Chapter 977: In the new year, war is covered with clouds

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"take away!"

Zhong Wuying said coldly.

A team of Hu Ben cavalry came up, captured Fan Wanjie and the others, and left in a push and shoved manner.

Fan Wanjie was completely lost, as if he had lost consciousness, and followed the Hu Ben Army with one foot deep and one foot shallow. Fan Wanjie was indeed unwilling to accept such an end. The former leader of the Shanxi merchants has now become a lamb at slaughter. Such a change in situations is indeed too big. But even if he is unwilling to give up, so what?

Everything that happened in front of him was clearly that Wang Kun did not dare to offend the people of the Hu Ben Army, and even those who were interested in pleading the Hu Ben Army, handed over all of them, the Shanxi merchants. Even a big man like Wang Kun, who held military power, did not dare to offend the Hu Ben Army. It is conceivable that who else dared to resist the pressure of the Hu Ben Army?

Fan Wanjie had already estimated the strength of the Hu Ben Army very high. However, at this time, he really realized that he had underestimated the Hu Ben Army. The Hu Ben Army did not need to take action at all, so that Wang Kun could cooperate obediently. Who could do such a powerful force? You must know that Wang Kun is a first-class smart person.

"Thank you!"

Zhong Wuying said to Wang Kun with a expressionless face.

"No thanks, no thanks."

Wang Kun said with a happy smile.

Wang Kun was still very happy to be able to sell the Hu Ben Army as a favor. Because this means that he has a little more safety factor in the Hu Ben Army. Nowadays, everyone is looking for a way out, and Wang Kun is of course no exception.

"Pooh!"

Fan Wanjie cursed in disappointment.

It seems that a guy like Wang Kun was not struck to death by lightning, and he was really unwilling to accept it. Fan Wanjie couldn't help but curse it in his heart for a thousand times, ten thousand times. If the curse really took effect, Wang Kun would have been pushed to the eighteenth floor of hell.

Under the escort of the Hu Ben Army, Fan Wanjie and his group arrived at Jingxing Pass. Here, Fan Wanjie was surprised to find that he was not the fastest to be caught, nor the latest to be caught. Several Shanxi merchants he was familiar with were all handed over to the Hu Ben Army by Wang Kun. They were all listless, with their heads hanging down, waiting to die.

"We are innocent!"

"We were wronged!"

"We want to meet the governor, we want to appeal!"

...

Some people kept making shrill screams, trying to get by.

Most of these people don’t know that there is a lot of evidence in Zhang Zhun’s hands. They believe that trade with the Great Jin Kingdom was originally a fact that death was unproof, and outsiders could not investigate anything. When death came, many people would have unrealistic fantasies, and this is the case with these people in front of them.

"See it for yourself!"

Shafes said coldly.

He was sent by Zhang Zhun specifically to handle the affairs of Shanxi merchants. In his hands, there was a lot of evidence of Shanxi merchants colluding with the Tartars. He threw out these evidences, and the Shanxi merchants who shouted wronged immediately disappeared.

It's over.

It's really over.

This time it's really over.

If I had known what, why should I do it?

Unfortunately, there is no regret medicine in the world.

Since some mistakes have been made, there is no chance to correct them.

...

After the Shanxi merchant affairs were dealt with, Zhang Zhun happened to cross Yanmen Pass and rushed towards Taiyuan Prefecture. It was funny that Zhang Zhun was really diligent in taking care of Emperor Chongzhen. Since Emperor Chongzhen left the capital, he began to "escort" himself.

He had always been following Emperor Chongzhen, causing Emperor Chongzhen's spirit to be extremely nervous. He was originally going to stop halfway and take a breath, but when he heard that Zhang Zhun was not far behind, he hurriedly ordered to go.

Emperor Chongzhen was so panicked, let alone the people below. Whether it was royal relatives or high-ranking officials and powerful officials, they had to show off their motivation to march for a long distance, traveling day and night, staring and moon, and rushing at the fastest speed. They were all worried that if they walked a little slower, they would fall into Zhang Zhun's hands.

When Emperor Chongzhen left Shanxi, crossed the Yellow River, and entered Shaanxi, the tenth year of Chongzhen just ended. On New Year's Eve, Zhang Zhun happened to arrive at Fenglingdu, the southernmost part of Shanxi. Crossing the Yellow River from here is the ground in Shaanxi. However, Zhang Zhun did not cross the river, but chose to turn around and come towards Luoyang.

In the Fuwang Mansion in Luoyang, Zhang Zhun spent a month organizing the affairs of the Hu Ben Army in Chongzhen for ten years, summarizing the experience and lessons, forming texts, and substituting them to various troops or departments. At the same time, he made new plans for the next year.

