Chapter 440 Shanxi Fenzhou Pingyao

In June, Henan General Chen Yongfu was appointed as the general of Datong, leading nine thousand troops under his command to go west. Wherever the troops from Shandong were going, local officials tried their best to raise food and money for Shandong soldiers and horses, but the imperial troops led by the new Datong General Chen Yongfu were all disliked.

After passing the Yellow River and reaching the north bank, it was a territory under the jurisdiction of the court, and it should have strong help to Chen Yongfu, the rebel army who abandoned the darkness and turned to the light.

In fact, Henan Prefecture on the north bank of the Yellow River was already deeply hated the imperial soldiers. The commander Hou Xun led a large army to station for a while. Although this evil deed was not as fierce as Zuo Liangyu's that day, the local area was still suffering. Finally, the Hou Commander Hou led a large group of troops to Shaanxi to recruit border soldiers. Everyone took a breath, but Chen Yongfu came to join the fun again. It would be great if he defected to Duke Qi.

As a result, the Weihui Mansion was stationed for ten days. If some merchants who had been involved in the money followed the army, the military pay and supplies of these more than 9,000 Henan soldiers would have been unsuccessful.

The people on the north bank of the Yellow River were amazed and thought that the Henan General Chen Yongfu had been an official for so many years, and he had accumulated a large amount of gold and silver foundation, and could actually pay military pay and buy food and fodder by himself. His brain was indeed burned out.

There was no city in Weihui Mansion for Chen Yongfu to enter. The people and strong people in the city were as if they were facing a great enemy and they refused to let Henan soldiers enter the city. During the day, the army led by the general Hou Xun was treated similarly.

Since there was no city in Weihui Mansion that was willing to open up to these nine thousand Henan soldiers, Chen Yongfu, who originally planned to enter Shanxi from the north of Zhangde Mansion, changed his mind in anger and simply went west. He could not get any good treatment in Weihui Mansion. The further away from Kaifeng City, the same was true for entering Huaiqing Mansion.

At present, Henan people were amazed that Shandong merchants really dared to make any money. A large fleet of ships used Kaifeng City as a transit. Following these more than 9,000 Henan soldiers to support food and pay supplies, some people were also surprised. They thought that these merchants were so irresistible that even the Duke of Qi would dare to kill King Zhou, and would not deal with you, those who were tyrants.

Then people from all over Henan learned that Shandong's industry and commerce were quite prosperous. Except for collecting taxes from these merchants and factories, the Duke of Qi did not interfere much else, and sent people to protect raw materials and open up sales for them. Several big cities in Shandong are now rich places in the world.

Some wealthy businessmen in Kaifeng City are quite tempted. They have no meaning to stay in an isolated city like Kaifeng City with gold and silver. It is better to try your luck in Shandong, even if you don’t have luck, it is better to be a rich man in that prosperous and open place.

Kaifeng has been lonely for nearly a year, and it can still support it in the city. Outside the city and other small cities in counties and counties are already like hell. Most people struggle to survive.

Now that the King of Zhou is dead, the prefectures and counties around Kaifeng have almost become white land. In this way, a large number of private land in Wangzhuang have been vacant.

These lands were all controlled by Shandong. The Henan Provincial Government Office and Kaifeng Prefecture issued a large number of land deeds, and a large number of military farms covering a large area were established. Those hungry people who were seeking survival were recruited, and a large number of grain was transported from Yanzhou, Lianghuai, and Guide.

No one will pay attention to whether he has lost his freedom, whether he is a half-serf in the future, and he will starve to death. It is a great blessing to have a bite of food.

The Dashun troops, which controlled most of the land in Henan and Huguang, did not have much power to gather refugees. The refugee army formally launched military camps, but the refugees in the areas they controlled could no longer take care of, and they could not take care of other places. It was really beyond their reach.

Moreover, Henan is vast. The hungry people in Kaifeng Prefecture almost starved to death if they want to go to other prefectures. A military farm was set up around Kaifeng City, and a large number of refugees were recruited.

