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Hong Chengchou suggested to Dorgon to send troops next summer, to see when the wheat will be harvested.

After repeated discussions, Zhao Han decided to send troops in the spring!

Because the territory of the Datong Army can grow winter wheat. After the winter wheat is planted, farmers and civilians will be recruited directly in northern Hubei, northern Anhui, northern Jiangsu, Runing, and Nanyang to cooperate with the Datong regular army in spring combat, so that farming will not be delayed.

In northern Henan, Hebei, Shanxi, Shaanxi and other regions, spring wheat was being sown at that time.

Zhao Han suddenly sent troops in the spring, which happened to be the farming season of the Qing Dynasty. The Qing Dynasty had to mobilize a large number of peasants, which made it impossible for farmers to sow wheat.

Even if Zhao Han loses this battle, as long as he doesn't lose too badly, Man Qing will be seriously injured, and the wheat production of that year must have been severely reduced!

Don't look at the vast territory of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, in fact, it is impossible to control the countryside at all.

Even small counties cannot be controlled, and many remote small counties are governed by the civil servants left by Li Zicheng.

This kind of local control has a lot of room for manipulation, and Xu Ying can send countless spies to Henan!

In addition, Xu Ying also sent people to Shaanxi to try to contact Li Zicheng and Luo Rucai.

As long as the Datong Army and the Manchu Qing Army fought, Li Zicheng and Luo Rucai would be able to take the opportunity to start an incident in Shaanxi. There are still tens of thousands of elites left, and it is no problem to attack the city.

At that time, Li Zicheng and Luo Rucai were making trouble in Shaanxi, and Zhao Han went straight to Liaodong from Dongjiang Town. The two battlefields behind the enemy were enough to drink a pot.

Zhao Han's peasants and soldiers are equivalent to reserve forces, they can be assembled at the front line in two months, and can be trained on the battlefield in one month. He seemed to have few soldiers, but in fact he had a lot of them. If it wasn't for the lack of food, he would explode another 200,000 soldiers every minute.

This battle has a great chance of winning.

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Guangxi, Pingyuefu.

Judging from the population composition of Guangxi as a whole, Zhuang 50%, Yao 30%, and Han 20%.

But Pingyuefu is very special. The Zhuang nationality accounts for less than 20%, and most of them are immigrants from other places. They have a collective title called "Dongqian Cubing".

A soldier is a wolf soldier.

The Yao people in Pinglefu often rebelled, and it was difficult for the Ming court to suppress them, so a large number of Zhuang soldiers were moved here. Choose a terrain that is easy to defend and difficult to attack, and let the soldiers set up a stronghold to garrison the fields, surround the settlements of the Yao people with the garrison army, and separate the Yao people from the Han people.

Most of the Zhuang people in Pinglefu are military immigrants, and their existence value is to suppress the Yao people.

Not only that, the Han officials also deliberately provoked conflicts between the Zhuang and the Yao, so that the Zhuang and the Yao formed a feud, so that they could rule very easily.

But at the end of Ming Dynasty, the situation changed.

The Zhuang people took the initiative to make good friends with the Yao people, and even became relatives by marriage. A large number of Yao people who were separated, as well as Han people who lost their land, and Zhuang people who had no land to cultivate, formed villages to reclaim barren hills, and truly realized the national integration of Han, Zhuang and Yao.

These mixed villages have become the key development targets of the Datong Army.

After half a year of action, the Datong Army finally occupied He County, recruited the soldiers from Diandeng Village, wiped out the soldiers from Daning Village, and completed the work of household division and farmland in He County.

A regular division only took down half a county in half a year, mainly because of the terrain, and because the soldiers were disgusting.

After the main force of the Cu soldiers were dispersed, they played guerrilla warfare in the mountains with seven of them.

Poisoned arrows are hard to guard against, they may emerge from the woods at any time, and more than 30 members of the peasant association alone died.

It was early winter, and the Datong Army continued to attack.

They had just received the military order, the unit designation was changed to the Tenth Division of the Datong Army, and Liu Xinyu, who was from Hunan, was promoted as the division commander. This person is a traitor in Hunan, who brought two states and four counties to submit to Zhao Han, and then followed Zhang Tieniu to fight in Guangdong to make meritorious service.

The Chief Propaganda Officer of the Tenth Division is called Ding Jiasheng, who was also a traitor. He practiced the secrets of "Da Tong Ji" by himself, and took Duchang County to defect to Zhao Han.