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In the past year, the focus of all affairs of the Hu Ben Army was of course Liaodong. The war with the Tartars was always the top priority of the Hu Ben Army. It was not until the Great Jin Kingdom was completely destroyed and Huang Taiji and others were eliminated that the focus of the Hu Ben Army's work in Liaodong came to an end. However, other work in the Liaodong region was still very important. Whether it can develop Liaodong in a timely manner is related to the future direction of the Hu Ben Army.

After November, the weather began to gradually get colder, and various reconstruction work in the Liaodong region was in full swing. A large number of troops began to withdraw from Liaodong, and a large number of people began to migrate from various places to Liaodong. The originally somewhat deserted Liaodong gradually began to become densely populated again.

Perhaps it was the winter of last year, which was indeed too cold, and it consumed the severe cold between the world. The winter of the tenth year of Chongzhen was quite mild. The first heavy snow in Liaodong actually fell near the end of November. This heavy snow seemed to give Liaodong a new life. The snowy scene effectively made many people forget the previous pain.

The mild winter is very beneficial to the reconstruction work in the Liaodong region. Zhang Zhun demanded that all units and departments of the Huben Army’s Government Affairs Department should seize the time to complete the reconstruction task as much as possible. Gao Hongtu, Zhang Shenyan and others personally went to the Liaodong region to guide the reconstruction work in the Liaodong region at close range.

Officials from Guangning Prefecture, Liaoyang Prefecture and Shenyang Prefecture have all taken office. They are all capable officials drawn from the Government Affairs Department of the Huben Army from various control areas. Not to mention anything else, this work momentum and work ability must be guaranteed. Song Yingxing's brother Song Yingsheng, because of his outstanding work ability, was appointed as the prefect of Guangning Prefecture.

Land reforms in various parts of Liaodong have been completed. As long as the people who are preparing to settle in Liaodong have been allocated a large amount of land. A considerable number of people have also increased the number of fields under their names to the upper limit of 100 acres by reclaiming wastelands themselves. If there are many family members, each person has 100 acres of land under his name, and all of them are added up to a few hundred acres.

Under such circumstances, many large agricultural machinery invented by Song Yingxing were gradually promoted. The use of these agricultural machinery did not require the public to spend money. Agricultural machinery was responsible for local agricultural officials, and the public only needed to apply for use.

In the area south of Liaoyang Prefecture, Yang Tinglin also set up a large number of large farms. These large farms are especially suitable for those who have just arrived in Liaodong. Many people who have arrived in Liaodong for the first time have nothing and cannot survive at all. At this time, working in the farm and earning their own money and grain is the easiest and fastest way.

Generally speaking, working in a farm can only take about three years to accumulate a small amount of funds, which can be used to purchase farm tools and so on. At this time, you can farm independently and create a better future. As for the Hu Ben Army, through a large number of farms, you can quickly accumulate a large amount of food.

If we talk about the Liaodong region, which industry best reflects the vitality of the Hu Ben Army after the recapture of Liaodong, it must be the logging industry. Before the Great Jin Dynasty was destroyed, the Hu Ben Army had already sent a special person to organize a special logging team to enter the Changbai Mountain area to cut down trees and provide sufficient raw materials for the Hu Ben Army's shipbuilding industry.

In this winter, snowy weather, many industries in Liaodong have stopped operating, and most people stay in warm houses and try not to go out as much as possible. However, in Changbai Mountain and other places, loggers are still braved with heavy snow and are striving to cut down their uncles, cut off their branches, clean them up, transport them to the Yalu River, push them into the Yalu River, and let them drift down the Yalu River.

Thanks to the fact that the Yalu River has not been frozen, the two major shipyards of the Hu Ben Army have always been very smooth to obtain wood. Standing on both sides of the Yalu River, you can clearly see that on the turbulent river surface, big wood, with waves, flowing down the river. There are too many woods, and you can't see at first glance.

These drifting woods will be intercepted by special transport ships at the estuary of the Yalu River, and then they will be hung on top of the transport ship with pulley sets, or hooked with special ropes, tied behind the transport ship, and dragged directly over. These woods will soon be transformed into warships, galloping across the sea.

Another very active industry in Liaodong is coal mines and iron ore. The various mineral resources in Liaodong are much richer than those in Shandong. The Hu Ben Army is building a large iron smelting plant in Anshan and using coal mines to smelify iron. At the same time, there are exploration teams to begin exploring gold mines in Liaodong.

In general, Liaodong, a hot land, is gradually revitalizing and bursting out with strong productivity after the demise of the Great Jin Kingdom. In the days to come, it will continuously produce wood, steel, and grain to support the Tiger Ben Army to continue fighting.

...

