380 [Zhang Xianzhong in exile in Taiwan] (for the penguin boss
Li Dingguo surrendered?
This was a bit beyond Zhao Han's expectation. Although he ordered the surrender, he did not have high expectations.
If Li Dingguo does not surrender, he can lead his troops to flee to the hinterland of Henan to be with Luo Rucai who is entrenched there. If he dares to stay, he will be surrounded by five regular divisions, with the participation of a large number of peasant soldiers.
Even if you surrender, there are tens of thousands of horses!
There are thousands of good horses equipped by the cavalry, and thousands of bad horses equipped by the cavalry. Although the good horses are not much better than the horses in Jeju Island.
After Li Dingguo surrendered, Huang Yao sent his troops to capture the entire Runing Mansion.
The Datong Army previously occupied half of Runing Mansion, but now it has swallowed it all, adding to the burden on Zhao Han. This shabby place has ten rooms and nine empty spaces, and even Luo Rucai doesn't like it. Even if they immigrate there, they won't be able to grow much food due to the continuous drought.
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Taxes must be fully exempted for the first three years, and taxes must be halved in the next few years, so that the economy can slowly regain its vitality.
Nanyang Prefecture is not far behind, but the drought is slightly milder and the population is larger.
Runing Mansion and Nanyang Mansion both belong to the boundaries of Henan, and Zhao Han occupied them purely for military purposes.
Zhang Xianzhong's main force has been destroyed. Although there are defenders in Hubei, most cities choose to surrender. A small number of cities choose to resist, and some defenders escape and become bandits. The next step is to slowly attack the city and suppress the bandits.
Also, encircle and suppress Zhang Xianzhong in the Dabie Mountains!
Zhang Xianzhong's life was very difficult. When the Datong Army occupied Yingshan and Luotian counties, his military supplies were completely cut off, and he could only survive by robbing the mountain people of food.
Many war horses also starved to death, but horse meat was often available.
Li Dingguo rode into the mountains alone, and Datong Army provided information. It took him a month to meet Zhang Xianzhong.
"Why are you here?" Zhang Xianzhong asked.
Li Dingguo sighed: "The army was defeated. Bai Wenxuan surrendered to the enemy and blocked the retreat. The enemy troops surrounded him from three sides. Boy did not want to lead his troops to flee to Henan, so he ordered the entire army to surrender."
"Bai Wenxuan this bastard!" Zhang Xianzhong gritted his teeth.
Li Dingguo said: "Father, surrender too. King Wu promises not to kill everyone."
Sun Kewang said: "Do you believe his lies?"
Li Dingguo said: "The King of Wu can still be trusted."
Zhang Xianzhong told Sun Kewang to shut up and asked: "What does he want to do with us old thieves?"
Li Dingguo said: "Does father know about Dongbo?"
"I've never heard of it," Zhang Xianzhong said.
Li Dingguo said: "Dongbo is a big island, and its territory is larger than ordinary mansions. It is not far from Qiongzhou Island. There are Han people on the island, and there are also many living people. King Wu means that we old thieves should all go to the island.
Seize the land from Shengfan."
Zhang Xianzhong was furious: "I have been traveling in the Central Plains for more than ten years, and yet I was asked to deal with savages!"
Sun Kewang laughed: "I believe what Zhao Han said now."
Li Dingguo added: "The King of Wu asked his son to bring a message to his father and went to Dongfan Island. As long as the land is snatched from Shengfan, it will belong to us. Regardless of paddy fields and dry land, each person can occupy up to twenty acres.
A household can have up to ten people. In this way, each of our households can have 200 acres of land, which is enough to be a landlord on the island."
"Does two hundred acres count as a landlord?" Zhang Xianzhong said disdainfully.
Li Dingguo continued: "After each person occupies twenty acres, he can continue to grab land from Shengfan. Regardless of the quality of the land, ten acres of land will be snatched and seven acres will be handed over to the government. The remaining three acres will be ours. In this way,
Each person can have fifty acres of land. If the land exceeds fifty acres, he can continue to occupy the land. For every ten acres of land he grabs, he can get two acres. If it exceeds one hundred acres of land, for every ten acres he grabs, he can get one.
acres, and there is no upper limit.”
