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  Chapter 439 437 [Heroes gather in Taiwan]

  The first year of the first year of the Republic of China in Datong, 4339 in the Yellow Emperor calendar.

  The end of June.

   Taking advantage of the abundant summer grain harvest in the Chengdu Plain, Huang Yao, Qin Liangyu, Yang Zhan, and Gan Liangchen jointly sent 30,000 troops to attack Zunyi Mansion.

  Fan Kuang, a Jinshi in Fushun, Sichuan Province, and former deputy envoy of Henan Province in the Ming Dynasty, proposed to use the strategy of alienation, which caused the two warlord leaders in Zunyi Prefecture to fight among themselves.

  Wu Shangxian, the leader of the Han people, was resolutely unwilling to surrender because of his extremely bad relationship with Yang Zhan. On the contrary, Long Zhengguo, the leader of the local barbarians, hoped to be able to belong to the Datong court, and the condition he offered was to be a small chieftain.

  Fan Kuang went to talk about the surrender in person. He didn't agree immediately, but he didn't refuse either. Anyway, his words were ambiguous.

   Scholars are too treacherous, Long Zhengguo obviously believed in it.

   Before Huang Yao arrived with the army, Long Zhengguo invited Wu Shangxian to drink, the excuse was to discuss important matters together, but in fact he wanted to lure Wu Shangxian to death.

  Wu Shangxian was very vigilant. He said he was sick and refused to go to the banquet, so he only sent counselors there.

  Long Zhengguo killed his counselors and raised troops to make a surprise attack.

  Unexpectedly, Wu Shangxian had already prepared to ambush heavy soldiers in the mountain passage, and killed Long Zhengguo in one fell swoop.

   Long Zhengguo's son, Long Chief Li, led the remnants to join Huang Yao. He didn't even want to be a chieftain anymore, Long Yili only wanted to avenge his father, and by the way, he became a small official in the Datong court, willingly becoming a leader.

  In mid-July, the Datong Army captured Zunyi Fucheng, and Wu Shangxian committed suicide after breaking the city.

   Knowing that Wu Shangxian was defeated and died, the small warlords of Long'an Mansion and Baoning Mansion volunteered to join the Datong court.

   So far in Sichuan, only Songpanwei, Youyang Xuanfu Division, Lizhou Appeasement Division, Sichuan Xingdu Division, and Tianquan Liufan Recruitment Division are still undecided.

  The jurisdiction of Songpanwei is probably the later Aba Prefecture.

  The seat of the Tianquan Sixth Division is located in Luding County in later generations.

  As for Lizhou Appeasement Department, it is approximately equal to Hanyuan County in later generations.

  Anyway, these places are full of chieftains, big and small, including Tujia, Yi, Tibetan, Qiang and so on.

  The local civil and military officials in Sichuan, all those who have made meritorious service, all study Datong theory in Chengdu, and they will be reappointed after they are politically qualified.

  At the same time, the armies of Qin Liangyu, Yang Zhan, Gan Liangchen and others each retained 3,000 soldiers, and selected another 1,000 soldiers from Sichuan farmers.

   Half of the 10,000 Sichuan soldiers were divided into Huang Yao's Ninth Division. The remaining half was newly reorganized into the 12th Division of the Datong Army. Officers were transferred from the Ninth Division for training, and 5,000 soldiers from the Ninth Division were transferred for mixed formation.

   In this way, Sichuan has two divisions, but it must be trained for more than a year to restore its original combat effectiveness.

  And those newly formed troops have to wait for the old troops to replace their flintlock guns and equip them with the replaced matchlock guns.

  Gan Liangchen is relatively old, he was born as a martial artist, has read the Four Books and Five Classics, and is good at governing the people. He didn't want to lead troops to fight anymore, so he voluntarily asked to be converted to a civil servant. This request was approved by Zhao Han, and after he passed the political qualifications, he became a county magistrate in Sichuan.

  Qin Liangyu also hopes to be disarmed and return to the field. Anyway, his son, brother, nephew, and grandson are all in the army.

  Zhao Han agreed with Qin Liangyu to retire and return to his hometown, and he was awarded the title of the second-rank Shangguard Army (Wu Xun) and the second-rank Dragon and Tiger General (Wu San).

  Qin Liangyu was very happy about this, because the title given to her by Chongzhen was only the second-rank wife.