Compared with the prosperity and vitality of the Liaodong region, Bei Zhili seems a little quiet. The reconstruction of Bei Zhili is indeed very troublesome. There are not many resources here and there is not enough population. Various local forces are intertwined, and local officials are quite ineffective. All these things make the reconstruction of Bei Zhili difficult.

Generally speaking, officials from various prefectures, prefectures and counties have been arranged and are relied on the power of prefectures, prefectures and counties as much as possible to sort out the areas that have been beaten by the Tatars. The main purpose of the sorting is to confirm how serious the damage in these places is and whether there are any resources to be used.

Fortunately, this winter is not very cold. The people in northern Zhili can still spend the winter safely after receiving certain material assistance. However, they are obviously not as optimistic as the people in Liaodong in the future. So some people chose to migrate again and migrate to the Liaodong area.

Zhang Zhun welcomed such migration. He was not worried that Beizhili would lack people. In the future, as long as the war ended and the situation stabilized, the population growth rate of the Han people would be very powerful. At most, Beizhili could obtain enough labor in just 50 years. Fifty years is really short for a country.

...

Of course, the Zhang Haibin fleet that was pursuing south did not chase to Fujian. After killing some of Zheng Zhilong's damaged warships, they returned decisively. Fujian is the nest of the Zheng family fleet. If Zhang Haibin broke into Fujian, he would be besieged by the Zheng family fleet. It is still very dangerous to fight at someone else's doorstep.

When it comes to the number of small boats such as Cangshan ships, the Zheng family fleet is at least several times more than the Hu Ben Army. The Zheng family fleet has at least hundreds of ships such as eagle ships, bird ships, and fire dragon ships. If it weren't for those small boats that could not sail from the ocean, the Hu Ben Army Navy might have been destroyed by the Zheng family fleet during its rise.

Through the battle at the estuary of the Yangtze River, the Hu Ben Navy effectively destroyed the main force of the Zheng family fleet. In this battle, the Zheng family fleet lost at least 70 three-masted gunships and more than 120 armed merchant ships. Such losses are absolutely unprecedented in the history of the Zheng family fleet, and it is no exaggeration to describe them as severe damage to the vitality.

This means that in the future, Zheng Zhilong will never leave Fujian and come to provoke the Hu Ben Navy. The waters outside Fujian will be the world of the Hu Ben Navy. In other words, the initiative in the war has changed hands. In the future, the Hu Ben Navy will take the initiative to launch an attack, and the Zheng family fleet will only have passive resistance.

At the same time, this also means that the Zheng family fleet has no power to help the Japanese shogunate. If the Japanese shogunate wants to block the Hu Ben Army's large-scale attack, it can only rely on its own maritime power. It is impossible for the Japanese shogunate army to obtain more weapons and equipment from Zheng Zhilong.

As for the Hu Ben Navy itself, it also suffered a considerable amount of losses in the battle at the estuary of the Yangtze River. However, most of the damaged warships can still be used after returning to the port for maintenance. The number of warships that are completely irreparable will not exceed 20%.

In March next year, another fifty sword-tooth ships will be launched in the second shipyard of the Hu Ben Army Navy. By June next year, another thirty Dragon God Ships will be launched. The launch of a large number of warships will greatly enhance the strength of the Hu Ben Army Navy.

...

In the capital, after Ma Yi's personal interrogation, the guys Zhong Wuying caught in Gaocheng who pretended to be the Hu Ben Army admitted that they were indeed Sun Chuanting's subordinates, and the purpose was to create conflicts between the Hu Ben Army and the Shaanxi Uprising Army, thus forming grudges, and eventually developing into war. If the Hu Ben Army and the Shaanxi Uprising Army fight, the court can breathe a sigh of relief.

This technique was not new at all during the war, and it was completely done with Sun Chuanting's personality. Therefore, after receiving Ma Yi's report, Zhang Zhun was not surprised at all. On the contrary, he also admired Sun Chuanting's methods. This guy is indeed more suitable to take the dark route.

However, what Zhang Zhun didn't understand was that Li Zicheng, Zhang Xianzhong and others from the Shaanxi Uprising Army had never taken the initiative to contact the Hu Ben Army. The Hu Ben Army rushed to Luoyang for a long distance and rescued the Shaanxi Uprising Army, but since then, the two sides have not had any contact. It seemed that they did not exist at all. Or, they thought the Hu Ben Army did not exist. I have to say that this is a very strange situation.

In the past, Li Zicheng sent someone to contact Zhang Zhun and gave Zhang Zhun the title of the 37th Battalion, which is the 37th Battalion. However, now, the Hu Ben Army is becoming more and more powerful and the military strength is getting stronger, so they are not showing up. Obviously, the current situation has made the Shaanxi Uprising Army very conflicted and I don’t know what to do.

