Su Xiong took a Ming army transport ship down the river and rushed to Guangzhou City.
The fleet was traveling with the current but against the wind. There was no way to hold up the sails, so they relied on the current and the blades for power.
The speed of the ship is not as fast as the speed of the wind.
The fleet passed by Zhaoqing City, and Su Xiong looked at Zhaoqing City that had been occupied by the Qin army.
He praised: "Commander Zhang, Commander Lu Xiaoqiu of the Eighth Army, this is really a talent."
"Thank you, Governor Su, for your compliment. Lu Xiaoqiu's personality is a little out of touch, but he is a handsome man who can discern opportunities on the battlefield."
After a long period of tacit understanding, the civil and military officials of the Qin Palace.
They have formed their own set of titles.
At work, people generally address each other by their job titles.
At aristocratic gatherings and corresponding ceremonial occasions, titles will be given.
When ordinary people gather in private, they usually call each other by their first names.
Su Xiong and Zhang Yuliang discussed the plan to attack Guangzhou City.
The two men and their staff discussed three plans for attacking Guangzhou.
Now Su Xiong and Zhang Yuliang are studying various problems arising in Guangzhou Prefecture. How should they deal with them?
A small boat appeared in front of the fleet.
This is a small communication speedboat used to communicate with various places.
The communication speedboat carries several communication soldiers, with a very low load and a very fast speed.
The signal corpsmen were led by the guards and came to Su Xiong.
He took out an official document and handed it to Su Xiong.
Su Xiong opened the official document and said in shock: "Lu Xiaoqiu has captured the city of Guangzhou.
Immediately notify the governor of Guangdong, Honeysuckle, and ask him to lead officials from various prefectures in Guangdong to follow our fleet.
If you take down Guangzhou Prefecture, it will be easy to take down other prefectures in Guangdong."
Zhang Yuliang was shocked and said: "How did Lu Xiaoqiu capture Guangzhou City? His second division was not a Manchu division.
Even with a full army of more than 10,000 troops, how could they capture such a big city as Guangzhou?"
Su Xiong handed the official document from Lu Xiaoqiu to Zhang Yuliang.
After reading the official document, Zhang Yuliang realized that Lu Xiaoqiu was very lucky.
The gentry in Guangzhou City united and put Sun Chaosu, the chief envoy who was preparing to defend Guangzhou City, under house arrest.
The gentry of Guangzhou City opened the gate of Guangzhou City and welcomed Master Wang into the city.
Zhang Yuliang said with emotion: "Lu Xiaoqiu has made a big mistake. He is truly a blessed general."
Su Xiong also agreed: "Lu Xiaoqiu is really a blessed general. With his great achievements, the commander of the Ninth Army is basically stable."
"Captain Su, Lu Xiaoqiu has just been promoted to division commander, and it would not be good to promote him to corps commander again!"
Commanders Lu Chenyang and Su Shi of the First Army were both more senior than Lu Xiaoqiu.
They captured Wuzhou City and made great achievements."
Zhang Yuliang postponed his opening because he was planning to train Lu Xiaoqiu for a while.
The students in the second batch of this military academy are promoted too fast, which is not a good thing.
None of his seniors have served as corps commanders. If he were directly promoted to corps commander, he would also be jealous of others, which would have a bad influence on him.
Su Xiong waved his hand and said: "In our Qin Army, promotion mainly depends on merit.
As long as his merits are overwhelming, even if he is just a fire-headed soldier, the King of Qin can promote him to deputy commander.
Lu Xiaoqiu made a great contribution, if it weren't for his fast attack speed.
As a result, Guangzhou City did not react at all and was frightened by the speed of Lu Xiaoqiu's attack.
The city of Guangzhou is falling apart, and no one can make arbitrary decisions.
The gentry of Guangzhou will not surrender to us easily.
We want to redistribute the land of the gentry. As long as they have a choice, they will not choose to surrender.
Lu Xiaoqiu's contribution is enough to be promoted to Army Commander.
