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Volume 1: Fierce Battle in Changsha Chapter 674: The Army Leaves Sichuan

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    Chongqing Prefecture in Sichuan was called Jiangzhou in ancient times during the Three Kingdoms. In the second year of Jingding in the Southern Song Dynasty (1261), the Mongolian army conquered Sichuan and the Song army retreated to Chongqing. Peng Daya became the prefect of Chongqing.  ¡üIn order to meet the needs of defense, Peng Daya tried his best to expand and repair Chongqing City, expanding to the north to the Jialing River, and to the west to Linjiangmen and Tongyuanmen. The scope was roughly twice that of Jiangzhou City expanded by Li Yan, laying the foundation for the city.  From then until the Ming and Qing Dynasties, the general layout of Chongqing City.  In the fourth year of Hongwu (1371), Taizu of the Ming Dynasty, Dai Ding built a total of 17 city gates with nine openings and eight closings symbolizing the "Nine Palaces and Eight Diagrams" on the old site, which continues to this day.

    It was just after the Mid-Autumn Festival, and the hot weather began to subside a little, but there was a lively scene inside and outside Chaotianmen in Chongqing.  Chaotianmen is located at the intersection of the Jialing River and the Yangtze River on the Yuzhong Peninsula in Yuzhong District, Chongqing. It is one of the seventeen city gates in Chongqing and the largest one.  Chaotian Gate is built on a high point on the river cliff. Outside the gate is a long slope that goes down to the pier. It looks very majestic from a distance. The city gate is a double-layer structure. There is an urn city outside the main gate. The urn city gate faces north. Turn right when entering the urn city.  The main entrance of Chaotian Gate faces east and is at right angles to the outer city gate.  Outside Chaotian Gate, the three characters "Chaotian Gate" are engraved on the forehead of the Wengcheng Gate, and the four characters "Guyu Xiongguan" are engraved on the forehead of the main gate.

    Lin Qirong, dressed in the uniform of a new army general, stood on top of the Chaotianmen city. He stared at the extremely busy dock outside Chaotianmen with bright eyes, and his heart was filled with excitement.  Last year, Chen Yucheng's troops united with Yunnan-Guizhou rebels Du Wenxiu and other troops to advance into Sichuan. They joined forces with Sichuan Paogehui rebels Li Yonghe, Lan Chaobi and other troops in Zigong, Sichuan. Within half a year, they swept across Sichuan like a raging cloud. The smoothness of the war surprised everyone.  unexpected.

    Lin Qirong was transferred to Sichuan ten months ago, and Chen Yucheng sent his troops out of Hanzhong Prefecture to start a campaign in Shaanxi and Gansu.  Lin Qirong succeeded Chen Yucheng as the chief military officer of Sichuan. Now the most important task of Sichuan's Taiping Army is to move down the river directly towards Jingxiang.  Together with Wing King Shi Dakai, they formed an east-west pincer attack on the Hubei Hulin wing.  The Yi Wang Shi Dakai Department has been under pressure from the Qing armies of Zeng Guofan and Hu Linyi in Hunan and Hubei all year round. It is time to relieve the pressure from the Yi King.  So fifteen days ago, the Tianjing General Staff agreed to Lin Qirong's battle plan for the Sichuan troops to march eastward along the Yangtze River.  After receiving orders from Tianjing, Lin Qirong and other troops prepared for several days and today began to mobilize troops and horses, transport supplies, and prepare to move eastward along the Yangtze River.

    Lin Qirong was accompanied by Chongqing County Governor Li Shifen, Sichuan Taiping Army General Li Yonghe, Lan Chaobi, Lan Chaozhu, Xu Daobang and others.  Li Shifen was originally from Sichuan. Zeng Jin was a famous poet who passed the first place in the Manchu Examination. Zeng Jin served as the magistrate of Linchuan County in Jiangxi Province. He was captured when the Taiping Army invaded Jiangxi. After a year in prison, after the King of the West took charge of Tianjing, he  He was recruited by Xu Naizhao, who also surrendered from the Qing Dynasty.  He successively held the title of Minister of Household Affairs of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom. With the recovery of Sichuan, he was transferred to Sichuan at the beginning of the year to serve as the extremely important governor of Chongqing County.

