The Rise of Ming Dynasty 1646

Chapter 320 Chasing Tang Guest

Following Zhong Mingyuan and the others was Zhu Youlang who had just removed his armor.

Seeing that he seemed about to salute, Zhu Linmei hurriedly stepped forward to support him, and praised with a smile: "King Gui has made a great contribution this time, and he said in a few words that he has surrendered more than ten thousand troops."

Ever since Zhu Youlang left Wuzhou, he had been quite uneasy, always afraid that the court would blame him for the root cause of the chaos in Guangxi. After all, almost the whole of Guizhou was rumored that he would ascend the throne and become the emperor.

He is very clear that since ancient times, those who have no strength but have the possibility of becoming emperor basically have no good endings.

However, Zhu Linming's words just now made him feel a little relieved, at least he has made some contributions to Ping Ni.But he didn't dare to relax completely, and still followed the "countermeasures" he had pondered over the past few days: "It's all because of the power of Uncle Wang's army, and my nephew dare not take credit for it. It's the gangsters who have caused trouble in Guangxi. Although my nephew is Being hijacked by him, but also felt that it was hard to escape the blame.

"My nephew thought over and over again, and I asked the imperial court to lower my prince as a punishment. In addition, the people in Gui land will suffer unavoidably after this kind of swordsmanship. My nephew is willing to donate 8 yuan of fertile land and [-] taels of silver to the imperial court. Help the Holy One to stabilize the hearts of the people."

People in the Ming Dynasty, no matter how high or low, regarded the land as their lifeblood. Zhu Youlang was really too timid, so he reluctantly "bleeded" in exchange for his own safety.

Hearing the words, Zhu Linming immediately understood his thoughts, and hurriedly comforted him: "Ding Kuichu is in chaos, and King Gui is also the one who suffers, what's the matter?" Others don't know, but he knows very well that in history, Emperor Yongli's lifelong wish was nothing more than Just be a prince of idleness.

Seeing that he didn't accept it, Zhu Youlang became more and more panicked, and asked for offerings again and again, and wanted to kneel on the ground as he spoke.

Seeing him in such a state, Zhu Lin didn't know how to refuse.He suddenly remembered that [-] acres of land equaled [-] mu.Immediately after the pacification of Guangxi, the planting of potatoes and sweet potatoes must be promoted. Such a large piece of fertile land is suitable for use as a "demonstration field".

So he said to Zhu Youlang again: "Since King Gui is so sympathetic to the people, then I can accept it on behalf of the court, and don't mention the matter of cutting the nobility again.

"Oh, this land still has to be named under the name of King Gui. You still send the original tenants to cultivate it, and you will get [-]% of the harvest every year."

Zhu Youlang still has a lot of influence in Guangxi. If the people of Guangxi know that the "King Gui" farm is growing potatoes and sweet potatoes, many people will follow suit.The effect of this publicity is worth several months of hard work by hundreds of missionaries.

Although Zhu Youlang didn't understand what the auxiliary king meant, but the land he contributed was not rejected, which shows that the court probably didn't mean to take him down.

So he declined again, but seeing Zhu Linming's insistence, he finally settled down. Finally, he was ordered by the assistant king to go back to gather tenants and prepare livestock and farm tools. He would start sowing new crops in large quantities when the seeds from Jiangxi arrived.

Not long after Zhu Youlang left, another officer under Zhong Mingyuan came along with Zhao Shichao, carrying a wooden box covered with a black cloth.

Several people came forward to salute, Zhao Shichao pointed to the wooden box and said, "My lord, this is the leader of Ding Bandit, please inspect it, Your lord."

Zhu Linmi couldn't help feeling a little emotional when she heard the words. I don't know if it's because people's character is always difficult to change, or because of the inertia of history. Ding Kuichu, a traitor in the late Ming Dynasty, always disregarded the country's justice for his own selfish desires, but he didn't end well.

He frowned and lifted the black cloth to take a look, and it seemed that he had finished the procedure.