Lu Chenyang and Su Shi couldn't do it. Wuzhou City was taken down by our two armies together. They have credit, but the credit should be shared jointly.
It doesn't mean which army has more casualties will get more credit.
But you can't do this, it will chill the soldiers who have truly performed meritorious services.
This is something that the King of Qin has repeatedly told me, and I cannot let the truly meritorious people feel cold."
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Su Xiong led the main force down the river and soon arrived at Guangzhou City.
The army stepped off the transport ship, formed an orderly formation, and walked towards Guangzhou City.
Su Xiong was walking at the front of the team. He saw a group of people dressed as gentry outside the North City of Guangzhou City, welcoming them.
When Lu Xiaoqiu saw the army arriving, he quickly led the guard platoon to greet Su Xiong, Zhang Yuliang and others.
Most of the troops of the Second Division were guarding the four walls of Guangzhou City.
When Lu Xiaoqiu saw Su Xiong, he said excitedly: "Captain Su, you finally arrived in Guangzhou with a large army.
I have been worried these days that the Ming army in the city will rebel, or that the Ming army from other prefectures will attack Guangzhou City.
How should I resist.
There are less than 10,000 people defending the city of Guangzhou, and I'm really afraid that I won't be able to defend it."
During this period of time, Lu Xiaoqiu couldn't sleep well.
He was afraid that the city of Guangzhou he had just acquired would be lost in his hands.
The Ming troops in the city cannot be trusted at all. They are like reeds falling in the wind, and they will fall to whichever end they are stronger.
If the city of Guangzhou is lost, then he will go down in history as the first general of the Qin army to lose a big city.
Carrying this bad reputation will prevent him from progressing.
Su Xiong also saw Lu Xiaoqiu's nervousness. The Ming army in the city surrendered several times more troops than Lu Xiaoqiu's troops, so everyone would be nervous.
"Mr. Lu, you have worked hard during this time, leave the rest of the work to me.
Please introduce these gentlemen to me."
When Lu Xiaoqiu heard Su Xiong's instructions, he immediately introduced:
"This is Li Shengming and Li Juren."
"This is Zheng Ziliang and Zheng Juren."
Lu Xiaoqiu pointed at Li Shengming and Zheng Ziliang respectively.
"These two men unite the city and dedicate the city of Guangzhou to our gentry from the heart."
Su Xiong looked at these gentry and said with satisfaction: "Thank you for your righteous deeds, I will have someone register your identities later.
Your family's land will be redeemed by the Qin Palace at normal prices.
Your other properties will never be touched by the Qin Palace.
There are some black sheep in the family. As long as they are expelled from the family tree, they will not affect the family.
If anyone doesn’t abide by this rule, you can come to me directly.”
Su Xiong said these words mainly to appease the hearts of these gentry.
His words were also extremely effective, and the gentry heard Su Xiong's promise.
There were expressions of relief on their faces.
The most important property was confiscated, but at least the family's property and life were saved.
Even if there are some notorious people in the family, Qin Jun has to deal with them.
The family can also make cuts without affecting other members of the family.
Su Xiong can agree to the condition of being a gentry.
This was certainly not his decision to make.
This is something that King Su He of Qin specifically explained.
If there are gentry who take the initiative to cooperate with the Qin army, they will provide great help to the Qin army.
They can provide some preferential treatment to these gentry families.
We cannot compromise on issues of principle, but we can make flexible adjustments to some minor details.
Shaanxi and Yunnan-Guizhou are remote areas and have little impact.
Just look at the number of Jinshi awarded each year in the Ming Dynasty, and you will know the treatment in these places.
The situation in Sichuan is slightly better, but to the gentry in the Central Plains and Jiangnan regions, Sichuan is still a remote southwest region.
The Guangdong and Guangxi regions are located in the southeast and are also the frontier of China.
But they are extremely wealthy, especially here in Guangdong, where agriculture and handicrafts are extremely developed.
With an economic foundation, education can keep up.
The level of educational development here in Guangdong is not much worse than that in the Jiangnan region.