The Henan Governor Li Xianfeng and the Henan Governor Gao Mingheng were shocked when they saw the work outside the city. It was almost January, with so many refugees and so many fields. Shandong quickly transported rations, seeds, farm tools, and a large number of military farm managers.

When a military farm was first established around Kaifeng City, the Governor Li Xianfeng also asked Guide to guerrilla Yuan Shizhong to discuss whether the time to open the city gate should be shortened, because a large number of hungry people would inevitably take the opportunity to rush into the city for food, and the refugee army besieged Kaifeng City without even taking the opportunity to attack Kaifeng City. If these hungry people succeed, wouldn't this be a joke?

Yuan Shizhong, who was outside the Shandong system, was not very sure. He went to ask the leader of the military farm outside the city. After discussion, Yuan Shizhong did not agree to a suggestion to shorten the opening of the city gate, but instead asked everything to be the same as usual. The regular army of Jiaozhou camp with three regiments of 6,000 people was enough to quell any accidents.

Seeing these big fields quickly built outside the city, the hungry people who were previously considered the cause of the chaos were working on the fields like obedient lambs, and a large number of materials were unloaded from the ship and sent to these fields through various channels.

Li Xianfeng is also an experienced official. He knows how much time it takes to let the Ming officials do these things. Not to mention the common money of the land, but the division of the land and division will probably not have any results in a year. The abundant land and materials on the river are even more incredible. The land and land of Jiangbei in Shandong and southern Zhili are indeed under the control of Li Meng, but these fields are the same as farmers who come to farm, so why can they accumulate so much materials?

How efficient this is, how powerful it is, and after these farms are established, they can almost be encountered, and their power will expand and grow.

If before the construction of the Tuntian Village, officials in Kaifeng City, from Li Xianfeng to ordinary officials, had doubts about Shandong, now these doubts have disappeared.

The most convincing thing is that before the construction of the Tuntian Village, there were officials and officials in Kaifeng City who took their families to cross the river to the north bank, or moved to other places not controlled by Li Meng. When the Tuntian Village was completed, the phenomenon of people fleeing was greatly reduced or even disappeared.

In mid-July, more than 9,000 troops led by Datong General Chen Yongfu arrived in the area of ​​Shanzhou. It seemed that he was going to enter Shanxi from Shanzhou and Pinglu.

The news of how General Chen is like this has long been spread to Shanxi. The newcomer, who was originally a candidate for General Datong, but was overtaken by Chen Yongfu, Jiang Xiang, the general of Taiyuan, pointed out the purpose of the general Datong. If he entered Jin from Zhangde Mansion, the journey would be much shorter.

But the prefectures and counties passed by are all barren lands in Shanxi, and you can’t get any oil and water along the way. If you come to Maojin Ferry on the side of Hepinglu, Shanzhou, you will be on the line of Pingyang Prefecture, a wealthy place. Along the way, you will pass through wealthy places such as Quwo, Linfen, and Huozhou.

And Fenzhou, known as the richest man in Shanxi, can also pass by. The wealthy businessmen and great merchants there have always been generous in treating the army, which is another matter of wealth.

Henan Prefecture is close to Shanxi. Because the refugee army and the official army fought here for many years, the north of Henan Prefecture was almost white. Dashun nominally controlled this area, but in fact he did not invest much force in it, and basically used it as a buffer.

The original Henan general Chen Yongfu led more than 9,000 soldiers and horses into here. That was a joke. Not to mention that Chen Yongfu was a defeated general, what role could these more than 9,000 soldiers and horses play in front of nearly one million Shunjun? It was not enough to be stuck between the teeth.

However, the more than 9,000 troops led by Chen Yongfu were the first army to enter the Shun Army to control the territory during this period. The Shun Army generals in charge of this area must lead people to take a look.

The Shun Army general who was in charge here was considered a partial division. The one who led the troops was not the mighty general of the regular army of the Shun Army, but a later subordinate to the local side of the territory. The name was called Lao Zhang Family, which can explain many problems.

