Anti Qing

Chapter 90 Liu Tichun

The morning sun pierced the sky, and the strong golden light shone through the vulnerable clouds and shone on the magnificent city of Xiangyang.

The entire Xiangyang City was covered with a layer of faint golden mist, everything began to recover, shops opened their doors one by one, and vendors were already shouting and selling.

A new day has come, but for the soldiers and civilians of Dashun in Xiangyang, it is the most vigorous and energetic day.

The news of the great victory at Tongguan dispelled the haze of days inside and outside Xiangyang. Everyone now knows that Emperor Yongchang is mobilizing troops in Xi'an to defend the northwest and compete with the Qing army.

Who will kill the deer is unknown!
After Li Zijing entered the city, he did not live in the northwest urban area where Fuzhi was located, but chose to continue camping with the army in Xinchengwan in the northeast corner.

To Xiangyang, the former battalion is like an airborne army. The military regulations and disciplines and combat capabilities are unknown to the soldiers and civilians of Xiangyang.

Therefore, everything you say and do needs to be done carefully.

Li Zijing knew that in today's era, word-of-mouth among the people is very important, otherwise Li Zicheng would not have set up a bureau in Xi'an, just to kill the spy Dai Zhijun grandly, clean up the green camp and surrender.

The first impression is very important. If you do one wrong thing at the beginning, and then do a hundred good things later, it will be difficult to make up for the disgust in the heart of this person.

Killing innocent people indiscriminately will only have the opposite effect of stirring up waves with one stone.

The former battalion has just arrived, and they are not familiar with everything in Xiangyang City, so they need to act cautiously and modestly to avoid making enemies locally.

Especially Li Zijing himself, although nominally controlling the various ministries on the East Road, he is equivalent to an airborne commander, and has no foundation in Huguang at all.

Not to mention that he has been stationed in De'an Mansion for more than a year, even the officials and generals of Dashun in the city would not be convinced by Bai Wang, who has a deep foundation.

If you want to gain a foothold in Huguang, you first need to gain a foothold in Xiangyang City, which is why Li Zijing didn't tear himself apart with Niu Quan.

If you act rashly when you don't know the situation in the city, it will not help the soldiers of the former battalion to integrate into the local area as soon as possible.

Anyway, a batch of local ill-gotten gains were obtained in Dengzhou, and there was no problem with the support of the army for a period of time.

If we say that the most prosperous area in Xiangyang City is the row upon row of shops and restaurants centered on Zhaoming Terrace of the Bell and Drum Tower, then the North Street running through it is the core of Xiangyang.

North Street is the Great North Gate that enters from Qianying, that is, Gongchen Gate, which connects Xincheng Bay in the northeast and passes through the concentrated area of ​​government offices in the northwest.

The camp site chosen by Li Zijing was based on the original military camp of the Ming army, located in Xincheng Bay.

Go straight for more than 100 steps outside the camp, and you will find the largest nunnery in Xiangyang City, known as Jingxin Nunnery.

In the troubled times, there are countless soldiers, bandits and looters, even middle-aged men can hardly protect themselves, especially women, beauty is like a disaster.

In order to protect themselves, some lonely women often choose to shave their hair to become nuns and retreat to nunneries to avoid disaster.

Fortunately, when Zhang Xianzhong's troops were in Xiangyang, they took refuge in the Jingxin Nunnery in the northeast corner. The Ming army was governed by Yuan Jixian, and the military discipline was acceptable, and they rarely provoked trouble here.

Many people are still in awe of Buddhism.

It is said that the famous general Deng Yu was ordered by Ming Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang to expand Xiangyang City. After observing the terrain and layout, he chose to set up a military camp here.

Surrounded by water on three sides, this barracks, which was once the place where the Ming army stationed for hundreds of years, is easy to defend but difficult to attack.

There is a bridge built on the west side of the camp, and a sentry tower is set up in the camp, from which you can observe the entire government office area in front of you, and look at the Madame City in the northwest corner.

Cross the bridge and walk two streets directly to Xiangyang Fuzhi. Once there is a change in the city, the troops stationed here can quickly cross the bridge and reach the government office area.

On the east side, turn from Jingxin Nunnery, one street ahead, and you can go directly to Dongao Granary.

Dongao granary is one of the two largest granaries in Xiangyang City. It occupies a large area and was built in the Ming Dynasty.

At the peak of prosperity, the grain hoarded could feed the entire city's soldiers and civilians for ten years.

Later, Zhang Xianzhong attacked Xiangyang in the 14th year of Chongzhen, and Dongaocang was looted by the Western Army. Yuan Jixian was dismissed and investigated for the fall of Xiangyang, and this camp was also abandoned.

The camp faces north, and the line of sight can pass over the Xincheng Bay in the northeast corner, which is close at hand, and observe the police situation at Fanchengguan.

After Li Zijing returned to the city, he checked the layout of Xiangyang, and that night he selected this place as the camp of the former camp.

Walking in the camp, Li Zijing followed Wu Zhaosheng and reported the situation in the camp after entering Xiangyang.

The soldiers of the former battalion had been on the road for half a month since they left Guanzhong, and they finally arrived in Xiangyang and slept peacefully.

Early this morning, Xincheng Bay was full of Dashun soldiers in black arrow suits walking around.

These soldiers went out to cut down trees, or under the leadership of the officers, they went to the North Street shops to buy and sell goods, and carried out the construction of the camp.

Li Zijing's idea is to set up a long-term military camp in Xinchengwan, and rebuild the military camp built by Deng Yu in the early Ming Dynasty.

Even if the main force of the former battalion moves in the future, some confidantes will be sent to guard here, because the terrain here is very good.

Controlling the government office area and the granary is equivalent to controlling the entire Xiangyang.

With such a standing army in the city, it is very convenient to send troops to suppress any chaos in Xiangyang City at any time.

Therefore, the construction method of this resident is different from that in Xi'an City. The materials selected are mainly durable and durable, and long-term plans must be made.

The soldiers of the former battalion all received military orders last night, and Li Zijing arranged new tasks for the heads of the various ministries.

During the construction of the camp, the front battalion implemented a system of taking turns to drill, some people built the camp, and some people were in charge of sentry and going out to collect materials.

This system will continue until the camp is completely completed.

Now in Xiangyang, the defenders are mainly Dashun local soldiers and horses in green clothes. The front battalion did not leave any troops in the city. Last year, they all marched north with the former general Gu Kecheng.

If you see Shunjun soldiers in black in the city right now, they can only be Li Zijing's front battalion, so it is easy to identify them.

Walking in the camp, the sound of ding ding dong dong echoed in my ears, and when I looked around, there were scattered ordnance everywhere on the ground.

The tents have been set up, but they are only for temporary residence. Li Zijing has his own arrangements for where the various ministries will be stationed.

Li Zijing walked around the camp and was very satisfied.

The efficiency of the front battalion is good now, and the officers of each department perform their own duties. Overnight, the army stables, supply camp, and armory have all been somewhat regulated.

It is estimated that within January, the brand new Xinchengwan campsite will be built.

"General Zhi, General Liu Tichun of Youying Youguoyi is here!"

Suddenly, there was a sound of hurried footsteps trotting over, and it was a fine rider who came to report.

"Liu Tichun is also in Xiangyang?"

Li Zijing searched for this person's information in his mind, and after a while, he looked up.

At this moment, standing on the bridge outside the camp, there was a strong figure, it was Liu Tichun, the general of Youguoyi under the jurisdiction of Yuan Zongdi, the general of the right battalion system.

Liu Tichun came alone, strode down the bridge, and went straight to here after being passed on.

(End of this chapter)