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

End of June.

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

Fan Kuang, a Jinshi from Fushun in Sichuan and the deputy envoy of Henan Province in the Ming Dynasty, offered suggestions to use alienation tactics, causing internal strife between the two warlord leaders in Zunyi Prefecture.

Wu Shangxian, a Han leader, had an extremely bad relationship with Yang Zhan and was determined not to surrender. On the contrary, the Tuman leader Long Zhengguo hoped to join the Datong court, and the condition he offered was to become a small chieftain.

Fan Kuang went to surrender in person. He did not agree immediately, but he did not refuse either. Anyway, his words were ambiguous.

The scholar was so treacherous that Long Zhengguo obviously believed him.

Before Huang Yao arrived with his army, Long Zhengguo invited Wu Shangxian to drink. The pretext was to discuss important matters together, but in fact he wanted to trap Wu Shangxian to death.

Wu Shangxian was very alert and refused to attend the banquet because he was ill, so he only sent counselors there.

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

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

Long Zhengguo's son Long Chief Li led the remnants of his troops to flee to Huang Yao. He no longer wanted to be a chieftain. Long Chief Li only wanted to avenge his father, and by the way, he worked as a minor official in the Datong court, and he willingly became a leader.

In mid-July, the Datong army captured Zunyi Fucheng, and Wu Shangxian committed suicide after the city was broken.

After learning that Wu Shangxian was defeated and killed, the small warlords of Long'an Prefecture and Baoning Prefecture took the initiative to request to join the Datong court.

So far in Sichuan, only Songpanwei, Youyang Xuanfu Division, Lizhou Appeasement Division, Sichuan Xingdu Division, and Tianquan Sixth Recruitment Division have not yet been decided.

The jurisdiction of Songpanwei was probably Aba Prefecture in later generations.

The headquarters of Tianquan Sixth Division was in Luding County in later generations.

As for Lizhou's Appeasement Division, it was roughly equivalent to Hanyuan County in later generations.

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

All local civil and military officials in Sichuan, as long as they had made meritorious deeds, studied Datong theory in Chengdu and were re-appointed to their posts after they were 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 peasants and soldiers.

Half of these 10,000 Sichuan soldiers were divided into Huang Yao's Ninth Division. The remaining half was newly organized into the Twelfth 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 training.

This leaves Sichuan with two divisions, but they must train for more than a year before they can regain their original combat effectiveness.

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

Gan Liangchen was older, a martial artist, had read the Four Books and Five Classics, and was good at governing the people. He did not want to lead troops to fight anymore, and took the initiative to request to become a civilian official. This request was approved by Zhao Han, and after he was politically qualified, he became a county magistrate in Sichuan.

Qin Liangyu also hopes to be disbanded and return to his fields. Anyway, his sons, brothers, nephews and grandsons are all in the army.

Zhao Han agreed to Qin Liangyu's retirement and return to his hometown, and was granted the title of Second-grade Supreme Protector (Wuxun) and second-grade General Longhu and Tiger (Wu San).

Qin Liangyu was very happy about this, because the title given to her by Chongzhen was only the Second Grade Imperial Lady.

…

Guangxi direction.

Division commander Liu Xinyu and missionary officer Ding Jiasheng successively captured Xunzhou Prefecture, Guilin Prefecture and Liuzhou Prefecture, and half of Nanning Prefecture had also been captured.

There are no big warlords in these places.

The main resistance forces are the indigenous leaders of various ethnic groups.

As for the power of the Han garrison, it was no longer effective in the middle of the Ming Dynasty. In peacetime, the suppression of rebellions had to rely on Guangxi soldiers.

The terrain in Guangxi is rugged and difficult to navigate, and the 10th Division lacks troops and food, so it can only encroach step by step. Now it has encroached on nearly two-thirds of Guangxi, and the grassroots rule is extremely strong. Just like Zhao Han's expansion in Jiangxi, household registration, land distribution, and people's governance are all progressing steadily.

Over in Yunnan, after Mu Tianbo supported the puppet emperor, Wu Bikui, the chieftain of Wuding, launched a rebellion and successively captured Dayao, Dingyuan, Yao'an and other places.

Mu Tianbo mobilized various chieftains in Yunnan and put down Wu Bikui's rebellion in just one month.

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

Guangxi's Anlongsi, Shanglinsi, Guishun Prefecture, Zhen'an Prefecture, Dukang Prefecture, Xiangwu Prefecture, Sicheng Prefecture... all surrendered to Mu Tianbo. Because most of these territories were controlled by indigenous leaders, as long as they surrendered to the Yunnan Emperor, they could be officially appointed as chieftains.