The attitude of the King of Qin towards the gentry in Guangdong and Guangxi could have a greater impact.
Without affecting the core interests, some preferential treatment should be given to the gentry who take refuge.
This will make it easier for the Qin army to attack other areas.
For example, this time in Guangzhou City, the surrender of the gentry here could at least reduce tens of thousands of casualties and save the Qin army several months.
With these few months, they could occupy the entire territory of Guangdong before the Ming Dynasty could react.
Su Xiong arranged for soldiers to approach Guangzhou City.
The garrison troops who followed Su He replaced the already very tired Lu Xiaoqiu's troops.
Su Xiong held a military meeting at Dusi Yamen in Guangdong.
Senior officers of the First Army and the Eighth Army all came to attend the military meeting.
"Our army has captured Guangzhou City, the central hub area of Guangdong.
The next battle will be our army's final battle in Guangdong.
Each division must fight the final battle well, do not underestimate the enemy and advance rashly, and fight steadily and steadily.
I don’t want any army to suffer heavy losses by underestimating the enemy when we have already determined victory.”
Su Xiong first gave a warning to all the armies, as we get closer to the end.
The easier it is for the army to become arrogant, leading to a lack of attention to the enemy and the details of the battlefield, resulting in a huge defeat.
When Su Xiong saw many leading generals, their expressions became solemn.
He then began to arrange the attack targets of each army.
"The Eighth Army is mainly responsible for the coastal areas of Guangdong.
Lu Xiaoqiu's troops were not fully staffed, so he arranged an easy task to capture the areas not occupied by the Zhaoqing Prefecture."
Lu Xiaoqiu knew that he had made tremendous achievements by taking the city of Guangzhou.
In attacking other prefectures in Guangzhou, the credit should be given to other troops.
"Captain Su, I will definitely complete the mission."
"The First Division of the Eighth Army is responsible for capturing Huizhou Prefecture."
Zhao Xin stood up and said excitedly: "Please rest assured, Governor Su, our army promises to complete the mission."
"The third division of the Eighth Army is responsible for capturing Chaozhou Prefecture.
Hu Hai was good at commanding the navy, and happened to attack Chaozhou Prefecture on a sea ship.
Be prepared for the Ming army's attack in Fujian."
Hu Hai saluted with a military salute and said confidently: "Captain Su, please rest assured and promise to complete the mission."
"The Second Division of the First Army is responsible for attacking Qingyuan County and Lianzhou.
Stationed in Lianzhou to guard against the Ming army in the direction of Huguang."
Su Shi said calmly: "Promise to complete the task."
"The third division of the First Army is responsible for attacking Shaozhou Prefecture and Nanxiong Prefecture.
Be on guard against the Ming army in the Jiangxi direction."
Chen Zhongwen saluted with a military salute and said calmly: "I promise to complete the mission."
"The First Division of the First Army attacked Wuzhou City and suffered too many casualties.
I also sent an easy mission to capture the southern area of Guangzhou City."
Lu Chenyang stood up, nodded, and said in a hoarse voice: "Promise to complete the task."
Su Xiong arranged for the First Army to have a heavier task.
It's not that the prefectures and counties they attacked were difficult, the First Army mainly prepared for the Ming army's counterattack.
After Su Xiong arranged the objectives of each army, the Qin army immediately began to take action.
Xiong Wencan responded to the Qin army's attack.
He stored a large amount of military supplies and ships for transportation in Guangzhou City.
Now all these things have fallen into the hands of the Qin army.
Su Xiong does not need to wait for supplies to be shipped from the Yunnan-Guizhou region.
The supplies here in Guangzhou City are enough to support him in fighting a big war.
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Su Xiong personally sat in Guangzhou City and was responsible for commanding the entire campaign.
When an army encounters a tough nut to crack, it will mobilize surrounding friendly forces to help.
Zhang Yuliang led an elite artillery regiment with a large number of rockets.
He was responsible for attacking the navy at the mouth of the Pearl River, especially several small islands near Guangzhou.
They have promised Li Qingmu to leave some naval officers and soldiers for the navy.
