Rise of the 1630s South America

Chapter 1984 Upheaval ([-])

April 1687, 4, was a quiet and ordinary day in Chengdu.Chen Ming, who had just returned from a business trip in southern Sichuan, put a reclining chair in the backyard of the commercial station, and asked the maid to make a pot of tea, intending to have a good rest for the afternoon.

He is so tired.The situation in southern Sichuan has just come to an end. After two years, three generations of generals of the Shun Army, old, middle-aged and young, combined to command more than 2 elite soldiers, plus more than [-] united soldiers (local troops, each government sends out rounds in turn). Countless food, materials and money were able to roughly settle down this alien land—at least on the surface.

Corresponding to this was the offensive launched by the Dashun Zhongying and Houying troops in the western Hunan area.Its targets were also aimed at various chieftain forces. The Mesozoic general Gao Shougui of Dashun and the old general Zhang Neng each led more than 3 troops to attack from the east and west. , Only then did the originally extremely powerful chieftain forces in the local area be temporarily subdued, and some houses were returned to the land and a large number of people were liberated.

But it is worth mentioning that, whether it is in southern Sichuan or western Hunan, Dashun Kingdom has only extinguished the apparent flames, but scattered and hidden embers are everywhere.Naturally, these people are unwilling to be reconciled to having their power, land, property, and people taken away. They are like an undercurrent surging under the calm lake. As long as there are storms and waves on the lake, they will jump out at any time and use them for decades. Even the prestige and contacts accumulated over hundreds of years once again engulfed the people under the rule to cause chaos.At that time, the Dashun court will have to allocate funds to deploy troops to carry out suppression.

For thousands of years, the imperial court of the Central Plains has been bloodletting in this kind of repeated surrender and rebellion. Finally, they couldn't bear it anymore and could only buy local leaders and give them a certain amount of autonomy.This situation was especially evident in the Song and Ming dynasties. After calculating the economic accounts, the central government found that it would be a huge financial disaster if it mobilized a large army. .

This situation lasted until the middle of the Qing Dynasty. Due to economic and social development, the population of the Han area increased greatly, and the level of productivity was also improved compared to the Ming Dynasty, and the national strength increased greatly.In addition, the Manchu emperor was not easily constrained by his officials, so he began a large-scale reform of the land and returned it to the local people, which established the current situation in the Southwest in one fell swoop.

Now in this time and space, it has almost reached the time point in history for large-scale land reform, and the target has been replaced by Dashun Kingdom, and the background situation is also somewhat different.But no matter what, although the national strength of Dashun is not as good as that of the Manchus who owned the whole of China in history, the victory lies in the fact that most of their power is concentrated in neighboring provinces such as Hunan and Sichuan, and the domestic transportation facilities are stronger than those of the Manchus in history. With the soaring combat power due to new weapons and tactics, coupled with the richer experience brought about by years of war, it is easy to fight the southwestern chieftain.

Moreover, they also used political means to recruit and surrender, divided and disintegrated the chieftains from all walks of life, in order to achieve the goal of defeating each, and finally wiped out many chieftains who were openly disobedient.Although the situation at the local level is still very chaotic, and the officials who were sent in the past are not doing well, but they have achieved certain results after all.Otherwise, you think those newly established counties are fake?You must know that in the southern Sichuan provinces alone, Dashun Zuoying shogunate established Yanjin, Daguan, Zhaotong, Zhuti (later Ludian County), Leibo, Mabian, Yiliang, Zhenxiong, Weixin, Weixin, etc. Ten counties including Ning.Some of these counties were newly established, some were replaced after being abandoned, and some were expanded on the basis of the original Tingzhai Guards. A total of 10 people were liberated, which greatly enriched the strength of the Sichuan Shogunate and prepared for the future to enter the Yunnan-Guizhou area. The foundation is laid.

Of course, we can see from the map that the Sichuan shogunate did not do its best to conquer southern Sichuan, and there are still large areas of land ruled by chieftains.These people were either recruited by the Sichuan shogunate on the surface, or they still had a heart for Nanming, or they simply became kings on their own. In short, they still controlled a large number of people, money, food, and troops.However, considering that Dashun's main military pressure is now in the north, and that many soldiers have been injured or injured (mostly due to illness) in the past two years, and it has cost countless money and food, they decided to temporarily stop the truce and wait for the delay. Let's talk about this for a while.

Chen Ming took a group of intelligence officers from the Gendarmerie Command and followed Shunjun around in the valleys of southern Sichuan for two years (during which he returned to Chengdu several times to handle the affairs of the commercial station), and he had completed the assessment assigned by the Army. Battalion combat tasks.At the same time, they also have a certain degree of understanding of the geography, products, customs and customs of southern Sichuan. Those intelligence officials did not eat dry food. They collected many specimens along the way and drew a large number of maps. It was impossible for professional military officers to do it. In short, what they produced was much better than Shunjun's own broken map.These things are now sent to Ningbo by ship. Although it is unlikely to be used, let's save them first, in case they are needed in the future.

After dealing with this matter, Chen Ming returned to the Chengdu Commercial Station, intending to take a vacation for himself first, and deal with the affairs after he had enough rest.Anyway, now it's just some business chores, when is it not to deal with it?It's not a military matter or something, don't worry!

However, Chen Ming himself wanted to rest, but God did not intend to give him this opportunity.No, just after lying down for half an hour, the servant at the front (this gentleman is an agent of the State Intelligence Bureau) came to report that Zhang Guangcui, the military envoy from the left wing, had sent someone to visit secretly.Chen Ming had no choice but to get up and ask someone to bring him in to see what happened.

"Sun Kewang was killed!" Chen Ming was stunned by Zhang Guangcui's first words.Afterwards, the envoy who was born as a veteran described the situation carefully to Chen Ming, allowing him to get a general picture.

