Traveling through the Ming Dynasty, as soon as you open your eyes, you will die

Chapter 66 Liu Fangliang’s Troubles
  Binzhou City stands alone on the plains, with a Dashun flag fluttering in the scorching sun and summer wind.

What is disharmonious is that most of the people standing under the flag are generals wearing Ming military uniforms.

There is no way, the bandits are not engaged in production, they do not have their own military uniforms and armor, they are all captured Ming army equipment, so they wear whatever they have.

The guard general, Dashunli General Hong Zhiqiang, held his hand on the parapet and looked at the Ming army outside, frowning.

The Ming army that came this time was very different from what I had seen before.

They are no longer just old and weak civilians, they are all young and strong men.

Not all of them are skinny, but all of them are strong and capable with bright red faces.

The clothes and armor are no longer in tatters, but the equipment is neat and full of spirit.

There are no longer a jumble of swords and guns, there are only two types, one is a sword and shield soldier, and the other is carrying a five-eyed machine.

The formation is no longer lazy and rickety, but the queue is ridiculously neat. Even three people marching in a row, their footsteps are sonorous and powerful, and every step on the ground can stamp out a piece of dust, which is extraordinary. .

Different, too many differences, is a qualitative change, a complete transformation.

Hong Zhiqiang said to Wang Hongming, the general beside him: "The counterattack of the officers and soldiers this time was so fierce. Judging from the flag, it was not the First Army that completely annihilated the traitor Li Yan and forced Major General Li Guo to retreat to Henan, but some kind of Third Army." .When did the Ming Dynasty have a third army? How many such armies did the Ming Dynasty have? The comers are not good, and we will suffer."

Wang Hongming's habit of rogue bandits recurred: "The officers and soldiers are powerful, why should we defend one city and one place? Why don't we abandon the city and leave and fight in the field with the officers and soldiers?"

Hong Zhiqiang shook his head: "Today is different from the past. As Li Yan said, bandits can only survive for a while by plundering, but they cannot truly change the dynasty." After saying this, he couldn't help but look sad.

I really hated Niu Jinxing and gave me advice: 'It was those two bastards and rotten scholars who forced Li Yan to rebel in order to fight for power and gain.

Fighting for power and profit, right now, what is there to fight for? Can't we wait until King Chuang has truly secured his position before fighting again?
  Now, look at Li Yan's handsome flag on the opposite side, maybe you won't have to fight anymore. ’

"Then can we defend this city?"

"You have to defend if you can't. We can't end the battle until General Liu's reinforcements arrive." Then he turned around and loudly ordered the soldiers: "Send the order, wrap the stones with hemp and seal the four gates; send the order, collect all the merchants in the city. The surplus food in the people's homes is used by the army, and we will defend it to the end."

In the blink of an eye, Binzhou City was filled with cries and pleas.

Faced with the people's cries for leaving some food to survive, Hong Zhiqiang remained unmoved. You must be like a nail, anchored here, and be your own general, guarding half of the country in Shandong.

At the same time, he also hoped that based on the situation of the Ming Dynasty that he was familiar with, it would not last long before the money and food were cut off and he would automatically get out of the siege.

He firmly believed that this was the Ming Dynasty he was familiar with, its final flashback and its last desperate struggle. And his General Quan, Liu Fangliang, who is stationed in Jinan and has countless troops, will also rush to reinforce and rescue him as soon as possible.

Jinan City was in dilapidated condition after the last massacre by the Qing Dynasty. The old gap has not been closed yet, and no one has repaired or blocked it. It is like an old man leaving a toothless mouth.

And these collapses have become shortcuts for people to get in and out, and they have already created small paths.

When the Manchus retreated, Jinan was already a dead city.

When the government came again, there was no money and no one to repair it, so it was left to continue to collapse and collapse in the wind and rain. When the Dashun army came over, they rushed in through these collapsed gaps and easily captured the city.