The regularized Shun Army enjoyed the various benefits of regularization and various disadvantages of regularization. The old master led his troops to investigate the situation, but did not talk about this matter with the superior local generals, because the Dashun Army is currently being reorganized and trained, and many soldiers and even Luo Rucai's secondary troops were broken up and reorganized.

The old Zhang family was afraid that he had made some mistakes and was caught by the superiors. He was cut off and withdrawn from his home to farm. He was determined that if he had made any contribution, he would report to him for reward. If he had no contribution, he would suppress the matter and not let the superiors know.

Of course, this old master was quite confident about eating an official army with the same force, otherwise he would not have led his troops to go there. Both sides encountered each other in Gushui.

Chen Yongfu, the new general of Datong, saw the pursuer chasing him. He did not do anything other than to put his subordinates on guard. He just sent his cavalry envoy to the formation of the Shun Army and said in a very polite tone:

"These nine thousand soldiers of Henan soldiers just want to go to Shanxi to guard the townspeople and don't want to fight more in Henan. Why do you have to hurt your harmony here? It's better to make a way out. Our wife is mediocre. In this chaotic world, it's not that easy to survive, so just have less weapons!"

If he did not show weakness, the old Zhang family might have another way. However, when he wanted to make peace, the old Zhang family thought that the other party was timid and might be able to get some advantage, eat the troops in one bite, and capture and kill the other party's general. This is also a great achievement.

Perhaps he could be a mighty general in the regular army of Shun Army because of this contribution, and immediately ignored the kindness of the other envoy's envoy and ordered the team to line up to start the war.

On both sides of the Gushui River, it is already close to Wushan Mountain. The terrain is not so flat, and both sides cannot deploy too wide formations to fight in the field.

The three masters of the Shun Army led 3,000 people to rush forward. According to the Shun Army's ideas, these 3,000 people rushed to the front, and almost the more than 9,000 Henan soldiers should have been destroyed. Who would have thought that after rushing into a distance of hundreds of steps, the other party quickly set up the cannon and rushed towards them with brisk artillery.

According to conventional rules, it was impossible to raise the artillery so quickly and the charge troops of the Shun Army were completely caught off guard.

The three Dazhang family rushed to the front and were immediately killed by two. As soon as the leader died, the soldiers behind lost their backbone and suddenly became scattered. Who would have thought that the other party's cannon was fired so quickly that before they could react, the second round of cannons blasted again.

This time, the three thousand people were completely dispersed. More than three thousand Shun Army soldiers ran to the team behind, and thus, they directly rushed into chaos again.

The old Zhang family didn't care about any merits at this time and hurriedly led their troops to retreat. If the formation was stormed, the opponent would take advantage of the situation to kill him. I'm afraid the entire army would be dispersed and let the opponent cover up and kill him.

But the more than 9,000 Yu soldiers did not do any extra moves, and just forced the Shun army to retreat and continued to march towards Shanxi.

If the confidant generals under Li Zicheng led the army of Shun, the two shellings just now would not have caused such great damage, because the formation would have become very scattered.

Similarly, the killing caused by these two rounds of artillery was not enough to stop the pace of the charge, because the so-called Li Zicheng's direct troops also had a very firm fighting will, but the size of the troops was large, and this phenomenon of uneven quality would inevitably occur. The ten thousand troops led by the old Zhang family this time were just a new army that had only been gathered in about two years, that is, a group of peasants holding weapons, and there was no fighting will at all.

When the Shun Army in the rear learned the news and began to move towards the north of Henan Prefecture, Chen Yongfu and his soldiers had already crossed the Maojin Ferry and entered Shanxi.

Since it is not within the Shun Army's control area, Dashun is currently integrating the forces in the control area and will not pursue Shanxi, or be too concerned about the movements of this strange army.