Zhang Xianzhong was angry and funny: "This is treating us like mules."
Lao Huihui suddenly said: "Actually, this is not bad. Each person has one hundred acres, and each family has ten people, which is a thousand acres of land. Have more children, divide the household registrations, and continue to grab it. Twenty years from now, who will
Who wouldn’t be a big landowner if he didn’t have descendants?”
As soon as these words came out, the old thieves looked at each other.
Although he cannot be prominent in public, being a big landowner on the island and having many children and grandchildren seems to be a good life.
Li Dingguo said: "If my father is willing to surrender, the King of Wu promises to return his wives and concubines. But he can only take away one wife and one concubine, and the other concubines must stay and remarry others."
After Zhang Xianzhong settled down in Hubei, he already had offspring, a son and two daughters.
However, wives, concubines, and heirs did not matter to Zhang Xianzhong.
Historically, Zhang Xianzhong decided to leave Sichuan to fight against the Qing Dynasty. When he left Chengdu, he killed all his wives and concubines, and also killed his only son. The reason why he killed his wife and children was to prevent his wife and children from being captured by thieves after the defeat.
In order to appease Sun Kewang, he said that the position of heir apparent would definitely be left to Sun Kewang.
Seeing that his general was very interested, Zhang Xianzhong simply could not refuse.
In the past, there was no way out for being a bandit, but now Zhao Han has given him a way out, and he can even become a local landlord with many children. How many of the old thieves who are in desperate situations don't want to live?
In July, Zhang Xianzhong led his cavalry out of the mountain to surrender, and Zhao Han kept his promise and sent their wives and children.
Hanyang Fucheng.
Zhang Xianzhong saw Zhao Han in person for the first time. Although he was surprised by the young man, he still said with a straight face: "The winner is the king and the loser is the enemy. Although I am not convinced, I lost after all. What can you say?
Just finish it all together, or you can change your mind and kill me!"
Zhao Han was too lazy to argue with this guy, and only reminded: "There are many tribes in Dongfan Island who like to hunt heads, and are called headhunters by the islanders. The places where you are placed are all close to the headhunters. Put each of you
Thirty households are grouped together and scattered throughout the island. If you want land, go and fight for it yourself. Do not rob or kill Han people! If there is not enough food, you can send people to the government to borrow food, and I will not let you starve to death. Every three
By the end of the month, ships will arrive, and the furs and timber you obtain in the mountains can be sold to merchants."
"I knew there was nothing good going on." Zhang Xianzhong said depressedly.
With so many bandits, it is of course impossible for them to get together.
A rogue general was accompanied by twenty-nine old thieves, and thirty households were placed together in one place to keep warm.
It can be understood that thirty households were assigned to one colony, scattered throughout the island, and allowed to develop on their own. The early days would have been difficult, and Zhang Xianzhong might have been killed by headhunters, or died of diseases in the mountains and forests of the south.
When they occupy enough territory, they will allocate some to the government, and Zhao Han will organize people to immigrate there.
Can these people give birth to children as fast as Zhao Han emigrates?
The more territory the rogues conquer, the more land the government controls, and the number of immigrants will be countless times that of the rogues.
Once the immigrant villages form peasant soldiers, they won't be afraid of the rogue bandits becoming bigger.
When there are enough immigrants, troops can be recruited locally to drive the Dutch out of Taiwan!
As for Li Dingguo...
To be honest, Zhao Han was reluctant to let go, mainly because of his heroic feelings.
Leaving Li Dingguo alone, Zhao Han asked, "I want to expand the cavalry, do you want to be a hundred-man general?"
Li Dingguo was a little stunned and asked: "Why does King Wu stay alone?"
Zhao Han smiled and said, "You have good military discipline."
Li Dingguo's military discipline was indeed good. After his cousin Ma Siliang led the cavalry across the river, although there was a lack of food, he plundered villages and towns everywhere. But there were not many killings. He mainly committed robbery and did not intentionally kill or cause destruction.
