But something seemed wrong this time. After the counties surrendered, they thought that as long as they curry favor with the generals in charge, they could continue to serve as county magistrates.
As a result, they were forced to step down directly this time, and a new group of people took over.
A large group of people including new county magistrates and prefects took office.
These people are very efficient in handling matters, and they are the first people to handle matters.
They had done many evil things, and because they had merit in surrendering, they were sentenced to life imprisonment without the possibility of commutation.
Those who have done no evil, those who have the ability to be demoted first learn the policy, and they may be promoted later.
People who have done minor evils are also punished in various ways. Because the dedication of the city is meritorious, they are all given lighter punishments.
The city tower is also controlled by the soldiers on the opposite side. The soldiers are of high quality. The soldiers who enter the city do not take anything away from the common people.
They also attacked local tyrants and distributed land to the common people.
This made the people of Guangxi feel more favorable towards the Tenglong Army.
For them, this kind of team has only been heard in the slogans of the past.
I've also seen it in dreams.
The reality is unthinkable.
Especially when the fields were given to them and they stood on their fields, they all felt like they were dreaming.
He also slapped himself hard several times, it really hurt!
Many people have asked whether to recruit troops, but Li Jingxiao really has no such plan now.
Now that he has a lot of soldiers, the pressure is a bit too much.
There is also a lot of logistical pressure.
He had worked hard to earn billions of taels of silver in the previous twenty years. In the past two years, especially this year, he had spent money like water.
I am afraid that I will go bankrupt if I take too big a step.
He has hundreds of thousands of people in his hands, and his daily consumption is a terrifying figure.
He must capture the area south of the Yellow River as soon as possible.
Then take a moment, suck the blood, and wait for him to digest the territory before proceeding to the second step.
Li Jingxiao led the army to attack outside Guilin.
He also sent Gan Wei to lead an army to attack Liuzhou Prefecture.
After taking these two mansions, he will take the lead in going to the border of Guangxi to fight against Zeng Guoquan's army.
There were very few guards in these two cities, and Li Jingxiao's army chose to surrender without even firing a few cannons.
Liu Mingchuan's relatives are all in Guilin.
Li Jingxiao has received information from Bai Tao and learned that Liu Mingchuan has defected to him.
He asked people to take good care of Liu Mingchuan's relatives.
He also gave them fields.
Liu Mingchuan's position was at the military commander level, and he was allocated much more land than ordinary soldiers.
There is a ratio. Ordinary soldiers get more than ordinary people, but it is different for company commanders and above.
You can also choose not to have the land and support cashing out.
It also supports them in doing business.
Business is strongly encouraged in areas controlled by the Tenglong Army.
The main source of Li Jingxiao's tax revenue is commercial tax.
Nowadays, sea tax in Guangdong, Fujian, Zhejiang, Jiangsu and other places are collected by others.
In particular, foreigners must pay taxes, which are still heavy taxes. If they don't pay, they will be expelled.
If someone from the consulate comes to make trouble, I would be sorry to expel them as well.
They are welcome to come again with cannons to open up the country.
I'm afraid they won't come.
Li Jingxiao has no time to deal with these foreign devils now.
When he frees up his hands, the old and new accounts will be settled together.
After Li Jingxiao and Gan Wei captured Guilin Prefecture and Liuzhou Prefecture.
Zeng Guoquan sent people from Guizhou Prefecture and led 10,000 people to support Guilin Prefecture and put down the rebels.
Li Jingxiao was speechless when he heard that Zeng Guoquan had only sent 10,000 people.
Li Jingxiao is so ignored. Are you really comparing him to the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom?
Li Jingxiao ordered Kong Lingbing, commander of Ma Zheng's first division, to lead a division to block the soldiers.
After Kong Lingbing received the order, he led a division to set off to the junction of Guangxi and Guizhou to block the attack.
Bai Tao had also arrived outside Taiping Mansion at this time.
Feng Zicai had already learned through scouts that more than 70,000 rebels were coming towards them.
Feng Zicai wondered if Liu Mingchuan had brought 20,000 people to support Nanning Prefecture.
How could he be defeated so quickly? How could he fight with only 10,000 soldiers?
Ten thousand versus seventy thousand.
No matter how you calculate it, the result is the same: "lose."
Feng Zicai was very anxious and kept sending scouts to find out about the rebel army.
Chen Hu led a brigade of soldiers to the outside of Taiping Mansion and shouted to the tower: "Is General Feng Zicai on the opposite side?"
Feng Zicai looked at the twenty-one or twelve-year-old young man opposite him, who turned out to be the general of this vanguard army.
"Little baby, who are you? Who led your team? Why did you rebel against the court?"
"What ability do you have to become the general of these thousands of people?"
"Old general, do princes and generals like Xiang Ning have the guts?"
"Why are so many people rebelling in the Qing Dynasty? I think you should know better than me."
"Are you in a high position now that you have forgotten why you rebelled?"
"You are now the one who calls the shots, but other civilians are still living a hard life. Have you ever thought about leading them to live a better life together?"
"You can't, but we can, and we're not afraid to tell you that we will allocate land to local tyrants in the areas we control, and the people's faces will be all smiles."
"This Qing Dynasty is not our Qing Dynasty. We are just slaves of their Eight Banners masters. This is the Qing Dynasty of their Eight Banners people."
"Why did we resist? Ask the soldiers behind me. They resisted because they couldn't survive."
"Why can I command these thousands of people? I studied at the best army military academy in Prussia for five or six years. After I came back, I served in the army and gradually reached my position today."
"I'm not afraid to tell you that your Taiping City has been besieged by us."
"You can't run away. Your governor has joined our army and became the commander of our army."
"Mr. Feng, our lord has said that you have great talent and should not be buried by the Qing Dynasty."
"Can Lian Po still be able to make a living at this old age?"
"Mr. Feng, you are the modern Lian Po. My lord asked me to give you a message. If you are willing to surrender, you will be the vanguard when we go south to attack the French army in the future."
Feng Zicai's eyes widened. He felt that the protagonist understood him too well.
Feng Zicai was like that to the Qing Dynasty, otherwise he would not have rebelled, but he was still very good to the people.
The other is Feng Zicai's patriotism, not for the Qing Dynasty, but for this land.
After the French entered Vietnam, they always united with some rebels from the Qing Dynasty and some Vietnamese scoundrels to harass the Guangxi border.
He always wanted to lead his troops south, but there was no one or money in the Qing Dynasty to let him go south.
These people came into Guangxi from various places, grabbed a ticket and ran away.
Feng Zicai was troubled.
But it was impossible for him to surrender so easily.
"Little doll, it's not easy for me to surrender. Let me see what you are capable of..."
Before Feng Zicai finished speaking, someone came to report.
"What's wrong, Lord Admiral, a fleet has appeared at the junction of Taiping Mansion, Guangdong and Vietnam. The warships are so big that it's scary."
Feng Zicai thought the French fleet was coming again.
"Damn it, didn't the French fleet go north? Why did it come back so soon?"
Chen Hu also knew that their fleet was coming.
"General Feng, you can see what we are capable of."
"I'm afraid you won't be able to withstand the firepower of our military."
"If we fight together, you will be bleeding like rivers. We are all Han people, so why bother attacking each other?"
"Behind everyone is a family. Brothers, even if the soldiers behind me die in battle, their names will be on the monument."
"Their family will be well taken care of, how about you?"