So no one noticed it. The nine thousand Henan soldiers led by Chen Yongfu, the artillery of the 9,000 Henan soldiers led by Henan General Chen Yongfu was much more powerful. With the artillery artillery technique, whenever it was time to fire, they had to dig a hole to fill the soil, unload the bulky artillery from the box truck, and fix it with wooden pins.

How could it be so fast that when the enemy charges, they are ready to fire and can also cause such a killing effect.

"Shandong firearms, with such excellent quality, no wonder they will win every battle."

Entering Shanxi. While camping in Wenxi County and resting, General Chen Yongfu came to the Shandong Bingma Camp where he was camping alone, stroked the cannon and sighed.

Among the more than 9,000 guards of the new Datong General Chen Yongfu, there were more than 2,000 soldiers who were older than 2,000 left in Kaifeng City. After all, these soldiers were familiar with the local snakes from Henan. Many Shandong soldiers and horses in Henan needed them. Similarly, a regiment of Shandong soldiers joined the nine thousand soldiers.

The Shandong army and horses of this regiment are different from the regular army. A normal Shandong army and horse regiment is a regiment with four hundred musketeers and three three-pound cannons.

This regiment had a thousand muskets and six three-pound cannons. Henan General Chen Yongfu had no objection to accepting these troops, but he felt that these six guns might affect the speed of the march. These guns were all things that were crude and inconvenient to carry. However, he did not expect that the cannons in Jiaozhou camp were carrying gun chariots, and they were no different from those big chariots in action, and they even had to be faster.

When the war begins, it is even more powerful. Artillery soldiers can use very fast actions to set up artillery and bombard the enemy, and they are very accurate.

Among the Ming army, artillery was mostly used for siege or defense, and rarely used in field battles. Chen Yongfu couldn't help but sigh that this weapon was powerful and seemed to be the reason for victory.

Chen Yongfu came to see the cannon, and the leader of this Shandong army should also be with him. When he heard the laughter of General Chen Yongfu, the person who accompanied him next to him spoke in stiff Chinese official language:

"Sir General, the reason for victory is the discipline of the army, not the weapon."

This was quite harsh. Chen Yongfu, the general of Henan, grinned, but did not care about the people who said this. He had newly entered Shandong soldiers. Although he was under his command this time, the person who accompanied him was said to be a confidant of Duke Qi, with a very noble status. Moreover, a foreigner who did not know etiquette and law, there was no need to care about him.

Oman Garris from the Principal of Saxony was the commander of this regiment. Now, he has a full understanding of the military system of the Jiaozhou camp, knowing where he is, knowing how strong the Shandong troops are, and what level the Ming army is.

Before coming, according to the introduction of his colleagues in Shandong, the Henan general's military strength was relatively strong in this country. But I saw it with my own eyes that it was just a group of slightly stronger farmers. Compared with the troops in Shandong, Westerners in Europe believed in blood very much. The phenomenon of a dynasty like China changing, and a commoner could also be called kings and emperors was almost incredible to them.

But seeing the so-called elite soldiers, even the old-fashioned Oman and Garris felt that with Shandong's strength, if they don't win the world, it would be inconsistent with nature.

Since he looked down on the other party's strength, the Saxon mercenary officer naturally had no good impression or attitude towards the Henan general Chen Yongfu.

Although General Chen Yongfu was dissatisfied, how could such a person who had been with him in the officialdom for many years show his emotions on his face and use his stern eyes to stop the personal soldiers who were about to attack? Chen Yongfu simply stopped talking and looked at the camp around him silently.

Because I was not in a hurry to rush, camping was very early every day. Although my more than 7,000 soldiers were quite quiet, the low noise could still float from the camp. But in the camp of Shandong soldiers, everything was silent, and the soldiers took their supper and had a quiet meal.

The number of soldiers sitting around each pile is fixed, and their weapons are also visited in a certain style. Chen Yongfu didn't know the meticulousness of this style, but he knew that if something happened, this style could pick up the weapon and fight the fastest.

