Take the arsenal to Da Ming

Chapter 259 Subduing the Dashun Army

The Daxi regime established by Zhang Xianzhong was less than a year old, and its main sphere of influence was in Sichuan, with more than 60 troops.

Due to the strength of the Qing army, the Daxi Army under the leadership of Zhang Xianzhong, like the defeated Dashun Army, regarded the Qing Army as its main opponent.

However, with the sudden rise of the new army, they quickly attacked Yingtianfu, defeated the vigorous Azig tribe, captured Azig alive, and then quickly wiped out the Qing army south of the Yangtze River.

This series of major changes has directly changed the entire current situation.

Anyone with a little insight can see that with the current capabilities of the Qing army, it is difficult to cross the river.

In other words, the new army blocked the Qing army, the original enemy, invisibly.

Unless the Qing army defeated the new army and then crossed the south of the Yangtze River, it was almost impossible to attack the Daxi regime.

Faced with such a situation, Tangning still doesn't know how Zhang Xianzhong's mind changed.

For this reason, he also sent someone to contact Zhang Xianzhong specifically, revealing the meaning of the joint Northern Expedition, but Zhang Xianzhong was noncommittal.

However, it voluntarily stated that it would not attack the new army and its sphere of influence.

That being the case, Tangning also ordered Wu Liuqi's subordinates not to act rashly for the time being, and the two sides tacitly kept the current situation unchanged.

In addition to the Daxi Army, there is also the remnant army of the Dashun Army, with a huge number of 50 million.

But fortunately, after Li Zicheng and Liu Zongmin died in battle, they surrendered to Huguang Governor He Tengjiao one after another.

Although He Tengjiao's ability is mediocre, and he often fails to succeed and fails, his loyalty is still very high. There is no need to worry about him standing on his own or surrendering to other forces outside of Ming Dynasty.

Since the new army severely damaged the Qing army and recovered Yingtian Mansion, He Tengjiao had a good impression of the new army.

When the new army attacked the Qing army in Huguang, its troops also took the initiative to provide support, and the Dashun army who surrendered to it was especially grateful to the new army.

Because Li Zicheng and Liu Zongmin were defeated by the Azige tribe and killed by the Qing army. The new army severely damaged the Azige tribe and captured Azige. It can be said that they avenged their great revenge.

Wu Liuqi then sent a message back to Tangning that some senior generals of the Dashun Army had the intention to join the new army and asked for his opinion.

After thinking about it for a while, Tangning agreed, because he knew that the Dashun Army had just surrendered to He Tengjiao, and the relationship between the two sides was not close at all.

Moreover, as time went on, He Tengjiao became more and more unable to control some of them.

Furthermore, He Tengjiao's ability is limited, and with so many people in his hands, he can't play his due role at all, and it will cause various other problems.

Rather than doing this, it's better to take advantage of the power of the new army and take all these powers into his own hands. Tangning is confident that he has more means to control these people than He Tengjiao.

However, Tangning gave He Tengjiao, the governor of Huguang some face, and wrote a letter to him.

At the same time, the generals of the former Dashun Army were allowed to publicly make their own choice, whether they would like to stay in Huguang or prepare for the Northern Expedition with the new army.

He Tengjiao also knew that he could not control the returning Dashun army, let alone prevent them from joining the new army, so he could only follow Tangning's letter and follow their own choices.

Most of the senior generals of the Dashun Army had fought with Li Zicheng for many years, so they naturally had a good eye.

They all raised their troops from Shaanxi, and their homeland was in the north. It was helpless for them to be beaten all the way south by the Qing army.

Li Zicheng and Liu Zongmin were killed by the Qing army, so they naturally wanted revenge.

Now Azig was defeated by the new army, and he himself was captured alive by the new army. This revenge can be regarded as part of revenge.

However, they still wanted to make a northern expedition, fight back to Shaanxi, and take back the territory lost by the Dashun army from the Qing army.

Although these territories may no longer belong to them after they are regained, they still wanted to vent their anger.