Ten thousand officers and soldiers of the Datong Army, with more than a thousand soldiers and many civilian husbands, marched by land and water to kill Bian Pengzhai.

Bianpeng Village is located not far to the northwest of Zhongshan County in later generations, facing the river and backing the mountains, so it is easy to defend but difficult to attack.

The head of the Cubing village of Liangfeng Village had already captured Pingyuefu City, gathered the leaders of the Cubing of each village to make himself king, and also had some Han and Yao tribes attached to him.

They even took down Yangshuo County along the river.

If it weren't for the threat from the Datong Army in the rear, these soldiers would probably have captured Guilin!

This time it was going to be a decisive battle, and the place was at Bianpeng Village.

There is also the Bianpeng Village area in He County, which is a rare grain-producing area in Pingle Prefecture. There are basins between the mountains and rivers for irrigation, and the leader of the soldiers is reluctant to throw them away.

The leader of the Cu soldiers is called Wei Changyi, and Wei is a common surname of the Zhuang nationality, which means "buffalo".

This person has a very high degree of Sinicization. Not only did he take the daughter of a Han gentry as his wife, but he has also educated himself, and he proclaimed himself "Pingle King".

The two sides lined up on the bank of the Fujiang River, fighting in an upright manner.

For Wei Changyi, this is the only way to fight. If they formed a stronghold to defend themselves, those damned Datong troops would directly divide the fields nearby.

This is how Diandengzhai surrendered. The Datong army surrounded the village and recruited Han people and Yao people to divide the land. Those are the fields of the Zhuang people in the village, and they were divided up helplessly, and 3,000 Datong troops were specially left here to help the people plow the fields and dig canals.

Then there were various calls, as long as they were willing to surrender, the soldiers could redistribute the fields.

After two months of confrontation, the owner of Diandengzhai led his soldiers to surrender collectively due to internal pressure. The Zhuang people in the village were also dispersed to divide their fields, and formed mixed villages with Yao people and Han people.

On the banks of Fujiang River.

The formation of the Datong Army is much denser, but the formation of the Cu soldiers is extremely loose.

However, the combat power of the Cu soldiers should not be underestimated. According to legend, Qi Jiguang's mandarin duck formation has a reference to the Cu soldiers.

A team of seven, with four leading the battle and three assisting.

There are cavalry, and they all fight with cavalry.

Infantry includes shield soldiers, bird gun soldiers, pike soldiers, archers, crossbow soldiers, skirmishers, sanshou and so on. In addition to conventional weapons, there are javelins, sugar palm arrows, medicine arrows (poisoned arrows) and so on.

Before the battle, the Datong cavalry rushed out and shouted with their loudspeakers: "Brothers of the Han, Yao, and Tong (Zhuang) ethnic groups, the Datong Army does not distinguish between high and low ethnic groups. Brothers and sisters of all ethnic groups are equal. Don't give your life to the master of the Zubing village. , as long as you lay down your arms and surrender, everyone can share the fields..."

The composition of the Tenth Division's troops was extremely complicated, half of which was taken away by Fei Ruhe to form a new army, and many officers were taken away by Jiang Dashan and Jiang Liang. Most of the recruited soldiers were Hakka, Miao, Zhuang and Yao.

Today, 60% of the officers and soldiers of the division are Han Chinese, and the rest are all southern minorities.

The cavalry rushed out to yell, and they yelled in a variety of languages. Yao language alone yelled four kinds.

"Array, advance!" Wei Changyi hated this kind of yelling very much. He had a Yao army under his command, and this summer he was called out to defect.

Both sides are coalition armies of various races, and they began to advance step by step, with their respective cavalry cruising and fighting on the side of the battlefield.

The Tenth Division of the Datong Army also had 2,500 cavalry, but most of them belonged to the southwest horses.

The average shoulder height is only 1.18 meters, which is much shorter than the war horses in Jeju Island. But mountain climbing is very good, and it is also good at carrying goods, and it can barely charge and fight.

The soldiers on the opposite side are also this kind of war horse...

"Bang bang bang bang!"

The dragoons fired first and immediately shot down more than 20 enemy cavalry, scaring the rest of the enemy cavalry to turn around and run away.

On the frontal battlefield, more than 20,000 soldiers, as well as tens of thousands of Han and Yao troops, are speeding up to kill the Datong army.

"Boom boom boom!"

After a bombardment, the Han and Yao troops directly collapsed.

But the soldiers on the opposite side were arranged in a very loose formation, a group of seven, speeding up and jogging towards the Datong army.

