There are very few villages that get this kind of treatment. The local big families are very understanding. It is the period of Yao Rebellion, and the most worrying thing for most villages is safety issues, so they are not disgusted with this kind of "respect". As for the collection of money and grain:
It's the same in every dynasty and every generation, and what the Australians want is not necessarily more outrageous.
For the common people, it does not matter who is the magistrate in the county collecting money and food. With the local magistrate and knowing that the "emperor" is there, they feel confident and will not be confused. Some people with ideas
"Xiang Xian", seeing the people of the Song Dynasty arriving for patrol so quickly, the idea of originally eager to give it a try has faded a lot.
Some villages with weak strength further requested the National Army to station troops to defend the villages. Naturally, given the current stretched military situation, they were unable to do so. They only helped them establish village militia and distributed some weapons and captured Ming army firearms.
.Fortunately, almost all the villages in this area are equipped with fortresses, so if you slightly strengthen your self-defense capabilities, you can persist for a longer period of time.
The "public security and order" campaign carried out simultaneously both internally and externally has achieved great results. Especially after the extensive establishment of village militia, the Baojia system and the joint security protection of each village, the activities of bandits have been greatly curbed, and some large groups of outsiders have
The bandits could not stand in the local area and fled one after another. The local bandits either suffered military attacks and then collapsed, or disintegrated under pressure, or hibernated in mountain villages in remote areas - the Suijiang detachment could not take care of them at the moment.
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Huang Chao's plan was to rush to Huaiji immediately and then advance to the Sanlian area. However, the local security situation forced Yang Zeng and his Suijiang detachment to stay between Guangning and Huaiji for a few more days.
It was already the end of May when we officially decided to set off for Lianzhou.
Before departure, Huang Chao and Yang Zeng had a small meeting. The Lianyang area is said to be one region. The three cities of Lianzhou, Lianshan and Yangshan are not far apart, but these three cities are all located in the high mountains of northern Guangdong.
, transportation between each other is not easy. To ensure the re-establishment of order in this area, if the Suijiang detachment wants to re-establish order locally, there must be a coordination problem.
According to the rules, Yang Zeng is the commander-in-chief of the army and has the right to decide the action plan of the army. Even a veteran cannot interfere with his military command. However, the guiding principle for the security and order activities in the Lianyang area this time is to divide the military into three parts.
, seven-point politics. Even if Huang Chao is not a veteran, Yang Zeng still wants to ask for his opinion on the action plan.
Yang Zeng's plan was to personally lead the main force of the detachment to leave the waterway and take the mountain road to attack Lianshan County.
Attacking Lianshan, Pingyao is the second, the main purpose is to occupy the stronghold of Lianshan County. Prevent the Ming army in Hezhou from capturing Lianshan, then attack Huaiji and Guangning, threaten Zhaoqing, or occupy Lianzhou in the east, and then follow
Moving south along the Lianjiang River, it threatened Yingde and even the Guangzhou area further south. Therefore, for the South China Army, the Yao Rebellion was always a scabies disease. The real enemy was the Guangxi Ming Army, which Xiong Wencan still controlled.
Once Lianshan is controlled, it will completely cut off the possibility of the Guangxi Ming Army entering Guangdong to intervene in the Yao Rebellion. At the same time, it will also block the Guangxi Ming Army's penetration into northern Guangdong. This will be beneficial to the security of the entire Guangdong.
From a political perspective, whether the Yao rebellion in northern Guangdong can be properly handled will determine whether the Senate can rule the entire Guangdong stably and effectively, and also determine whether it can effectively deal with the more complex ethnic issues in the three provinces of Sichuan, Guizhou and Yunnan in the southwest in the future.
An empirical model that can be used for reference. Therefore, focusing on the heart is the first and only indicator for all political and military work to quell the Yao Rebellion.
Among the current three cities, Lianshan County is surrounded by mountains and has no major rivers flowing through it. The water transportation advantage of the Senate can only be zero in Lianshan. Because of the inconvenience of supply in Lianshan, Yang Zeng only plans to lead three companies to Fubo Army.
He went to attack Lianshan with two squadrons of the National Army. After defeating it, only one company of Fubo Army and the two squadrons of the National Army were stationed. They served as a stronghold to defend the Ming Army in Hezhou and a fulcrum to quell the Yao rebellion in northern Guangdong.
Then he took two companies of the Fubo Army all the way east over the mountains and ridges to Lianzhou.
Lianzhou serves as another fulcrum. The terrain around Lianzhou is relatively flat, and the Lianjiang River, a tributary of the Beijiang River, has abundant water. It connects Yingde, Yangshan, and Lianzhou all the way, making supplies more convenient. After it is captured, it will serve as
The base camp for pacifying the Yao Rebellion. And Yangshan, as a transit point between Lianzhou and Yingde, must be restored as soon as possible.
Therefore, after a brief discussion, Yang Zeng and Huang Chao decided to divide their troops into two groups. Yang Zeng led the troops to attack Lianshan to the north, while Huang Chao led the Li Miao Company, one brigade and two squadrons of the National Army, totaling more than 600 people.
Restore Yangshan in the east. After restoring Yangshan, the two of them met in Lianzhou.
In Huaiji County, the ground infantry preparing to go to Lianzhou were gathering. Huang Chao reviewed it briefly. According to the standards of the Fubo Army, only the Li Miao Company could be considered in good order. The others looked like they had just put down their hoes.
