Zhang Xianzhong has completed the army assembly and mobilized grain and grass, and may attack central and northern Anhui at any time.
At this time, Li Zicheng was about to surround Beijing, and Emperor Chongzhen was about to hang himself.
Wu'an Town, Huangjia Village, the place where Zhao Han rebelled.
A group of peasant soldiers came to Huang Shui's house: "Captain, I heard that other towns are sending troops, but why is there no movement in our village and town?"
Huang Shui is a veteran with missing ring and little fingers on his left hand. He returned to his hometown to serve as a peasant soldier captain and instructor. He held a bowl of gruel and said: "There are too many soldiers in Wuxing Town. In the early years of the war, they were out every time."
Peasants, soldiers and civilians, the superiors have said this time that if they are not recruited from Wuxing Town, you can go home and farm the land honestly."
"Why don't we let people out of Wuxing Town?"
"That is, when we Wuxing people go to war, one of us can stand up to ten. We, the commander-in-chief under Mr. Zhao, occupy half of Wuxing Town!"
"If we don't want Wuxing Town to send troops, let's go to the county to petition!"
"What is a petition?"
"You don't even know about petitions? Teacher Zhang in school said that a bunch of people go to the government and beg the government to agree to something, which is a petition."
"Okay, let's all petition!"
"..."
Huang Shui suddenly stood up and shouted: "Stop, everyone! Peasants and soldiers are also soldiers, and soldiers should obey military orders. What are the military orders now? Wuxing Town does not need to send troops, and there is no need to send out civilians. Everyone, go home.
, if you can’t find anything to do, you’ll have to work hard every day with your mother-in-law in your arms to give Mr. Zhao a few more children to grow the land and pay for food!”
"Ha ha ha ha!"
This statement caused a burst of laughter.
Huang Shui added: "That Zhang Xianzhong is ignorant and doesn't grow food himself, so he comes to rob our food. If he conquers Anhui, he will come to Jiangxi to earn money and food. Are you willing to let him rob us?"
"Of course I'm not happy. Why should we give Zhang Xianzhong the food we grow ourselves?"
"Captain, that's why we should send troops to help Mr. Zhao kill that son of a bitch Zhang Xianzhong!"
"..."
"Shut up and listen to me," Huang Shui scolded, "The town chief and the village chief have made it very clear that there is a severe drought in all provinces this year, and Mr. Zhao is also short of food to fight. Since Wuxing Town is not allowed to leave people,
, then we should provide grain. Mr. Zhao will not let the farmers suffer. The grain bonds bear interest, and you can get back more if you save them for a few years. The grain in my family will be used by the government to buy grain bonds, leaving only enough
This year’s rations.”
Huang Shui held the porridge and said: "Think about it, go back ten years, what kind of life will we live? Can we afford white rice and drink white rice porridge? I will take the lead and only eat two meals a day from now on.
, eat only thin food at every meal. Eat more sweet potatoes, corns, and sorghum. Save all the good food and send it to Mr. Zhao to fight! If Mr. Zhao loses, no matter how much food is left in our family, we will still be killed by Zhang Xianzhong.
Steal it?"
"well said!"
"Listen to what the superiors say, let's not go to war and give all the food to Mr. Zhao!"
"What more interest is needed? Mr. Zhao gave us all the land at home, and donated the food to the government. As long as the family has enough to eat, that's enough!"
"Let's go donate food!"
"..."
Regardless of whether Zhao Han claims to be the general of the army, the governor, or the king of Wu, everyone in Wuxing Town likes to call him "Mr. Zhao".
Since Wuxing Town had a share in all previous battles, not only were there many middle- and high-level officers, but farmers, soldiers, and civilians were also given a lot of land. Using the above fields as the calculation standard, the people's land in Wuxing Town has reached an average of six acres per person.
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The fields in Wuxing Town are no longer enough to be divided. New sites are often laid, and the peasants or peasants and soldiers stay there. Then they take their wives and children, redistribute the fields in the new place, and allocate the original land to other meritorious workers.
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It can be said that they have a high level of ideological awareness, or that they are an emerging interest group. Anyway, they regard Zhao Han as a Bodhisattva.
This is not only true for Wuxing Town, but also for the entire Luling County.
In the three early counties of Luling, Jishui, and Anfu, Zhao Han had many enthusiastic supporters, and the per capita farmland in the three counties exceeded five acres!
In order not to affect people's livelihood, but also to balance the army. This time in the three counties, very few manpower were mobilized, and Wuxing Town was not even allowed to send more people.
but……
In Luling, Jishui and Anfu counties, farmers spontaneously launched a vigorous food donation movement.
In front of the bank grain depot in Wuxing Town, a farmer held up a grain bond and shouted to everyone: "See, all the grain in my family has been donated. If Mr. Zhao wants grain, just give it to him, let alone the interest, the principal
No need to pay it back!”
After saying that, he tore up the bonds in public, stuffed them directly into his mouth, and swallowed them one by one.
"good!"
"I don't want any more food from my family. Let the villagers bear witness. Long live Mr. Zhao!"
"Count me in!"
"..."
Historically, Li Wen, who prepared a petition for Dorgon and invented the theory of "the Manchus avenged the Ming Dynasty", was serving as the mayor of Wuxing Town at this time.
Last year, my father was redeemed from prison, and the father and son returned to Jiangnan.
Li Wen's father went to do business, so Li Wen signed up as a reserve official. He first served as a minor official in Jiangnan, and this year he was promoted to Jiangxi.
Zhao Han has a special instruction for the children of wealthy families in Jiangnan and Zhejiang. Those who are willing to be officials should try to be transferred to Jiangxi to let them feel the revolutionary enthusiasm and at the same time let them know the rules of being an official!
