The conference on Orange Island was widely praised by local people in Huguang. The bad news of Yongli's abandonment of the country was quickly dispelled in Chen Kai's impassioned speech. Many local gentry in Huguang even had the idea of ​​adding people to the wartime cabinet. And they contacted each other in private for this purpose. As a result, many of them discovered that the attendees were actually some figures from the Huguang Tiandihui, and Chen Kai happened to be the chief helmsman of the Tiandihui, a national anti-Qing organization. In this way, everyone will know who to look for!

The Tiandihui organization has been founded by Chen Kai for many years. The two provinces with the greatest influence are Guangdong and Jiangxi. Up to now, there are branches in almost every county. This is because he has been working in Guangdong all year round, and he went to Jiangxi that year. He met the local anti-Qing leader Jie Chongxi, the governor of Jiangxi, and gained support from Jie Chongxi. He also attracted the votes of Jiangxi scholars to go to Chaozhou to establish the original Tiandihui organization, which had a great influence on him.

In addition to these two provinces, the situation in Fujian and Zhejiang is also good. The former is the headquarters of the Zheng Group, and Chen Kai’s status as the second head of the Zheng Group goes without saying; while the latter comes more from Chen Kai The exchanges between Kai and Jishe led to the development of a large number of civil servants from the former Shandong Dynasty to join the Tiandihui organization, and these people used their local influence in Zhejiang to promote the development of the local Tiandihui.

Later, Chen Kai set up a consultative bureau in Guangdong to further win over local forces, and the Tiandihui developed even more rapidly. The Guangdong consultative bureau is now the voice of the Tiandihui. If it is not inconsistent with the system, they can even directly A meeting of the Heaven and Earth Society is held in the conference room of the Advisory Council!

Although Jiangxi has just been recovered, the situation is not much worse. In addition, Guo Zhiqi has already acquiesced to the fact that Tiandihui will develop to Guangxi. Fujian is also said to be waiting for Chen Kai's three-year "Consultation Bureau" "Practice Report", just waiting for Chen Kai to announce that the Consultative Bureau had played a significant role in the development of Guangdong and the anti-Qing cause, they immediately asked Zheng Chenggong to open the Fujian Consultative Bureau. And the day they were waiting for was Yongli Fourteen years, in other words, next year.

I think it will be about the same in Zhejiang next year. In comparison, Huguang has always been a big problem. The development of Tiandihui in this province has been greatly affected by the Changsha shogunate. The number of branches, coverage and number of members have all been affected. Very few. Moreover, there is a huge difference between the north and the south - in the southern counties of Huguang where the Changsha shogunate has great influence, it is difficult for Tiandihui to gain a foothold, let alone develop and grow; but in the northern counties The prefectures and counties are completely different. There are even some members lurking in various levels of Manchu government...

But when Chen Kai set out to go north again, he got an application report that the Changshafu Tiandihui branch, which originally had only two members, had recently received more than 200 preliminary membership requirements. In response to this, Chen Kai was furious. He spat it out. But when he looked at Juzizhou again, he immediately issued an order to appoint one of the two members to act as the magistrate of Changsha Prefecture, and the other to act as the general magistrate of Changsha Prefecture, thus adding fuel to the fire.

How the Huguang Tiandi Association will fill the power vacuum in various prefectures and counties after the Changsha shogunate fled, Chen Kai can't care about it now. He wants to capture Wuhan as quickly as possible, and will hold a wartime cabinet preparatory meeting to discuss the effect.

The first shot to overthrow the monarchy must be fired in Wuhan!

At the beginning of arriving in Changsha, Chen Kai had already received reports from Wang Xiuqi and Lin Dezhong. Putting the two reports together, it was that the Qing army had fully retreated to the Wuhan area.

Speaking of which, Wuhan is not a city at this time. Just like Xiangfan is composed of Xiangyang and Fancheng, Wuhan is also the abbreviation of Fucheng of Wuchang Prefecture and Fucheng of Hanyang Prefecture. As for Hankou, it is still a city at this time.

It is far from developed. It is just a town under the jurisdiction of Hanyang Prefecture and Hanyang County, so there is no such thing as the three towns of Wuhan.

After Hong Chengchou's Changsha shogunate came into operation, the main job of the Huguang Governor's Yamen was to assist in the transfer of grain and grass. Military affairs, especially the military affairs in the south, were all handed over to the Southwest Economic Strategy Yamen for direct management, instead of being sent to Wuchang and then transferred to Changsha. However,

, their more important task, which is also the first priority task, is to block the eastward passage of the Kuidong Ming Army along the Yangtze River and Han River in the northwest of Huguang.

For this reason, Hu Quancai was on tight defense in the northwest of Huguang. Not only did he secure various defense points, but he also continued to build forts, lest the Kuidong Ming army would emerge from any nook and cranny. In addition, he also attracted a large number of local gentry to enter.

The appointment of officials at all levels indeed caused the Kuidong Ming Army to lose a lot of support from local gentry, but it also gave the Huguang Tiandi Society better opportunities to penetrate.