Moreover, Li Dingguo raised his troops to surrender and persuaded Zhang Xianzhong to surrender, which can be regarded as a great achievement.
Even Bai Wenxuan, who is greedy for life and fearful of death, does not need to send wild people to Taiwan because of his ability to deceive the city.
Bai Wenxuan must bring his silver and family members to live in Nanjing. The silver he brings must not exceed one thousand taels. He is also not allowed to bring other property, so that his wealth can be easily searched.
After thinking for a while, Zhao Han added: "You can choose ten people to stay as Datong cavalry. But they are not allowed to be officers, they can only be ordinary soldiers. From now on, military merit and promotion will be treated equally."
Li Dingguo thought carefully and decided that his favorite general Jin Tongwu and his cousin Ma Siliang were left behind, and he selected eight more generals who were skilled in cavalry warfare.
After settling Zhang Xianzhong's case, it was time for Zhao Han to return to Nanjing and proclaim himself emperor. The news of Chongzhen's hanging had spread to the south.
Although he defeated Zhang Xianzhong, he left a lot of mess behind.
The main reason is that there is too much food consumption and the people are seriously overdrafted. Next, there will be large-scale immigration and disaster relief. Just thinking about it is enough to give Zhao Han a headache.
I hope there won’t be another major disaster next year, that’s...impossible!
If history remains unchanged, this year will be considered the peak of the drought during the Chongzhen period.
Next year, the national drought area will be halved, but the affected provinces will move to the south. Taking Zhao Han's territory as an example, the approximate affected areas next year are as follows: three-fifths of Hunan, two-fifths of Hubei, and one-half
Anhui is one-third of Zhejiang and one-quarter of Fujian.
There will be an even worse one the year after next. Hunan will be hit by a severe drought again, and the drought-stricken area in Jiangxi will reach three-quarters. And the north has completely recovered. The most severe droughts in the country are all in Zhao Han's area.
Territory!
Zhao Han will have to deal with major disasters for two more years, and minor disasters for a few more years.
The Manchu Qing Dynasty in history was truly a destiny.
After the Manchus entered the customs, the plague in the north subsided and the drought in the north also eased. On the contrary, drought continued in the small court of the Southern Ming Dynasty, and the areas with severe droughts all moved to the south.
Hanyang Pier.
Zhang Xianzhong took his wife, one concubine, one son and two daughters, and twenty-nine old thieves with families, and became the first group of bandits to go south by boat.
He looked back at the city, a little disappointed, and soon became hard-hearted.
The surrender was forced because everyone wanted to surrender. According to Zhang Xianzhong's own idea, if people died and birds fell to the sky, he would go out and continue killing.
Now that he is not dead, he can go to Dongfan Island and make a comeback!
He didn't dare to rebel, because there would be no chance of it, but he thought he could definitely earn thousands of acres of land.
Zhao Han doesn't care about this. The more land Zhang Xianzhong has, the more land the government will have. Moreover, Zhang Xianzhong is also divided into household registrations. Each household registration can have up to ten people. After the household registration, who will listen to him in the next generation?
Li Dingguo stayed in Runing Mansion and joined the newly formed cavalry team. He was appointed as the cavalry sentry commander of the Datong Army and commanded a hundred cavalrymen.
The Datong Army still had only six divisions, but each division was expanded to 10,000 men, of which 2,500 were dragoons.
In addition, a new independent cavalry regiment was formed, with a strength of 5,000, all of whom were armored cavalry, with Lu Xiangsheng as the commander.
The war horses mainly came from Zhang Xianzhong's surrender troops, which was one of the main reasons why Zhao Han persuaded him to surrender. The rest were gradually collected by the private sector, and some of the war horses came from Jeju Island.
At this moment, the Qing army had entered the pass, driven Li Zicheng to Shaanxi, and quickly sent troops south to Shandong.
Then, Huang Taiji contracted the plague...
(Oh, I keep saying that Lao Wang’s war writing is terrible, so let’s speed up the completion of this part. Please vote for me.)