They were determined not to surrender to the Datong Army because Zhao Han would not give them the position of chieftain and would also divide the land under their names!

Emperor Zhenwu and Duke Qian of Yunnan not only expanded rapidly in Guangxi, but even reached out to Guizhou.

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

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

Guizhou Shuixi Chieftain is as safe as a rock and already occupies 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 surrendered to Emperor Zhenwu and was "ordered" to conquer the "disobedient" forces in Guizhou.

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

Judging from the territory alone, the Yunnan emperor is still very powerful. Yunnan and Guizhou are both under his jurisdiction, and a quarter of Guangxi has also surrendered.

…

Southeast, northwest, and all directions are in a state of war.

Taiwan, too!

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

"Village Chief Zhang, long time no see!" Sun Chuanting said, cupping his fists.

Zhang Xianzhong said angrily: "The master just calls me the Eight Thieves, don't call me the village chief."

Sun Chuanting smiled and said: "Since you have established a village and have it approved by the government, you are now the village chief of the Datong court. How can you still be called the Eight Thieves?"

"Call me whatever you like!" Zhang Xianzhong was quite depressed.

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

One after another, several families of criminals were exiled.

A total of thirty-six households were formally established as "Dingtai Village", and Zhang Xianzhong was elected as the village chief.

They are prohibited from possessing firearms, but cold weapons are allowed. He also made his own simple leather armor, got more than a dozen bows from somewhere, and began to fight against the nearby headhunters.

Moreover, fight against each other!

Even among Taiwanese headhunters, some are willing to contact the outside world. These headhunters have a high degree of Chineseization. There are also some headhunters who stick to their old ways and attack all humans who are not part of their own tribe.

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

Sun Chuanting looked at Zhang Xianzhong, who was obviously darker and thinner, and his heart was full of sighs and emotions. He was once 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 his distracting thoughts and asked seriously.

Zhang Xianzhong said: "There are a total of thirty-six households with more than 200 people, and more than a dozen people died one after another. Only two were killed by the living, and the rest all 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 are really not adapted to the southern climate. Well, when this war is over, I ask Shangguan to send more doctors. You can also leave one in Dingtai Village. The doctor is always here.”

What Zhang Xianzhong lacked was a doctor, and he couldn't help but thank him in person, so he silently greeted Sun Chuanting with a fist in his arms.

Not long after, Ma Shiying came with hundreds of people and bowed to Sun Chuanting. This guy was very thoughtful and did not look down upon Zhang Xianzhong. Instead, he greeted him with a smile.

Then another person came, and Sun Chuanting introduced him: "This is Zhang Huangyan, the magistrate of Keelung County who has just arrived. Keelung County is newly established and he doesn't have many people under him."

Zhang Huangyan bowed his hands in greeting and said, "I'm new to Taiwan. Please take good care of me in the future."

"Easy to say, easy to say!" Ma Shiying laughed.

Zhang Xianzhong was a little surprised when he saw him leading a horse and carrying a bow. He smiled and said, "You, a civil servant, know how to ride and shoot?"

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

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

His mother died young, and Zhang Huangyan followed his father as an official in Shanxi since his childhood.

In the ninth year of Chongzhen's reign, the imperial examinations of the Ming Dynasty had added riding and archery subjects. Zhang Huangyan hit the target with all three of his arrows during the scholar examination.

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

The last person to appear was the new Taipei County Magistrate Shi Kefa.

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

Therefore, he became an official in the Datong court without any psychological burden.

Zhao Han also took great pains to gather these people in Taiwan, looking through the roster of officials from various places for several days.

"Master, the food and grass and the people have been arranged." Shi Kefa reported with his hands and bowed to Zhang Huang, but did not bother to say hello to Ma Shiying, Zhang Xianzhong and others.

Sun Chuanting smiled and said, "Let's go then!"

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 Tamsui side.

When Zheng Zhilong engaged in immigration, he gave priority to the Penghu Islands, which were the pirate bases he built. Secondly, I immigrated to Chiayi County, because Penghu and Chiayi are both close to the coast of Fujian.

Currently, Taiwan Prefecture is governed in Taipei and has four counties under its jurisdiction: Taipei County, Zhuluo County (Chiayi, Penghu), Taoyuan County, and Keelung County.

The Dutch built castles in Tamsui, and Han people also settled nearby, but they were just villages.

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

The people moved along the river, and the food was transported by small boats. Halfway there, Han people came to report the details of the Dutch colonial stronghold.