However, the Wuhan area is located at the intersection of the Yangtze River and the Han River in the northeast of Huguang. The Qing army has withdrawn its troops here. Doesn't that mean that they simply gave up intercepting the Ming army in Kuidong?

"Lin Dezhong has made contact with Governor Wen, and the Kuidong generals will join you and me in hunting in Wuhan."

"The Tatars are afraid that we will defeat them individually."

"Yes, the Tatars are concentrating their forces. But this way, we can concentrate more forces."

"It's also more complicated."

The Kuidong generals in Chen Kai's mouth also became the Kuidong Thirteen Families, which was the collective name for those anti-Qing armed forces stationed in eastern Sichuan and western Hubei that were controlled by the Southern Ming Dynasty.

The theory of thirteen families is not an actual number. It mainly refers to the Duke of Linguo Li Laiheng, the Duke of Anhui Liu Tichun, the Duke of Jingguo Yuan Zongdi, the Duke of Yiguo Hao Yongzhong, the Duke of Jingguo Wang Guangxing, the Duke of Ningguo Wang Youjin, the Marquis of Xingping Dang Shouxu,

Tongcheng Hou Ma Tengyun, Yidu Hou Ta Tianbao, Fu Hou Tan Wen, Renshou Hou Tan Yi, Xinjin Hou Tan Hong, Qi Hou He Zhen, Weiyuan Hou Li Furong and other vassal towns. In addition, there were Hu Mingdao, Yao Yulin, Hu Jiu and others.

Si, Zhang Xian, Bai Jiaolong and other countless groups of people were standing side by side. (Note)

As Li Dingguo said, the composition of these people is very complex. Among them, Li Laiheng, Liu Tichun, Yuan Zongdi, Hao Yongzhong, Dang Shousu, Ma Tengyun, Ta Tianbao, and Li Furong are all serious remnants of the Dashun Army; Wang Youjin is another

A peasant rebel army that has gradually dispersed gathered together - one of the leaders of the Thirteen Yaohuang families; Wanxian Santan was not only a brother of the same clan, but also part of the few old Sichuan troops who survived the melee in Sichuan; in addition,

There is also He Zhen, who was initially a member of the Ming army, then surrendered to the Chuang army, and then surrendered to the Qing army, and then raised troops in Shaanxi to fight against the Qing Dynasty; in comparison, Wang Guangxing's resume is a little simpler, but

It was only a little bit. He was originally a mainstream bandit. He was recruited during the Chongzhen period. Later, he was surrendered to the Qing Dynasty. Soon after, he was reinstated and has been working until today.

Although these people are collectively called the Thirteen Families of Kuidong, they are full of contradictions. For example, Wang Guangxing, who had been a bandit in the past, helped defend Xiangyang during the Chongzhen Dynasty and made many military exploits. Later, when Xiangyang fell, he also followed Jingxi Road Xu Qiyuan defended Yunyang many times to resist the Dashun Army. During that period, his main opponent, who had many blood debts with each other, was the Dashun Army's general Youyingzhi General Mianhou Yuan Zongdi, who was responsible for military affairs in Huguang. This is the current Duke of Jingguo of the Ming Dynasty, Yuan Zongdi.

In the military structure of the Dashun Army, the highest level is General Quan, and there are only two people in the army, Liu Zongmin and Tian Jianxiu. The next level is General Zhi, who only have five people, and Yuan Zongdi is one of them. Liu Tichun, Hao Yongzhong and his like were all Yuan Zongdi's generals before. However, later, Yuan Zongdi suffered too many troops and horses during the defeat of Dashun Army, and lost control over the generals of Youying. Liu Tichun relied on He maintained his strength, but came from behind. It is unclear whether Yuan Zongdi had any doubts in his heart.

Hao Yongzhong is even more interesting. His original name was Hao Yaoqi. He was a low-ranking officer who was a flag bearer in the Dashun Army, so he was nicknamed Hao Yaoqi. During the defeat of the Dashun Army, his troops increased instead of decreasing. It soon developed to the point where it had more troops than his former boss Liu Tichun and his boss's boss Yuan Zongdi combined.

Therefore, He Tengjiao, a master of infighting and a cheating scholar, tried his best to win over Hao Yongzhong and used his muscular and simple-minded characteristics to launch an internal fight against the remnants of Dashun Army and other Ming troops who could not get along with him. Li Guo, Gao Yigong , Yuan Zongdi, Liu Tichun and others have been tortured frequently. The fierce general Jiao Lian, who was once known as Hu Yiqing, also met with him in battle. Even Yuan'an Bo Chen Youlong, who once regained a large area of ​​lost land in southern Huguang, died at his hands.

As soon as He Tengjiao died, the Chu Party and the Wu Party within the Ming court launched a mass attack on him, pinning all of He Tengjiao's evil deeds that corrupted state affairs on Hao Yongzhong's head. As a result, this bastard In the end, the guy became an inhumane person and had to beg his old bosses from the Dashun Army to find a place in western Hubei.

