over the countryside were directly and fundamentally deprived of by the Tiger Character Banner.
"I just received the news from Dangzikou. Qiao Yuansheng defeated the Ming army at Dangzikou and captured more than 2,000 prisoners. Now the prisoners are being taken to Luoyang." Li Shuheng told Hong Chengchou the news of Dangzikou's victory. .
He did not fully trust Hong Chengchou, a high-ranking local official who had defected from the Ming Dynasty.
Telling Hong Chengchou the news of the party's victory not only gave Hong Chengchou more confidence in the Tiger Flag, but also served as a warning.
Warn Hong Chengchou not to have any evil thoughts.
"This is really good news." Hong Chengchou said with a smile, "With this great victory, officials in Huguang and Sichuan Guizhou will have to consider whether to continue sending troops to Henan to fight against our Tiger Flag."
Li Shuheng looked at him and said: "The Huguang and Sichuan-Guizhou coalition forces only lost a few thousand soldiers and horses at the entrance of the party. This number of soldiers and horses is nothing to the commander of Huguang City, let alone the Shizhu Ma family."
"Futai takes it into his heart." Hong Chengchou said with a smile, "I think I know a lot about the officials of the Ming Dynasty. The officials of the Ming Dynasty have always said, 'Everyone sweeps the snow in front of their own door and doesn't care about others. "Shuangshuang.', Henan's affairs can only depend on Henan itself. Neither Huguang nor Sichuan will choose to harm their own interests to make wedding dresses for Henan officials."
Li Shuheng said: "So the people who came to Huguang and Sichuan and Guizhou came to Henan to pick up bargains, and they are not willing to do anything that requires effort."
"Yes, that's what I mean." Hong Chengchou nodded.
Local officials in the Ming Dynasty often gave gifts to send bandits and bandits away from their rule.
Li Shuheng said with a smile: "When my lord led us to Datong Lingqiu, we experienced many similar things along the way."
"So the Ming Dynasty must perish!" Hong Chengchou looked at Li Shuheng with bright eyes.
Li Shuheng smiled and then said: "You have to pay close attention to the affairs of Nanyang Prefecture's peasants and soldiers. Many places in Nanyang Prefecture are connected to Huguang. There is no guarantee that one day the Ming army will not bypass the Dangzi entrance and enter Henan from other places. These Ming troops are on business. No, we have a way of causing harm to the people, so we have to take precautions in advance."
"After the establishment of the Peasants' Association, Xiaguan has been trying to find ways to train peasants and soldiers, but there are too few instructors to train peasants and soldiers. In some places, there is only one instructor for several villages." Hong Chengchou said.
The role of the peasant association is to replace the clan in governing the local area, while the peasant soldiers are to protect the fruits of victory of the peasant association. The two are complementary and indispensable.
At the same time, the peasants and soldiers also play a role as reserves of the Tiger Flag.
The existence of farmers and soldiers allows Tiger Flag to expand its army immediately and have enough soldiers and horses.
After hearing this, Li Shuheng tapped his fingers lightly on the table in front of him, thought for a moment, and said: "I will find as many disabled soldiers as possible, and they will serve as instructors to train peasant soldiers."
As long as there is a war, there will be casualties, and the Tiger Flag cannot escape this.
Some injured soldiers can return to the army after recovering from their injuries, but some soldiers are injured and disabled and cannot continue to stay in the army.
Although this kind of disabled soldiers cannot go to the battlefield, there is still no big problem in training peasant soldiers. Moreover, the veterans who come off the battlefield are all very capable and are also the best peasant and soldier instructors.
"Before the instructors arrive, we can only let the villages without instructors train with other villages with instructors." Hong Chengchou pursed his lips.
The two combat divisions of the Tiger Banner were attacking other state capitals in Henan. He also understood that it was impossible for these two combat divisions to spare their troops to train peasant soldiers.
Li Shuheng said: "When the army takes Kaifeng, the situation will be much better. Then I will personally bring some manpower to train peasant soldiers."
"That's all we can do." Hong Chengchou nodded.
Li Shuheng poured a cup of tea for himself and Hong Chengchou, and said: "We must keep a close eye on the affairs of the peasant association. When we first arrived in Henan, the clan forces and gentry forces below would definitely not be willing to give up the rule of law in the countryside. Therefore, there is no guarantee that they will not do something. It is best to split up the villages with the same surname, disrupt them, arrange them in other villages, and then place the villagers from other villages here, so as to prevent the elders of the same clan from talking to each other. occur."
"The official has taken note of it." Hong Chengchou nodded.
The Tiger Character Banner wants to extend the tentacles of political power into the countryside. This kind of thing must be done.
Shanxi and Shaanxi have already implemented such a policy.
Such a policy will not cause much harm to the poor people, and the benefits may even outweigh the disadvantages. Only the powerful clan elders will suffer the most.
"Report!"
Someone shouted outside, and soon the yamen servant outside the door led a sweaty official in.
After entering the house, the yamen servant bowed first and then said: "I would like to inform you, sir, there is an urgent official document from Xin'an County."
The official who entered the room together held up a sealed official document in his hands.
"Send it up." Li Shuheng said.
The yamen servant took the official document from the servant beside him, took a few steps forward, respectfully placed it on the table in front of Li Shuheng, and then stepped back again.
Li Shuheng took the official document from the table, tore open the seal on it, and took out the document with the official document written on it.
There are many words written densely on the document.
Li Shuheng read the contents of the official document line by line, and then he slapped the official document heavily on the table with his hand.
