Han’s Son is Not a Slave

No matter how poor Runing is, with the neighboring states and counties of Kaifeng and Nanyang, as long as you grit your teeth and support, you can barely maintain it. Moreover, Yuan Zongdi on the Hubei side was also trying to find a way to raise military rations. Even if he could not dissolve the fire from far away, he would be too hungry to fight the autumn wind with the Taiping army in southern Zhili and Anhui. This was suddenly transferred from Runing to Guidelai, and I didn't get much food. Instead, I was always worried about whether the Qing army in Xuzhou would kill them, and also worry about whether the Qing army in Kaifeng would suddenly cut off and return. De and Runing's channel, so no matter what, Li Laiheng's decision is a misstep.

However, Li Laiheng is really helpless. He is nominally the Shun Wang conferred by the Dingwu court and the leader of the loyal camp, but in fact, except for Liu Tichun and Yuan Zongdi, the other generals do not listen to him at all. They all beat each other, and it was really out of food, or the Qing army was beaten hard, so they came to him, the "little tiger", to cry for help.

In view of the lessons learned over the past few decades, Li Laiheng now pays special attention to the construction of the base. The raid on Henan is not only to fight against the Qing Dynasty, but more importantly, Li Laiheng wants to lay more ground for the soldiers of the loyal camp. One Hubei alone is not enough to support the loyalty camp. As for the base of the business, it is obvious that the rogues cannot act like before. In Hubei, in order to grow rapidly, Li Laiheng did not prevent the generals from coercing the young people. The time was even worse. In many places, the young and the strong were taken away by the loyal camp, and the old, weak, sick and disabled were unable to farm at all. Soon all the land was abandoned, and the people left their homes. When Yuan Zongdi found that he could no longer go on like this, it was not something that could be changed overnight if he wanted to resume production in Hubei. If nothing else, how many people would be willing to let those generals in the Loyalty Camp release the young men they forcibly took away? How many young men from Hubei came from Li Laiheng's own camp?

Hubei's lesson can only be a lesson. Right now, including Li Laiheng himself, there is no way to put people back, because these young men are now the property of each battalion, and they are the confidence of the generals to speak. There are tens of thousands of people in other people's camps, but there are only a few thousand people in your camp. When this big guy is discussing matters together, do the people with more people speak louder, or do the people with few people speak louder?

What Li Laiheng can do is to restrain the generals from harming the place, especially the newly occupied territory. However, none of the "big bandits" who were cursed by the Ming and Qing dynasties could change their previous habits, even if they knew badly, they were unwilling to change.

The behavior of rogues can be said to be deeply branded in the bones and blood of these old rogues from the day the camp was first established. If Dashun had been able to secure a firm foothold in the world, perhaps with the passage of time, this group of veteran generals would gradually change, but unfortunately Dashun was not able to secure a foothold in the world, which led to the fact that these veteran generals have been surviving all the time for more than ten years. and struggle. The Ming Dynasty didn't want them, they used them, and the Qing Dynasty wanted to suppress them. In order to survive, they could only use the most realistic and effective ways to expand themselves. Obviously, coercion, looting and other rogue acts were the best means. There was really no way to grab it, so they would just stay there, watching themselves "shrink" day by day.

Each battalion now has a lot of young and strong people, some in Hubei and some in Henan. On the one hand, the generals are complaining that they have no food to eat, but on the other hand, they are desperately pulling people into the army. This approach seems ridiculous, but Li Laiheng knows that this method is actually the only way to preserve strength. Including himself, the veterans of the Zhongzhen Camp are all skilled, and the young men who are drawn are actually cannon fodder, and they are also the best cover to protect their direct line. Just as in Kuidong, all the generals were "starved" and could not become human, but the backbone of their direct line was still preserved. Those who are "thin" are those cannon fodders. Without those cannon fodders, those who are really "thin" are their old foundations. Without the old foundation, the Loyalty Camp will not exist, and it also means that the last force to break into the camp will not exist.

Li Laiheng was very interested in the affairs of the Taiping Army. He sent people to Hunan and Jiangxi to inquire. He was very interested in "building villages and building villages", but he could not restore the place like Zhou Shixiang, because he and his subordinates What they do is in itself the greatest scourge to the place. If they can't solve the basic food and grass supply, they can't stop the rogue behavior. In the end, it is an endless cycle. No matter how much space they occupy, they will never be able to become their real base.

The area around Ru Ning has been devastated to such a degree that it has become a barren land, and the old troopers shouted to go to Guide. They did not dare to go to Kaifeng, because although Wu Sangui's army was located in Luoyang and Zhengzhou to the west, the Qing army in Kaifeng had to keep an eye on Wu Sangui, and it was impossible to free up much troops to deal with the loyal camp. But after all, the Qing army gathered heavily in Kaifeng, who could guarantee that Aobai would not turn around to clean up the loyalty camp first. Furthermore, Zhongzhenying has expressed its attitude to support Emperor Dingwu, and Wu Sangui was the Yongli Emperor who was enshrined. Although Emperor Yongli is now dead, Wu Sangui did not say that he would change to Emperor Dingwu in the southern capital. Therefore, Wu Jun and Zhongzhenying are essentially the same. is an adversarial relationship. In addition, Yongli's death was unclear, and Li Laiheng clearly rejected Wu Sangui's solicitation. Which of the people from Zhongzhenying dared to hang out under Wu Sangui's eyes, they were all fine.