We should not even care about the habit of rogue bandits who only destroy but do not build.

After two years in the city, the population has not recovered much. There are still ruins everywhere, and wild dogs and foxes come in and out. It was only the army of 100,000 rogue bandits and their families that gave Jinan a little more of the fireworks of a provincial capital.

In order to meet the needs of these people, some bold merchants moved in, and the streets and alleys regained a little vitality.

After the 15 years of Chongzhen's massacre by the Qing Dynasty, the originally magnificent Prince Qi's Mansion had long lost its splendor and splendor, and most of it had become ruins.

Although Liu Fangliang was used to living in the open with Chuang Wang Feng for more than ten years, when he entered Jinan, he still chose to set up his own camp here.

To this end, he hired the best craftsmen, arrested a large number of people, and vigorously repaired the Qi Prince's Mansion.

Almost the entire remaining mansion in Jinan was demolished and the materials were pieced together to finally make this mansion once again the most glorious and magnificent place in Jinan and even Shandong.

Living in such a palace, Liu Fangliang finally felt like he was the king of Shandong, and finally felt the benefits that more than ten years of fighting had brought to him.

"Without paying food for three years, Li Yan has really done us a disservice." Liu Fangliang complained in front of the general who was sitting staggering.

A subordinate also complained: "Isn't that right? In order to win people's hearts, we have to keep our promises. But the food, drink, money and food of these 100,000 main troops and the more than 100,000 Ming troops who surrendered are gone. Two years ago, The Manchu Qing Dynasty has wiped out all the wealthy households in the north of Shandong. Now, we have nothing to grab. I think everyone who should be urged to pay for donations has been urged, but it has caused the rich to rebel one after another and the officials to flee. It won't be long. If this continues, it won't be long before we are done."

"General, I am leading the army to guard the front line of Texas. Four stations away, the surrounding area is already thousands of miles away, and there is no food to fight. The soldiers may not be able to hold on without food. Please general, please allocate some food."

Another general wearing armor and a Ming Dynasty official gauze hat also spoke: "The general asked me to be the prefect of Yanzhou, and I sent my men to serve as county magistrates in various places. But not long after I took the job, they started to ask me for help." Salary. Now, according to the general's regulations, I will not rob, but how can I have the money to pay those poor boys? Aren't you making things difficult for me? General, please allocate money to me. Otherwise, brothers, you have to Let’s go back to our old profession.”

Liu Fangliang was really worried when he heard that his men were asking for money and food.

Governing the place according to Li Yan's method is really not done by humans. In the original mobile warfare, how could there be such a headache? Not only do the subordinates not only need money and food, but they also contribute some to themselves every month.

It's great now. As soon as I stop, all my troubles come out.

But in order to tide over the difficulties, he resorted to extorting subsidies and asking for funds from the rich and the former corrupt officials, but things turned out to be even worse.

Liu Fangliang was puzzled. He was asking for money and assistance here, but he heard that King Ding was also violently forcing him to do so in the Ming Dynasty. However, why was it that his place was about to be unsustainable, while his place was prosperous?

With the same pressure, why is the gap so big?
  It's annoying to be annoyed, but Liu Fangliang is a sensible person and he believes in Li Yan's truth. If you want to change a dynasty, you cannot be like Huang Chao in the Tang Dynasty. You must occupy a place, govern it, and consolidate the foundation bit by bit before finally changing the dynasty.

Li Yan said so, and he did it, and he did it very well. Right now, most of his hometown in Henan has been built by him so that it can supply his army without looting.

You must also follow his path, but before you follow his path, you must face the difficulty between being immobile and unproductive.

But when marching and fighting, I marched with these brothers and managed the place. I really didn't have the ability of Li Yan, so I had to rely on the literati.

So, Liu Fangliang looked at his military advisor Gu Weiben: "What does the military advisor think should be done to solve the current dilemma?"

(End of this chapter)