  …

  Guangxi direction.

  Teacher Commander Liu Xinyu and Propaganda Officer Ding Jiasheng successively captured Xunzhou Prefecture, Guilin Prefecture and Liuzhou Prefecture, and half of Nanning Prefecture had been captured.

  There are no big warlords in these places.

  The main resistance force is the indigenous leaders of various ethnic groups.

  As for the power of the Han Chinese guards, it was no longer possible in the mid-Ming Dynasty, and usually suppressed rebellions had to rely on Guangxi soldiers.

  The terrain in Guangxi is rugged and difficult, and the Tenth Division lacks military supplies, so it can only nibble away step by step. Now it has eroded nearly two-thirds of Guangxi, and the grassroots rule is extremely strong, just like Zhao Han's expansion in Jiangxi at the beginning, the establishment of households, the division of land, and the governance of the people are all progressing steadily.

  In Yunnan, after Mu Tianbo supported the puppet emperor, Wuding Tusi Wubikui launched a rebellion and captured Dayao, Dingyuan, Yao'an and other places one after another.

  Mu Tianbo mobilized various chieftains in Yunnan, and it took only one month to put down Wu Bikui's rebellion.

  Yunnan civil and military officials were inexplicably excited. They felt that Mu Tianbo was very good at fighting, encouraged Yunnan soldiers to expand across the border, and shouted slogans to revitalize Daming.

  Guangxi's Anlongsi, Shanglinsi, Guishunzhou, Zhen'anfu, Dukangzhou, Xiangwuzhou, Sichengzhou...all Wangfeng belonged to Mu Tianbo. Because these sites are mostly controlled by indigenous leaders, as long as they surrender to the emperor of Yunnan, they can be officially appointed as chieftains.

  They were resolutely unwilling to surrender to the Datong Army, because Zhao Han did not give the chieftain a position, and they wanted to share the land under their names!

  Emperor Zhenwu of Ming Dynasty and Duke Qian of Yunnan not only expanded rapidly in Guangxi, but even extended their hands into Guizhou.

  Guizhou's Pu'an Prefecture, Annanwei, Zhenning Prefecture, Anshun Prefecture and other places also chose to change flags. Almost half of the warlords in Guizhou unanimously recognized the rule of Emperor Zhenwu of Ming Dynasty.

  These warlords, holding the official seals bestowed by Yunnan, continued to attack and annex each other there.

   Guizhou Shuixi chieftain An Rupan has already occupied one-third of Guizhou. It borders Sichuan to the north, and the territory of Emperor Zhenwu of Yunnan to the south.

  Therefore, An Rupan also attached himself to Emperor Zhenwu, and was "ordered" to conquer the "disobedient" forces in Guizhou.

   In this regard, the entire Guizhou belongs to Nanming in name.

  Only from the point of view of territory, this Yunnan emperor is still very powerful. Both Yunnan and Guizhou are under his jurisdiction, and a quarter of Guangxi is also attached to him.

  …

   East, south, northwest, all directions, are in a state of war.

  Taiwan, too!

  Sun Chuanting was promoted to the prefect of Taiwan, and Keelung County was added in Taiwan.

   "Cun Zhang, long time no see!" Sun Chuanting clasped his fists.

  Zhang Xianzhong said unhappily: "The Fu Zun calls me the Eight Thieves, don't call me the village chief."

  Sun Chuanting smiled and said: "Your Excellency has built a village and has reported to the government for approval, so you are the village head of the Datong court. How can you still be called the eight thieves?"

   "What do you call it!" Zhang Xianzhong was quite depressed.

  Zhang Xianzhong led thirty families of old thieves and settled in the southernmost part of Taipei County, next to the headhunters in the mountains.

   One after another, several families of criminals were exiled.

  A total of thirty-six households officially established "Dingtai Village", and Zhang Xianzhong was elected as the village head by everyone.

   They forbid the possession of firearms, but cold weapons are allowed. He also made simple leather armor, got more than a dozen bows from somewhere, and started fighting the nearby headhunters.

   And, pull one faction and fight the other faction!

   Even if they are also Taiwanese headhunters, some are willing to contact the outside world. This kind of headhunters has a high degree of Sinicization. There are also some headhunters who are self-proclaimed and attack all humans who are not in their tribe.