The owner of the head in this box surrendered to Jiancap in history, but was disemboweled by Li Chengdong and died tragically.But in this life, thanks to Zhu Linmi's efforts, Jianlu's iron hooves did not set foot on the land of Guizhou.He had the opportunity to be a loyal minister, but in the end he embarked on the road of vassal support and rebellion, and ended up committing suicide.

By noon the next day, the Longwei Army had basically completed the work of recruiting more than 1 horses under Ding Kuichu's troops.

According to Zhu Linming's order, most of them were repatriated to their original places on the spot, but there were still [-] strong people who were left behind.

Guangxi soldiers have been known for being brave and good at fighting since ancient times, and the personal force of these soldiers can rank among the top three in the traditional Ming army.The reason why Ding Kuichu's army was defeated so quickly was because of his poor military discipline and morale on the one hand, and Zhu Linmi's extraordinary psychological warfare power on the other.

But if these soldiers can be well trained and supplemented with strict discipline, they will be competent as the local garrison in Guangxi.This is much faster than training recruits from scratch.

In the tent of the Dragon Guards' temporary camp, Zhang Jiayu was holding a book to report the situation of the battle, "... [-] horses, [-] sets of cotton armor, and [-] pieces of armor...

"7000 blunderbusses of various types, 26 sets of bows and crossbows... more than [-] stones of grain and rice, [-] carts of tents, flags, gongs and drums..."

To be honest, apart from war horses, among these trophies, there are almost not many things that the Dragon Guards can use.

"My lord, there is another big gain in this battle." Zhang Jiayu continued with a happy face, "It is the heavy artillery that the twelve Frang robots just brought in. The barrel is brand new and the ammunition is fully equipped."

Zhu Linmi also nodded with a smile. These cannons are almost enough to arm half a [-]-ton Galen warship, so I should thank Ding Kuichu.

After reading the captured list, Zhang Jiayu glanced outside the tent, cupped his hands again and said, "My lord, these surrender troops have been roughly planned, and our army has also been prepared, and we can move north to Wuzhou at any time."

Wuzhou is the base camp of Ding Kuichu and the east gate of Jiangxi. It has great political and strategic significance.It can be said that the imperial army stationed in Wuzhou is one of the important signs of regaining Guangxi, and it should be done as soon as possible.

Zhu Linmi waved her hands and said, "Wuzhou is indeed important, but there is a more urgent matter right now. Instead of going north, we want to go west."

"Go west?"

"According to what Zhong Mingyuan said, Shadingzhou sent Tang Jiabin and 5000 people into Guangxi, and they have passed through Pingnan County. We must try to catch up with him in Guangxi, otherwise we will have to kill them after he escapes back to Yunnan. Take ten times more effort."

Zhang Jiayu only thought for a while, even nodded and said: "Your Excellency's words are very true, Kuang Tang went deep into Guangxi, and when he returned to Yunnan, he would loot along the way to pay for food and make the place corrupt. It is better to destroy it quickly."

He paused for a moment, then continued: "My lord, let's ignore the direction of Wuzhou for the time being?"

"Wuzhou can't be left behind either." Zhu Linmei smiled and said, "Let Huang Qishou take five or six hundred infantrymen, plus the one thousand soldiers from Zhong Mingyuan, to escort King Gui into Wuzhou City. Oh, by the way, remember to bring the head of Ding Kui Chu with you .

"It's fine if Wuzhou really surrendered. If it was just a trick, when it sees the leader of Ding Kuichu, it will inevitably lose the morale of the army and collapse at the first touch."

"Yes. Your Excellency sees clearly." Zhang Jiayu took the order and left.

By the time of Shen, the main force of the Dragon Guards had already prepared and set off, heading west to Pingnan.

……

In summer in Guangxi, even though it is almost dusk, it is still unbearably hot.

Tang Jiabin was sitting on the horse, taking a big cattail leaf fan and fanning it desperately, when he saw a cavalryman riding madly coming, "Urgent report! Urgent report!"

When the man approached, he lowered his voice and said: "General, news from Cenxi, Ding Kuichu's entire army was wiped out this morning, and he himself committed suicide before the battle."

"What?!" Tang Jiabin was taken aback when he heard the words, and the fan in his hand fell into the mud with a thud.

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