Zhang Yuliang personally led the team and was responsible for handling this matter.
The Qin army basically opened up the main waterways in Guangdong.
Through waterway connectivity, military information can be transmitted quickly and conveniently.
Su Xiong stood in the combat conference room, looking at the newly made sand table for the whole of Guangdong.
The strategic postures of the Qin and Ming armies are marked on the sand table.
It can be easily seen that the Ming army's territory gradually disappeared.
Lu Xiaoqiu's actions are the fastest, and his reputation in Zhaoqing Mansion is also the loudest.
Now the Ming army everywhere knows that Guangzhou City was occupied by the Qin army.
Their morale was already low, so every county seat and garrison in Zhaoqing Prefecture saw that it was Lu Xiaoqiu who was attacking.
Lu Xiaoqiu's reputation had spread throughout Guangdong. They knew they could not resist the Qin army and surrendered one after another.
A few days later, Su Xiong came to the sand table again. Lu Chenyang had already captured both sides of the Pearl River and the southern part of Guangzhou.
This is the core area of Guangdong, with developed handicraft industry, very fertile land and many fertile fields.
Time came to 4332 (the eighth year of Chongzhen), Su Xiong and the gentry representatives in Guangzhou finished eating dumplings, and he received good news.
Su Xiong walked into the sand table again and pulled down several flags representing the Ming army on the sand table.
Flags representing the Qin army were planted everywhere in Huizhou Prefecture.
It can be seen from the situation on the sand table that Huizhou Prefecture has basically been occupied by the Qin army.
Zhao Xin's ministry is progressing very smoothly, and Huizhou Prefecture is close to Guangzhou.
The Ming army from Huizhou Prefecture was transferred to Guangzhou to assist in the defense.
The number of troops in various areas of Huizhou Prefecture is too small.
Zhao Xin's attack was extremely fast, as if the autumn wind swept fallen leaves, and he quickly captured Huizhou Prefecture.
The Lantern Festival has just passed.
With excitement on his face, Su Xiong pulled down the flags representing the Ming army in Qingyuan County and Lianzhou.
These places were replaced with the flags of the Qin army.
The Su Shi Division of the Second Division of the First Army also made extremely smooth progress.
Su Shi fights with one word: stability.
He is a representative of those who are good at fighting without great achievements.
Able to complete tasks assigned by superiors every time.
It is not the fastest to complete the mission, but it is indeed the unit with the highest mission success rate and the lowest soldier casualty rate.
Late January.
When Su Xiong came to the sand table, he had already received news that Chen Zhongwen had discovered a problem.
A Jiangxi Ming army, but not a regular Ming army, was entrenched in Nanxiong Mansion.
This should be a regiment of squires training and armed forces.
Chen Zhongwen quickly defeated this regiment with armed forces.
But this represents a very bad sign.
The gentry were already sneaking around and building their own army.
This regiment's armed forces have undergone several battlefield experiences, and their ability to fight in the homeland will definitely be better than that of the Ming army.
Su Xiong wrote down this incident and reported it to King Su He of Qin.
He looked at the sand table again and saw that the Qin army had occupied all places in Guangdong except Chaozhou Prefecture.
End of January.
Chief of Staff Li Wenfang quickly found Su Xiong with a stack of official documents.
"Li Qingmu has not arrived at Guangzhou City with the navy's seeds.
Without a navy, it would be really difficult to launch an attack by sea.
Hu Hai reported that their fleet had been sailing close to the shore.
When approaching Chaozhou Prefecture, they were attacked by the Ming Navy.
In order to ensure the lives of the soldiers, Hu Hai could only lead the army to the shore.
The temporarily modified armed merchant ship bought time for the transport ship.
Hu Hai's troops can only travel by land, and their marching speed is very slow. They have already occupied Chaozhou Prefecture."
Su Xiong replaced all the flags on the sand table with the flags of the Qin army.
The Qin army has now occupied all the cities in Guangdong. After more than half a year, the Guangdong-Guangdong Campaign has officially ended.