Another example is He Zhen. In his early years, he was a close general of Fan Yiheng, the governor of Ningxia in the Chongzhen Dynasty. Later, he surrendered to the Dashun Army and was entrusted by Li Zicheng with responsibility in Hanzhong. As a result, when Li Zicheng defeated Shaanxi, his nephew Li Guo and his brother-in-law Gao Yigong and a large number of Dashun Army family members wanted to retreat from Hanzhong into Sichuan, but He Zhen, who had already surrendered, completely ignored the situation and tried his best to stop it. The troops of Li Guo and Gao Yigong later formed the core of the Zhongzhen Camp system After their deaths, the force was inherited by Li Zicheng's grandnephew, Li Guo's adopted son Li Laiheng. It is unknown whether this grudge was inherited as well.

In addition, when He Zhen was still in the camp, he fought with the Daxi Army in Hanzhong and defeated the 30,000-strong Xiying Army. The leader of the army at that time was Sun Kewang, the future king of Qin. Therefore, He Zhen not only fought with Shun The remnants of the army had conflicts and had grudges with the Xiying clique.

In addition, Fan Yiheng, who was kind to him at that time, later served as the governor of Sichuan and Shaanxi for a long time in the first half of the Southern Ming Dynasty. At first, Zhang Xianzhong, a foreign enemy, was still there, and the Sichuan army could still obey orders. When Zhang Xianzhong was defeated, Sun Kewang, Li Dingguo and others went south to Yunnan and Guizhou. Fan Yiheng was soon rendered useless by the Tan brothers, Yu Dahai, Yang Zhan and the Sichuan Army, and later died of illness in the mountains. If He Zhen had no feelings for the Sichuan Army, no one would believe it.

However, after He Zhen rebelled against the Qing Dynasty, she always had a good relationship with Liu Tichun. The latter even went to Shaanxi to join forces with him to attack Xing'an. It is said that He Zhen later defeated Shaanxi and it was Liu Tichun who acted as a guarantee, so that he could become one of the thirteen families of Kuidong. However,

The relationship with other people is hard to say.

In addition, Li Guo, Gao Yigong, Li Laiheng, Dang Shousu, Ma Tengyun and others belonged to the Zhongzhen camp system in Nanming, while Yuan Zongdi, Liu Tichun, and Hao Yongzhong had been active in Huguang for a long time. These two groups both belonged to the remnants of the Dashun Army.

Except for Hao Yongzhong who followed He Tengjiao, all the troops were theoretically controlled by Du Yinxi, but they did not control each other and rarely cooperated with each other.

All in all, personal conflicts between these guys abound, too numerous to mention. In addition, there are also collective conflicts between the former Chuang Army and the former Ming Army. Of course, with the failure of the Second Battle of Chongqing

, San Tan has been removed from the Kuidong Thirteen Family, and the conflicts in this area have suddenly disappeared a lot. I don’t know if this is a hell joke.

"It's really not easy for Supervisor Wen."

Just like a group of guys who had to bow and hold the knife handle tightly when they met, Wen Anzhi was able to drive them to attack Chongqing together, and they succeeded the first time, which is simply incredible.

Chen Kai vaguely remembered that he had seen someone mention it on the forum in the early years. One of the two most capable civil servants in the Yongli Dynasty was Du Yinxi and the other was Wen Anzhi. Both of them had controlled the remnants of the Dashun Army.

However, when the former was alive, He Tengjiao and Qu Shichun had the final say in Huguang and Guangxi, and they were tricked more than once or twice; when the latter was in charge of the division, the remnants of the Dashun army that had severely damaged the Qing army in Huguang had degenerated into

Part of the Kuidong Ming Army, the protagonist of the southwest anti-Qing Dynasty at that time had become the Xiying Ming Army. Although the Kuidong Ming Army also had outstanding performances, it no longer played a decisive role in the overall situation.

"Yes, I have always wanted to meet Inspector Wen." Chen Kai remembered that later generations would repay this old man who was still in his sixties and traveled around eastern Sichuan and western Hubei to boost the morale of the generals and raise military rations.

With a very high evaluation, he was deeply affected by this and wanted to meet Wen Anzhi in person.

However, when he said this, Chen Kai suddenly became narrow-minded: "Let's just not cause any trouble to Supervisor Wen."

Chen Kai suddenly said this, and Li Dingguo was also stunned: "What is the meaning of this statement?"

"In those years, Sun Kewang squeezed them out a lot. So when the King of Shu came to Sichuan, he probably tormented them a lot. You, His Highness the King of Jin, have a little King of Shu by your side, won't they find it an eyesore?

"

The conflict between the Kuidong Ming Army and the Xiying Clan was not limited to He Zhen's family. If the two sides were not far enough apart, they would have met each other. Even when Liu Wenxiu entered Sichuan and annexed a large number of Ming troops, Kui

The Dong Shisan family can even be said to be survivors. Now Sun Kewang and Liu Wenxiu's sworn brothers appeared in front of them with Liu Wenxiu's son Liu Zhen. The scene can be imagined.

But before Li Dingguo could react, Chen Kai laughed at himself: "My side is not going to be much better. Li Laiheng and Li Jianjie met, and if things go wrong, they will have to stage a full-scale martial arts show. Do you think we are doing this for you?"

Supervisor Wen will increase the labor burden."

"Li Laiheng and Li Jianjie?"
Chapter completed!