    Li Yonghe, Lan Chaobi and Lan Chaozhu were originally the leaders of the Sichuan Pao Gehui. At the beginning of last year, Li, Lan and others took advantage of the Taiping Army's attack on Yunnan to form an alliance in Niupizhai, Zhaotong, for an uprising.  Entering Sichuan, even Kejunlian, Gaoxian and other places.  In the middle of that year, the occupation of Zigong Salt Fields began to gain momentum.  So we took southern Sichuan as our base.  Active on the west bank of the Minjiang River, relying on the foundation of Pao Gehui, more than 300,000 people gathered in a short period of time to raise flags against the Qing Dynasty.  After the Taiping Army Chen Yucheng's troops entered Sichuan.  The two rebel armies of Li and Lan changed their flags, accepted the official titles of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, and submitted to the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom.

    With the help of the two men and the huge influence of Brother Pao in Sichuan.  The Taiping Army's military operations in Sichuan were extremely smooth, and the entire territory of Sichuan was recovered within half a year.  Duolong'a, the Sichuan admiral of the Qing army, was defeated and committed suicide. Tang Yougeng, the governor of Sichuan, was captured and surrendered to the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom.  More than 300 Manchu and Qing officials in Sichuan were captured and surrendered, and countless more ordinary soldiers surrendered.

    Xu Daobang is also originally from Fuzhou, Sichuan. In his early years, he joined the Wu Chu Army and was defeated and captured in Jiangxi. He later returned to the Taiping Army. After the reorganization of the New Army, he served in the Third Army as battalion commander and regimental commander. At the beginning of the year  He was promoted to division commander at that time, and ten months ago he followed Lin Qirong to Sichuan to lead the Sichuan troops.

    Lin Qirong was relatively satisfied with the preliminary work of the Sichuan Taiping Army. Especially after Li Shifen took charge of Sichuan, he immediately began to implement the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom's reform policies in Jiangnan, encouraged industry and commerce, punished local bullies and wealthy businessmen who committed heinous crimes, implemented land redemption and rent and interest reduction policies, and restructured local  The army and rebel forces organized local rural soldier systems and implemented the rural official system.  After several months of operation, Sichuan is already a thriving scene.

    Now the Sichuan Taiping Army will use two new army field divisions as the main force, supplemented by the reorganized rebel army and the original Sichuan Green Camp soldiers, a total of 100,000 people will march eastward from Sichuan. Sichuan soldiers and civilians from all walks of life have given great support.

    This morning is the first day that the army begins its march, and Chaotianmen Pier is a bustling scene.  Taiping Army soldiers gathered at the pier to prepare to board the ship. The streets on both sides of the river were full of people seeing them off. Thousands of dock workers were busy carrying grain and grass supplies to ships of all sizes. The entire river was crowded with ships, but all the ships passing by had guides.After commanding, one ship left immediately after being filled with supplies, and another ship followed. Although the whole scene was busy, it was not chaotic at all.

    Lin Qirong looked back and said with satisfaction: "Today the army came out to fight in Sichuan, and the logistics were so well-organized, Governor Li played a huge role."

    Li Shifen, who was born as a poet, naturally spoke in a literate manner: "The great cause of the Kingdom of Heaven is about to be accomplished. We are waiting for the new dynasty to open up the territory and expand the territory, so we should move forward with all our strength. Shifen has no power, but there is still some way to arrange personnel and materials.  Of course, the only way to make a difference is in this regard."

    Li Yonghe, Lan Chaobi, Lan Chaozhu and others all laughed. Li Yonghe said: "Master Li, I used to hate Manchu officials the most, but I didn't expect that your brother was also a Manchu official. But  In the past few months that you have been in charge of Sichuan, our old buddies have all noticed that you are a good official!"

    Li Shifen also smiled, recalling that Li Yonghe and others did have some prejudices against him at the beginning, but after getting along with him, he acted with a public heart, and over time he also gained the support of these people. Naturally, everyone was happy, and he said at the moment: "  In the past, the officialdom of the Manchu Qing Dynasty was like this, with nine out of ten officials being corrupt. Now that the new dynasty of the Kingdom of China is new, we will naturally have something different to do. Since we can be appointed as high-ranking officials by the Kingdom of Heaven, we must naturally meet the requirements of the Kingdom of Heaven, otherwise I would not dare to do so.  It¡¯s not good to be appointed here, not to mention the elders from my hometown.¡± At this point, he paused and continued: ¡°It¡¯s just General Li and General Lan, the Kingdom of Heaven has restored Sichuan, Xiang Pao Brother will have such a non-governmental organization  It is still necessary to ban it, it will not be good for local stability."