You can share hardships, but not wealth. Perhaps it is a portrayal of the Shaanxi Uprising Army and the Hu Ben Army. Li Zicheng or Zhang Xianzhong did not want to see him Zhang Zhun win the world. However, no matter what, with the continuous expansion of the Hu Ben Army, the Shaanxi Uprising Army always had to deal with the Hu Ben Army.

In fact, Zhang Zhun had never thought about the handling of the Shaanxi uprising army. In essence, Zhang Zhun was unwilling to regard the Shaanxi uprising army as an enemy. After all, everyone was poor, with the purpose of overthrowing the court and living a good life. The nature of the Shaanxi uprising army is completely different from the Tartars and the court, and cannot be generalized.

If Li Zicheng, Zhang Xianzhong and others would do it, and actively contact the Hu Ben Army, and ask to be summarized under the command of the Hu Ben Army, accept the adaptation of the Hu Ben Army, or if the two give up their military power and take on a certain official position in the Hu Ben Army, Zhang Zhun can accept it. Even if the two of them are like Li Yan and Wang Dou, they can become the mercenary group of the Hu Ben Army.

The world is so big that Zhang Zhun cannot control so many places at all. Since he cannot control himself, he will give it generously to others. America, Africa, Europe, Australia, so many places, and so many resources are waiting for someone to develop and occupy. Even if Zhang Zhun throws the entire Africa to Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong, there is no problem. The only premise is that they are under the banner of the Tiger Army.

However, if they don’t want to accept the above many choices, Zhang Zhun has nothing to say. He can only beat him until he kneels down and begs for mercy. He will be shameless, but the only consequence is this. In short, in Dongfang, Zhang Zhun will not allow any other forces to exist. Dongfang is definitely the world of Zhang Zhun alone!

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After Emperor Chongzhen arrived at Xi'an Prefecture, he did not continue to rush. The weather was too cold, and the road was unsafe to enter Shuzhong from Guanzhong. If the sole of his foot slipped and fell to the bottom of the cliff, it would be even more tragic than Emperor Tianqi. To be on the safe side, Chongzhen decided to be safer to enter Shuzhong after the beginning of next spring.

Furthermore, there were also fierce controversies within the court. The content of the dispute was whether to rule Guanzhong or Shuzhong. Originally, the cabinet's opinions were consistent, that was, retreat to Shuzhong. However, with the changes in the situation, some people were worried that it would be safe to retreat to Shuzhong, and it would be better to establish a palace in Xi'an Prefecture on the spot.

If you are in the Xi'an Prefecture Palace, you can attack and retreat and defend. If the situation is very unfavorable, you can continue to retreat to the Gansu area in the future and continue to survive. If you are in Shuzhong, you will have to be caught in a jar. Besides, it is really difficult to counterattack in Shuzhong. During the Three Kingdoms, Zhuge Liang was so capable that he could not escape from Shuzhong.

...

On the Japanese side, news of tension came.

The shogunate army has controlled the various daimyos around Kyoto and is constantly gathering troops to try to fight a large-scale war. Under the threat of the shogunate, the royal family dared not have any language of opposition, and they were all stunned. Even the daimyos, who are both countries of Hayashi and Muro, want to give up.

A large number of Japanese naval warships were constantly gathering on the coast south of Sado Island, trying to carry the shogunate army to retake Sado Island. Sado Island is relatively close to Japan. If it is a good wind, it will only take four hours. If it is a good wind, it will only take one day to reach it.

The overall strategy of the Japanese shogunate should be to first conquer Sado Island and cut off the possibility of the Hu Ben Army landing around Japan. As long as the base of Sado Island is not available, the Hu Ben Army will have to spend more effort to land in Japan and there is no sufficient logistics guarantee.

Of course, the Tiger Army cannot lose Sado Island. The geographical location of Sado Island is as important as Jeju Island. The Tiger Army Marines have always been closely guarded on Sado Island and strictly prohibited the Japanese army from approaching. In the past period of time, they have repelled several tentative attacks from the Japanese army. However, intelligence shows that this time, the Japanese shogunate was determined to recover Sado Island.

Tokugawa Iemitsu has ordered that the eldest son, Maeda Ryota, as the commander-in-chief, gathered more than 30,000 shogunate troops and thousands of ships of all sizes and sizes to launch an attack on Sado Island at a suitable time and take Sado Island down in one fell swoop. This Maeda Ryota, whose ancestor was Maeda Ryota, was said to have some combat ability.

To this end, Zhang Zhun had to make arrangements to strengthen the defense of Sado Island. All the forces of the Tiger Army Marine Corps have been deployed to Sado Island. In addition, the Pinzi Battalion led by Zhang Lingyun and the artillery battalion commanded by Li Yang are also preparing to transport it to Sado Island by sea. It can be said that the battle for Sado Island is about to break out. It can be said that in the new year, the war will be covered with clouds.
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