The surrounding area of ​​Wenxi County in Pingyang Prefecture is still peaceful, and Shanxi is surrounded by mountains and rivers. It is very difficult for the enemies outside to come in, but even in such a peaceful situation, there are pre-arranged patrol soldiers passing by in a row.

At this time, the fragrance of food was lingering in everyone's nose. Chen Yongfu knew that since Shandong was responsible for his logistics, the soldiers were eating happily.

Things may not be delicious. But after all, they can eat enough to make every soldier full. Chen Yongfu remembered that he could not do it when he was not surrounded by Kaifeng City. He could only maintain his own servants and his direct troops to do it. There is an advantage in Kaifeng City, that is, the King of Zhou and the rich families in the city were willing to spend money to support this army that saved their lives.

That was a very special situation. After Kaifeng City was rescued, Chen Yongfu knew that his troops might have a good time. To maintain this state where every soldier could eat, he had to surrender to Li Meng, Shandong.

Looking at the soldiers who were approaching the patrol camp, General Chen Yongfu noticed that the expressions of the personal soldiers around him gradually became solemn. These Shandong soldiers and horses were all strong, and each of them looked no less than their own elite soldiers. And I heard that the one who came with him this time was not Li Meng's personal soldiers. It was just an ordinary infantry regiment drawn in Xuzhou.

The weapons held by these patrol soldiers were well maintained. There was no rust spot, and some soldiers were still wearing armor. They must be the leader, and such equipment was even more irritating to their own army.

At this time, Chen Yongfu was just provoked by Oman Garys's cold words and a little bit of anger disappeared. Such military appearance, such training, such equipment, such supplies, and such strong soldiers must not rely on any weapons.

But the reason for such a strong army is not just discipline. Without a stable rear and abundant supplies, how can such discipline be maintained?

But it doesn't matter if this is said. The strong army and horses of Jiaozhou camp are a very strong fact. Fortunately, I took this right step and surrendered to the Duke of Qi. Or to be more precise, I was extremely lucky and I and my subordinates were extremely lucky. I don't know what skills I had, but I could actually be favored by the Duke of Qi and took the initiative to name the one to recruit my subordinates.

It seems that for so many years, I have been low-key, restraining military discipline, and diligent in training. As expected, all my efforts have been rewarded, which is also the reason for my luck.

Oman Garris looked at the patrol soldiers who had just passed by with satisfaction. Although they were not good guys from his experimental brigade, they were still very outstanding, giving themselves, Shandong, and the Duke to show their strength and glory in front of other troops.

After being pushed by Garys, Chen Yongfu didn't say anything. He looked at the soldiers and camps of the regiment with complicated thoughts, but at this moment he suddenly remembered something and couldn't help but smile and said:

"I walked along the way with Ou Guerrilla. It was not until now that Chen remembered that the child asked someone to send a message to him, saying that he had performed well and had already entered the experimental brigade of the personal military camp next to the Duke of Qi. The leader of the experimental brigade is Ou Guerrilla. The child is naughty, you need to take care of him!"

The two of them were together for about a month, and it was ridiculous that Chen Yongfu thought of this trick. However, Chen Yongfu was originally quite unfamiliar with the military system in Shandong. Oman Garris was a person who was not close to others. He didn't deal much with both sides.

Moreover, after Chen De went to Shandong, he first trained in the direct infantry regiment of the old camp, and was then selected to the experimental brigade for excellent performance. The news was transported to the brigade.

This was also a separate instructed by the Jiaozhou Camp to give up Chen Yongfu, who was away from Henan, to rest assured and report the news of Chen De to him for peace and make him happy.

Anecdotes about his son's failure to join the personal barracks in Shandong and also compete with ordinary soldiers in the personal barracks. Chen Yongfu already knew when he was in Weihui Mansion that Chen Yongfu thought that it would be no problem to enter the personal barracks with his son's excellence, but it was really amazing that such a story came out.

This also made Chen Yongfu know that Shandong has strict rules, and the personal military camp is not an ordinary place.
To be continued...