At this moment, Li Wen looked at the farmers competing to tear up their bonds, and finally understood why Zhao Han was so strong.
This is what makes people's hearts usable.
This is what all people admire.
I am afraid that if Zhao Han gives an order, hundreds of thousands of farmers in Jiangxi will bring their own dry food and actively join the army to fight.
After finishing her daily work, Li Wen went back to her room and wrote a letter to her friend, lamenting Zhao Han's personal prestige in Jiangxi. At the same time, she complained that the people in Wuxing Town were disobedient and accepted death, and the mayor's job was not easy to do.
Being a magistrate is more tiring than the Ming Dynasty.
Li Wen didn't dare to be corrupt or even slack in government. The people here were too scary.
The literacy rate of children in Wuxing Town is even more horrifying. The literacy rate is close to half of the children above the age of seven and below the age of 18. Even in Zhao Han's territory, this is the only one, and there is no other!
If the mayor dares to fool the people, a bunch of literate teenagers will immediately come to reason with him.
If the mayor dares to be unreasonable, hey, he might be able to identify one of the young men as the nephew of a certain general.
Li Wen felt that she was not here to be an official, but to be a grandson to the people of Wuxing Town.
Ship after ship of grain was transported to Hukou County for stacking.
Countless peasants, soldiers and civilians were selected and sent out by villages and towns. They went to the county town to assemble, and were sent to Hukou by boat by the county magistrate.
There were so many people who signed up. It was originally planned to recruit 20,000 peasant soldiers in Jiangxi and Hunan each, and 20,000 civilian laborers in each. After reporting and requesting instructions at all levels, Zhao Han agreed to recruit 30,000 peasants each, and... there were many civilian laborers.
It's the peasants and soldiers who are signing up.
It can be said that in Jiangxi and Hunan provinces alone, Zhao Han had an army of 100,000 soldiers in one month!
Although many of them are civilians, they are peasant soldiers when they take up arms, and they actually bring their own weapons.
High ideological consciousness is one aspect, and the other is to be rewarded with land for meritorious service. Wuxing Town has an average of six acres of land per capita, which has become a living example for the entire Jiangxi.
Jiang Dashan and Jiang Liang have been squatting in Guangdong for the past two years and have wiped out the bandits in Fujian and Guangdong provinces.
By the way, I hunted rabbits in the grass. In the process of chasing the bandits, I captured all the Wuzhou Prefecture in Guangxi. I reported to my superiors and asked my superiors to send officials to complete the land distribution.
Nowadays, a division stationed in Guangdong has nothing to do except defend Guangxi.
It is too troublesome to mobilize troops from Guangdong to the north, but it is possible to mobilize officers.
Jiang Dashan was appointed as the commander-in-chief of the Hunan Peasants and Soldiers, and Jiang Liang was appointed as the commander-in-chief of the Jiangxi Peasants and Soldiers. Each took dozens of officers north to take over the troops.
They arrived at their destinations before the peasant soldiers. One was training troops in Baling and the other was training troops in Hukou.
It is said to be military training, but in fact it is to reorganize the troops and practice cooperation among large groups.
While these two men were still training peasant soldiers, Anhui was already fighting!
Zhang Xianzhong and Sun Kewang attacked Guangji and Huangmei areas.
Li Dingguo and Ai Nengqi sent troops from Biyang, first occupied Zhenyang County, which belonged to Luo Rucai, and then went south to attack Zhao Han's Luoshan County.
Bai Wenxuan and Liu Wenxiu directly attacked Xinyang Prefecture, but were blocked at Pingjing Pass and could not advance even an inch through Jiuli Pass.
Pingjingguan was one of the nine fortresses in the world during the Qin and Han Dynasties.
Sun Wu once led the Wu soldiers to break out of the pass and almost destroy the Chu State.
This pass was originally occupied by Luo Rucai. After Luo Rucai escaped, he was taken over by the Datong Army.
Bai Wenxuan led more than 10,000 people to attack. The Datong soldiers stationed at the pass only had 500 regular soldiers, 500 peasant soldiers, and 500 civilians.
Wufengling and Phoenix Mountain stand in opposition to each other, and Pingjing Pass is located between the two peaks, completely blocking Bai Wenxuan's entry route.
"Boom boom boom!"
When there are ten thousand enemies of porcelain, it is as if there is no money. As long as the enemy troops gather a little more, they will be thrown down one after another.
Bai Wenxuan has been stunned by the bombing. He can dedicate two to three thousand troops and go over the mountains and ridges from both sides. But a lot of people may die on the way. Even if he can successfully climb over, it will take a month or two. It will pass.
After that, there was no army rations, so if you wanted to avoid starving to death, you had to rob the villages first.
After attacking continuously for half a month, Bai Wenxuan sent someone to ask Liu Wenxiu, but Liu Wenxiu sent someone first.
"General, we can't move Jiuli Pass. Can you move it here?"
"Hit the shit out of you!"
In addition to these two checkpoints, you can also go east out of the Dabie Mountains further south. However, there are a series of checkpoints such as Dacheng Pass, Baisha Pass, Muling Pass, Huangtu Pass, and Hutou Pass.
There are an average of two passes in each passage, one occupied by Zhang Xianzhong and the other occupied by the Datong Army. The passage in the Dabie Mountains is not suitable for large armies to march. It is best to send a few thousand partial divisions, but to attack with a few thousand partial divisions, Zhao Han sent
Several hundred peasant soldiers can defend it.
Zhang Xianzhong's middle route army was of no use as it was blocked by the Dabie Mountains and checkpoints.
When fighting between the two sides, we still have to look at the southern and northern armies.
In mid-April, Chongzhen died.
Zhao Han took his soldiers and personally went to support Guangji, where Zhang Xianzhong and Sun Kewang were present.
The cavalry from Jeju Island also came over with a vote.