It turns out that the Nanming court has been declining over the years, not only has its territory become smaller and smaller, but its internal struggles have also become more and more fierce.Especially after Jin Wang Li Dingguo became seriously ill, Qin Wangsun Kewang was extremely arrogant, controlled the power inside and outside the court, and had the heart of disobedience.As a result, when everyone was guessing when Sun Kewang would usurp the throne, maybe this guy had bad luck, or he had offended too many people, so he was blocked between the inner city and the outer city when he was in court, Hundreds of guards will be killed together.

When Sun Kewang died, the forces inside and outside the court that he had won over during his lifetime suddenly fell apart.Some of them changed their families and joined Li Dingguo, who was struggling to support his sick body and took charge of the overall situation, but some of them had followed Sun Kewang for too long and could no longer get out of the car.In particular, some generals guarding the frontier, such as Bai Hui, the son of Bai Wenxuan who guarded Dongchuan Mansion, directly contacted the nearby general Shunguo, and led more than 3 troops to defect and surrender.

Liu Zhonggui from Chengdu was also a little confused when he received the news, because the happiness came so suddenly!Just a moment ago, he was still thinking about whether Nanming would attack because of their action against the chieftain in southern Sichuan, but now that they have played such a trick of fighting against each other, it really makes people dizzy and unable to react!

Liu Zhonggui quickly convened a meeting of many core personnel of the shogunate, including the Secretary of Jieduzhang, the judges of Zhucao, the soldiers and horse envoys of Duzhi in Yaqian, the envoys of soldiers and horses in the left and right chambers, the Marquis of Du Yu, and the Duab Yamen, to discuss the next step. how to act.When things got to this point, they couldn't do anything if they didn't act!As the old saying goes, if God does not take it, he will be blamed. The Nanming court even sent such a big gift. If you don’t accept it, is it reasonable?

Everyone was very excited at the meeting that day. After discussion, the unanimous conclusion was to march south and occupy the Yunnan-Guizhou area.Moreover, Liu Zhonggui specifically instructed that the deployment of troops and food should be kept out of the eyes and ears of the people on the east bank as much as possible. Although it is impossible not to leak the news at all, it is good to let the people on the east bank know one day later, because it will give them more Large strategic maneuvering room.Of course, what Liu Zhonggui didn't expect was that he only convened a meeting the night before, and the next day the news was brought to Chen Ming by Zhang Guangcui, the envoy from the left wing, and there was no one else.

Zhang Guangcui, together with Zhang Jingchun, Yuan Bao and others, was trained by Dongan people in Ningbo. He was one of the generals in the Shun Army system who accepted the new style of warfare earlier. He was one of the famous young generals in the Zuoying during Liu Fangliang's time .After Liu Zhonggui inherited the position of General Zuoyingquan and led his troops into Sichuan for development, Zhang Guangcui, who had made many military exploits, climbed to the high position of the left wing soldier and horse envoy, and he was also one of the few generals in Zuoying.

Now such a general is willing to pass on news to the people on the east bank, which is enough to show the success of the people from the east bank on infiltrating the left camp over the years.Of course, this does not mean that Zhang Guangcui is a pawn and spy of the people on the East Bank. In fact, it is impossible for the people on the East Bank to control such high-level officials. They are willing to send news to the East Bank at critical moments. .

People are complicated and their minds are unpredictable. Zhang Guangcui's willingness to befriend people from the east coast is just to leave a way out for himself.This is all human nature and understandable. After all, he is not the only one in the Shun Army to do this. People on the east coast have many ways to obtain information, and there are many informants who are willing to sell information. This can only be blamed on the old man. The Shun regime is precarious, people have no sense of security, and have to frantically look for a way out.

In any case, the information secretly sent by Zhang Guangcui is still extremely valuable, at least the timeliness is very good.The problem now is that Chen Ming doesn't know what to do after he got this crucial information. He can't ask Liu Zhonggui about it, it will only mess things up, but he can't take action, because it will be his dereliction of duty.After much deliberation, he went back to his study and wrote a few warrants in one breath, ordering them to be sent to the warehouse by the wharf outside the city immediately, so that the person in charge of the warehouse would suspend the delivery.If nothing else happened, there happened to be a piece of military supplies transshipped from Ningbo in the warehouse. The Chengdu shogunate paid about a quarter of the deposit and promised to pay the rest within one year after the delivery of the goods.Now Chen Ming asked the warehouse to stop the delivery, the reasons are all ready-made, if the payment is not available, the delivery will not be made for the time being!If people have raised enough money and come to ask for a withdrawal, then they will find other reasons, anyway, just delay it first, forgive Liu Zhonggui, and he doesn't have the guts to force it against the people on the east coast.

In addition, Chen Ming felt that this information must be sent to Madang Fortress as quickly as possible, and then relayed back to Ningbo by the local navy.Naturally, this information can only be brought back by a few senior intelligence officials in the business station!After much deliberation, Liu Zhonggui still felt that it was not too late. He asked the Gendarmerie system and the State Intelligence Bureau to dispatch one person each to carry the information to Madang.Just the day after tomorrow, a small fleet hired by people from the east bank will be fully loaded with goods from central Sichuan and head eastward. Let the two of them leave with them, and then try to reach the Madang Fortress as quickly as possible.

"His grandma, Shunjun really got a big deal this time! Bai Hui of Dongchuan Mansion surrendered, and the door of Yunnan was opened, and the army could drive straight in. After getting the news, how could the Changsha side remain indifferent? No way, Guizhou , Guangxi and Guangxi will also ignite wars, which will completely disrupt our strategic deployment." After writing the warrant, Chen Ming thought a little anxiously: "What will the higher-ups think about this?"

(End of this chapter)