    After hearing this, the expressions of Li Yonghe and others changed slightly. They had also heard earlier that the Kingdom of Heaven would ban organizations with underworld nature such as the Pao Brother Society, but they did not expect that Li Shifen would openly announce it now.

    Lin Qirong smiled when he saw this and said, "That's not called a ban. We all know that the Pao Brother Association was originally composed of poor trackers and boatmen on the river. The purpose of everyone forming a group was not to be bullied by the government and bully wealthy businessmen.  , but after the association was formed, the logistics of the people involved were complicated, and many local ruffians were also involved, so the Pao Ge in some places became the cause of local unrest. Master Li meant that according to the practices of the Kingdom of Heaven in Jiangnan,  Officially ban the Brother Pao Association and change it into a trade union dedicated to the welfare of our poor workers. In Jiangnan, there are boatmen's unions, weavers' unions, etc., and they all make decisions for our poor workers as before."

    Li Yonghe and others became slightly relieved after hearing this, but Li Yonghe still shook his head and said: "Brother Pao was originally a branch of the Tiandihui. It has been in existence since it was introduced to Sichuan in the late Ming Dynasty. It is not good to ban it rashly. I will wait for you."  They are all old people in the society, and fellow villagers would not agree to do this."

    Lin Qirong turned to Li Shifen and said: "Master Li, there is no need to rush into the matter of the Sichuan Pao Ge Hui. Just like the Guangdong Tiandi Hui, as long as they are willing to cooperate with us, there is no need to disturb them. Just like there are chieftains of all ethnic groups in Yunnan, Guizhou and Sichuan,  They have great local prestige and influence, and they cannot be overthrown with just one blow."

    Li Shifen looked at Lin Qirong and then understood what Lin Qirong said. Sichuan has just been pacified now. It is indeed not the time to deal with these remaining issues. At this stage, the main goal of the Taiping Army is to defeat the Manchus and unify the country. So Li Shifen nodded and said: "Subordinate  I'm impatient, and when I implement the policy later, I will definitely listen to the opinions of the people before taking action."

    Li Yonghe and others also breathed a sigh of relief. As long as the Kingdom of Heaven does not ban the Brother Pao Society, it will be fine. They are now generals of the Kingdom of Heaven and are from the Brother Pao Society. If the Kingdom of Heaven really wants to ban the Brother Pao Society, they will still be caught in the middle.  It's really hard to handle.  The same problem was encountered in later New China. Many generals such as He Long at that time also came from these party figures. However, after the national reunification, local purges began to gradually disappear.

    Lin Qirong is not worried that Li Yonghe and others will have any dissatisfaction. Now their subordinates are all soldiers and horses reorganized by the Taiping Army. Most of the junior officers are veterans of the Taiping Army. Their weapons are also supplied by the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom. After the war, these people will also enter  After studying in the military academy for a period of time, their self-interests have been tied to the Kingdom of Heaven. The Manchu and Qing Dynasties have set in the west, and the trend of the Kingdom of Heaven unifying the whole country is irreversible. No one will dig their own graves in this good situation.

    However, in the process of unifying the country, the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom did still leave many problems, such as the handling of civil gangs such as Tiandihui and Paogehui, and the problem of Miao, Yi and other chieftains in multi-ethnic areas such as Yunnan, Guizhou, Sichuan, and Guangxi. Many local chieftains are actually local  The Tusi Emperor also enslaved the tribesmen under their control, and no one dared to resist. In other words, slavery was still under the rule of the Tusi.  Only after the Kingdom of Heaven unifies the whole country will it have the energy and ability to slowly mediate these issues. Only then will the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom have enough energy to handle them even if they have to use force.

    After Lin Qirong set the tone for Brother Pao's meeting in a few words, he turned around and said, "The army has already set out."We are just about ready to board the ship. One hundred thousand troops have left Sichuan. Let's go to Jingxiang to join forces with King Yi and Hu Linyi" (To be continued, please search Piao Tian Literature for better and faster novels.  !
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