They are natural fighters, military immigrants specially transferred by the Ming Dynasty to Pingyuefu to suppress the riots. In addition to farming since childhood, they have also undergone military training. Combat meritorious deeds are their only chance to get ahead.

The dragoons quickly went around to the flanks, dismounted and shot at the soldiers.

Zhao Han didn't have enough cavalry in the north, but he was an upstart in the south. It took nearly 100,000 taels of silver to buy war horses from Guangxi, Yunnan, and Guizhou. 2,500 dragoons are enough to rule the Southwest.

Those soldiers, who were bombarded from the front and shot from the side, did not collapse and continued to charge towards the Datong army.

Even Wei Changyi, who established himself as King Pingle, charged with his own soldiers.

A group of desperate lunatics!

"Boom boom boom boom!"

There was another round of shelling, and the leader of one of the soldiers was torn apart by a shell. But this group of soldiers has not yet broken up, and they still charge forward in groups of seven.

After three consecutive rounds of bombardment, more than 2,000 soldiers were finally routed and fled.

"Bowmen!"

The archers and crossbowmen troops of the Cui soldiers stopped immediately after reaching the shooting range and began to shoot arrows.

The rest of the soldiers were still trotting forward.

If it is a traditional battle, the battle of the soldiers will be more orderly. However, the firearms of the Datong Army were too powerful, and they had to charge so quickly.

The rattan player of the Datong Army raised his shield to cover the friendly army.

In fact, it is not a big problem not to cover. The crossbows of the soldiers are relatively poor, and their power is not very great.

The real thing to be afraid of is the poisonous arrow!

"Throw a gun!"

After another charge, the javeliners charged and threw their javelins.

"Bang bang bang bang!"

A small number of firecrackers from the Zubing also started shooting, and immediately drew their swords and rushed forward after shooting.

More than 20 people from the Datong Army fell, half of whom were stabbed by javelins. The rest were hit by a poisoned arrow, and they didn't know what kind of poison it was. They had chest tightness, shortness of breath, weakness all over, and the toxin exploded very quickly.

"Boom boom boom boom!"

The last round of shelling, this time it was shotgun shells, and it was a large area with one blast.

"Bang bang bang bang!"

"Bang bang bang bang!"

3500 Datong firearms, 20 steps of ultra-short-range bursts.

Of the 2,500 Datong dragoons, 1,000 were sent out to deal with the enemy cavalry, and the rest chased and shot again.

After all, Zu Bing was also a human being. Facing such terrifying firepower, tens of thousands of people collapsed in an instant.

Wei Changyi wasn't dead yet, he was still rushing forward with the rest of his troops. He felt that as long as he rushed to close combat, the Datong army would definitely be defeated, and the Datong army was nothing but powerful firearms.

"The grenadier!"

Five hundred grenadiers with super-long arms and strong physique threw tens of thousands of enemies at the rushing soldiers.

The rattan players, wolf gunners, and long gunners were also on standby, and the musketeers retreated to mount their bayonets.

There was no need for melee combat anymore, the bandit leader Wei Changyi was killed by ten thousand enemies, and the remaining soldiers all turned around and fled.

The dragoons put away their guns, drew their knives and rushed over to kill them. Any enemy who did not put down their weapons and surrendered would be killed with one blow.

The Datong Army suffered a lot, and the casualties in guerrilla warfare in the mountains were far greater than in frontal combat.

After attacking Pingyuefu for half a year, they were finally able to take all of them. The leader of the bandits, Wei Changyi, was killed in battle, and most of the other leaders of the soldiers would choose to raise their villages and surrender.

Here in Guangxi, it's really hard to fight!

Ethnic issues are also extremely complex, and governance must be done step by step.

After winning Pingle Mansion, the next step is Guilin Mansion and Liuzhou Mansion.

In the absence of sufficient food and grass, Guangxi is estimated to fight for another year or two. Each time troops are sent to occupy one or two prefectures, and then civil affairs are quickly carried out. The local area has accumulated enough food before sending troops. During the period, they are also busy with suppressing bandits in the mountains.

Guangxi is so difficult, but Sichuan is very smooth.

Huang Yao and Qin Liangyu have joined forces to attack Wang Xiang in Chongqing Mansion with Yang Zhan.

The sooner you win Sichuan, the sooner you will get a grain-producing area. There has always been a lot of grain in the Sichuan Basin. Especially the Chengdu Plain, the land of abundance!