After thinking about it, Li Laiheng agreed to go to the Guide area. He also knew that even if he didn't go, Dang Shousu, He Zhen, Wang Guangxing, and Wang Youjin would go by themselves. Rather than let the Loyalty Camp become torn apart, it is better for the big guys to go together. Ta Tianbao and Hao Yaoqi did not act with Li Laiheng and the others, and they were still going around Nanyang. The reason why the two did not join forces with Li Laiheng is mainly because of their relatively strong strength, and Hao Yaoqi has always been ambitious, and the King Han in his hand has not yet been sent to Nandu, so Li Laiheng also deliberately joined him. Keep your distance, so as not to be pitted by Hao Yaoqi in the future.

There were not many Qing troops in Guide, and the elites were all taken away by the old thieves Jia. When the remaining green camps heard the big bandits calling, they descended, ran, and some simply stayed in the city. They robbed them and left, leaving an empty city for the loyal camp to stare at.

Life is getting harder and harder, especially on the first day of the year, not only Li Laiheng is worried, but the generals are not in a good mood. It's a big New Year's Eve, not to mention those cannon fodders, but the old brothers have followed him for so many years, this is a big New Year's Eve. But if you want to express it, you have to have money, food, wine and meat. Where do you get these? Kaifeng, I dare not go; Xuzhou, I heard that there are many Manchu soldiers garrisoned, it is a hard bone, not easy to chew. In the end, the veteran generals set their sights on Fengyang, Haozhou and Luzhou in the south.

The spies who went out got the information and understood that the place in Fengyang was harassed by the Eight Great Kings in the early years, and it was originally a poor place. Haven't heard the beggar sing, "Speak Fengyang, sing Fengyang, Fengyang is a good place, since Emperor Zhu came out, there have been nine years of drought in ten years." The place is already poor, and there is nothing good about it, but Luzhou is different. In the past 30 years, there has been basically no military disaster, so if it can be defeated, there will definitely be some profit. Moreover, I heard that the Taiping Army has attacked Luzhou several times and failed to win. If the Zhongzhen Camp can help them win Luzhou, the Taiping Army must show something.

Li Laiheng was also tempted, and felt that it was a good choice to fight Luzhou. Although the Qing court's Jiangnan Admiral Kuenbu was a capable guy, he had only more than 10,000 soldiers and horses. , it should not be difficult to clean up Kuhmbu. So, just after Zhengdan passed, Guide's loyalty camp all drove to Yongcheng, and then went straight to Fengyang, and conquered Haozhou without much effort. But just as the veteran generals were gearing up to defeat Kuenbu and completely seize Fengyang and Luzhou, Li Laiheng received a handwritten letter from Jiang He, governor of Anhui, and then received a gift from Kuenbu through Jiang He.

Just sending a big gift is not enough to make Li Laiheng withdraw, because this little gift is not enough. But Jiang He's attitude made him have to be cautious. Jiang He's letter revealed that he was persuading Kuenbu to surrender, and the matter was presided over by his family's commander himself. I hope King Shun would not ruin the good thing of his family's commander.

Jiang He is just a governor, Hou Ye, Li Laiheng is Shun Wang, but he can not give face, but this matter involves Zhou Shixiang, Li Laiheng can't make up his mind. So he summoned the generals to discuss the matter, but the generals did not care whether Kuenbu wanted to surrender to the King of Qi~www.wuxiaspot.com~ first to get a vote, and then to fill the belly of the brothers. Only Liu Tichun thought that it couldn't be done. It was important to fill the stomach, but it was a big deal to turn against the Taiping Army because of this. Li Laiheng thought so too, but if they couldn't fight against Dang Shousu, they had to fight, so they could only bite the bullet. After he thought about solving Kuenbu, he returned Luzhou to Zhou Shixiang, so King Qi would not say anything.

Don't want to, when the two armies were deployed, there were countless artillery pieces in the Kuenbu army, and they were in a desperate posture. If they forcibly attacked, the casualties would definitely be huge. Li Laiheng didn't want to fight, and Jiang He rushed to send an envoy, promising that he would send a batch of money and grain from Anqing to solve the urgent needs of the loyalty camp, and Li Laiheng decided to withdraw. When he retreated, the party Shousu they wanted to fight had no choice, so they had to retreat.

Li Laiheng retreated to Yongcheng. Although Jiang He promised to allocate a batch of money to him, it was not a long-term solution after all. His loyalty camp can't always rely on the Taiping army's aid to live. To put it horribly, if this food and grass cannot be solved by itself, it will become a big hidden danger. If the Taiping Army has the intention of annexing the Zhongzhen Camp, what will Li Laiheng do to stop him?

Li Laiheng decided to convene a meeting of the generals in Yongcheng to set the tone and decide how the loyalty camp will develop in the future. The meeting place was a small village beside Suisui that had been in ruins for many years. The houses in the village have collapsed and collapsed because they have been uninhabited for many years. The only building that is still intact is a Taoist temple. I don't know which True Monarch is enshrined in Guanli, and the mud tire has long been exposed.