The world said that it was the Dashun Army that brought disaster to the world and destroyed the Ming Dynasty, but let the Tatars take advantage of it. This is a shame and a shame, but this fact cannot be disputed by them.

Li Guo, Gao Yigong, Hao Yongzhong and others also knew that He Tengjiao's abilities were limited. If there was no new army, it would be hard to say whether Huguang could be kept, let alone the Northern Expedition.

If they wanted the Northern Expedition and revenge, they had to cooperate with the strong. There was no doubt that the strong was Tangning and the new army.

In the official history, after the death of Li Zicheng, the main backbone of the Dashun Army, such as Li Guo, Gao Yigong, Hao Yongzhong, Liu Fangliang, Liu Tiren, Li Laiheng, etc., rarely surrendered to the Qing army, and most of them died in battle or died of illness.

Even Liu Tiren and Li Laiheng chose to burn their families to death after the defeat.

Among them, although it is related to their integrity, on the other hand, it can also be seen that these people hate the Qing army and the Qing court.

Therefore, under this complex, with the approval of Mrs. Gao, Li Zicheng's widow, Li Guo, Gao Yigong, Hao Yongzhong, Liu Fangliang, Liu Tiren, Li Laiheng and other generals of the Dashun Army who had originally surrendered to He Tengjiao all switched to the new army.

The addition of these troops was nearly twice the number of troops that Tangning currently possessed, and the number of troops in Tangning's hands suddenly increased to 80.

Tang Ning retained nearly 10 people and continued to cooperate with He Tengjiao to garrison Huguang. Then he ordered Li Guo, Gao Yigong and others to lead the main forces of the various ministries eastward to South Zhili, and then reorganized the various armies according to the new army.

The fact that it was going to be adapted as soon as it came here really made some of them dissatisfied, thinking that Tangning wanted to weaken the power of the Dashun Army.

Tangning also knew that some of them must have various ideas, so he called Li Guo, Gao Yigong and others together for a discussion.

The reason Tang Ning gave was very simple. The main purpose of the adaptation was to improve the combat effectiveness of the Dashun Army, and then train according to the training methods of the new army.

The new army was able to defeat Azig with fewer troops, the most important thing was not the magic soldiers, but the real combat effectiveness of the new army.

Li Guo, Gao Yigong and others naturally knew about the Lishui battle between the new army led by Tangning and the Qing army led by Azig.

The new army almost used pure infantry to face the Qing army, which was dominated by cavalry, and was defeated repeatedly. Only then did Wu Sangui surrender.

It can be seen from this that the combat effectiveness of the new army is indeed very strong.

To say that the one who fought the most times with the Qing army was naturally their Dashun army. Although they hated the Qing army, they had to admit the fighting power of the Manchu Eight Banners.

Not to mention infantry versus cavalry, even if it was cavalry versus cavalry, the Dashun Army rarely won.

But the new army can use infantry against cavalry and win a big victory. This is a rare and clear example of battle.

Therefore, even if Li Guo, Gao Yigong and others have other ideas, they have to admit that the new army's formation model and training methods can indeed greatly improve the army's combat effectiveness.

If you don't accept the adaptation, it will appear selfish.

Now that he has joined the new army and has been transferred to Nanzhili, he does not accept the reorganization. Are he going to disobey orders and clash with the new army?

If this is the case, don't even think about regaining the lost land in the Northern Expedition in the future.

Therefore, Li Guo, Gao Yigong and others accepted the new army's adaptation after deliberation.

Together with Zuo Menggeng's [-] troops, Tangning formed a total of eight new armies and seventy divisions.

Fortunately, Tangning accumulated a lot of wealth during her time in Guangdong and Fujian. It is not an exaggeration to say that she is incomparably rich, and through trade, there is a steady stream of income.

Otherwise, it would not be easy to support so many people.

But it is definitely not enough to rely on the wealth he has accumulated to support himself. The army still has to rely on the country's stable tax support to be a long-term solution.

Now, the south of the Yangtze River is basically stable, and there should be no major wars in a short period of time. It is time to establish a stable regime to consolidate the rule and prepare for the next Northern Expedition.

(End of this chapter)