  The Dutch colonized the Tainan area, and they also chose to cooperate with some tribes to deal with those closed headhunters.

  Sun Chuanting looked at the obviously darker and thinner Zhang Xianzhong, and his heart was full of sighs and emotions. He used to be an official and Zhang Xianzhong was a thief, but now they both came to Taiwan to develop.

   "How is the situation in Dingtai Village?" Sun Chuanting put aside distracting thoughts and asked in a serious tone.

  Zhang Xianzhong said: "A total of 36 households, more than 200 people, more than a dozen died one after another. Only two were killed by the students, and the rest died of diseases due to acclimatization."

Sun Chuanting frowned and said: "There are still a lot of deaths. Maybe you are mostly northerners, and they really don't adapt to the southern climate. How about this? After this battle is over, I ask Shangguan to send more doctors. You Dingtai Village, also leave one The doctor is always there."

   What Zhang Xianzhong lacked was a doctor, and he couldn't bear to thank him face to face, so he silently clasped his fists at Sun Chuanting.

   Not long after, Ma Shiying came with hundreds of people and bowed to Sun Chuanting. This guy was full of thoughts, he didn't despise Zhang Xianzhong, instead he greeted Zhang Xianzhong with a smile.

   Then another person came, and Sun Chuanting introduced: "This is Zhang Huangyan, the magistrate of Keelung County who has just arrived. Keelung County was newly established, and there are not many people under him."

  Zhang Huangyan cupped his hands and saluted: "My new arrival in Taiwan, please take care of me in the future."

   "It's easy to say, easy to say!" Ma Shiying laughed.

  Zhang Xianzhong was a little surprised when he saw that he was leading a horse and carrying a bow, and said with a smile, "You civil servant, you know how to ride and shoot?"

  Zhang Huangyan said: "I learned that Taiwan is not peaceful, so I brought bow horses from home. However, all the good folk horses were taken away, and only one poor horse was bought."

  Zhang Huangyan's riding and archery skills were practiced in Shanxi.

  His mother died early, and Zhang Huangyan followed his father as an official in Shanxi since he was a teenager.

  In the ninth year of Chongzhen, riding and archery subjects were added to the Imperial Examination of the Ming Dynasty. Zhang Huangyan hit all three arrows in the examination for talents.

  Taiwan Governor Sun Chuanting, Taoyuan County Magistrate Ma Shiying, Keelung County Magistrate Zhang Huangyan, Dingtai Village Chief Zhang Xianzhong, this lineup can be called luxurious. Moreover, Ma Shiying also brought Sun Kewang, the head of Pingfan Village, who is currently selling the leather goods he brought in Taipei County.

  The last person to appear was Shi Kefa, the new Taipei magistrate.

  In the past few years, Shi Kefa has been keeping his filial piety at home. When the three-year Dingyou period expires, Emperor Chongzhen has already hanged himself.

   Therefore, he served in the Datong court without any psychological burden.

   To gather these people in Taiwan, Zhao Han also took great pains, holding the list of officials from all over the country for several days.

   "Your Majesty, we have already arranged the food, grass and civilian husbands." Shi Kefa cupped his hands to report, and bowed to Zhang Huangyan, but he disdained to greet Ma Shiying, Zhang Xianzhong and others.

  Sun Chuanting smiled and said: "Then let's go!"

  Sun Chuanting, Zhang Huangyan, Ma Shiying, Shi Kefa, Zhang Xianzhong, and Sun Kewang led more than 400 peasants and soldiers to kill the Dutch colonists on the Danshui side.

  Zheng Zhilong was engaged in immigration back then, and his priority was to move to the Penghu Islands, which were the pirate base he built. Secondly, I immigrated to Chiayi County, because Penghu and Chiayi are both relatively close to the coast of Fujian.

  At present, the government of Taiwan is located in Taipei, and it has four counties under its jurisdiction, namely: Taipei County, Zhuluo County (Chiayi, Penghu), Taoyuan County, and Keelung County.

  The Dutch built castles and forts in Danshui, and Han people also settled there, but they were all villages.

  The red-haired ghost is really crazy, actually colonizing under the eyes of the Han people!

  The people marched along the river, and the food was transported by small boats. Halfway along the way, Han people came to report the details of the Dutch colonial strongholds.

  (end of this chapter)