The farmer uncle.
If his superiors were willing to replace all the soldiers and generals under his command except the Li and Miao companies with a company from the Fubo Army, he would be a million times more willing to do so. Back then, he would take a platoon from the Fubo Army, and then join forces with some familiar Li and local villagers.
He was brave and eradicated all banditry in Lingshui, including bandits and hostile Lidong.
At this time, Yang Zeng had led the team to climb among the mountains for most of the day. Although he had been in the army for many years and had already developed sufficient physical strength, this was the first time that he led the team to walk in the middle of such a large mountain. More than 600
The human team was hidden without a trace among the mountains. Yang Zeng had to send out messengers every 15 minutes to keep the troops from getting disconnected. Only then did Yang Zeng understand why the Guangdong, Guangxi and Yao rebellions in the Ming Dynasty were so difficult to deal with.
Sure enough, nature is the biggest enemy of an army. Endless mountain climbing consumes the energy of the troops endlessly. The Fubo Army, which has been modernized, can still survive in the face of this situation, but the National Army has problems.
Continuously, the National Army's physical strength has reached a critical point, and it has begun to fall behind.
Seeing that the sun was already high at noon, Yang Zeng ordered the entire army to stop marching, repair and have lunch on the spot, and wait for the stragglers. Before setting off, Huang Chao and Yang Zeng agreed that whoever arrived in Lianzhou first would treat the other party to a meal. Yang Zeng
Knowing that Huang Chao was sure to eat this meal, his marching path was almost all mountainous, and Huang Chao only had to cross a mountain, and then he could march along the flat land along the banks of the Lianjiang River. If he was in Yangshan City
They waited for the reinforcements from the Beijiang Task Force, and they only needed to take a boat for the rest of the journey.
Although the terrain is complex, Yang Zeng is not too nervous. This operation will be more of an armed parade. According to the predictions of Yang Zeng and Huang Chao, the Yao people who heard the news will most likely withdraw from Lianshan City and lurk.
The Polish army could occupy Lianshan City without fighting. Then, Yang Zeng led his army eastward to control Luming Pass, occupy Sanjiangwei, and then arrived in Lianzhou.
The whole process took about five days, so each soldier had to bring five days of dry food with him, and each company and the National Army squadron had to take turns carrying the load for another five days of dry food. Yang Zeng was not sure, but from Guangzhou
When will the supplies sent to Lianzhou City arrive at Lianzhou City? He is not sure whether Huang Chao can successfully restore Yangshan. Yang Zeng gnawed on the grassland dry food series while looking at a flag that Huang Chao gave him before departure.
It is a Chinese-style long-pole flag, with ten characters written densely on it in small regular letters: Marshal Zhu of the West Road of the Great Song Dynasty.
According to Huang Chao, in order for various tasks to be carried out smoothly, the momentum must be large enough. For those Yao people who are not afraid of anything, no matter how strong they are, they have to pretend that they are strong. A bluffing flag is very useful.
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So Huang Chao made a big flag for himself and wrote a letter: The Great Song Dynasty Lianyang recruits the envoy and the military commander of Lianzhou Huang. Looking at this flag, Huang Chao had a good addiction to pretending to be cool. At the same time, he also
I hope this flag can convey a message to the Yao people who have little information. Although they are not the Ming government, they are still a political power and are willing to negotiate.
He announced to his officers and soldiers that the entire army would set off at dawn tomorrow and head for Yangshan County in the northeast. He also emphasized that the march route was mostly mountainous, so everyone should be mentally prepared and materially prepared, especially shoes.
Huang Chao's operational intention was not to attack Yangshan County directly, but to march to Yonghua Township in Yangshan County first, pacify the area, and then encircle the area for reinforcements, waiting for an opportunity to ambush the Yao people returning for reinforcements.
The residents of Yonghua Township are mainly Yao people. In the sixth year of Wanli, Zhao Wenzheng, the magistrate of Yangshan County, personally went to Yao Mountain and successfully registered the Yao people of Baimang, Laoya, Xiaotuo, Sankeng and other Yao villages into their households, and set up a
Yonghua Township. This is one of the few successful stories of comforting the Yao people in the history of Guangdong and Guangxi.
However, judging from the little information, most of the Yao people occupying Yangshan County are from Yonghua Township, and a small number come from other Yaoshan in Yangshan. The Yao people in Yonghua Township do not belong to the Bapai Yao system, but belong to Pingdi Yao. This township
Most of the Yao people live in mountain valleys. Although the land is not fertile, it is not barren, and the output is acceptable. The economic level is higher than that of other Yao Yao who are outside the Ming government system and live in the mountains.
Compared with the people, the Yao people in Yonghua Township have always been law-abiding and have no reason to rebel.
This Yao people rebellion must have its own reasons. If we can win a battle to quell the Yao people's riot in Yonghua Township and recruit them as soon as possible, we can exclude this Yao people from the Yao rebellion camp.
Solve Ba Paiyao.
As long as the operation is good, it is even possible to use the power of Yonghua Yao - the mountain company led by Zhen Company Commander is too small, which is far from enough to cope with the local geographical environment. He plans to establish a mountain company of Yao people for himself
Trend, even if they are not trained and their combat effectiveness is poor, they can at least serve as reconnaissance troops. When fighting in such mountains, intelligence is much more important than troop strength.
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